PERSONALS

Blll Sulllvan has relocated to Sequim, Wa., to open a new office for Golding Sullivan Lumber Sales, Tustin, Ca. Bob Golding is now pres. and continues with Pete Nevlns in Tustin, which remains co. Hq.

Pat Heffernan has been named v.p./gen. mgr. of Southwest Plywood & Lumber Corp,, Rancho Dominguez, Ca., according to Geoff Yates.

Jlm Lewman is new to Hirt & Wood Lumber Co., Eugene, Or. Jim married Meggln Dahlln in June and honeymooned in Jamaica.

Joanne Kelly is new to M W P International, Redmond, Wa., as sales administration mgr., focusing on sales to the Pacific Rim.

Paul F. Fee, exec. v.p., Cotter & Co., has retired after 20 years with the co. Pres. Dan Cotter temporarily assumes his responsibilities.

Ed Mooers has joined Silver Metal Products, Livermore, Ca., as v.p. of sales & mktg

Leo Kelsey has joined Flex Trim Industries, Rancho Cucamong4 Ca., as national sales mgr.

James Manke, Manke Lumber Co., Tacoma, Wa., was elected pres. of Pacific Lumber Inspection Bureau, Bellevue, Wa. Directors include Phlltp David. son, Davidson Industries, Mapleton, Or.; Jim Hallstrom, Zip-O Log Co., Eugene, Or.; J. W. "Blll" Latlmer, Willamette Industries, Lebanon, Or.; Robert Spence, Packwood Lumber, Seattle, Wa.; Jack Taylor, Weyerhaeuser, North Bend, Or.. and R. R. .{Bob" Waltz, Jr., Seattle.Snohomish Mill Co., Snohomish, Wa.

B. Roland McElroy has been named v.p.government atTairs for the American Forest & Paper Association.

Peter Murphy is new to sales at OregonMcKenzie Lumber Products, Eugene, Or., reports pres. Fred Spiekerman.

LaVerne Black, sales mgr., Consolidated Pine, Prineville, Or., has retired after 45 years in the business, the last 36 with Consolidated.

Patrick Custer is now in sales at Sierra Pacific Industries, Redding, Ca.

Jerry Long has been promoted to exec. v.p. at Parr Lumber Co., Chino, Ca. Michael Parrella is now v.p.

Sumn Long was promoted to div. mgr. of Duo-Fast Northwest, replacing Thom Hoch, now West Coast regional mgr.

Don Beaty, pres. and gen. mgr., W. M. Beaty & Associates, Redding, Ca., was elected chairman of the California Forest Products Commission, succeeding Dave Kaney.

Ron Stoner is tbe new gen. mgr. of Foxworth-Galbraith Lumber Co., Wickenburg, Az. In Payson, Az., Gary De Szendeffy is now yard operations mgr.; Jimmy Morris, truss plant mgr.; Ron Cox, yard operations foreman, and Pete Brazeau, outside sales.

Glenn Miller and Peggy Langdon have left Pueblo Lumber Co., Tempe, Az. John Duffey is now gen. mgr.; Blll Swaney, material purchasing; Mlke Brady, sales/dispatchinS; Jon Brady, dispatching; Sherri Hill, office mgr.; Joe Hudson, accounts payable; Ed Cox and Jon Dodson. sales.

Mlchael Golden is new to sales at River City Moulding Co., Sacramento, Ca., concentrating on their new redwood moulding progriun.

Wayne Pape is the new western operations mgr. at Springfield Forest Products, Springfield, Or.

Claudla Llma, Redwood Forest Products, Eurekq Ca., is Redwood Region Logging Conference's new sec./gen. mgr.

John Qutst is now tenitory sales mgr. for Adam Wholesalers, Denver, Co.

Joe Rodgers, Potlatch Corp., Lewiston, Id., has been appointed chairman of the Westem Wood Products Association's technical committree by WWPA chairman John Shelk.

Mark Baker has been promoted to exec. v.p./gen. merchandise mgr. for HomeBase, Fullerton, Ca., reports pres. Bill Patterson. Davld R. Kenshol is v.p.mktg. & advertising; John Mlnicl, v.p.-inventory management, and Doug Brandt, Scott Richards, Rlck Vasquez and Patrick Young, v.p.s-mdsg.

Kim Taylor, Ganahl Lumber Co., Anaheim. Ca.. married former co-worker Bruce Hutchlson JulY 10, 1993.

