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ARIZONA

Boise (Phoenix) E00.289.9663

Cooley torest Produds (Phoenix) 800.223.51l4 londmork Products (Phoenix) 800.647.67 47

CATIFORNIA

Abel Building Moteriols (Stockron) 800.848.5545

Boire (Riverside) 800.648.91 l 6 londmork Prcduds (Roncho Cucomon go) 800.647 .67 47

Redwood Empire (Morgon Hill) 800.800.5609

Redwood [mpire (Iemeculo) 800.743.6991

IDAHO

Boise (Boise) 800.635.6854

MONTANA

Boise (Billinss) 800.548.7020

OREGON [umber Producls (Tuolotin) 800.926.7103

Coos Heod Foresf Products (Coos Boy) 800.872.3388

UTAH

Boise (Solt Loke City) 800.562.2443

WASHINGTON

Boise (Woodinville) 800.391.3887

Boise (Spokone) 800.541.0529

Boise (Voncouver/Yokimo) 800.621.8896

Paul Nobmann. ex-United Pacific Forest Products, is the new chief operating officer at D.R. Johnson Lumber, Riddle, Or. Joe Belknap is now sales mgr.

Joe Lawrence has been promoted to president at Dixieline Lumber, San Diego, Ca., succeeding Bill Cowling II, now chairman. Hamid Daudani retired July I as v.p. and c.f.o. after l3 years with the chain. Don Polich is now c.f.o.; Steve Solomon, v.p.-human resources, and Bill Shadden, v.p.-marketing.

J.R. Rightnowar, ex-Capital Lumber, is now handling sales in Arizona for California Cascade Industries, Phoenix, Az.

Kierson Ockey has joined Stock Building Supply, Denver, Co., as district HR mgr., responsible for stores in Idaho and Colorado.

Victor Vandenberg has been promoted to director of sales for the building products division of Building Materials Distributors, Galt, Ca.

Darin P. Hildreth, ex-Stock Building Supply, has joined Lumbermens, Olympia, Wa., as v.p. of marketing.

Mark Bechel, ex-Georgia Pacific, is now c.f.o. at Keith Brown Building Materials, Salem, Or.

Terry Smith, Coastal Lumber, Weldon, N.C., is now handling sales in Southern California.

Reginald Beach has retired after five years in sales at Sierra Pacific Windows, Albuquerque, N.M.

Stephen Walsh, ex-American Wood, is new to Sunset Forest Products, Beaverton. Or.

Kerry Jones has been promoted to sales mgr. for Capital Lumber Co., Salt Lake City, Ut. New account mgrs. include: Brandy Moline, Salt Lake City; Steve Godowski, ex-Universal Forest Products. in Denver, Co., and Lisa Gibson, exDovco/Tarkett, in Healdsburg, Ca.

Joe Frietas is the new mgr. of Yancey Lumber, Patterson, Ca.

Marcia Watterson is now operations controller at Power Building System, Riverside, Ca., a division of Anthony Forest Products, El Dorado, Ar.

Budd Miller, ex-Hampton Lumber Sales, is the new sales mgr. for Bow Hill Mill, Bow, Wa.

Lyle Heidemann, ex-Sears, has been named president and c.e.o. for True Value Co., Chicago,Il.

John Simonelli has been promoted to Western regional v.p. and John Yonkin Southwest regional v.p. for ABC Supply Co. Keith Rozolis is now senior v.p. of strategic marketing & planning.

Jon Thomas has joined The Beck Group, Portland, Or.

Mike Friesen. ex-Weldwood and West Fraser, was named v.P.-sales & marketing for Teal-Jones Group, Surrey, B.C.

Kurt M. Lundgraf has been elected director to the board of directors of Louisiana-Pacific Corp.

Ronald L. Rudy has been named c.e.o. of International Aluminum Corp., Monterey Park, Ca., rePlacing founder C.C. Vanderstar, who continues as chairman.

Sandy McDade has been promoted to senior v.p.-industrial wood products and international business groups for Weyerhaueser Co., Federal Way, Wa. Craig Neeser is the new senior v.p.-Canada. Lois Nadolny, unit manager for Weyerhaeuser's Bauman Sawmill, Lebanon, Or., is now managing the Lebanon lumber and machine shoP operations. At Lebanon Lumber, she replaces Keith Caldera, who will temporarily oversee a log yard project before leaving Weyco to travel with his family.

Bill Kushlick has been named president & chief operating officer of Taiga Forest Products, BurnabY, B.C.

Scott Wilson has been named chief financial officer and v.p.-finance for Canfor Corp., Vancouver, B.C.

Stan Gamlin, ex-Interfor, and Jim Bond, ex-North Santiam. are new to Lumber Plus, Abbotsford, B.C.

Steve Swanson, president, Swanson Group, Glendale, Or., was named chairman of the Coalition for Fair Lumber Imports. He succeeds Rusty Wood, Tolleson Lumber, who resigned after six years.

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

Wes Havard was promoted to comPonent & finish plant mgr. for Canyon Creek Cabinet, Monroe, Wa.

Stephen Norris, Temecula, Ca., was promoted to zone v.p. for Klein Tools. Keith Bovee, Denver, Co., is now business development mgr.

Pryce Goudge has replaced Goode Vallew on the trading staff of Mungus-Fungus Forest Products, Climax, Nv., report owners Hugh Mungus and Freddy Fungus.

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At Swanson Group, we plant more than a million seedlings a year. By nurturing and renewing our fores[s, we make sure our customers have a ready supply of framing lumber, studs and pllvood.

We also take pride in exceeding the requirements of the Oregon Forest Practices Act, which is the most stringent state forestry code in the country.

We're growing nature's building material. And, we will be for generations to come.

Ask your supplier about Swanson products. Sumr*i

Lumber: (54r) 832.1222 (541) 832.1642 (541) 832.1241

Plywood: (541) 832.1175 (5'+l) 832.1251

Studs: (541) 832.]145 (541) 832.1194 www.swansongrouprnc. com

Royal Crown Grows West

Royal Crown Ltd., manufacturer of vinyl fence, deck and rail products, is expanding its Sparks, Nv., and Milford, In., manufacturing plants as part of a $12.2 expansion of its fence, deck and rail capabilities in the U.S.

The updated technology and increased manufacturing space will allow Woodbridge, Ont.-based Royal Crown to better service its West Coast customer base. "We want to be where our customers are and serve them as best as we can with our innovative vinyl fence, deck, rail and column systems. This expansion will allow us to do just that," said Royal Crown president Denny Yoder.

The expansion includes four new extrusion lines in Sparks and four high-speed production lines and tooling in Milford. The project is expected to be completed in the fall.

OSHA Puts LBM Safety Online

Employees in the lumber and building material dealer industry will benefit from a new Web page introduced by the Occupational Safety & Health Administration. The page stems from an alliance between OSHA and the National Lumber & Building Material Dealers Association.

"This new page is an important tool for creating both a safe and productive workplace for thousands of workers throughout the industry," said acting assistant secretary of labor for OSHA Jonathan L. Snare. "It is a classic example of how our Alliance program can leverage resources to improve worker safety and health."

OSHA's new Safety & Health Topics page features information about OSHA standards for and the hazards present in the LBM dealer industry. It also provides detailed information and links to related OSHA enforcement poli- cies, such as directives and interpretation letters; various electronic assistance tools, and training courses related to the industry.

Workers and employers can access information to develop and implement comprehensive safety and health programs and link to sites that identify hazards common to LBM dealers and possible solutions.

For more information. visit www.osha.gov.

Personals

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Tom Green, v.p.-pneumatic products, PrimeSource Building Products, has been elected chairman of the International Staple, Nail & Tool Association. Chris Miller, president & c.e.o., Master Fasteners International LLC, Vernon, Ca., is a new v.p.

Kim Janousek, co-owner, B&C True Value Home Center, Grass Valley, Ca., was appointed to the California Association of Business, Property & Resource Owners board of directors.

John Patricia, owner, Ace Hardware & Nursery, Payson, Az., was elected to the board of Ace Hardware Corp. Jeff Schulein, c.e.o., Crown Hardware, Inc., Huntington Beach. Ca.. was re-elected as a director.

John F. Ferguson, sales mgr., Grant Western Lumber Co., John Day, Or., last month marked his 30th anniversary in the timber industry.

Paul Hylbert, president and c.e.o., Lanoga Corp., Redmond, Wa., was honored by the Hardware/Home Improvement Industry for City of Hope at the annual Spirit of Life Award dinner in Las Vegas, Nv.