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Kentucky Lumber & Building Material Dealers AssociationSept. 10, blueprint reading seminar; Sept. 11-13, estimating class; Sept, 19, yard foreman seminar, Bowling Green; (502) 245-6'730.

National Association of Wholesaler-Distributors - Sept. 12-13, c.e.o. conference, O'Hare Hilton, Chicago,ll.: (202) 872-0885.

National Hardwood Lumber Association - Sept. 12-15, annual convention, Sheraton, New Orleans, La.; (800) 933-0318.

Kentucky Forest Industries Association - Sept. 14-15, expo, Western Kentucky Agricultural Complex, Bowling Green, Ky.; (800) 203-9217.

Texas Home & Garden Show - Sept. 14-16, Dallas; Sept. 2123, Fort Worth; (800) 654-1480.

APA-The Engineered Wood Association - Sept. L5-L8, annual meeting, San Diego, Ca.; (253) 565-6600.

Garden & Leisure Exhibition - Sept. 16-18, National Exhibition Center, Birmingham, England:. (2Ol) 659-0134.

Virginia Tech Center for Forest Products - Sept. L9-20, selling forest products short course, Donaldson Brown Hotel & Conference Center, Blacksburg, Va. ; (540) 231 -97 59.

Builder Marts of America - Sept. 19-21, fall market, Orange County Convention Center, Orlando, Fl.; (864) 297-6101.

Hardwood Plywood & Veneer Association - Sept. 19-21, fall conference, Grand Rapids, Mi.; (703) 435-2900.

Wood Products Manufacturers Association - Sept. 19-22, annual meeting, Sheraton, Portsmouth, Md.; (978) 874-5445.

Southern Building Material Association - Sept. 19, yard foreman seminar, Nashville, Tn.; Sept. 24, blueprint reading, Charlottesville, Va. ; Sept. 25-27, estimating, Charlottesville; (704\ 376-1503.

Southern Forest Products Association - Sept. 22-26, annual meeting, Westin Savannah Harbor, Savannah, Ga.; (504) 4434464.

Certified Forest Products International Conference & Trade Show - Sept. 26-28, Cobb Galeria, Atlanta, Ga.; (503) 799I 839.

National Lumber & Building Material Dealers AssociationSept. 27-29,85th annual convention, Pan-Pacific Hotel, Vancouver, Canada; (202) 547 -2230.

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Lumbermen's Association of Texas - Oct. 3, open house, Austin, Tx.; (512) 457-8800.

National Association of Women in Construction - Oct. 4, chapter meeting, Austin, Tx.; (512) 476-5534.

Home Builders Association of Greater New Orleans - Oct. 46, expo & conference, Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, New Orleans, La.; (800) 243-9774.

American Wood-Preservers' Institute - Oct. 6-10, joint annual meeting with Western Wood Preservers Institute, Omni Tucson National GolfResort and Spa, Tucson, Az.; (800) 3562974.

Southern Building Material Association - Oct. 8, blueprint reading seminar; Oct. 9-11, estimating, Charlotte, N.C.; (704) 376-1503.

Arrowhead Lumber Sales - Oct. 9, 20th anniversary party, Oklahoma City, Ok.; (405) 632-6800.

TruServ Corp. - Oct.9-12, fall market, Convention Center, Las Vegas, Nv.; (773) 695-5000.

North American Wholesale Lumber Association - Oct. 11-13, Traders Market, Wyndham Anatole Hotel, Dallas, Tx.; (800) 527-8258.

Florida Building Material Association welcomed new chairman Greg Bell, DBS Design, during its annual convention and trade show Aug. l6-18 in Orlando (see photos on p. l4-l 5).

Pat Loftus, Gator Lumber Co., is now chairman-electitreasurer; Mike Smyth, Smyth Lumber, lst vice chair; Tim Callum, Gator Door East, secretary; Bonnie Lewis, BonTel Fastener Corp., associate vice chair; Allen Osteen, East Coast Lumber & Supply, past chair, and Sam Dunn, Dunn Lumber & Hardware, national dealer director.

Directors include Spike Cissell, Manning Building Supplies; Richard Dugger, Haven Building Products, and Cora Gilbert, Fort Myers Lumber; associate directors Earl Horton, OneSource; Perry Rutkowski, Georgia-Pacific, and Rick Hunter, Boise Cascade; members-atlarge Joe Shelter, Cox Lumber; Robert Machaby, Hughes Supply, and Doug La Chapelle, West Coast Truss; truss division chair Dave Myers, Lumber Unlimited, and millwork division chair Dale Olds, Precision Architectural Products.

Ed Dietrich, Jr., Deerfield Building Supply Co., received the Charlie Harnden

Industry Service Award, and BonTel's Lewis was named Associate Member of the Year.

Southern Building Material Association installed Mac Lawton. Dixie Lumber Co., Easley, S.C., as chairman during its annual summer membership conference in Pinehurst, N.C. He succeeds Ron Brown, Brown's Builders Supply, Rose Hill, N.C.

