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Robin Pickering Arkley Sr., 83, founder of now-defunct Arkley Lumber Co. (Blue Lake Forest Products), Arcata, Ca., died of natural causes Aug. 25 in Arcata.

Born in Vancouver, B.C., he was sent to Northern California by his father in 1949 to locate a suitable site for a sawmill. He purchased 20 acres in Arcata and opened Arkley Lumber. In 1968, he sold the business, which later owners renamed Blue Lake Forest Products.

In his retirement, Mr. Arkley became a popular political commentator who famously pledged $5,000 to launch a campaign to recall the local district attorney, who had filed suit against Pacific Lumber Co.

Robert Orville "Bob" West, 81, former president and sales manager of Placerville Lumber, Placerville, Ca., died Aug. I of congestive heart failure.

Mr. West's family founded and operated Placerville Lumber for almost 50 years. He started working for the company at age 12 and worked his way up to president before the company was sold in 1984.

Harlan T. Cory, 87, former manager of Prospect Lumber Co., Great Falls, Mt., died Aug.2l in Great Falls after an extended illness.

After earning a Purple Heart serving with the Army in New Guinea during World War II, he returned to the U.S. in 1945 and worked for W.G.

Hayward Wins Green Award

Hayward Lumber, Monterey, Ca., has won the first Green PublicPrivate Partnership Award from the Monterey County Business Council.

About 15 years ago, when Hayward started getting calls from architects seeking advice on sustainable building materials, the company hired staff to research and develop a green program and to compile a list of sustainable products that would be available on a special-order basis.

"We didn't have them in the store because so few people wanted them," says marketing director

Woodward Co., Charteris Hardware, and Prospect Lumber Co. He opened Cory's Paint Store, Great Falls, in I 96 I , operating it for 43 years.

Charles Joseph "Joet' Blower, 94, longtime lumber inspector, died Aug. 8 in South Beach, Or.

In the 1940s. he worked as a lumber inspector at C.D. Johnson Lumber, Toledo, Or. He continued to work at the mill after it was sold to GeorgiaPacific in 1953, until retiring in 1971.

Suzanne Moore. "Nobody even knew what a green building was or what green products were."

Today, Hayward is recognized as an industry leader in the area of green products, a fact that makes the fourth-generation family business proud. The company recently completed the third printing of its EnviroSmart brochure and the second printing of its EnviroSmart products guide.

Moore said that the goal is to increase awareness of environmental concerns and green building. "It's a way of life; it's not something that we just started," she said.