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Thomas Giallanza, ex-Lowe's, has joined Capital Lumber Co., Phoenix, Az., as an account mgr. Jeff Logue was promoted July I to assistant sales mgr. at Healdsburg, Ca.

Ronn OtConner has retired as c.e.o. of Pacific Steel and Supply, San Leandro, Ca., after 33 years with the firm. His duties were assumed by president Michael O'Conner.

BilI Black, previously with Willamette Industries, has been named president of SierraPine Ltd., Roseville, Ca. Wade Gregory is the new v.p.-sales and marketing.

Rich Mills has been named to panel product sales mgr. at Taiga Forest Products' Rocklin, Ca., DC.

Jack Collinson and Rick Aeschlimann, ex-International Paper, are new to sales at Georsia-Pacific's Portland. Or., office.

Debbie Donnell, ex-Taiga Forest Products, is new to OSB and panel sales in California and Nevada for Western Woods Inc., Chico, Ca. Rick Wilson is the new mgr. of the Mendocino Forest Products' AtHome Services division for Home Depot.

Dan Lethin, formerly with American International Forest Products, is now industrial wood purchasing and sales mgr. at Enyeart Trading Group, Lake Oswego, Or. Mike Foster, ex-Tumac Lumber, has launched Liberty Forest Products, Portland, Or.

Henry Ricklefs has been named v.p.manufactured products at Plum Creek Timber, Seattle, Wa., overseeing mills in Idaho and Montana.

Pete Reyneke is the new sales mgr. at Rough & Ready Lumber Co., Cave Junction, Or.

Allen Hamlin is the new sales mgr. at Huttig Building Products' .So. Ca. office in Mira Loma. RandY Welch is in charge of outside sales for the San Diego, Ca., market.

Ron Hinds is retiring July l8 after 22 years as mgr. at Empire Building Materials, Bozeman, Mt. He will be succeeded by AnthonY Tangaro.

Ed Rogel has been elected senior v.p.-human resources for Weyerhaeuser Co., Federal Way, Wa. Thomas M. Smith was named v.P. and director of taxes. Fred Rowson is now v.p.-Alberta, succeeding Cathy Slater, who is now a v.p. and mgr. of the Port Wentworth, Ga., pulp mill.

Richard Karp, owner of 3-unit Cole Ace Hardware, San Francisco, Ca., has been re-elected to the board of Ace Hardware Corp.

Shawn D. Conrad, CAE, has been named president and secretary of the board for the National Lumber & Building Material Dealers Association, Washington, D.C. Interim president Vicki L. Worden is now executive v.p.

Jeff Clark, ex-Crown Wholesale, is a new southern pine trader for Burns Lumber. Eugene. Or.

Kenneth Langone was reelected lead director of The Home Depot.

Peter Keyes has been hired by International Forest Products, Vancouver, B.C., to start up its international trade of solid wood products.

Jarmo Koponen has been named operations mgr. for Medallion Cabinetry's Independence, Or., manufacturing facility.

J. Barrie Shineton has been appointed executive v.p.-wood products at Nexfor. John Tremayne is the new executive v.p.-fi nance.

J. William Lee has been elected chairman of the board at Pennsylvania Lumbermens Mutual Insurance Co. He succeeds David S. McClung II, who is retiring. John K. Smith was named president and c.e.o., and George M. Fleagle is stepping down as a director. Larry Dornink is a new technical service rep.

Larry Mieldezis has been promoted to c.o.o. at ForestExpress. Bruce Chen is chief technology officer.

Bill Axline has resigned as president and c.e.o. of Distribution America to become the chief operating officer of Fluidmaster, San Juan Capistrano, Ca.

Mark Suwyn, chairman and c.e.o., Louisiana-Pacific Corp., Portland, Or., has succeeded Steve Rogel, Weyerhaeuser Co., Federal Way, Wa., as c.e.o. co-chair of the Wood Promotion Network.

Oscar Faoro has been named director of West Coast operations for Holbrook Lumber.

