TExA,s

The four major TExas metrcs will be among the firct in the nation to ,&overfrom the recession, according to a nationwide forecast by IHS Global Insight, San Antonio and Austin will lead the way, bouncing back to their prerecession job levels in 2010, predicts the Massachusetts+ased economic forecasting firm. Houston and DF W are among eight other metropolitan areas predicted to recover by 2011.

Texas Housing Forecast Stable

Five latge Texas cities and En smaller ones ane among the nation's top markeE when it comes to expected home price peformance, according to Local Market Monitor's latest Home Price Forecast.

Among the largest markets, with populations of 600,000+, Dallas-Plano-Iruing, Fbrt Wofth-Arlington, HoustonSugar Land-Baytown, San Antonio and Wichita Falls filled five spaces on the ten-slot list of cities with the best expected performance in home price over the next year.

The same survey of the smallest U.S. markets revealed ten Texas citi6 wete tops, tied with other cities across the country, These were Abilene, Amarillo, Brownsrille-Harlingen, College Station*Bryan, Corpus Christi, KilleenTemple-Foft Hood, Laredo, Lubbock, Texarkana and Waco.

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ASSOCIATION OF MILLWORK Distributors held its 45th annual convention Oct. 7-12 in San Antonio, Tx. (1) Susan Brady, Ken Stubert. (2) Randy Hollinger, John Green. (3) Jud DeHart, Mark Taylor, Tim Myers, Chris Selzer. (4) Dennis Sullivan, Jim McCooey. (5) Tom Feiten, Nate Root. (6) Esther Young, Sarah Hamlin, Ron Pearson, Terry Boren. (7) Darin & Rebecca Hauff, Dan & Paula Warren. (8) Carl McKenzie, Craig Young, George Stipe, Dan Beaty. (9) Garnett Douglas, Gerina

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Freeman, Tom Williams. (10) Joshua Tyler, Dave Durst. (11) John Brown, Brad Boyle. (12) Brit Blair, Alan Meeks. (13) Kevin Fox, Tim Klimek, Gerald Grider, Mike Pendleton. (14) Jeff Johnson, Shane Kuk. (15) Jim Murk, Bryan Hoyle. (16) Audrey Dyer, Scott Robinson. (17) Cherry Williams, Steve Sutton, Teresa Laze. (18) Chris Roberson, Josh Peizer, Chris French. (More photos on next two pages)

MORE AMD (continued from previous page):

(1) John Morrison, Joe Palencar, Mark Westlake. (2) Scott Dunsl, Jason Beeker, Mike Moe. (3) Mike Ball, Brad Schmidt, John Jurcak. (4) Todd Norris, Herb King. (5) Don Houghton, Nick Carter. (6) Kristy Bumgarner.

(7) Camille Silva, Hilda Pinilla, Tamara Roman (More photos on next page)

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AMD CONVENTfON in San Antonio (continued from previous two pages): (1) David Overby, Nara Charneski, Rick Bloemke. (2) Kellie Schroeder, Melissa Leal. (3) Eric Sailors, Margaret Gibson, Jimmy Stewart. (4) Franciso Figueroa, Antonio Luque, Rodrigo Monreal. (5) Andres Alacon, Sebastian Mandiola. (6) Jerry Kvalheim, Brian Mcllwee, Gary Routh. (7) Lonnie Ramey, Mark Schongalla, Dallas Stovall, Tom Jappert. (8) Phil Jackson, Randy Roedl. (9) Rick 40 Burr,rrxc Pnorucrs DrcBsr NoveMaen 2009

Smischny, Chuck Casey. (10) Brian Feeney, Sarah Branscum. (11) Terry Livengood, Neal Grubbs. (12) Taimur Khan, Dan Kustin. (13) Cheryl Guizzetti, Marylene Rosier, (14) Jim Parker, Ben Gaswick, Terry Goode, Scott Hilliard, Jim Hutto. (15) Larry Ray, Rosalie Leone, Miguel Rivera-Sanchez. (16)Todd Braid, Jim Monis. (17) Cal German, Bill Sarbaugh, Jesse Shumaker. (18) Dave Cady, Sharon Bell, Matthew Hagen.

BC WOOD'S 6th annual Global Buyers Mission brought a record 700 participants to Whistler, B.C., to promote the province's value-added wood products industry. (1) Trent Tucker, Jake Vanschothorst, Bryan Johnson. (2) Joe Petree, Jack Alley, Glenn Dutton, Cal Dyck. (3) Ron & Lynne Enyeart. (4) Mike DeMarni, Charlene Ellickson, John Kuch. (5) Bruce St. John, Jack Draper, Erin Carter, Shane Burger. (6) Michelle Desiderio, Peter Burns, Bob Thompson. (7) Brian Hawrysh, Beth Hird.

