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Boise Cascade To Buy Furman

In a move to create a nationwide distribution network, Boise Cascade Corp., Boise, Id., has agreed to purchase privately held distributor Furman Lumber, Inc.

Based in Billerica, Ma., 43-year-old Furman operates l2 regional distribution centers in the East, Midwest and South.

Boise Cascade's l6 DCs are primarily in the West, overlapping with Furman only in Dallas.

The deal is expected to close in the third quarter.

Kelleher Adding Hawaii DC

The Kelleher Corp., San Rafael, Ca., plans to open a distribution center in Honolulu, Hi., to supply all of the Hawaiian Islands.

Kelleher has been selling and servicing Hawaii for over 25 years from their headquarters in Northern California. The move to the islands will enable the company to stock a variety of building materials for immediate delivery to their customers, rather than weeks by container from the mainland.

Strong Quarter For Lumber

The strength of last year's record lumber demand carried into first quarter 1999, keeping Western sawmills even busier than a year ago, according to the Western Wood Products Association.

During the year's first three months, Western mill production reached 4.38 billion bd. ft., up 5.4V0 from year-ago volumes. Mills in the 12 Western states saw orders and shipments each increase by 5.6%.

Much of the demand is attributed to housing starts, which averaged an annual rate of l.8 million units durine the quarter. Actual starts for the period were l4%o higher compared to last year.

Sawmills on the Oregon and Washington coasts, taking advantage of stronger markets, increased production by 9.8Vo in the first quarter. The rest of the West, including eastern Oregon and Washington, posted a 3.6Vo increase.

The improved first quarter follows a record year for lumber demand. WWPA estimates the U.S. used 52.57 billion bd. ft. of lumber in 1998, up 3.3Vo from 1997's previously recordsetting volume.

Edge Protector Firm Grows

Star Paper Tube, Inc., Fort Mill, S.C., has added a Protect-A-Board manufacturing facility in Tacoma, Wa., and two regional warehouses.

The manufacturing site was acquired when Paccess agreed to include its Tacoma edge and strap protector edgeboard line in ajoint venture, Star Paper Tube Northwest, with Star Paper Tube parent Caraustar Industries.

The new warehouses, in Chicago, Il., and Memphis, Tn., join an existing location in Denver, Co.

Aid To Safer Tie Downs

A do-it-yourself training package to improve cargo securement and help comply with new federal motor carrier safety regulations has been assembled by the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance.

The Cargo Securement Package includes CVSA Cargo Securement Guidelines, a video and calculator for determining the number of cargo tiedowns required for specific loads utilizing chains, unmarked webbing, wire rope or synthetic cordage.

The kit is $70 plus shipping from cvsA, (301) s64-r523.

Personals

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Linda McGinnis has been elected national president of HooHoo-Ette. Other officers: Lynn Keller, v.p.; Cindy Josephson, secretary; Norma Govotto, treasurer; Beverly Sperry and Iva May Van Noy, directors. Susan Noah was named Hoo-Hoo-Ette of the Year; Carlene Pratt, Lumberwoman of the Year.

Alan Bohnhoff, Bohnhoff Lumber Co., Los Angeles, Ca., received the Man of the Year Award from the Los Angeles Hardwood Lumberman's Club.

Craig Cameron, Georgia-Pacific, Portland, Or., spent two days in June visiting the Fort Bragg, Ca., and Coos Bay, Or., mills.

Michelle Upton, niece of Kathryn Upton, Plylap Industries, Woodland, Ca., has been named a Congressional page in Washington, D.C.

Jeff Tilbury, Edmonds, Wa., is now a manufacturer's representative for Coastal Atlantic Associates; representing Columbia concrete roof tile and Tri-Flex throughout Washington.

Dean Fox, Rough 'n Ready Lumber Co., Cave Junction, Or., attended the 5O-year reunion of his Oceanside, Ca., high school class.

Ed Laird, owner, Coatings Resource Corp., Huntington Beach, Ca., has been named 1999 Small Business Advocate of the Year by the California Chamber of Commerce.

Bob Park, Georgia-Pacific, was a U.S. Navy guest for t0 days from Hawaii to Bremerton, Wa., aboard the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Carl Vinson, courtesy of his son-in-law, Lt. Commander Greg Bynum.

Samuel Adam Freshour, Home Depot, Palm Desert, Ca., wed Krista Rachelle Leininger April ll in Rancho Mirage, Ca., followed by a honeymoon in Kona, Hi.

Frank Kinney, Hulbert Lumber Co., Newark, Ca., and his wife spent a week vacationing on the Olympic Peninsula and the Oreson Coast.

Timber Conseruation Through Wood Pre seroation

Since 1971, the goals of Western Wood Preserving Co. have alwap been to provide top quality products and services at competitive prices to cust0mers who share our appreciation for high standards. Our environmentally compliant, sate-of-the-art, Osmose designed treating plant uses the latest in computer process control technology. In this unique industry, our word is our honor and our goal is to make dealing with Western Wood Preserving Co. a pleasurable experience.