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Reid & Wright, Bend, Or., now stocks Epoch's Evergrain and Elements lines for Colorado, New Mexico and Wyoming

Industrial Resources Inc., Denver, Co., is now selling ip6, Brazilian redwood, and Tigerwood hardwood decking

Anniversaries: Stone Lumber, Nampa, Id., 100th ... McFarland

Cascade, Sandpoint, Id., 90th

Caffall Bros. Forest Products, Wilsonville, Or., 85th ... HPM

Building Supply, Hilo, Hi,85th...

Truc ke e -Taho e Lumb e r. Truckee, Ca., 75th ... KPly Inc., Port

Angeles, Wa., 65th Buse

Timber & Sales, Everett, Wa.,60th

SDS Lumber, Bingen, Wa., 60th ... DR Johnson Lumber, Riddle. Or..55th Welco

Lumber, Marysville, Wa., 45th ...

Western Wood Preserving Co., Sumner, Wa.,35th ...Tyee Timber

Products, Langley, B.C., 30th ... Central Oregon Building SupplY, Bend, Or., 25th Chemco Inc., Ferndale. Wa.. 25th

Therma-Tru Doors is Lowe's millwork supplier of the year ...

Correct Building Products was one of only three building products companies to make Inc. magazine's annual list of the 500 fastest growing private companies in the U.S.

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Ron Tipton, 72, former head of purchasing at All-Coast Forest Products. Chino. Ca., died Dec. 16 in Grand Terrace, Ca.

A retired Air Force major, Mr. Tipton worked for All-Coast for more than 25 years. He started his career as one of the company's original outside salesmen, and retired in Dec. 2002.

Howard Willis Davis, 84, retired

TimberSIL wood treatment from Timber Treatment Technolopies was named one of 2005's breakthrough technologies bY Popular Science magazine, winning a Grand Award

Boise Cascade, Boise, Id., donated five containers of PIYwood to Timber for Aceh, which is helping build homes for victims of the tsunami that hit southeast Asia a year ago.

Oregon lumberman, died Nov. 27 in Hood River, Or.

Mr. Davis moved to Hood River Valley in 1946 and worked at JaY Mar Lumber, Walton Lumber, and as oPerations foreman for Walton Orchards before retiring in 1986.

Shingo Takahashi, 86, retired Hawaiian lumberman, died Nov. 18 in Kahului. Maui.

A World War II veteran of the Army 442nd regimental combat team, Mr. Takahashi retired from A&B Lumber Mill and the Kahului Railroad after 30 years of service.

LUMBER ASSOC|ATION of Calilomia & Nevada's 2nd Growlh group held its annual holiday meeting Dec. 1 in Cerritos, Ca. (1) Jean Brunton, Richard Coale, Charlene Valine. (2) Mike Shumaker, Randy Jackson, Dan Croker, John Holmes, Gerry Perez. (3) Stephanie & Terry Rasmussen. (4) Grant Pearsall, William Worra, Leon Yu, Nick Larr. (5) Peter Howe, Bex Klopfer. (6) Nila & Pete Ganahl. (7) Sal Camarda, Richard Mitter, Tim Gatfney. (8) Chris Freeman, Jim Taft. (9) Jim Nicodemus. (10) Karen Lewis, David Abbott. (11) Luis Mendez, Larry Christensen, Jim Davis, Mike Caputo. (12) Mike Mische, Judy Grinder. (13) Michael Rawls, Sherri Kirbv, Bret Marchand. Jermaine Burton. (l4iMark & Melissa Ganahl. (15) Rene Varoas. Tenv Ganett. Jason Ragds, Nanry S'haw. (16) Janeece Lowder, Bill Ferguson, Janefle Channing, Andree PrimroS.

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