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Lumberments Association of Texas will present its Lifetime Achievement and Texas Associate Member of the Year awards to Al Cron, longtime Boise Cascade manager, during its upcoming convention and buying show April 12-14 at La Torretta Resort & Spa, Montgomery, Tx.

Louisiana Associate Member of the Year Award will go to Richard Gaiennie, Gaiennie Lumber Co., Opelousas; Louisiana Ned Ball Lumber Dealer of the Year Award to Mike Diecidue, Dash Lumber & Supply, New Orleans, and Texas Lumberman of the Year Award to Michael Montalbano, Montalbano Lumber Co., Houston.

Ohio Construction Suppliers Association will host an executive roundtable Aprll26-27 at Requarth Lumber, Dayton.

Northeastern Retail Lumber Association's Young Lumber Execs will host an April 25-26 spring leadership conference at Turning Stone Resort & Casino, Verona, N.Y.

Keynote speaker will be Dan Harris, Consultative Sales & Framing Intelligence, Parker, Co. Social events will include golf, a cocktail reception and group dinner, and an evening at the Comedy Club.

Golf outings are planned by the Lumber Dealers Association of

Connecticut for June 6 at Tunxis Plantation Country Club, Farmington, Ct., and the Long Island Lumber Association June 2l at Timber Point Golf Course, Great River, N.Y.

Mid-America Lumbermens Association has named Bob Brown, Beyers Lumber, St. Louis, Mo., chairman of its Missouri Lumber Dealers Activity Committee.

Upcoming activities include MLA's annual Swing into Spring event May 3-4 atLake of the Ozarks, with golf at Bear Creek Valley Golf Course, Osage, Mo., and its annual Kansas Sunflower Shootout June 8 at Highlands Golf Club, Hutchinson, Ks.

Eastern Buitding Material Dealers Association and New Jersey Building Material Dealers Association are backing the Mid-Atlantic Trade Show May 15 at Valley Forge Casino, King of Prussia, Pa.

Construction Suppliers Association has pushed back its next Insight Meeting to April 24 at Hllton Garden Inn, Savannah, Ga.

Hardwood Plywood & Veneer Association has set its annual meeting for May 5-8 at Westin Resort, Hilton Head, S.C.

Speakers will include Mike Snow, executive director of the American Hardwood Export Council; Brendan

CHEMONITE COUNCIL gathered for its annual meeting Feb.22in Portland, Or., with attendees including Rich & Joanne Hufnagle, Page & Hill Forest Products, Big Falls, Mn.

Owens, U.S. Green Building Council; Shannon Rogers, marketing director, J.Gibson Mcllvain, and David Crowe, chief economist and senior vice president, National Association of Home Builders.

Also scheduled is a tournament at Port Royal Golf Club, Hilton Head, and a deep sea fishing tournament leaving from South Beach Marina.

Composite Panel Association will converge on Fontainebleau Hotel, Miami Beach. Fl.. June 3-5 for its spring meeting.

The annual event will begin with a golf tournament. Other events will include a networking breakfast, luncheon and keynote speech, and a chairman's reception and dinner.

Southern Forest Products Association facilitated a task group of industry leaders representing key customer groups to develop answers to the most commonly asked questions regarding Southern Pine Inspection Bureau's new design values for visually graded southern pine lumber. The questions and answers have been posted at www.southernpine.com.

Answers address transition issues, how to obtain similar load-carrying capabilities, and why only some grades and sizes are affected at this time.

"The effective date of June I allows for an orderly transition to the new design values," says Cathy Kaake, SFPA's senior director of engineered and framing markets. "These answers address the most common questions raised since the ALSC's decision."

SFPA will continue updating the site as the June I chanseover nears.

John Harvey Graves Jr.r46,vice president of Empire Wholesale, Akron, Oh., died Feb.24 in Akron.

Mr. Graves earned a B.A. in business administration from Northwood University, then spent 24 years in the lumber industry.