Mimi Apelquist is the new director of international for TruServ.

Daniel Plotnick, ex-Stanley Tools, is the new Northwest U.S. and Canada sales mgr. for Pilkington North America, covering Ak., Co., Id., Mt., Or., Ut., Wa., and Wy.

Timothy A. Doyle has joined Alcoa Home Exteriors representing Colorado as west central territory sales manager for the Retail Brands Group.

J. Patrick Robinson has been named chief financial officer at Newell Rubbermaid, succeeding William T. Alldredge, who retires at the end of the year.

Jim Benney has been appointed executive director of the National Fenestration Rating Council, replacing Susan Douglas, who resigned in May.

David L. Pringle has been named president and c.e.o. of Broan-NuTone and the Broan-NuTone group of companies. He succeeds Jerome Santowski, who retired after 20 years with the firm.

Brian Kernohan, senior ecological specialist, Boise, Boise, Id., was presented the American Forest & Paper Association's 2003 Wildlife Stewardship Award.

Amy Nystrom, Hull-Oakes Lumber Co., Monroe, Or., has been elected president of the Willamette Valley Hoo-Hoo Club, succeeding Ken Markham, Bear Creek Lumber.

Shad Anderson, warehouse man, Home Depot, Madras, Or., will marry Verona Anderson in August.

Armen Alegg has joined the debt collection department at MungusFungus Forest Products, Climax, Nv., according to co-owners Hugh Mungus and Freddy Fungus.

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Glulam beams are commonly loaded and unloaded with a forklift. "Our forklifts typically have carpet strips on the forks," says Boice, "and great care is taken to not bruise the finished product by impact when flipping a beam."

For greater stability, the sides of the beams, rather than the bottoms, should rest on the forks. Supporting extremely long beams on their sides, however. can cause them to flex excessively, increasing the risk of damage. Use multiple forklifts to lift long glulam members.

If a crane with slings is used to load or unload beams, provide ade- quate blocking between the cable and the member.

Use wooden cleats or blocking to protect corners. Only non-marring fabric slings should be used to lift glulam beams. Using spreader bars can reduce the likelihood of damage when lifting especially long beams with a crane.

When transporting beams, stack them on lumber blocking or skids. Boice says, "Banding requires corner protection with specially preformed heavy cardboard strips and someone with common sense to know where to attach."

Beams can rest on their sides or bottoms. Secure the load with straps to keep it from shifting. Protect beam corners with "softeners" when strapping down the load.

Finally, says Boice, "When loading ----or storing-it is very important to see that dunnage is placed in vertical stacks so that when the tie-down straps are tightened, the first few layers of product could receive huge loads from unalligned dunnage above. If this loading condition was over several days, the product may already have some permanent set to it and could be rejected by the end user."

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Montana Owner May Trade

Kenyon Noble Lumber & Hardware, Bozeman, Mt., has agreed to trade its downtown property for a new location on the north side of town.

The lumberyard and other businesses would relocate to make waY for an expansive city center, including a $50 million performing arts center, three parking garages, a new city hall, a hotel and a convention center.

"It's a wonderful thing for downtown Bozeman," said Kenyon Noble Lumber co-owner Rick Ogle.

The project, however, is not a done deal; it still requires donors and various permits.

Baxter Adds CuNap I Poles

J.H. Baxter, San Mateo, Ca., is now offering "environmentally preferred" utility poles from its

Arlington, Wa., treating facility.

The poles, available in western red cedar or Alaskan yellow cedar, are themal butt-treated with copper naphthenate (CuNap-8). The preservative has been proven highly effective against wood destroying fungi and insects in more than one million poles around the country. The EPA has classified CuNap-8 as an unrestricted, general use wood preservative. enabling it to be used in a large number of pressure and non-pressure applications.

"J.H. Baxter is very pleased to be the first manufacturer in North America of copper naphthenate thermal butt-treated utility poles," said J.H. Baxter president and c.e.o. Georgia Baxter. "This new development represents our continued leadership position as an environmentally proactive supplier of forward-thinking products that meet the modern daY needs of a changing market."

