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Northern California - 19 acres - 4-car UP rail spur 20,000 sq. ft. covered storage2,200-sq. ft. truck shop - 16,800-sq. ft. manufacturing building - truck scale. Contact Box 707, cio The Merchant Magazine, (949) 852-1990 Fax 949-8520231, or dkoenig@building-products.com.

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Send ad copy to Merchant Magazine,4500 Campus Dr.. Ste.480' Newport Beach, Ca. 92660, Fax 949-852-0231, dkoenig@building-products.com, or call (949) 852-1990. Make checks payable to Cutler Publishing. Deadline: lSth ofprevious month.

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Pole Buildings

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San Antonio Construction Co.

Contractors license 291 259 B1

Toll Free (877) U-BLD-KIT

Mike Esposito

ALL-COAST Forest Products, Inc., Salt Lake City, Ut., is seeking a highly motivated salesperson with excellent communication skills. Must be familiar with lumber and building materials. The candidate will be responsible for selling and promoting all products. Must be able to develop positive relationships with customers. The candidate must have a minimum of 5 years experience in the wholesale lumber industry. Salary is commensurate with education and experience. The company also offers excellent medical and retirement benefits package. Email resumes to: candidates@ all-coast.com.

LAS PLUMAS LUMBER & TRUSS CO.,

LLC. Are you looking to find a career with a company that has excellent benefits including Medical, Dental and Vision coverage? Available positions include, but are not limited to, Accounting, Credit, Design, Dispatch, General Office. Operations, and Sales. Fax resume to 95 l-685-4195.

EXPERIENCED LUMBER TRAI'ERS WANTED.

We are Hardwood and Softwood log and lumber wholesalers with offices in the United States and Canada. We're seeking sincere, experienced lumber traders who have a view towards the long term. Work INDEPENDENTLY from your part of the country, OR from our offices in the Toronto area. This is an excellent opportunity with a well-established company. We enjoy an OUTSTANDING financial and marketing reputation

For complete details of our interesting and rewarding program, please phone Bob Wilson lN STRICT CONFIDENCE. We'll also invite you to speak with one of our current trading paftners.

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ITALIAN VILLA FOR RENT

Sant'Orsola, a former Benedictine Badia, is set amidst fields of golden sunflowers with views across rolling Umbrian hills. The large tarmhouse and apartments, set in extensive gardens, have been carefully renovated to preserve many original features such as beautiful beamed ceilings and terracotta floors. This year, our l2th century chapel is being restored by local craftsmen. For a relaxing, self-catering holiday in the farmhouse or apartments, Sant'Orsola is the perf'ect base fbr daily visits to cultural and spiritual places of interest and for immersing yourself in the rich history of the surrounding medieval cities of Perugia, Assisi, Todi and Orvieto Visit our website at www.bellasantorsola.com for contact information.

Joseph Michael Joyce, 69, owner and president of Novato Builders Supply, Novato, Ca., died Aug. 8 after being hit by a car while on vacation in Incline Village, Nv.

Mr. Joyce moved to Marin County in the 1940s and had owned Novato Builders for more than 30 years. He also served as c.e.o. of the Novato Chamber of Commerce.

His wife said the company would continue to operate under the current manager, Bruce Gittings.

John L. Mensinger, 88, retired president of American Lumber Co., Modesto, Ca., died Aug. 28 in Modesto.

Mr. Mensinger earned a degree in economics from Stanford University in 1940. As an Army lieutenant during World War II , he served in the Philippines, Okinawa, and Korea, and earned a Purple Heart and Bronze Star. He was recalled to duty during the Korean War.

He worked 47 years at American Lumber, which was founded by his father in 1923.

Bryon O'Sheedy, 26, an employee of Rosboro Lumber, Springfield, Or., died luly 27 in an industrial accidenr.

He had been employed at Rosboro for three years. Previously, he was a millwright at Westwood Lumber, Cottage Grove, Or.

Otto Behr Jr.,92, founder of Behr Process Corp., Santa Ana, Ca., died Aug. 3 in Kailua, Hi.

After World War II, Mr. Behr started selling linseed oil from the back of his station wagon to paint stores.

Working with his chemist father, Otho Behr Sr., he produced a clear finish and stain that worked better than linseed oil on redwood.

The company moved to Alhambra, Ca., in the 1950s and then to Santa Ana. When Home Depot opened in 1978, the company became one of Depot's first suppliers and grew rapidly. Behr entered the architectural paint business in 1986, and was sold to Masco Corp. in 1999.

Walter W. Kopala Jr., 56, president and c.e.o. of Thorsen Tool Co., Ontario, Ca., died Aug. 2l in Corona, Ca., after a long battle with cancer.

Mr. Kopala worked more than 20 years in the industry. In Aug. 2005, he was named president and c.e.o. of the Olympia Group, City of Industry, Ca.. Before that, he was vice president and general manager of Alltrade Inc., Long Beach, Ca., and president and c.e.o. of Transworld Products, Grandview, Mo.

At Thorsen Tool, an affiliate of Amarillo Hardware Co.. he is succeeded by Randall L. Wright, chief operating officer and acting c.e.o.

Mills Sue To Get Rail Back On Track

Unhappy that the Willametre & Pacific Railroad has discontinued use of a 23-mile stretch of track south of Corvallis, Or., lumber and farming companies have filed suit to force the shortline railroad to resume service on the Iine and recoup up to $425,000 in damages.

Railroad president Bruce Carswell said that in June, following five derailments in five weeks, the company halted service on the Bailey Branch line in south Benton County-as a first step in seeking federal approval to abandon the track.

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