Mtke Shelton is trading shakes & shingles at Lynco Materials, Eugene, Or.

John Reader, formerly with Marysville Forest Products, has joined the sales team at Berdex International, Sacramento, Ca. Jinr Haas has returned from a trip to New 7'ealand.

Lita Turczynski, Mid-Pacific Trading Co., Rancho Cordova, Ca., was a movie extra in Robin Willlams' and Sally Fields' Mrs. Doubtfire, due in Dec. Earlier she appeared in a Matt Dillon movie, Golden Gate.

Matt Stanley, Stockton Wholesale Lumber Co., Stockton, Ca., and his wife, Jennlfer, are the new parents of twins, 6 lb.7 oz. Jacqueline and 5 lb. 5 oz. Jesslca, born Father's Day, June 20, 1993

Kerry Hanson, Wes Tiley and Curtis Kitts, Kitts Enterprises, Albuquetque, N.M., have joined the $l million roundtable for sales.

Ron Lund is the new mgr. of Anderson Lumber, Park City, Ut.

George Llttle, Union Planing Mill, Stockton, Ca., got in a Lake Shasta, Ca., vacation,

Mary McGuire has joined Hardware Wholesalers Inc., Fort Wayne, In., as communications mgr.

Dick Barnes is now mgr. for Omak Wood Products Inc., Omak Wa.

Frank Sanderson has joined the Timber Operators Council, Redding, Ca., as claims mgr.

Tom Hellpern is now panel products sales mgr. at Euro-Pacific Intemational Corp., Portland, Or.

Frank Rhoades, Roseburg Forest Products, Roseburg, Or., and his wife, Mltzl, vacationed in Carmel, Ca.

Don Kathlean is new to sales at The Nikkel Corp., Sacramento, Ca.

Tim Gaffney has rejoined the sales team at Fremont Forest Products, Whittier, Ca., according to pres. Fete SPeek.

Jay Adelstone is now western sales director for VSI Fasteners, Stanlon, Ca., reports Clark Higgins, ceo. Brlan Budrow is mktg. products mgr.

Linda McGinnis has been installed as pres. of the Umpqua Valley Hoo-HooEtte Club. Sharon Smith is lst v.P.; Sheryl Smith, 2nd v.p.; Nelda Jensen, 3rd v.p.; Kathy Book, sec.; GlnnY Book, treas.; Susan Morgan, membership; Julia Keller, corresponding sec., and Pat Barron, publicitY.

Fred Reseburg, Western Wood Products Association, has retired as director of economic services after 30 years with the group. Jim Yuhas succeeds him. Product publicity mgr. Tlmm Locke recently vacationed in New York.

Peter J. Tronquet is now operations mgr. for Morgan Manufacturing's Springfield, Or., and Weed, Ca., plants.

Denny Curran, Evergreen Lumber & Molding, Orange, Ca., was named district administrator for Little League's District 30.

Benny Fitz is now in charge of additional compensation programs at MungusFungus Forest Products, Climax, Nv., report owners Hugh Mungus and Freddy Fungus.

Remodeling Buying Ghanges

A major distribution change is taking place in the remodeling industry with purchasing moving away from individual plumbing, electrical or lumber wholesalers and toward large home supply centels, Mike Martin, GE Plastics, maintains.

The concept of one stop shopping for the professional remodeler or the home do-it-yourselfer presents an opporhmity for sales of modular systems incorporating sinks, plumbing, surrounds, stalls and counter tops for remodeled bathrooms and kitchens. which are the main areas of home upgrades, he points out.

Plastics are a growing factor in these markets, he adds. GE Plastics has co-developed a number of new products after building the Living Environments concept house, a showcase for engineering plastics in the building and construction industry.

Roofing systems have the look of cedar shakes, but all the properties of engineering thermoplastics including being srong, lightweight and easy to install, fire resistant and immune to

What You Spend vs. What You Get Back

Source: Remodeling Mag<ineb 192 Cost vs. Value Report rotting. Window profiles with a cap- tops has the look, feel and perforstock of pre-colored, fade resistant mance of expensive solid suifacing resin are durable and resist warping, materials at half the cost. Easy to fab=fading and cracking, Martin notes. A ricate and install, the material is recyplastic surfacing material for counter- clable to eliminate waste.

RETAILEBS can make homeownen feel good about th€ir decision to buy remodelino materials for lheir home by letting lhem know the resale value of their chosen proiecl.