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Fremont specializes in a large inventory of high quality Douglas fir boards, dimension, long lengths and timbers shipped from select mills in British Columbia, Oregon and California. We &r€ constantly adding to our selection oF western red cedar, pine, hemlock and white fir. Other species and specialty items are inventoried and included in our weekly flyer sent to all Fremont customers.

William Eber, Dolan Building Materials, Sacramento, Ca., and Charles Munson, Gang-Nail Truss Co., Visalia. Ca.. have been elected to the Wood Truss Council of America board of directors.

Hal Compton is the new v.p. store operations at HomeClub, Inc., Fullerton, Ca., reports pres. John Chase.

Jack Sweeney, Temple-lnland Forest Products, has been elected pres. of the National Particleboard Association; v.p. Royce A. Stanford, Weyerhaeuser; sec.-treas. Jack O'Leary, Union Camp Corp.; executive committee members-at-large Bob Carter, Richard Krull and Eddie McMillan, and committee chairmen Dave Smith, technical committee; Robert Carter, production management committee; and Jack Beene, promotion committee.

Frank Collard, Ganahl Lumber Co., Anaheim, Ca., is celebrating his lOth anniversary with the firm. Kevin McLaughlin, Corona, Ca., has left the co.

Rob Humphfres, Ganahl Lumber Co. architectural mill, Anaheim, Ca., and his wife. Jamie. have a new daughter: 6 lb., l l oz. Kathryn Alise, born Feb.20, 1990. Dorothy Heranic is a new grandmother, of 6 lb., l5 oz. Dennis William Lukowski, born Feb. 16, 1990.

Larry J. Panush is a new door products market specialist lor the Pacific Northwest at Masonite Corp., according to sales mgr. T.J. Paulsen.

John Sheltren has been named v.p. of Solution Center management for Dataline Corp.

Tim Larson and David Bartel have joined the sales staffof Timber Products Sales Co., Springfield, Or.

Chris Youngman is new to Snavely Forest Products as mgr. of its Coronado (San Diego), Ca., sales office, reports Chris M. Snavely.

Chuck Novotny is now mktg. coordinator for Hayward Lumber, Salinas, Ca.

Howard Russell is now with Cam-Am Millwork Ltd., Moxee, Wa.

Mark Dipple is now in sales at TreeSource, Portland, Or.

Tom Scott is new to siding sales and Terry Tebb to lumber sales at Stimson Trading Co., Portland, Or.

Steve Killgore has been named gen. mgr. of Bohemia, Inc., Eugene, Or. Jim Sloan is now panel products sales mgr.; Gary Murdoch, lumber sales mgr.; Dale Catt, laminated stock procurement & home center sales; Chris Rogers, Pacific Rim sales mgr.; Dennis Williams, transportation director; Mona Davis, office mgr.; Jim Walsh, glulam mgr.; Sheila Walker, sec., and Kelly Chambers. exec. sec.

Billy LaFreniere has joined Healdsburg Lumber Co., Healdsburg, Ca., as chief financial officer. Roger Brink is new to outside sales.

Bob Santella is now gen mgr. of the cabinet div. of WestWay Products Corp., San Juan Capistrano, Ca., according to pres. L.B. Way Jr.

El Louise Waldron, Waldron Forest Products, Carmichael, Ca., has completed a business trip through Alaska.

Heidi Woods, secretary, SCR Inc., Lake Oswego, Or., recently won lst place in the singles event at the Association of College Unions' international bowling tournament, Pocatello, Id., with a 597 series, reports pres. Tom Crabtree.

Heinz Zaiser, K&Z Cabinet Co., Ontario, Ca., has been elected pres. of the Woodwork Institute of California; lst v.p. Ross Taylor, Taylor Bros. Stair Co., Gardena; 2nd v.p. Bob Ware, Millwork Diversified Products, Santa Ana; treas. Ed Bernhauer, Fresno Planing Mill, Fresno, and exec. sec. Bernie Barber Jr., Barber & Associates, Fresno.

