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Kathleen Gyurica has joined the sales team at Vanport Forest Products, Boring, Or.

Steve Stoler has been promoted to general sales mgr.-particleboard for Boise Cascade, Boise, Id.

Chip McHenry has joined the sales force at Stockton Wholesale Lumber Co.. Stockton. Ca.

Steve Holden is the new plant manager at Trus Joist, Eugene, Or. He replaces Joe Fyie, who is now overseeing a special engineered lumber project at the Albany, Or., facility.

Greg Winakur, ex-Sellwood Lumber, and Chris Sallee and Pat Murphy, both ex-BMA, are new to Pacific Western Lumber, Lake Oswego, Or.

Rusty Carroll, L-P Corp., has been promoted to OSB marketing mgr. and will transfer from Montreal to new Hq. in Nashville, Tn.

Rich Geary has left the Western Wood Products Association, Portland. Or.. to form his own consulting firm, Richard W. Geary and Associates, Oceanside, Ca.

Kevin Turner, ex-Weyerhaeuser, Sacramento. Ca.. is now with American MoldGuard, Irvine, Ca.

Jonathan Meinert is a new mgr. trainee at 84 Lumber Co., Henderson, Co.

Jerry Wood, ex-Teton West Lumber, has retumed to Neiman Enterprises, Hulett, Wy., selling industrial lumber and byproducts for Devils Tower Forest Products. Hulett. and Rushmore Forest Products, Hill Ciry, S.D.

Jason Irving has been promoted to v.p. of sales for Forestweb, Los Angeles, Ca. Cornelius Conboy is now v.p. of information technology and Ola Jane Gow, v.p. of marketing & communications.

Steve Mahurin, ex-Home Depot, is the new senior v.p. and chief merchandising officer at TruServ. He replaces Bill Godwin, who left to pursue other opportunities.

Chris Simpson, v.p.-sales & marketing, Pella Corp., has been elected chairman of the Window & Door Manufacturers Association, Des Plaines, Il., succeeding Jerry Mannigel, Marshfield Door Systems. New board members include Mark Watson, Great Lakes Window; Harry Reichwald, Egger Industries; Jay Lund, Andersen Corp.; George Gunia, National Starch & Chemical Co.; Paul Rogers, Truth Hardware, and Bob Doyle, Therma-Tru Doors. Mannigel is door divison vice chairman; Dave Becker, Eagle Window & Door, window divison vice chair, and Linda Semling, Semling-Menke Co., treasurer.

Jim Stockman was named market mgr. for Stock Building Supply (formerly Terry Cos.), Mission Hills, Ca., succeeding Lonnie Schield, who has left the company after seven years. Joe Applemann, v.p. of operations for Stock's Western Division, has relocated to Mission Hills from Roy, Ut.

Brian Kirwan, Ken Potter and Mindy Pieper, all ex-K&S Components, have opened a Tigard, Or., sales office for IntermountainOrient, Inc., Boise, Id., focusing on South American imports.

Kelly Christianson and Jeff Lalonde, both ex-Tolko, have formed Iron Mountain Trading, a distribution center in Abbostford, B.C.

Jeff Hendrickson, sales mgr., Davidson Industries, Mapleton, Or., will remain with the company in another capacity after it shutters its 50year-old sawmill this spring (see March, p. 18).The firm also owns timberland.

Robert A. Ferguson was appointed president and c.e.o. of Hines Horticulture, Irvine. Ca.

Burke A. Rice is a new oartner in Tristar Transload PNW. Inc.. Vancouver. Wa.

McGregory "Greg" Skadan has retired after 45 years in the lumber industry, the last 22 with Gray Lumber Co., Tacoma, Wa.

Arkadi Bykhovsky, Taiga Forest Products Ltd., Burnaby, British Columbia, has resigned as president, c.e.o. and board member due to personal reasons. The board's executive committee will manage the firm until a successor is hired.

Trent Leon is a new account mgr. at Capital Lumber Co., Dallas, Tx.

Phil Nadiak has joined World Marketing of America as v.p.-market development.

Tim Peterson has been named national sales mgr. of VT Industries.

Kim Gonzalez has joined Do It Best Corp., Fort Wayne, In., as education services specialist in its communications department.

Thomas Koos is now group v.p. and president of the Black & Decker Consumer Group. John Scheich is now group v.p. and president of the DeWalt Professional Grouo.

Eric C. Olsen was named executive v.p. and chief financial officer of Lafarge North America. He succeeds Larry J. Waisanen, who will retire at year's end.

Bill Pelke has joined Sheffield Plastics' sales team as field development mgr. for the Western U.S. and Western Canada.

Rosa Hakala, v.p.-international supply chain, Home Depot, has been named chairman of the Retail Industry Leaders Association supply chain security committee.

Jim Enright, general sales mgr., Rosboro Lumber Co., Springfield, Or.. has been named chairman of the marketing advisory commiil.ee for APA-The Engineered Wood Association.

Doug Mood, eight-year Montana state Representative and former partner in Pyramid Mountain Lumber Co., Seeley Lake, Mt., has filed to run for the Public Service Commission.

Dave Dahlen, Keene Industries, Redwood Valley, Ca., recently became the first two-time winner of the highly coveted Scarne's Guide to Modern Poker, recently presented by Orin Burgess, Burgess Lumber. Santa Rosa. Ca.

