Beauty that takes your breath away. It mustbe CEDARONE.

Weyerhaeuser grlu)s and sells more western red cedar than anyone in the world. Out of this bounty, we carefully select the aery finest for our CEDARONE* Iine. A stunningly beautiful grain. A gorgeous, rich color. And the exceptional qunlity demanded by your most discriminating customers.

Cedar - the Timeless Classic

. Elegant, warm look that enhances any setting

. Durable and surprisingly weather-resistant

. Available as dimensional lumbeq, siding, decks, trim, fascia, fencing, posts, beams and timbers

For generations, cedar has been a preferred material for premium construction projects. The highest grade of this prestigious wood is Weyerhaeuser's CEDARONE line.

Scott Fitzgerald, Ganahl Lumber Co., Anaheim, Ca., and his wife, Mary, celebrated his 40th birthday March 4,20nn.

Pat Heffernan has been named general mgr. of Landmark Building Products, Rancho Cucamonga, Ca. Dick Duple, Skip Motta and Steve Daugherty, all ex-Southwest Plywood/U.S. Wood Products, are new to industrial sales. Rick Hovick recently returned from sales trips in Dallas, Tx., and Denver, Co., and Steve

Jim Costello is now v.p. of manufacturing & sales for Wisconsin-Califomia Forest Products, Redding, Ca. John Campbell has joined WisconsinCalifornia's wholesale division.

Matthew Miles is the new mgr. at Square Deal Lumber, Silverton, Or.

Greg Snyder, formerly with Russin Lumber Co., is overseeing a Hayden Lake, Id., sales office tbr Colonial Cedar.

Loren Sphar has been appointed mgr. of the new Lowe's in Summerlin, Nv. Rachel Wargo and Michele Jacobson are sales associates.

Derek Carlson, Marc Ross and John Lyda are now with the Southern Pine division of MFP of Oregon, Inc., Lake Oswego, Or.

David Lucchetti, ceo, Pacific Coast Building Products, Sacramento, Ca., is now on the board of The Forest Foundation, Aubum, Ca.

"Thurgy"

Thurgood has returned from a sales trip to Las Vegas, Nv.

Sherman Leibow has resigned as director of education for the North American Wholesale Lumber Association to join Intermountain Orient, Inc., Boise, Id.

Geolf and Erica Higlin, ex-Pan Pacific, have started Continental Trading, Bend. Or.

Vince Mast is now sales mgr. of cedar products at Caffall Brothers Forest Products, Longview, Wa.

Jim Arthurs has been named residential operations v.p. of Trus Joist, Boise, Id. Hardy Wentzel is general mgr., European operations; Mike Thompson, general mgr., Japan operations; Bob Mang, customer operations v.p., and Kurt Liebich, marketing v.p.

Ernie Van Ogle is the new president of K Ply, Inc., Port Angeles, Wa.

Jay Gregg is now working for Ketcham Forest Products, Seattle, Wa., out of Lake Oswego, Or.

Marilyn LeMoine has been promoted to director of market communications for APA-The Engineered Wood Association. Bill Wachtler is now strategic planning & programs mgr. Darren Harris has resigned after four years as APA public relations mgr. to become v.p. of Internet broadcast firm ishow.com. Seattle.

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Alan Lambert, ex-Weyerhaeuser Co., has been appointed transportation mgr. for SienaPine Ltd., Roseville, Ca. Merle Hellickson is training director.

Vic Hadley, consultant, Adams Lumber Co., Tigard, Or., has retired after 42 years in the lumber business.

Frank Ryther, ex-Georgia-Pacific, and Roger Brown are new to purchasing and sales at U.S. Timber Co., Boise, Id.

Ron Brookins, ex-Allweather Wood Treaters, has joined Marine Lumber Service, Seattle, Wa.

Bruce Gernon, North Pacific Lumber Co., has moved from Vancouver, British Columbia, to Vallejo, Ca.

