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Vol. 23 No. 5 The Softwood Industry’s only newspaper.....now reaching 43,462 firms (20,000 per issue) September/October 2008 WRCLA Conference Draws Record Attendance SLMA Presidential Appointment Highlights Annual Event By Wayne Miller Victoria, B.C.—A record crowd recently attended the Western Red Cedar Las Vegas, Nev.–After a well-attended Annual Conference here recently at Lumber Assoc.’s (WRCLA) Cedar Summit Conference, held here at the Delta the Red Rock Casino, Resort and Spa, the Southeastern Lumber Manufacturers Victoria Ocean Pointe Resort and Spa. The three-day event was themed, Assoc. Inc. (SLMA) is now preparing for its Fall Board and Committee Meetings, “Adapting To Changing Dynamics,” and featured speakers from the WRCLA, set for Oct. 7-8 at Wyndham Peachtree Conference Center in Peachtree City, Sustainable Forestry Initiative and several forestry companies. Ga. Day one included the Cedar Shamble golf tournament at the Olympic View Golf At its recent Annual Conference, Debbie Brady was named president of the Club, as well as a “meet n’ greet” in the Ocean Pointe Resort ballroom. A bar- SLMA, headquartered in Tyrone, Ga. Brady joined SLMA in 1993, and previous- becue dinner was provided by WRCLA. Day two featured the Cedar Summit ly served as vice president of public affairs. She replaced outgoing SLMA Conference, a chairman’s reception, a chairman’s banquet followed by a musi- President Steve Rountree, who retired. cal performance by Atlantic Crossing, and a chairman’s cocktail reception. The “I’m honored by the confidence of our board of directors and members and event drew to a close with a farewell breakfast. deeply appreciative of the opportunity to succeed Steve as president of SLMA,” The Cedar Summit Conference featured speakers such as Karen Brandt, vice Brady said. “His leadership has created a strong team and strong program and

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Steve Sprenger, Sprenger Midwest Inc., Sioux Falls, S.D.; Jamie Patterson and Bob Bell, Bolen- Furman and Jeannie Brodie, Charles Ingram Lumber Co., Effingham, S.C.; and Sharon and Mark Brunson-Bell Lumber Co., Memphis, Tenn.; Lynne and Wayne Miller, The Softwood Forest Anthony, Anthony Forest Products, Atlanta, Texas Products Buyer, Memphis, Tenn.; Elaine and Carlos Furtado, Sawarne Lumber Co. Ltd., Richmond, B.C.; and Ron Enyeart, Enyeart Trading Group, Portland, Ore. ILP Sponsors Networking Opportunity Umpqua Holds 10th Annual Mill Week By Terry Miller By Wayne Miller Coeur d’Alene, Idaho—More than 200 members and spouses of the Inland Riddle, Ore.—The Umpqua Valley Lumber Assoc., headquartered here, Lumber Producers Assoc., based in Boise, Idaho, recently attended a four-day recently hosted its 10th annual Mill Week. The three-day event attracted more networking event at the Coeur d’Alene Resort here. than 200 customers, who participated in several mill tours, the Hellgate Jetboat The festivities included Inland Lumber’s 25th annual golf tournament, which was Excursion and a golf scramble. played on the Coeur d’Alene Resort Golf Course. The second day featured the The beginning of the week featured mill tours at C & D Lumber Co., Riddle, Ore.; annual horse race, followed by a barbecue dinner at the Hayden Lake Country Douglas County Forest Products, Winchester, Ore.; D.R. Johnson Lumber Co., Club. During the final day of the event, attendees enjoyed a “Steaks on the Lake” Riddle, Ore.; Roseburg Forest Products, Dillard and Riddle, Ore.; and the dinner at the Coeur d’Alene Resort Golf Course. Swanson Group, Grants Pass, Roseburg and Glendale, Ore. In addition to the Top winners of the golf tournament included: Bill McGovern, Pacific Western mill sponsors, Union Pacific Railroad was an honorary sponsor. Also on the first Lumber Inc., Lakewood, Wash., first gross, and Dale Rodekhur, Tampa day, more than 90 attendees enjoyed the Hellgate Rogue River Jetboat International Forest Products LLC, Tampa, Fla., first net, Flight 1; Matt Brajcich, Excursion in Grants Pass, Ore., which included dinner at the O.K. Corral restau- Cavalar Lumber Inc., Mead, Wash., first gross, and Larry Tommerup, Matheus rant. Mid-week consisted of more mill tours, as well as a safari themed happy Lumber Co. Inc., Vancouver, Wash., first net, Flight 2; Frank Peaslee, Plum hour and dinner at the Seven Feathers Hotel & Casino Resort in Canyonville, Creek Manufacturing Inc., Meridian, Idaho, first gross, and John Ransom, Ore. The event concluded with a golf tournament at the Myrtle Creek Golf Shamrock Forest Products Inc., Bend, Ore., first net, Flight 3; Erol Deren, Riley Course in Myrtle Creek, Ore. Creek Lumber Co., Laclede, Idaho, first gross, and Joe Herrera, Buckeye Pacific • Additional photos on pages 22 & 24 Continued on page 25 Additional photos on pages 24 & 26

Bill McGovern and Joe Nealon, Pacific Western Lumber Inc., Lakewood, Wash.; Vicki Jahns, Leslie Boies, Julie Rogers, Lee Greene, Kris Lewis and Tonya Gabbard, C&D Lumber Co. Inc., Bennett Lumber Products Inc., Princeton, Idaho; Dave and Lori Andersen, Hampton Lumber Riddle, Ore. Sales, Portland, Ore.; and Bob Jahns, Bennett Lumber Products Inc. Page 2 The Softwood Forest Products Buyer WHO’S WHO IN SOFTWOODS British Columbia Business Trends

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By Gary Tattrie, Director- 2008 GLOBAL BUYERS Sector Programs MISSION (GBM) The countdown is on for our signature event to be held at beautiful Whistler, needs of the value-added industry in B.C., on Sept 11-13. Most manufactur- B.C., so an extensive series of one-on- ers exhibiting are from British Columbia one interviews was conducted with a but there will also be participants Jeremy Asher Omar Derkach Durae J. Miller from other parts of Canada. This year’s international attendees Jeremy Asher works Omar Derkach, 72, has Durae J. Miller is the include buyers from China, with North Pacific’s worked with Mid Valley inside sales coordinator Europe, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Structural Panel Division Lumber Specialties, of at Richardson Timbers Mexico, Pakistan, Taiwan, the in Portland, Ore., as a Aldergrove, B.C., for just in Dallas, Texas. U.S.A. and Vietnam. Also attend- trader buying and selling over one year. He says Richardson Timbers ing over the period of the show plywood and oriented he can’t bring himself to handles Fir, Cedar and will be approximately 95 archi- strand board (OSB) for completely retire from Tru-Dry® products, tects from Canada and the U.S. cross section of value-added manufac- the western region. such a great industry. square post stringers, turers grouped in the following sectors: The Structural Panel Derkach has enjoyed the corbels, brackets and BUSINESS INNOVATION Millwork, Cabinets, Furniture, Prebuilt Division manufactures lumber industry for over rafter tails. The company PARTNERSHIP Housing, Engineered Wood Products, plywood and OSB for 50 years, starting at purchases approximately The Business Innovation Log Home & Timber Frame, and wholesale, retail, industri- Sauder Industries. Over 2.5 million board feet of Partnership is a new program that pro- Remanufactured Wood Products. al and manufacturing the years Omar has held lumber annually. vides business development and The following were identified as issues trades in a variety of dis- such positions as planer Miller recently celebrat- expansion services to the value-added and needs of the value-added industry: tribution options including man, millwright and gen- ed four months with the wood products industry in British Labor–Availability/recruitment, Skills, mixed loads. The ply- eral mill maintenance. He company. She is a gradu- Columbia. Retention and Training; Marketing–New Continued on page 30 Continued on page 30 Continued on page 16 This program is a partnership between and emerging markets, market intelli- BC Wood and FP Innovations (Forintek) gence and skills development; Business and will combine the expertise of both Organization–planning, organization, IT organizations. Expert advice and serv- systems and managerial training; ices will be available through this pro- Manufacturing/Technology–Manu- gram in: Business Development facturng efficiency, new processes/tech- Services; Marketing Services; Product nology, product development; Development & Design Services; and InformationRegulatory issues, market Technological Services. intelligence, government programs; This program is open to all manufactur- Wood Supply–Availability of logs (espe- ers in the value-added wood products cially WRC), certain high value/quality industry (not just BC Wood members) lumber; Small/Family Business and addresses the needs of a study Issues–Too busy to grow, succession, previously reported in The Softwood information; and Management Buyer (April 2007 edition). The ultimate John E. Greene Mark Hardin Shannon W. Mussman Networking–Managers feel isolated, no goal of the program is to make the B.C. obvious colleagues, forum for exchange John E. Greene is the R. Mark Hardin is the Shannon W. Mussman industry better suppliers to their U.S. of Ideas/views on common issues. president of Woodworks purchasing director for is the commodity buyer and offshore customer base. Lumber and Sawmill in North American Forest for All American Homes Before initiating the program, it was Florence, Colo. Products Inc. in of Iowa LLC, located in important to understand the issues and • Woodworks Lumber and Edwardsburg, Mich. Dyersville, Iowa. In his Sawmill manufactures North American Forest position, Mussman pur- peeled poles (2-inches Products specializes in chases lumber, drywall, through 12-inches in lumber, trusses, panel insulation and oriented diameter), corbels, vigas, products and LVL (lami- strand board (OSB). THE chain saw carvings and nated veneer lumber) for All American Homes of sculptures in Ponderosa the recreational vehicle, Iowa manufactures mod- Pine, Engelmann manufactured housing, ular home buildings in a WASHINGTON Spruce, Douglas Fir, mobile offices and facili- controlled environment, aspen and white oak. ties, packaging, industrial and specializes in 2x10 SCENE They also custom cut and retail industries. The 14-feet, 2x10 16-feet, large beams and special- company manufactures 2x4, 2x6, 2x8, 2x12, Continued on page 30 Continued on page 30 Continued on page 30 Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac,” said Sandy Dunn, president of the National Assoc. of Home Builders (NAHB). “We Rehwinkel Assumes Board Chairmanship; commend Congress and the President for taking this action to provide much- needed relief to the American people.” Wagner Elected Vice Chair Richard F. Gaylord, president of the National Assoc. of Realtors (NAR), For more APA news and information, log onto www.apawood.org Bush Signs Housing added, “The National Assoc. of Realtors ABS Consulting, a firm specializing in Bill Into Law and its 1.2 million members commend Michael Rehwinkel, vice chairman of President George W. Bush for his quick the APA Board of Trustees, has identification of dust explosion hazards, accident prevention and mitigation, and President Bush recently signed into action in signing the housing stimulus assumed the chairmanship of the law H.R. 3221, the Housing and bill today. This legislation will go a long Association. He succeeds Jim Enright, risk management. Registration is limited to 75 people and Economic Recovery Act of 2008. The way to help stabilize the housing market who recently resigned from the position landmark housing legislation is aimed at and make the dream of homeownership and the APA Board upon his departure is $450 if made on or before September 25. The registration fee is discounted ending the current cyclical downturn in more attainable for many Americans. In from APA member company Standard the housing industry, helping homebuy- addition, more families will be able to Structures Inc. Rehwinkel is president- for APA members. Online registration can be completed from the events cal- ers and strapped borrowers and refinance into safer, more affordable wood products at Georgia-Pacific Wood strengthening the housing finance sys- mortgages, in many cases helping those Products LLC, Atlanta, Georgia. He has endar of AF&PA’s website at www.afandpa.org. tem. families avoid a devastating foreclo- served on the APA Board of Trustees Key elements of the bill include: a tem- sure.” since 2006. APA Elected to Canada Wood porary first-time homebuyer tax credit; Mistake Leaves Softwoods The Board also elected Jeffrey Group Board of Directors Federal Housing Administration (FHA) Wagner, executive vice president, OSB Unprotected Under Lacey Act APA Vice President and Secretary Ed modernization and expansion; govern- at Louisiana-Pacific Corporation, as APA ment-sponsored enterprise (GSE) Although Congress recently voted to vice chairman. He too joined the APA Elias will serve as the Association’s rep- resentative on the board of directors of reform; a mortgage revenue bond pro- override the President’s veto on the Board in 2006. As vice chairman, gram; and a low income housing tax Lacey Act, Softwoods were left unpro- Wagner will also assume the chairman- Canada Wood Group, an alliance of wood products industry associations credit. tected because an incomplete copy of ship of the APA Finance Committee for The centerpiece of the housing bill is the Farm Bill was sent to the President. the 2009 budget cycle. that coordinates funding for international market development projects sponsored the temporary, $7,500 first-time home- A Softwood lumber requirement and Combustible Dust by the Canadian and British Columbian buyer tax credit for the purchase of any other miscellaneous provisions that Workshop Planned governments. home. The tax credit can be used for were mistakenly left out will have to be homes purchased between April 9, addressed later. A workshop on identifying and mitigat- APA was recently admitted as a mem- ber of the Group. The organization 2008, and July 1, 2009. New amendments to the Lacey Act, ing combustible dust hazards in the “This milestone bill contains several which was included in this year’s Farm wood products industry will be held maintains offices and engages in export promotion activities in Japan, China, provisions to get homebuyers back into Bill, are intended to protect forests October 23 at the Hilton Atlanta Airport the marketplace, stop the slide in home worldwide from deforestation and keep in Atlanta. The one-day program is Taiwan, South Korea, the United Kingdom and Belgium. prices, provide a lifeline to borrowers illegal wood products from entering the sponsored by the American Forest & facing foreclosure, improve mortgage United States. Under the law, retailers Paper Association in cooperation with liquidity and bolster confidence in Continued on page 16 Continued on page 37 September/October 2008 Page 3 Table of Contents

