New Owner Rescues Mill Valley Lumber

Restoration expert Matt Mathews has purchased Mill Valley Lumber, Mill Valley, Ca., and vowed to continue operating the 120-year-old business "the way it is."

Previous owners Tom, Dan and Tony Cerri said the business had been losing money and were forced to put it up for sale (see July, page 18). They received several offers for the property, which is zoned for multifamily residential, although it's been a lumberyard since 1892.

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He plans to team up with outside operators to handle the lumber and hardware operations. He will also rent out buildings on the property to other home improvement tradesmen, in addition to the cabinet shop and kitchen designer already leasing space on site.

Healdsburq Lumber True Value, Heatdsbulg, ca., hetd a grand reopening Aug. 3-4 to celebrate its extensive remodel.

Caruthers Lumber Co., Caruthers, Ca., has been placed up for sate.

Founded in 1910, the business operates from a 7,588-sq. ft. building with 2,305-sq. ft. covered drive{hru storage on 1.21 acres.

Orchard Supply Hardware, San Jose, Ca., opened a new 50,000sq. ft. store Sept. 1 in Torrance, Ca. (Fabrizo Villalobos, store mgr.)

0SH also received planning commission approvalto add a 40,000-sq. ft. nursery to the front of its store in Sonora, Ca.

DeCou Lumber, Atascadero, Ca., has closed its doors after 75 years of business.

Lowe's held an Aug. 16 grand opening for its new store in Silverthorne, Co. (Doug Cousino, store mgr.).

Dunn Lumber, Seattle, Wa., is now stocking a full line of Maze Nails' Made-in{he-U.S.A. specialty nails at its 10 stores.

Habitat for Humanitv is relocating its 2,000-sq. tt. Resfore ciscount LBM outlet in Breckenridge, Co., to a 4,00O-sq. ft. building in Silverthorne, Co.

0n Aug. 18, Habitat held a grand opening for its new ReStore in Santa Cruz, Ca. (Mark Burden and Monique Bourin, co-mgrs.). The space is 6,000 sq. ft., with room to expand to 17,000 sq.ft.

Anniversaries: White Brothers Mill, oakland, Ca., 140th

Bauman's Ace Hardware, Riverside, Ca., 105th ... James Hardware, La Habra, ca., 65th

Keene's Hardware, oxnard, Ca., 50th M&S Building Supply & Home Center, Monterey, Ca., 50th

Bayside Building [ate.rials, San M-ateo, Ca., 45th ... Redding Lumber Transport, Redding, ca., 40th ...

Hardwoods lnc, witt reopen a branch in Sacramento, Ca., this fall.

Johns Manville, Denver, Co., has purchased the entirety of Industrial Insulation Group, Brunswick, Ga., from iti joint venture partner The Calsilite Group.

WeyerhaeuSer auctioned off its shuttered mill site in Dallas, Or., and EWP plant in Chavies, Ky.

The sales included land, buildings, and equipment.

Columbia Forest Products, Greensboro, N.C., will invest $9 million upgrading its Boardman, Or., sawmill to supply core veneer cross-bands to its plywood mill in Klamath Falls, 0r. (see Aug., p.23).

Quality Gabinet & Fixture_ Co., san_oieg_o, ca., and its maioritv owned subsidiarv, Qualitv Gabinets de Mexiio S. Oe R,L, de C,V,, have-been acquired by Glenn Rieder Inc,, Milwaukee, wi.

Wholesale Wood Products, Dothan, Al., is now distributing redwood products from Redwood Empire, Cloverdale, Ca., to dealers in Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia and Florida.

BlueLinx renewed its Forest

Stewardship

Council chain-of-custody certification for another 10 years from the Rainforest Alliance. The distributor has been FSC certified since 2007.

Waldun Forest Products' western red cedar mill in Ruskin, B.C., was destroyed by an early morning fire Aug. 26. The cause is under investiqation.

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA Hoo-Hoo Club members Mike Nicholson and David Tait presented a check for $10,000 to the City of Hope and the Wounded Warrior Project during the group's Aug. 15 meeting in San Dimas, Ca. The donation represents the proceeds from the Don Gregson Memorial Tournament in May. During the meeting, which_was attehded bv international Hoo-Hoo president Ron Gattone from Australia, the club inducted four new members: John Assman, Roseburg Forest Products; Dallas Schooner, PrimeSource; John Pasqualetto, Jones Wholesale, and Sergio Tellias, Nichols Lumber.

Jim Basler, western regional rngr., Osmose Inc.. Woodland. Wa., has retired after 35 years with the company.

Darin Coder, ex-ProBuild, has been named chief financial officcr for Orcpac Building Products, Wilsonville. Or. Tom Rood. exMoulding & Millwork. is a new Orepac account mgr. in Aurora. Co. Ben Philan. ex-lnternational Wood Products, and Geoff Richter, exTrusJoist Commercial. are new to salcs at Capital Lurnber, Portland, Or.