Brett Slaughter has been named sales mgr. of Forest Grove Lumber, McMinnville. Or.

Wayne Benton, RB Forest Products Co., Murrieta, Ca., will retire April l. Rea Benton will continue to operate the business.

Anthony Whalls is now managing partner of Pacific Home Do it Center. Atascadero, Ca., succeeding Dale Winslow, co-owner. who has retired after 25 years. Whalls will remain general mgr. in San Luis Obispo, Ca. Margo Conner is now financial mgr. of both stores.

James Haas has been appointed sales mgr., imported products of Davidson Industries. He is based in Marysville, Ca.

Joshua F. Tyler has been elected president of Dorris Lumber & Moulding Co., Sacramento, Ca. Bob Reynolds is now executive v.p. Chase Israelson remains chairman of the board.

Emory Powell is now with the commodity trading division of Boise Cascade Corp., Lake Oswego, Or., having transferred from Billerica, Ma. John Wagonhofer has transferred from sales in Boise, Id., to the distribution division, succeeding Chad Hill. who is now in Billerica. Carolyn M. Ticknor, HewlettPackard, has been elected to the Boise Cascade board of directors.

Barry Kronick, Furman Lumber Co., has retired after 4l years, the past l I as president. The company is now owned by Boise Cascade.

Kelly Del,acy, ex-Patrick Lumber Co., has joined the industrial lumber division of Snavely Intemational. He is based in Portland, Or.

Jerry Henry, chairman and ceo, Johns Manville Corp., Denver, Co., will retire March 3 l, after four years with the company.

William Leonard has been appointed mgr. of Berdex Forest Products, Marysville, Ca.

Larry Mercer, executive v.p. of operations, Home Depot, is also now responsible for international operations. Barry Silverman has been named group president of the West Coast, Northwest and Southwest divisions; Jerry Edwards has been promoted to Southwest division president, and Dennis Carey, executive v.p. and chief financial officer, also is overseeing strategic growth initiatives. Robert Burton has been named v.p.-investor relations, succeeding Kim Shreckengost, who is now v.p.-office of the ceo.

Steve Burrell has been named national sales mgr. for Woodgrain Millwork, Inc., Fruitland, Id. He is based in Charlotte. N.C.

Rick Schwanke, RJ Hardwood Flooring, Temecula, Ca., recently celebrated his 49th birthday with family.

Aiken Foote has been appointed night watchman at Mungus-Fungus Forest Products, Climax, Nv., according to owners Hugh Mungus and Freddy Fungus.

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CELEBRATING 50 yeals

OSB Contracts Now Regional

The Chicago Mercantile Exchange has launched separate Oriented Strand Board futures and options contracts for Western (Los Angeles), Southwestern (Dallas), Southeastern (Atlanta), and North Central (Chicago) regions, since the products are generally produced and used within specific geographic areas.

In addition to the four delivery regions, new features of CME's contracts include mill and warehouse delivery as well as truck and rail delivery. Warehouse delivery permits wholesalers easier participation in the market from either the buy or sell side. Truck delivery gives buyers and sellers the use of the most cost-et'tective form of transportation. The new contracts replace mill- and rail-only delivered contracts.

The exchange, which has off'ered trading of futures and options on random length lumber since 1969, began trading OSB futures and options in 1996. Their OSB contracts are sized at 100,000 sq. ft., which is one boxcar or three truckloads. Contract months traded are January, March, May, July, September and November.

Sears Hardware Copies OSH

Six new Sears Hardware Stores will open this year, modeled after the format of their Orchard Supply Hardware stores, but without the OSH name.

At 55,000-sq. ft. each, the stores will be over twice the size of cunent Sears Hardware Stores. The company will evaluate the success of the new Midwest and Northeast locations before deciding on whether to open others.

Industry Reference Books

A pair of North American softwood forest products industry reference guides are available from Random Lengths.