FEATURES:

WRCLA Conference ...... 1 SLMA Annual Event ...... 1 Inland Lumber Producers ...... 1 Umpqua Holds 10th Annual Mill Week . .1 Daniels Wood Land ...... 4 C&D Lumber Co...... 10 Architect Tour At Cersosimo Lumber . .12 Boise Guest Hit The Speedway ...... 13 Mary’s River Event ...... 14 Idaho Veneer Hosts Customer Appreciation 16 Tri-ProTm Welcomes Guests For 21st Year .17 Potlatch Social Attracts Crowd ...... 19 Painting Green with PPG BCWLA Names Lumberman Of The Year . .21 Pacific Coast Event Draws 18,000 . . . . .23 DEPARTMENTS: Sustainability: Who’s Who in Softwoods...... 2 APA–Board Chairmanship/Vice Chair. . 2 “Humanity has the ability to make development British Columbia Business Trends. . . . 2 Washington Scene...... 2 sustainable – to ensure that it meets the needs of Retail Review ...... 5 & 6 the present without compromising the ability of West Coast Business Trends...... 8 Midwest Business Trends ...... 8 future generations to meet their own needs.” Ontario/Quebec Business Trends . . . . . 27 H. Brundtland (Chair) South/Southeast Business Trends . . . . . 27 Our CommonFuture Western Business Trends...... 29 World Commission on Environment and Development Northeast Business Trends...... 29 Oxford University Press, New York, 1987 Stock Exchange ...... 33, 34 & 35 Trade Talk ...... 39 Softwood Calendar ...... 45 Classified Opportunities ...... 45 & 46 Index of Advertisers ...... 46

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These are some of the critters that Daniels Wood Land, headquartered in Paso Robles, Pictured are a carved bear and deer that Daniels Wood Land This tree house is one of the company’s best sellers. Calif., can produce. made. Johnny was in grade school- drawing Paso Robles, Calif.–At Daniels over shingles and a fence board or two. Their John Wayne-like dad could always pictures instead of listening to his Wood Land, located here, the creativity These are elaborate playhouses that find more chores if they looked bored. teacher. and good ideas have certainly become have to be seen to believe They were always up to something cre- “During high school, Johnny started one, and they have hit the ball out of the Ron grew up, with his twin brother, ative, and the forts they built were carving small faces and made a little park–or tree for that matter. Johnny and their older brother on a incredible. As Johnny started carving in money when he sold them,” Ron said. “A Brothers Johnny and Ron Daniels head ranch. They were a real life Tom the early 1990’s, Ron headed off to col- short time later he tried carving with a up the company, which specializes in Sawyer-like bunch of country boys. After lege. chainsaw- he was a natural right from the tree houses. These are not the ordinary the chores were done, they had free The beginning of Daniels Wood Land beginning. He’s been carving ever since tree houses with a few 2x4’s, some left- playtime, as long as they used it wisely. can be traced all the way back to when then. In 1997 Johnny decided to build a special tree house from his bear charac- ters and the rest is history.” Today, Ron is president and coordinates the general business activities with his brother. These two are very creative and Need long timbers? a little crazy. Life’s too short to waste time.

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This tree house is themed Monkey Mansion Call Zip-O-Log for timbers up to 52'. Storybook. There are seven or eight standard tree house packages, which are built in two main pieces: the playhouse and the log. It is a tree house that comes with its own G The warmth and natural beauty of Douglas fir tree. Playhouses are made from Call the Zip-O-Log Timber Team Redwood siding. timbers for exposed timber applications “The logs are real, old fallen trees that for outstanding solid-sawn timbers we hollow out using a chainsaw,” Ron G said. “To get into the playhouse, simply We select trees that meet size and quality criteria enter the door in the hollow log, climb up and unmatched attention to detail. from environmentally managed Douglas fir forests. the ladder in the center of the log and pull yourself through the trap door in the floor of the playhouse. Kids or no kids, G Zip-O’s hand-crafted production enables custom our tree houses are incredible additions Sales 541-343-5854 to any landscape. With tree houses like sizes up to 52' lengths and 48" x 48" dimensions. these, it’s hard to say who’s the most excited—the kids or the parents.” G Rough sawn or surfaced (up to 20" x 28") – Custom tree house packages are up to the customer’s imagination. clear-wax end seal and anti-stain treatment “Many of the designs we produce for clients are entirely custom,” Ron said. “If Eugene, Oregon they want Robin Hood, Tiki Huts, Old G Unsurpassed sales and product support – West, a giant Pirate Ship, or anything 541-343-7758 • Fax 541-683-4241 they can think of, we can build and deliv- get the right timber at the right time. er a truly unique piece.” www.zipolog.com The company also manufactures char- acters out of large pieces of wood. Continued on page 30 September/October 2008 Page 5 Structural Components Installation and gram, which includes an expanded the Parr Marketing Group. product line, certified training for RETAIL REVIEW Johnson previously worked for eight employees and an interactive Web site years with Wells Fargo as vice president designed for builders, their clients and and principal banker. He also served as homeowners. southeast and southwest quadrants O’Brien Named NLBMDA vice president of small business admin- “The Green Building program we’ve put than some of our competitors. This geo- President istration, business development officer in place is an exciting project for us; it’s graphic footprint and gains in market- and vice president of senior relationship a comprehensive and responsible solu- Washington, D.C.—Michael P. share have allowed our sales to remain manager with Wells Fargo. tion,” said Mike Moore, vice president of O’Brien was recently named president consistent even as starts have In related news, Parr Lumber opened a materials management. As part of the of the National Lumber and Building declined.” Green Building commitment, TW Perry Materials Dealers Assoc. (NLBMDA), 84 Lumber has been going through a achieved Forest Stewardship Council headquartered here. reorganization period this year, as the (FSC) certification and Sustainable In the position, O’Brien will guide company has eliminated bad debt, Forestry Initiative (SFI) chain-of-custody NLBMDA’s organi- reduced payroll and closed or consoli- certification through SGS’ Qualifor pro- zational perform- dated a number of unprofitable loca- gram. ance, provide tions. The lumberyard chain also recent- Founded in 1911, TW Perry is one of strategic leadership ly entered into two five-year financing new location in Frederickson (Tacoma), the largest independent pro-sales lum- and serve as the packages worth $590 million. Wash., its second Puget Sound lumber- ber and building material dealers in the association’s yard. mid-Atlantic. The company specializes spokesperson on • Parr Lumber Co. operates 41 lumber- in serving remodelers, home and deck national legislative Parr Lumber Welcomes yards, retail outlets, component plants builders. TW Perry employs more than and regulatory New CFO and cabinet shops in Oregon, 360 people. issues. He will work Washington, California, Arizona and with the Federated Hillsboro, Colo.—Parr Lumber Co., Utah. • members to devel- based here, recently named Steve ProBuild Acquires Big Buck Building Centers op NLBMDA’s Michael P. O’Brien Johnson as its new chief financial offi- • national policy cer. In the position, Johnson will oversee Denver, Colo.—ProBuild Holdings agenda and grow all financial responsibilities for Parr’s six TW Perry Introduces Green Inc., based here, recently purchased Big the lumber and building materials dealer companies, which include Parr Lumber, Building Program Buck Building Centers, a combined lum- industry presence. Parr Cabinet Outlets, Cascade Gaithersburg, Md.—TW Perry, a beryard, truss plant and millwork facility “Michael is a huge asset to the NLBM- Wholesale Hardware, Northwest six-unit chain of lumberyards and show- in Racine, Wis. Located between DA community,” said Harold Baalmann, Structural Components, Northwest rooms, headquartered here, recently Milwaukee and Chicago, Big Buck com- NLBMDA chairman and owner of the introduced a new Green Building pro- Wichita, Kan.-based B&B Lumber. “His Continued on page 6 leadership and decades of expertise in our industry will prove invaluable to our association as we continue to push our national agenda for America’s building material suppliers.” Prior to joining NLBMDA, O’Brien served as chief operating officer for the Manufacturing Housing Institute, a posi- tion he held for 10 years. He also worked as assistant vice president of state and local affiliate services for the National Assoc. of Home Builders.

