PERSONALS

Ramsey Fendall has joined Dixieline Lumber Co., San Diego, Ca., as senior lumber buyer and purchasing mgr., according to Harold Bell. Scott Cowllng is now supplies buyer, joining plywood buyer Rlck De La O in the purchasing dept. Tlm Llssner is new to fence sales & industrial sales, and Ed Ludwlck and Dave Hamllton to the Dixieline huss div.

Jeff Howard is new to sales at Capital Lumber Co., Healdsburg, Ca., reports Barbara Caldwell, sales mgr. Kent Tam and Earl "Whlteytt Sothman are now in sales in Denver, Co.

Randy Johnson hasjoined Plateau Forest Products, Bend, Or., reports Wayne Mcby.

Patrlce Tardlf is now a market develop ment specialist and quality auditor with the American Plywood Association's field & quality services div.

Rlch Harlow and John Mlchael have joined the sales team at North American Plywood Corp., Santa Fe Springs, Ca. Ilonald Kuser has returned to the Jersey City, N.J., office as mgr. after seven yeani in Santa Fe Springs.

Nlck Rendlno has joined the sales force at Pacific Forest Pnrducts, Fresno, Ca., according to Blll Barr.

Susan Alford has been promoted to v.p.human resource services at Ernst Home and Nursery, Seat0e, Wa.

f,'rank Sherldan, Afrasian/Gross Veneer Sales, Mineola, N.Y., bas been elected pres. of the International Hardwood Products Association.

Vlctor Rlolo, director field services, Westem Wood Products Association, Portland, Or., plans to retire in Dec.

Dlck Newsham, Fremont Ca.. has been named Regional Sales Representative of tbe Year by Celotex.

Jlm Cameron, 3-C Trucking, Long Beach, Ca., was honored at Daytona Race Week in Florida for outstanding contributions to the sport of tials riding involving vintage motorcycles.

Dave Bethea, PrimeSource, Inc., Irvine, Ca., has been transferred to Dallas. Tx., to head up the inside sales support group.

Jeff Steele is now gen. mgr. of Lafayette Lumber, Lafayette, Co.

Maryallce Acevedo, Cal-State Lumber Sales Inc., San Ysidro, Ca., spoke at the opening breakfast of World Trade Week'93.

Blll Poulter has been named installed services director for HomeBase, Fullerton, Ca., reports pres. Blll Patterson. Jay Croslln is mgr.-sales & mktg., installed sales; Cralg Pottenger, mgr.operations, installed sales; Blll Kaplan, decor buyer, and Steve Budrow, hardware buyer.

Duncan R. Hossack, Snavely Forest Products, Phoenix, Az., has been transfened to Baltimore, Md., as gen. mgr.

Mike Durk is new to the industial sales div. of Snow Peak Forest Products, Coeur d'Alene. Id.

Steve Bruner, owner, Tali-Pak Lumber Milling, Hopland, Ca., competed in his first Yerington, Nv., 4fi) mile off-road race, Class #4 driving a Jeep Honcho. Co-driver was Tali-Pak forklift driver Don Eberle.

Hoover Treated Wood Products announces that a NATIONAL EVALUATION REPORT (NER-457) has been issued by the National Evaluation Service of the Council of American Building Officials to confirm that PYRO-GUARD Fire Retardant Treated Lumber and Plywood meets requirements of the BOCA, UBC, and SBCCI model building codes.

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I New York State Smoke loxlclty test resutts

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Bllt \ilhelan, former ceo, Roseburg Forest Products, Roseburg, Or., has resigned from the co.

Cralg Klncald, Kincaid Hardwood, Fair Oaks, Ca., is back from boogie boarding down both forks of the American River.

Bob Dewald is new account rep at Reid & Wright, Inc., Broomfield, Co.

Blll Ahrens bas been named sales and purchasing mgr. at Canfor USA, Meridian. Id.

Tom Hanson, Portland Pacific Forest Products, is back in Grcsham, Or., following vacation.

