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Don Hollinger has been promoted to general mgr. of ProBuild, Hermiston, Or., succeeding Earl Bellegante, who has transferred to Yakima, Wa., to take over for Brandon Huff. Huff is now general mgr. in Arlington, Wa.

Betsy Bendix, ex-Huttig Building Products, has joined Fiberon, as a deck specialist for the Southern California market. She is based in San Bernardino, Ca.

Jim Sitton has retired after eight years at Kruse EnterPrises, Albuquerque, N.M., and 39 years in the industry.

Mike McCollum, ex-WeYerhaeuser, has joined Roseburg, Dillard, Or., as national sales mgr. for engineered wood products. He succeeds Bob Berch, who is retiring at the end of January, after launching Roseburg's EWP division in 2001.

Chris Olsson and Stuart SimPson, both ex-American International Forest Products, have joined the lumber trading staff at Talon Forest Group-AFA/USA, Portland, Or.

Max Guetz has joined AlPine Lumber Co., Englewood, Co., as Front Range district mgr.

Don Schott has retired after 25 years with J&H Forest Products, Boise, Id., and 40 years in the industrY.

Rick Prinzo has joined Orchard Supply Hardware, San Jose, Ca., as regional v.p. for the Sacramento area.

Jitl Cheyne Roy, ex-All American Home Center, has been named store mgr. at Orchard SuPPIY Hardware, Burbank, Ca.

Rick Anderson, ex-ProBuild, is new to national sales at Idaho Pacific Lumber Co., Boise,Id.

Dennis Phitlips is retiring and dissolving Industrial Wood SuPPlY, Vancouver, Wa.

Steve Beckham, ex-Lifetime Doors, has been named chief oPerating officer and general mgr. at Heritage One Door & Building Solutions, Woodbridge, Ca.

Linda Walker is new to the inside sales team at Louws Truss, Burlington, Wa.

Cindi Hengstler, glulam account mgr. at Rosboro, Springfield, Or., has retired after 42 years in the industry, the last nine with Rosboro.

Chris Henderson, ex-Huttig Building Products, is new to outside sales for Keystone Windows & Doors, Seattle, Wa.

Julie Osborn-Moss, ex-Floform, is now an account mgr. at CaPital Lumber, Woodburn, Or. Joe Padilla and Jimmy Robbins, both ex-JM Thomas Forest Products, are new account mgrs. for CaPital in Albuquerque, N.M.

Ross Anker has been named v.p.-merchandising for White Cap Construction Supply, Costa Mesa, Ca.

Mark Ellsworth has been named coroorate director of research & development at TAMKo, JoPlin, Mo.

Rich Lynch has been named retail marketing director for Do it Best Corp., Fort Wayne, In. Scott Liggett has been promoted to application development mgr. in Do it Best's IT division. Steve Rose is new as safety director.

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Scott Jacobsen, ex-Lloyd Lumber, is new to sales at TJ Forest, Boise, Id.

Marie Eastlund has joined the sales team at Atlas Trading International, Beaverton, Or.

Dennis Conforto has been named v.p. for the retail di v i s i on of Solatube International, Vista, Ca.

John Venhuizen has been promoted to chief operating officer at Ace Hardware Corp., Oak Brook, Il.

Blake Fohl has been named v.p.-marketing and chief customer officer for True Value Co., Chicago, Il., replacing Carol Wentworth, who has left the company.

Carl Schoenhofer, v.p., The California Redwood Co., Eureka, Ca.. has been elected vice chairman of the California Redwood Association. Janet Webb, president, Big Creek Lumber Co., Davenport, Ca., is the new chair, succeeding John Russell, president, Mendocino Forest Products, Calpella, Ca.

Nate Bond, v.p.-sales, proB uild Holdings, Portland, Or., has been elected v.p./secretary of the Home Builders Association of Metropolitan Portland.

Jerry Guin, a retired salesman for James Redwood Sales and Bracut International, has been writins western fiction since 1995 and just released his latest novel, Drover's Vendena,available at Amazon.com.

Skip N. Wayne is a newly certified grader at Mungus-Fungus Forest Products, Climax, Nv., according to co-owners Hugh Mungus and Freddy Fungus.

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Hycrete earned Cradle to Cradle Certified Gold status for its liquid admixture products.

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Lowe's Buys Online Retailer

Lowe's, Mooresville, N.C., has acquired ATG Stores, which has two retail locations in Washington state and more than 500 websites selling lighting, tools, and home furnishings.

"The addition of ATG Stores is a strategic fit, providing more opportunities for Lowe's to be a relevant partner at every stage of the home improvement process and deliver better customer experiences from inspiration to planning to enjoyment," said c.e.o. Robert Niblock. "ATG Stores is

Stimson Invests in the Future

Stimson Lumber Co., Portland, Or., invested $5.5 million for computerized saw equipment at its stud mill in Tillamook, Or.

"This is just the first steP in becoming a state-of-the-art facility," said plant manager Chris Stirk, who explained that the recent upgrade will allow the mill to produce the same volume of lumber, using fewer logs, with no jobs lost. Future uPgrades will include a comPuterized resaw and optimized edgers.

The company has also invested in employee training, through its part- an extension of Lowe's commitment to providing consumers with flexibility, simplicity and value, whenever and wherever they choose to shop." nership with the Industrial & Manufacturing TechnologY Program at Tillamook Bay Community College. The program's goal is to train and apprentice local students to become technologically skilled workers.

ATG. which launched its first website in 1999, will operate as a whollyowned Lowe's unit and remain based in Kirkland, Wa. The sale represents the first in l2 years for Lowe's, which has invested record amounts in technology-including doubling the number of items on its own website to 260,000 and equipping emPloYees at its retail stores with iPhones.

"We don't have the qualified People with the technical skills we need," said Stirk. "With the IMT program, we can recruit kids from high school who want to live in Tillamook. It's a grow-our-own workforce approach." Stimson employees also benefit, bY teaching classes or by taking classes to update their own skills.

LBM Elves Deliver Gifts for Local School Children

Christmas was a little brighter for many students in the Inland EmPire, thanks to a program started by Maria Yazquez, human resource manager at All-Coast Forest Products, Chino, Ca.

Named Christmas in the Classroom, the program was founded in 2004 after Vazquez's daughter, an elementary school teacher, told her that many of her students' families could not afford to celebrate the holidays. With donations from familY, friends, and her employer, Yazquez was able to provide gifts for each child in the class.

As the program exPanded, she began to solicit donations from other LBM companies-such as CaPital Lumber. Chino Lumber, and Ganahl Lumber-as well as other local businesses. In December, the Program was able to provide gifts for everY student at four local schools.

"My goal is to somedaY be able to give a gift to all students attending Title I schools," said Vazquez, who explained that such schools have a majority of students who receive free or reduced-cost lunches. "It's a Christmas miracle."

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