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Herbert J. Zarkin has been appointed ceo of HomeBase Inc., Irvine, Ca., succeeding Allan Sherman, who has resigned after six years.

Beryl Roberts, J.H. Baxter, Eugene, Or., plans to retire April 28, after 39 years. Kyle Nowatzke is new to sales.

Stephen Nicholson has been named marketing mgr. for WoodPro Lumber Management Software at Pro-Com Integrated Software Inc., Seattle. Wa.

Butch Pope has been named president of Weber Plywood & Lumber Co., Inc., Tustin, Ca. Andrew Barker is now v.p. Founder Don Weber is ceo and will remain active in the business.

Curt Piper, ex-MacMillan Bloedel/ Weyerhaeuser, Denver, Co., is new to outside sales at Allweather Wood Producs, Loveland, Co.

Bruce Keith has been welcomed back as assistant sales mgr. at Pan Lumber Co., Chino, Ca.

"Woody" Woodlief has retired from Economy Lumber Co., Campbell, Ca., after 42 years.

Becky Addington, ex-Weyerhaeuser, is now a Georgia-Pacific sales representative in the San Francisco East Bay area.

Jim Walsh has been promoted to business development mgr. of Rosboro Lumber Co., Springfield, Or. Other promotions: Jim Enright, general sales mgr.; Greg Carter, lumber sales mgr., and Jim Badalich, veneer sales.

Dale Young, ex-Trimco Millwork, is new to sales at Hoff Forest Products, Meridian, Id. Hap Hasty, Western Woods, has relocated from Chico, Ca., to open a new office in Scottsdale. Az.

Rodney Bullion has been promoted to general merchandising mgr. for Lumbermen's Building Centers, Olympia, Wa. Rick Tanis, exBelco, Inc., has been appointed buyer, commodity wood products at Lumbermen's Lanoga purchasing office, Tacoma, Wa.

Jim Dovenberg, founder and ceo, Greenwood Forest Products, Portland, Or., has retired from dayto-day operations, to be succeeded by a management team.

Vaughn Corban, ex-Payless Cashways, Inc., has been appointed Southwest regional merchandise mgr. for cedar and whitewood for Capital Lumber Co., Phoenix, Az.

Rich Margosian plans to relinquish his title as president of the Composite Panel Association at month's end, after 15 years, six as president.

Roland Massey has been appointed mgr. for PrimeSource's new Salt Lake City, Ut., distribution center.

Richard Blackwood has been promoted to executive v.p. of BMC West parent Building Materials Holding Corp., San Francisco, Ca. William Smith and Stanley Wilson are now v.p.'s.

Kirk Durbin has been named general mgr. of the architectural products division of Diamond Hardwoods, Fresno, Ca.

Dave Dutton has been appointed chief financial officer and chief operating officer for Tualatin Valley Builders Supply, Portland, Or.

Dominic Gatto is new to sales at Hayden-Bridge Forest Products, Eugene, Or.

Andy Porietis has been appointed operations mgr. of Alpine Lumber Supply, Sandpoint, Id. Ken Porter is now in contractor sales.

Mike Mcleod, ex-Maravia Corp., is new to sales and marketing at Intermountain Orient, Boise, Id.

J. Kelly Delacy has joined Snavely International's Portland, Or., branch office. Steve Snavely, Snavely Forest Products, Pittsburgh, Pa., and Kevin Breen, San Francisco, Ca-, are back from a business trip to Chile.

Bill Wallace has been named v.p.operations-Western region for 84 Lumber. Mike Figgins succeeds him as v.p.-operations, Central region.

Brian T. Schnabel has been promoted to chief operating officer of TruServ Corp.

Susan Renninger has been promoted to project specialist for Distribution Management Systems, Inc. Ed Pearce is software support analyst. Joe Lengyel, senior support/installation analyst.

Ron Brill, executive v.p. and chief administration officer, Home Depot Inc., Atlanta, Ga., plans to retire March 2001. He has been with Depot since 1978.

Dan Vincent has been named director of education at the North American Wholesale Lumber Association.

Kent Bathurct has been promoted to v.p. of manufacturing for Universal Forest Products, Inc. Matt Gilbert has been promoted to mgr. of financial reporting.

Charlie Rankin has been appointed general mgr. of Ace Hardware's paint division.

Michael W. Penny, ex-Redland Roofing, has been appointed president of Monierlifetile, Irvine, Ca., succeeding Don Hinshaw, who has left the company.

Frank Chambers has been named executive v.p.-professional business development for Payless Cashways. Clifford Caldwell is v.p.-professional builder operations; Dennis Smith, divisional merchandise mgr. for e-commerce; John Cramer, e-commerce national accounts mgr.; Lewis Logan, e-commerce logistics director. and David Krumbholz. senior v.p.-store operations.

Peter Dempsey, v.p. of marketing, Jeld-Wen, Inc., has been elected chairman of the Window and Door Manufacturers Association. succeeding Phil Bishop. Kurt Heikkila, Andersen Corp., was elected vice chairman; Linda Semling, Semling-Menke Co., treasurer, and Rick Liddell, V-T Industries, was re-elected vice chairman, door division. New directors: Jerry Mannigel, door division, Weyerhaeuser Co.; Bob Ractliffe, PlyGem Industries, and Jake Marvin, Marvin Windows.

Gary Bowen, ex-Boise Cascade and San Diego Wholesale, is now with Bowen General Contracting, San Diego, Ca.

R. Hamilton "H&mt' Schirmer, v.p. of business development, Masco Corp., has been appointed to the board of DlYonline.com, Tucson, Az.

Melinda Terry has been promoted to v.p. of legislative affairs for the California Forestry Association, Sacramento, Ca.

