PERSONALS

Robert Brown, Sequoia Supply/PrimeSource, Fairfield, Ca., is a new inside sales rep for the Sacramento to Fresno, Ca., afea.

Dennis Johnston, owner, Johnston Hardwood, Long Beach, Ca., recently won $10,000 on a Las Vegas slot machine.

Bob Smith, Bohannon Lumber Co., Orange, Ca., notes their 20th annual marlin fishing trip to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, June 4-8 will be limited to 35 fishermen for an $8,000 pool. Bob is currently recovering from breaking his arm in five places.

Frank M. Jason has been elected pres. and ceo of Hirt & Wood Lumber Co., Inc., Eugene, Or.

Stephen G. Carpenter, vice chairman, Security Pacific National Bank, has been elected to the board of directors of Creative Specialties, Inc., Los Angeles, Ca., according to chairman Chuck Sweetman.

Harold L. Airington and Robert A. Schumacher have retired from Georgia-Pacific's board, with William A. Mamrack and Kenneth Khoury succeeding them. John tr'. Rasor is now group v.P.-timber.

Kathleen Duysen, wife of Larry Duysen, Sierra Forest Products, Terra Bella, Ca., has been elected chairman and state board representative for the Orange Belt Chapter of Califomia Women in Timber. Linda Elliottisco-chairman: Chris Houser, sec., and Cande Vanasen, treas.

Bill Suppe, power tool dept. mgr., Buena Park Lumber, Buena Park, Ca., was honored by the Home Center lnstitute for receiving the highest score on the Building and Product Knowledge Course in 1991 for all of the U.S. and Canada.

Pat McKinney Bretherton has left Weber Plywood & Lumber, Tustin, Ca., after 15 years to join her husband in the Middle East.

Pat Kirwan has been promoted to v.p. of Fullmer Lumber Co., Tualatin, Or., reports pres. Ted Fullmer. Diane Whiting is administrative coordinator.

Phil Curran, one of the owners of the old Curran Brothers Lumber Co., Pomona, Ca., celebrated his l00th birthday Jan. 8. He's a second cousin to Dwight Curran, DMK-Pacific, Fremont, Ca., and Denny Curran, Evergreen Lumber & Molding, Orange, Ca.

Mike McClelland will succeed Don lVolf as pres. and ceo of Hardware Wholesalers, Inc., when Wolf retires in October after 45 years with HWI, the last 25 as pres.-ceo.

Richard E. Davis has joined Olympia Industrial, Azusa, Ca., as senior v.p., according to pres. Arthur Zakarian.

Roy Springer is now asst. mgr. at Lumbermen's, Issaquah, Wa.

Pete Nevins has joined the sales team at Golding Sullivan Lumber Sales, Tustin, Ca., according to BiIl Sullivan.

Sam Witzel, Gemini Forest Products, Los Alamitos, Ca, is recovering successfully after surgery.

Sally Andrews is new to sales at K Ply, Inc., Port Angeles, Wa.

David L. Harris has joined Toto Kiki USA, Orange, Ca., asmltg. mgr., reports Ted Shinonaga, v.p.-sales & mktg.

Michael Johnson, Bear Forest Products, Rialto, Ca., has joined the Inland Empire Hoo-Hoo Club, along with Bryan Callaway, C&E Lumber, Pomona; John Fuelling, Capital Lumber, Chino; Steve Ilenderson and Tim Kennedy, AllCoast Forest Products, Chino; Warren Majouray, Inland Timber, Grand Terrace; Bo Jorgensen, Nichols Lumber, Baldwin Par[ Kip McCleary, El & El Wood Products, Chino; John Pietila, Fontana Wholesale Lumber, Fontana; Drew Sasser, Buena Park Lumber, Buena Park, and Peter Ventura, Western Wood Treating, Fontana.

Bill Hoel is the new mktg. mgr.-CraftMaster door products domestic & intemational at Masonite.

