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Fremont specializes in a large inventory of high quality Douglas fir boards, dimension, long lengths and timbers shipped from select mills in British Columbia, Oregon and California. We &f€ coostantly adding to our selection of western red cedar, pine, hemlock and white 6r. Other species and specialty items are inventoried and included in our weekl y flyer sent to all Fremont customers.

December 1988

Rick Palmiter is new to the sales team at ldaho Veneer Co., Post Falls, ld.

Warren Sturges, Noah Wood Products Sales, Eugene, Or., is also pres. of Seahawk Forest Products, Eugene. Rod Noah is Seahawk v.p.; Michelle Menkens, sales mgr., and Steve Allen, salesman.

Tim Miller has joined Marquart-Wolfe Lumber Co., Costa Mesa, Ca., according to Jon Wolfe.

Ronald P. Maccarone is now senior v.p. and c.f.o. at Builders Emporium, Irvine, Ca.

Dennis Dickenson has been named marketing mgr. of Arizona Pacific Wood Preserving Corp., Eloy, Az., covering So. Ca., Az., Ut., Nv. and N.M., out of both the Eloy office and the Bakersfield, Ca., office of parent co. Pacific Wood Preserving of Bakersfield Corp.

Gary Smith has resigned as exec. v.p. of the Lumber Merchants Association of Northern California. San Jose. Ca., to become exec. director of the Northwestern Lumbermens Association, Minneapolis, Mn. He replaces Nick Kent, the new exec. v.p. of the North American Wholesale Lumber Association.

Steve Olson, Build-Rite Lumber & Supply, Rawlins, Wy., has been elected regional v.p. of the National Lumber & Building Material Dealers Association.

Treavor Calhoun and Bruce Gravier, both of Harwood Products, Branscomb, Ca., recently went steelhead fishing on Or.'s Rogue River with Watly Hicks, Gold Creek Lumber Co., Medford, Or., and Daryl Clapp, Neely-Nelson Lumber Co., Medford.

Larry Markham has been named store mgr. of Diamond International, Fairfield, Ca. He was also recently elected pres. of the Oakland Hoo-Hoo Club.

Dan Bonnington, Bonnington Lumber Co., Orinda, Ca., is organizing a March train trip to Reno, Nv,, for Hoo-Hoo International club members.

Bruce Main, Big Valley Lumber Co., Bieber. Ca.. has been named Lumberman of the Year by the Shasta Cascade Hoo-Hoo Club.

Joe Wheeler, gen. mgr., Coastal Div., Louisiana-Pacific, Samoa, Ca., will be the guest speaker at the Black Bart Hoo-Hoo Club's annual Industry Night, Jan. 18.

Mark Majors, Sierra Pacific Industries, Redding, Ca., and his wife, Donna, are celebrating the birth of a son, Brian M4iors, Nov. 13, 1988.

Ron White. United States Tile Co., Corona, Ca.. has been appointed sales rep for Orange County, Ca.

Bob Headrick, pres. and gen. mgr., Plywood Components, Inc., Millersburg, Or., has left the co. he founded.

Larry Wagner is the new sales mgr. fbr all three locations of Loth Lumber Co., Gold Bar, Wa., replacing Mike Carlson. Duaine McAllister is operations mgr. for all three locations, according to Jeff Loth.

Sy Rodakowski, Oregon Canadian Forest Products, North Plains, Or., and his wife, Madlyn, spent three weeks traveling in Europe with son Scott, a U.S. Army lieutenant colonel stationed in Germany.

Rick Barnes, Knoll Lumber, Kenmore, Wa., has been appointed head of the Rotary Club's annual strawberry sale.

Robert Baum has been Promoted to mgr. of Homeowners Lumber Co., Petaluma, Ca., according to owner Chuck Porro.

Bruce Myers has joined White Brothers, Sacramento, Ca., as asst. mgr. Raymond Riley has been promoted to salesman, according to Craig Kincaid, who caddied for Jim Fitzpatrick, official artist of the PGA tour, at the Skins Pro-Am game at PGA West, Palm Springs, Ca.

K. C. Adamson is now No. Ca. field rep and Chris Chilcott is So. Ca. field rep for Tarkett, hardwood div., according to Thomas H. Reese Jr., v.p., sales & marketing.

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David Bodtker is new to Western International, Portland, Or.

Gregg Moon has joined the wholesale div. sales team at Custom Panels, Tacoma, Wa.

Jim Virgil is now with Western Timber Products, Coeur d'Alene, Id.

Lyle Schafer, Ace Hardware, Napa, Ca., has been awarded an Industry Recognition Award for his term as pres. of California Pacific Southwest Hardware Association.

C. W. "Bill" Knodell, exec. v.p. and c.f.o., Willamette Industries, has been appointed to the board ofdirectors, replacing Gene D. Knudson, who has reached the mandatory retirement age.

Dave Duncan and Gary Moe, Mary's River Lumber Co., Corvallis, Or., will be attending the Northeastern Retail Lumbermens Association convention in Boston, Ma., next month.

Judd L. Webber has been named director of international marketing for the Western Wood Products Association. Portland, Or.

Philip T. Newton, v.p., sec. and treas., The O'Brien Corp., San Francisco, Ca., has retired after 31 years with the firm. Barry Johnson is now national sales mgr., trade sales div.

Barry Heppner, Heppner Hardwoods, Inc., Azusa, Ca., has been appointed to the Hardwood Research Council's executive committee.

Jim Byles is the new mgr. of Square Deal Building Supply, Brookings, Or., replacing John Zia.

Dave Jones, Foster Lumber Yard, Vallejo, Ca., and Neil Keefer, Hayward Lumber, Pacific Grove, Ca., sparkplugged the reactivation meeting of the Coast Counties Hoo-Hoo Club on Friday, Jan. 13, in Monterey, Ca.

Caesar Pratt is now handling sex discrimination lawsuits at MungusFungus Forest Products, Climax, Nv., according to Hugh Mungus and Freddy Fungus.

Unity Opens Reman Plant

Unity Forest Products, Yuba City, Ca., is now fully operational with the recent opening of its own remanufacturing and distribution facility.

The company was formed in Sacramento, Ca., in January 1988, and celebrated the Oct. 2l grand opening of the Yuba City plant with a ribbon-cutting ceremony and barbecue. Attending were 150 guests, including North Coast sawmill representatives, customers and local and state officials instrumental in the company's formation.

Yuba City mayor Lawrence Mark presented Unity president Enita Nordek with the key to the city, and Ken Gibson, head of the State Department of Commerce, delivered to Nordek a check for $105,000, representing a low-interest loan.

The pattern stock manufacturer and distributor can now offer custom remanufacturing. A new fence cut line is planned.

Principals of the company include Nordek, production manager Mike Smith and salesmen Til Johnson, Ed Cagle and Steve Hagen.

TARGEIIIIG the growing construction markets of Southern California, Southern Nevada and Arizona, Beadex Manufacturing Co. has opened a manufacturing and distributing facility in Riverside, Ca., to produce loint compounds, wall and ceiling textures. The 40,400 sq. ft. plant and warehouse managed by Wayne Wood join Beadex operations in Renton, Wa.; Portland, 0r., and Stockton, Ca.