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Inland Lumber Producers Welcome Members/Guests To Annual Networking Opportunity
Coeur d’Alene, Idaho–The 29th Annual Inland Lumber Producer (ILP)
Association’s golf tournament was held recently at Hayden Lake Country
Club here. Guests and members enjoyed a schedule full of golf activity, a
Photos By Terry Miller
barbecue dinner, and some participated in a bike ride.
Winners of the golf tournament included:
In the Scramble, first place (score of 60) was earned by the team of Dale
Additional photos on pages 14 & 16
Continued on page 13
Erol Deren, Idaho Forest Group, Coeur d’Alene, Idaho; Ron and Debbie Cluster, Tri-Pro TM Forest Products,
Oldtown, Idaho; and Pete Henningfeld, Stimson Lumber Co., Portland, Ore.
Canyonville, Ore.–The Seven Feathers Casino & Resort, located here,
was the site for this year’s Umpqua Valley Lumber Association’s (UVLA) Mill
Tours, Banquet and Golf Tournament, all of which was attended by 200
guests and members.
The majority of the first day of the event was comprised of mill tours.
Alan Shearer, Roberts & Dybdahl Inc., Ottumwa, Iowa; and Jennifer and Mike Henley and Amber and Andy
Dunham, Idaho Forest Group, Coeur d’Alene, Idaho
Umpqua Valley Lumber Association Hosts Tours, Banquet Event
Photos By Wayne Miller
Included in the tours were the following facilities:
• Swanson Group Inc., Glendale, Ore., is a privately held forest products
company that was established in 1951 and is engaged in the manufacture
of Douglas Fir dimensional lumber, plywood, veneer and studs. All material
Additional photos on pages 16 & 18 Continued on page 13
Leslie Southwick, C&D Lumber Co., Riddle, Ore.; Nancy Daniels, Swanson Group, Glendale, Ore.; Lindsay
Eggleston, C&D Lumber Co.; J.T. Taylor, Roseburg Forest Products, Roseburg, Ore.; Alice Briggs, D.R.
Johnson Lumber Co., Riddle, Ore.; Kris Lewis, C&D Lumber Co.; Todd Lund, Douglas County Forest
Products, Roseburg, Ore.; and Tim Hunt, D.R. Johnson Lumber Co.
SLMA Celebrates 50 Years
Greg Pittman, D.R. Johnson Lumber Co., Riddle, Ore.; Lee Greene, C&D Lumber Co. Inc., Riddle, Ore.; Kris
Lamke, Boise Cascade Corp., Boise, Idaho; and Nancy and Frank Daniels, Swanson Group, Glendale, Ore.
Sherwood Lumber/Georgia-Pacific Open House: A Sizzling Summer Success
Photos Courtesy of SLMA
Greensboro, Ga.–The Southeastern Lumber Manufacturing Association Islandia, N.Y.–Recently, Sherwood Lumber, headquartered here, hosted
(SLMA) recently celebrated its 50th anniversary at The Ritz-Carlton Lodge an open house extravaganza announcing its partnership with Georgiaat
Reynolds Plantation.
Pacific in providing Georgia-Pacific’s full line of Engineered Lumber
The three-day event was packed with social events for adults, as well as Products (ELP) for the Northeast Lumber and Building Industry.
Additional photos on page 18 Continued on page 13 Additional photos on page 31
Continued on page 15
Robert Farris, director of the Georgia Forestry Commission with SLMA president Bryan Smalley.
Josh Goodman, Sherwood Lumber, Islandia, N.Y.; Kevin Cyr, Cyr Lumber & Home Center,
Windham, N.H.; and Andy Sinnott, Sherwood Lumber; and Paul Cyr, Cyr Lumber & Home Center

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The Softwood Forest Products Buyer
Ron Insana To Deliver Keynote
At Annual Meeting
For more APA News and Information, go to www.apawood.org
SCOTT CHAPMAN
Scott Chapman is
sales manager for
B r i d g e w e l l
Resources’ Specialty
Building Products
Division in Daphne,
Ala.
Bridgewell Resources
serves retailers, distrib-
Continued on page 17
MICHAEL KELLY
Michael Kelly is New
England sales manager
for Mid-State Lumber
Corp. based in
Branchburg, N.J.
