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Mid-America Lumbermens Association has elected Dale B. Kennedy, division mgr., T.H. Rogers Lumber Co., Edmond, Ok., replacing Ed Stuart on the executive committee.

Stuart resigned from the board after selling his interest in Roy T. Hoke Lumber Co., Stillwater, Ok. Stuart, who now operates a paint store in Stillwater, had been slated to become the next MLA president.

Kentucky Lumber & Building Material Dealers Association and the

Scotty's Brass In The Trenches

Since Scotty's management team acquired the 150-unit retailer in June, more than 500 customers throughout Florida have found themselves being personally waited on by c.e.o. and president Tom Morris and other executives.

From the checkout line to the stock aisle. Morris and his team have been putting themselves on the front line to learn first-hand how customers view changes in the company and what the customers want.

Carolinas-Tennessee Building Material Association are co-sponsoring an operations management seminar for yard foremen Oct. 6 in Nashville. Tn.

John Hwilka, Marland Holt, Charles McWhorter and Jim Sitzes won KLBMDA's recent Congleton Cup golf tournament.

Florida Building Material Associa. tion's recent Everette Cupit golf tournament was won by Pat Loftus, Art Martin, Steve Senior and Mike Gilbert.

"The best way I know how to learn what customers are thinking about is to go out and talk to and wait on them," said Morris, whose hands-on approach to management is setting a high energy example for the entire management team. "Our shoppers are telling us they want to quickly find what they are looking for, get help when they need it and not have to wait to check out."

Insulation Holding Steady

U.S. demand for thermal insulation is forecast to rise 2.3Vo annually through 2O02to 7.2 billion lbs., valued at $5 billion.

Fiberglass, rising 2.3Vo yearly, will retain most of the market at 55Vo, folfowed by foamed plastic, rising 4.2Vo a year and holding a3OVo share.

GRAND ILLUSION: Believe it or not. this truck's back door is not ooen.

Keep On Truckin'

Do it Best Corp.'s truck fleet was recognized in the 1998 Fleet Owner Vehicle Graphics Awards contest.

Sporting the tagline "Best Quality...Best Value...Best Selection" on both sides of the trailer. the trucks also feature a rear design depicting a partially open back door, complete with various home improvement products inside. The graphic's realism is such that motorists have warned drivers about their rear door being open.

The trucks deliver on a weekly basis to member-retailers from such retail service centers as Cape Girardeau, Mo.; Dixon, Il.; Lexing- ton, S.C.; Medina, Oh.; Waco, Tx., and Woodburn, Or.

Do it Best trucks were selected by Fleet Owner from over 80 entries.

Window of Opportunity

The sign read, "This Property is Condemned," but that didn't stop Virginia real estate broker and developer Jim Woltz.

Recently, Woltz purchased a pair of three-story brick apartment buildings in historic downtown Roanoke. His plan was to r?novate the 16,000 sq. ft. complex's one- and two-bedroom units into luxury corporate apartments. Once the pride of the neighborhood, the complex featured rooms with I I' ceilings, crown moulding and heart of pine floors. Yet as of late, the complex had fallen on hard times.

Among the challenges he faced was locating historically accurate replacement windows for the complex's 187 windows. "Initially, the state said that we couldn't replace the windows," he recalls. "We had to fix them. The windows were in terrible shape, almost destroyed." And, the cost of replacing them "would have made the project financially unfeasible."

Not willing to concede defeat, he did some research and came across MW Manufacturers, Inc. The Rocky Mount, Va.-based company manufactured a vinyl-clad sash replacement system that reportedly perfectly matched the look of the historic structure's original windows.

Intrigued, Woltz allowed MW to install the sash replacement system as a test in one window. The result was a unanimous approval of the system from everyone involved in the project, including the state, whose approval led Woltz to receive a $250,000 investment tax credit.

He ended up with a system that was low maintenance, energy efficient and visually harmonious with the original.

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