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Gary Converse has been named v.p.global marketing for Osmose, Griffin, Ga. Tom Horvat is now U.S. marketing mgr., and Al Heberer mgr. of communications.

Steve Fuhrer is the new mgr. of Alexander Lumber Co., Lincoln, Il., resigning from his second ward council seat in Lincoln.

Mike Rose, ex-Bloch Lumber, has joined Tri-State Forest Products, Indianapolis, In., as commodity sales mgr.

Frank Schelller is the new operations mgr. at Conner Industries, Fort Worth, Tx.

Alan Cook, ex-Diamond Hill Plywood, has joined the trading staff at Richmond International Forest Products, Glen Allen, Va.

Rusty Murphy has joined SmithPhillips Lumber & Building Supply, Winston-Salem, N.C., as mgr. of the cut-to-size department.

Rick Neal has been promoted to v.p./chief financial officer for McCoy's Building Supply Centers, San Marcos. Tx.

Jeff Ochs is a new trader at Mason Forest Products, Ruston, La.

Steven Bailey has joined 84 Lumber, Danville, In., as a contractor sales rep trainee. New mgr. trainees include Dean Mason and Robert D. Hudson, New Castle, In.; Rick Cutia, Greensburg, Pa.; Michael Smolenski, Stockertown, Pa.; Quinton Brubaker, York County, Pa.; Brian Deguffroy, Latrobe, Pa.; Erik Budgett, Mineral Wells, W.V.; David Thomas, Lancaster, Oh.; Jeremy Albury, Plant City, Fl.; Adam Brehm, Apex, N.C., and Justin Grip, Pineville, N.C.

Kevin Burrows, ex-Henkel Loctite, was appointed distribution group tenitory sales mgr. in the West for Bostik-Findley, Middletown, Ma.

Jason White, ex-LMC, is now plywood sales mgr. al Coastal Plywood Co., Havana, Fl.

Bob Lemiuex has joined Pennsylvania Lumbermens Mutual Insurance Co. as field representative for upstate N.Y.

Dick Frame was promoted to senior merchandise mgr. at the PRO Group Inc. Deb Boe was promoted to executive administrator and Jenn Hyatt was promoted to associate buyer.

John M. Czerwonka has been promoted to group v.p.-sales for Merillat Industries, Adrian, Mi. Jeff Park is now managing director of strategic accounts, and Wayne Collins, ex-Texwood, v.p.Western region.

Stephen C. Brown has been appointed president of Imperial Industries subsidiary Just-Rite Supply, Pompano Beach, Fl.

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Michael Zadylak was named hand tool product mgr. at Do It Best Corp., Fort Wayne, In. Jay Brown, ex-Valspar, is the new v.p.-hardware products.

Bill Carter is now selling from Ruston. La.. for Delta Forest Products, Collierville, Tn.

Jim Wright has been named c.e.o. of Tractor Supply, Nashville, Tn., effective Oct. 1. He succeeds Joe Scarlett. who will continue to serve as chairman of the board.

Jonathan Martin and Roy Martin III, Roy O. Martin Lumber Co., LLC, Alexandria, La., received the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award for the Houston and Gulf Coast region in the retail and consumer products division.

Barrie Shineton was appointed president and c.e.o. of Norbord Inc., Toronto, Ontario.

Mike O'Hara, owner and operator of O'Hara True Value Hardware. Ottumwa, Ia., was elected president of the National Retail Hardware Association. Thomas M. Green Sr., Mayer Hardware, Rochester, N.Y.. was elected executive v.p.: Walter Toole, Bray's Ace Hardware, Winter Garden, Fl., lst v.p.; Richard N. Thomes. Thomes Bros. Do It Best Hardware & Appliance, Arlington, Mn., 2nd v.p., and Kenneth Eilers, Borderland Hardware, Mercedes, Tx., 3rd v.p. New board members include Don Basham. Don's Lumber PRO Hardware, Elizabethtown, Ky.; Linda Johnson, Western Spring Village Hardware, Western Spring, Il.; Thomas Ruedisueli, Oscoda, Mi., and Donald Lochard, Lochard, Inc., Sidney, Oh.

Genia Smith, Accent Hardwood Flooring, Durham, N.C.; Charles Dixon, Harwood Floor Inspectors, LLC, Farmington Hills, Mi., and Craig Dewitt, RLC Engineering, Clemson. S.C.. have been deemed Certified Wood Flooring Inspectors by NOFMA-The Wood Flooring Manufacturers Association.

