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Western Building Material Association elected Curtis Jack, Coquille Supply, Inc., Coquille, Or., as president during its recent convention in Portland, Or. (For photos of the event, see Feb., p.44-45.)

New v.p.s are Bruce Abel, Don Abel Building Supplies, Inc., Juneau, Ak., and Jeff Swan, Evergreen Lumber, Inc., Port Orchard, Wa., and now on the executive committee are Chris Perrin, Capital Lumber Co., Boise, Id., and Richard Kruckenberg, OK Lumber Co., Fairbanks, Ak.

Directors: Mike Werner, Builders Alliance, Bellingham, Wa.; Tom Waggoner, Kingston Lumber & Supply, Kingston, Wa.; Eric Fritch, Chinook Lumber, Inc., Snohomish, Wa.; Lenny Feaster, Bayview Building Materials, Westport, Wa.; Scott Munson, Lumbermen's Building Center, Tacoma, Wa.; Edd Lamar, Lake Chelan Building Supply,

Manson, Wa.; Jim Crawford, Tum-ALum Lumber Co., Troutdale, Or.; Jim Morse, Pacific Lumber Co., Hillsboro, Or.; Randy Stemper, Astoria Builders Supply, Astoria, Or.; Don Barker, Copeland Lumber, Newport, Or., and Charles Simpson, Big Sandy Lumber & Supply, Big Sandy, Mt.

Bob Kerr, Kerr Ace Hardware, Brookings, Or., is insurance trustee.

Chuck Stout, Irrigators Lumber, Caldwell,Id., received the Distinguished Dealer Award. Boise Cascade, Boise, Id., was named Supplier of the Year.

Lumber Association of California & Nevada will hold a 2nd Growth meeting May 16 at the Pacific Palms Conference Resort, Industry Hills, Ca.

Western Hardwood Association is sponsoring a new-style grading school April 25-26 in Kelso, Wa.

Instructor Ludwig Rabold has changed the format to discuss the proprietary grades in greater detail, in addition to presenting the standard NHLA grades.

Portland Wholesale Lumber Association has elected Humphrey Wildeboer as 2002 president. Dustin Q'Sullivan is the new v.p. and Thomas Meyer, secretary/treasurer.

OSB Operations Add Software

Weyerhaeuser has purchased Progressive Solution's Lumber Track business software for its Western oriented strand board operations.

Weyerhaeuser, the world's second largest OSB producer, implemented Lumber Track at its Eastern OSB operations last year. The move extends the system's coverage to all of Weyerhaeuser's OSB operations, including a total of 13 plants and all its OSB sales centers.

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