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Western Building Material Association is offering an "Introduction to Building Material Sales" class Oct. 9 in Olympia, Wa., and Oct. 23 in Salem, Or.

Estimating seminars will be held Oct. 10-l l in Olympia and Oct. 24-25 in Salem, with a yard foreman workshop offered Ocl 16 in Olympia.

Lumber Association of California & Nevada hosts its next 2nd Growth meeting Sept. l9 at the Red Lion Hotel in Redding, Ca.

Designated risk managers seminars are set for Oct. 2 at the Hyatt Vineyard Creek in Santa Rosa, Ca., and Oct. 3 at the Marriott Ontario Airport Hotel, Ontario, Ca.

Mountain States Lumber & Building Material Dealers Association stages its annual Western Slope

Golf Tournament Sept. 14 at the Rifle Creek Golf Course, Rifle, Co.

MSLBMDA has enlisted rhe Lumber Association of Texas to co-host its fall conference Ocl 17-20 at the Hotel Contessa in San Antonio, Tx.

Mark Ruffalo, Green Building Initiative, will provide an update on green building. Dr. Jerry Brown, former professor of aerospace at the U.S. Space Foundation, will speak on future energy sources.

Two receptions and dinners are planned, with music and dancing. Spouses can tour local historical homes and an art-glass studio, then have lunch at the Church Street Bistro.

North American Wholesale Lumber Association has scheduled its annual Woods Basic Course Sept. l0-13 in Corvallis, Or.

Offered in conjunction with Oregon

State University, the seminar covers forest ecology, engineered products, transportation, structural panels, dimension lumber, and other topics.

Tours of Rosboro's dimension, plywood, and engineered wood plants are included, as well as a trip to a working instructional forest.

Wood Moulding & Millwork Producers Associationts summer business meeting takes place Sept. I l15 at the Fairmont Chateau. Lake Louise, Alberta.

Hardwood Plywood & Veneer Association convenes its fall conference Sept. 9-11 in Salt Lake City, Ut. Educational sessions will focus on trends, customer preferences, and regional market differences for wood cabinetry; stock panel production; chain-of-custody certification, and an adhesive manufacturers panel discussing new adhesive rulings.

Hardwood Federation named Deborah Hawkinson as its new executive director. Most recently, she served as director of operations and issues management for the American Forest & Paper Association.

Fiberon Buys WeatherBest

Fiber Composites, New London, N.C., has agreed to purchase Louisiana Pacific's WeatherBest composite decking line and manufacturing and distribution facility in Meridian, Id.

"There's more than a decade of equity built up in each of our brands," said Fiber Composites president Doug Mancosh. "This move continues the aggressive growth plan we began in 1991 Part of that strategy includes regional production facilities that service all areas of the country with timely and cost-effective deliveries."

Located on 18 acres in southwestern Idaho, the 175,000-sq. ft. facility will serve existing markets for WeatherBest products, plus the growing demand for Fiber Composites' Fiberon composite decking and railing products. The deal also includes rights to the WeatherBest brand.

"For the past decade we've been servicing our distribution network from our facility in New London, N.C.," said Bill Ross, vice president of sales and marketing for Fiber Composites. "To continue serving customers nationwide, it was imperative that we added both capacitY and a resional location in the western United

States. This purchase satisfied both of those requirements immediately."

"If we had our choice of any facility in the industry, we couldn't have picked a better fit for our company," said Mancosh. "The plant design and production equipment at the Meridian location are nearly identical to our facilities. We see a quick and easY transition."

Weyco Sells Plywood Mill

Redwood E,mpire parent Pacific States Industries, San Jose, Ca., has agreed to acquire Weyerhaeuser Co.'s plywood mill in Springfield, Or.

Due to market conditions, the facility has been closed since December. At the time, it employed 87 people and had the capacity to produce 114,000 million sq. ft. of 3/8-inch plywood annually.

"We are pleased to have reached this agreement with Weyerhaeuser and anticipate that the transaction rvill close in 30 to 45 days," said Austin Vanderhoof, executive v.p. of Pacific States. "The plywood operations at Springfield will complement our existing production of veneer in Creswell, Or."

Pacific States owns Bald Knob

Veneer in Creswell, while its Redr,vood Empire division has timberlands and two sawmills in Northern California and distributes dimension wood products. Redwood Empire's r'vholesale group also distributes decking, f'encing, hardwood, landscaping items, panel products, pre-built panels, softrvood. and treated lumber.

Spokane Fingerjointer Folds

Timberlake Forest Products, Sp'okane Valley, Wa., has closed and filed for Chapter l 1 bankruptcy protection.

Founded in 2004, the company made fingerjointed framing lumber and was owned by Stephen and Sheryl Kennedy and David Thompson. The bankruptcy filing listed liabilities of more than $5.2 million, including a $310,000 debt owed to Spokane Forest Products. Last year, the company grossed about $10 million.

Assets of about $930,000, including an unexpired lease on 40,000 sq. ft. of floor space in the Spokane Business & Industrial Park, were listed. other large assets are accounts receivable worth about $300,000; $250,000 in machinery, and a certificate of deposit worth about $190,000.

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