Dick Cheney, vice president of the U.S., visited Boone County Lumber Co.'s showroom and production facility in Columbia, Mo., July 19 while in town to speak at a Bush-Cheney campaign rally.

Sam O'Rye is the nighttime security mgr. at Mungus-Fungus Forest Products, Climax, Nv., report coowners Hugh Mungus and Freddy Fungus.

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Huttig Building Products, St. Louis, Mo., is now distributing Windsor Window & Doors' product line at l0 of its locations

Formica Co., Cincinnati, Oh., has emerged from Chapter I 1 bankruptcy...

CGW-Came I Grinding Whee ls, USA relocated to a new 60,000-sq. ft. facility in Niles, Il.

Treadwill Lumber Co.. Inc.. Wells Bridge, N.Y; Mountain Top Trucking, Margaretville, N.Y., and

Law Logging, Oxford, N.Y., were honored by New York Lumbermen's Insurance Trust Fund for no lost time injuries in 2003

Trex Co. was ranked 9l in Fortune Small Business masazine's annual list of the 100 faste-st growing small companies in the U.S.

Tradesmen & Co., Duluth, Mn., and Ed Herrington, 1nc., Hillsdale, N.Y., now carry WindsorONE Mouldings Collection ...

Universal Forest Products. Grand Rapids, Mi., was included on Industry Week magazine's Top 50 U.S. Manufacturers list

Schneider National, Green Bay, Wi., won Georgia-Pacffic's Dedicated Carrier of the Year Award.

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Wickes Selling Most Of Yards

As part of its bankruptcy proceedings, Wickes Inc. agreed to sell the assets of 50 of its 59 locations to three different competitors.

Lanoga Corp. will buy 27 yards in the Midwest. Bradco Supply Corp. will acquire l2 units in the Northeast. Hope Lumber & Supply Co. will acquire I I locations, primarily in Colorado and the South.

"We are pleased with the progress in marketing the company and the level of interest the employees and the assets have generated," said c.e.o./ president Jim O'Grady. "We will continue the efforts to market the assets not included in these transactions."

The deals are subject to bankruptcy court approval and are anticipated to close in late July.

Mill Snaps Back Atter Fire

Shuqualak Lumber Co., Shuqualak, Ms., is gearing up to restart its sawmill and planer operations following a July 2 fire.

The suspected electrical fire began about 3:30 a.m. and completely destroyed the planer machine. The blaze was contained to the concretewalled room housing the equipment. The planer room's condition, however, "necessitated demolition," after which the structure will be rebuilt.

according to v.p. Anderson Thomas.

In the meantime, Shuqualak purchased a used planer from GatesAmerican and hopes to install it in early August, which will permit the sawmill to also to resume operation.

"Ironically, we had just installed a DLI sharp chain system at the sawmill, allowing us to bump up our capacity. That project was 997o complete, and now we're shut down," Thomas said. "The good thing is, we did have a construction crew already on site."

84 Adds Prototype DC in N.Y.

84 Lumber opened a 10,000-sq. ft. distribution center in Auburn, N.Y., that deals primarily with vinyl siding and roofing products.

The 5-acre site serves 1 I stores in central New York to reduce their inventory and provide additional storage.

The company, which does not usually open distribution centers, plans to run boom service out of the location for job-site deliveries and is further expanding the site by another 4,000 sq. ft.

"This facility is what we needed to remain competitive with area roofing and siding wholesalers," said Bill Lewis, 84 Lumber's co-director of contractor purchasing. "This is a prototype of how we feel our vinyl siding and roofing business may be going in other markets in the future."

Nashville Welcomes L-P Hq. Louisiana-Pacific has officially begun moving its headquarters from Portland, Or., to Nashville, Tn.

The move comes in two phases: the first has the majority of employees relocating and this summer, and the second phase has the rest of the employees moving next summer.

More than 180 associates arc anticipated to be employed at three Nashville-area facilities once the transition is complete. In addition to the new headquarters, L-P is establishing a research and development center in Franklin, Tn., and a flight operation in Smyrna, Tn.

"Nashville has turned out to be an excellent fit for our headquarters," said Mark Suwyn, L-P's chairman and c.e.o. "We are finding that as we get together in this central location, we are improving the efficiency and effectiveness of our management team."

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