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BMD Acquires Whitewater

Whitewater Forest Products, Spokane, Wa., has been acquired bY Building Material Distributors, Inc., Galt, Ca., to be integrated into BMD's Building Products Division.

"The addition of Whitewater Forest Products is an important component to BMD's strategic initiative of market share growth and geographic expansion," noted BMD c.e.o. Steve Ellinwood. "Our acquisition requirements are for companies that operate in conjunction with BMD's core values and can bring a history of strong financial performance' Whitewater meets the criteria."

According to Whitewater president John Bly, Whitewater chose to join BMD because of their "reputation for integrity and their vision for two-step distribution" in the western U.S. Whitewater services Washington and parts of Idaho and Montana.

Crown Closes For Good

Crown Pacific Partners, Portland, Or., officially shut down at the end of 2004. The company had defaulted on more than $500 million in debt to banks and institutional investors, forcing it into ChaPter 1l bankruPtcY a year and a half ago.

Over 500,000 acres of its timber lands will go to Cascade Timberlands, which is owned bY Crown's lenders.

To try to pay off its debt, Crown sold three sawmills and five lumberyards in 2004.

For now Cascade Timberlands will be run on an interim basis bY PoPe Resources. Poulsbo, Wa., with its final long-term location to be determined.

Gapital Lumber Consolidates

Capital Lumber Co. has consolidated its Phoenix. Az., units, CaPital Building Materials and CaPitalPhoenix.

As part of the reslructuring. Capital-Phoenix, an OEM oPeration, will become a stand-alone business unit. Consolidated entity Capital will continue to distribute all products and services.

"Thisdistributionconsolidation L will enhance our level of customer F service by streamlining communica- | tion. deiivery and elficiencY of f resources. and the breakout of OEM will enhance our focus for our custom manufacturing needs," said Sam Sanregret, Capital President.

Van Vanderhoff is the new manager of the consolidated distribution facility, while Terry powell and Steve Westfall will handle sales and project management support.

The OEM operation will now be managed by Dean Winters.

Jeld-Wen Opens New Doors

Jeld-Wen, Klamath Falls, Or., has acquired Seasonshield Inc.. Venice. Fl., for an undisclosed amount.

The company bought the window and door manufacturer in an effort to fill out its window offerines for coastal code requirements.

Seasonshield manufactures specially-engineered vinyl and aluminum windows and patio doors for codes in areas most often hit by hurricanes.

Seasonshield president and former owner Bill Gill will continue to run the operations for Jeld-Wen.

Oregon Plant To Reopen

McKillican American Inc. has acquired Weyerhaeuser's shuttered LVL plant in the Winston-Dillard, Or., area.

McKilf ican will use the 37-acre plant-vacant since March 2003-as its West Coast panel redistribution center, with plans to begin operations later this year. Its goal is to create more than 100 jobs within the next five years.

According to Gary McKillican, president of McKillican International, Edmonton, Alberta, "We have learned that a conservative approach is best, but at the same time, we have a larse vision for development of t['e McKillican Winsron facility through its development phases."

Asbestos lllness Causes Suit

A former employee has sued Grogran Robinson Lumber Co.. Great Falls, Mt., and the state of Montana, over his asbestos-related illness.

Howard and Elsie Miller are seeking damages from the state, Grogan Robinson Lumber and Robinson In-sulation Co., which processed ore from the town of Libby, Mt., for more than 50 years. At least a dozen people who worked for Robinson Insulation have either died of lung disease or been diagnosed with breathing disorders.

Grogan Robinson, which owned Robinson Insulation, merged with its wholesale arm, Lumber Yard Supply, in the 1990s.

Miller claims he became infected with the disease when he handled

Zonolite insulation from Robinson Insulation and delivered it to Grosan Robinson and other locations betwien 1955 and 1985. The suit alleges thar Robinson Insulation was aware that asbestos was hazardous but did not tell employees. It further claims Miller was exposed to a dangerous and unsafe work environment that led to his exposure to vermiculite dust and asbestos, violating his state constitutional right to a healthful environment.

Over the years, other Libby residents have sued, claiming the environment caused breathing problems.