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84 Lumber Receives FSC Certification At 26 Stores

Eighty-Four, Pa.—84 Lumber Co., based here, recently received Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) chain-of-custody certification for 26 of its stores. The locations include Chandler, Ariz.; Beaumont and Heseria, Calif.; Henderson, Colo.; Fort Myers, Fla.; Gurnee, Ill.; Mount Airy, Md.; Wyoming (Grand Rapids), Mich.; Las Vegas, Nev.; Rochester, Middletown, Ithaca, Elma, Watertown and Riverhead, N.Y.; North Eaton, Painesville, Macedonia and Massillon, Ohio; Bridgeville, Carion, Mars, Grove City and Eighty Four, Pa.; Karns (Knoxville), Tenn.; and Moundsville, W.Va. With the certification, these stores will be able to sell FSC-certified material, both in stock and through special orders on a project-by-project basis. The company also recently opened new stores on 17.18 acres in McFarland, Wis., and on 13.41 acres in Bethel Heights, Ark. In related news, 84 Lumber Co. recent- ly posted its first monthly profit of the year, as sales had remained flat since December 2007. Primarily dependent on single-family housing starts, 84 Lumber saw sales begin to drop in April 2006. Dan Wallach, 84 Lumber’s chief finan- cial officer, said, “Because we are a national company with half of our loca- tions in the northeastern quadrant of the country, we have been somewhat less affected by drops in housing starts in the Page 6 The Softwood Forest Products Buyer begin on the 162,000-square-foot Virginia. Sedalia store. New openings include 117,000- RETAIL REVIEW Menards also recently opened a square-foot stores in North Peoria, 240,000-square-foot store on 20 Ariz.; Shepherdsville, Ky.; and North Continued from page 5 and Chester, N.Y., and Franklin, N.J. acres in Tipp City (Dayton), Ohio, as Winchester, Va. The retailer invested The company minimized job layoffs by well as a store in Escanaba, Mich. approximately $18.5 million into each plements ProBuild’s strategy to location. aggressively build out its national foot- reassigning 27 employees to other The firm will open a location on 17.5 print by enhancing existing market locations. coverage and expanding manufactur- ProBuild Holdings is the nation’s ing capacity. largest supplier of building materials “Chicago and Milwaukee together to professional contractors. ProBuild comprise one of the top five markets currently operates more than 550 lum- in the United States and are key to ber and building product distribution, ProBuild’s strategy,” said Dale manufacturing and assembly centers acres in Fairfield Township, Ohio, by Kukowski, ProBuild North region pres- serving 41 U.S. states. spring 2010. ident. “Big Buck is a well-run opera- Menards has more than 240 stores in tion that strengthens our access to • Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, North and key markets and allows us to better Menards Plans Expansion meet the needs of our growing cus- South Dakota, Missouri, Ohio and Into Missouri The company also opened stores in tomer base.” Wisconsin. The company is expected th E. New Orleans, La.; Richardson and Founded in 1929 by Garrett Veestra, Eau Claire, Wis.—Menards, locat- to enter a 12 state, Wyoming, later W. Spring, Texas; Vernon Hills, Ill. Big Buck is a third-generation family- ed here, recently announced plans to this year. Openings are expected later this year owned independent business. The add a second and third home • in Alamo Ranch, Texas; Emporia, company, which operates a building improvement store in Missouri. Big- Lowe’s Opens New U.S. Prince George and S. Stafford, Va.; materials distribution center in box stores in both Columbia and Stores, Plans Canadian Marquette, Mich.; Waxhaw, N.C.; and Racine, Wis., serves professional Sedalia, Mo., are expected to open in Expansion next year in Cromwell, Conn.; contractors, and specializes in fram- 2009. Abington, Mass.; W. Eugene, Ore.; ing systems and millwork/trim pack- Menards entered Missouri in 2007 Mooresville, N.C.—Lowe’s Cos. and Weslaco, Texas. ages. with its first location in St. Joseph, Inc., headquartered here, recently In related news, Lowe’s Canada, In related news, ProBuild recently Mo., which is on the northwestern bor- held a grand opening ceremony for which is based in North York, Ont., will closed its locations in Montgomery der of the state with Kansas. As of three new U.S.-based stores at loca- press time, construction had yet to tions in Arizona, Kentucky and open three new stores during the fourth quarter of 2008. The three stores will be located in Belleville, Whitby and South Windsor, Ont., all located varying distances east of DiPrizio’s Eastern White Pine Toronto and bordering Lake Ontario. Lowe’s entered Canada in late 2007, The Brand Built On Trust with three locations in South Brampton, Brantford and Hamilton, For more than Half-A-Century! Ont. Additional locations include North Brampton, East Willimbury, Maple and Scott Brown DiPrizio Pride continues to Listen & Toronto, Ont. The Canadian Lowe’s stores are dif- Understand your customer’s needs while ferent than their U.S.-based sister our people work hard to deliver on every locations in that they offer a “help but- ton” in most every aisle designed to one of them. bring an associate within 60 seconds, as well as a three-in-line policy for DiPrizio Pine Sales checkouts. If lines have more than three customers, another line will David Mansfield Your Complete Source open up so customers don’t have to Manufacturing & Delivering DiPrizio Quality wait. Product Selection, On Time & Complete • Home Depot Plans South Satisfaction Guaranteed Carolina RDC NELMA Patterns Mill & Custom Patterns Smyrna, Ga.—The Home Depot Inc., headquartered here, recently Danny Nickerson * Double-milled with Weinig Moulder finish announced plans to build a new rapid 4/4, 5/4, 6/4 and Timbers deployment center near Dixiana, S.C. The $25 million deployment center, Re-manufacturing services including: which is expected to employ about Mixed Loads, PTL, Partial Units, Partial 300 people and be com- Loads, Custom Programs, Custom Kiln Drying pleted within the next Paul Moulton Trucking arrangements By DiPrizio Pine Sales three years, will serve retail outlets 1-603-473-2314 in the Carolinas, Tennessee and Georgia. In related news, Home Depot opened Earl Perrino stores in E. Palmdale, Calif. and Patton Township, Pa., and plans to open locations in Auburn and La Verne, Calif. The Home Depot is one of the world’s largest home improvement specialty retailers, with 2,260 retail stores in all ROUTE 153, 5 KING’S HIGHWAY 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin islands, Jamie Moulton MIDDLETON, NH 03887 Guam, 10 Canadian provinces, 1-888-330-8467 Mexico and China. The company employs more than 300,000 associ- E-mail: [email protected] ates. Fax: 1-603-473-8531 Manufacturers of Eastern White Pine • Chris Doyle September/October 2008 Page 7