Mid-State Lumber
offers Western Red
Cedar, Douglas Fir,
Eastern White Pine,
Southern Yellow Pine,
Continued on page 17
MARK GRUBE
Mark Grube is sales
manager for Zip-O-Log
Mills, located in
Eugene, Ore.
Zip-O-Log Mills specializes
in FOHC timbers
for exposed applications.
They have the
capacity to produce
Continued on page 15
B MANNING
B Manning has been
employed at Durgin
and Crowell Lumber
Co. Inc., located in
New London, N.H.,
since the company’s
inception in 1976.
Having worked in virtually
all aspects of the
business, he has spent
Continued on page 15
DUKE JANTORNO
Duke Jantorno is
Eastern U.S. Sales
Manager at Boise
Cascade, based in
Boise, Idaho.
Boise Cascade
Engineered Wood
Products manufactures
and markets engi-
Continued on page 15
BERNY POWER
Berny Power is
responsible for maintaining
customer programs,
initiating new
customer programs,
inventory control and
systems management
at Mill & Timber
Products Ltd., located
in Surrey, B.C.
Continued on page 17
Ron Insana, senior analyst for CNBC
and financial industry expert, will
deliver the keynote address at APA’s
Annual Meeting, slated for Nov. 10 -
13 in Amelia
Island, Fla. In
his talk, “The
Dawn of the
American
Decade: The
Case for
Growth in 2012
and Beyond,”
Insana will
make a case
for economic
growth in the
Ron Insana
years ahead.
He’ll read the
signs, from an industrial renaissance,
a domestic energy boom and a bornagain
consumer, to record corporate
profits and the hard choices that politicians
must make to shore up the
national balance sheet, to support his
optimistic outlook.
Additional annual meeting activities
include the Marketing Advisory
Committee and subcommittee meetings,
the Glulam and I-Joist/SCL
Management Committee meetings,
the annual Safety and Health
Workshop, and Info Fair, the product
and services exposition featuring
equipment manufacturers, product
suppliers and service providers, sponsored
by the Engineered Wood
Technology Association (EWTA).
Georgia’s Disaster Resilient
Building Code Embraces APA
Recommendations
The State of Georgia is using APA
recommendations for wind-resistant
construction in prescriptive building
provisions, which were passed by the
State Code Advisory Committee this
week. The U.S. Department of
Housing and Urban Development
(HUD) awarded a grant to the Georgia
Department of Community Affairs
(DCA) to develop Disaster Resilient
Building Code appendices to the
state’s building and residential codes.
The optional appendices include
heightened requirements for both
flood and wind resistant construction
which, if adopted by jurisdictions,
would make wood systems more valuable
to builders and homeowners.
A DCA appointed task force chose to
use recommendations found in APA’s
publication, “Building for High Wind
Resistance in Light-Frame Wood
Construction” to create prescriptive
building provisions in addition to
known design methods such as the
Wood Frame Construction Manual.
The task force placed a high value on
APA’s cost effective, commonsense
approach to improving the durability of
the structure and supported APA’s
recommendations throughout the
code development process.
Representatives for the Foam
Sheathing Coalition, the American
Chemical Council and a metal connector
manufacturer challenged the
recommendations for full sheathing
with wood structural panels, but their
rationale was rejected by the State
Codes Advisory Committee, which
approved the appendix at their meeting
on July 26, 2012.
APA and AWC staff worked closely
with Georgia DCA and the Task Force
to make sure that the code language
was appropriate for use in the appendix
of the building code. APA will continue
to work with the Georgia DCA to
assist with any technical or other challenges
that may occur at an upcoming
planned public hearing, which will be
held prior to final code adoption on
Nov. 7, 2012.
•
Supreme Court Reviews
Forest Roads Case
The U.S. Supreme Court recently
announced it would review NEDC v.
Brown, the Ninth Circuit ruling that
logging roads are “industrial facilities”
subject to the National Pollutant
Discharge Elimination System
(NPDES) requirements of the Clean
Water Act (CWA). That decision invalidated
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) regulations that have
been in place since 1976. Those rules
regulate forest roads as non-point
sources under a Best Management
Practices (BMP) system.