Jim Duggan, Robinson Ace Contractor

Center, Cleveland, Tn., is lst vice chair; James Van Landingham, Builders Supply Co., Petersburg, Va., 2nd vice chair, and Wayne Carver, Stephen's, Fuquay-Varina, N.C., 3rd vice chair.

New directors include Carven Mark McCoy, McCoy, Honea Path, S.C.; Witt Shaw, Shaw Lumber Co., Sumter, S.C.; Steve Coleman, Anderson Lumber, Alcoa, Tn.; Tony Dement, Forcum Lannom Materials, Dyersburg, Tn.; Mike Christian, Massey Builder's Supply, Richmond, and Rob Taylor, Taylor Bros., Lynchburg, Va.

Kentucky Lumber & Building Material Dealers Association will hold its directors retreat and fall board meeting Oct. 9-10 at Kentucky Dam Village.

Louisiana Dealers Merge With Texas Association

Dealers in Louisiana have agreed to of the state, although its functions will merge with the Lumbermen's become primarily legislative. Association of Texas.

"We are not dissolving our corporaThe Louisiana Building Material tion," Hamway said. "We will still Dealers Association will vacate its lobby and represent the interests of Baton Rouge, La., office when its lease Louisiana dealers. But we won't be expires Sept. 30. Office administrator doing things like producing a newsletElsie Hamway will then continue ter or organizing a trade show." working from her home until all duties Jon Cromwell, who continues as are transferred to LAT's Austin, Tx., LBMDA executive v.p., explained, office Jan. 1. "Due to our dormant state of affairs.

While LAT will assume day+o-day both in service to the industry and our activities, LBMDA will technically financial condition, it was the decision remain as the official trade association of the board to make this change."

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John Roach has resigned as chairman, c.e.o. and president of Builders FirstSource, Dallas, Tx. Floyd Sherman, ex-Triangle Pacific. is the new chairman and c.e.o.

Greg Fritz has been named sales mgr. of Tindell's Inc., Knoxville, Tn.

Tom Casteel has retired after 23 years as president and co-owner of Rocky Top Wood Preservers, Rocky Mount, Va. Carey F. Garst succeeds him as president and c.o.o.

Steve Dunham is the new mgr. of Stigler Lumber & Supply, Stigler, Ok. His brother, Gail Dunham, acquired the yard one year ago.

Chris Degnan is Willamette Industries' new engineered wood products sales mgr. for the Southern region. Paul O'Carroll is new to sales in the southern regional office, Simsboro, La.

Norm White, ex-Mid-South Lumber Co., has been hired as the mill sales mgr. at Klumb Lumber Co.. Mobile. Al.

Gill Livingston was promoted to v.p. and Sherry Lloyd to secretary/treasurer at Rawles-Aden Building Products, Petersburg, Va.

Steve Slater is the new gen. mgr. of Hope Lumber & Supply Co., Broken Anow, Ok. Jim Johnson replaces Slater as mgr. in Norman. Ok.

Tom Smith, ex-Moore-Handley, has joined Stringfellow Lumber Co., Birmingham, Al., as a salesman in the brokerage division.

Sam Haines is the new mgr. at McCoy's Building Supply, Okmulgee, Ok.

Bryan Contestabile is now president of Eagle Forest Products. Irving, Tx.

Ray Guy has rejoined the sales dept. at Hoover Treated Wood Products. Thomson. Ga.

Gary Bagley has resigned as Tennessee regional rep for Do it Best Corp.

Casey Horn has been named mgr. of Carts Farm & Home Supply, Hinton, Ok.

Shane Martin is the new sales mgr. at Neshoba Lumber, Philadelphia, Ms.

Wanda George, ex-Neshoba Lumber, is the new sales mgr. at Mid-South Lumber. Meridian, Ms.

Robert Kirk is now mgr. of T.H. Rogers Lumber Co.. Hugo. Ok.

Jon Mills, Kyle Nayfa and Ryan Vaughn are new industrial lumber sales trainees for Conner Industries, Fort Worth, Tx. Brad Cantwell has transferred to the Chester. Va. office.

Dick Wright has retired as president of Public Supply Inc., Oklahoma City, Ok. Bobby Bennett succeeds him.

Rebecca W. Bass has been named v.p. of e-business at Home Depot, Atlanta, Ga. H.C. Bowden Smith, UBS Warburg. has been appointed to the board of Forest2Market, Charlotte, N.C.

Bill Rogers has been promoted to mgr. of 84 Lumber, Falling Creek. Va. Joel Butler is now co-mgr. in Bowling Green, Ky. New mgr. trainees include James Ausmus, Middlesboro, Ky.; Gary Shelton, Jefferson City. Tn.; James Mullins, Culpeper. Va.; Ryan Jeffries, Monroe. Ga.; Mark Bishop. Pearisburg, Va., Eric Mulford, Lynchburg, Va.: and Larry Shelton, Knoxville. Tn.

