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Ray MacDonald has been promoted to general mgr. of Anfinson Lumber Sales, Chino, Ca.

Joseph Lawrence, president, Dixieline Lumber, National City, Ca., has been promoted to president of ProBuild's west region, based in Olympia, Wa. He succeeds M. David Dittmer, who is leaving the company to pursue other interests.

Ron Holen is the new general mgr. at Yakama Forest Products, White Swan, Wa.

Garrett Gill has been promoted to president and general mgr. of Chase Lumber, Aurora, Co.

Joe Cory and Stephen Walsh, exSunset Forest Products, are now with Progressive Services Corp., Lake Oswego, Or.

Jim Mackall has been promoted to director of sales for the building product division of Building Material Distributors. Galt. Ca.

Richard Mills was promoted to branch mgr. of Taiga Building Products. Rocklin. Ca. Pat Zan is now responsible for California operations, including overseeing all new product lines and the DC in Sanger, Ca. Troy Felder was promoted to engineered wood products mgr. for Northern California.

Bob Von Bargen, ex-Olympic Wholesale, has launched South Sound Invest, Shelton, Wa., specializing in shakes, shingles and other cedar items.

Michael Ghiotto was promoted to the sales team of Woodfold Mfg. Inc., Forest Grove, Ca.

Kim Garrigan is new to Capital Lumber, Stockton, Ca., providing product and sales support.

Dan Mak, ex-APA-The Engineered Wood Association. is now an analyst at The Beck Group, Portland, Or.

Sean Park is store mgr. of the new Lowe's Home Improvement Center in S. Meridian, Id. James Davis is mgr. of the new Lowe's in San Bernardino, Ca., with Jimmy Chavez as sales mgr.

Joe Garcia has transferred from Home Depot, Chino, Ca., to manage its S. Chino location.

Daniel Fulton has been named president of Weyerhaeuser Co., Federal Way, Wa., succeeding Stephen Rogel, who continues as chairman and c.e.o. Fulton also retains his title as president of subsidiary Weyerhaeuser Real Estate Co.

Richard Stephens has been named v.p. of operations for the window division of Woodgrain Millwork, Fruitland, Id., overseeing plant operations at Windsor Windows & Doors, Atrium Patio Doors, and Monarch Windows.

Bob Sinclair, Portland, Or., has joined Powers Fasteners as field engineer for the Northwest region. Kent Carlson, Altadena, Ca., is now field technical service mgr. for the Western division.

Philip Stouts has been promoted to v.p.-OSB sales & marketing at Louisiana-Pacific.

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Ron Knutson, Ace Hardware Corp., Oak Brook, Il., has resigned as v.p.-finance.

Brett Radtke, Las Vegas, Nv., has been promoted to California/ Nevada South district mgr. for ABC Supply Co.

George McCart now handles U.S. business development at Brite Manufacturing, Bolton, Ont.

Alan H. Barry has retired as president and chief operating officer of Masco. C.e.o. Timothy Wadhams has added the title of president, and executive v.p. Donald J. DeMarie, Jr. will serve as c.o.o.

F. Duane Ackerman, Ari Bousbib, and Karen Katen have been appointed directors of Home Depot. Helen Johnson-Leipold has resigned from the board. John Clendenin. Claudio X. Gonzales. Milledge A. Hart III, and Kenneth G. Lagone will retire from the board in May.

Carl Liliequist, Honolulu Wood Treating, Kapolei, Hi., and Tom Mauss, Louis & Co., Brea, Ca., were elected directors of the North American Building Material Distribution Association.

Alison Deford, Deford Designs, Costa Mesa, Ca., which has designed ads for LBM companies, won a 2007 Davey Award from the International Academy of the Visual Arts. Moore Orless is now in charge of discount programs at Mungus-Fungus Forest Products, Climax, Nv., according to co-owners Hugh Mungus and Freddy Fungus.

Redding Yards Renamed

Weaver Lumber is the new name for three yards-two in Redding, Ca., and one in Anderson-owned by Brent Weaver.

Weaver took over Hughes Discount Building Materials, Redding, from his father two years ago. Soon after, he opened a lumberyard in Anderson. Last October, he bought Hughes Redwood, Redding, from his uncle.

"I want to establish our rightful place in the community as the oldest family yard by upping our game," he said, which includes winning pro customers away from local competitors Meek's Lumber and Moss Lumber & Hardware. "In the next l0 years," he said, "I want Weaver Lumber in the same conversation with Moss and Meek's."

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Mendocino Owners Pursue Pllco

The family that founded Gap and owns Mendocino Redwood Co. wants to invest $200 million to restore and responsibly log Pacific Lumber's redwood forests-but only if current owner Charles Hurwitz and his company, Maxxam, are ousted.

Donald and Doris Fisher made the proposal December 21, when Palco's case returned to federal Bankruptcy Court in Corpus Christi, Tx.

Environmentalists - long-time Hurwitz criticsconsidered the proposal "a vast improvement over the current situation if Mendocino Redwood were to become the owner."

Counsel Frank Bacik said Pnlco stands behind its own reorganization plan and believes its logging practices rival those of Mendocino. "I would say that we are both good stewards of the land," he said. "We both have a habitat conservation plan. We both have sustained yield plans."

Palco also presented a revised plan to sell nearly 22,000 acres of timberland for higher-density developments, rather than the 60-acre "trophy" parcels previously proposed. Bacik noted Pnlco would build all necessary infrastructure as well. Its plan to sell most of the remaining 6,600 acres of old-growth redwoods to a buyer committed to permanent protection remained unchanged.

Creditors were given until January 30 to present their own reorganization plans. By April, the presiding judge will consider all plans and decide who gets to own what.

Oregon Shippers Protest Rail Woes

A half-dozen southwestern Oregon lumber companies have joined forces to address regional rail closures that have severely hindered their shipping abilities.

Roseburg Forest Products, Roseburg; Keller Lumber, Roseburg; Swanson Group, Glendale; Douglas County Forest Products, Winchesteri C & D Lumber, Riddle; D.R. Johnson Lumber, Riddle, and two non-lumber firms formed the Coos-Siskiyou Shippers Coalition.

Roseburg's Allyn Ford, chairman of the group, said its purpose is to "organize the shippers so they can speak with one voice and get a seat at the table where decisions are made that negatively impact economic interests in all of southwest Oregon."

In October, Central Oregon & Pacific Railroad abruptly closed its Coos Bay-to-Eugene line and is considering mothballing its Siskiyou line, which runs south through Medford into Califomia

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