According to the American Forest
Resource Council (AFRC), there are
two separate appeals that will be con-
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solidated for argument, the State of
Oregon’s (Decker v. Northwest
Environmental Defense Fund) and
industry’s (Georgia-Pacific West v.
NEDC). The questions the Supreme
Court has asked the appellants to
address in their briefing focus on
whether runoff from logging roads
should be regulated as industrial
storm water and whether the Ninth
Circuit should have deferred to EPA.
Oral argument is likely to be scheduled
in late November or early
December. The Court’s ruling is likely
to be announced in the spring of
2013.
•
Gibson Guitars Case Resolved
Gibson Guitars, headquartered in
Nashville, Tenn., recently resolved a
long-running dispute with the Justice
Department over questionable fingerboard
shipments. According to Fox
News, the Justice Department
announced that Gibson entered a
“criminal enforcement agreement,”
which resolved the investigation. Fox
stated the federal government will not
charge Gibson, but the company has
reportedly agreed to pay a $300,000
penalty, $50,000 to a federal conservation
fund and withdraw claims to the
valuable fingerboards that were
seized in a series of federal raids.
Centered around the Lacey Act, the
series of federal raids on Gibson’s factories
in 2009 and again in 2011 were
prompted by shipments of unfinished
wood from Madagascar. In the Indian
case court documents said one intercepted
shipment was “falsely” labeled
as finished when it wasn’t.
Recent reports from the Justice
Department stated Gibson had
acknowledged that it “failed to act on
information” and the ebony imported
from Madagascar “may have violated
laws.”
At press time an official statement
from Gibson had not been released.
•
Forestry Provisions for Farm Bill
The House Agriculture Committee
completed its work on legislation
reauthorizing the Farm Bill, which
includes several important forestry
provisions that apply to federal lands.
The markup contained several forest
related amendments, including a successful
amendment from
Representative Kristi Noem (R-SD)
that would allow the Forest Service to
categorically exclude forest health
treatments on lands identified as “critical
areas” for projects up to 10,000
acres. The underlying legislation originally
limited that categorical exclusion
to 1,000 acres. Other significant provisions
in the bill include:
• Stewardship contracting, which is
due to expire in 2013, would be
extended to 2017.
• Expansion of the Good Neighbor
Authority, which is currently a pilot in
Colorado, will expand to include all
National Forest System lands. This
would allow for the Forest Service to
contract with states to do hazardous
fuels reduction and other projects on
the National Forests.
• Authorizes expedited treatments for
Continued on page 15

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Table of Contents
FEATURES:
Inland Lumber Producers Welcome Guests .1
Umpqua Valley Lumber Assoc. Hosts Tour . .1
SLMA Celebrates 50 Years . . . . . . . . . .1
Sherwood Lbr./Georgia-Pac. Open House .1
CABIN CREEK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
IDAHO FOREST GROUP Expansion . . .6
NORTH CAL WOOD PRODUCTS . . . . .7
Jim Robbins Sr. Retires . . . . . . . . . . . . .8
Idaho Forest Group Hosts Customers . .9
Potlatch, Plum Creek/Stimsom Reception . 10
BCWLA Holds 32nd Annual Roast . . .11
Pacific Coast Builders Conference . . . .12
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DEPARTMENTS:
Who’s Who in Softwoods . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Washington Scene. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
APA News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Midwest Business Trends . . . . . . . . . . 20
West Coast Business Trends . . . . . . . 20
Retail Review. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 & 22
Ontario/Quebec Business Trends . . . . . 23
South/Southeast Business Trends ..... 23
Western Business Trends . . . . . . . . . . 24
Northeast Business Trends . . . . . . . . . 24
Trade Talk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Stock Exchange . . . . . . . . . 28, 29, & 30
Softwood Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Classified Opportunities . . . . . . . 37 & 38
Index of Advertisers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
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CABIN CREEK Makes Dream Homes A Reality
The Softwood Forest Products Buyer
By Michelle Keller
Cabin Creek Timber Frames, based in Franklin, N.C., specializes in oneof-a-kind
timber frame structures erected from Eastern White Pine,
Cypress and Douglas Fir.
The company’s one-of-a-kind timber frame structures are erected from
Eastern White Pine, Cypress and Douglas Fir. Cabin Creek purchases
approximately 100,000 board feet annually of green timbers.