DOMESTIC SALES:

Jerry Long, Michael Parrella, Bruce Keith. Janet Pimentel, Pete Ulloa, George parden, Vince Galloway, Steve Batick.

INTERNATIONAL SALES: Nestor Pimentel, Oscar Portillo.

Kevin DaughterY, ex-Roseburg Forest Products, has joined the sales staff at Swanson GrouP, Glendale. Or.

Jim Sterrett, v.p.-sales & marketing, Boise Building Solutions, Boise, Id., has retired after nearly 35 years with the company.

Teri Thurston has been Promoted to corporate sales mgr.-door and millwork products at Lumber Products, Tualatin, Or.

Bill Moyer is now in sales at Interfor Pacific, Bellingham, Wa.

Willy Herbert, ex-Idaho Pacific, and Alan Pladsen, ex-Boise Cascade, have partnered with Ochoco Lumber Co., Prineville, Or., to open Ochoco West, a western sPecies trading office in Boise.

Lee Klain has retired from D Stake Mill, McMinnville, Or., after 3l years in the industrY, the last l7 with D Stake Mill.

Dan Ettelstein, ex-North Pacific, has joined the sales team at Disdero Lumber, Clackamas, Or.

Jamie Lam is store mgr. of the new Home Depot in Burlington, Wa.

Michael A. Jackson has been named senior v.p.-pulp and white paper at Weyerhaeuser Co., Federal WaY' Wa. He succeeds Michael R. Onustock, who has retired.

Daniel B. Starr has joined Do It Best Corp., Fort Wayne, In., as director of human resources and general counsel. TimothY Miller is now retail marketing mgl.

David F. Hodnik, President and c.e.o., Ace Hardware CorP., Oak Brook, Il., will retire APril I after 33 years with the co-oP. Executive v.p./c.o.o. RaY A. Griffith will succeed him.

Mike lrvine, ex-Canfor, is new to sales at Taiga Forest Products, Kelowna. B.C.

Howard C. Deck, CertainTeed Corp.' is the new chairman of the North American Insulation Manufacturers Association's board of governors. Jeff Brisley, Knauf Insulation, is vice chairman.

Kim Starr plead no contest to trespassing on a road leading to Steve Will's Trucking and Logging' Eureka, Ca. Starr was one of seven activists arrested for blocking the company. which is a contractor for Pacific Lumber Co.

Paul Hylbert, president and c.e.o., Lanoga CorP., Seattle' Wa'' will receive the 2005 CitY of HoPe Spirit of Life Award MaY l8 in conjunction with the National Hardware Show.

Louden Clear is now Public address announcer for the company softball team at Mungus-Fungus Forest Products, Climax, Nv., rePort Hugh Mungus and FreddY Fungus'

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Soper-Wheeler Gets Wordy

Sustainability is at the heart of a new book profiling California's oldest privately owned forestry company.

The Soper-Wheeler Company: A Century of Growing Trees by Michael J. Gillis chronicles the 100-year history of a lauded California forestry company. The story begins in the l9th Century on the East Coast, where both the Soper and Wheeler families first entered the forestry business. Looking to California for opportunity, the two families jointly purchased 14,000 acres of Sierra forestland in 1904.

Weathering floods, fires and the Great Depression, the company survived by sticking to its sustainable maxim, known as Soper's First Law: "When maximum profit goals appear to be in conflict with established conservation principles and sustained yield, then in all probability the profit projection needs re-examination."

Living by this rule has enabled the Strawberry Valley, Ca.-based firm to manage its forestlands in a responsible fashion that still provides a reasonable profit to the firm, now headed by c.e.o. David Westcott, great-grandson of company founder James P. Soper.

Its long past hasn't kept the firm from innovation, seen in its latest venture in New Zealand, where it grows new trees from its best California seed stock. It remains committed to sustainable harvesting and reforestation on the more than 97.000 acres it manages in eight Northern California counties today. where each year it grows enough wood to build 3,000 homes, and harvests enough to build 2,500.

The book is available from The Forest Foundation, (877) 737 -5268; www.calforestfoundation.ors.