Back‘log’ at the mill
Mill continued to take in wood during recent shutdown

By Jacob Brooks
The Daily News
Published/Last Modified on Monday, March 2, 2009 9:43 AM CST


The Temple-Inland Bogalusa paper mill is facing a backlog of sorts, but it will allow mill workers to keep running at full production during the upcoming rainy season, a mill official said.

During the mill’s recent two-week shutdown for maintenance, incoming logs began to pile up, creating a huge mound of cut pines visible from nearby Columbia Street.

“We continued to take wood during that time,” said Ellis Sampson, the mill’s human resource director.

A pile of logs are seen at the Temple-Inland paper mill in Bogalusa Friday. The backlog formed when the mill was shutdown for maintenance earlier this month. DAILY NEWS PHOTO/Jacob Brooks

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But that’s a good thing, he said. And now, mill workers will have their hands full as the spring rainy season begins, typically a time when fewer logs make their way into the paper mill, Sampson said.

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