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Western Building Material Association elected Tom Simkins, Simkins-Hallin Lumber Co.. Bozeman. Mt., as its new president during its l03rd annual meeting Nov. 8-l I at The Red Lion Hotel, Seattle, Wa.

Also elected were vice presidents Eric Gerretsen, Gerretsen Building Supply, Roseburg, Or., and Chris Perrin, Capital Lumber Co., Boise,Id.

National director is Ken Marson, Marson & Marson Lumber Co., Leavenworth. Wa. The officers are joined on the executive committee by Eric Fritch, Chinook Lumber, Snohomish, Wa.; Richard Kruckenberg, OK Lumber Co., Fairbanks, Ak.; Tom Sliter, Sliters Ace Lumber & Building, Somers, Mt.; Randy Stemper, Astoria Builders Supply, Astoria, Or., and Ed Waite, Spenard Builders Supply, Anchorage, Ak.

Directors includee Kruckenberg, Waite, Fritch, Sliter, Stemper; Mike Werner, Builders Alliance, Bellingham, Wa.; Bill Mackie, Madison

Lumber & Hardware, Ketchikan, Ak.; Tom Waggoner, Kingston Lumber, Kingston, Wa.; Rick Sage, Bayview Building Materials, Olympia, Wa.; Morris James, Hadlock Building

Supply, Port Hadlock, Wa.; Scott Munson, Lumbermen's, Tacoma, Wa.; Tom Boyd, Marson & Marson; Dennis Billman, Western Materials, Pasco, Wa.; Robert Myers, Alpine Lumber Supply, Post Falls, Id.; Jim Crawford, Tum-A-Lum Lumber Co., Walla Walla, Wa.; Jim Morse, Pacific Lumber Co., Hillsboro, Or.; Trent

Withers. Withers Lumber Co.. Woodburn, Or.; Dennis Orem, Jerry's Home Improvement Center, Eugene. Or.: Steve Kerr. Kerr Ace Hardware. Brookings, Or.: Robert Hodgins. Ashland Lumber Co.. Ashland. Or.: Charley Miller, Miller Lumber Co., Bend, Or.; Pat Curran, JR Lumber, Middleton, Id., and Paul Thomae.

Thomae Lumber Sales. Laurel. Mt. Members at large are Tom Dunn. Dunn Lumber Co.. Seattle, Wa.; Paul Street. BMC West Corp., Boise. Id.. and David Dittmer. Lumbermen's. Olympia, Wa. Suppliers council chairman is Lester Sjoholm, LNS Sales Inc., Lacey. Wa., and Young Westerners Club president is Kimberly Akre, Pacific Building Center. Blaine, Wa.

Lumber Association of California & Nevada hosted Major League Baseball manager Dusty Baker during its l0th annual convention Nov.9-ll at the Hyatt Grand Champions Resort. (Please turn to page 44) bobpalacioz@ sbcglobal.net