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.f eff Kern has bccn plon.rotccl to tlilcc tor o1'rrcrv 1-r'oduct cler,elopnrcnt lir' Ncri Soutlt Lurnber Co.. trlnsfcr rir.rg l'rorn \lr ltlc Beaclr. S.C'.. to Nlarion. S.C.

Duke l)citz lras been nanrccl rngr. of Foxrvorth-(ialblaith Lunrtrcr Co.. Alpinc. Tx.

Neil Sackett. presitlcnt. ('urtcr Lunbcr C'o.. Kent" Oh.. hls aclclctl the titlc of c.e.o.. succcctling Br.van ('artcr. Chicl'f irrlncirrl oll'iccl Jeff I)onle1' has aclderl thc titlc of'chicl' olrcrat i rtt ol't'iccr.

llolllly Brot'n antl .lohn Delgado hur.'c jclinccl thc sirlcs tcanr at lcluho Tirnber o1' F'krricla. I-ake Citl . Fl. Ilrian Bergman is ncrv to salcs in Halstearl. Ks. Ilrock Lenon hus relocatccl fronr [-akc ('it1' to [3oisc. Icl.. Hq.

.fosh Samntort is rrcu to or-rtsitlc slrlcs at Arr'or." hcltl Lurnbcr Srrlcs. Oklahorra ('ity. Ok.. covclirrs (hc ltlctro lu clt.

Tim Brarnblc. cx-Gcorgil-['acilic. is nc\\ 1o OSB sales at Louisiarra Pire ilic. C'onroe. Tr. I)nvid \\'helchel lras .joirrctl I)r.ccision ArclritcctLrral Proclucts. I-urgo. Fl.. as i,'.11. ol'salcs & nlrlketirts. Nlichellc l)'Ambrosio is u ncrv sales lrncl nlrrkcting assistunt at Sheruoorl [-umber C'o.. Islanclia. N.Y. Iieck Goespert lrrcl .fohn 'l'hornb-r alc ne\\ t() thc sulcs staff in Soirth Canrlina.

Charlcs "Chuck" Short has bccn pronroted to cxccLltirc r.p. anrl cIricI' opclutinq ol'l'iccl firr AnruliIlo Ilardrralc. Arnar.illo. Tx. l)al Perkins l.lrs bccn pnrnrotccl to nrcr' lrlrrr,li.e ilnrl lniu kelirrr nl!r'. 'l'om Ancel hus .joinccl Select Iiorcsl Protlucts. Kcntnoocl. NIi.. to Iicucl its harclu'oocl pll ri oocl clir isiorr. Kevin Bull. cx Iiclcllnan LLrnrbcr. lrrrs joinctl Ijolcstrvoocl Intlustlics. Wutlinq Ilircr'. N.Y.. spccializing in Bruzilirrn plr n oocl inryrorts.

Hal IIal ne s has .joincrl 8J LLrntbcr C'o.. Cir-ccnsboro. N.('.. rnurlrsirrg salcs. cstin.ratinq anrl othcr rlLrtics.

L'hristopher Brurrning is u ncrr \'rInt t llL'l()t' slrle' t eltt e.\'lttill i \ j tr.uincc in Falling ('r'cck. Va. Ncrr r)rSr'. trainecs inclurlc IJrandon Rose Ashland. Kr .: Stcve Rces. North Eaton. Oh.. lrncl Arthur "Kip" (liorclan<1. Itlrlca. N.Y.

.finrrny.Ioe Hagin hirs rctirccl lronr Llailcy Lunrbcr'& SLrpplr ('o.. (iulflort. Ms.. lltcr .37+ years.

,lohn Sn'eeue.\' hus bccn prornotctl to r.p. ancl trcusurcr o1' Celtuin-l'cctl Corp. plrcnt Slirrt Cobain ('or.p.. Vallcl [:orsc. I)a.

I)an Hogun is nelr to Eggcr lntlLrs tries. I)llirrliclcl. N.J.. us rcsiorral salcs ntsr. lirr thc Ncu YolkiNct Jerscl, /l)hilatlclphia. Pa.. arca.

Darren -l-rlrr is nc\\'to Murshifcld DoorSr stcnrs. \,larslrl'iclrl. Wi.. as clircetor ol nrarketins irrrrl br.rsincss tlcvclopnrcrrt.