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On the plus side this cus- By Paul Miller Jr. pointing towards a turnaround in late tomer has told me that he is quoting a lot Assistant 2009. “When it does come back, I don’t of business, which is a good sign. I’m Managing Editor think we’ll see it steady out for awhile,” Comments from actually selling more into Oregon these he said. “We won’t see it near the boom suppliers from days.” According to we had in the past. People will be a little northern California Darren Duchi, sales manager for sources in the bit more cautious and not jump out and up to British Siskiyou Forest Products, Anderson, Midwest, Texas build 9 million homes for 100,000 peo- Columbia included Calif., said, “Although July was fairly has remained the ple.” no superlatives in busy, right now a lot of buyers are sitting bright spot of the North Dakota Survives Struggling mid-August. on their hands. They are waiting to see region. While busi- Housing Market Instead, phrases what the next six to 12 months will bring. ness has slowed, included, “It’s a No one really wants to commit. These the state’s job mar- According to the North Dakota Assoc. tough market”; “We’re plugging along”; days we are working harder and getting ket is still attracting residents from out- of Realtors, the North Dakota housing “There is no demand”, “Sales are okay, better at selling smaller volumes of of-state. market has begun slowing, despite an but volumes are down, along with mar- wood. Our sales of window, door and A Texas-based custom millwork and overall stable market. gins”; “We’re hanging in there” and “It’s cabinet material are not as strong as timbers manufacturer said the state con- “Our people didn’t over speculate (the a struggle.” they have been in past years at this time tinues to be “the best market out there. housing market) here like they did in In today’s market price is not the issue; of year. However, we are still running It’s slowed down just a tad, but not a other states,” said Jill Beck, executive buyers are very cautious and simply will two shifts five days a week. I find in whole lot on our end. It’s definitely not vice president for the North Dakota not buy until they need the item. sales that it’s a good idea to aim high enough to make me worried.” Assoc. of Realtors. Because of that, Pat Murphy, who heads up the Pacific and shoot for the moon. If you miss, you The source, citing the Dallas Business there are fewer foreclosures in North Western sales office in Lake Oswego, still end up with good numbers. If you Journal, said approximately one out of Dakota, less than 1 percent of loans are Ore., said, “My sales to California are aim at a pile of manure, that’s all you seven people moving from one state are defaulted in the state and houses are way off this year. I tend to do most of my end up with when you hit it. Right now moving to Texas “because of the avail- selling for roughly the same price they business with buyers in the foothills of you have to set realistic goals and work able jobs.” did a year ago. the Sierra Mountains, in areas like hard to reach them. The Texas contact said summer tem- However, there has been a slowdown Sacramento. I’m making sales here and “It will be interesting to see where our peratures often exceeding 100 degrees in home sales in recent months. Houses there, but sales are down about two- wood will be coming from in five years. are to blame for slower production in Bismarck and Mandan are staying on thirds compared to a year or two ago. With our weak dollar, other countries are schedules recently. “The job sites have the market longer than in previous Generally the California market is really, to start and finish so early because they years, climbing from 63 days in 2007 to Continued on page 37 can’t stand the heat. You just can’t get 82 days this year, and there are more homes up for sale. “There is definitely activity out there,” said Nancy Deichert of the Bismarck Mandan Board of Realtors. “Certainly we had our boom years. Fortunately, we didn’t boom at the same pace the finan- It doesn’t get Greener than Red. cial markets did.” Builder Confidence Drops In Midwest According to the National Assoc. of Home Builders (NAHB)/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI), builder confidence recently declined six points to 10 in the Midwest, the region’s lowest HMI score since regional data was intro- duced in December 2004. Nationwide, builder confidence for newly built single-family homes fell to a record low of 16. The index gauges builder perceptions of current single- family home sales and sales expecta- tions for the next six months as either “good,” “fair” or “poor.” The HMI’s three components all hit record lows including the index gauging current sales conditions, which fell one point to 16; the index gauging sales expectations in the next six months, which dropped four points to 23; and the index gauging traffic of prospective buy- ers, which receded four points to 12. Mark Dotzour, chief economist of the Real Estate Center at Texas A&M University in College Station, said builders are learning to deal with the housing boom fallout that was created Mary’s River Western Red Cedar, that is. by a “grand social experiment” of lower- ing barriers to buying a house and pro- vided mortgages to those with bad cred- it. Mary’s River Lumber Company has been committed Western Red Cedar’s warm tone, natural New Home Sales Increase to environmental stewardship since its inception grain, and rich texture make it the product In Midwest According to a report by the Commerce over 35 years ago. From our energy efficient, state- of choice for siding, decking, railing, and Department, the Midwest recently of-the-art plants, to our proficient use of timber and reported a monthly sales gain of 2.5 per- fascia, , no one does Western Red cent for newly built single-family homes. resources, Mary’s River is a leader in Red Cedar Cedar like Mary’s River. Give us a call Nationwide, new home sales dipped 0.6 “green” production. percent to a seasonally adjusted annual at 1-800-523-2052 rate of 530,000 units. Sandy Dunn, NAHB president, said the Western Red Cedar is by nature “green.” Mary’s housing and economic stimulus bill, which was signed into law by President River Red Cedar is manufactured from abundant, Bush, should edge up weak sales num- bers. “This legislation will boost confi- fast growing, second-growth resources. It is durable, dence in the housing finance system, decay and insect resistant, has no chemical preser- bring some stability to the overall market and stimulate sales as first-time buyers vatives, is clean and safe to handle, and is 100% start taking advantage of a tax credit of up to $7,500,” she said. renewable, unlike cement and plastic composites. David Seiders, NAHB chief economist, Mary’s River Lumber Co. said the report shows that builders are Mary’s River’s manufacturing requires less energy 4515 NE Elliott Circle making some progress in reducing the inventory of unsold units. According to than steel, cement-based wood substitutes, and Corvallis, OR 97330 the report, the inventory of new homes Toll Free 800-523-2052 for sale eased down 5.3 percent to plastic-based composites. Our plants are closely 426,000 units. This represents a 10- regulated for environmental compliance. Fax 541-752-5143 month supply at the current sales pace. www.marysriverlumber.com Continued on page 38 September/October 2008 Page 9

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Riddle, Ore.–Alfred Johnson estab- people, Great products, Great cus- recently joined the C&D sales lished his sawmill in 1890 on the banks of tomers.” team as the marketing/sales manager. said, “We had a strong desire to bring a the Coquille River, where Port Orford Today, C&D Lumber Co., which pro- Prior to joining C&D Lumber Co., Leslie marketing emphasis to our experienced Cedar was the preferred building materi- duces a variety of products from Douglas was a marketing manager for an owner sales team. Leslie’s marketing skills, al among the area’s native Americans Fir, Incense Cedar and Port Orford and developer of shopping centers, communications skills and commitment and early settlers. Over a century later, Cedar, is very unique in its business where she played a key role in the devel- to working successfully with others has Alfred’s grandson, Bud Johnson, is the model of not being a sawmill that is man- opment and implementation of the com- already proven to be a great asset to both current president of C&D Lumber Co., ufacturing driven, but is driven more by pany’s marketing plans. She holds a C&D Lumber Co. and our customers.” located here, near the Coos and Douglas the market and customer needs. They bachelor’s degree in Business According to Leslie, “I am very excited to County line (hence the name, C&D). have also recently started to see the Administration and Marketing from be a part of the C&D team. I highly value Over the years, Bud has continued to value and long-term benefits in strategic Oregon State University. Brad Hatley, their dedication to mutually beneficial build a successful business on the repu- marketing. To help jump-start the market- general manager of C&D Lumber Co. relationships with employees, sharehold- ers, customers, community and suppli- ers. In my role, my hope is to build stronger relationships with our customers and to help build win-win marketing pro- grams.” With this new approach, C&D can work more effectively with their customers in providing marketing support such as part- ner advertising, support for contractor shows, sample product displays, website links, reference materials and research support. C&D Lumber Co. prides itself on the dedication of its employees and it is no different within the sales/shipping team, which is made up of individuals that col- lectively have over 60 years of experi- ence in the lumber industry. Kris Lewis, product manager, has been in the indus- try since junior high when her stepfather started Billboard Lumber. Lee Greene, product manager, started in the business right out of high school and loves the fact that he works in one of the last industries where a million dollars of business is done daily on a hand shake, an e-mail, a fax and the integrity of those in the indus- try. Julie Rogers, sales administrative assistant, has worked at C&D since 1999 and enjoys talking to customers and being a support to the sales team. Tanya Gabbard, shipping coordinator, started at C&D 14 years ago doing clean-up. Today, she enjoys the fast-paced operation of the shipping department and going the extra mile to service their customers. One of the product lines that C&D is most proud of is its Premium Exposed® Product Line. In 2004, C&D Lumber revised its sawmill to produce blemish- free 2-inch and timbers that are free of dirt, nicks and chain marks. Premium Exposed® rough timbers are anti-stain and anti-mold treated, then paper- wrapped to preserve its blemish-free appearance. 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Seth Berkowitz, Neval Pektas and Chee Xu, Goody, Clancy & Associates Susan Pranger, Goody, Clancy & Associates Inc., Boston, Mass.; Phil Steve Hardy (far left), owner of Green Mountain Forestry, Brattleboro, Inc., Boston, Mass.; Dan Harrison, Cersosimo Lumber Co. Inc., Mann, Cersosimo Lumber Co. Inc., Brattleboro, Vt.; and Annie Reed and Vt., leads a tour of architects from Goody, Clancy & Associates Inc., Brattleboro, Vt.; and Steve Hardy, Green Mountain Forestry, Brattleboro, Raymond Urban, Goody, Clancy & Associates Inc. Boston, Mass., around Cersosimo Lumber Co. Inc., also in Brattleboro. Vt.

Brattleboro, Vt.—As certified years ago, that is owned by Steve’s “FSC has done tremen- forestry grows in popularity, it is impor- brother, Jeff. Jeff Hardy handles Eastern dous marketing about tant to truly understand what programs White Pine industrial sales at Cersosimo what they’re doing, but like the Forest Stewardship Council Lumber Co. Steve noted that the archi- the program is too cost entail and why “green” is becoming the tects, who represented Goody, Clancy & prohibitive for many new buzzword. In that vein, Green Associates Inc. in Boston, Mass., also small woodland owners,” Mountain Forestry, a forestry consultant toured a 60-acre woodlot in he said. “The firm owned by Steve Hardy, recently led Dummerston, Vt., last cut 50 years ago, Sustainable Forestry a group of over 20 architects on a tour of that is owned by Peter Doubleday. The Initiative (SFI) and the several timberland projects as well as projects incorporated thinning and Tree Farm Program are Cersosimo Lumber Co. Inc., headquar- mechanized logging respectively. a little more reasonable. tered here. Steve Hardy said that the projects are “There is a huge confu- The group surveyed three projects, good examples of the type of work that sion about what FSC is including a 27-acre woodlot, last cut 20 has been accomplished over the last 50 and what it isn’t,” Steve Jeff Wooding, Goody, Clancy & Associates Inc., Boston, Mass.; Jeff Hardy, to 60 years without certification. Cersosimo Lumber Co. Inc., Brattleboro, Vt.; Jennifer Gaugler, Ashley McClure added. “If honey is not and Patrick Gehlhoff, Goody, Clancy & Associates Inc. organic, does it mean it’s not good honey? If it’s not FSC certified forestry, does it mean it’s not good forestry? We wanted to showcase that while these jobs are not certified per se, the forestry on them is exemplary.” Steve said he hopes the tour cleared up a lot of confusion that architects have about the role of certified woods in the forest products industry as well as other details. “The architects didn’t realize that foresters actually go in, mark the trees and make sure everybody is properly insured,” Steve said. “They were really intrigued by how we do things as foresters. When we went to Cersosimo’s sawmill, they were amazed at the order- liness of it all. Logs aren’t just dropped off in a pile and sawn up. They’re prop- erly graded and scaled.” In addition to the tour and dinner, the group asked questions about forest cer- tification, which Dan Harrison, vice pres- ident and general manager of Cersosimo Lumber Co., addressed. Jeff Hardy said there was good, mean- ingful discussion from both sides. “It was very informative for us to understand the architects’ thought processes behind their spec building projects,” he said. “It was informative for them to understand THE REDBAG that while these timber lots are not certi- fied, there are very good harvesting practices going on and that lumber is equal to any FSC-certified lumber.” Steve Hardy, a licensed forester in SOLUTION Vermont, New Hampshire and Massachusetts, also co-owns a non- profit forest foundation, the Northeast Regional Forest Foundation, with Rob We wrapped it in red to make a statement: The quality of our Maine-grown white pine and our O’Halloran. Together, the two travel to passion for doing whatever it takes to meet your needs and specifications set an unsurpassed schools and universities during their down time to promote the “wise use of standard. Make your own statement with Eastern White Pine from Hancock Lumber. natural resources in a free market econ- omy.” • World renowned • Unmatched Product For more information about the Eastern White Pine Flexibility Northeast Regional Forest Foundation, visit www.nrff.org. • Expansive Pattern • Unrivaled Service Established in 1947 by Anthony F. Selection Cersosimo, Cersosimo Lumber Co. Inc. • Superior Product is one of the largest producers of high • Premium Quality Performance quality Eastern White Pine and north- eastern hardwood in New England. Cersosimo manages approximately 12,000 acres of company-owned timber- lands, of which a majority are enrolled in QUALITY & SERVICE WORLDWIDE current use programs and subject to the firm’s own written forest management plans. Sales Contact: 207-627-7605 For more information, contact www.hancocklumber.com Cersosimo Lumber Co. Inc. at 802-254- 4508, visit www.cersosimolumber.com or e-mail [email protected].