Every piece of the timber frame is handcrafted to exacting specifications.
Specializing in handcrafted mortise and tenon timber frame structures,
Cabin Creek has been in operation since 1996.
Once all the individual pieces have been handcrafted, the craftsmen perform
a trial assembly of the structure in the beamery of their own facility.
Franklin, N.C.—If you can visualize it, Cabin Creek
Timber Frames can likely create it. Specializing in handcrafted
mortise and tenon timber frame structures,
Cabin Creek has been in operation since 1996.
The company’s one-of-a-kind timber frame structures
are erected from Eastern White Pine, Cypress and
Douglas Fir. Cabin Creek purchases approximately
100,000 board feet annually of green timbers.
“We design and build timber frame buildings expected
to last centuries,” co-owner Joe Bell said. “We work diligently
to bring beauty, elegance, durability, and energy
efficiency to your residential, commercial, or public
space. Together with Structural Insulated Panels, these
buildings cost half or less of what a stud wall/fiberglass
insulated building would cost to heat and cool,” he continued.
It’s not by accident that Cabin Creek
has a reputation of ‘celebrating’ wood.
The company’s staff consists of skilled
craftsmen with impressive backgrounds.
A Naval Vietnam veteran, Dr.
Joe Bell established Cabin Creek
while operating his anesthesiology
practice. He has a number of years of
experience cutting and designing timber
frames and even ran a summer
camp that included a timber frame
program.
After 35 years in anesthesiology, Dr.
Bell retired from medicine and
focused on Cabin Creek Timber
Frames. However, at the beginning of
the current recession he had the foresight
and the love of his business to
come out of retirement and teach at
Wake Forest University, where he is
an assistant professor of anesthesiology.
Bell is still active and very much a
part of the day-to-day aspects of
Cabin Creek. “I am still very active in
timber framing,” he explained. “When
not at the hospital, I enjoy maintaining
several of our larger pieces of machinery
including the 1928 Tannewitz 36"
band saw. I also present AIA approved
continuing education on timber framing
to architects in the Southeastern
United States. Other days I can be
found in the sales office at Cabin
Creek Timber Frames.”
Jo "Miss Jo" Bell worked as a registered
nurse from 1974 to 2001. She
Continued on page 17
Buildings usually go up from subfloor to dried
in and insulated structures within 2-3 weeks,
allowing comfortable work in any weather, and
minimizing exposure to the elements.

September/October 2012 Page 5
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For your roofing investment choose cedar....Demand Waldun!

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IDAHO FOREST GROUP Adds Lewiston, Expands The Product Line
Photos Courtesy of Idaho Forest Group
The Idaho Forest Group, headquartered in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, sales
and administration team: (left to right) Erol Deren, Wade Wheeler,
Melody Martz, Ahren Spilker, Mason Anderson, Garth Williams, Robin
Martin, Alan Kemmis, Ken Koenig, Gina Pearcy, Andy Dunham, and Rick
Palmiter.
Idaho Forest Group continues to invest significantly in computerized
technology.
Idaho Forest Group has the ability to offer custom sizes, specified tallies
and mixed loading.
Coeur d’Alene, Idaho—Idaho Forest Group continues to expand its
operations and lumber product line from the Intermountain West region.
In fourth quarter 2011, the company announced that it was acquiring a
Lewiston, Idaho, lumber production facility along with nearby timber supply
from Clearwater Paper Corporation.
That $30 million purchase gave Idaho Forest Group (IFG) another
strategic hold in a region renowned for its timber supply.
IFG is now Idaho’s largest lumber producer, according to company representatives,
and one of the Top 10 in America, with capacity for manufacturing
more than 1 billion board feet per year.
With the Lewiston purchase, IFG now owns five mills throughout northern
and central Idaho’s vast acreage of forests.
“We like our supply here in the Intermountain West,” said Erol Deren, VP
of sales for Idaho Forest Group. “We get a special kind of fiber resulting
Idaho Forest Group's Ken Koenig, Garth Williams, Rick Palmiter and
Erol Deren at company headquarters. A local craftsman using every
species of wood they sell made their conference table.
from short growing seasons, soil quality
and the right amount of rainfall.”
