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Terry Murphy, ex-MacMillan Bloedel/ Weyerhaeuser, is the new sales mgr. at Travis Lumber Co., Mansfield, Ar.

Wayne Frechette, ex-Peachtree Windows & Doors, has been named director of purchasing for Gulf South Forest Products, Fort Lauderdale, Fl.

Dennis W. Banford is now in charge of the engineering department at Tucker Millworks. Lithonia. Ga.

Cary Claiborne has been named v.p.financial planning & analysis for Home Depot, Atlanta, Ga. Bob Skiba is v.p.financial operations. Jerry Shepherd is general mgr. of the new Christiansburg, Va., store.

Josh Jones was named mgr. of 84 Lumber Co., Apex, N.C. Scott Ruber is now co-mgr., Versailles, Ky.; Raymond McCubbins, co-mgr., Crestwood, Ky.; David Leathers, mgr. trainee, Oak Ridge, Tn.; James Hutchinson, mgr. trainee, Ashland, Ky., and Wes Lewis, Charles Blackburn, Bruce Hatter, Clarence Roszell, and Lee Ann and Gary Pecora are among employees of the new Shelbyville, Ky., location.

John N. Meeks has been appointed director of corporate development for McCoy's Building Supply Centers, San Marcos, Tx.

Marilyn Heinsinger has been promoted to assistant to the chairman at Causeway Lumber Co., Fort Lauderdale, Fl.

Jim Shalvoy is now in charge of the new composite decking business unit at Louisiana-Pacific Corp., Huntersville, N.C. Marty Fajerman has been promoted to marketing mgr. for woodpolymer composite products.

Johnny Toney has been promoted to inside sales at Cofer Bros., Tucker, Ga. Andrew V. Perez is a new sales consultant for Building Products Plus, Houston, Tx.

Steven Schultz, Payless Cashways, has been promoted to regional v.p. overseeing six states, including Tx. and Ok.

Michael Rosen has been appointed senior v.p., logistics and retail systems of TruServ Corp., succeeding John Semkus, who has retired after 30 years.

John Oschwald has been appointed director of OSB operations for Norbord Industries' mills in Bemidji, Mn.; La Sarre and Val-d'Or, Quebec.

Ron Beal, Orgill, Inc., Memphis, Tn., and Lynn Dawson, Wallace Hardware Co., Inc., Morristown, Tn., have joined the Wholesale Hardware Distribution Alliance steering committee of the North American Building Material Distribution Association.

Robert Niblock was promoted to chief financial officer of Lowe's Cos.. N. Wilkesboro, N.C., succeeding Thomas Whiddon, who was named executive v.p. of logistics and technology.

Stephanie Sorrells has been appointed marketing and advertising mgr. for Interior Products Inc., Brunswick, Ga. Ben Stephens has been named Salesman of the Year at Ruvo Manufacturing, Alda, Ne. He is based in Alpharetta, Ga., and covers Al., Ga., S.C. and N.C. Jody Johnson was promoted to assistant mgr. for W.H. Basnight & Co., Inc., Weldon, N.C.

Robert Bowden, Robert Bowden, Inc., Marietta, Ga., received the County Business of the Year Award from the Cobb Chamber of Commerce and the At lanta J ournal-Cons titut ion. Stev e Cole is president, Nick Massengill, v.p. of sales and marketing for the wholesale building material supplier.

Russ Kimbell, U.S. Timber Co., is back at the Conway, Ar., office after sales trips to Texas and the Southeast.

William Joshua Bullard, office mgr., American Lumber & Plywood, Oneonta, Al., wed Natalie Kate Messersmith July I in Blountsville, Al.

Clayton Paul Buff, technology deployment analyst, Lowe's Cos., N. Wilkesboro, N.C., wed Betsy Elizabeth Chandler htne 24 in Eden, N.C., followed by a honeymoon in Cancun, Mexico.

Les Griese is the new night maintenance man at Mungus-Fungus Forest Products, Climax, Nv., according to owners Hugh Mungus and Freddy Fungus.

Home Depot Suit Bares All

Home Depot has filed suit against Adult Depot, alleging the strip club copied the chain's trademark, "diluting" and "degrading" it in the process.

"We don't want any confusion between our company and a business we don't want to be associated with," said Home Depot attorney Steve Levy.

In addition to removing Adult Depot signs from its clubs in Boynton Beach and Lake Worth. Fl.. the suit seeks to prohibit the club from using a mascot that Home Depot claims is similar to Homer, the chain's mascot.

Bruce Loren, Adult Depot's attorney, said the d-i-y chain is overreacting. "The law and common sense can be two different things," he said.

Settlement Clears The Air

Willamette Industries. Portland. Or., will spend over $90 million to settle a federal lawsuit claiming the company failed to control the level of air pollution from l3 plants in four states.

The firm will spend an estimated $74 million on new pollution control equipment and $8 million on environmental projects at mills in Chester, S.C.; Emerson and Malvern, Ar.; Dodson, Ruston, Zwolle, Lillie and Simsboro, La., and Albany, Bend,

Eugene, Foster and Springfield, Or.

In addition, Willamette agreed to pay an $11.2 million fine, the largest ever assessed for factory emissions of air pollution. In 1993, LouisianaPacific paid $1 I for similar offenses.

The actions are part of a continuing series of Clean Air Act enforcement initiatives by the Clinton Administration.

Dream Home Develops Online

Channelinx, Greenville, S.C., has been named exclusive B2B transac- tion provider for the "dotCOM dreamHOME," the first home building project to be conducted online, with every step from conception through completion being performed on the Web.

The provider will help connect contractors, distributors, e-tailers and others during the home's 18-month construction. Real-world building of the house is set to begin September in Las Vegas, Nv., with 24/7 live and on-demand Web casting covering every aspect ofthe project.

Dealers Welcome