• September/October 2008 Page 13 BOISE Guests Hit The Speedway By Terry Miller

Lloyd Hill, Boise Cascade, Memphis, Tenn.; Steve Adkisson, Buck Building Supply, Scotts Hill, Tenn.; Brian Jones and Rick Gibson, Peoples Building Tim Wilson, Chris Waller and David McClian, Owen Lumber Co. LLC, Travis and Mack Fawcett, and Tonya Brotherton, Fawcett Lumber Co. Material, Pontotoc, Miss.; (front kneeling) Dennis Moody, Buck Building Memphis, Tenn.; Drew Weckman, Boise Cascade, Memphis, Tenn.; and Inc., Hickory Valley, Tenn.; Elvis Lloydhill, Boise Cascade, Memphis, Supply, Parsons, Tenn.; and Charles Thomas, Boise Cascade Chuck Sivley, Owen Lumber Co. LLC Tenn.; and Jay Fawcett, Fawcett Lumber Co. Inc.

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Phil Petree, OrePac, Tacoma, Wash.; Paul Zartman, OrePac, Wilsonville, Tony Avery, Mary’s River Lumber Co., Corvallis, Ore.; Randy Dover, Old Steve Pozo, Lakeside Lumber, Lake Oswego, Ore.; Matt Yates, Capital Ore.; Kevin Jacobsen, Lakeside Lumber, Tualatin, Ore.; and Rick Ingram, Deschutes Lumber Inc., Bend, Ore.; Gary Farland, Golf Dynamics Inc., Lumber Co., Phoenix, Ariz.; Mark Inglis, RFL Group, Lake Oswego, Ore.; Mary’s River Lumber Co., Corvallis, Ore. Vancouver, Wash.; and Rick Shoemaker, R.B. Lumber, Portland, Ore. and Gary Knight, R.B. Lumber, Oregon City, Ore.

Raymond Luther, Mary’s River Lumber Co., Corvallis, Ore.; David Gene Klohs, Eugene Forest Products Inc., Eugene, Ore.; John Bartlett, Tom Avery, Mary’s River Lumber Co., Corvallis, Ore.; Ross Beaton, Bank of Estrada, All State Distributors, Lubbock, Texas; and Kyle Danilson, High General Freight Services, Portland, Ore.; Chuck Dansky, Billboard America, Portland, Ore.; Monte Clough, Weyerhaeuser Hardwoods & Desert Trading Inc., Bend, Ore. Lumber Products Ltd., Riddle, Ore.; and Mitch Clason, Cascade Industrial Products, Springfield, Ore.; and Steve Locey, retired, Corvallis, Ore. Warehouse, Salem, Ore. Corvallis, Ore.—More than 80 cus- tomers and guests recently enjoyed a day of golf sponsored by Mary’s River Lumber Co., headquartered here. Lunch, dinner and prizes to tournament winners highlighted the day, which No Order is offered plenty of time to network with peers in the industry. Winners of the ninth annual golf tourna- ment included: First place — Jim Steele, Weatherly’s Inc.; Marc Crozier, 4-C’s Lumber Co. Too Tall Inc.; Donn Thomas and Rick Enos, Real Wood Products Second place — Brandon Kirkbride, Bank of America; Craig Hodgson, Cascade Warehouse; Chad Kavanagh and Pete Kelley, Mary’s River Lumber or Co. Third place — Gene Klohs, Eugene Forest Products Inc.; John Bartlett, General Freight Services; Chuck Dansky, Billboard Lumber Products Ltd.; and Mitch Clason, Cascade Warehouse Too Small Fourth place — John Harris and Jeff Jameson, iLevel by Weyerhaeuser; Dave Halsey and Chase Lamothe, Patrick Lumber Co. Closest-to-the-pin winners were Andy West of High Desert Trading Inc., and Chad Kavanagh of Mary’s River Lumber Co. Long drive winners were Chad WeWe manufacturemanufacture everythingeverything fromfrom 1”1” xx 2”2” xx 6’6’ upup toto 24”24” xx 24”24” xx 32’32’ Continued on page 31 inin eithereither unseasonedunseasoned oror kiln-dried,kiln-dried, rough,rough, surfaced,surfaced, oror aboutabout anyany patternpattern imaginableimaginable Species: White Fir (Grand Fir) Doug Fir Spruce and Cedar Gary Curtis, Columbia River Log Scaling, Eugene, Ore.; Ted Curtis, Weyerhaeuser Hardwoods & Industrial Products, Springfield, Ore.; and Steve OurOur SpecialtySpecialty IsIs TheThe SpecialtiesSpecialties Herman, Boise Cascade, Monmouth, Ore. Dave Rodman, Mary’s River Lumber Co., Philomath, Ore.; Dave Ivanoff, Hampton Affiliates, TM Salem, Ore.; Ed Hendrix, Longview Timber, TRI-PRO CEDAR PRODUCTS INC. Longview, Wash.; and Kevin Hannam, Norlift of 1122 HIGHWAY 2 • OLDTOWN, IDAHO 83822 Oregon, Portland, Ore. TEL: (208) 437-0653 • FAX: (208) 437-0579 TOLL FREE (800) 488-2726 E-MAIL: [email protected] TRI-PROTM FOREST PRODUCTS 2007 KONKOVILLE RD. • OROFINO, IDAHO 83544 TEL: (208) 437-0653 • FAX: (208) 437-0579 TOLL FREE (800) 488-2726 E-MAIL: [email protected]

WEB: www.triprocedar.com Additional photos on pages 26 & 28 September/October 2008 Page 15 Page 16 The Softwood Forest Products Buyer IDAHO VENEER Hosts Customer Appreciation Day By Terry Miller

Tom Ellis, Detroit Forest Products Inc., Detroit, Mich.; Dan Malloy, Idaho Bill McGovern, Pacific Western Lumber Inc., Lakewood, Wash.; Leonard Veneer Co., Post Falls, Idaho; Jim Smith, Veneer Resource, Boise, Idaho; and Malloy, Idaho Veneer Co., Post Falls, Idaho; Dale Mantay, Detroit Forest Matt Dierdorff, MFP of Oregon, Tualatin, Ore. Products Inc., Westland, Mich.; and David Jaffee, Russin Lumber Corp., Montgomery, N.Y. Rick Palmiter, Idaho Veneer Co., Post Falls, Idaho; Mike Durk, Durk Wholesale Lumber Co., Hayden, Idaho; Mike Gruenke, Burlington Northern Railway, Spokane, Wash.; and Irene and Larry Holguin, All-Coast Forest Products, Chino, Calif. Worley, Idaho—Idaho Veneer Co., headquartered in Post Falls, Idaho, recently sponsored a customer appreci- ation golf tournament at the Circling Raven Golf Club, located here. Those in attendance took advantage of the chance to net- work with others in the industry, as well as to hone their golfing skills. Idaho Veneer Co., known as “The Idaho White Pine Experts,” built its mill in Idaho a half-century ago to take advantage of the nation’s best source of Idaho White Pine. Marty Weimer, Western Timber Products Inc., Coeur d’ Alene, Idaho; John Idaho White Pine is known for its durability, finer grain, less Malloy, Idaho Veneer Co., Post Falls, Idaho; Terry Miller, The Softwood Forest Brett Johnson, Dakeryn Industries Ltd., North Vancouver, B.C.; Dan Campbell, Products Buyer, Memphis, Tenn.; and Dennis Houghton, Arthur A. Posey Co., Cedar Pine Veneer, Samuels, Idaho; Leonard Malloy, Idaho Veneer Co., Post pitch and tighter knots. Portland, Ore. Falls, Idaho; and Joe Nealon, Pacific Western Lumber Inc., Lakewood, Wash.

Idaho Veneer Co. also cuts a variety of other species to fit the needs of the dis- criminating builder and craftsmen. Production includes selective supply and constant log yard rotation, yielding boards with pleasing knot structures and less stain. The company utilizes a scientific man- ufacturing process that measures drying time and moisture content precisely for each piece of wood that is cut. Sorts are kept to a minimum to preserve the qual- ity of the wood manufactured at Idaho Veneer. •

APA - Continued from page 2

APA Partners with IBHS on New Website APA is among a number of building product associations that have partnered with the Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS) on development of a new IBHS website (www.ibhstraining.org) designed to train government officials and building professionals in the Gulf Coast region on code administration and high-wind construction products and techniques. The free online training includes a series of video presentations on educat- ing building inspectors, setting up a building department and other duties associated with code enforcement. The training program also includes construc- tion videos showing code-specific aspects of the building process and proper installation of key construction components. APA contributed information on shear wall and diaphragm design, which is a key aspect of the Association’s Gulf Coast rebuilding program. That program also focuses on raised wood floors. For more APA News and Information, go to www.apawood.org. •

WHO’S WHO - Miller Continued from page 2

ate of Richardson High School in Richardson, Texas. Miller has three children and one grand- child. She enjoys scrapbooking and sewing.

