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Rick Whitson has been promoted to v.p. of retail support for Ace Hardware Corp., Oak Brook, Il. Rick Affolter, ex-HD Supply, is new as v.p. of finance.

Ben Meachen, ex-Twin Rivers Cedar. is new to cedar sales at Western Forest Products, Vancouver, B.C.

Donna Harman, president and c.e.o., American Forest & Paper Association, Washington, D.C., has been named to the board of directors for the Council of Manufacturins Associations matthewsmarking.com

Susan Katz, director of corporate events, True Value Co., was presented the Professional Convention Management Association's 2008 Distinguished Meeting Professional of the Year Award.

Jeffery Grimes, Hardwood Industries. Wilsonville, Or., recently completed the National Hardwood Lumber Association's 14-week lumber inspection program.

Rob Worthington, ex-Jeld-Wen, is now director of green building for the Sustainable Forestry Initiative. Barbara Douglas, executive v .P., Lumbermen's Association of Texas, joined Mountain States Lumber & Building Material Dealers Association chief Geri Adams on her 20th annual Christmas trip to deliver gifts to needY school children in Taos, N.M. Diddy Dolittle has been replaced by Goode Atwood at Mungus-Fungus Forest Products, Climax, Nv., according to co-owners Hugh Mungus and Freddy Fungus.

New California Yard Fills Void

Denair Lumber, Denair, Ca., will add a yard in Riverbank, Ca., and staff it with the manager and other employees from a Keith Brown Building Materials location in nearby Oakdale that went out of business last month.

"The old-style retail lumberyards are a dying breed, but we know what we're doing," said Darin Kelley, who co-owns the company with his brother Gregg. "We're the third generation of our family in this business."

The Kelley family has owned the site in Riverbank for decades. Over the years, it has been home to CoPeland Lumber, Oakdale SuPPlY, and Central Valley Supply, but has been vacant for several months due to the housing slump. Kelley said that the Denair location is still making money and keeping 22 people emPloYed. "We've slowed down, but we're not hurting like the rest."

By opening a second location in Riverbank, he expects to exPand his company's reach and better serve new and existing customers.

Stanley Cuts Jobs, Facilities

Citing rapidly deteriorating business conditions in its construction/ d-i-y and industrial segments during the fourth quarter, Stanley Works has begun slashing operations.

Stanley is cutting 2,000 jobs (107o of its workforce), eliminating multiple layers of management, and closing three manufacturing facilities.

The measures required a Pre-tax charge of $80 million,but were expected to produce pre-tax earnings of $115 million in 2009. Additional cost reduction measures unrelated to employment levels should result in $55 million of earnings in 2009.

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