Greg Trapp is now architectural rep for L.A. and Orange counties at OrePac Millwork hoducts (Maple Bros div.), Chino, Ca., reports sales mgr. Tlm OtNell. Blll Valols is now covering the Inland Empire and San Gabriel Valley, and Dlrk Myers and Mltch NaranJo, O.C.-L.4. South Bay region.

Jeff Shelrbon has joined Trimco MiIlwork, Aurora, Co,, as Peachtree product mgr., reports gen. mgr. John Olson. Al Thurman is new as administrative mgr.

Wllllam B. Slnmonds, former Weyerhaeusr v.p,, is new to Market Resource Associates, Inc., Minneapolis, Mn., reports ceo John Cashmone.

Jlm Ballln is new to Timber Products Sales' intemational dept., Springfield, Or., specializing in imports.

Chrls Jenson is new to outside sales at Adam Wholesalers, Denver, Co.

Bob Valponl, Hales & Symons, Inc., Sonora" Ca., and his wife, Mary, are celebrating their 4Oth wedding anniversary.

Dennls Rlchardson, Oregon-Canadian Forest Products, Orange, Ca., reports son Brad was one of 42 U.S. Marines selected for a college education program followed by Office Candidate Scbool and commissioned officer status.

Robert Cabrera is now hardware sales mgr. for Yale Sales Wholesale Hardware, lns Angeles, Ca.

Mark Ellasson is now national account executive for CertainTeed's residential insulation group.

Alan Hern is now gen. mgr, at Regulus Stud Mills, Inc., SL Maries, Id.

A.D. ttPetett Correll, pres. and c.o.o., Georgia-Pacific, A0ant4 Ga., was presented the Earth Pledge Foundation's flrst Sustainable Development Award.

Ron Hughston has been promoted to western regional hardware sales mgr. at Phifer Wire Products. Mary Brltton is a new hardware sales rep. Scott Grlswold is new to sales at Idaho Timber Corp., Boise, Id.

R. Dale Lausch, pres., Universal Forest Products, Grand Rapids, Mi., recently visited thefu Universal Far West Co. Huntington Beach, Ca.

Gene Llvely, pres., Valley Distributors, Turlock, Ca., plans to retire in Sept. after 45 years in the business.

Jerrald T. Kabelln, Cotter & Co., has been named chaimun of tbe boar4 replacing retiring Wllllam Claypool trI, who remains on the board.

Robert Josephson, Stanley Tools, is now product line mktg. mgr.-paint applicator and surface preparation tools, and Kate Donley, product line mktg. mgr.fastening tools.

Duncan Moflat has joined Henry Co., Huntinglon Park, Ca., lrs v.p.-operations, Hemy Coatings Group.

Dana R. Lowell is now mktg. mgr.doors, openers and electronics products for Stanley Door Systems. Rlchard J. Caceres is product mgr.-electronics, gate operators & security systems, and Larry C. Kaufman, products mgr.garage openers.

Chrlstopher A. Bochm6 has been nanred western regional sales mgr. for The Genie Co.

Ron McFarland, Seasle, Wa., has been named Pacific Northwest dishict mgr. for James Hardie Building Products, Fontana. Ca. Todd MacCallum is now Hardieshake sales rep for Orange, Riverside & San Bernardino counties.

Elleen A. Llttle is now selling ladders for Mungus-Fungus Forest Products, Climax, Nv., according to owners Hugh Mungus and Freddy Fungus.

Group Formed To Fight Lumber Thefts

Exasperated and enraged by a string of costly, late night wood products thefts, Southern California lumber yards have fomred a special task force to prevent fufure crimes and, if possible, carch the crooks.

Since January, it is estimated more than $1 million in materials has been stolen in similar truck robberies (see Thc Merclnnt, May, p. 32>. Typically, thieves break into &e yard late on a weekend night and load one of the company's own trucks with handpicked materials, usually plywood. Most of the trucks have been rccovered empty within a 10 mile radius in Los Angeles. Authorities suspect the wood is unloaded at a central warehouse for storage or shipment locally, to Mexico or possibly overseas.

The retailers and wholesalers called an emergency meeting of Lumber Association of Southern California members to discuss the problem and begin forming a new Anti-Theft Committee. A concerned group of 24 members representing 15 yards attended. The lumbennen shared what they're doing to guard against becoming the next victim.

