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Herb Donaldson, exec. v.p./buyer at Mead Clark Lumber Co.. Santa Rosa, Ca., retired Nov. l after 44 years with the company.

Robert E. Manne has been named c.e.o. and president of Pacific Lumber Co., Scotia, Ca. He succeeds John A. Campbell, who is now chairman of the board.

Gary Christiansen has joined Adams Lumber, Tigard, Or., as a trader.

Chris Bailey has been promoted to mgr. of retail accounts and home centers for The Collins Companies, Portland, Or.

Dennis McWhirter has been promoted to sales mgr. at Exterior Wood, Washougal, Wa. Derek Hardy, ex-Jeld Wen, and Bill Jones, ex-Pacific Lumber Co., are new to sales.

Chip McHenry is now handling cedar and Tim Jaeger western S-P-F at Boise Cascade's Lake Oswego, Or., buying office.

Joe E. Beverly, Stephen C. Tobias, and Sam A. Williams have been elected to the board of directors of Plum Creek Timber Co.. Seattle. Wa.

Kent S. Goodyear, ex-Collins Cos., is new to Norwood North America, Inc., Portland, Or., as v.p.

Richard J. Taggart has been promoted to v.p.-finance for Weyerhaeuser Co., Federal Way, Wa. Jeffery W. Nitta succeeds him as v.p. and treasurer. Kathryn F. McAuley has been promoted to v.p.-investor relations.

Rob Luce is the new v.p. of the home center marketing group for Idaho Timber Corp., Boise, Id. Gary Botts succeeds him as gen. mgr. at the Weiser, Id., facility. Todd Featherly is the new gen. mgr. in Whitefish, Mt. New to sales: Brent Smith, Troy, Id.; Ben Bucholz, Boise, Id., and Dean Caviggia, Albuquerque, N.M. Brian Richardson, son of Dennis Richardson, Oregon-Canadian Forest Products, Orange, Ca., has been promoted to outside sales at White Cap Industries, Costa Mesa, Ca. Jim Rothe has joined Tnlpx as national sales director-enterprise solutions.

Mike Santiago has been named c.f.o. of ImproveNet Inc., Redwood City, Ca.

Thom Wright has joined All-Coast Forest Products, Cloverdale, Ca., as product mgr.

Hardy Vestal, sales mgr., has left Big Valley Lumber Co., which shuttered its Bieber, Ca., sawmill in May. The Burney, Ca., mill continues to operate.

Tom Elias, ex-White River Hardwoods, has joined Emafyl, Littleton, Co., as v.p.-sales & marketing.

David Miller is new to counter sales at Ganahl Lumber, Laguna Beach, Ca.

Jeff Hodge, Pope & Talbot, Portland, Or., has been promoted to sales mgr. for operations in Spearfish, S.D.

Cheryl Rubins is the new v.p.-communications for the California Forest Products Commission.

Gary Weiss, Do it Best GW Hardware, Woodburn, Or., was elected chairman of Do it Best Corp.

Phil Bender, ex-CertainTeed, is the new v.p.-sales & marketing for MonierLifetile, Irvine, Ca.

Robin A. Conway is the new v.p.-marketing and sales for Stingray Lighting, Escondido, Ca.

Garry Tabor, v.p.-sales and marketing, Building Material Distributors, Galt, Ca., has been elected to a second term on the Associated Building Material Distributors of America board.

Steven Rogel, Weyerhaeuser Co., Federal Way, Wa., has been named Global C.e.o. of the Year by Pulp & Paper and PPI magazines.

John W. "Jack" Creighton Jr., who retired as c.e.o. of Weyerhaeuser Co. in 1997, has been named chairman and c.e.o. of United Airlines parent UAL.

Canada Hit With Added Duty

The U.S. Commerce Department will assess an average 12.577o antidumping tariff to Canadian softwood imported into the U.S., adding to the 19.37o countervailing duty announced in August.

The anti-dumping penalties, which average 12.577o and are not retroactive, range from 5.94Vo for West Fraser Timber Co. to 19.247o for Slocan.

Debbie L. Cohen is the new c.e.o. at the Forest Stewardship Council.

Edward Bilger is now mgr. of engineering for the construction and distribution division of Bostik Findley.

El Louise Waldron, Waldron Forest Products, Fair Oaks, Ca., recently vacationed in Acapulco, Mexico, with 60 golfing buddies.

Sue Yablind is the new legal advisor to Hugh Mungus and Freddy Fungus, owners of Mungus-Fungus Forest Products. Climax. Nv.

A final decision by the Commerce Department on both duties is due in early December.

Group Tries To Halt Stimson

A enviro group has filed suit in federal court to stop Stimson Lumber from logging its private land in Idaho.

At issue is whether Stimson can build roads through the state's Colville National Forest to get at its 2,400 acres of timber. Stimson owns six parcels of land that hold about 20 million bd. ft. of lumber, but are entirely surrounded by a 77,000-acre grizzly bear management unit.

Stimson had agreed to install monitoring equipment, refrain from logging during spring when bears emerge from their dens, and keep a 407o forest cover at all times.

An access request was made in l99 l by the land's previous owner. Plum Creek Timber. Stimson bought the land from Plum Creek in 1996.

Truss Machine Severs Foot

Surgeons were unable to reattach a truss worker's foot after it was severed in an accident at Hayward Truss Co., Santa Maria. Ca.

The 37-year-old man caught his foot in truss-making machinery the evening of Oct. 5. Afier surgery, he was reported to be in stable condition.