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ECOSPECIFIER GLOBAL certification, recent ly awarded to Wolmanized Outdoor preserved, is an independent review of key manufacturer environmental claims assessed in a scientific manner.

Wolmanized Outdoor wood can be used by architects and other building professionals as a contributing product in the achievement of Green Building rating tool credits.

"The Ecospecifier review is one of several independent evaluations conducted on Wolmanized Outdoor wood and is the latest distinguishing credential the product has earned," said Steve Wisnewski, head of Lonza Wood Protection. "Among these are the Good Housekeeping Seal and certification by Home Innovation Research Labs as meeting requirements for termite-resistant materials in the National Green Building Standard."

Cedar Creek Enters the West

Cedar Creek, Oklahoma City, Ok., has purchased the assets of All-Coast Forest Products' distribution center in Denver, Co.

All-Coast will continue to operate in Cloverdale, Ca.

"We are very pleased to acquire an outstanding location and a great team of people in the growing Denver mar- ket," said D. Wayne Trousdale, Cedar Creek c.o.o. "We plan to add several new product categories and offer a broad range of specialty and commodity wood products for lumber yards and the industrial customer."

Cedar Creek-Denver will stock such products as cedar, siding, trim, EWP, hardwood plywood, boards, MDF, MDO, melamine, decking, and commodity lumber and panels. The wholesaler now operates 15 DCs serving 24 states in the Mid-South, Midwest, Southeast and Rocky Mountain areas.

SocomiAdding K.D. Doug Fir

Beginning in mid-July, South Coast Lumber Co., Brookings, Or., will expand its Socomi brand line of lumber to include kiln dried Douglas fir. By maintaining consistent temperature and humidity levels, kiln drying further enhances the natural characteristics of Douglas fir, one of the strongest of all softwood species. With a lower moisture content, K.D. DF lumber provides improved resistance to mold and insect damage, with greater dimensional stability that hinders the natural twisting and warping that can occur as untreated green lumber air dries.

Since the early 1950s, South Coast Lumber has been a leading supplier of high-quality green DF lumber. In 2006, the company replaced its old growth sawmill and opened a fully computerized mill to process smaller, second growth logs.

Now, the company can offer nationwide distribution of both green and K.D. DF products in sizes from 2"x4" through 2"x12", 3"x4" through 3"12" and,4'x4" through 4"x12", all in 8' to 20' lengths. Most grades are available, as are customer-requested proprietary grades.

TECO C.E.O. Becomes Owner

Ed Starostovic has completed the sale of wood products certification and testing company TECO, Cottage Grove, Wi., to its c.e.o., Steve Winistorfer.

A lS-year veteran of the firm, Winistorfer has been managing the agency for Starostovic since 2007.

"This is an exciting transition," Winistorfer said. "Building on TECO's past success, we have developed a strategic plan that also leverages today's recovering, restructured economy and the new opportunities that brings. We'll be strengthening our existing business with OSB and plywood manufacturers, as well as diversifying our product offerings and expanding into additional intemational markets."

Demand Swells for Construction Board

U.S. demand for building board will rise 7Vo annually through 2017 to 52.5 billion sq. ft. from its current 37.5 billion sq. ft. (3/8" basis).

Windows, doors, subflooring and roofing will be the fastest-growing applications.

Among structural boards, OSB will outpace softwood plywood, while insulation board and high and low density fiberboard will enjoy the biggest gains among non-structural boards.

worked for Burns & Kneeland Lumber Co., Aitkin. In 1978, he and Keith Laugen, Bob Armstrong, and Ed Fleming acquired the business and started Lake States, expanding the wholesaler to Brooklyn Park, Duluth, Schofield and Sparta, Mn.

He retired in 2003.

Ilarold E. "Sandy" Sanderson, 97, former manager of Farmer's Lumber & Coal, Newman Grove, Ne., died June 3.

After managing the family business, he relocated to Oregon in the 1950s, retiring from International Paper in 1980.

Lloyd Dantzler "Danny" Smith, 65, former manager at Cox Wood Preserving, Sumter, S.C., died April 20 in St. Matthews, S.C.

A graduate of Georgia Tech and U.S. Army veteran, he worked for American Tub & Tile after leavine Cox.

War II, he operated sawmills throughout Sevier, Howard, and Little River counties.

Dorothea S. Johnson, 101, former co-owner of Farmers Grain, Lumber & Coal, Wymore, Ne., died April 9.

A graduate of Kansas University, she operated Johnson Lumber Co., Dawson, Ne., with her husband, Harry, before they relocated to Wymore in 1946 to purchase Farmers.

Clyde McCreary "Mack" Dickerson, 87, former owner of Dickerson Lumber Co., Glasgow, Ky., died May 3l in Louisville, Ky.

He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II.

Robert Perry ttBob" Thurmond, 67, owner of the old R.C. Thurmond Lumber Co., Dyersburg, Tn., died June 6 in Dyersburg.

He was a graduate of Vanderbilt University.

Dan Russell Coleman. 82. c.e.o. of Zarsky Lumber, Victoria, Tx., died May 25 in Victoria.

He joined the family business in 1953, after graduating from Victoria College and serving with the Air Force during the Korean Conflict. In 191 5 , he became manager of the Victoria location, eventually rising to president and c.e.o.

ln 1979, he served as president of the Lumbermen's Association of Texas and was named LAT Lumberman of the Year in 1984.

Michael "Mike" French,62, sales manager of Great Southern Wood Preserving, Bushnell, Fl., died June 6 following an automobile accident.

He spent 14 of his 36 years in the building products industry with Great Southern Wood, starting as an inside sales rep in 1999 and rising to general manager and finally sales manager.

John G. ";ack" McCormick Jr., 82, co-owner of McCormick Lumber Co., Mount Sterling, Ky., died June 7 in Mount Sterling.

An Air Force veteran of the Korean War, he was a partner in the family business until retiring in 1993.

Roger D. Wilson, 75, co-founder of Lake States Lumber, Aitkin, Mn., died April2T in Aitkin.

After serving in the U.S. Navy, he

Loy Poag, 87, former owner of Poag Lumber Co., Dierks, Ar., died June 3 in De Queen. Ar.

After serving in the U.S. Army under General Patton durine World

Marietta V. Jaekel, 79, retired coowner of Lincoln Lumber Co.. Lincoln, Mo., died June 9 in Lincoln.

She operated the business with her husband, Bill Jaekel.