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1321 N. Kraemer Blvd. (Box 879), Anaheim, Ca.92806

Fax714-630-3190

(714) 632-1988. (800) 675-REEL

3518 Chicago Ave., Rivenide, Ca.92507

(9s1) 781-0s64 www.reellumber.corn

At n""t Lumber Service, we supply domestfc and foreign hardwoods. Our products and services include:

. Hardwood Lumber & Pine e Hardwood Plywood & Veneers

. Melarnine Plywood

Ffardwood Moulding (alder, cherry, mahogany, MDF, maple, red oak, paint grade, pecan hickory, white oak, walnut, beech)

. Milling (moulding profiles, S2S, SLRIE, SLR2E, & resawn lumber)

. Voodworking Accessories (appliques, ornaments, butcher blocks, corbels, etc,)

Voodworking Supplies (deft finishes, color putty, adhesives, etc.)

Oo" products are widely used in interior finish carpentry, furniture, cabinetry and hundreds of industrial and manufacturing applications. We stock a complete line of cornplernentary products to cornplete virtually any woodworking or millwork project.

Earl Ingle and Frank Peters. exBuckeye Pacil'ic, are handling sales for the new Portland. Or., office of Ernpire Wholesaie Lunrber. Akron. oh.

Kristen Mautz has joincd the sales team at Hcaldsburc Lumber's

Hudson Strcct Design showroom in Healdsburg. Ca.

Shae ()arrett has been promoted from hranch mgr. to manlgrng partner at ABC Supply Co.'s Aburquerque. N.M., facility. Other new partners include Greg

GEO. M. HUFF LUMBER COMPANY;

o premier distribulor of wholesole building producls; hos teomed wifh Roseburg Engineered Wood Products in the Southern Colifornio morkel. Huff Lumber offers the complete line oi Roseburg EWP coupled with full technicol copobililies including toke-off, conversion, plocement drowings ond engineering services. EWP moteriols ore ovoilqble in mill direcl bulk shipments, locol units ond cul piece iob pockoges.

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The Roseburg Froming Systemt) consisfs of: RFPI@ Joisis used in floor ond roof construclion; Rigidlom@ LVL which is used for heoders, beoms, studs ond columns; ond RigidRim@ Rimboord. All of the components ore engineered 1o the industry's highest stondords to help conirociors build solid, duroble, ond belter performing froming syslems compored io ordinorv dimension lumber. RFPI@.Joisf

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Lanphear, El Cajon, Ca.; Bruce Neisse, Goleta, Ca., and Adriel Sheridan, Portland. Or.

Steve Ward, John Percin, and Rob Turk have formed Talon Forest Group, Portland, Or. Mike Atkerson has joined the company, fbcusing on concrete forming lumber and lumber sales. All were previously with American International Forest Products.

Robert Ross has joined BW Creative Wood Industries Ltd., Maple Ridge, B.C.. as sales & merchandising mgr.

Christopher Shope has been named national sales mgr. for Ip6 Clip Fastener Co.

William Currie. Universal Forest Products. has retired as executive chairman after 38 years with UFPI, but remains chairman of the board.

Victor Dean has been promoted to general mgr. of roofing systems at Dow Building Products.

Duncan Kerr, senior v.p. and chief operating officer, has left Western Forest Products, Duncan, B.C.

Christian Pap6 has been named mgr. of corporate development & external affairs for The Pap6 Group, Eugene, Or.

Mike Coffey was promoted to c.e.o. of RISI, Bedford, Ma., following United Business Media's acquisition of the outstanding 487o share in the publisher. He succeeds John Day, who is now c.e.o. of UBM.

Kirsten Swallow is a new marketing & communications assistant at LMI Technologies, Vancouver, B.C.

David Poggemoeller, North Enderby Timber, Enderby, B.C., was elected 2009-2010 president of the Pacific Lumber Inspection Bureau. The new v.p. is Eric Fritch, Fritch Forest Products, Snohomish, Wa., and secretary/treasurer is Jeff Fantozzi, Federal Way, Wa. Now on the board are Jim Hallstrom, Zip-O Lumber, Eugene, Or.l Blair Buchanan, Weyerhaeuser, Federal Way, Wa.; Jim Manke, Manke Lumber, Tacoma, Wa.; Bob Waltz Jr., Seattle-Snohomish Mill, Snohomish, Wa.; Greg Mobley,

RSG Forest Products. Kalama.