Mike Catalino has resigned from Foxworth-Galbraith Lumber. Las Cruces. N.M.. to join BMHC/BMC West, as market mgr. for the El Paso, Tx., area.

Dan Hutchison has been namcd v.o.operi-ltions. wood product: at Boise Cascade. Boise. Id.. where hc will also have responsibility for the Inland region. Denny Huston is now v.p.-sales & marketing, cngineered wclod products. and John Sahlberg is senior v.p.-human resources and general counsel.

Garry Tabor, ex-Heico. has been namcd executive v.p. of Associated Building Material Distributors Inc.. Portland. Or. He is based in El Dorado Hills. Ca.

Alicia Beltran is new to the salcs team at Yakama Forest Products. White Swan. Wa.

Mark Wiseman, ex-BlueLinx. has joined Huttig Building Products. Seattle. Wa., as territory rngr.

Bill Jacobs. ex-Foxworth-Galbraith. has returned to Weyerhaeuser, Denver. Co.. in commercial sales. Blake Laidlaw is now business logistics nr_er. in Fcderal Way.Wa.

Jay Bishop, ex-OrePac. is ncw to panel sales at Taiga Buildin-e Products, Rocklin, Ca.

Bill Fitzgerald. cx-Austin Hardwoods. is now selling fcrr Peterman Lumber, Fontana. Ca.

Jose Ortiz, cx-Bluel-inx. has rejoined Fclxworth-Galbraith Lumber. as regional v.p. for the Las Cruces. N.M., area.

David Miles. ex-Coos Head Forest Products. has joined Conrad Forest Products. North Bend. Or.

Paul Walters, ex-Lifetime Lumber. is now Northern California territory rngr. fur IKO Industries. Hc is based in Aubuln. Crr.

Brian Jones has returned to the sales team at D.R. Johnson Lumber. Riddle. Or.

Shawn Nolan is now plant mgr. at Pacific States Treating. Weed. Ca.

Deirdre Dawson has been namcd v.p./associate general counscl at Orchard Supply Hardware, San Jose. Ca.

DJ. Donaldson. ex-Homc Depot, has joinecl the outside sales force at ProBuild. Littleton. Co.

Josh Slingerland. ex-Quikrete. is now handling outside sales in northcrn Utah for Prin.reSourcc Building Products, Salt Lake City, Ut.

Mark Kollias is a new national accounts rep for Jamcs Hardic Building Products. Seattlc. Wa.

Tim Case. cx-OneStop Windows & Doors. has joined Plygem Building Products, as territory sales rep for the San Diego, Ca., area.

Joe Cartier is new to sales at Window & Door Store, Prcscott, Az.

Gary Lane has been named directur of product development fbr PrimeLine Products. Redlands. Ca.

Derek Thorson, ex-Lowe's, is a new national accounts outside sales rep for American Building Supply, Phoenix, Az.

Phil Rousculp, ex-Fenestra Window & Door, has joined the sales team at Dimensional Millwork of Arizona. Mesa. Az.

John Greiwe has joined Deceuninck North America, Monroe, Oh., as director-commercial markets development.

Roy Smith, ex-Warehouse Solutions, has been appointed material handling sales mgr. for Hawthorne Lift. Fontana. Ca.

Rick Eng has been named v.p.finance & chief financial officer for Ainsworth Lumber Co. Ltd., Vancouver, B.C.

Don Demons has been promoted to president of Western Forest Products, Vancouver, B.C.

Keith Mullens is the new sales mgr. at Wynndel Lumber Sales, Wynndel, B.C.

James S. Andrasick, ex-Matson Navigation, has been elected to the board of Simpson Strong-Tie parent Simpson Manufacturing Co., Pleasanton, Ca.

Tom Lindquist, chief operating officer, Plum Creek, Seattle, Wa., has been appointed to the American Forest Foundation's board of trustees.

Lou Pole has been named director of the legal department at MungusFungus Forest Products, Climax, Nv., according to co-owners Hugh Mungus and Freddy Fungus.

Lyle Lee hos been building custom homes for over 20 yeors. Here is whot he hos to soy obout Roseburg's Engineered Wood Producls.

"When building o quolity home, il's importont for oll the froming moleriols fo motch. ln other words come fogelher os specified in the design plons. lf the framing is off by even o 1/o of on inch, it con cosf me lhousonds of do/lors in lime ond moferiols.

I find Roseburg's RFPI@-Joist ond Rigidlom@ LVL to be very consistent in width ond depfh. When I use Roseburg's RFPI@-Joist, my floors ore more level, stiffer ond truer, moking my iob much eosier.

Thishome is 6,000 squore feetso I used lJoisf ond LVL from severol different unils ond the monufocturing consisfency wos exactly fhe some. lf you wont to moximize your profit, I would recomrnend using Roseburg's Engineered Wood Producfs".

Lyle Lee

BuiHing-Roductrom