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Spies, 48, is a 30 year veteran with J. H. Baxter. He has held supervisory and management positions at three of the company's freating plants, including his most recent position of plant nanager at the long Beach, ca., plant. As director of operations, he will be responsible for all plant operations.

Little Change In Nert Decade

Looking ahead 10 years, 51 private economists found the U.S. economy will look pretty much as it does today.

The average rate of economic growth during 1995-2m/. is expected to be about the same as in the 1980s, with the exception of lower inflation and interest rates, the Blue Chip Economic lndicators newsletter reported. Growth will average 2.6Vo a year and unemployment will stay above 6Vo through the end of the decade.

Inflation is projected at current levels, but consumer prices are expected to rise about3.5Vo ayear. Short term interest rates will move to about4Vo n 1995 to average 4.37o in the late 1990s. After bottoming out in '94, long tenn bonds from the strongest corporations are expected to climb to an average of 7.47o until2000.

The l0 most optimistic forecasters see the economy growing at a 3.4Eo annual rate in the latter half of the decade, but the 10 most pessimistic see only 1.87o growth.

For this year and next" the cons€nsus forecast is2.7Vo growth, 6.6Vo anemployment and 37o consumer price rise.

Yard Turns Neighborhood's Anger into Praise

Barr Lumber Co. transformed neighbors at its Los Alamitos, Ca., headquarters location ftom enemies to friends with a few changes in landscaping and housekeeping.

After residents attending a city council meeting accused the conpany of being dirty, noisy and in violation of zoning laws, president Murl Fast promised changes even though his facilities were exempt from zoning regulations established after the yard was built.

The company moved the majority of its lumber storage to another property, moved remaining lumber stacks away from the perimeter of the yard and directed vendors and employees to re-route truck fravel away ftom residential streets. Deliveries were switched to other locations or scheduled to arrive by rail in order 0o minimize truck traffic.

Landscaping was planted, sprin- klers were installed, drives were covered with asphalt and a sweeping and watering service was hired on a dqily basis to cut down on dust.

After the company made the changes, neighbors returned to a city council meeting to praise them. "We were skeptical, but it really baPpened," said one woman. "We are truly appreciative," anottrer resident commented.

"We want to be good neighbors," said Fast. "We really are doing our very best." Other more expensive improvement plans are on hold until they complete negotiations to buy the site from Soutlern Pacific Transportation Co. The transaction is stalled by a land title lawsuit between Southern Pacific and the Bixby Co., leaving Barr on a day-o-day rental basis.

Barr also has Costa 14ss4 Alhambra, Bellflower, Indusuy, Huntington Beach and Lake Forest, Ca., yards

Denver Dealers Prove Wood "Greener,, Than Steet

Responding to a paid ad run in the August 1993, Hontcbuilder Magazinc by the Home Builders Association of MeEo Denver, Co., promoting materials other than wood as better for the environment and identifying steel snrd construction as an option, five of the area's lumber dealen rur an ad of their own in the publication's next issue.

Labeling their full-page ad "a rebuttal," Alpine Lumber Co., Chase Lumber Co., Denver Lumber Co., Economy Building Materials and Keltogg Lumber Co. pointed out the builder's ad was well intentioned, but incorrect and without scientific fact. Citing the Life Cycle Assessment, they compaed wood and steel: o Exfraction: Wood is harvested and is easily renewable. Iron ore is mined and is not. o Manufacturing: It takes nine times the energy to produce a steel shrd as it does to produce a comparable wood stud. This energy is normally generated by the combustion of fossil fuels (also non-renewable) which contribute to acid rain and the greenhouse effect Trees on the other hand take in carbon dioxide, "fix" the carbon in a process called carbon sinking and release oxygen. o Use: Wood is ahut seven times more energy efficient in tenns of Rvalue than steel. It takes approxirntely l0%o morc insulation (primarily synthetic fibers) in a steel framed wall to equal the energy efficiency of a wood franed wall. oDisposal Wood is biodegradable, reusable and recyclable. Steel is not biodegradable and is reusable and recyclable only with large additional inputs of energy (again from fossil fuels).

The ad concluded, "It is importrnt that we always analyze the TOTAL environmental cost when making choices and that we conscientiously strive to minimize our impact at all levels. But it is also important that we rcalize that the obvious is not always coffect. In this case we need to remember Nothing is Greener than a Tree."

The Western Wood Products Association reacted to the original ad with a letter urging the home builders to consider the many ecological advantages wood holds over competing rnterials.

Fox-GalAdds Az. Truss Plant

Foxworth-Galbraith Lumber Co. has opened a truss plant near its Tucson, Az., yard.

Located in a leased off-site building, the truss plant will be part of the existing Commercial & Professional Division operation, managed by general manager Ken Black.

After opening the yard April 1, Black quickly learned that providing trusses was essential to attracting and keeping customers. Competitors, he said, often refused to sell their trusses to builders who buy their materials from other yards. "With the addition of a truss planf we will now be able to sell customers complete house packages," Black said.

The Tucson truss plant will also serve Fox-Gal's other Southern Az. operations, including Nogales and Casa Grande.

Additionally, the Wickenburg, Az., retail yard is being changed into a Commercial & Professional Division operation.