CuNap-S preservative is manufactured by Merichem Chemicals & Refinery Services LLCat its Tuscaloosa. Al.. facility.

Last Fort Bragg Mill Closing

Mendocino Forest Products Co., LLC is permanently closing its 52year-old sawmill in Fort Bragg, Ca., by Aug. l.

The company acquired the facility from Louisiana-Pacific in 1998 and has used it to produce primarilY Douglas fir lumber. Unfortunately, it has had trouble locating affordable sources of supply.

Mendocino said 59 employees will be effected, although some may transfer to the firm's sawmill in Ukiah or distribution center in Calpella, Ca.

The closure marks the end of sawmilling in Fort Bragg and leaves Mendocino County with just four remaining lumber mills. From the mid-1940s through the mid-1960s, the North Coast area had 200 sawmills.

Depot Scrooges Xmas Firm

Home Depot illegally copied another firm's Christmas tree stands, according to a ruling by a California jury.

The Sacramento jury awarded $13.5 million in damages to tree stand manufacturer Decorations for Generations.

The suit claimed that Depot asked a Chinese company to reproduce them and then subsequently sold the Chinese version using the same price card and stock number.

Home Depot plans to appeal the decision.

Small Hardware Stores Still Vital

Despite the proliferation of Home Depot and Lowe's stores across the nation, a new study reveals that locally owned hardware stores are holding their ground.

According to figures from the National Retail Hardware Association, hardware stores nationwide had sales of 923.6 billion in 2001. That number is expected to grow 27.5Vo to $30.1 billion by 2006.

What's encouraging for the independents is that this growth has occurred as revenues for the big boxes are expected to grow 33Vo from $112.7 billion in 2001 to a projected $150 billion by 2006.

The projected annualized growth rate for hardware stores-57o by 2006-is not far behind the 5.9Vo rate predicted for big-box stores.

The statistics indicate that there is room for both big and small stores, not to mention lumberyards, to grab their share ofthe d-i-y and pro business.

One reason for such robust numbers, according to the NRHA, is the strong housing market. Consumers now see their home as the safest place to invest.

Another factor for the survival of the independent hardware is its ability to adapt.

"The idea of the mom-and-pop hardware store is a thing of the past," said Chris Jensen, a spokesman for the NRHA. "The owners nowadays are savvy about technology. They're very often a second- or third-generation owner, and they're looking at new ways to keep up with the competition."

The average annual sales volume for a hardware store is $1.13 million. Ace Hardware spokeswoman paula Erickson said small hardware stores are able to offer com- petitive prices and help customers get in and out quickly.

Smaller stores also are able to tailor their offerinss more closely to their local markets, Erickson added.

Sierra-Pacific Settles Harvest Suit

Sierra-Pacific Industries, Anderson, Ca., has agreed to pay $100,000 to settle a lawsuit alleging repeated violations of timber harvest plans and forest practice laws from 1995 to 2000.

According to the terms of the settlement, the company will pay Calaveras County, Ca., $60,000 and spend $40,000 on public environmental projects.

"We sent a clear message to the company, and to all timber operations out there," said Stacey Geis, who represented Calaveras County in the civil lawsuit. "We take forest practice laws seriously."

Sierra-Pacific officials said the company follows state laws carefully.

"We try to conduct our business in an environmentally sound way that complies with all of California's rules and regulations," said Sierra-Pacific resource manager Dan Tomascheski.

Sierra-Pacific did not admit to any wrongdoing.

According to Geis, the lawsuit highlighted nearly 90 regulatory violations in about 20 Siena-Pacific timber harvest operations.

Tomascheski said one of the allegations concerned contract loggers mistakenly cut trees not slated for cutting, and that Sierra-Pacific discovered the error and reported it immediately; other infractions were paperwork violations, according to Sierra Pacific.