mOvers & shakers

Mark Avery has been promoted to CEO of Timber Products,

Springfield, Or., succeeding Steve

Killgore, who moves to the board of directors. Aaron George, ex-James Hardie, is joining International Wood

Products, Clackamas, Or., effective

Aug. 1, as senior vice president of sales, West Division. He will succeed Bob Berwick, who will be retiring. Mark Kleps, ex-Disdero, is new to IWP as vice president of specialty products. Shane Hardin has been promoted to general mgr. of Builders

FirstSource, Shelton, Wa. John Dolan, ex-Capital Lumber, is a new account mgr. with Boise

Cascade, Riverside, Ca. Steve Therrien, ex-Foxworth-

Galbraith, is now senior truss designer mgr. for Copperstate Truss,

Buckeye, Az. Matt Pontes has been named director of wildfire & fuels management for

Sierra Pacific Industries, Anderson,

Ca. John Dadderio and Blayne Patrick were promoted to co-presidents of

Kodiak Building Partner’s Specialty

Appliance division, Denver, Co. Joey Yardley has been promoted to branch mgr. of L&W Supply,

Golden, Co., succeeding Fernando

Sanchez, who is now branch mgr. in Colorado Springs, Co. Jeremy Caddell is new to Foxworth-

Galbraith Lumber Co., Yuma, Az., as operations mgr. Carl Schmidt, ex-Boise Cascade, has joined

Fox-Gal in Phoenix, Az., as a management trainee. Dr. Kevin Archer, Viance, was elected president of the American Wood

Protection Association, succeeding

Patrick Stark. Andy Kudick is now 1st VP; Jay Hilsenbeck, 2nd

VP; Paul Merrick, 3rd VP; and

Ken Laughlin, treasurer. Jeff Keller was named executive director of Western Wood Preservers

Institute. He replaces Dallin

Brooks, who is now executive director of the National Hardwood

Lumber Association, Memphis, Tn. Erin Slater joined Capital Lumber,

Portland, Or., as business mgr. Jean Fahy was promoted to

LBM division mgr. of business development for Do it Best Corp., and will split her time between its

Fort Wayne, In., headquarters and

Woodburn, Or., regional office. Also in Fort Wayne, Korrey Short is now associate forest products trader;

Maggie Radyn, merchandise mgr. for safety & general merchandise;

Jason Hanegan, national sales mgr.; and Jake Longardner, associate merchandise mgr. for paint & paint supplies. Philip Line is the new VP of codes & regulations for the American Wood

Council, following the retirement of

Kenneth Bland. Steve Swinney, Kodiak Building

Partners, Highlands Ranch, Co., was honored by Ernst & Young LLP with the Entrepreneur of the Year

Mountain West Award. Russell Leeves is new to the lawn and garden department at Mungus-

Fungus Forest Products, Climax,

Nv., report owners Hugh Mungus and Freddy Fungus.

CONTEST’S winning design will be featured on lumber wraps shipped from Hampton Lumber’s six Oregon sawmills.

Hampton Awards Students for Lumber Wrap Designs

In need of a new design for its lumber wraps, Hampton Lumber Co., Portland, Or., sought the help of high school students in the communities surrounding its six Oregon sawmills.

Hampton approached six Oregon schools in early January proposing a contest to design the wraps for the lumber coming out of the mills. Students had the trimester to produce and submit designs using Adobe Illustrator during their after-school time. They were encouraged to develop designs “that reflected Hampton’s values and the community in which it resided.”

The winning stag design was submitted by junior Rossi Nelson, one of six applicants from Neah-Kah-Nie High School, Rockaway Beach, Or. All six received $50 cash prizes and the school was awarded $15,000, which it will spend on art supplies.

Roseburg Evaluating New Western Operation

Roseburg is exploring the feasibility of locating a second MDF panel plant or bioenergy production facility within its current Western operating footprint.

The proposed facility would use up to 300,000 bone-dry tons of wood residuals each year. This fiber would be sourced from current company operations and from important existing longterm suppliers. The feasibility study will take place over the next several months, with a decision anticipated by the end of the year.

In the West, Roseburg owns more than 400,000 acres of timberland in Oregon and operates several wood products facilities in Oregon and Northern California, including an existing MDF plant in Medford, Or.

The Springfield, Or.-based company also owns and operates one of the world’s largest wood chip exporting operations in Coos Bay, Or.