Location(s) Candy BouquetHollidaysburg, PA, 16648See map: Google MapsI love a new business and so I thought I would capture the story of this store which hails itself as the delicious alternative to flowers.

Yesterday the Citizen's Advisory Council for Pennsylvania's Dept of Conservation and Natural Resources was given a tour of a state-of-the-art lumber mill in Lebanon County.  The Council's chairman is Tom Buzby,Vice President, Corporate Affairs, for Weaber, Inc.  Tom led our council on a tour of Weaber's facility and I was most impressed by Weaber's obvious dedication to being the best lumber mill operation in the country.  We began the tour on a beautiful fall day in Lebanon County with orientation by Matt Weaber, Executive Vice President, who introduced our other guides, Dennis Brehm, Chief Forester and Stan Templin, Vice President.  Dennis began the tour by taking us to a recently timbered site and showing us the site restoration work and the forest regeneration already underway just about a year after timbering at the site.  Returning from the site we passed through the only paved log yard I have ever seen!  That is correct, they paved the yard where they sort and grade logs and Matt told us they keep two streetsweepers going 10 hrs. per day just to keep it clean.  No slogging in the cold mud in this yard.  We moved to the mill where the logs are sawn and despite the saw being down for repair, Matt gave us an overview from the operator's chair where there are more computer screens and buttons and levers than I could count.  Imagine measureing a log by laser, inputting the cut specifications and then letting the computer and the saw do the work!  Can I get a portable version for my chainsaw?