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Club Swings To The Rescue

The Los Angeles Hardwood Lumberman's Club 4th annual golf toumament raised more than $10,000 to aid the educational efforts of the Hardwood Forest Foundation.

The event at the Coyote Hills Golf

Club, Fullenon. Ca.. attracted over 80 golfers and 57 sponsors.

Each tourney has raised more money than the previous year's, providing greater assistance to the nonprofit HFF in educating rhe public about sustainable forest manasement.

TOURNEY MEN: LAHC members (continued from previous page) (1) Walter Ralston, Bob Mitchell. (2) Phil Sarris, Brad Klima. (3) Doug Christensen, Gary Stewart, Dave McCormick. (4) Mike Rhoades, Jerry Lapin. (5) Sal Castillo, Robert Trujillo, Louie Escobedo, Joe Escobedo. (6) Tom Rogers, Charlie Bohnhoff, Gail Daugherty. (7) Ray Romero, John Lopez. (8) J. Robinson, Rich Harkey, Scott Crutchfield. (9) Frank Youngman, Dave Gorham, Frank McLean. (10) Bill Tracy, Ken LoBue,

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Fuel For The Fire

Your September editorial ("Curbing Wildfires Again a Hot Issue," p.6/ was right on the mark.

As a Midwestern lumber wholesaler, we source much of our lumber from the forests of the Northwestern U.S. and western Canada. We empathize with the producers on both sides of the border who are affected by forest fires. The conditions conducive to fires need to be reversed by government policy for better forest management. On the U.S. side, the proposed legislation of HR 1904, known as the Healthy Forest Initiative, is a

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step in the right direction.

Here's an example of how we in the forest products supply chain can help. At this year's Sprengerfest held Sept. 13, we were pleased to have Jim Hurst of Owens & Hurst Lumber as our guest speaker to bring his message to our lumber dealer customers. The Owens & Hurst mill at Eureka, Mt., has been impacted by restrictive logging policy. The mill was shut down for part of the summer due to a lack of logs-this in a region that is becoming a tinderbox forest because of aging trees and insect infestation, causing falldown and fuel for wild fires.

According to Jim, HR 1904 would serve both goals of improving forest health and utilization of the resource for human needs, changing a lose-lose situation to a win-win!

Jim urged us to contact our Senators and Congressmen to sup-

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Residential And Commercial Lumber Sales

Jones Lumber Company seeks an accomplished salesperson in the Southern California area. Must have comprehensive knowledge of lumber and building materials, be highly motivated, and have a minimum of 4 years sales experience in the industry. Strong customer service background, excellent communication skills and local travel are required. Excellent compensation package with medical, dental and 401K. If you are qualified and interested in joining an industry leader, please send your resume, with salary history, directly to john.pasqualetto@joneslumber.net or Fax to 323-564-582'7, attn. John Pasqualetto. All replies are confidential and current employers will not be notified. INTERNATIONAL port HR 1904. It looks like the political winds may be going our way.

I received a response from my contact with Senator Daschle's office. Although usually on opposing sides of the issues with Bush Administration proposals, Senator Daschle expressed hope that "in the end, we can develop a bipartisan proposal that can win approval in the Senate and provide federal land managers with the tools and resources they need to protect homes, businesses and communities, and improve the health of our national forests and public lands."

Let's get behind this "bipartisan" effort to remove the fuel from the fires.

Steve Sprenger steve @ sprengermidwest. com

Sprenger Midwest Inc.

Sioux Falls, S.D.