Richard M. Kaufman, American Tools Cos., has been promoted to v.p.-distribution services.

Suzanne Apple is now director of community affairs for Home Depot.

Dana R. Benner, Tustin Ca., is now So. Ca. architectural representative for Azrock Industries.

Shawn Kelly, M&M Builders Supply, Tracy, Ca.; DickMcClure, Union Planing Mill, Stockton, Ca.; Ted Mathews and Bill Barr, Pacific Forest Products, Fresno, Ca.; Tom Fogarty, Osborne Lumber Co., Newark, Ca., and Mike Riley, Fresno-Clovis Lumber, Fresno, are planning the 8th annual Blind Umpire's School outing at Candlestick Park later this spring.

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Dennis Richardson, Oregon-Canadian Forest Products, Orange, Ca., is recovering from recent neck surgery. John Hollstein has joined Dennis and Jeff Lynn on the sales team.

Richard Takata, formerexec. v.p., Pay'N Pak has been named pres. and c.o.o. for Eagle Hardware & Garden, Tukwila, Wa.

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Steve Page is now with Weaver Forest Products, White City, Or.

Tyce S. McPherson has joined the sales force at Snavely Forest Products, Medford, Or.

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A joint task force is exploring advantages of a merger between the North American Wholesale Lumber Association and the National Building Material Distributors Association.

NAWLA president Chuck Harris and NBMDA president Gary McKillican have met, received endorsement from their respective executive committees and advised the boards of directors of both organizations of the discussions.

Now all details of the potential merger and legal constraints are under consideration by the task force. It is felt that the coming together of these two associations would address many ofthe issues facing both organizations, a NAWLA spokesperson said.

Banning the use of tropical timber products in municipal construction projects is a political statement giving lip service to rain forest conservation but doing nothing to help, according to Robert Waffl e. International Hardwood Products Association, Alexandria, Va.

A resolution in support of wise forest management techniques is of more value in his opinion. Countries practic- ing sustainable forest management are penalized by bans, he points out.

When wood loses its economic value, the trees and forests become worthless, leading to clearcutting to promote money producing agriculture and grazing lands, Waffle maintains. Harrisburg, Pa., San Francisco, Santa Monica and Santa Clarita, Ca., Bellingham, Wa., Baltimore, Md., and New York and Arizona, which have bans on tropical timber products, are hurting sustainable forest management, Waffle concludes.

Almost 68% of the dealers in a nationwide survey are more optimistic about 1992 than they were about 1991 with 5OVo expecting the dollar volume of their wood product sales to climb. Ordy 29% of the retailers surveyed in 1990 were optimistic about 1991 with only 2O% expecting better sales. Their expectations were met with 51% of the retailers contacted reporting 199 I wood products sales lower than those of 1990. Only 35% had an increase.

In the west, 4 l% had improved 199 I sales, according to Random Lengths, Eugene, Or., which conducts the annual survey.

JOIN the Wood Truss Council and beef up public relations and advertising were two decisions during the annual meeting of the MSR Lumber Producers Council. Speakers included (top photo, lett to right): Lyle Burnell, Trus Joist Corp.; Craig Steele, Schuck Component Syslems; Jack Littfin, Littfin Lumber Co., and Dave Gromala, Gromala & Assoc. Directors (lower photo,leftto right):James D. Logan, Metriguard, Inc.; Don Pelling, Westar Timber Ltd.; Dennis Vaagen, Vaagen Bros. Lumber Co.; Serge Boulay, Donohue, Inc.; Aaron Anderson, Lignum Sales Ltd.; Tom Rogers, Weyerhaeuser; Rick Riley, F. H. Stoltze Land and Lumber Co., and Sam Crowe, Georgia Pacific Corp.

The idea that Western Oregon was solid with old growth, "ancient" forests a hundred years ago is false, according to recent studies.

