OBIlIUARIES

David L. Shafer,64, salesman for Kelly Wright Hardwoods Inc., Placen:a, C8., died of heaft disease May 21, 1993, in Anaheim, Ca.

Born in Pueblo, Co., he began his cane€r in sales at Rodd's Plywood and then U.S. Plywood/Champion Intemational. He served as general manager of Phillips Plywood and J.E. Higgins Lumber before joining Kelly Wright last year.

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( Cont inued Irom page 35 ) the first of the year. Payables up by three to four days. Import plywood situation is very difficult with some importers not honoring orders and scarce local availability.

Arizona, Brent Mullen, Southwest Hardwood Co., Phoenix: Insurance premiums on the rise. Competition has remained tough with competitors coming over from Southem California as well as Texas. Economy will slowly improve in '93, increasing 3-57o with margins remaining the same.

British Columbia, Gordon Reimer, Reimer Hardwood Ltd., Clerbrook, B.C.: Activity at a satisfactory pace; credit and collections improved.

Officers elected: Lynn Monthaven, president; Jim Frost, first vice president; Joe Long, second v.p.; Jim Price, secretary/treasurer; Gordon Reimer, sec./ treas. elect. Directors: Brent Mullen; Hal Kerry, Brady International; Joe Cortese, MacBeath Hardwoods, San Francisco, Ca.; John

Fahs, California Panel & Veneer Co., Ceritos, Ca.; Pat Ahern, Emerson Hardwoods; Pete Hall, Lumber Products, Portland, and Rick Burrows, Plywood Tacoma, Tacoma, Wa.

Tentative dates of April 17-19, 1994, were set for the 7lst convention at Cannel Valley Ranch, Cannel, Ca.

New Standards For Glulams

The American National Standards Institute has approved the American Institute of Timber Construction's revision of rhe ANSVATTC Al90.l-1992 standard for strucnral glued laminated timbers.

"In an effort to enhance the reliability of our end joint manufacturing process, upgraded testing evaluations and reporting procedures have been instituted," AITC executive vice president Matthew Mathias explained. "We have switched to a statistical process control procedure which more closely monitors the manufacturing process of glulam end joints. Testing full size end joints in tension is now required."

In addition, the standard requires tighter quality conhol by dividing production lots into specific units for inspection purposes. Wider width lumbef, sress levels and related technical and engineering changes are also addressed.

News Briefs

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Georgia-Pacific Corp. will build an $18 million sawmill at Coos Bay, Or. Sawarne Lumber Co. Ltd., Richmond, Canada, is opening a $3 million, 50,000 sq. ft. remanufacturing plant on 8 acres in Ferndale, Wa. ... BMC West Corp., Boise, Id., is adding pre-hung door facilities in Fresno, Ca., Beaverton, Or., and Lewiston, Id., this year t}ne Justice Dept. is expected to appeal a ruling by a San ,Francisco, Ca., federal appeals court that the ban on exporting timber from state lands interferes with a state's right to conduct commerce.