IFG’s locations now include Moyie
Springs near the Canadian border,
Laclede on the Pend Oreille River,
Chilco just north of Coeur d’Alene,
Grangeville and Lewiston. The company’s
sales team and administrative
staff work out of the flagship headquarters
in Coeur d’Alene.
“These locations give us the ability to
pull desirable fiber out of the forests
according to demand,” Deren said.
“We are in an excellent position to harvest
exactly the product our customers
are asking for, and ship it in
timely fashion.”
Lumber species include Western Red
Cedar, White Pine, Douglas Fir,
Western Larch, Grand Fir, Western
Hemlock, Lodgepole Pine,
Englemann Spruce, Sub-Alpine Fir
and Ponderosa Pine. IFG offers its
premium products under the name
Idaho Forest Gold.
The company has the capacity for private
labeling, bar coding, end branding,
custom sizes, specified tallies,
mixed loading and destination pricing.
For 2013, IFG will continue its expansion
of specialty products, including
Cedar, White Fir, Ponderosa, and
Engelmann Spruce/Lodgepole Pine.
“At this point, we have the broadest
line of species and products in North
Continued on page 19
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September/October 2012 Page 7
NORTH CAL WOOD PRODUCTS: “You Click It, They Ship It”
By Bridget McCrea
Finely crafted pieces of lattice atop the pictured fence panels are an
example of the products crafted from Redwood, Western Red Cedar and
Douglas Fir at the Ukiah, Calif.-based plant owned and operated by North
Cal Wood Products.
Ukiah, Calif.–North Cal Wood Products Inc. has been
one of the leading manufacturers of the value-added
Redwood product for nearly three decades in the
California marketplace. Today, it purchases well in
excess of 100,000 board feet of Redwood, Western Red
Cedar and Douglas Fir.
North Cal procures new, 100% FSC-certified lumber, as
well as some reclaimed lumber, to make siding, decking,
fencing, lattice and garden products at the firm’s Ukiah
facility. Those products are sold to various supply chains
and retail lumberyards. End users include residential
and commercial customers from Coast to Coast.
“We sell direct and we use a distribution network,” said
Tony Fernandez, North Cal’s vice
president of sales and operations,
who foresees a time in the near future
when the Internet will play a larger
role in that distribution. “As part of our
online strategy, we’re looking to set up
distribution facilities across the U.S.
and tying them into our online offerings.”
Historically a proven innovator, this
month North Cal Wood Products
rolled out a full-service, online lumber
store called YouClickItWeShipIt.com.
The lumber manufacturer is ramping
up its new “You Click It, We Ship It”
campaign with an eye on creating the
lumber industry’s version of
Amazon.com. YouClickItWeShipIt.com
allows anyone to browse through the
firm’s line of lumber inventory options
via the web, select their preferences,
place their orders, and have their
selections shipped – all without having
to pick up the phone or send a fax.
The site also allows anyone to
become a member with discounts to
contractors, builders and architects.
Fernandez said the 28-employee firm
decided to launch its online store in
order to serve its broadening client
base in the most seamless manner
possible, and to fill what he describes
as a current void in the marketplace.
“It’s an online world where customers
are buying virtually everything on the
Internet,” said Fernandez. “While other
companies offer lumber products
online, we offer something unique and
compelling for the do-it-yourself client
- direct shipping with no minimum
order requirement.”
YouClickItWeShipIt.com is just one of
many customer-oriented moves the
company has made since it was purchased
by Frank Van Vranken (current
president) in 1985. An electrician by
trade, Van Vranken grew the company
from a tiny $750,000 remanufacturing
firm in its infancy to a $33 million
organization in 10 years.
In the 1990s North Cal became one
of the first firms to service Home
Depots with Redwood lumber and
garden products.
North Cal Wood Products operates
from a 14-acre site that includes a
manufacturing plant, an ample yard
space to accommodate its large
inventory and an FSC-certified lumber
mill. Fernandez and three reps handle
sales. The team works primarily with
North American customers, but also
sells to international clients.
As North Cal Wood Products launches its online Internet “You Click It,
We Ship It” campaign, customers can browse and select from hundreds
of Softwood products to complement their home, such as the accent
beams here, or build a deck or fence.