Lynn Oleam has been assigned to the flooring division of Mungus-Fungus Forest Products, Climax, Nv., according to owners Hugh Mungus and Freddy Fungus.

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Timber lssues Seek Place On Ballot

Four groups with timber related initiatives are battling for a place on the November ballot in California. All measures including one sponsored by the industry seek harvesting and other timber management changes.

Briefly the initiatives seeking signatures to qualify are: o The Global Warming & ClearCutting Reduction Wildlife Protection & Reforestation Act of 1990: authorizes a $300 million bond issue to promote urban forestry, restore natural areas and offer incentives to small landouners lbr improvement and relorestation: levies fees on timber companies; lbrbids export ol logs; bans clear cutting in old growth forests. o The California E,nvironmental Prolection Act of 1990 (Van de Kamp/Hayden): bans logging in old growth redwood stands larger than l0 acres between Nov. 1990 and Nov. 199 1;controls toxic chemicals: establishes an elected environmental advocate: sets bonds for $200 million to purchase "ancient forests" and provide $100 million for urban forestry projects. o The Forest Timber Bond Act of 1990: creates $940 million in bonds to purchase timberland, mills and the town of Scotia, Ca., from Pacific Lumber Co., sets aside 3.770 of these acres as the Dark Forest Preserve; sells thc rest to Palco employ'ees at lair market value.

This initiative is supported by the Western Timber Association. Timber Association of California. Louisiana-Pacifi c. Georgia-Pacifi c, Pacifi c Lumber Co. and Simpson Timber Co.

. Forests lrorever Initiative (Environmental Protection Information Center): bans clear cutting in California with exceptions; establishes a moratorium on virgin redwood harvesting between Nov. 1990 and Nov. 1991 : restructures the California Board of Forestry, authorizes $742 million in bonds to purchase timber land; requires sustained yield plans; restricts timber harvest methods. This initiative is considered the most dangerous to the industry.

Nlany l'eel it could cut Calilbrnia's timber harvest by as nruch as 85([,. Some say it would put the industry out of business.

A fifth anrendment relating to thc limber industry is the Displaced Worker and Private Propertl' Protection Amendment of 1990 (Thomas Hernran) which redefines eminent donrain and provides compensation for workers displaced by mill closures and owners who have timber seized.

National Lumber Gloses Stores

In an attempt to solve its financial problems, National Lumber & Supply, Inc., Fountain Valley, Ca., has closed six of its 2 | stores.

La Mirada, Oceanside. Covina, Riverside. Moreno Valley and lrullerton stores held 25%r off sales to clear out nrerchandisc in preparation for closing. When company management n.)et with creditors March 26. they indicated a possibility of filing fbr protection under Chapter I I of' the Federal Bankruptcy Code. A creditors conrmittee was formed to 1 l'lt.ts, l ttrrt l0 !'ttlt J | )

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Dave Poppe has joined the International Paper Co./McEwen Lumber Co. office in Portland, Or.

Cecil F. Hansen has rejoined Alpine Veneers, Portland, Or., buying and selling veneer from Everett, Wa.

Jim Burns, Rick Meyers, Phil Myers and Tom Reynolds have been appointed v.p.s of North Pacific Lumber Co.. Portland. Or.

Rich Odekirk has been named gen. mgr. of pine products at FibreForm Wood Products, Eureka, Ca.

Pat Decatrel, Ken Lilley and Vance Schmitz, Versyss, Inc., Torrance, Ca., recently attended the company's annual national conference in Atlanta, Ga.

Larry Hemmings is new to Bohannon Lumber Co., Orange, Ca., handling sales of industrial hardwood and softwood lumber, reports Bob Smith.

John Morrison, Sunset Moulding Co., Live Oak, Ca., and his wife, Trish, are the proud parents of Chase David Morrison, born March 6, 1990.

Mike Rose has been added to Furman Lumber's panel products dept. Bob Porsavage is a new national accounts sales rep.

Mark Thelan has been promoted to director of sales at Maywood-Anderson Forest Products, Eugene, Or. At the Woodland, Ca., oflice, Bob Brass is now director of sales and Patrick Myers, sales mgr.

