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Dave Bethea has been promoted to western region sales mgr. for PrimeSource Building Products. Other promotions include: Alan Waits to DC mgr., Denver, Co.; Guy Selleck, sales mgr., Phoenix, Az.; Andy Spyhalski, DC mgr., Fairfield, Ca.; Mark Cleveland, DC mgr., Salt Lake City, Ut.; Mike Sanchez, sales mgr., Anaheim, Ca., and Bill Carr, outside sales mgr., Fairfield.

Dave Wright is new to sales at Myers Woodline, Sheridan, Or.

James Tong is general mgr. of the new Expo Design Center in Oakland, Ca.

Anne Von Allmen has rejoinbd Allen Forest Products in sales at their new Hillsboro. Or.. office.

Roy Burke, owner, Burke & Pace Lumber, Arroyo Grande, Ca., has been named the town's Citizen of the Year for continued support of community projects.

Gordon Harbert, owner, Harbert Lumber Co., Grand Junction, Co., has been named 2001 Lumberman of the Year by the Colorado WOOD Committee.

Tiger Takamitsu has been named president of Nichiha USA.

Wade Gregory, SierraPine Ltd., Roseville. Ca.. has been elected to the board of directors of the Association of Woodworking & Furnishings Suppliers. Skip Hem, materials mgr., Royal Plywood, La Mirada. Ca.. has been named secretary-treasurer.

Thomas S. McHugh has been appointed v.p.-finance and c.f.o of Huttig Building Products. He succeeds Kenneth E. Thompson, who retired Jan. 31.

Anders Moberg has resigned as Home Depot's head of international operations. Arthur Blank, retired co-founder, has bought the Atlanta Falcons football team for $545 million.

Hans E. Vanden Noort has been named v.p. and corporate controller of Rayonier.

Peter Lenard is the new marketing mgr. at Hurd Millwork Co. David Whelchel has returned to the company as director of sales and marketing.

Arnold J. Thimons has been named construction market development mgr. for Bostik Findley. Donald Narcelli is the new v.p.finance for Repco.

Lee D. Meyer has been named president and c.e.o. of PlyGem Industries, replacing Robert Ractliffe, who is now executive v.p. and c.e.o. of parent Nortek, Inc.

Donn Zea, president, California Forest Products Commission, Auburn, Ca., has been appointed vice chairman of the Buy California program, which promotes state agricultural products.

John Taylor, Ca., Az. and N.M. regional sales mgr. for WeatherBest Decking, was honored with the Masters Award during Louisiana-Pacific's 2002 national sales meeting general session in Scottsdale, Az. Dave Probst, Western regional mgr.-pro retail, was presented the Chairman's Award by Mark Suwyn, chairman and c.e.o.

Terie Lorentzen, general mgr., Summit Hardwoods, Pomona, Ca., married Jim Huston Jan. I in Laughlin, Nv.

Hap Hazard has been named vice president of random yard accidents at Mungus-Fungus Forest Products, Climax., Nv., according to co-owners Hugh Mungus and Freddy Fungus.

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Although wood products demand declined in many markets during the fourth quarter of last year, sales of glulam beams remained strong for many dealers in Utah as the state prepared for the Winter Olympics this month in Salt Lake City.

Construction for the Olympics helped generate new wood products volume, such as condominiums, apartments, hotels, homes, and commercial buildinss.

Other factors that helped increase glulam sales were the engineered wood training sessions that many distributors and retailers sponsor for their customers.

Rather than cutting back on their sales personnel, many successful engineered wood firms have added technical field reps who call on contractors to answer questions at the job site.

One distributor, J.M. Thomas Co., Ogden, Ut., has gone high-tech by outfitting its engineered wood specialists with lap-top computers and cell phones, allowing them to immediately answer technical questions from the job site.

J.M Thomas reports their glulam sales actually increased slightly last year when overall lumber volume declined.

"Our glulam sales curve continued to move upward because of the product's competitive price, good performance and quick availability in comparison to alternativeproducts," said J.M. Thomas' director of purchasing Lowell Crossley.

The distributor continued to expand its field staff and outfitted them with the latest in communication technology so as to electronically communicate design data from the field.