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Mark Smith is new to sales and business administration at Kval, Petaluma, Ca. George Mileusnic was named exec. v.p.administration at The Coleman Co., Inc., Golden, Co. Steven F. Kaplan is now exec. v.p. and c.f.o.

Pinky Bergstrom, retired from Ponderosa Moulding, Redmond, Or.; Darrell Cowgill, retired from Brooks-Scanlon, Bend, Or.; Ed Sturza, Steve Carrillo,

Mike Spurgeon, Sturza Forest Products, Redmond, Or., and John Ferguson, Wisconsin-California Forest Products Inc., Sisters, Or., defended Sturza's Spring League golf title.

Jean Anne Tonik provided refreshments at Mungus-Fungus Forest Products Climax, Nv., company picnic, according to owners llugh Mungus and Freddy Fungus.

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Bin Fire Kills Two Workers

Two employees have died from burns suffered while trying to extinguish a fire inside a sawdust and wood chip bin at Sagebrush Sales, Albuquerque, N.M.

According to Sagebrush Sales pres- ident Don Kruse, about 1:00 p.m. calledabackdraft. Aug. 14 three employees noticed smoke rising from the bin and tried to empty the shavings. When the sawdust, chips and shavings came out, a fire erupted beneath the bin that some described as an explosion and others

The men were rushed to a local hospital; and later that night Emiliano "Nano" Garcia, 46, who received burns over 90Vo of his body, and Carlos Villezcaz-Nevar, 38, who was burned over 50Vo ofhis body, died.

The third man, Barry Wood, 48, suffered burns to l07o ofhis bodv.

While investigators tried to determine the exact cause of the blaze. the fire chief noted the temperature that day reached 96" and sawdust can ignite spontaneously in intense heat. Firefighters quickly controlled the blaze but for hours poured water into the bin to ensure it wouldn't restart.

Ernst Bankruptcy Case Moved

Ernst Home Center, Seattle, Wa., has been allowed to move its bankruptcy case from Delaware to Seattle.

Ernst filed for bankruptcy protection in Delaware since the company is incorporated there. Yet about 2,000 of its 6,000 creditors are in Washington and the majority are in the West.

The 6l-store chain, which reported a 3rd quarter loss of $51.6 million, was also dropped from the NASDAQ National Market, but plans to seek a listing on the OTC Bulletin Board.