Charles Mercy and Tami Wortley have joined Ace Hardware, Portland, Or., in wood products purchasing.

Don Crane, Pacific Southeast Forest Products, Diamond Springs, Ca., won low gross with a score of 74 at the Southwest Pine Association golf tournament held Mid-March in Phoenix, Az.

Willamette Art Revives Past

Every year for the last 18 years, Willamette Industries has sent its wholesale customers the one thing they can't seem to get enough of - a little piece of history in the form of quarterly calendars, each featuring a photograph of a turn-of-the-century logging scene.

Willamette Industries officials receive frequent phone calls and letters from customers thanking them for the calendars or wondering how they can get additional copies.

STEAilI donkeys such as this one in the ponderosa pine forest near Medford, 0r., were vital to early day loggers.

"Everyone wants a tie to the past," says Gene Walters, general sales manager for Willamette lumber and plywood. "The past helps define our industry and the role we've played in American life."

The timber industry has played a particularly influential role in America's growth, he points out. When America began its growth spurt in the early days of the century, the timber industry supplied the lumber that became homes, stores and businesses eventually, towns and cities. Not to mention creating jobs for entire communities.

They were hard jobs, too. The faces that stare out from these old photos tell a story of backbreaking work. In one photo, a dozen men and their horses are dwarfed by the huge trestle they have just built by hand from giant Douglas firs deep in

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In another photo, circa 1890, a pull boat sits anchored in the Louisiana bayou, its steam engine working to drag huge cypress logs from the swamp. Along the shore sits a man with a gun, security in case an alligator should appear.

"A lot of our customers are simply unaware of our history. They like the nostalgia," says Walters, a second generation lumber man. "ln fact, some of our customers have never been inside a sawmill."

What started as a clever mailing in 1972 has become one of Willamette's most enduring and sought after projects. Customers frequently frame the calendars, and often save the photographs.

Willamette relies on its advertising agency, Marx/Knoll, Denight & Dodge of Portland, Or., to come up with the photos, which generally are found in historical society libraries, museums or private collections. Occasionally, an interesting story comes along with the photo.

One year, Willamette was persuaded to replace the calendar mailing with a different project. Walters says the outcry lasted for weeks. "Man, did we get a lot of angry phone calls," Walters recalls. "We sure learned our lesson."

For now, Willamette has every intention of producing its popular calendar series for years to come, says Walters. "We'd be crazy not to, "

Enviros Plan Summer Attack

Radical North Coast environmentalists are soliciting college students across the country to join a summer of disobedience, interfering with timber operations in Mendocino, Humboldt and Del Norte. Ca.. counties.

Earth First! is seeking students nationwide through talks and a national newsletter to "defend the redwoods with non-violent civil disobedience," aping tactics used in the South during the 1960s civil rights movement.

Responding to the planned "Mississippi Summer in the California Redwoods," the Timber Association of California said it "trivializes the real sacrifices made in Mississippi as part of the civil rights movement."

Organizers are primarily targeting logging operations in Mendocino and Humboldt, although activists in nearby counties have expressed interest in expanding the Protest.

Betty Ball, representing an environmentalist clearing house in Ukiah, Ca., reasons the student drive shouldn't jeopardize local legislators' attempts to reach timber harvesting compromises with corporate leaders, since her office had no input into the talks anyway.

Runaway Robber Nabbed

Two employees at Home Depot, San Carlos, Ca., apprehended a would-be thief who attempted to outrun them across the parking lot wheeling a shopping cart packed with over $1,000 worth of merchandise.

Troy John Jacobson, 20, spent 45 minutes loading a bathroom sink, four sets of faucets, two garbage disposals, four packs of laminated oak planking and some glue onto the cart, before ducking out an employee-only back door and heading for a parked van, said San Carlos police.

When the workers gave chase, the van sped away. They soon caught Jacobson and placed him under citizen's arrest until police arrived.

The suspect was charged with the Feb. 8 incident and with a similar burgldry in Sunnyvale, Ca., police said.

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