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Greg Staufer has been named corporate sales mgr. for Roper Lumber Co., Petersburg, Va. Scott Coomer has joined the corporate purchasing department as a millwork & specialty buyer. Mark Dunn is a new contractor/commercial sales rep.

Sergio Larrain is now exclusive sales & marketing rep for the Chilean market for International Forest Products Corp., Foxboro, Ma.

Keith Aholt, v.p. and partner in Nuts & Bolts, is managing the chain's newest location, in E. Arlington, Tx.

William Barger has joined American Lumber, Uvalde, Tx., as a senior sales executive, focusing on the Southeast.

John Costello, ex-Home Depot, has been elected a director of Ace Hardware Corp., Oak Brook, Il. Lori Terpstra, owner, Rylee's Ace Hardware, Grand Rapids, Mi., and James Hatcher III, president, Pleasants Hardware. Richmond. Va.. were re-elected to the board.

John Tak has been appointed director of marketing for Armstrong Cabinet Products, Dallas, Tx.

Ryan W. DeArment has been named v.p. of sales & marketing for Channellock, Meadville, Pa.

Nathan Hayward, inside sales, Curtis Lumber, Williston, N.Y., and Allen Newland, Larry Harbin, and Ronnie Phillips, Haywood Builders Supply, Waynesville and Sylva, N.C., earned Certified Green Professional status from the National Association of Home Builders.

John Menard, founder, Menards, Eau Claire, Wi., was inducted into the inaugural class of the Eau Claire Business Hall of Fame.

Rosie Future is now mgr. of advertising at Mungus-Fungus Forest Products, Climax, Nv., report coowners Hugh Mungus and Freddy Fungus.

Gomposites Maker Arrested

Bryan Noel, owner and president of now-defunct Titan Composites, Hendersonville. N.C.. has been anested and accused of swindling $7 million through an investment scheme for retirees.

According to federal prosecutors say, Noel, 39, sent fictitious quarterly statements to investors. even as their funds were diverted to Titan or squandered in the stock market. The company filed to liquidate under Chapter 7 bankruptcy in August 2007.

Michigan Mill Gets Upgrade

Baraga l-umber. Baritsa, Mi.. will shut dor" n for fottr ri'ceks to install ovcr $.1(X).(X)0 in no rnill equiprncnt.

The crlnrpany said clentand for its haldu'ood lumber has droppecl -50?i since Septcmber 2(X)8. "We're taking advantage of this ol.rportunity to tnakc mill implovements. so that u'c'rc positioned lirr the rccovcr)', saicl Tom Pirrset. \ .p.-lunthet' opcrations.

"Our product is vcrr:' nrttch gcat'ecl toward thc hor-rsing industrl'. attd vu'hen the housing inclustry recove rs. \\'e usttirlll sce a liig ol' sctren to ninc Inontl'ts bclond that (fil' us)." Piagct said.

Thc additions should incrcase procluction by 25(1 and allou' thc hiring ol' tr',,o adcliti<lnal cmployccs.

Concrete Firm Adds Hardware

Ideal Cortcrcte Block C--o. has trattslirrnted its Walthanr. Ml., quartcrs into a full-scalc True Valr-rc by lcleal hardr'r atc slore.

Thc I'acilit,v. u hclc Lco But'govnc began making concrctc blocks by hand in 1923. will add a I'ull range of harclu'arc supplies. u,hilc continuing to scll the conrpan\"s concrete proclttcts. which are nou nrattufacturc(l at its plant in Westforcl. Ma.

New Decking Yard Opens

When the ir trio local lr-tntbcr suppliers closcd. llrc or.vners ol'a cleckbuildine busincss in Racinc. Wi.. clcciclcd to lanrtch theil own tt.200-sc1. fi. cleckin-u y ard.

Brothers Greg and Ron Porasik opcncd Scrcws & Dcckin-r to scll honrcowncrs ancl builcling prof'ession als er ery'thins neecled lirr clccking pro.iects, inclLrding treated vnood. cortipositcs ancl hulclwiire. So l'ar. the 1'ard's biggest cLrstomer is thc brothers' owlt cLlstonr tlcck-builtling businc,ss, Scrervheacls Decking.

lowa Yard Owner Indicted

Tlrc- forrr-rer owncr of banklupt

Chapnran l-umbcr. Hopkinton. Ia.. has bcen inclicted on I'irc counts of bankruplcv l'r'aud ancl onc count of filin-c a falsc tar return.

,\ccorcling to thc indictrrrent. Keith Chapnran divcrtcrl nroney' ou'ccl in thc firr.n's bankrLrptcy ancl uetrt on t spcnding sprec. Prosecutors allege hc spcnt at least $11-5-1.000 bctwccn 2002 ancl 2004 on a countr) club rncmber ship..jewelry. l'urniture ancl prostitutcs. Hc was also cl.rarged with not report ing the nroncy f rom thc conlpany. His trial is schcdulecl lirr Aug. 3.