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BT2O Xt Window & Door Secling Tope creotes on impenekoble, insulcting oir/vopor ond wqter borrier oround doors ond windows. Eosy io opply, the peel-ond-stick 20-mil polyelhylene-bocked membrone provides on eosy upgrode opportunity for the homeowner interesfed in lowering heoting ond cooling costs ond conholling mold-cousing moisfure. The only window seoling tope thoi con withstond 180 doys without UV degrodotion, ii meets ASTM 2l 12, ICBO ond ICC building codes. BT20 XL qdheres to vinyl, plywood, OSB, concrele, metol, oluminum, polyethylene, building wrop ' , snd block ond mosonry surfoces, ond it seols itself \ oround noils, screws ond stoples. just peel ond stick. \

To seol curved,/rqdius window ond door instollotions, use Profecto Flex Floshing Tope.

Retoil disploy rocks ore svsiloble (or deolers. Colf I.8fl),759,9727 lor inlormotion.

Marty Jones has joined Stiles Machinery Inc., Grand Rapids, Mi., as veneering project mgr. Tim Middleton is a new sanding product specialist.

Don Kayne has been named v.p.wood products marketing and sales for Canfor. John Wiebe is now general mgr.-business administration; Lynn Embury-Williams, director of marketing and planning; Bill Calverley, general mgr.-market and product development; Tom Temple, v.p.-international sales and panels; Wayne Guthrie, general mgr.-North American sales, and Hans Thur, general mgr.global supply chain.

William R. Johnson, H.J. Heinz Co., was elected a director of GeorgiaPacific Corp., Atlanta, Ga., along with Dr. Karen N. Horn, retired, Marsh Inc.; Barbara L. Bowles, Kenwood Group; David R. Goode,

TruServ Makes The Grade

In a recent consumer survey, TruServ dealers got high marks in customer service.

Consumers in five major marketsMinneapolis/St. Paul, Mn.; Chicago, Il.; Boston, Ma.; Delaware Valley/ Philadelphia, Pa., and Seattle, Wa.provided over 30,000 ratings for local hardware stores and home centers.

Two separate surveys were administered. The first was given to d-i-yers regarding the features they felt were most important in hardware stores; the second asked consumers to rate the hardware store in which they shop.

In five of eight categories, including prompt service. receiving advice. staff attitudes and overall quality, True Value hardware stores fared better than the competition.

Woods Again On Wheels

Students at Millville Elementary School in Columbia County, Pa., are getting the opportunity to learn more about the wood products industry.

The Pennsylvania WoodMobile, a traveling education exhibit, reopened in late April. following extensive interior renovations during the winter. "Over the past two years, more than 200,00 Pennsylvanians have viewed the traveling exhibit that tells the forestry and wood products story in an exciting way and is a testimony to the architectural aesthetics and beauty of Pennsylvania's hardwoods," said state Agriculture Secretary Dennis Wolff.

Norfolk Southern Corp.; Donald V. Fites, retired, Caterpillar Inc., and James B. Williams, retired, SunTrust Banks. Worley H. Clark, W.H. Clark & Associates, Ltd., retired from the board.

Oscar Ibarra has been named director-international sales by Cooper Wiring Devices, Long Island City, N.Y. James Vaccaro is now commercial products mgr.

Charles F. Wilson, Wilson Lumber Co., Memphis, Tn., has been elected president of the Southern Cypress Manufacturers Association. William C. Bell, Kempfer Sawmill, Inc., St. Cloud, Fl., was elected vice president.

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Kenneth Niefeld, True Value Hardware House, Annapolis, Md., and Brian Webb, Krueger's True Value, Neenah, Wi., were elected to TruServ Corp.'s board, replacing retiring directors J.W. "Bill" Btagg and Peter Kelly.

Beverly Cutler, former bookkeeper for Hartland Lumber. Howell. Mi.. was sentenced to three to 14 years in prison for embezzling more than $1 million from the company (see April, p. 58).

Dawn O'Day has been named opening foreman at Mungus-Fungus Forest Products, Climax, Nv., reports co-owners Hugh Mungus and Freddy Fungus.