The 2000 Big Book contains addresses, phone and fax numbers, email and Web site addresses of over 8,100 U.S. and Canadian softwood firms, including 31,000 key personnel.

The Yearbook provides I l-year price histories of over 200 lumber and panel products, housing starts for 1969-1999, interest rates from 19951999, I l-year price histories of North American exports and shipping volumes by species and destination.

The Brg Book is $219.95 and the Yearbook costs $42.95.

Hardwoods For High-End Decks

Decks are going even higher end, as homeowners have become more interested in connecting the exterior to their interior space.

"The exotic has gone mainstream," notes Brian Lotz, managing director of Timber Holdings Ltd. "While a $10,000 deck was extravagant in the early '90s, decks now oftcn range up to $75,000. The deck and amenities can be used as a second, self-contained living space."

For luxurious installations, the company supplies Iron Woods brand hardwood decking which, unlike softwoods, reportedly lasts a lifetime.

"But beware." cautions Lotz. "not all woods are created equally." Just like for softwoods, there's a range of grades, which set standards for allowable defects, such as sapwood, worm holes, knots, and moulder tear-out.

There are three generally accepted standard grades in the industry: FEQ/FAS (First And Seconds); FIF (First I Face); and #2 (Seconds). All ofthese grades allow various amounts of defects.

So, Timber Holdings created its own grade above industry standards, Premium Select Crade. Every piece of Iron Woods is selected to meet the company's premium zerodefect standard on all four faces. Every hardwood board sold is clear, straight and over-length, so there is no waste, no picking through to frnd usable boards. "We regularly reject 20-40Vo of production when re-grading FEQ/FAS to our Premium Select standard," says Lotz.

Lower grades are then converted into interior-grade products where the defects are not subject to decay and harsh exterior environments.

"We know this high grading standard adds cache to the brand," said Lotz, "so we hand-pick and sort every board at the processing mill before it goes into distribution."

Many hardwoods are both durable and beautiful, naturally resistant to wear, and useful for decking, arbors, fence panels, raised gardens, posts, rails, cabinets, and pool surrounds.

Look for more and more of these woods to be used, both in new and retrofit construction. "Decking, fences and other exterior amenities built with these woods do not require near-term replacement," said Lotz. "It's a one-time installation that saves contractors margins and frustration year after year. And it pays back property owners every time they look at it."

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Capital Lumber Company, Phoenix, Az., has been certified as a chain of custody supplier by SmartWood,..

L.R.H. Enterprises, /nc. has relocated its woodworking cutting tool manufacturing plant to a new 22,000-sq. ft. facility in Chatsworth, Ca. ...

I nVis ion Tec hno lo gie s, I nc., Newark, Ca., has acquired log optimization equipment manufacturer Inovec, /nc., Eugene, Or., for $5 million in cash and stock; Inovec recently created a new sales division, WoodVsion

Talpx Inc. has enlisted Internet Capital Group as an investor

Anniversaries: Parr Lumber Co., Portland, Or., 70th Composite Panel Association, 40th Golden State Hardwood Lumber Co., Huntington Park, Ca., l5th Royal Pacific Industries, McMinnville, Or., lOth ...

New Web sites: Building Supply Surplus,Inc., Tucson, Az., www.buildingsupplysurplus.com

International Wood Products Association (formerly I H PA), www.iwpawood.org

Ingersoll-Rand Co. sold its Corona Clipper tool division to Corp. Patricio Echeverria SA ...

Evergreen Building Products, Seattle, Wa., has been named exclusive distributor for Ve rC e ram ceramic composite panels in Wa., Or. and Ak.

Senergy, /nc. has named ABC Supply as distributor in the Southwest for its residential and commercial exterior cladding systems

Landmark Building P roducts, Rancho Cucamonga, Ca., is now distributin g Collins Products' complete line of specialty panel products, including concrete form, industrial and laminate grade plywood...

