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Lumber Association of California & Nevada has booked Jack Nunn, president of Construction Marketing Associates, Inc., as featured speaker for its annual management conference Feb. 14-16 at the
Asilomar Conference Center, Pacific Grove (Monterey), Ca.
Also, Anthony Whalls, Pacific Home Do-it Center, will address "Plan Successful Special Events," and LMA president Bill Sullivan will lead a "Sound Off' roundtable.
Western Hardwood Association will tackle the question "Where will our hardwoods come from?" during its annual meeting April 11-15 in Puerto Vallarta. Mexico.
ELECTRONIC data interchange and inventory shrinkaoe were tooics at a Lumber Association of Souihern Califbrnia (now Lumber Association of California and Nevada) and Triad Systems Corp. industry seminar Dec. 12 in lrvine, Ca.: (1) Marty Temple, George Swartz, Lindsay Olson. (2) Tom Mullin, Ken Lineberger. (3) Phil Dotson. (4) Galen Hronek. (5) Kelly Purcell. (6) Matthew Tucker, Mike Altice. (7) Karen Lewis, Margie White. (8) Lori Armstrong. (9) Susan McGuire, Randy Blair.
Eagle Clerk Rescues Woman
A customer at Eagle Hardware, Puyallup, Wa., credits an alert employee with saving her life after a heavy metal object fell on her.
Sharon Worthington was shopping in the flooring department, unaware a 12'x1-l/2', solid metal hoist cover had been knocked loose and was falling towards her head.
Fortunately, Worthington said, clerk Ronda Jaques "reached out just as it was hitting me and thrust up against it. Otherwise, I believe I would have been killed. She's a verv brave young woman."
Though Jaques was able to cushion the blow, the customer still suffered a concussion and was unconscious for about five minutes. Worthington was taken to a local hospital where she was treated and releasec,
Although Worthington appreciated Eagle's quick response, she won't be back at the store any time soon. "I'm scared to go anywhere with high ceilings," she said.
Mayor Switches To Pro-Depot
San Francisco, Ca., mayor Willie Brown has switched from opposing to supporting building a Home Depot in
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Last March, Brown called Home Depot's plan to lease 100,000 sq. ft. in Shed A at Pier 80 "a terrible idea." But in October, Depot hired political consultant Jack Davis for $30,000 to make a case to Brown and the Port of San Francisco. Within weeks, the mayor was visiting the Home Depot's Colma store and vowed to find waterfront space for the company.
Home Depot has long sought to expand into San Francisco and in 1995 nearly built a $30 million store on 10.4 acres in Mission Bay, but the site's owner backed out followine public protests.
Distributor Buys Fastener Co.
PrimeSource Building Products, Inc. has acquired the assets offastener distribution and packaging center Grip-Rite West, City of Commerce, Ca.
In addition to gaining a presence in Southern California, PrimeSource will add Grip-Rite fasteners at its Fairfield, Ca., location, providing distribution of the metal products to the entire West Coast.
John Patterson has relocated from Seattle, Wa., to manage the 40,000sq. ft. facility.
Strengthen Community Ties
Remodeling-related businesses meet a lot of prospective customers during community activities. So, advises CertainTeed, get involved: you'll build your n,rme and reputation while making a positive contribution to the community.
Teach: Share what you know-at night school, community colleges, civic association meetings, or as a host or guest on a local radio call-in show.
Join: Choose a local organization or service club. attend at least threequarters of its meetings and participate in the activities it sponsors.
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Donate: Give your time and materials to a civic project, such as the renovation of a historic building.
Sponsor: A local sports team, a float in the community parade.
Write: When you see an article about remodeling in the local paper, write a letter to the editor. Praise the coverage, and add ideas that position you as an authority.
Berkeley Hardwood Dealer Looks To save Rainforests
As home to more idealistic preservationists than conservative lumbermen, Berkeley, Ca., may seem an odd base for a tropical hardwood business.
But four-year-old, Berkeley-based EcoTimber International supplies local contractors, builders, architects, furni ture makers, woodworkers and hobbvists with "environmentally friendly" exotic hardwoods.
"Ideologically driven" co-owner Jason Grant, 29, was trekking though South America in 1990 after several years studying French literature, when he became concerned about the tropical rain forests.
He contacted his university roommate, Aaron Maizlish, 28, to discuss forming a business that could heiip promote "sensible" forestry in the $400 million -a-year tropical lumber business. "Environmentalists were talking about boycotting tropical hardwoods," Grant said. "But if you steal (the lumber companies') customers, you can have an effect."
Their main obstacle, Grant said, was "we knew nothing about wood."
They soon recruited contractor and woodworker Eugene Dickey, 35, as a third partner. Scraping together about
$100,000 from family and friends, the three rented a 5,000-sq. ft. warehouse and ordered two 20-ft. shipping containers of wood.
Unable to find suitable sources of teak and mahogany, they settled for 2,000 bd. ft. of kamarere, kwila, taun and nine other obscure hardwoods from New Guinea. The trick was convincing people that the species were suitable substitutes.
. Later, EcoTimber located domestic and overseas timber suppliers who were "certified" by groups such as the Rainforest Alliance. To be certified, companies can't clear-cut, must have balanced economic and environmental goals and a forestry plan that protects habitat, biodiversity and watershed.
The company now stocks more than two dozen tropical species from Mexico, South America, Central America, the West Indies and New Guinea, and nearly 20 species of domestic hardwoods from alder and cherry to quartered sycamore and black walnut.
Although profits have eluded the young, eighfman company, last year sales jumped 500c/o to over $1 million. Jobs have included furnishins wood for talk show host Jay Leno's desk, floors for Banana Republic stores, and a new line of Gibson guitars.
"Managing our national forests to produce forest products would do more to reduce lumber market spikes than any other action the Clinton Administration could take."
- David Ford
Indep endent Fo re s t P roducts Association, Portland, Or.
Western Regional Show Nears
A new regional building supply trade show for the West debuts at the Anaheim Convention Center, Anaheim, Ca., March26-27.
The Hardware, Housewares & Home Improvement Trade Show will bring together buyers of building supplies, lawn & garden, lighting, electrical, power equipment, and other lines.
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Treater Buys Colorado Firm
Allweather Wood Treaters, Washougal, Wa., has acquired the assets of Colorado Wood Products and Colorado Wood Preserving, Fort Collins, Co.
The lO-acre lumber yard, sawmill and CCA treating plant in Fort Collins will be operated as Allweather Wood Products and managed by Ray MacDonald.
Steven Novotny is treating supervisor, and Daniel Gross, sawmill supervisor.
Their main marketing area will be the front range.