• September/October 2008 Page 17

TRI-PRO™ Welcomes Guests For 21st Year By Terry Miller

Ron Brady, Merritt Bros. Lumber Co. Inc., Athol, Idaho; Mike and Brenda Mike Walker, Tri-Pro Cedar Products Inc., Oldtown, Idaho; Carolee Merritt, Randy Brown, R.B. Lumber Co. Inc., Oregon City, Ore.; Judy and Mel Gannon, All-State Forest Products LLC, Spokane, Wash.; Cindy Wood, Merritt Bros. Lumber Co. Inc., Althol, Idaho; Terry Miller, The Softwood Forest Fitzpatrick, Crawford Creek Lumber Co. Ltd., Vancouver, B.C.; Gary Intermountain-Orient Inc., Phoenix, Ariz.; and Terry Baker, Tri-Pro Cedar Products Buyer, Memphis, Tenn.; Holly Janhsen and Shawn Walker, Tri-Pro Knight, R.B. Lumber Co. Inc.; and Boyd Bower, AMI Forest Products, Products Inc., Oldtown, Idaho Cedar Products Inc. Boise, Idaho

Mike Zorich, Bruce, Chris, and Steve Mortensen, Superior Stain, Oldtown, Mike Boeck, Lance Hubener and Ron Cluster, Tri-Pro Cedar Products Bill Artigliere, Mid-State Lumber Corp., Branchburg, N.J.; Larry Holguin, All- Idaho; Lauren Cuealla, Low Grade Lumber, Coeur d’ Alene, Idaho; and Troy Inc., Oldtown, Idaho; and Charlie Cantrell, National Bark, Langford, Coast Forest Products Inc., Chino, Calif.; and Bill Malloy, Malloy Lumber Co. Langist, Low Grade Lumber, Seattle, Wash. Idaho Inc., Kingston, Idaho Post Falls, Idaho—More than 60 guests recently participated in Tri-Pro™ Cedar Products’ 21st annual Mosquito Scramble. The event, held at the Prairie Falls Golf Course, featured a NASSAU for- mat with prize money for the first, second and third on the front nine, back nine and Continued on page 31

John Ransom, Shamrock Trading, Bend, Ore.; Mark Inglis, SRF Group, Lake Oswego, Ore.; and Kirk Plagge, Intermountain-Orient Inc., Boise, Idaho

Troy Langist, Low Grade Lumber, Seattle, Wash.; Ron DURGIN Cluster, Tri-Pro Cedar Products Inc., Oldtown, Idaho; Linda Lambert, Olympic Industries, Vancouver, B.C.; and Lynn Wood, Intermountain-Orient, Mesa, Ariz. CROWELL

TRIED AND TRUE. Manufacturers of Quality Eastern White Pine

Terry Baker, Julie Anderson, Steve Hirst and Lance Hubener, Tri-Pro Cedar Products Inc., Oldtown, Idaho

Heath and Jane Hartwig, H2 Engineering & Survey • 30 Million BD FT of Production DURGIN & CROWELL LUMBER CO. LLC, Hayden, Idaho; and Julie and Frank Anderson, Tri-Pro Cedar Products Inc., Oldtown, Idaho • 630,000 BD FT of Dry Kiln Capacity 231 Fisher Corner Rd. • Inline Moisture Detectors New London, NH 03257 • Waco 30 XL Moulder P: 603-763-2860 • Modernized Cut Up Shop F: 603-763-4498

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WRCLA PHOTOS - Continued from page 1

Ross and Eunice Gorman, and Leah and Rob Marusic, Downie/Selkirk Steve Power and Patsy Reis-Power, Power Wood Corp., Surrey, B.C.; Margaret and Doug Clitheroe, Interfor, Maple Ridge, B.C.; and Patti and Wood Specialty Ltd., Revelstoke, B.C. and Marnie and Chris Beveridge, Skana Forest Products Ltd., Dave Sweeney, Quadra Wood Products Ltd., Abbotsford, B.C. Richmond, B.C.

Jack and Diane Draper, director, Western Red Cedar Export Assoc., Jay Kim, Samik Co. Ltd., Seoul, Korea; Jack Draper, Western Red Cedar Jeff and Kathleen Norman, Norman Distribution Inc., Medford, Ore.; Vancouver, B.C.; Mike Drew, Bayswood Timber Wholesalers Pty. Ltd., Export Assoc., Vancouver, B.C.; and Wendell MacLoud, Thorlynne Pty Matt Yates, Capital Lumber Co., Phoenix, Ariz.; and Jason Allen, Melbourne, Australia; Rick and Vicky Harris, Interfor, Maple Ridge, B.C. Ltd., Sydney, Australia Cascade Capital, Tacoma, Wash.

Dave and Paula Freeman, Tumac Lumber Co. Inc., Portland, Ore.; Harry John Reed, Enyeart Trading Group, Tigard, Ore.; Ryan Furtado, Sawarne Danny Bachman, Dixie Plywood Co., San Antonio, Texas; Curtis Walker, Erskine, Still Creek Forest Products Ltd., Coquitlam, B.C.; and Alan Lumber Co. Ltd., Richmond, B.C.; Chad Kracht, Dixie Plywood Co., San The Walden Group, Maple Ridge, B.C.; and Stewart Clark, Twin Rivers Lazauskas, Skana Forest Products Ltd., Vernon, B.C. Antonio, Texas; and Ben Meachen, Twin Rivers Cedar Products, Maple Cedar Products Inc., Maple Ridge, B.C. Ridge, B.C.

Archie Rafter, Arcwood Trading Inc., West Vancouver, B.C.; and Matthew Don Demens, Andersen Pacific Forest Products Ltd., Maple Ridge, B.C.; Michelle, Matt, Nik and Cees de Jager, Western Red Cedar Lumber Carter, Herman Pacific Ltd., Auckland, New Zealand Terry Gaines, Northwest Forest Products, Tacoma, Wash.; Michael and Assoc. (WRCLA), Vancouver, B.C. Janet Wheeler, Interfor, Maple Ridge, B.C.; and Chris Lynch, Reid and Wright Lumber Inc., Broomfield, Colo.

Rowe McGregor, JSC Timber, Auckland, New Zealand; Cal Dyck, Quadra Roger Vernon, Samuel Strapping Systems, Delta, B.C.; Gord Smith, Rick Cornell, Rainbow Play Systems, Brookings, S.D.; Ted and Greg Wood Products Ltd., Abbotsford, B.C.; and Donna and Matt Pedrone, Samuel Strapping Systems, Vancouver, B.C.; Graham Gibbs, JSC Smith, Gilbert Smith Forest Products Ltd., Barriere, B.C. Cabot, Newburyport, Mass. Timber, Auckland, New Zealand; and David Jeffers, PPG Machine Applied Coatings, Raleigh, N.C.

Ray Pauwels, Skana Forest Products Ltd., Richmond, B.C.; Archie Don Demens, Andersen Pacific Forest Products Ltd., Maple Ridge, B.C.; Christian Brash, John Brash & Co. Ltd., Nottingham, United Kingdom; Rafter, Arcwood Trading Inc., West Vancouver, B.C.; and Bob Rick Jeffery, Coast Forest Products Assoc., Vancouver, B.C. and Garick Jay, Interfor, Maple Ridge, B.C. Thompson, Western Forest Products, Vancouver, B.C. Additional photos on page 20 September/October 2008 Page 19

POTLATCH Social Attracts Crowd By Terry Miller

Chris Meyer and Steve Springer, Springer Midwest Inc., Sioux Falls, Konnie Kelly, Potlatch Forest Products Inc., Lewiston, Idaho; Sam Bass, Debbie Bolgren, Weekes Forest Products Inc., St. Paul, Minn.; Suzette S.D.; Barbara Couch, Potlatch Forest Products Inc., Lewiston, Idaho; Vandermeer Forest Products Inc., Kent, Wash.; Bridget Dryden and Mac Kelly, Gaylord, Potlatch Forest Products Inc., Lewiston, Idaho; Jack Davis, and Brian Cook and Scott Knutson, Springer Midwest Inc. Potlatch Forest Products Inc., Spokane, Wash.; Isabella Flynn, Direct Idaho Timber Corp., Boise, Idaho; Jan Ford, Edmund Allen Lumber, Advantage, Portland, Ore.; and Demetria Bass, Vandermeer Forest Products Momence, Ill.; and Dave Bolgren, Weekes Forest Products Inc. Inc.

Tim Cornwell, Blue Lynx Group, Atlanta, Ga.; Barbara Couch, Potlatch Forest Chad Collmann, North Star Forest Products, St. Paul, Minn.; Derek Chris and Casey Whallon, Holly Moore and John VavRosky, Potlatch Products Inc., Lewiston, Idaho; Tim Mellgren, Empire Building Materials Inc., Dryden, Potlatch Forest Products Inc., Spokane, Wash.; and Marilyn and Forest Products Inc., Spokane, Wash. Missoula, Mont.; Ron Liebelt, Exterior Wood Inc., Washougal, Wash.; and Bob Jim TeBos, Weekes Forest Products Inc., Comstock Park, Mich. Mai, Potlatch Forest Products Inc Coeur d’Alene, Idaho—Potlatch Forest Products Corp., headquartered here, recently hosted a crowd of invited guests and business associates on the outdoor plaza of The Coeur d’Alene Continued on page 31

Rick Kelly, Potlatch Forest Products Inc., Lewiston, Idaho; Ken Ford, Edmund Allen Lumber, Momence, Ill.; and Marjie and Gunnar Brinck, Disdero Lumber Co., Clackamas, Ore.

Dave Jaffee, Russin Lumber Corp., Montgomery, N.Y.; Bob and Cathy Dewald, Reid & Wright Lumber Inc., Broomfield, Colo.; and Allen Gaylord, Potlatch Forest Products Inc., Lewiston, Idaho.