"Many people felt like police weren't doing anything, like their indi vidual police deparmrent was too busy to care about their one case," said committee head Martin Temple, Weyerhaeuser, Long Beach. "But as it tums out there's a multi-divisional police task force that is pursuing not just wood products thefts but cargo thefts in a fairly wide range of products and geographies. There's a ring that steals to order."

The committee is compiling adatabase to aid the multi-divisional task force. All victims are being asked to fill out a fomr stating what happened, where, when and what police agency they contacted.

Clues are mounting. A late night robbery at one yard was recorded on tape by ahidden security camera.

And on May 10 police apprehended three teenagers as they tried to make off with a fuck and its loosely secured load from Ganahl Lumber, Anahein. Around-the-clock security services now patrol all three Ganahl yards.

The committee is considering posting a reward and LASC is disributing a letter to law enforcement agencies in

Riverside, San Bernardino, Los Angeles and Orange counties to alert them to the problem. "If they spot a Euck carrying lumber on the highway between midnight and 3:00 a.m., they should know it's not supposed to be there," said LASC's Wayne Gudner.

Companies who can provide information or would like assistance are urged to contact LASC, (800) 266434r'..

"We want to at least shut it off and see that it doesn't happen anymore," Temple said, "and at best help catch and convict these guys."

Ganadian lmportTariff Unfair

The U.S. tariff imposed on Canadian lurber imports has been found to not comply with a free trade agreement between the two countries.

An international panel detennined the Bush administration ened in part when it levied a 6.57o duty on Canadian lumber last June. Aug. 4 is the deadline for U.S. response to the ruling, which the Commerce Departnent found "disappointing. "

A panel of Canadian and American trade officials is expected to rule June 27 on whether Canadian forest policies affect U.S. lumber sales.

Higher Lumber Prices To lncrease Home Costs

Lumber prices will climb steadily during the rest of the decade, each year adding $6.6 billion to the nation's lumber bill and $1 billion to its trade deficit.

A study by the Irland Group shows new home buyers will pay about $3.5 billion of the annual increase. Based on average annual sales of 1.1 million new homes, this could range from $3,500 to $5,000 for each home.

Although softwood lumber prices have dropped in recent weeks, they doubled from October 1992 to March 1993. Blaming this on timber supply restrictions, particularly in the Pacific Northwest, Lloyd C. Irland said, "The majority of analysts have concluded that supply trends are the dominant factor causing pric€ increases."

High U.S. lumber prices will create pressufe for harvesting overseas as well as domestically, he pointed out. This could lead to overcutting or premature cutting of forests and result in potential environmental darnge, espesially overseas where forest protection laws are sometimes weak.

"Higher lumber prices will spur an unprecedented wave of innovation in building materids markets and technology," he said. "In a decade or so, increased supplies of engineered wood products and non-wood substitutes are likely o significantly moderate further increases in prices."

But the switch to non-wood substitutes will create negative environmental effects in the form of higher energy conumption and carbon dioxide emissions, he warned.

The American Forest & Paper Association, National Association of Home Builders, National Lumber & Building Material Dealers Association, North American Wholesale Lumber Association, Northeastem Re0ail Lumber Association and Northwestern Lumber Association co-sponsored the study.

HomeBase Picks Up Where Sears Left Off

HoneBase is beefing up both its installation sales and service to contractors.

The chain has conEacted with over 120 fomrer Sears installation sales representatives and senior managers in a move to capture a portion of the $600 million home improvement installation market abandoned by Sears, Roebuck and Co. in January.

"Sears' reorganization offered us a once in a lifetime opportunity," said William Patterson, president of the Fullerton, Ca., chain. A 25 year Sears veteran, he headed their home improvement division prior to joining HomeBase.

The progran focuses on projects most commonly requested by homeowners including complete bath and kirchen remodeling, re-roofing, seamless gutter installation and wood and chain link fence installiation. Complete installation of central heating and air conditioning, windows, entry doors and garage doors is also offered, with additional services planned.

HomeBase is also adding a full service contractor's desk and manager at stores.