Overhanging this Facebook Café are accent ceiling beams from North
Cal Wood Products, which purchases well in excess of 100,000 board
feet of Redwood, Western Red Cedar and Douglas Fir.
North Cal’s Frank Van Vranken Jr. is pictured alongside a truckload of
Redwood. The company’s products are sold and shipped to residential
and commercial customers from Coast to Coast.
Continued on page 19

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Jim Robbins Sr. Retires After Lifelong Career In White Pine
Jim Robbins Sr., current CEO and owner of Robbins
Lumber Inc., located in Searsmont, Maine, is set to retire
January 1, 2013.
Alden Robbins, vice president and lumber sales manager, and Jim Robbins Jr., president of
Robbins Lumber Inc.
Catherine Robbins is responsible for accounts receivable,
credit and human resources.
Searsmont, Maine—Jim Robbins is
currently the CEO and owner of
Robbins Lumber Inc., based here. He
has been with the company full-time
since 1968. Robbins is set to retire
January 1, 2013.
A life-long member of the forest products
industry, Robbins holds a B.S.
degree in Forestry from the University
7145 Brown Street, Delta, BC
Tel: 604-946-2910
WWW.PWWW.CA
of Maine, located in Orono, Maine. He
served in the U.S. Navy from 1967-
1968 as a survival instructor.
Throughout the years Robbins has
dedicated his time and a large part of
his life to the lumber industry and his
community. His professional association
affiliations include: chairman of
grading committee and past president
A&BTR T&G CLR VG BEVEL C&BTR KD
KD DECKING LATTICE 2x2 4x4 6x6
for Northeastern Lumber Manufacturers
Association; past chairman
of American Forest Council; past
president of Maine Christmas Tree
Association; member of executive
committee and past president of
Maine Forest Products Council; member
of the board of North American
Wholesale Lumber Association; former
member of the board of National
Forest Products Association.
He has contributed to his community
over the years with the following
organizations: Boy Scout Troop #35
(21-years); Searsmont United
Methodist Church; president and
present member of the board of
Katahdin Area Council Inc.;
Searsmont Comprehensive Planning
Board; and Governor McKernan's
Business Roundtable.
Robbins has been honored with many
awards throughout his career including:
• National Arbor Day Foundation
Good Steward Award
• BSA-Silver Beaver Award, 1994
• Northern Logger Outstanding Forest
Activist Award, 1996
• Maine Conservation Rights Award,
1996
• Retail Lumber Dealers Association
of Maine Lumber Person of the
Year, 1996
• Governor’s Award for Business
Excellence, 1996
• The National Taking Wing Award,
Habitat Category, 2000
• Distinguished Citizen Award, 2001
• Employer of the Year Award Coastal
Counties Workforce, 2002
• Austins Wilkins Stewardship Award,
2011
Robbins is married and has three
children and 10 grandchildren. All
three of his children are currently
involved in the family-operated business.
Jim Robbins Jr. is currently the
President of Robbins Lumber and has
been with the company full-time since
1995. He is an active member of Boy
Scout Troop #35 in Searsmont. Jim is
married and has five children. In his
spare time, he enjoys spending time
with his family, hunting, fishing, as well
as spending time outdoors. Jim still
enjoys the smell of a fresh cut Pine
board and hopes to still have Pine
pitch on his hands when he's 84.
Alden is currently the Vice President
and lumber sales manager. He has
been with the company full-time since
1998. He is currently the Chairman of
NELMA Pine Species subcommittee
and a member of the Softwood
Lumber Board, and Maine Retail
Lumber Dealer's Association board of
directors. Alden is married and has
three children. In his spare time, he
enjoys spending time with his family
and outside activities.
