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Millwork Convention

(Continued from page 51) ing can all help avoid problems as can using OSHA's consultation service, which Brown recommended.

Following was a panel on lumber quality that related various methods for checking lumber into a plant prior to its use in manufacture. It was noted that raw material costs run from 650/o to 7 50/o of the final cost of a moulding and millwork product.

Control suggestions included weight and block tallies, grading the lumber, checking thickness, moisture and species. Frank counseling and negotiations with suppliers was one procedure advised to avoid quality and supply problems.

Elected at the meeting were president Bob Weiglein, Fibreboard Box & Millwork, Red Bluff, Ca.; vice president Dave Rix, Yuba River Moulding & Millwork, Yuba City, Ca.; treasurer Ric Morrison, Sun Forest Products, Inc., Live Oak, Ca. Tom MacDonald, Contact Lumber

Co., Prineville, Or., is past president and Bernie Tomasko, executive vice president and secretary.

Directors elected for three year terms on the board were Jack Hawley, Georgia-Pacific, Cottonwood, Ca.; John Kirkpatrick, American Moulding & Millwork, Stockton, Ca., and Larry Fleming, Bend Millwork Systems, Bend, Or.

A fullcomplement of golf, tennis, and social events filled out a convention that members said was one of the best.

Wrofesafe distribution of building materials by l TRUCK l

Coos Head takes Dride in its service to its customers and invites all inquiries, including the difficult- and hard-to-find items. Let our inventoryu be your inventory.

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I Kiln dried S4S lumber l" & 2' r Complete line of panel products

^ Laminated beams

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Forest Products

Shakes, shingles, hip & ridge (sales rep for West Forest Wood Productsl Cedar Hem/Fir

CCA pressure treated lumber- dimension

CCA pressure treated posts division of Coos Head Lumber & Plywood Co.

CCA pressure treated decks & fencing ^ Rentokil/SuoaTimber Dressure treated lumber fsales agent for Durawood Treating Co.

LMA Seminar/Meeting in May

The Lumber Merchants Association of Northern California will hold a management seminar prior to the official events of the 5 I st annual convention at the Doubletree Hotel, Monterey, Ca., May 5-8.

Arranged by the education and convention committee, the seminar will earn education credits in the newly established National Building Materials Institute. Brent Taylor, president, Taylor Group, will give a half day session, "Managing Your Sales Force," Saturday, May 5, and a full day session with lunch, "Positioning for the '90s/Competing With Chains," Sunday.

Will Riegel, v.p., lumber sales, Pacific Lumber Co., will speak on "The Redwood Lumber Supply in the Next l0 Years and Political Issues/Climate" following the general session Monday, May 7 A computer panel and a presentation on "High Performance Retailing" by Noel Crisp, management consultant, will follow.

The president's reception and dinner will be held Monday evening with the president's installation breakfast closing the convention Tuesday morning. Don Johnson, outgoing president, and incoming president Jim Merchant will be honored at this time.

Yaeger & Kirk Buys Rklgeco

The assets of Ridgeco Truss, Inc., Cloverdale, Ca., have been purchased by Yaeger & Kirk Lumber, a Santa Rosa. Ca.. retailer that has two additional units in nearby Sonoma and Ukiah. No price was revealed in the transaction.

It is anticipated that the firm will be moved by its new owners to the 40,000 sq. ft. Harris Pine building situated on several acres in Healdsburg, Ca.

Joe Bowman, Bowman Lumber Sales, Cloverdale, Ca., the founder of Ridgeco Truss in 1982, has retained the stake manufacturing equipment and will continue to produce agricultural items for sale through Bowman Lumber Sales.

Natitmal Lumber

(Continued front page -76) advise National. Most vendors agreed to ship on a cash basis.

Bankruptcy loomed as a possibility when officials of National Lumber and Supply Inc., Fountain Valley, Ca., met with about 200 suppliers March 26. Suppliers agreed to resume shipping merchandise on a cash basis and accept a moratorium on their receivables from the company until April 10.

An informal vendor creditors committee was formed to work with the company. As an option to filing for protection from creditors in federal bankruptcy court, management told suppliers they are considering selling some or all company assets, closing stores and consolidating inventory, subletting or assigning store leases, renegotiating major credit arrangements.

National Lumber is seeking measures to cut costs and turn things around, as it continues to lose ground to its warehouse competitors and fall deeper into the red, according to ceo Mel Jaffee. The 15store chain recently closed its Santa Ana, Ca., warehouse; hired a new c.f.o. and controller; instituted a selfinsurance program, and switched banks to obtain a higher line of credit (see The Merchant, March, p. 62).

Shutter Up

Raised panel style shutters have been added to Duraco Industrial Products' Finishing Touch line.