Jumpon Conipeti

CHUCK LINK executive director

Elon JACOBSEN, gen. mgr. and Elpart owner of Lloyd Lumber Co., Nampa, Id., isthenewpres. of theYoung Westemers Club.

The l4th annual Young Westerners conference at Spokane, Wa., in Jan. included a passive solar home panel presentation by Glen Ekstrom, AsPen Homes; Joan Wilbur, Bonneville Power Administration, and Bill McElroy, Professional Engineering Design. A presentation by Bernard Timmer, credit mgr. of Valley Best-Way, on "Credit and Lien Laws" opened a lot of eyes and minds.

A tour of Totem Building SuPPIY was coupled with Faye Johnstone, owner, as a luncheon speaker. Merlyn Jolley, pres. of the Western Building Material Association, talked to the group at its dinner dance. Three Young Westemers, Rick Barnes, Knoll Lumber; Mike Bates, Seattle Lumber, and Ken Marson, Marson and Marson, presented the panel which they had presented at the WBMA con-

vention, "Getting Your Employees lnvolved in Profit Making."

Lyle Momb, past Pres. of SPokane Home Builders Association, captured everyone's interest with "Lobbying and Getting Involved in the Political Process." Sid Voorhees, Eugene Planing Mill and past pres. of WBMA, concluded the conference and sent everyone home with an up attitude with his motivational talk on " If It Is To Be It's Up To Me. "

Other new officers are Ron Diver, Withers Lumber, v.p.; Rick Barnes, Knoll Lumber, sec.-treas.,Stacy Griffin, Lumber Supply, and Jim Kress, Eugene Planing Mill, trustees. Steve Page, Valley Best-Way Building Supply, is retiring pres.

We wish all employers, especially those who do not have their 35-year-old and younger employees involved in YWC, could sit in on one of the conferences' The excitement of the building material industry is regenerated, dedication to it strengthened and knowledge expanded. The group takes its motto, "Prepare To' day to Meet the Challenge of Tomorrow," seriouslY.

We urge employers of participants to