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Gene Secco is new to Forest Grove Lumber Co., McMinnville, Or., as sales mgr. Mike Burnard is the new promotions coordinator.

David '68utch" Schaefer, ex-Louisiana-Pacific and Schaefer Sash & Door Co., has been named division mgr. for Capital Lumber Co., Albuquerque, N.M.

Barry Pennell has joined the sales team at Reid & Wright's Colorado Distribution Division, Broomfield, Co., handling inside sales for the Southern Colorado Front Range and New Mexico territories.

Brad Kirkbride has been named president of Mary's River Lumber, Corvallis, Or. Tom Avery is v.p., secretary and treasurer, and Tony Avery is v.p. Robert Avery, the former president, is now chairman.

Doug Tyerman has been appointed president of Builders Supply, Palm Springs, Ca.

John "J.;." Johnson, ex-California Cascade Industries, has joined Allweather Wood, Washougal, Wa., as an outside sales representative in Northern and Central California.

Brock Lenon, Idaho Timber Corp., has relocated from Lake City, Fl., to Boise, Id., Hq.

Val Nielsen, ex-Sierra Pacific, is the new director of fencing sales at Welco Lumber, Shelton, Wa.

Ron Gritsch has left Foster Lumber. Lodi, Ca., to join the sales staff at Stockton Wholesale Lumber Co.. Stockton. Ca.

Mark Poston has been promoted to national account mgr. for PenofinPerformance Coatings, Inc., Ukiah, Ca.

Matt Lapp, formerly of Taiga Forest Products, is new to Building Material Distributors, Walnut Creek, Ca.

Jeff Billman has rejoined Billman's Inc., Cut Bank. Mt.. to run the family-owned hardware store.

Dick Blackwood, co-founder and president of BMC West, has retired from active management and will now serve as a consultant.

Timm Locke, president, Locke Marketing Public Relations, Portland, Or., has been named executive v.p. of NOFMA: The Wood Flooring Manufacturing Association, succeeding Stan Elberg, who has retired. Locke, who has served as NOFMA's marketing and p.r. consultant since 1998, will split time between his own company ' s Portland office and NOFMA's office in Memphis, Tn.

John Hankins has been named president of Windsor Mill. Windsor. Ca. Tim Johnson, ex-North Star Lumber, is new to sales at Sundance Lumber, Springfield, Or.

David Schott, owner, Forestglen Lumber Co., Medford, Or., has been appointed executive v.p. of the Southern Oregon Timber Industries Association. He replaces David Hill, who has stepped down after seven years at the helm.

Kevin Pankratz, ex-Weldwood of Canada, is a new export tradre for Olympic Industries, North Vancouver, B.C.

Steven Hochhauser, president and c.o.o., Johns Manville, Denver, Co., has been named chairman and c.e.o. He replaces Charles "Jerry" Henry, who retired June l.

Jerry Nudelman, Alder Creek Lumber, Portland, Or., was elected president of the West Coast Lumber Inspection Bureau.

John Sweeney has been promoted to v.p. and treasurer of CertainTeed Corp. parent Saint-Gobain Corp.

Don Kayne has been named v.p.wood products marketing and sales for Canfor. John Wiebe is now general mgr.-business administration; Lynn Embury-Williams, director of marketing and planning; Bill Calverley, general mgr.-market and product development; Tom Temple, v.p.-international sales and panels; Wayne Guthrie, general mgr.-North American sales, and Hans Thur, general mgr.-global supply chain.

William R. Johnson, H.J. Heinz Co., was elected a director of GeorgiaPacific Corp., along with Dr. Karen N. Horn, retired, Marsh Inc.; Barbara L. Bowles, Kenwood Group; David R. Goode, Norfolk Southern Corp.; Donald V. Fites, retired, Caterpillar Inc., and James B. Williams. retired. SunTrust Banks. Worley H. Clark, W.H. Clark & Associates, Ltd., retired from the board.

Michele Lynch, ex-Desticon Transportation, has been added to the department of North American Reload. Cloverdale. B.C.

Wade Boyd has been promoted to senior v.p. for timber at Longview Fibre Co., Longview, Wa., overseeing the company's timber and lumber operations. He succeeds David L. Bowden, who has retired after 47 years in the timber industry. Bowden continues to serve on the board.

Rick Gosselin, previously with Ainsworth Lumber, has joined Tolko Industries, Vernon, B.C., as a panel sales rep.

Glenn M. Renner has been named senior v.p. of sales and marketing for e-commerce/software provider HomeSphere, Golden, Co. Andy Murray is new as senior v.p. and c.f.o.

Jim Lambert and Naomi Brumley, Heights Ace Hardware, Billings, Mt., and Dorothy Barth, King's Ace Hardware, Billings, recently attended the Ace Advanced Coatings training seminar in Rapid City, S.D.

El Louise Waldron, Waldron Forest Products, Fair Oaks, Ca., recently held a family reunion for 14 family members in Pacifica, Ca.

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Mike Rasmussen, Weyerhaeuser Co., West Sacramento, Ca., won the Pros Board of Governors Award, honoring outstanding sales achievements.

Louie Escobedo, Chozen Trucking, Long Beach. Ca.. is recovering after a recent kidney transplant and is now recovering. The kidney was donated by his daughter-in-law, Renee Escobedo.

Dawn O'Day has been named opening foreman at Mungus-Fungus Forest Products, Climax, Nv., according to co-owners Hugh Mungus and Freddy Fungus.