Jack Davis, Idaho Timber Corp., Boise, Idaho; Allen Gaylord, Potlatch Forest Products Inc., Lewiston, Been There, Sawn That Idaho; and Brock Lenon and Dennis Badesheim, Idaho Timber Corp.

Jason Marks and Sheila Mellgren, Empire Building Materials Inc., Missoula, Mont.; Mike Wood, Empire Building Materials Inc., Bozeman, Mont.; and Rick Green, Potlatch Forest Products Inc., Spokane, Wash. Need pine? Then you need these guys. tel: (208) 773-4511 Their quest for good lumber goes into Idaho’s vast timberlands. fax: (208) 773-1107 The finest White Pine and Ponderosa Pine is their quarry. www.idahoveneer.com Let ‘em crank up the saws for you. Page 20 The Softwood Forest Products Buyer

WRCLA PHOTOS - Continued from page 18

Peter Alexander, Holden Humphrey Co., East Hampton, Mass.; and Dave Cheung, Canadian Overseas Log and Lumber, Vancouver, B.C.; Lynne Miller, The Softwood Forest Products Buyer, Memphis, Tenn.; Dan Dave Komar, Northwest Forest Products, Tacoma, Wash. Brad Meeker, Meeker Errington Cedar Products, Errington, B.C.; and Cherry and Betty Woods, Colorado Forest Industries, Denver, Colo.; and Richard McRae, Western Red Cedar Export Assoc., Vancouver, B.C. Jeff and Kathleen Norman, Norman Distribution, Medford, Ore.

Cal Dyck, Quadra Wood Products, Abbotsford, B.C.; Greg Smith, Chris and Nancy Lynch, Reid and Wright Inc., Broomfield, Colo.; and Carol and Kevin Mason, Equity Research Associates, Gibsons, B.C.; Gilbert Smith Forest Products Ltd., Barriere, B.C.; and Peter Lang, gen- Paula and Dave Freeman, Tumac Lumber Co., Portland, Ore. and Bruce Cheng and Sandra Coll, Cedarshed Industries (1992) Inc., eral manager, WRCLA, Vancouver, B.C. Langley, B.C.

Rick Cornell, Rainbow Play Systems, Brookings, S.D.; Ed Burke, WRCLA, Bruce St. John and Annabel Mackay, Western Forest Products, Bob Bell and Jamie Patterson, Bolen-Brunson-Bell, Memphis, Tenn.; Riverhead, N.Y.; Mark Rutledge, Shakertown, Winlock, Wash.; John Harris, Vancouver, B.C.; and Elaine and Carlos Furtado, Sawarne Lumber Co. and Frankie and Jim Epperson, Epperson Lumber Co., Statesville, N.C. Weyerhaeuser Hardwoods & Industrial Products, Tacoma, Wash.; and Jeff Ltd., Richmond, B.C. Derby, Western Forest Products, Vancouver, B.C.

David Roche, Abbey Woods, Dublin, Ireland; Bruce Cheng, Cedarshed Bruce St. John (right), WRCLA chairman-elect, Western Forest Becky and Steve Rountree, SLMA, Tyrone, Ga. Industries (1992) Inc., Langley, B.C.; and Justin Dutton, Machined Products, Duncan, B.C., presents a plaque to Ted Smith, Gilbert Smith Timber Services, Dublin, Ireland Forest Prducts Ltd., Barriere, B.C., for his outstanding career in the lum- ber industry during the past 60 years.

SLMA PHOTOS - Continued from page 1

Ken, Sally and Will Morgan, Morgan Lumber Co. Inc., Red Oak, Va. Lisa and Charlie Thomas, Shuqualak Lumber Co., Shuqualak, Miss., Jay Moore, Timber Products Inspection, Conyers, Ga.; William Almond, Claude Gregory, Signode, Greensboro, N.C.; and Jeff Cowley, USNR, Almond Brothers Lumber, Coushatta, La.; and Roland Stern, Great Jacksonville, Fla. South Timber & Lumber, Lake City, Fla.

Lou Ann Fricano, Pennsylvania Lumbermens Mutual Insurance Co., Mary Shaffer, West Elizabeth Lumber Co., Elizabeth, Pa.; Norman and John and Amanda Morgan, Morgan Lumber Co., Red Oak, Va.; Steve Philadelphia, Pa. Thuy Murray, U•C Coatings Corp., Buffalo, N.Y.; and Carl Shaffer, West Whaley, Conner Industries, Fort Worth, Texas; and Jenna Riddle, Elizabeth Lumber Co. Conner Industries Additional photos on page 22 September/October 2008 Page 21 BCWLA Declares Dalton B. Lewis Lumberman Of The Year By Jack Hetherington

Dalton B. Lewis, AFA Forest Products Inc., Bolton, Ont., BCWLA 2008 Chris Beveridge, Skana Forest Products, Richmond, B.C.; David Jamie Greenough, Global Futures Corp., Vancouver, B.C.; Murray Lumberman Of The Year; Yuri Lewis, wife of Dalton Lewis, Welco Lumber Bartsch, Sinclar Enterprises Ltd., Prince George, B.C.; and Alan Huston, Mercure and Ernie Thony (retired), West Fraser Mills, Vancouver, B.C. Corp., Vancouver, B.C.; and Gudmund (Gudy) Gudmundseth, Coast Roofing, Marathon Forest Products Inc., N. Vancouver, B.C. Maple Bay, B.C.

Tony Darling, Skana Forest Products, Richmond, B.C.; Dave Gillis, Arnie Thompson, Antrim Cedar Products, Surrey, B.C.; Christine Harper, Larry Taddei, BCWLA Past President; Eric Hetherington and Robert Seymour Canadian Forest Products, N. Vancouver, B.C.; Brett Johnson BCWLA Executive Assistant; and Charlie Loo, Evergreen Empire Mills Mackey, Fraser Pacific Lumber Co., N. Vancouver, B.C. and Roy Falletta, Dakeryn Industries Ltd., N. Vancouver, B.C. Inc., Burnaby, B.C.

Richmond, B.C.–It was billed the battle of the eyebrows recently in the Whistler Ballroom of the elegant River Rock Casino Resort, located here, where the British Columbia Wholesale Lumber Association (BCWLA) crowned Dalton B. Lewis its Lumberman Of The Year. It was billed battle of the eyebrows because everyone seated at the head table was sporting bushy fakes in sym- pathy with the tangled forest the guest of honor legitimately has growing above his DIMENSION eyes. LUMBER BCWLA President Jack Hetherington, of Evergreen Empire Mills, Burnaby, • Green/Dry Douglas Fir B.C., made the presentation but not • Green/Dry Hem-Fir before the “Mighty Dalt” rotisserated on A COMMITMENT TO • Spruce, Pine, Fir (SPF) the spit before the assembled multitudes • European Spruce th at the 28 Annual BCWLA Roast being PANEL held in his honor. Service and Sustainability Hampton Lumber Sales PRODUCTS Basted royally by a regal array of carries a full range of products Roasters, which included such luminar- that we ship from our seven • OSB Hampton Affiliates offers a wide selection of exceptional Pacific Northwest forest products, ies as Russ Hanna, former lumber freight mills and four reload locations in • Sanded Plywood sold by the container, railcar, and truckload. Our transportation services meet our wholesale Oregon, Washington, California, manager at B.C. Rail, North Vancouver, and British Columbia. • Sheathing B.C., Tony Darling of Skana Forest customers’ needs for consistent performance and just-in-time delivery. Hampton’s flagship • Underlayments Products, Richmond, B.C., Gudmund mill in Willamina, Oregon, is the largest single-site producer of lumber in the U.S. We also own • Marine Grades (Gudy) Gudmundseth of Coast Roofing, • Melamine Maple Bay, B.C., and the esteemed 167,000 acres of timberland in Oregon and Washington, and manage nearly 300,000 acres • Particleboard Ernie J. Harder of Col-Pac Lumber, of public forestlands in British Columbia. With our size comes responsibility. We’re committed Vancouver, B.C. Dalton Lewis was sub- • Rough Sawn Sidings jected to an evening of ribald abuse. to meeting and exceeding best practices for sustainable forestry. Our dedication to land STUD LUMBER “And who better to receive such back- stewardship enables us to fulfill today’s needs without compromising the ability of future • 2x4 5’ to 10’ PET handed praise – and heavy on the back- gen erations to enjoy and benefit from our forests. Hampton’s operations in our mills and handed, I might add,” declared • 2x6 6’ to 10’ PET Roastmaster Tom Davis of Taiga Building timberlands demonstrate that production and sustainability can go hand in hand. • Web Stock Products, Burnaby, B.C. ENGINEERED The annual BCWLA Award Roast is a WOOD major event on the Association’s social calendar. A society registered in the • Roseburg Framing Province of British Columbia with roots System™; Joists, going back to 1946, the BCWLA endeav- Headers, Beams, ors to foster, maintain and develop com- Rimboard munication and cooperation among lum- CLEARS & ber wholesalers and other branches and INDUSTRIAL levels of the lumber industry, govern- LUMBER mental agencies and the public in gener- al. • 1x2 to 4x12 Comprised of 28 full members and 17 • Lengths 2’ to 24’ associate members, the BCWLA, in • Domestic and addition to philanthropic initiatives, Export Grades strives to promote high standards of • Surfacing and business conduct, integrity, and cama- Standard Patterns raderie in the wholesale lumber industry. • Custom Patterns And it is to that end that the BCWLA and Packaging sponsors four major social events • Bar Coding throughout the year: a “Family Night” • Length barbeque with the Oakland A’s affiliate Merchandising Vancouver Canadians Professional Baseball Club in July, a major golf tour- nament in August, a “Smoker” in December, where high profile speakers rally the troops in a social setting, and the famous Lumberman Of The Year Roast each summer when the BCWLA honors someone whose exemplary con- duct and career has benefited in a posi- tive manner, not only themselves but the HAMPTON LUMBER SALES • CORPORATE OFFICE PORTLAND, OR lumber industry in general and society as 503/297-7691 • www.hamptonaffiliates.com

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SLMA PHOTOS - Continued from page 20

Bryant Beadles, Balfour Lumber, Thomasville, Ga.; Charlie Kable, Brunette Jeff Miller, Treated Wood Council, Washington, D.C.; Debbie Brady, Mike Wood, Empire Building Materials Inc., Bozeman, Mont.; and Vicki Industries, Ball Ground, Ga.; and Digges Morgan, Southern Forest Products Southeastern Lumber Manufacturers Assoc., (SLMA) president, Tyrone, Ga.; and Bob Jahns, Bennett Lumber Products Inc., Princeton, Idaho Assoc., Kenner, La. and Steve Brady, guest.

