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Lumber Association of California & Nevada attracted over 300 attendees to its 3rd annual convention Nov. 4-6 at the Silver Legacy Resort & Casino, Reno, Nv.

John Saunders, Economy Lumber Co., Campbell, was installed as pres., succeeding Al Stockton, San Bruno Lumber Co., San Bruno. lst v.p. is Erik Jorgensborg, Fisher Lumber, Santa Monica; 2nd v.p. Matt Petersen, Mead Clark Lumber, Santa Rosa; associates v.p. Rick Hermanson, Georgia-Pacific, Sacramento; treas. Bob Rossi, Rossi's Building Materials, Fort Bragg, and members at large David Jones, Foster Lumber Yards, Vallejo, and Drew Sasser, Buena Park Lumber, Buena Park.

Now on the board are Kevin Destruel. Mead Clark; Richard McArthur, Ojai Lumber, Ojai; Chuck Bohn, Reedley Lumber, Reedley; Kelly Purcell, Builders Supply, Palm Springs; Milton Johnson, Home Lumber, San Bernardino; Peter Ganahl, Ganahl Lumber, Anaheim; associates council chair Andrew Thompson, Ace Hardware, Rocklin; vice chair Kelly Lyon, Capital Lumber, Chino; events coordinator Ken Womack, PrimeSource, Fairfield; director Martyn Temple, Weyerhaeuser, Long Beach; insurance trust committee chair Margo Conner, Pacific Home Do it Center, San Luis Obispo; committee member Darren Donaho, Lindsay Lumber, Paramount, and 2nd Growth pres. Judy Grinder, Gemini Forest Products, Los Alamitos.

The President's Award went to Pacific Home's Conner and the Associate of the Year Award to Ace's Thompson.

See p.80-8 I for photos of theevent.

The 2000 convention runs Nov. 9-11 at the Monterey Maniott, Monterey, Ca.

Western Building Material Association presented its lst Vendor of the Year Award to Western Wood Preserving, Sumner, Wa., during its 96th annual convention and show Nov. 4-7 in Seattle.Wa.

Also feted: Distinguished Dealer Award recipient Rick Barnes, Parker Lumber, Bremerton, Wa.; booth award winners Worthington Insurance, Bothell, Wa.; OrePac, Tacoma, Wa., and LWO Corp., Portland, Or., and, for their Quick Pitch Selling Talks, Tri-W Distributors, Kirkland, Wa.; Marvin Windows, Kent, Wa., and Prime Fasteners, Burnaby, B.C. Roger Fouts, Withers Lumber, Woodburn, Or., is the new pres., with v.p.s Jim Turner, Able Building Supply, Moses Lake, Wa., and Curtis Jack, Coquille Supply, Coquille, Or.

District directors include Richard Kruckenberg, OK Lumber, Fairbanks, Ak.; Bruce Abel, Don Abel Building Supplies, Juneau, Ak.; Ed Waite, Spenard Builders Supply, Anchorage, Ak.; Mike Werner, Builders Alliance, Bellingham, Wa.; Jeff Swan, Evergreen Lumber, Port Orchard, Wa.; Lenny Feaster, Bayview Building Materials, Westport, Wa.; Scott Munson, Lumbermen's, Tacoma; Ron Pulliam, Elmo Studd's Building Supplies, Tigard, Or.; Edd LaMar, Lake Chelan Building Supply, Manson, Wa.; Gary Kirk, Builders Lumber, Kennewick, Wa.; Eric Fritch, Chinook Lumber, Snohomish, Wa.; Rick

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