Wa.; John Thorlakson, Tolko Industries. Vernon. B.C.: Paul Beltgens, Paulcan Enterprises, Duncan, B.C., and Ted Smith, Gilbert Smith Forest Products, Barriere, B.C.

Kenneth D. Mentzer has retired as president, c.e.o., and treasurer of the North American Insulation Manufacturers Association, after 30 years with the organization.

Tom Santer was promoted to v.p.distribution strategy for American Standard Brands. Chris Capone, ex-Jacuzzi, is now v.p-wholesale sales; Scott Meyer, general mgr.faucet division; Jeannette Long, general mgr.-e-commerce; Mark Hamilton, ex-Whirlpool, general mgr.-luxury & showrooms; Gerry Messina, ex-Benjamin Moore, director of customer developmentretail faucets, and Carter J. Thomas, director, industrial design-luxury business.

Molly Kwiatkowski, director of residential shingle products and programs. Owens Corning. was appointed to the board of trustees of the Roofing Industry Alliance for Progress Committee.

Roy O. Martin, RoyOMartin Lumber Co., Alexandria, La., has been appointed by Gov. Bobby Jindal to the state's commission on streamlining government.

Lila Pritchett, Hadlock Building Supply, Port Hadlock, Wa., was honored as Employee of the Quarter.

Ginger Vitus now manages the dental health program at MungusFungus Forest Products, Climax, Nv., according to co-owners Hugh Mungus and Freddy Fungus.

Colorado Stock Yard Revived

The family that owns La Jara Trading Post, La Jara, Co., has purchased the former Stock Building Supply in Alamosa, Co., with plans to reopen it as Alamosa Building Supply late this month or early next.

La Jara took possession of the property after Stock's lease expired July 31.

Co-owner Hoyt Anderson said Alamosa Building Supply will operate with the same family principles as La Jara. He was able to retain about three-quarters of the former Stock workforce, and several already began working at La Jara at the start of summer, just after Stock closed.

Construction Slowdown Breaks Window Growth

A collapse in new construction is driving down window demand to nearly half of its record 2005 level, according to a new study by the American Architectural Manufacturers Association and Window & Door Manufacturers Association.

Shipments of wood windows, already down by 40Vo since their 2003 high, are expected to fall another 257o this year, before picking back up next year.

Vinyl windows should fall22.5Vo this year (a 43Vo drop since 2005), while aluminum will plummet 367o (667o below '05).

Fiberglass, the only major material to increase last year-as well as in the each of the five prior years-will slip l2Vo this year, then rebound to jump approximately 337o in each of the next three years. Its market share is expected to grow from its current 2.8Vo to 4 .4Vo by 2013

The 2008/2009 U.S. Industry Statistical Review & Forecast for Windows, Doors and Skylights is available from www.wdma.com.

Shipments of Prime Windows (2003 - 2012rorecast)

ProBuild Expands In Montana

ProBuild Holdings has acquired its eleventh facility in Montana-a former Stock Building Supply yard in Kalispell that closed earlier this summer.

Brent Hall, who opened the facility in 1916 as Tri City Lumber and stayed on as manager when he sold it to Stock in 1999, will remain as general manager. The yard, ProBuild's first in the far northwest region of the state, has l5 employees.

In recent weeks, Denver, Co.-based ProBuild also picked up three former Stock facilities in the Chicaso area.

lnterfor Restarts Oregon Mill

Interfor Pacific's mill in Gilchrist, Or., is back to one shift a day after sitting idle for four months.

"We've decided market conditions have improved enough to restart in the same configuration as when we shut down," said Rich Frazer, general manager of Interfor's Oregon operations.

The mill shut down in late February due to a lack of demand for finished wood products and the downturn in the housing market. Only a skeleton crew was kept on, for security, maintenance, and several small projects. Now, mill officials are now trying to re-hire 70 former employees.

Because construction is still down, the mill will focus on wood products used for furniture, paneling, hand tools, decks, and other goods-which can be made from small pine trees commonly cut down to reduce wildfire risk in the nearby Deschutes National Forest.

"The logs that come out of these hazardous fuels treatments match our product line pretty well," said Frazer, who added that mill officials are concerned about the stability of the lumber supply. He said the business is dependent on the U.S. Forest Service putting timber sales and hazardous fuels projects up for bid.

"The mill economics are still not great," said Frazer. "It's still not out of the woods from an economic standpoint."