(8) Jeff Derby, Brad Meeker. (9) John Brissette, Peter Alexander. (10) Robert Sandve, Steve From, Gary Arthur. (11) Ben Meachen, Shane Leath, John Sanders. (12) Mark Rutledge, Ed Burke. (13) Randy Engh, Steve Horvath, Venus Chen, Peter Laslo, Sat Brar. (14) Justin Diener, Paul Harvey. (15) Bruce Cheng, Ray Pauwels, Rick Hanis. (16) Paul Mackie, Carlos Furtado, Cees de Jager. (17) Tim Raphael, Doug Clitheroe. (More photos on next two pages)

SOLD-OUT Global Buyers Mission (contlnued from previous pagel was held Sept. 10-12 at British Columbia's Telus Whistler Cbnieience Center. (1) Jeff Popham, Jay Timothy. (2) Sean Greenhill, Hiroko Yanagimura. (3) Thom Wright, Chuck Casey. (4) Peter Grant, John McGilt (5) Jody Boates, John Gardner, Paul Saini, Roger Champagne, Qcott Boaieg (6) Brett Johnson, Chris Sainas. (7) Gerrrj Pankratz, Mary & Michael Mclnnes, Tyler Moore. (8) Elaine Furtado, Wayne Miller. (9)

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Bob Sloper, Stephen Tolnai, Mike Pidlisecky. (10) Ryan & Laura Furtado. (11) Brent Stuart, Gary Gill, Sam Bath, Ryan Stanyer. (12) Stewart Clark, Curtis Walker. (13) Duane Svendson, Dave Gardner, Scott Jackson. (1a) Rob & Leah Marusic, Greg Smith. (15) Leah Jones, Pat Miller. (16) Shane Carphin, Brett Li, Colin Zhang, Bob Elkington, Pete Lauridsen, Peter Elkington. (17) Paul Zarhman, Ute Faber. (More photos on next page)

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Lumberyard Hit With Fine For Child Labor Law Violations

The U.S. Department of Labor has charged Tremont Lumber, Averill Park. N.Y.. with numerous child labor law violations from 2006 to 2008including one incident that led to the serious injury of a 15-year-old who was unloading a truck.

The total fine of $61,710 includes an $ I I ,000 penalty, the largest allowed, for the accident that injured the 15-year-old. Other violations included minors splitting firewood and operating a hydraulic log splitter, a circular saw, forklifts, and other equipment.

The minors also worked more than three hours on school days and more than eight hours on non-school days, in violation of child labor laws.

Owner Dennis Tremont Jr. has filed a request for an administrative law judge to review the case.

Agsociotion Jlews

( Continued from page 20 ) tion class about southern pine specialty products. Topics discussed include environmental attributes, proper handling and storage, and porch and flooring applications.

Joseph Collings, Ferguson Lumber, Rockville, In.; vice chair Cally Coleman Fromme, Zarsky Lumber, Victoria. Tx.: treasurer Linda Nussbaum, Kleet Lumber, Huntington, N.Y.; Manufacturers & Services Council chair Bill Pohl, Princeton Delivery Systems, Canal Winchester, Oh.; Federated Association Executives chair Geri Adams, Mountain States Lumber & Building Material Dealers Association, Englewood, Co., and president Michael O'Brien, NLBMDA, Washington, D.C.

Southern Building Material Association will present continuing education webinars on asset protection for North Carolina Dec. 2, South Carolina Dec. 10, Virginia Dec. 15, and Tennessee Jan. 6.

Hardwood Distributor's Association elected new officers at its 76th annual meeting in Boston, Ma.

New HDA president is Eric Burchett, Huntersville Hardwood, Huntersville, N.C.; 1st v.p. Tom Heard, DixiePly, Savannah, Ga.; 2nd v.p. Dan Caldwell, Atlanta Hardwood, Mableton, Ga., and treasurer Craig Forrester, Rex Lumber, Acton, Ma. Richard Wilson, Sweeny Hardwoods, Fort Worth, Tx., is a new director.

Southern Pine Council recently launched an online continuins educa-

Edwin S. "Ed" Pierce Sr., 85, vice president and treasurer at Tolleson Lumber, Perry, Ga., died Sept. 27 in Peny, Ga.

Mr. Pierce served in the U.S. Marines during World War II. He had worked at Tolleson for 63 years.

Peter Oren Crowell. 65. owner and director of Durgin & Crowell Lumber, New London, N.H., died Oct. 4 while in Nova Scotia.

Mr. Crowell helped start the company in 1976.

Michael Harrow 66Mike" Riley, 63, retired owner of Gulf Coast Forest Products, Gulf Breeze, Fl., died Oct. 4.

Prior to operating his own export business, he worked at GeorgiaPacific and Newport International Forest Products.

Kurt Gertner. 89. co-founder of Starborn Industries, Avenal, N.J., died Sept. 6 after a long illness.

He founded Starborn in 1961 with his wife, Florence. He remained as consultant until his death, assisting in the development of products.

Janet H. Redwine, 79, former owner for 18 years of Lumber Mart, Plymouth, Fl., died Sept. 19 in Sun City, Fl.

Buster Stowers, 83, co-owner of Parsner Creek Lumber Co., Lincoln County, W.V., died after a lengthy illness Oct. 16 in Huntington, W.V.

After serving with the U.S. Army in Japan during WWII, he launched Parsner Creek in 1945 with his father, Frank, and brother, Dorsel, operating the business for over 35 years.

Albert "Al" Bretz. 94. former owner of Bretz Our Own Hardware, Perham, Mn., died Sept. 28 in Perham.

He worked at Merickel Lumber, Wadena. Mn.. from 1936 until he was drafted into the military in 1941.

After the war, he worked at Wadena Hardware until he started Bretz Our Own in 1961. He sold the business to two of his children in 1986.

Robert R. Denson. 82. retired owner of Denson's True Value Hardware Store, Gas City, In., died Oct. 16 in Liberty Village,In.

After serving in the army from 1946 to 1948, he worked as general manager of Vonnegut's Hardware, Indianapolis, In., for l5 years. He opened his own hardware store in l9T2,retiringin 1990.

Gerald R. Frey, 83, founder of Frey Roofing & Lumber, Kirby, Oh., died Oct. 2 in Upper Sandusky, Oh. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II.

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