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Bob Bretz, ex-Colville Indian Precision Pine, has joined Yakama Forest Products, White Swan, Wa.

Jim Snodgrass, sales mgr. & v.p.export sales, Contact Industries, Portland, Or., has retired after 25 years with the company. His responsibilities will be divided among the remaining sales staff, including sales mgrs. Pete Himes, Duane Roth, Greg Wiltjer, and Ernie Glanville.

Brian Baker is now part of the sales staff at Pacific Western Lumber, Lake Oswego, Or.

Tobin Kurton has joined the trading staff at Buckeye Pacific, Portland, Or., focusing on hardwood plywood.

Michael Richardson, ex-States Industries, is a new marketing spe- cialist at Timber Products. Springfield, Or.

Carl Hedlund has been elected to the board of ProBuild Holdings, Denver, Co. Hedlund, who retired as president of Therma-Tru in 2OO7 , will also serve on the board's compensation committee.

Steve Phillips has been promoted to merchandise mgr. for hardware and industrial at Orchard Supply Hardware, San Jose, Ca. Andy Passman, ex-Home Depot, is the new merchandise mgr. for tools & appliances; Brian Hersey, plumbing buyer; Traci Smith, garden buyer, and Carol Nakauchi, housewares buyer.

Greg Petet has joined the outside sales team at Hadlock Building Supply, Port Hadlock, Wa. Sharon Senner was voted the store's Employee of the Quarter.

Dan Griffiths has joined the sales staff at Olympic Industries, North lag screws are old news. The self-tapping GRK RSS is a serious structural screw. It's a high torque, high tensile, hightech wonder. lt bores through wood with ease and greatly reduces the risk of splitting. Its revolutionary design also eliminates the need for washers. In the time it takes to put in a drill bit, you could be done.

Vancouver, B.C., specializing in cedar.

Duane Goodwin, chief supply chain officer, has resigned after four years with Bluelinx Holdings, Atlanta, Ga.

Mark Otto is now national sales msr. at Kubinec Strapping. Don Stilson is the new operations mgr.

Keith Rozolis has been named executive v.p. and chief operating officer for ABC Supply. Brent Fox is now v.p.-divisional operations; Brad Money, v.p.-manufacturing operations; Kim Hendricks, v.p.organizational development; Mike Schwarz, director of marketing & business intelligence, and Mary Groessl, director of business development.

Stefan Bergmann, ex-Great Lakes Forest Alliance, is now executive v.p. of the Forest Products Society. Mike Reimer, president of Western Wood Preserving, Sumner, Wa., and six friends rode their motorcycles 350 miles through Mexico over four days in March.

Moore Watts is a new electrician at Mungus-Fungus Forest Products, Climax, Nv., report owners Hugh Mungus and Freddy Fungus.

Weyco To Close Sorting Yard

Weyerhaeuser Co., Federal WaY, Wa., will close its Bay City log export facility in Aberdeen, Wa.

The facility, which emPloYs 54, will inventory and clear remaining logs from the yard before closing permanently late this month.

"We are taking this action due to continued weak demand for wood and wood products," said Rich Wininger, v.p. of Weyco's Westem Timberlands operations. "We will consolidate log sorting and exporting at our other facilities in the region, located at Longview and Olympia, Wa."

Weyerhaeuser has operated the Bay City yard since the early 1970s.

Onco Finds Buyer And Files

Onco Construction SuPPlY, Livermore, Ca., has filed for Chapter I I bankruptcy protection and agreed to sell its assets to ACSP, an entity controlled by Greg Grosch, cofounder of White Cap Construction Supply.

"The strength of Mr. Grosch's relationships in and knowledge of the construction supply industry were two major factors in the decision-making process of Otco's board of directors to approve the sale to ACSP," said Onco president and c.e.o. Peter Alexander. "Despite the required reorganization, Onco intends to continue to operate its business through the sale date, which is exPected to occur at the end of May. Additionally, subject to reaching amenable agreements with its landlords, it is also anticipated that the purchaser will continue to operate in its existing locations."

Onco, which closed seven branches in early March, now operates 12 distribution centers and two rebar facilities in California, Nevada and Arizona.

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97o to an annual rate of 564,000 ... regionally, starts were down 26.3Vo in the West

Ace Hardware. Oak Brook, Il., ranked lOth on BusinessWeek's annual customer service ranking for the second year in a row

AZEK Building Products, Scranton. Pa.. has been dubbed a preferred supplier by deck/porch builder Archadeck ...

Sto Corp., Atlanta, Ga., earned ISO 14001 :2004 Environmental Management System certification for its North American plants ...

LP Building Producls has earned a 1.7 5E grade for its LP SolidStart LSL from APA-The Engineered Wood Association ...

Trex Co. is now recommending the use of The Hidden Link hidden deck fasteners from Sure Drive USA, Hayward, Ca., with Trex square edge decking profiles ...

Fasco Fasteners was selected to exhibit in the Smart Solutions section of PCBC June 17-19 in San Francisco, Ca.

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