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Gonvoy Rallies For Harvest

A convoy of 12261og, lumber and chip trucks converged on Grants Pass, Or., to rally support for harvesting timber scorched by last year's Silver Fire.

The trucks from Oregon, Washington, California, ldaho and Montana paraded through town amid cheering crowds and thousands of yellow ribbons tied on everything, from car antennas to mailboxes.

The August 27 rally began as the lead driver, log hauler Ralph Mollet, arrived at the Josephine County Fairgrounds. Truckswould pull in continuously for the next seven hours.

"You'll never see anything like this again. Never," said Mollet. "We hadpeople greeting us on overpasses 50 miles out of town."

The Southern Oregon Resources Alliance and the Oregon Forest Products Transportation Association co-sponsored the Silver Fire Roundup to draw attention to the U.S. Forest Service's plan to harvest timber burned by 1987's 96,540-acre fire west of Grants Pass.

The government intends to harvest 157 million board feet, although thetimber industry contends about 200 million board feet should be salvaged or it will rot and be wasted.

The procession, which brought traffic to a stand still as the trucks rolled slowly towards the fairgrounds, is only the timber industry's first step towards driving home their message, said Bruce Vincent, Vincent Trucking, Libby, Mt.

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Dealers were the focus as Lumber Products celebrated 50 years of growth with an emphasis on customer appreciation.

At each of the warehouses in Salem, Eugene and Medford, Or., and Boise, Id., close to 500 accepted an invitation to eat, listen to music and tour the facilities.

In Portland, the celebration was extended to three evenings, one for retail accounts, one for industrial and one for manufacturer's representatives and door and millwork customers. After refreshments and a warehouse tour, guests were bussed to the Columbia Gorge Sternwheeler for a two hour cruise and gourmet buffet. More than 350 attended each evening.

Door prizes and a thank you message from Peter Hall, President of Lumber Products, were Part of each celebration.

Although the open houses are over, the observance continues with product specials and an opportunity for customers to win $50 in conjunction with special mailers.

National Forest Products Week

Companies in the wood products industry are being encouraged by the American Forest Council to take advantage of National Forest Products Week, Oct. 16-22, to publicize their firms and the valuable contributions of the industry.

By focusing national attention on the industry, the week oflers an opportunity to educate the public on size of the industry (1.4 million people nationwide with another 400,000 involved in other forestry related activities), the annual value of products shipped (over $120 billion) and the diversity of wood products information contained hands in the business as well as

(houses, paper, furniture, toothpicks, etc.).

BES|0El{TlAl. REM|!0Etll{G, which uses about 30% of the soltwood that goes to market, is spotlighted in this 580,000 room addition completed in Portland, 0r. The Western Wood Products Association initiated the project with the cooperati0n of the American Plywood Association, Andersen Windows and McFarland Cascade. The home will be featured in Better Homes & Gardens magazine next year.

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