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Lumber Association hosted its annual summer event (confrnued from previous two pages): [1] Grant Schuberg, Troy Bailey, Rex Klopfer, John Eshleman. [2] Greg Chase, Rod Lucas, Steve Killgore. [3] Tim Beaudoin, Bobbie & Norm Persons. [4] Terri Collins, Dean Hague, Chris Swanson, Kathy Lindsay. [5] Brett & Karen Slaughter, Tim Hunt. [6] Beth Hager. [7] Ken Munyon, Jeff & Sandy Remington. [8] Leland Curtis [9] Robert Spaulding, David Miles, Andy Jones, Roger Tomlin. [10] Rick & Jan

Siltanen. [11] Misty Ross, Eric Ford. I [12] Mike Ebert, Joe Robinson, Maurice Van Hall, Randy

West Coast Lumber & Building Material Association will hold its annual convention & expo Nov. 6-7 Miramonte Resort & Spa, Indian Wells. Ca.

Themed "Controlling Your Future," the event will feature sales trainer/consultant Rick Davis on sales management, BlueTarp's Shawn Cunningham on managing finances and credit risks, and Craig Webb looking at the LBM industry from 30,000 feet.

Mountain States Lumber & Building Material Dealers Association is preparing for its fall conference Oct. 2-4 at Sonnenalp Resort, Vail, Co.

On Nov. I I at Mile High Station, Denver, Co., a Fundraising Brewfest will feature a live and a silent auction to benefit Project Healing Waters and the association.

Western Building Material Association will host a workshop for human resource personnel Oct. 7 at its Kincaid Learning Center in Olympia, Wa.

A blueprint reading and take-off workshop led by Casey Voorhees follows Oct.8-9.

WBMA is also returning its annual convention to the fall-Nov. 5-7 at Red Lion on the River, Portland, Or.

During the event, Bill Lee will lead two programs: "How to Take Your Business to the Next Level" and "Coaching Your Salespeople on Dealing with Price Objections."

Also on the agenda: supplier net- working reception and table-top show, president's banquet, keynoter Dr. Bill Conerly on "The Economic Outlook: New Opportunities & Risks in the Evolving Business Cycle," and luncheon speaker Jared Ogden, a retired member of U.S. Navy Seal Team One.

National Lumber & Building Material Dealers Association is staging its annual industry summit Oct. 28-3O at the Hard Rock Hotel in San Diego, Ca.

Presentations "Envisioning the Lumberyard of the Future," "The National Green Building Standard: Green Certification Game Changer," "Understanding Today's Residential & Commercial Construction Cycle Will Be Radically Different," "Using Mobile Technology to Advance Your Business," "Beat Last Year! Cultivating Continuous Sales Growth," and a D.C. legislative update.

Jean "Dusty" Destruel, 87, former owner of Mead Clark Lumber, Santa Rosa, Ca., died Aug. 25 following a battle with liver cancer.

During World War II, he served in the U.S. Navy in the South Pacific. He joined the family lumber business in 1948, rising to president in 1975. He sold the company to his two sons, Kevin and Randy Destruel, in the mid-1990s.

Joe Archuleta,82, owner of Alum Rock Lumber & Supply, San Jose, Ca., died Aug. 18.

An Army Airborne Veteran of the Korean War, he opened Alum Rock Lumber in 1977 For the last 20 years, he has operated it as a truck rental business.

Jim Anthony, 86, retired executive vice president at RY Timber, Townsend, Mt., died July l0 in Oakridge, Or.

He spent many years in the industry, before retiring from RY at age 84.

Albert R. Barber. 77 Pacific Northwest mill manager, died June 18.

A U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War, he spent more than 30 years managing and supervising lumber mills in the Cottage Grove, Or., area.

Albert M. "Alberto" Richardson, 92, former manager of C&L Lumber & Supply, Ruidoso, N.M., died Aug. 11.

He led C&L for 35 years.

Tommy E. Lamm, 86, longtime Wyoming lumberman, died Aug. 21 in Torrington, Wy.

He served in the U.S. Navy Seabees Division during World War II. In 1952, he joined the family business, R & M Lumber Co., LaGrange, Wy. In 1982, he relocated to Torrington and continued in the lumber business until retiring in 1998.

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