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By KENT MOXEY executive secrelary

l,l SwS around the region: Nino I ! Trujillo is now the owner and president of Nino's Bosque Farms Home Center. a few miles south of Albuquerque. Bob Jack is v.P. and Gloria Trujillo is secretary-treasurer. Nino bought property and is currently building Nino's Grants Home Center in Grants. Grand oPening is planned for June.

Last November Nino bought and scheduled simultaneous arrival of a convoy of 25 semi-truckloads of lumber and building materials in publicizing a big sale. TheY had tv and newspaper coverage, police escort. the works. How do you like that for a promotion? Sale was a big success.

Jim Ellis, son of our President Ellis. is new manager of Moab Lumber Co., Moab is owned bY Independent Lumber Co. Joe Poitwin, formerly manager of Anderson Lumber Co. in Ketchum has been promoted to director of person^nel ind development at the general office in Ogden. Rick Davis is the new manager at Ketchum. Paul Linter, for manY Years manager of the Howell Lumber Co. Yard in Julesburg bought the Yard: Now

Linter Lumber Co. - that's a nice name for it! J. W. Ashcraft, for manY years manager of the IndePend.ent Lumber Co. yard at Delta is retiring. New manager is Scott Baker.

New lumber dealer in Carbondale - Carbondale Wholesale, Inc.Tony Bocci, manager.

Western Wood Products Association has assigned a new field services representative to the region: W. E. "Bill" Moore, 1380 Ithaca Drive, Boulder, Co. 80303 (303)494-1882.

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within the industrv to promote energy conservation such as insulation improvements in residences.

F ovenNoR Raul Castro of Arr\J zona has set .a_side MaY 19'76 as EnErgy Awareness Month' Yours truly of th-e ALBSA was aPPointed bY the Governor's office as co-chairman of the Committee for the Construction Industry for the month's observlnce.

Activities as outlined below will be some of the promotion involved in items concerning energy.

(l) Ide;tify iost effective methods of rediriing eneigy usage in resrdential, commercial and industrial buildings.

Q\ Initiate cooperative advertising

(3) Arrange demonstrations and exhibits at building supply dealers to increase the public's knowledge of energy conservation.

The association's Wood Promotion Committee, chairmaned by Carl Bastian, had an impressive display at the "Energy Expo" at the Phoenix Civic Center April 30 - May 2.

The display was of a model home showing energy saving techniques as outlined in MESH, "Maximum EnergY Saving House" that is being promoted bv ALBSA.