Using the results of a study to develop maps of Coast Range forests in the northwestern section of state, the U.S. Bureau of Land Management has determined growth patterns in 1850, 1890, 1920 and 1940. Burned areas, young timber stands, maturing stands 50 to 100 years old, older stands 100 to 199 years old and old growth stands more than 200 years old showed up on the maps, suggesting a natural cycle of change.

"The historic picture that emerges is a mosaic of Northwest forests (that) contradicts the popular notion that all of Western Oregon was onceasolidblockof oldgrowth, the socalled 'ancient forest,"' R. Dean Bibles, BLM state director for Oregon and Washington, said.

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Jeld-Wen, Inc., Klamath Falls, Or., acquired Continental Door Co., Inc., Rocklin, Ca., and 3D Industries, Inc., San Diego, Ca., in two separate purchases.

The Rocklin manufacturer, which will be renamed Doorcraft-Rocklin, produces flush and light commercial doors sold throughout the western U.S. Operations will be handled by Dan Malicki, coordinating general manager, who also has responsibility for JeldWen's Young and Challenge Door plants. Bill Transue will be assistant general manager; Kathi Miller and Sativa Mauling, customer service representatives, and Janet Monmaney, architectural and commercial door orders.

The Intemational Wood Products division of 3D Industries will continue operation and management as usual, according to Jeld-Wen senior vice president Bill Early, producing solid hardwood and decorative glass residential entry doors.

Shakertown Corp., Winlock, Wa., has been sold to Shakertown L992, a newarm of the Clarke Group, Mission, B.C., Canada.

The company purchased all materials and equipment and will continue leasing milling and remanufacturing facilities in Winlock and producing most of the cedar product lines, said Forrest Hunt.

Mike Cloutier now heads Shakertown. Craig Barker sold it to concentrate on his other business, Spectrum Glass Co., Seattle, Wa.

The Hardwood Manufacturers Association has redesigned its identification tag for solid hardwood and introduced a sticker for the same purpose.

With the phrase "Today, Tomorrow, Forever," the product identification can be used on any solid hardwood product to explain the lasting value of the wood. The tag further informs shoppers that certain characteristics and variations arenatural andthatAmerica's renewable hardwood forests are being nurtured for future generations.

The pressure sensitive sticker, which can be used on cabinetry, lumber and millwork, can be removed from a wood surface without leaving residue.

Alaska yellow cedar, with an estimated four billion cubic feet growing in mature forest stands along the coastline of British Columbia. is tagged as having ongoing availability.

Containing a preservative oil which makes it highly resistant to decay, the wood is rated fairly hard and stiff with a toughness and shock resistance not usually found in softwoods of its density. Readily workable, it does not splinter and glues well. Clark Robertson, Delta Cedar Products Ltd., Surrey, B.C., calls it "one of the most versatile species of wood obtainable in North America. "

The wood is gaining popularity for applications such as boats, marina and patiodecking, stadium seats, playground equipment, greenhouses and conservatories, framing, mouldings, flume stock, interior and exterior paneling and siding, furniture, cabinets and musical instruments.

Demand is growing for glulams laminated with Alaska yellow cedar for use inhigh moisture areas such as swimming pool enclosures or roofs over water reservoirs. Credited with a strength only slightly less than Douglas fir or southem pine, these have been used mostly in the west. However, demand in the national market is growing steadily.

"Cedar glulams have the advantages of attractive appearance when left exposed and their natural water resistant properties make it unnecessary to specify chemically treated beams and timbers," said Tom Williamson. American Institute of Timber Construction.

Georgia-Pacific Corp., one of the world's largest forest products companies, announced it has developed new forest management guidelines that protect wildlife, water and soil quality, and address other ecological and aesthetic concems as well as the sustainability of harvest yields.

"Company foresters have developed a plan that in most cases goes beyond state guidelines or voluntary management practices. our plan takes the initiative in improving forestry practices and protecting the environment," said Walter Jarck, corporate director' forestry resources.

