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Old Timerst Night At San Diego rl

David "Smokey" Gaines, new head basketball coach for the San Diego Aztecs, wowed guests at the San Diego Hoo-Hoo Club Old Timers'Night with his enthusiasm and locker room charm.

The former Harlem Globetrotter was introduced by the dinner chairman G.T. Frost. Others taking part were vicegerent Phil Braun who reported on the 87th annual Hoo-Hoo International convention held in Hawaii; snark Art Crouthamel; and Bernie Barber, a member of the Supreme Nine representing Jurisdiction VI.

Special presentations of plaques were made to the nine members present with the lowest Hoo-Hoo numbers. Most senior member was Carl B. Gavotto (36385). Others were Jim Gilchriest (47180): Gordv Frost (47578): Don Olson (4771l): Bernie Barber (48864); Walter "Swede" Burrows $2666): Phil Braun (53378), George Robinson (55160); and John Sullivan (61476).

Feds Outdoing OPEC

Prices the U.S. govemment collects for its commercial timber have soared faster than Arab oil because of restrictive federal timber policies. "These policies are mainly responsible for creating an artificial timber shortage in the West, forcing up the raw material cost of making lumber and plywood for homes, making paper and other forest products," according to John E. Wishart, v.p. of timber and timberlands for Georgia-Pacific Corp.

He reports current figures for "roadiess wilderness" closures and other federal restrictions. either alreadv in effect or awaiting congressional action, total 187 miilion acres. Roads, reforestation and even gas and oil exploration are banned in forests which Congress desisnates as roadless wilderness.

"That acreage equals a 300,000-square-mile swath a hundred miles wide across the nation from coast to coast," he notes.

Most of these federal closures are in the West where government owns substantially more timberlands than all other owners combined. This is creating increased pressure for growing more wood through bEtter timber management in the Southern pine region where the bulk of ownership is in the private non-industry category, the Portland, Or., forester said.

Hardwood Grading School

The California Lumber Inspection Service announces that it will host its third annual trainine school and clinic for hardwood graders and potential grad'ers in Santa Clara, Jan.7-ll.

Inquiries can be made c/o CLIS, ll90 Lincoln Ave., San Jose, Ca.95150.

Shoplifters Go West

The West is the hardest hit area in the United States for shoplifting.

Other high incidence areas in order of cases reported are the South. North Central and Northeast.

Statistics also reveal a strong demographic pattern for age and sex. Teenagers are responsible for about 7r of the shoplifting. Better than eight out of ten shoplifters are women, although they tend to lift less expensive items than men.

0t0 IlllERS night at San Diego Hoo-Hoo Club was well attended with lll Carl B. Gavotto, most senior member present, receiving a "peeler log" plaque from past president Phil Braun; l2l president Art Crouthamel and past president Phil Braun listen t0 guest soeaker David "Smokev" Gaines, head basketball coach for the San Diego Aztecs: l3l-Bernie Barber, Art Crouthamel and Phil Braun, eiecutive members, enlighten the group; l4l also receiving recognition were senior members Don 0lson, Jim Gilchriest, John Sullivan and Gordy Frost.

SEASON'S GREETINGS from Bill

Johnson

John Polach

Larry Hansen

Walt Hjort

Bill Robinson

Ruby Spoor

Sonia Mastriana

Betty Williams

Susan McAtee and all the folks at Hobbs Wqll Lumber Co.,

C0llCLU0lllc meeting in a series of 20 "regionals" around U.S. was this North American Wholesale Lumber Assn. oathering in Los Angeles. Concensus was tiat'80 would not be as good as'79, but would still be a reasonably good year. Ouartet of Canadian government and lumbermen reprised their industry and its efforts t0 enlarge their share 0f the U.S. market. Speakers included: lll R.E. Dielman, John Melnyk, Arthur Selin, Ronald John McLeod. lZf Pete Speek, Wally Peirce, Gordon Beach. l3l Pete Niebling, Ed Fountain. l4l Clorie Zagurski, Vern Godbehere. (51 Frank Bader, Bill Connor. 16l Don and Randy Philips. {71 Frank Moloney, John Weston, Jim Newquist. l8l Chuck Roelen, Joe Tidwell, Sterling Wolfe. l9l John Hodge, Bill Baugh, Daryl Bond. ll0l Blaine Smith, Steve Garrison, Dury Cords, Ted Pollard. llll Ed Evans, Raloh Cardwell, Harry Selling. ll2l Bill Perkins, Bob Line, Bill Jones. ll3l Ted Gilbert, Steve Coontz, Gordon Beach, Ed Fountain, Jr. ll4l Miles Butterfield, Roger Braniger, Nat Thompson. (l5l John- Mazanet,- Dennis Richardson, Jim Frodsham.

News Briefs

(Continued from page 18) fices in Fair Oaks, Ca.,. Burns Lumber Co. is suing the City of Burns, Or., for alleged negligence in connection with an Aug. '78 fire that destroyed a part of their inventory.

Bohemia, Inc. plans a $9.2 million sawmill complex near Auburn, Ca.; construction slated for early 1980. Pope & Talbot, Portland, is permanently closing its Kalama, Wa., specialty plywood plant; 350 jobs will be lost. .

Kaiser Cement plans to spend $1 13 million improving its Lucerne Valley, Ca., cement plant. . Trus Joist Corp. has opened a Las Vegas engineering & sales office. Rockwool Industries, Inc., Denver, plans a $3.7 million expansion of its Fontana, Ca., plant to hike insulation output... Pope &

Talbot is changing its incorporation from California to Delaware, a precaution against unfriendly takeover attempts; P&T also intends to double its fee-owned timber base by the late '80s. ... . Kaiser has gotten an EPA OK to modernize its largest cement plant, near San Jose. Ca.

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