r MOVERS & Shakers

Chris Gay, ex-Bluelinx, has rejoined Weyerhaeuser, Sacramento, Ca., as an inside sales associate for Northern California. Ron Scherber handles outside sales for dealer accounts. Glen Flores was promoted to product managementsteel products.

Lance Doalson, ex-Simpson StrongTie, is now a national accounts mgr. at Capital Lumber, Chino, Ca.

Guy Selleck, ex-Higgins Hardwoods, is now part of the sales team at Boise Cascade, Lathrop, Ca.

Patrick Lynch, ex-Lynco Wood Connections. is now business director-plywood with Roseburg Forest Products, Roseburg, Or.

Lee Guy, ex-Consolidated Coatings, has been named national product line mgr. for Duckback Products, Chico, Ca. He is based in the Seattle area.

John Gooding, ex-Jeld-Wen, is now Portland, Or., regional sales mgr. for Rocky Mountain Forest Products/Etimbers, Wheat Ridge, Co.

Brian Buck, ex-National Coatings, is now director of sales for the Pacific Northwest with Fiberon, New London, N.C.

Jessica O'Rourke, ex-El & El Wood Products, has joined Simpson Strong Tie, Stockton, Ca., as a dealer sales rep.

Victor Amaya, ex-Budget Home Center, is now handling inventory control for Bloedorn Lumber, Loveland. Co.

Mark A. Miller has been named v.P. and chief information officer for Plum Creek Timber Co., Seattle, Wa.

Hal Hanlon has been appointed sales & marketing mgr. at KootenaY Innovative Wood Ltd., S. Slocan, B.C.

Sandy Fulton, senior v.p. and chief operating officer, International Forest Products, Vancouver, B.C., has retired after eight years with the company. He will continue on a consulting basis. overseeing capital projects, including the current rebuild of its Grand Forks mill.

Richard Dreiling, c.e.o., Dollar General, was elected to the board of Lowe's Cos., Mooresville, N.C.

Ben Battle is new to ECi Software Solutions, Fort Worth, Tx., as chief technology officer.

Kevin Stecher, ex-US Remodelers, is now general mgr. of Window World, Los Angeles, Ca.

Alexander Toeldte, chairman/c.e.o., Boise Inc., Boise, Id., was elected chairman of the American Forest & Paper Association, succeeding Jim Hannan, c.e.o./president, Georgia-Pacific, Atlanta, Ga. Nancy Clark, ex-American Chemistry Council, has joined AF&PA as director of air & climate programs.

Lawrence A. Selzer, president and c.e.o., The Conservation Fund, has been elected to the board of Plum Creek Timber Co., Seattle, Wa.

Barb E. Dahl is now modeling products at trade shows for MungusFungus Forest Products, Climax, Nv., report owners Hugh Mungus and Freddy Fungus.

PenPly Passes on Bankruptcy, Prepares to Auction Off Assets

Peninsula Plywood, Port Angeles, Wa., has decided not to seek bankruptcy protection and its assets may be sold at auction in June.

"Filing costs money, and at the end, there wasn't any money," said PenPly's principal partner, Grant Munro. "You file for bankruptcy to protect your assets or because you have a work-out plan, and there just wasn't anything left to protect. If there's nothing to protect, why spend money for attorneys?"

By the time the mill closed last November, it had defaulted on its three loans: $l million from the state Department of Commerce and $950,000 each from two private banks, Enterprise Cascadia and Sound Community Bank. The bank loans were backed with an 800% guarantee from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's rural development program.

The loans had helped the former KPly mill reopen under new ownership in March 2010, after its previous owner, Klukwan Inc., closed operations in 2007 and went bankrupt.

The mill also owes $1.042.102 in unpaid bills, including $314,489 to the city of Port Angeles for utilities, $204,443 to the Port of Port Angeles for rent. and $523.170 to the state Department of Labor & Industries for workers' compensation premiums.

According to L&I, the company began to fall behind in payments in April 2010---one month after opening and a month before a fire that company officials have said severely compromised PenPly's financial position.

"We were working with them and they were making some payments but were not able to catch up," said L&I spokesperson Hector Castro. "It remains in collections."

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