Catherine Robbins has been with the
company full-time since 1996 and is
responsible for accounts receivable,
credit and human resources. She is
currently chair of the Forest Products
Group Trust, board member of Maine
Forest Legacy Committee, United
Midcoast Charities and board of advisors
for Maine Forest Products
Council. She has two children and in
her spare time enjoys spending time
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September/October 2012 Page 9
IDAHO FOREST GROUP Extends Appreciation To Customers
Photos By Terry Miller
Leiann and Carter Stinton, Hampton Affiliates, Portland, Ore.; and Ahren
Spilker and Wade Wheeler, Idaho Forest Group, Coeur d’Alene, Idaho
Loren and Maggie Johnson, Coeur d’Alene Cedar, Coeur d’Alene, Idaho;
and Rick Palmiter, Alan Kemmis, Brittnie Hendricks and Gina Pearcy,
Idaho Forest Group, Coeur d’Alene, Idaho
Joseph DuChene, Boise Cascade Distribution, Lake Oswego, Ore.; Mason and
Wendy Anderson, Idaho Forest Group, Coeur d’Alene, Idaho; Dan Bouchard,
BPWood, Penticton, B.C.; and Zoe and Peter Bradley, Lumbermen Associates
Inc., Bristol, Pa.
Peter Howe, Tristar Companies, Vancouver, Wash.; Steve Kimery,
Hampton Affiliates, Portland, Ore.; Laura Howe, Tristar Companies; and
Ahren Spilker, Idaho Forest Group, Coeur d’Alene, Idaho
Coeur d’Alene, Idaho–Idaho Forest
Group (IFG) recently hosted a customer
appreciation reception and din-
Continued on page 25
Dawn Deren, Amber Dunham and Mike Henley, Idaho Forest Group, Coeur
d’Alene, Idaho; Shannon Fuchs, Idaho Forest Group, Grangeville, Idaho; Tim
Cornwell, BlueLinx, Atlanta, Ga.; and Andy Dunham, Idaho Forest Group,
Coeur d’Alene, Idaho
Dennis and Bobbi Buttice, Buttice Forest Products Inc., Vale, Ore.; Dave
and Patricia Tripp, Tripp Lumber Co. Inc., Missoula, Mont.; and Ken
Koenig, Idaho Forest Group, Denver, Colo.
WA
Todd Brinkmeyer and Angie Marozzo, Plummer
Forest Products, Post Falls, Idaho; and Kevin
Esser, Idaho Forest Group, Coeur d’Alene, Idaho
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Dan Mandeville, BMC West Building Materials
and Construction Services, Seattle, Wash.; Jon
Woods, ProBuild, Denver, Colo.; and Erol Deren,
Idaho Forest Group, Coeur d’Alene, Idaho
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Ryan Kline, Disdero Lumber Co., Clackamas,
Ore.; Garth Williams, Idaho Forest Group, Coeur
d’Alene, Idaho; and Kurt Nelson, Disdero
Lumber Co.
Peter Howe, Tristar Companies, Vancouver, Wash.;
Terry Miller, The Softwood Forest Products Buyer,
Memphis, Tenn.; Ahren Spilker, Idaho Forest Group,
Coeur d’Alene, Idaho; and Paul and Jolette Owen,
Vanport International, Boring, Ore.
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Potlatch, Plum Creek, Stimson Host Reception
The Softwood Forest Products Buyer
Photos By Terry Miller
Terry Johnson, TDJ Inc., Spokane, Wash.; Jim Gould, BlueLinx, Atlanta, Ga.;
Joe Angelo, Potlatch Corp., Spokane, Wash.; and Tim Cornwell, BlueLinx
Bob Mai, Potlatch Corp., Spokane, Wash.; Brett Mildenberger, Fox Lumber
Sales Inc., Hamilton, Mont.; Don Graver, Universal Forest Products, Windsor,
Colo.; and Ron Liebelt, Exterior Wood Inc., Washougal, Wash.
Jill Angelo, Lance Hart, Barbara Couch, and Mike Flynn, Potlatch Corp.,
Spokane, Wash.; Blakeley Shea and Tony Pieper, Greenwood Products Inc.,
Portland, Ore.
Mike and Sandra Theberge, Phoenix Forest Products Inc., Richmond Hill, Ont.;
Derek Dryden, Potlatch Corp., Spokane, Wash.; Russ Hobbs, Plum Creek
Timber Co., Columbia Falls, Mont.; and (back row) Matt Kelly, Potlatch Corp.,
Spokane, Wash.; and Chuck Dotson, Empire Lumber Co., Spokane, Wash.
The Design Calls For
Uncompromising Quality.
Are The Solution.
Mark and Michele Mitchell, Stimson Lumber Co., