Wars Continue

Home Club has offered the most competition to the Depot since it opened its first store at 59th Avenue and Bell Road last September. A second 110,000 sq. ft. outlet will open this month at 33rd Avenue and Indian School Road with a third store opening in September in Mesa.

"We're right where we expected to be with one store open," said William Husser. Home Club regional manager in Phoenix. "l'm sure we'll find the market easier with more stores."

Smaller companies have felt the most impact from the big national chains. Ray Lumber Co. has been under Chapter I I bankruptcy protection since May 1988. After selling its Lake Havasu City and Pagosa Springs, Co., units and closing Mesa facilities, it is using its one yard on Colter Street in Phoenix as a wholesaling distributor.

President Tom Wilson is confident that the company will emerge from Chapter l l, but without the depth gained in 38 years.

Nielson's Building Materials, Mesa, which filed Chapter I I before Ray's, has suspended operations.

O'Malley's, an old line Phoenix company, has cut back from 13 to seven retail centers. Three Phoenix stores and a Sierra Vista unit have closed, Yuma and Nogales stores havebeen sold to FoxworthGalbraith Lumber Co.

"We're pretty well where we want to be," said Mark O'Malley, president. Sales last year exceeded $160 million. This year he says they will be lucky to break $100 million.'

The company's sale to a partnership of existing management and United Building Service Inc. fell through this spring, but the company is still for sale. "We'd look at any offer that warrants attention," O'Malley remarked.

Foxworth-Galbraith based in Dallas, Tx., has l4 stores in Arizona, most outside the Phoenix area. "Outside Maricopa County, our stores are doing pretty well," said Henry Galbraith, vice president of the company's western division. However its Mesa store is on the market with business off at least 509/0, and a Chandler store closed withthe property sold.

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Babbitt's Home Centers Inc., centered in F-lagstaff, appears to be weathering the storm. They added two stores recently for a total of eight including the purchase of Ray's Lake Havasu City unit.

"We definitely won't be opening any new stores this year," Dave Chambers, general manager of the home center division, said. Commenting on the Phoenix market, he added, "There's too much competition and the building market is too depressed."

Although Payless Cashways Inc. is feeling the pressure with five stores in Phoenix and three in Tucson, Karen Garrison, a spokesperson, doesn't contemplate any closures. "Phoenix is a bie market

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Summing up the situation, Husser at Home Club said, "There is a spot for the smaller stores, but they have to tailor their merchandise and marketing toward the local areas or neighborhoods they serve."

Nature Proiect For Disabled

W.O.O.D. Inc., Denver, Co., is participating with the Wilderness On Wheels Foundation in a project to build boardwalk access to the wilderness for the disabled.

Koppers Industries, Inc., Denver, Co., is donating the treating of lumber for the boardwalk which willspan seven miles to reach the top of a 12,300 ft. mountain. Reportedly the longest boardwalk in the world, the project will require 10,266 2xl2xl8s and 112,933 2x4x8s. In addition to the lumber, 1 1 29, 1 50 16d galvanized nails and 20,530 joist hangers, all donated, will be used.

W.O.O.D. Inc., an organization for those in the wood industry, has sponsored several workdays atthe site 60 miles southwest of Denver on Highway 285. When completed, the boardwalk will enable disabled persons to join friends and families in cooking out, hiking and camping.

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Pro-Logging Bill In Gongress

Relief of a sort for the beleaguered Pacific Northwest lumber industry is promised by Congress voting on July 27 to accept a compromise measure.

The vote was on a rider to an appropriations bill for the Interior Department. The House has passed its appropriations bill forthe department without addressing the issue.

Introduced by Sens. Mark O. Hatfield (R-Or.) and Brock Adams (DWa.), the measure will mandate larger harvests in a way designed to reduce the loss of vital wildlife habitat. Approved by a U.S. Senate committee July 25, the legislation grew out of an industry-environmental summit meeting attempting to end the deadlock over federal forest management in Oregon and Washington.

Environmentalists said they are not happy with the compromise, but hope to amend it as it proceeds through Congress. Aimed at satisfying both the 300 acre old growth stands wanted for logging by the lumber industry and the restriction of logging to groves of fewer than 80 acres sought by the environmental- ists, the compromise would allow harvesting on most old growth tracts, beginning with smaller stands first.

The Senate measure guarantees that the timber industry will be able to cut 4 billion b.f. of old growth timber in both fiscal 1989 and 1990, enough to bring sales totals to l0 billion b.f. This is about 100/o less than would have been sold without injunctions.

The Forest Service will be immune to injunctions halting timber sales during this time. Interim protection will be given some old growth forests which provide refuge for the northern spotted owl.

F-urther changes are anticipated when the bill moves to conference committee. Discussion may be completed before the Senate adjourns for the summer.

Included in the bill is an amendment cutting the F-orest Service's road building budget by nearly a third. An industry spokesman indicated that this could be significant to the lumber industry as it could limit removal of trees from the forest.

If industry efforts to gain a compromise from environmentalists fail, there could be serious implications for the supply and price of lumber. The lumber industry needs old growth timber to keep mills running until other logs are ready for harvesting in the next century. Environmentalists want this habitat for spotted owls and other rare and potentially endangered species kept sacred and unlogged.

Several California forest products companies met in San Francisco July 24 with environmentalist and state officials. A short statement from the group revealed only that they had much in common and would meet again in August. Fibreboard Corp., Concord. Ca.. and Blue Lake Forest Products, Arcata, Ca., attended.

Those in the lumber industry are being urged to write their senators and representatives expressing approval of the Hatfield-Adams bill. In addition, they are urged to express their views to the Regional Director, Owl Listing Coordinator, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, 1002 N. E. Holiday St., Portfand, Or.97232-4181.

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Don Getts, Sequoia SuPPlY, Fairfield, Ca., has been promoted to lumber buyer/trader, according to Bob Riggs.

Ed Gavotto, American Mill & Manulacturing, Chula Vista, Ca., has been in Italy for three weeks.

Dane Guard has joined the expanding sales force at Cooley Wholesale Lumber Co." Phoenix, Az., according to sales mgr. Michael Cooley. Randy Nelson has been promoted to head dispatcher.

Diane Hippen, Ganahl Lumber Co., Anaheim. Ca.. has been transferred to the Corona. Ca.. store.

Ron Dersham, Weyerhaeuser Co., Springfield, Or., has been elected pres. of the Pacific Lumber Inspection Bureau. R.A. "Dick" Drake is now v.p., and George Thompson, sec.-mgr./treas.

Clint Bower, Mariners Forest Products, Santa Ana, Ca., recently enjoyed a fishing trip to 8.C., Canada.

Frank R. McCauley, corporate controller, Manville Corp., Denver, Co., has assumed the duties of corporate v.p.

David Chambers has been named pres. of the building materials div. of Babbitt Brothers Trading Co., Flagstaff, Az. Hilton Harris is now v.p., and Tom Corley, controller.

Rob Britt, Britt Lumber (1o., Arcata, Ca., recently vacationed in Spain.

Ernie Christison is now general mill sales mgr. at Hampton Lumber Sales Co., Portland, Or. Mark Porter has been transferred to wholesale trading, Paul Cochran is handling sales for Edwards lndustries and Flathead Lumber, and Mike Zumwalt is representing Wheeler Manufacturing and Fort Hill Lumber Co.

Bob Abbott, v.p., Universal l"ar West Co., Huntington Beach, Ca., is also overseeing the purchasing dept. Kathy Arents is handling purchasing for Universal Southwest Co.. Windsor, Co.

Daryn Wyatt has been appointed So. Ca. district sales mgr. at Henry Co., Huntington Park, Ca., according to v.p./gen. mgr. Tim Nelligan. Reva Murphy, San Ramon, Ca., is handling No. Ca. sales; Az. is covered by Joe Paulson and Tom Urich.

Pat Hunter, Waldron Forest Products, Carmichael. Ca.. has returned from a trip to Ohio. Linda Weber recently vacationed on the Mexican Riviera.

Lloyd Gabbert, Gabbert Lumber Sales, Inc., Sacramento, Ca., has been in Chicago, Il., on business.

John Sked, Semans Moulding, Sacramento, Ca., got in a recent central Ca. coast vacation.

Gina Jones, Richard Zapel and Marvin Howell shared most recent Employee of the Quarter honors at Lumbermen's, Redmond, Wa.

Dan Opichka, The Nikkel Corp., Sacramento, Ca., his wife, Bernice, and their children. Dan and Dawn, enjoyed a recent Kauai, Hi., holiday.

Ernie Wales, Wales Lumber Co., Spokane. Wa.. is the new historian for Hoo-Hoo International, succeeding the late Dave Davis.

Jim Nelson, Buena Park Lumber Co., Buena Park, Ca., and his wife, Mary, enjoyed a recent trip around the world.

