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John Judy has retired as president and c.e.o. of Forest City Trading Group, Portland, Or., after 40 years in the industry, but will remain as chairman of the board. Craig Johnston, formerly with subsidiary American International Forest Products, Beaverton, Or., succeeds him as FCTG president and c.e.o.

Eric Schmadeke has joined the outside sales staff of Healdsburg Lumber Co., Healdsburg, Ca.

Bill Liberman is now covering sales in the Mountain States region for GRK Fasteners.

Kip Oram, president of Alpine Lumber Co., Westminster, Co., since 1991, has retired after 30 years in the industry. Bill Miller is the new president.

Mike Garka. ex-Crown Pacific and Jeld-Wen, is new to West Coast Forest Products, Arlington, Wa.

Nancy Bloch, senior account mgr.. Progressive Solutions Inc., Richmond, B.C., is now covering the Southwestern U.S., including California. Colorado and Texas.

Chris Leffel, ex-Composite Panel Association, has rejoined SierraPine, Roseville, Ca., as v.p. of sales & marketing.

David Sandoval has been promoted to the sales team at Cal Coast Wholesale Lumber, Ukiah, Ca.

John Stone, ex-Weyerhaeuser, and David Preston are new account mgrs. at Capital Lumber, Stockton, Ca. Robert Martin, ex-Power Building System/Anthony Forest Products, is new to engineered wood products technical sales support in Chino, Ca.

Chuck Marler. outside sales. AllCoast Forest Products, Englewood, Co.. has retired after 40 vears in the industry.

Tom Denig, who retired as president of Trus Joist last June, has joined the board of directors at North Pacific Group, Inc., Portland, Or.

Peter W. Sherland has been named v.p.-procurement & transportation for Weyerhaeuser Co., Federal Way, Wa.

Al Stills, ex-Seneca Wholesale, is now selling from Phoenix, Az., for Western Lumber, Medford, Or.

Daniel Gerling has been hired as a mgr. trainee at 84 Lumber Co., Redding, Ca. Greg Gotto is a new mgr. trainee in Greeley, Co.

Donald J. Mickelson, ex-Trus Joist, has joined Power Building System, Inc., Riverside, Ca., as executive v.p. Hugh John Macdonald, also ex-TJ, is new to Power as v.p.sales.

Michael Lackey is mgr. of the new Lowe's Home Improvement Center in E. Tucscon. Az.

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Bob Larrabee has been promoted to regional sales mgr. for Northern California at Canyon Creek Cabinet Co., Monroe, Wa.

Steve Watt has been promoted to president of WinEstimator Inc., Kent, Wa. Istvan Szabo continues as chairman and c.e.o.

Stan Gamlin has joined the wholesale department at Griff Building Supplies, New Westminster, B.C.

Scott Bravata has been promoted to v.p. of accounting for Universal Forest Products. Eric Maxey is now v.p. of business development.

Angelo Mozilo, Countrywide Financial Corp., has been named to the board of directors of Home Depot, replacing Dick Brown, when his term expries in May.

Chris Selzer has been named product mgr. for Fletcher Wood Solutions, a Tenon company.

Michael E. Case, president and c.e.o., Gulf States Paper Corp., has been elected chairman of the board for the American Forest & Paper Association, Washington, D.C.

Robert A. Reynolds Jr., Graybar Electric, was elected chairman of the National Association of Wholesaler-Distributors. Chairelect is Raymon York, Ewing Irrigation Products, Phoenix, Az.; 1st vice chair Chip Hornsby, Ferguson Enterprises, and secretary Robert N. Taylor, Do it Best.

Bill Schwam, ex-WM Barr & Co., has been named v.p. of sales & marketing for Timber Treatment Technologies.

Jacob Olsen has joined Powers Fasteners. Inc.. as director of new product development. Jack Zenor is now director of business development and national training mgr. Ray Barbee, Roseburg Forest Products, Roseburg, Or., was appointed to a new committee formed counsel the Oregon Department of Transportation on freight and passenger rail issues. Rod Greene, logging mgr., Lone Rock Timber Co., Roseburg, Or., was presented the Douglas Timber Operators' Tough Tree Award.

Jeff Peterson, outside sales rep. for Western Wood Preserving Co., Sumner, Wa., is engaged to marry Niki Creech July 8, 2006.

Roman West is a new transcontinental trucker for Mungus-Fungus Forest Products, Climax, Nv., report owners Hugh Mungus and Freddy Fungus.

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( Continued from page 22 ) of 2.276 million-the highest level since March 1973-primarily due to a month of unseasonably warm weather ... single family starts increased l2.8%o to a 1.819million pace; multi-family jumped 2l.9Vo ... regionally, starts rose 16.9%o in the West ... permits were up 6.8Va

Portac has cut back operations at its Tacoma. Wa.. sawmill from five to four days a week due to log supplies

Canfor, Vancouver, B.C., received U.S. Federal Trade Commission approval to acquire New South Cos.; the deal is set to close early this month ...

Riley Creek, Laclede, Id., has purchased bisTrack business software from Progressive Solutions, Vancouver, B.C., for its new distribution division in Denver, Co. ... Bear Forest Products has ordered bisTrack for its Riverside. Ca.. and

Phoenix. Az.. facilities Progressive Solutions has been approved as a vendor to Orgill

LP Building Products is packaging its products-I-joists, rim board, LVL, and TopNotch OSB-into a comprehensive floor system

XL Co, Lake Oswego, Or., and Sodra Timber Timber. Sweden. now inventory Fulspsan spruce dimension and studs at the ports of Wilmington, De.; Mobile, Al., and Port Canaveral, Fl.

Lowe's is undertaking a $l billion increase in its share repurchase program

Wolseley has signed a two-year deal for Verizon Business Private IP Service to provide its Stock Building Supply and Ferguson Enterprises subsidiaries with secure electronic connectivity ...

Anniversaries: Madras Builders Center (now part of Keith Brown Building Materials), Madras, Or., 70th . Simonton Windows, 60th.