INLAND PHOTOS - Continued from page 1

Dave Tripp, Tripp Lumber Co. Inc., Missoula, Mont.; Rick Petzoldt, Allied Alan Shearer, Robinson & Dybdahl Inc., Des Moines, Iowa; Bob Mai, Potlatch Matt Kelly, Potlatch Forest Products Inc., Spokane, Wash.; Chad Midwest, Sioux Falls, S.D.; Sam McCray, Mint River Lumber Inc., Tulsa, Okla.; Forest Products Corp. Inc., Lewiston, Idaho; and John VavRosky and Derek Collmann, North Star Forest Materials, St. Paul, Minn.; and Mike Flynn, Randy Brown, R.B. Lumber Co. Inc., Oregon City, Ore.; and Daryl Richardson, Dryden, Potlatch Forest Products Inc., Spokane, Wash. Direct Advantage Inc., Wilsonville, Ore. Central Forest Products Inc., Canby, Ore.

Adele and Jim Pepple, Boise Cascade, Boise, Idaho; Kurt Batey and Jack, Terry and Sarah Henderson, North Pacific Lumber Co., Portland, John Branstetter, Vaagen Bros. Lumber Inc., Colville, Wash.; Linda Hannon Ron Tiller, T. J. Forest Products Inc., Napa, Idaho; and Sue Herms, Ore.; and Frank Beaslee, Plum Creek Remanufacturing, Meridian, Idaho and Pat Carper, Bennett Forest Industries, Coeur d’ Alene, Idaho; and Scott Herms Lumber Sales, Orange County, Calif. Knutson, Springer Midwest Inc., Sioux Falls, S.D.

Dan Seid, Western Timber Products Inc., Coeur d’ Alene, Idaho; and Jim Vandegrift, Bennett Lumber Products Inc., Princeton, Idaho; Randy Nicole Heimbigner, Russ Malloy (seated), Mark and Gabe Heimbigner, Sally and Steve Killgore, Cascade Structural Laminators, Eugene, Ore. Maxwell, Industrial Lumber Sales Inc., Hamilton, Mont.; and Ted and Dan and Wendy Malloy, Idaho Veneer Co., Post Falls, Idaho Roberts, Roberts & Dybdahl Inc., Des Moines, Iowa

Bob and Vicki Jahns, Bennett Lumber Products Inc., Princeton, Idaho; Terry Miller, The Softwood Forest Products Buyer, Memphis, Tenn.; Pat and Justin Malloy, Idaho Veneer Co., Post Falls, Idaho; and Sara, and Bill McGovern, Pacific Western Lumber Inc., Lakewood, Wash. Chery Lackey, Idaho Veneer Co., Post Falls, Idaho; and Sherri Poldervart Katelyn, Jacob and Buzz Wylie, Wylie Lumber Sales Inc., Roseburg, Ore. and Bob Lackey, Idaho Veneer Co.

Erol Deren, Riley Creek Lumber Co., Laclede, Idaho; Ron Liebelt, Exterior Wood Inc., Washougal, Wash.; Mark Tim and Betsy Denton, Tri-Pro Cedar Forest Products Inc., Orofino, Idaho; Joe Malloy, Becky Thompson Mitchell, Stimson Lumber Co., Portland, Ore.; and DeAnne and Dave Fuhrman, Boise Cascade, Lake Oswego, Ore. and Russ Malloy, Idaho Veneer Co., Post Falls, Idaho Additional photos on page 24 September/October 2008 Page 23 Pacific Coast Event Draws More Than 18,000 Photos By Charles Gesell

Kate Clark and Don Barnes, The Collins Companies, Portland, Ore. Heath Stai, Matt Prince, Bill Reavely and Ron Gurss, Boise Cascade, Mark Vuozzo and Sean Testar, SC Bluwood Inc., Carlsbad, Calif. Boise, Idaho

Linda Carr-Auer and Doug Auer, BC Wood Specialties Group, Langley, Front Row: Patrick Head and Jared Hillier Back Row: Dan Gauthier, Rob Renee Strand, Tim Johnson, Curt Nierman, Don Ricca, Kate Grobe and B.C. Head, and Brandon Eisentrager, Universal Forest Products, Grand Greg Wells, iLevel by Weyerhaeuser, Federal Way, Wash. Rapids, Mich.

San Francisco, Calif.–More than 18,000 attendees got the message that “green is good” at the recent Pacific Coast Builders Conference (PCBC), held here recently at the Moscone Center. Continued on page 31

Gary Pittman, Guy Selleck and Paul Erickson, Roseburg Forest Products, Roseburg, Ore.

Duane Engard and Jim Carlson, Teal-Jones Group, Surrey, B.C.

Gary Davey and Mike Pidlisecky, Woodtone, Seattle, Wash.

Frank Stewart of Western Wood Products Association, Portland, Ore.

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INLAND PHOTOS - Continued from page 22

Kathy and Steve DeZwarte, Pella Corp., Pella, Iowa; Colleen Palmiter, Steve and Janie Traetz, Detroit Forest Products Inc., Plymouth, Mich.; Lynn and Cindy Wood, Intermountain Orient, Mesa, Ariz.; Debbie and John and Susie Malloy, Idaho Veneer Co., Post Falls, Idaho; and Mike Jim Vandegrift, Bennett Lumber Products Inc., Princeton, Idaho; and Ron Cluster, Tri-ProTM Cedar Products Inc., Oldtown, Idaho; and Rita and and Heidi Crenshaw, Mount Bachelor Pine Sales, Big Fort, Mont. Chris Lecce, Montana Lumber Co., Hamilton, Mont. Dennis Ebel, Bitterroot Valley Forest Products, Missoula, Mont.

Mike Bailey, North Pacific Lumber Co., Portland, Ore.; Tim Black, Bright Wood Roger and Carol Hughes, Spokane Cedar Products Inc., Spokane, Frank Beaslee, Plum Creek Remanufacturing, Meridian, Idaho; Kirk Corp., Madras, Ore.; Bill Artigliere, Mid-State Lumber Corp., Branchburg, N.Y.; Wash.; Terry Baker, Tri-ProTM Cedar Products Inc., Oldtown, Idaho; and Blagge, Intermountain Orient Inc., Boise, Idaho; Bill Ahrns, Plum Creek Rick Palmiter, Idaho Veneer Co., Post Falls, Idaho; Irene and Larry Holguin, All Ryan Kline, Disdero Lumber Co., Clackamas, Ore. Remanufacturing; and Matt Brajcich, Cavalar Lumber Inc., Mead, Wash. Coast Forest Products, Chino, Calif.; and Randy Brown, R.B. Lumber, Oregon City, Ore.

Jeff Hunt, ProBuild Inc., Arlington, Wash.; Jim and Linda Scharnhorst, Ted Roberts, Roberts & Dybdahl Inc., Des Moines, Iowa; Allen Schearer, Dan and Wendy Malloy and Colleen Palmiter, Idaho Veneer Co., Post Pat Carper and Linda Hannon, Bennett Forest Industries, Coeur d’ Alene, Roberts & Dybdahl, Inc., Ottumwa, Iowa; and Jan Muse and Matt Kelly, Falls, Idaho; Irene Holguin, All Coast Forest Products, Chino, Calif.; and Idaho Potlatch Forest Products Inc., Spokane, Wash. Rick Palmiter, Idaho Veneer Co.

Vicki Jahns, Bennett Lumber Products Inc., Princeton, Idaho; Suezette Dave Bolgren, Weekes Forest Products Inc., Minneapolis, Minn.; Bill John and Maureen Branstetter, and Debbie, Duane and Russ Vaagen, Gaylord, Potlatch Forest Products Inc., Lewiston, Idaho; Debbie Artigliere, Mid-State Lumber Corp., Branchburg, N.Y.; Dawn Watts, Vaagen Bros. Lumber Inc., Colville, Wash. Bolgren, Weekes Forest Products Inc., Minneapolis, Minn.; and Jan Hampton Lumber Sales, Portland, Ore.; and Jim Vandergrift, Bennett Ford, Edmund Allen Lumber Co., Momence, Ill. Lumber Products Inc., Princeton, Idaho

Carl Sidler, Roberts & Dybdahl, Inc., Des Moines, Iowa; Jeff Comfort, Stimson Jim Smith, Veneer Resource, Boise, Idaho; Wendy Malloy, Idaho Veneer Matt Beymer, Hampton Lumber Sales, Portland, Ore.; Jan Muse, Potlatch Lumber Co., Portland, Ore.; Matt Beymer, Hampton Lumber Sales, Portland, Forest Products Corp., Spokane, Wash.; and Chad Collmann, North Star Co., Post Falls, Idaho; and Terry Miller, The Softwood Forest Products Ore.; Jan Muse, Potlatch Forest Products Corp., Spokane, Wash.; and Chad Buyer, Memphis, Tenn. Collmann, North Star Forest Products, St. Paul, Minn. Forest Products, St. Paul, Minn.

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Steve Schmitt (seated), Stimson Lumber Co., Portland, Ore.; Jeanette and Don Dye, Mary’s River Lumber Co., Corvallis, Ore.; Mike Holm, Oregon-Canadian Charles Carey, Carey Construction, Chico, Calif.; Linda Carey, Woodply Greg and Marilyn Pittman, D.R. Johnson Lumber Co., Riddle, Ore.; and Forest Products, North Plains, Ore.; DeAnne and Dave Fuhriman, Boise Forest Products, Chico, Calif.; and Kim and Scott Taylor, All Bay Mill & Michelle and Rex Burns, Cooley Forest Products, Phoenix, Ariz. Lumber Co., American Canyon, Calif. Cascade, Lake Oswego, Ore.; and Bill McGovern, Pacific Western Lumber Inc., Additional photos on page 26 Lakewood, Wash.