Paul Carroll has joined the sales team at Universal Forest Products. Stockton. Ca.

John Kenneally has been named Northwest sales mgr. for Beadex Manufacturing Co., Renton, Wa.

Tom McClaran has joined C.M.S.North America, La Habra, Ca., as west coast regional sales mgr. Jeff Smith is a new technical support engineer.

Rick Colliton is now director of HinesGittings Lumber, Denver, Co.

John Peterson is new to J.C. Baldridge Lumber, Albuquerque, N.M., as director of mktg. for architectural sDecialties.

William H. Allen has been appointed treas. and director of the financial & administrative services div. ol the American Plywood Association, Tacoma, Wa., according to pres. William T. Robison. Jerry Kenmir, Tacoma quality supervision regional mgr., has retired after 30 years with APA. Mike Ludwig succeeds him.

Ed Robinson and Jim Bender, Robinson & Associates, Seattle, Wa., were named 1988 Western Regional Territory Managers of the Year by Stanley Door Systems.

Jim Oglesby has been named gen. mgr. of Hylton Lumber, Salinda, Co., according to Picie Hylton, owner.

Bill Hughes is managing San Lorenzo Lumber Co.'s newly purchased Salinas, Ca., yard.

Jim Gaither, mill supervisor, Newport Planing Mill, Santa Ana, Ca., married Tracey Duarte July l, 1989.

Steve Propst hasjoined the sales force al Kennedy-Johnsen Lumber Sales, Mountlake Terrace, Wa.

Bryan Scott has been promoted to v.p. of Ca. store operations for Home Depot, Los Angeles, Ca., succeeding Lynn Martineau, who transferred to Atlanta, Ga.

Steve Thurgood, Jones Wholesale Lumber Co., Lynwood, Ca., has returned lrom a second extended mill trip from Bakersfield, Ca., to Bellevue, Wa.

Bill Ahrens is now handling purchasing for Canfor USA Corp., Meridian, ld.

Todd Pollard, lacility mgr., Gemini F'orest Products, Signal Hill, Ca., and Amy Morley celebrated their July 15, 1989, wedding, followed by a Hawaiian honeymoon.

Robert Michie is now timberlands mgr. for Simpson Timber Co.'s Northwest operations, Shelton, Wa.

Craig Woods has been named marketing & merchandising mgr. in Ca. and Nv. for Diamond Lumber Co.. North Highlands, Ca. Eric Peterson is now regional mgr.

C. William Cromett has left Lanoga Corp., Redmond, Wa., after l0 years to join Al Meier's Building Centers, Tacoma, Wa., as exec. v.p. and gen. mgr., according to pres. and c.e.o. Al Meier.

John Buchanan, Buchanan Hardwood, Long Beach, Ca., has been elected pres. of the Los Angeles Hardwood Lumberman's Club, succeeding Mike Long, Fremont Forest Products, Long Beach. Mark Michie, Tropical & Western Lumber, Long Beach, is the new v.p.; Tom Powell, Liberty Hardwood, Santa Ana, sec./ treas., and directors: Long, Mike Rhoades, Dick Lambert, Jeff Porter. Cam Caudill. Kenneth Tinckler, Wallace Atkinson and Dave Walther.

Elizabeth M. Pease has been named director ol communications for the National Hardwood Lumber Association. according to executive mgr. Ernest J. Stebbins.

Kathy Perkins and Mike Steinbach have joined the moulding and millwork sales staffat River City Moulding Co., Sacramento, Ca., according to Rich Sabbagh.

Sy Rodakowski, Oregon Canadian Forest Products, North Plains. Or., retired after 47 years in the business on July 28, his 70th birthday.

Rich Bilby, Mallco Lumber & Building Materials, Phoenix, Az., his wife Suzanne, and children recently vacationed in So. Ca., including Catalina Island.

Merle Mensinger has been named sales mgr. of Willie Electric, Modesto, Ca. Mark Mensinger has joined the sales team at Modesto Lumber Co., Modesto. Ca.

David Bradford, pres., Modesto Lumber Co., Modesto, Ca., married Marsha Mdabe May 5, 1989.

Dayton Hyde Jr. is new to sales at Ponderosa Mouldings, Redmond, Or.

Tim Mclndoo is a new trader at Schaller Forest Products, Redding, Ca.

John Deisher has joined the sales staff at Georgia-Pacific, Martell, Ca.

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