Steve Tyahla is the new chairman of the board of the Lumbermens Credit Association, Inc., publishers of the Red Book. David Tyahla is now executive v.p.

Eric Ziedrich, Healdsburg Lumber Co., Healdsburg, Ca., has been elected mayor of Healdsburg.

Clint Bower, Braided Accents, Coeur d' Alene, Id., has returned from a wee k-long business trip to California.

Shea Kim Downe is now in charge of collections at Mungus-Fungus Forest Products, Climax, Nv., according to co-owners Hugh Mungus and Freddy Fungus.

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Builders Forsake Old Growth

Under seige by environmentalists, two of the nation's largest home builders, Kaufman & Broad and Centex Corp., agreed to phase out the use of old growth wood products.

After convincing retailers such as Home Depot and Lowe's to agree to stop selling old growth, enviro groups such as the Rainforest Action Network identified home builders as their next target. Protesters at the International Builders Show in January threatened to begin demonstrations at Kaufman & Broad and Centex new home developments across the country if within two months the firms didn't give in.

Court Refects Enviro Appeal

A Humboldt County, Ca., activist was ordered to repay Pacific Lumber Co. parent Maxxam Inc. $110,122.65 in attorneys' fees for filing frivolous litigation.

In January 1995, Robert E. Martel filed suit against Maxxam, chairman Charles Hurwitz and other parties, erroneously alleging their misconduct caused the 1988 failure of a Texas thrift. A trial court dismissed the case, finding it "regurgitating political half-truths" and describing Martel as a man who "knows nothing, saw nothing," and 'did nothing. "

Martel's appeal was denied by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals.

"Mr. Martel and EarthFirst! have tried for almost a decade to abuse the law in an effort to inflict damage on Maxxam's subsidiary, The Pacific Lumber Co., and destroy the jobs of Pacific Lumber's 1,300 employees," said Joshua Reiss, spokesperson for Maxxam. "The decision sends an important message that such behavior will not be tolerated."

Personals

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DOMESTIC SALES: Jerry Long. Michael Parrella. Lynn Bethurum. Janet Pimentel, Pete Ulloa, George Parden, Vince Galloway.

INTERNATIONAL SALES: Nestor Pimentel. Oscar Portillo.

John Richards. retired ceo and chairman, Potlatch Corp., and Tom Richards, chairman and ceo, Idaho Forest Products, Coeur d'Alene, Id., will receive the North American Wholesale Lumber Association's highest honor, the Mulrooney Award, April 30.

Gary Morikawa has been appointed president of Makita U.S.A., Inc., La Mirada, Ca.

Mark Ferro, Piedmont Lumber Co., Pittsburgh, Ca., is the proud father of 7 lb., 9 oz. Carson Ferro, born March 4.

R. Allen Paddock was appointed v.p.-manufacturing at Celotex.

David Jones has been appointed technical services mgr. for Chemical Specialties, Inc.

Rodney Mathis, ex-James Hardie Building Products, has been named president of The Original Bungee Co., Oxnard, Ca.

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Crown Pacific May SellOut

Plagued with an inexplicably depressed stock price, Crown Pacific Partners, L.P., Portland, Or., has engaged investment bank Warburg Dillon Read LLC to explore strategic alternatives to enhance value for the company's unitholders, including the possible sale of the company.

Other options, according to the company, include a merger, strategic alliance, or management buyout.

According to Crown Pacific president and ceo Peter W. Stott, "Our board and management have determined that despite our continued growth in revenues, earnings and distributions since we went public in 1994. the financial markets are not rewarding our performance and are undervaluing our timberlands and operations. Because the dynamics in the financial markets are outside of our control, we feel it incumbent to seek other alternatives to increase unitholder value."

Last year, the company increased net income 22Vo to $34.4 million on record revenues of $667 million. Operations include more than 835,000 acres of Pacific Northwest timberlands, conversion facilities in Oregon, Washington and ldaho, and wholesale marketing and sales offices in Oregon, Arizona, Nevada, Utah, New Mexico, California and Minnesota.

Pact For Loggers & Enviros?

Six British Columbia timber firms reportedly are close to reaching a pact with environmentalists that would temporarily appease both sides.

The deal forbids logging in specific pristine coastal forests for the next l8 months and prohibits environmentalists from urging customers to shun the companies' products.

The two groups hope to eventually sign a long-term conservation plan for l7 million acres stretching from the province's central coastline up to the Alaskan border.

The timber companies initiated the talks, according to Linda Coady, a Weyerhaeuser Co. spokesperson, who said, "We're concerned with the pressures and market-access restrictions we could be facing if we don't do something."

The five other firms are Western Forest Products, a Doman Industries Ltd. subsidiary; International Forest Products Ltd.: West Fraser Timber Co.; Fletcher Challenge Canada Ltd., and Canfor Corp., all of which expressed concern about Home Depot's announcement that it would eliminate wood products from "environmentally sensitive areas" by the end of 2002.

Lowe's Mobile Ad lrks Depot

A trio of trucks brandishing Lowe's Cos. billboards recently paid two surprise visits to a Home Depot in Murietta, Ca., recently, annoying employees and customers alike.

On both occasions. the trucks drove through the store parking lot in plain view of customers, who called the tactics "immature, insecure and childish," according to assistant manager Ernie Cuellar.

The Temecula Lowe's store manager apologized for both incidents, reported Cuellar, but said the firm's North Wilkesboro, N.C., headquarters directed all marketing campaigns.

While Lowe's spokesperson Suzanne McCoy said the mobile billboards help acquaint area residents with the firm, her Depot counterpart, Carol Schumacher. called the matter friendly competition, nothing more.