Robert Walter "Bob" Kirkham, 81, former president of Seaboard International Lumber & Plywood, Jericho. N.Y.. died Feb. 20 in New Lebanon, Pa.

He founded Kirkham Lumber, Mt. Lebanon, in the 1960s. The company was acquired by Triangle Pacific in 1969, and he became a vice president. ln 1973, he joined Seaboard and became president, retiring in 1997

Richard Ruff "Dick" Stanfield, 77, founder and president of Edrich Lumber, Baltimore, Md., died Feb. 15 in Randallstown, Md.

After graduating from the University of Maryland in 1952, he began working as treasurer of Edrich Farms in Windsor Mill, Md. Ten years later, he founded Edrich Lumber.

Anthony Michael Corsello, 89, former principal of Nash Lumber Merchandising, Bay Shore, N.Y., died Jan. l0 in Mclean, Va.

During World War II, he served in the Army Air Corps as a navigator on B-24 bombers and was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross. After the war, he earned a degree in economics at Brooklyn College.

He started his LBM career in 1947. retiring in 2010.

Dennis Blair Crisp, 61, longtime Texas lumber salesman, died Feb.2'7 in Farmers Branch, Tx.

He began his lumber career at the family business, Crisp Wholesale Lumber, Dallas, Tx., and most recently worked at Architectural Carpentry Materials. Dallas. Tx.

Benjamin Harris "Ben" Knight Sr., 79, former Kimberly Clark executive, died March I in Vandiver, Al.

A U.S. Navy veteran of the Korean War, he received his B.S. degree in forestry from the University of Georgia in 1962. He worked at Container Corporation of America, Fernandina Beach, Fl., before joining Kimberly Clark in 1966. He worked in

Washington, Ga.; Aiken, S.C., and Waynesboro, Ga., until becoming field operations manager of the Coosa Pines Mill in 1980. He became chief forester in 1987, v.p. of forest products in 1990, and president of U.S. pulp and newsprint in 1991.

He served on the advisory board of Auburn University's School of Forestry Resources and was named 1995 Water Conservationist of the Year by the Alabama Wildlife Federation.

Donald Weiss, 94, owner and founder of Weiss Do it Best Lumber, Perryville, Ar., died March l6 in Perryville.

He was a U.S. Navy veteran and survivor of the attack on Pearl Harbor.

William M. Mardis Jr.,79, retired employee of Wickes Lumber, Port Washington, Oh., died March 1 in Newcomerstown, Oh.

He worked at Wickes for 36 years, as an inventory manager and head salesperson.

William R. Hoyt, 94, retired manager at Alexander Lumber, Barry, Il., died Feb. 28 in Barry.

Mr. Hoyt served as a sergeant with the Army Air Corps during World War IL He started working for Alexander in 1952, retiring in 1980.

Michael S. Henley, 4J , former salesman for Strober Building Supply, Farmingdale, N.Y., died Feb. 28 in Westbury, N.Y., of complications of early-onset Alzheimer's.

He started his career at Channel Lumber, New Hyde Park, N.Y., in l 985.

James M. Briggs,67, former manager of K.L. Boley Lumber Co., Addison, Mi., died Feb.29 in Jackson, Mi.

After Boley, he worked for Lalay Builders, Addison, then as a yard man for 84 Lumber Co., Adrian, before retiring in 2008.

George Allen Krulik, 56, former manager of Carter Lumber, Verona, Va.. died of cancer Feb.23 in Fort Defiance, Va.

Robert 66Bob" Cronk. 83. former owner of Cronk's Ace Hardware, Newaygo, Mi., died March 3 in Newaygo.

After workingfor 17 years at O&A Electric, Newaygo, he purchased the local hardware store in 1967. He sold the business to his son, Jeff, in 1990.

Jack Ray Misel, 57, former manager of Ace Hardware, Beverly, Oh., died March 4 in Beverly.

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