Joe Brown is the nerv p.r. coordinator for the Composite Wood Council.

Wayne Brooks. ex-Union Camp, is the new sales mgr. at Rocky Creek Lumber, Mexia. Al.

Richard Loomis. ex-RPM Wood Finishes Group, has joined W.M. Barr & Co., Memphis, Tn.. as president and c.e.o.

Jim VanPelt has been named president of Universal Building Specialties, Auburndale. Fl.

Steven E. McNamee has been named director of marketing at Velux America. Greenwood, S.C.

Ralph Bruno has joined Vycom as v.p. of sales and marketing.

Ron Stowe has been appointed North American sales mgr. for Canadian MDF Products Co.

Debbie Seal, a customer of Chalkville Ace Hardware, Birmingham, Al., and Lucille Griffin. a customer at Broken Arrow Ace Hardware & Home Center. Broken Arrow, Ok., won $50 gift certificates as runners up in the co-op's first "I Love My Ace" essay contest.

David Heien, owner, Marlow Lumber Co., Marlow, Ok., just celebrated his 50th anniversary in the industry.

Colleen A. Vachon. chief financial officer, East Coast Lumber & Supply Co.. Fort Pierce, Fl., married Stephen A. Ring June 9, 2001.

Skip Eaton is the new fitness advisor at Mungus-Fungus Forest Products, Climax. Nv., according to owners Hugh Mungus and Freddy Fungus.

Oklahoma Dealer Adds Yard

Paul and Shonda Currell, owners of Currell's Do it Center, Elk City, Ok., have added a second location in the former home of Erick Lumber Co.. Erick, Ok.

Erick Lumber closed in December. and the Currell's acquired the facility, but not the inventory. at auction in May. After extensive remodeling, the store opened in August "as a traditional Do it Best lumberyard/home center, but not a full Do it Best Center."

Larry Chervenka is manager.

Mill Blasts Ex-Fire Chief

Phenix Lumber Co., Phenix City, Al.. filed a claim in August against Phenix City and its ex-fire chief Ronnie Blankenship, claiming Blankenship ordered his firefighters not to extinguish a fire that destroyed the company's sawmill in 1998.

Capt. Dennis Duty, commander during the fire, alleged that Blankenship prevented him from fighting the fire in order to "teach" sawmill owner Johnny Dully to clean up his property.

The claim is under review bv the Phenix City Council.

Norbord Adds OSB Plant

Norbord Industries began production in July at its new 320-acre OSB plant in Huguley, Al.

Construction began on the plant in Jan. 2000 and cost $120 million. The plant is Norbord's sixth, and it has a production capacity of 500 million sq. ft. per year.

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The plant will consume annually about 320,000 cords of wood, mostly southern yellow pine and soft hardwoods such as poplar and sweetgum.

Particleboard Plant Upgrade

SierraPine expects to complete a multi-million dollar upgrade at its Adel, Ga., particleboard plant by December.

The two-part project includes changing the panels' surface formulation and installing grading equipment to electronically inspect board surfaces for flatness and defects.

The plant will begin using planer shavings instead of sawdust in the formulation process, as well as add refiners on the surface material. Board density is expected to decrease by l-2 lbs.

Botched Robbery at GP Mill

A bungled robbery attempt left two front-end loaders and lumber from Georgia-Pacific's Bowdens, N.C., sawmill scattered off the side of a nearby road.

Police believe the suspects entered the mill during the early hours of July 6 by cutting a lock off the fence. They then used a front-end loader to place lumber on a trailer.

Once out of the sawmill, the load of lumber shifted and began to scatter over a nearby road. The suspects then returned and brought out a front end loader to restack the lumber.

The front-end loader soon got stuck in deep mud off the roadside, which led the suspects to get another frontend loader from the mill

It was reported the suspects aborted their cleanup mission at about 4 a.m., as employees began to report to the mill. There was no damage to the front-end loaders and all the lumber was recovered.

The police have no suspects.

New Mill Opens ln Alabama

Rocky Creek Lumber, Mexia, Al., begins full operation this month on a 200,000-sq. ft. sawmill.

The mill employs 50 workers and is a southern pine operation with a capacity of 60 million bd. ft. a year.

The planer mill was installed the third week of August and the dry kiln was fired up during the second week of September. General mgr. Randell Robinson said the mill will produce 3x4 and 6x8 timber at7-lO' lensths.

Bombs Injure DC Workers

Letter bombs exploded at the Norcross and Lawrenceville, Ga. distribution centers of Home Depot subsidiary Apex Supply Co.

Two workers sustained minor injuries from the July l8 blasts. Both facilities evacuated their employees.

The next day, authorities arrested suspect Christopher Bishop. who was identified as the ex-husband of one of the injured workers, Tracy KilgoreBishop

Also on July 18, Home Depot evacuated its corporate headquarters in suburban Atlanta because of a suspicious package, which was later identified as a box of vibrating pagers.