Homer Sapien has been appointed the new mgr. of human resources at Mungus-Fungus Forest Products, Climax, Nv., report owners Hugh Mungus and Freddy Fungus.

Oregon Prefinisher Primed For Expansion

The meteoric growth of fiber cement and engineered wood panels has caused one prefinisher to outgrow its leased facilities in White City, Or.

Spectrum Industries has acquired 3.75 acres next to its largest customer, CertainTeed. where it will break ground this month on a 32,350-sq. ft. plant. The $1.35 million expansion is anticipated to be completed in July.

Spectrum had focused on commercial and industrial painting until CertainTeed came to town four years ago. The firm began concentrating on prefinishing and produces 1 million bd. ft. a month of prefinished products. The expansion will up its monthly capacity to 2 million bd. ft. With the addition of a swing shift, the workforce will grow from 25 to 35.

New equipment includes ovens that bake the finish on and a six-headed, computerized sprayer that jets paint at varying angles and intervals on a24"wide target.

Although CertainTeed provides the foundation-25Vo of Spectrum's business-the prefinisher hasn't confined itself to fiber cement. "We wanted to incorporate the whole wood building industry," said owner Brent Ahern.

It now prefinishes siding, decking and soffits. "What we found when we got into the market," he said, "was that what could be prefinished at the time was only about 7Vo to 9Vo." Since then, Ahern said, the prefinishing market has grown to l87o to 20Vo.

"The architects, builders and other people realize the benefits of pre-finished materials," he said.

Dealer Stands Up To Depot

In a Colorado Springs, Co., market heavily influenced by Home Depot, franchise owner Darek Barnes this month will open his third Ace Hardware store.

Barnes is spending more than $2 million to buy and remodel a former Pay N Pak. Roughly two-thirds of the 46,000-sq. ft. structure will serve as a sales floor, the remainder for office and warehouse space for all three local stores. His family-owned company, Barnes Ace Inc., also runs a unit in Minnesota.

He attributes the chain's closure of two stores over the last six years more to rising rents in less desirable neighborhoods than to Home Depot's increasing presence. The new store, however, will be merchandised to compete "selectively" with Depot.

Barnes Ace founder David Barnes retains ownership of one of the stores, but next year will sell it to son Darek. From there, Darek anticipates opening an additional two to three stores in older neighborhoods in the area.

Nexfor Considers Spin Off

Toronto-based Nexfor Inc. has proposed spinning off its specialty papers and timberlands divisions from its panelboard business, forming two separate companies that might attract a potential buyer.

Fraser Papers would take over the paper and timber units, with the remaining company, renamed Norbord Inc., concentrating on wood panels. The firms would have separate management, boards and stock.

"The decision to distribute Fraser Papers recognizes that we have two very different businesses that can be significantly enhanced by giving them the opportunity to independently evaluate growth opportunities and organize their capital resources," said c.e.o. Dominic Gammiero.

Shareholders will vote on the proposal at a special meeting in late June.

Capital Opens Boise DC

Capital Lumber Co.. Phoenix. Az.. has ooened a nerv distribution center in Boise. Id.

The l-acre site includes sq. ft. ri'arehouse.

Ai'ailablc itcrls includc cedar. sprucc. Douglas t'ir. pine and compositc lumber ies can bc nrade daill'.

Depot Teams With MetLife

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Scott Gaskin is the regictnal rnanager ovcrseeing the operation with Dan Merrill supportin-r. Sales are handled by Terry Brot,n and Mike Bishop. rr ith T1 Ra1 a: operations manager.

Home Depot and Metlife Auto & Home Insurance have made an agreement in rvhich the big box chain ivill provide repair materials and installation services for Metlif'e's customers.

When rr-raking estimates for flooring replacements. Met|-it'e insuriince adjusters will refer customers tc) Horne Depot, although they can also use their own contractors if they choose do so.

Home Depot and Metl-if'e are also looking into benefits fbr Metlife customers buying certain safety products through Home Depot.

"I don't think you'll see plyrvood prices come back down. The supply is norv pretty well managed. There's not an oversupply. There are fewer manufacturers."

Robe rt Tillman, c.e.o., Lowe's Cos.

Vegas Forklift Driver Crushed

A 21-year-old forklift driver at Glendale Truss, North Las Vegas, Nv.. rvas killed after the five-ton vehicle toppled over and crushed him.

Authorities speculate that sPeed may have contributed to the 12:20 a.m. March 30 accident. It appeared as if the unidentified victim was turning the forklift with the lift raised but empty, rvhen the machine tipped.

Local police determined the incidcnt rvas an industrial accident and passed the investigation on to OSHA.

Beware "Code Approved"

The term "Code Approved" has been misused in the fastener industry, according to the International Staple, Nail & Tool Association.

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In a letter sent to the building community, ISANTA stated that phrases such as "code approved," "code accepted," and "ICBO approved" allow builders to assume a guarantee of building code compliance. However, just because a company claims approval does not mean that the product meets code requirements.

"This practice hurts the entire industry," said ISANTA chair Tom Willcutt. "A building official sees the claim or hears it from a contractor and the fastener industry gets the blame. By ordinance, only the building department, represented by the building official, can approve materials."

Some reasons why the term "code approved" can be misleading include: some towns write their own codes, there are many different codes, codes are periodically revised and not all towns adopt the revisions, towns can adopt a code verbatim or it can be modified. and some code sections, such as corrosion resistance, are subject to interpretation.

For a full explanation of code approval, visit www.isanta.org.