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Rates: $1.20 per word (25 word minimum) or, if contains artwork or oversized type, rate is by the column inch (2-l18 inches wide): $65 if we set the type, $55 if ad is furnished "camera-ready" (advertiser sets type). Phone number counts as I word. address as 6 words. Headline or centered

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CALIFORNIA TIMBERLINE, INC., and HERITAGE HARDWOODS INC., are well established wholesale distributors of hardwoods. softwoods, plywood, and custom millwork. We have serviced California. Arizona and Mexico for over 30 years. We are pursuing experienced sales executives for Los Angeles, the Inland Empire, and San Diego. This is an opportunity to have your own tetitory. Please contact Chris Skibba, (909) 591-4811. Resume can be sent confidentially to cskibba@caltimberline.com.

WELL ESTABLISHED Southern California wholesale distribution company is looking for a sales management trainee. Candidate must have a minimum of 5 years experience in wholesale distribution of lumber and panel products. Solid communication skills and product knowledge are a must. Salary is commensurate with experience. We also offer medical and 401/k retirement packages. If you are a salesperson who wants to make the move up to management, or are currently in management and want to make a change, contact us at Box 708, c/o The Merchant,4500 Campus Dr., #480, Newport Beach, Ca. 9266O ; dkoenig@building-products.com.

LUMBER TRADER copy, $9 per line. Border, $9. Private box, $15. Send ad copy to 4500 Campus Dr., Ste.480, Newport Beach, Ca.92660, Fax 949-852-0231, dkoenig@building-products.com, or call (949) 852-1990. Make checks payable to Cutler Publishing. Deadline: I 8th of previous month.

We are a wholesale lumber company looking for an experienced trader. Any species. No restrictions on mills or customers. No relocation.60Vo split for trader. Call John at Lakeside Lumber at (623) 566-7100 or email lakesidelumber@cox.net.

To reply to ads with private box numbers, send correspondence to The Merchant, c/o the box number shown. Names of advertisers using a box number cannot be released.

LUMBER TRADERS: San Fernando Valleybased wholesale distributor Neiman Reed Lumber Co. is looking to expand its staff of traders. Experience preferred, but we have an opening for a sales management trainee position as well. We cater to industrial manufacturing and retail yard accounts. Our vast inventory includes pine commons, dry dimension, pine selects, DF uppers, panels, and hardwoods. Compensation package is excellent with open territories. lf you're interested in joining our organization with over 600 employees, including affiliates, please contact Ed Langley, (818) 18l-3466 Ext.3473 or by email to elangley@ neimanreed.com. Visit us online at www. neimanreed.com to find out more about our competitive advantages.

FOR SALE: 2006 SeaRay Sundancer 26-ft. Weekender. Single prop.45 hours only. Excellent condition. $79,995. Newport Beach, Ca. Call Dennis, (951) 712-2567.

Fire Levels Oregon Reload

Officials are investigating whether arson was to blame for a Sept. 17 fire that caused $3 million in damages at a rail reload facility owned by International Wood Products, Clackamas, Or.

"There's really no ignition source out there, it's just a bunch of lumber sitting in a parking lot ... so it was just suspicious from the beginning," said Steve McAdoo, public information officer for the local fire district. "In

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Harley Charles Hart, 84, longtime Inland Empire lumberman, died Aug. 27 in Redlands, Ca.

Along with his brothers Bud and Don, he owned Mentone Building Materials, Mentone, Ca., from 1946 to 1950, then managed a lumberyard in Arlington, Ca., until 1954.

He then started a career of more than 30 years in wholesale lumber sales, primarily at Inland Wholesale their preliminary investigation, they couldn't find anything else, any other source for that fire." the atomic bomb was constructed.

No one was injured in the early morning fire, which occurred a quarter mile from International's main office and warehouse.

Owner Angela Adams said the fire was mostly an inconvenience to the company, although the composite decking, siding, and other wood products stored at the one-acre site with three buildinss were a total loss.

After the war, he worked as a contractor and eventually bought the yard, which he ran until his retirement in 1994.

David Mensing, 84, longtime Bay Area lumberman, died last month.

He served in the U.S. Army during World War II in Okinawa.

Based in Oakland, Ca., he worked for the distribution business of Georgia-Pacific, representing production for its Samoa sawmill, and stayed on when the facility was spun off into Louisiana-Pacific in 1973.

Lumber, Bloomington, Ca. He retired in 1984.

Rod Griffiths, 62, co-owner of #208 Shake & Shingle, Moclips, Wa., died Sept. 10 in Moclips.

He started the company 35 years ago with his brother, Craig Griffiths, who will continue to run the business.

Raymond Lloyd Bugh, 86, retired owner of Moscow Building Supply, Moscow, Id., died Aug. 3l in Moscow.

During World War II, he served in the Army at Los Alamos, N.M., where

He was a former officer of the Oakland Hoo-Hoo Club.

Noel L. Johnson, 80, retired lumber broker for Dant & Russell, Portland, Or., died Aug. 25.

A veteran of the Air Force, he spent 35 years with Dant & Russell.

Leroy ttJesstt Lee, 84, former manager at McCready Lumber, Tigard, Or., died of congestive heart failure Aug. 21 in Tigard.

Mr. Lee served in the Army Signal Corps during World War II.