New Home In Works For Ace

Orland Ace Hardware, Orland, Ca., has broken ground on a new 21,000sq. ft. store to replace its 75-year-old building destroyed by fire Oct. 13.

Construction should be completed by late October or early November.

The new, $1.5-million building, more than a third larger than its previ- ous home, will feature bigger paint, plumbing, electrical and garden departments, as well as niche areas. In time, owner Ben Pforsich will add a small lumber department.

The store has been operating in temporary quarters since the fire.

Virgil's Picked Up By Chain

Lumber City Corp., Chatsworth, Ca., owner of the nine-unit California Do It Center chain, has acquired 103year-old Virgil's Hardware Home Center, Glendale, Ca.

Tony Maniscalchi, who bought Virgil's from second-generation owner Bob Brinkman in 1996, said finding a buyer who would preserve Virgil's atmosphere was critical. The hardware store is known for its quirky selection of merchandise, everything from one-of-a-kind hardware fixtures to eggs and sauerkraut.

"Virgil's is an institution, and I know that," said new owner Jess Ruf. "And we aren't going to change a thing."

In an effort to allay customers' fears, the Virgil's marquee read: "We're staying Virgil's. Same great people. Same great service. Pickles and eggs forever!"

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Deal Collapses For Stimson Mill

Stimson Lumber, Portland, Or., is looking for another buyer for its mill in Bonner, Mt., after a tentative buy-sell deal with Montana Improvement Co. fell through.

Stimson closed the plant in May 2008. Last October, Montana Improvement bought the mill's equipment at auction.

The company also owns the 42 houses that once were home to mill employees, plus a post office building and some nearby land.

Owner Scott Cooney said he still wants to lease at least part of the 170-acre Bonner site to build a biomass plant that would use the old mill equipment.

Montana Sawmill Ships Last Logs

Plum Creek Timber's Pablo sawmill in Montana shipped its final logs July 22. The mill closed lune 26, putting 87 people out of work.

"We bought the remaining lumber, about 400000 bd. ft.," said Rick Kitch, Silver City Lumber, Three Forks, Mt. "It's the last load out of the Pablo Plum Creek mill."

Kitch hopes the mill will open again one day. "It's strange to see the last log go," he said. "I'm looking at an empty yard now. We see this a lot. It's not good."

CertainTeed Returns To Decking

CertainTeed Corp. is back in the decking business, after agreeing to distribute Fiber Composites' cellular PVC line under its own brand name.

Branded as EverNew LT. the ultra-low-maintenance decking will be manufactured by Fiber Composites in four colors and backed by a lO-year stain and fade warranty and CertainTeed's lifetime limited performance warranty.

"CertainTeed is clearly a leader in the building products industry and as such, brings new market opportunities for Fiber Composites PVC decking technologies," said Fiber Composites president Doug Mancosh. "Their strength at reaching the one-step distribution channel will complement our current efforts to build decking and railing business through our two-step distribution base, which promotes Fiberon-branded composite and PVC decking and railing products."

CertainTeed discontinued its own composite decking line. Boardwalk. in 2006.

San Diego Yard Blaze Thwarted

A July 2l fire at J&W Lumber, Escondido, Ca., was quickly doused by local firefighters.

According to battalion chief Herb Griffin, the business's separate lumber racks helped prevent the fire from spreading. He said that the early-morningblaze was confined to a single, outdoor rack of cut lumber and was extinguished in 10 minutes.

Fire marshal Dominick Arena said spontaneous combustion of oil-soaked sawdust caused the fire. "We actually have surveillance video footage that shows the fire starting," he said.

The day before the fire, an employee reportedly used sawdust to mop up spilled linseed oil and then put the oilsoaked sawdust in a bag with some rags in a trash can. The linseed oil began to oxidize and give off heat, eventually reaching its ignition temperature early the next day.

Most Still Not Sold On

A majority of wood products companies do not use a forest certification program, according to surveys conducted by the Southern Forest Products Association and Random Lengths. SFPA surveyed southern pine producers who are members of the Southern Pine Council, while Random Lengths surveyed producers, wholesalers, distributors and retailers.

Interesting findings from the SFPA survey include:

. Approximately 6l%o do not use a certification system.

. Approximately 46Vo of southern pine producers do not plan to seek certification any time soon.

. Approximately 6OVo of southern pine producers receive regular requests for certified products.

. About 89Vo feel it is important to market southern pine lumber as a "green" product.

Approximately 56Vo of Random Lengths respondents indicated that