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Humboldt County Sues Palco

Pacific Lumber Co., Scotia, Ca., is being sued by Humboldt County, Ca., for allegedly lying to state and federal agencies about what impact its logging activities would have on nearby waterways.

The $250 million lawsuit claims the company committed fraud by submitting false data so that it could log 100,000 additional trees under the 1999 Headwaters agreement.

The suit was filed in late February just as Palco resumed logging on

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James Rossman, 81, retired salesman with the old Whittier Forest Products, Whittier, Ca., died Feb. l0 in Rancho Mirage, Ca.

A native of British Columbia. Mr. Rossman served with the Coast Guard during World War II.

He started his career in 1947 with the old Twin Harbors Lumber Co.. Portland, Or. He was transferred to San Jose. Ca.. in 1950 and then to three sites above a flood-prone waterway in Humboldt County, Ca.

Officials from the North Coast Water Quality Control Board approved a permit regulating waste discharge from the timber harvest.

The decision ended several months of feuding between the company and local water regulators.

In January, Pacific Lumber halted Iogging in the area in the wake of flooding concerns raised by a state senator and local environmentalists (see Feb. p.,4n.

Southern California in 1961.

Mr. Rossman then went on to work for Whittier Forest Products before retiring in 1989.

Jack Grevey, 89, former co-owner of the old Duke City Lumber Co., Albuquerque, N.M., died Feb. 1.

A native of Poland, Mr. Grevey moved to France in 1933 to attended the Sorbonne.

At the start of World War II. he joined the French army and was later arrested by the German secret police. Grevey, scheduled to be sent to a concentration camp, was set free by a guard who was a former university classmate. ln 1996 he was named head of the company. cofiraa woooFiCsirvlng....................::.:..::.:

Mr. Grevey's parents and 200 of his relatives were killed during the Holocaust.

After his secret release in 1941, Mr. Grevey escaped to Morocco, where he eventually took a Portuguese freighter to New York City.

In 1970 he and his brother Jack received the City of Peace Award from the state of Israel.

Mr. Grevey sold Duke City Lumber in 1968.

Elmer Ramsey ttPete" Petersen, 96, former owner of the old Modesto Paint & Hardware, Modesto, Ca., died Feb.6.

Mr. Petersen was a native of Castroville, Ca.

Raymond Kennedy, 60, president/c.e.o., Masco Corp., died from a heart attack Feb. 3.

Mr. Kennedy joined Masco in 1978 and served as president of the Plumbing Products Division until 1989.

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