G e o rg ia- P acific Co rp., Atlanta, Ga., is now distibuting U..S. Plastic Lumber Corp. 's SmartDeck composite deck system products ... G-P plans to contribute $3 million in cash over three vears to conservation efforts targeted by the Nature Conservancy...

PrimeSource Building Products agreed to distribute Extrudawood plastic decking to 84 Lumber locatlons.

High line Redwood both appearance and structural; Extensive inventory ol F.J. Oil Base Primed Redwood, CCA treated KD H/F and boric acid treated D/F both fire treatment

Payless Cashways Spending

Payless Cashways plans to spend $29 million this year on capital expenditures to improve technology, remodel 30 to 35 stores, open new locations and for regular maintenance. The money will come from operations. sale of real estate and borrowings under the company's credit agreements. In November, the chain completed a three-year $260 million revolving secured loan agreement with an unidentified lender.

Payless Cashways' capital cxpenditures of $47.2 million in 1999 and $26.9 million in 1998 mostly were to renovate existing stores and add equipment. Last year, it opened two stores and closed 12.

Personals (Continuedfrom p. 35)

Michael Quane has been appointed corporate treasurer of TruServ.

Spencer Groshong has been named mgr. of product development for the hardboard division of Evanite Fiber Corp., Corvalis, Or.

Mike Rodgers has been named sales mgr. of the Seattle, Wa., office of Sierra Pacific Windows, Redding, Ca. Rod Bruce has transferred to the San Jose, Ca., branch to become sales mgr. New to sales are Tim Meechan, Seattle; Jeff Clapham, St. George, Ut.; Wade Haslem, Salt Lake City, Ut.; Rod Kindschuh and Scott Murray, Denver, Co.; Spencer Butts, Western Slope, Co.; Tim Carter, Winter Park, Co.; Mike Laughlin, Taos, N.M.; Mike Melford, San Diego, Ca.; Bill Mahoney, Cambria, Ca., and Chuck Leroy, Sacramento, Ca, Rich Stolz, Boston Pacific, Redding, Ca., is back from a Boston, Ma., business trip.

Hardie Eubanks, training & trademark coordinator, and Peter Cuff, special assignment auditor, APA-The Engineered Wood Association, Tacoma, Wa., have earned quality auditor certification from the American Society for Quality. Eubanks is based in Tacoma, Cuff in Washougal, Wa.

Claudia Lima, Redwood Forest Products, Arcata, Ca., is back from a business trip to New Zealand.

Robert Brudzinski is now v.p.-marketing for Broan-NuTone Group, Inc.

Dan Green, Redhill Forest Products, Hayden Lake, Id., and his family have returned from a Maui vacation.

Jim Brown, Simpson Timber Co., Arcata, Ca., is recovering from a nasty skiing accident.

J. Harvey Graves was elected chairman of the board of Empire Wholesale Lumber Co. Peter A. Carroll is pres. and John H. Graves, Jr., v.p.

J. David Cartwright, ex-Cooper Tools, is the new president and chief operating officer of Olympia Group Inc., Industry, Ca.

Dean Miller has been named marketing mgr. for product development for Universal Forest Products, Inc. Jennifer Steinhilber is mgr. of corporate communications.

Randy Zulager has been appointed senior product mgr. for Celotex, overseeing rigid foam insulation and premium asphalt shingle products.

Nelson Sembach. Anfinson Lumber Sales, Fontana, Ca., was honored with Lions Club Intemational's prestigious Melvin Jones Award for humanitarian service.

Jerry Kvalheim was elected president of Kval Inc., Petaluma, Ca. David Kvalheim is v.p. for manufacturing; Mark Kvalheim, v.p. for purchasing, and C. Mark Smith, v.p.-mktg.

Jon B. Kwasie has been appointed technical service mgr. for construction & distribution at Bostik Inc.

Pierre McNeil was appointed v.p.industrial panel products for Norbord Industries. Stephane Blanchette is now director-human resources.