Association News

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New v.p.s are Tom Simkins, Simkins-Hallin Lumber, Bozeman, Mt., and Eric Gerretsen, Gerretsen Building Supply, Roseburg, Or. Randy Stemper, Astoria Builders Supply, Astoria, Or., was elected to the executive committee.

New directors include Ed Waite, Spenard Builders Supply, Anchorage, Al.; Dennis Orem, Jerry's Home Improvement Center, Eugene, Or., and Paul Thomae, Thomae Lumber Sales, Laurel, Mt. Director at large is Tom Dunn, Dunn Lumber Co., Seattle, Wa. Insurance trustee is Mick Bush, Bayview Building Materials. Olympia. Wa.

A Distinguished Dealer Award was given to WBMA director Tom Waggoner, Kingston Lumber, Kingston, Wa.

Builders' Hardware & Supply, Seattle. Wa.. WBMA member since 1975, won the Supplier of the Year Award.

Transload Distribution Association had 45 industry executives join its recent "Heartland Express" tour of railroads, reloads and inland ports from Kansas City, Mo., through Little Rock, Ar., to Memphis, Tn.

Next year, TDA holds its international conference May 3-6 in Las Vegas, Nv.

APA-The Engineered Wood Association presented several awards during its recent annual meeting in Tuscon, Az.

Willamette Valley Co. won the first-place Supplier of the Year award in the plywood category. Hexion Specialty Chemicals won first place for both OSB and engineered wood.

Mill safety awards were presented to l5 EWP mills-six operated by Georgia-Pacific, five by Weyerhaueser, two each by Boise Cascade and Hunt Forest Products, and one each by International Paper, Louisiana-Pacific, and PlyVeneer Products.

Terry Christiansen, v.p. of plywood manufacturing, G-P, received the first Bronson J. Lewis Award for leadership and contributions to the industry.

APA has forged a strategic alliance with the Structural Insulated Panel Association.

North American Deck & Railing Association has moved DeckExpo 2006 from New Orleans, La., to the Tennessee Convention Center in Memphis.

Pre-convention seminars will be Feb. l5-16, with exhibits Feb. l7-18.

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Robert Eugene Bush, 79, retired co-owner of Bayview Lumber, South Bend, Or., died Nov. 8 in Tumwater, Wa.

Mr. Bush left high school at age 17 to enlist in the Navy during World War II, and served as a medic during the battle of Okinawa. Though seriously wounded in the battle, he continued to treat other soldiers and fight the enemy, earning him the Congressional Medal of Honor. His story was featured in Tom Brokaw's best-seller Zfte Greatest Generation.

After the war, he completed high school and graduated from college.

In 1951, he and a partner bought a lumberyard in South Bend, which became Bayview Lumber and expanded to multiple locations.

Edward B. Johnson, 75, cofounder of Johnson-Manley Lumber Co. Tuscon. Az.. died Oct.23.

Mr. Johnson co-founded the company in 1970, which added yards in 1989 in Lake Havasu Citv. Az.. and in the 1990s in Phoenix, Az., and Las Vegas, Nv. He retired in 1996.

Reg Justus, 70, retired owner of Just-Woods Forest Products. Portland. Or., died Sept. l2 in Lake Oswego, Or.

Mr. Justus joined North Pacific Lumber in 1964, working in the import/export division and as general manager of the hardwood division. He started his own lumber brokerage company in 1919, and retired in 2002 after closing the company.

John Ferguson, 84, retired owner of Bayshore Lumber Co., Orange, Ca., died Nov. 3 in Laguna Niguel, Ca.

Mr. Ferguson served as sales manager and buyer at Signal Lumber, Long Beach, Ca., from 1947 to 1957. In 1958, he founded Bayshore in Tustin, Ca., and relocated the business to Orange l0 years later.

He closed the business and retired in 1984, after selling the property to Hamilton Materials.

William V. Sharp, 81, retired general manager of All-Coast Forest Products' Chino, Ca., yard, died Nov. I in Upland, Ca.

Mr. Sharp worked for seven years at Inland Lumber Co.. Colton. Ca.. before joining All-Coast rn 1911 . He was the first general manager of the Chino yard.

In 1999. he became a consultant for the company and retired in May 2005.

Bill S. Gordon, 79, long-time Pacific Northwest lumberman. died Oct. 3l in Sequim, Wa.

Mr. Gordon served in the Pacific with the Navy during World War Il. For many years, he worked for Sequim Lumber and Olympic Lumber as a truck driver and lumber saleman.

Employee Accused Of Theft

A former employee of OK LumberAce Hardware, Fairbanks, Ak., is accused of stealing $75,000 and using the money to buy electronics for her husband, who is a soldier in Iraq.

Court records allege that Erica Simmons stole the money over a ninemonth period by by falsifying store returns. Simmons worked at the store for about a year, said store manager Phillip Newton.

According to police, Simmons used the money to buy a DVD player and a PlayStation for her husband.