MOUNTAIN STATES

KENT MOXEY executive secretary

A S THE CONVENTION at Jackson A Hote, Wy., gets underway, we'd like to salute the early-to-sign-up exhibitors.

Among those sending reps to advise conventioneers on latest developments in the industry and hand out samples and promotional ideas are Brown Lumber Sales Co., Ace Hardware Corp., Diversified Insulation, Inc., Drew Foam of Co., Gifford-Hill & Co., Rockite Div. of Hartline Prod. Co., o Equal employment: Employers with l5 or more employees are required to display the revised poster "Equal Employment Opportunity is the Law."

Better Bilt Door Co., Drywall Supply, Inc., Building Specialties, Inc., Weiser Lock, Darworth Co., Minwax Co., Eastern Slope Distributing Co., Big Sky Insulations Unlimited, Potlatch Corp., Champion Building Products, Quinn Sales Assn., Sundown Timber Co., Norfield Mfg. Co., Townley Hardware Co., Armstrong Cork Co., Factory Direct Sales Consultants, Benjamin Moore & Co., Lumber Mutual Insurance Co., BMD/Sakrete, Dow Chemical USA, Gittings Lumber Co., Roofing lnc., Diehl Lumber Prod. Inc., Thunderbird Steel Corp., Johns-Manville Sales Corp., Brammer Kitchens, Pro-Jet Pipe, National Plan Service, and GSW Building Prod.

Working on Federal or FederallyFinanced Construction Projects" is necessary if the company is engaged in work covered by the Davis-Bacon act or one of the federal laws applicable to federally-assisted construction.

Occupational safety and health act: The OSHA poster is required of all employers covered by the federal OSHA law.

If a worker's disposable earnings are less than $l16 a week. under federal law a smaller amount of those earnings is now subject to garnishment. These figures are dictated by the 1979 increase in federal minimum wages to $2.90 per hour. The consumer credit protection act restricts garnishment to 250/o of disposable earnings or the amount by which those earnings exceed 30 times the minimum wage, whichever amount is smaller. Thereforb, the increase in the minimum wage may affect the amount of disposable earnings (what is left after deductions for taxes and social security) subject to garnishment.

Welcome to these new lumber dealer members of the association: Herren Bros. Lumber, Paul Goecke,; P.O. Box 321, Guernsey, Wy. 82214 Valley Lumber Co., Marvin Schwab, P.O. Box 175, Afton, Wy. 83ll0l and these new associate members: Diversified Insulation, Inc., F.E. "Red" Homuth, P.O. Box 188, Hamel, Mn. 55340: Factory Direct Sales Consultants, Ken Stanley, 7 Clocktower Square No. 270- I I , 14261 E. 4th Ave., Aurora, Co. 80011; David Lloyd Distributors, David Lloyd, P.O. Box 1084, Cochise, Az. 85606.

News around the region. Jerry Harwood of Rocky Ford, Co., has purchased the former Bonds Building Material yard in Fowler and is currently remodeling the facility. The A.C. Houston Lumber Co., has purchased the former Brown Supply Yard at Crested Butte, Co., Ken Holgate is mgr. .Dick & Cheryl Brenchley of Salt Lake City, Ut., will be attending the convention at Teton Village.

New Small Log Mill

Simpson Timber Company's new Mill Five at Shelton, Wa., is designed to process young growth timber. Logs 4" to 8" in diameter make up the bulk of thc mill's operations.

Mill Five was conceived, computer-planned, built and brought on-line specifically to process the small logs, once considered forest waste and too small to be economically harvested. A constant stream of 2x4s (studs) are turned out with other small dimension lumber.

Equipment in the mill is computer controlled to monitor the mill's vital signs: scanning the length of logs before they reach a seven blade chop off saw which cuts them into 8' blocks, scanning and sorting the blocks into bins, and again scanning the blocks as they are fed into a Chip 'N Saw.

When the $8.7 million sawmill reaches full production, the projection is that the three Simpson mills in the Shelton Working Circle will be able to turn out one million board feet of lumber per day, enough to build 100 homes.

Some 95 new jobs were created with the new mill. This local employment and the harvesting of young growth timber are both goals of the Shelton Cooperative Sustained Yield. The 10O-vear aqreement between Simpson and the U.S. Forest Service is now in its 33rd year. It provides for coopera- tive management of over 300,000 acres in Mason and Gravs Harbor. Wa. countics.

Forests have been regrowing in the lowland areas since the first trees were cut in the late 1800s. The cycle of new generations of growth and harvest will continue as tree planters follow the loggers to restock the new cutovers.

Roof Tile Plant Opens

Full production capacity is expected to be reached this fall by the recently completed Ceetile, Inc. concrete roof tile plant at Hollister, Ca.

Operating under the direction of John J. McDermott, newly appointed president and c.o.o. of the parent company, Nical, Inc., the plant is in production with shipments begun. John F. Daamen is plant mgr. John E. Noble, merchandise mgr., is responsible for the technical and product development functions. Tom Paarmann is marketing mgr. with Nical,lnc., the sales force handling the marketing.

Using the Winkelon coloring process from Germany which is new to the United States in con- junction with integral color, the operation produces roof tile in ten colors for residential. commercial. and induslrial use. The product is thermal and sound insulative. and totally incombustible.

Prime Time Meetings

Get the most out of meetings by scheduling them at a prime time and as seldom as possible.

The weekly Monday morning meeting is often rushed, unenthusiastic, and poorly attended. Consider scheduling the session for Wednesday. Handle the work load from Wednesday to Wednesday, originating new projects on that day. Friday's work can continue on Monday, eliminating the effort of starting new work on a day which is normally low in producrivity.

Cut meetings to the bone. Start with one meeting and add to only if necessary.

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