Georgia-Pacific is the largest private timber land owner in the United States. The new guidelines are specific to conditions in each of its western. eastem and mid-continent divisions.

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Reauthorization of the l9-year-old Endangered Species Act is due in September, but probably will be delayed with Congress hesitating to fund an enviroirmental issue with sensitive implications in an election year.

Experts are quoting 50/50 odds that there will be no reauthorization this year. Although the issue will come up again in 1993, they say it could drag on into 1995. However, the law will remain on the books since reauthorization involves only funding. This is not the first delay. When the law came up for reauthorization in 1985, it took three years to accomplish.

Established in 1973, the Endangered Species Act was amended in 1978 with the creation ofthe Endangered Species Committee better known as the God Squad. Eachtime Congressreauthorizes the act, it sets the expiration time. Records show 1976, 1982, 1985 (accomplished in 1988) and 1992 dates.

Modesto Lumber Co., Modesto, Ca., is closing its Tudock, Ca., location and will lease or sell the 1.3 acre site.

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"Basically we are downsizing," president David Bradford said. "It is very difficult, economically, to keep outlets open for sentimental reasons. We were losing money in Turlock."

In addition to the Turlock operation, which opened in 1906, the company had yards in Ceres, Keyes, Hickman and Waterford as well as Modesto. The Ceres yard closed two years ago. Modesto Lumber Co. incorporated in 1878. Before that the company was known as Smith and Johnson Lumber Co.

A workshop to prepare industry members to make simple presentations to elementary school classes on the benefits of renewable forests is set for March 2 1 in conjunction with the Hardwood Manufacturers Association's annual meeting.

The first "I'm a Tree" workshop at the Hotel del Coronado, San Diego, Ca., will provide all necessary materials and information. Contact Norm Murray, (716) 833-9366.

Murray, president of UoC Coatings Corp., wrote and produced "I'm a Tree," a pro-multiple use, non-profit single aimed at kids. (See The Merchant,Jan. 1992, pps. 6, 33 and 46.)

A Sunday afternoon visit to the Home Improvement Center in Santa Barbara, Ca., was the beginning of the end of David Landecker's political career.

A misdemeanor petty theft citation was issued after a guard saw him switch a price tag to save $8.20, local police said. Demands for his censure and resignation came from a council candidate and a fellow councilman, according to local press reports. Landecker agreed to resign.

The sixth annual wood preserving industry legislative conference will be held in Washington, D.C., March 29April 1.

"Preserving the Future" will theme the meeting designed to maintain the strong relationships that the industry has nurtured since 1987, Victor Lindenheim, American Wood Preserver's lnstitute president, said.

Issues to be discussed include RCRA reauthorization, timber supply problems, access to capital for plant operations, upgrades and environmental remediation and insurance.

Mark Reiter, U.S. Senate committee on environment & public works; William Fay, product liability coordination committee; Bill Mclnturff, Public Opinion Strategies, and Senator Sam Nunn (D-Ga.) are among those invited to speak during the conference.

A toll free hotline to provide information on compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act is being serviced by the National Lumber and Building Material Dealers Association in cooperation with the Small Business Research and Education Council.

Dealers may call (8OO) 947-4646 from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. (eastern time) for information or referrals to ADA compliance specialists.

Earth Day Apil22 is not for environmentalists only. Lumber and building material retailers can use it as an opportunity to promote the environmental stewardship of the forest products industry.

Special advertising, open houses and product displays can emphasize lumber as a renewable resource and a vital part of each person's daily life. Film presentations and literature can stress environmental research and reforestation. A give away of seedlings to plant athome will reinforce the presentation. Earth Day is also a good time to promote conservation products. Point of purchase displays can highlight water saving aerators, low flow shower heads and water saving toilets as well as energy efficient lighting, insulation products that save energy, recycling products and environmental garden products such as compost containers and hand mowers.