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Lumber Association of California & Nevada's 2nd Growth group will mark its 36th anniversary during its annual summer conference July 19-20 at Rancho Las Palmas Resort & Spa, Rancho Mirage, Ca.

The event opens with golf and continues with an opening reception, dinner, and educational program. Day two focuses on "Industry Mentoring: Our Past, Present, and Future."

Western Wood Preservers Institute will gather for its annual summer meeting June 24-26 at Ritz-Carlton, Bachelor Gulch. Avon. Co.

Southern Oregon Lumbermans Association will present its annual golf tournament and BBQ July 26-27 at Rogue Valley Country Club, Medford, Or.

North American Wholesale Lumber Association elected Mike Mordell, Universal Forest Products, as its new chairman.

Other new officers are lst vice chairman Mike Phillips, Hampton Lumber Sales, and 2nd vice chairman Rick Eckstein, Weston Forest Products. Mark Kasper, Amerhart Ltd., continues as secretary/treasurer. two LAHLC scholarshio winnersKelsey Fitzgerald and Brandon Osborne-whose winning essays answered "What is your favorite wood oroduct?"

NAWLA is partnering with Oregon State University, Corvallis, Or., to present a Sept. l0-13 wood basics course.

Classes are led by instructors from OSU's Department of Wood Science & Engineering, College of Forestry. Students will tour Starker Forest Lands & Education Center, Philomathi Zip-o-Log Mills and Seneca Sawmill Co., Eugene, and Rosboro, Springfield.

LADIES FIRST: Los Angeles Hardwood Lumberman's Club hosted its annual Ladies Night meeting & dinner May 10 at Orange Hill Restaurant, Orange, Ca. [1] Alan & Dayna Arbiso. [2] Gale & Judy Daugherty, Charlotte Etheridge, Don Reel. [3] Charley Fiala, Alana Northrup, Kit Rohn, Dan Bohannon. [4] Bill Fitzgerald, Kelsey Fitzgerald, Candice & Paul Pendergast.

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Robert J. "Bob" Mohler. 94. retired co-owner of Ontario Lumber Co., Ontario, Ca., died May 17 in Yucca Valley, Ca.

A decorated Navy fighter pilot during World War II, he retired from the Navy as a full commander in 1978, after 27 years ofcombined active duty and reserve.

He operated Ontario Lumber with his wife, Marjorie, from 1960 to 1988 and spent many years as president of the Pacific True Value Hardware Association.

Edward Louis "Eddie" Myers Jr.,66, owner/operator of Golden West Lumber, Fresno, Ca., and Fresno Lumber. Fresno, died April 15.

Solomon Lowi, 89, founder of Builders Discount, Chatsworth, Ca., died May I in Los Angeles, Ca.

He started the business in 1954, which was one of the first large-format home centers and grew to three locations. In 1986, he sold the business to Levi Kushnir, Israel's largest home improvement retailer. It went bankrupt in 1992, citing heavy competition from Home Depot and HomeBase.

Wallace "Wally" Hicks, 70, lumber salesman and former owner of Gold Creek Lumber, Jacksonville, Or., died May I I in Medford. Or.

After graduating from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1963, he worked as a lumber sales manager and wholesale lumber distribution salesman at Spalding & Son, Grants Pass, Or., and Weaver Forest Products, White City, Or., before forming Gold Creek in 1987.

Fred William Huling Jr., 90, co-founder and retired president of Laminated Wood Products, Ontario, Or., died April l8 in Hermiston, Or.

During World War II, he served as a U.S. Army Air Corps lighter pilot in Asia.

Harold Arthur Friese, 90, retired seed manager for Weyerhaeuser Co., Tacoma, Wa., died May 9 in Grand Forks, N.D.

After serving with the National Guard in Guadalcanal during World War II, he graduated from Oregon State University's College of Forestry in 1949 and joined the U.S. Forest Service. He was hired by Weyerhaeuser in 195 1, starting at its logging camp in Sutherlin, Or., and becoming a district forester at Cottage Grove, Or. Moving to Tacoma, he served as seed manager for the U.S., designing and building equipment and plants in Arkansas, North Carolina, and Washington. He worked with the Northwest Tree Seed Council to develop a Seed Zone Map for Washington and Oregon, and in 1973 patented his own seed-cleaning machine.

A member of the Puget Sound Society of American Foresters, he served four terms as president of the Northwest Seed Certification Association, one term as director of the Weyerhaeuser Credit Union, and as the company's advisor to the Junior Achievement Association.

Emiline Marie Pivik. 84, former co-owner and bookkeeper of Teton Lumber, Wilson, Wy., died May 13 in Idaho Falls, Id., following a lengthy illness.

She operated the sawmill with her husband, Joseph Pivik, and her brother-in-law, Carl Pivik, for 49 years. until they retired in 1990.

Albert William "Pete" Harper, 85, retired Spokane, Wa., district representative for the Douglas Fir Plywood Association (forerunner of APA), died May 11.

A Navy veteran of World War II and the Korean War, he also served as president of the local Hoo-Hoo chapter.

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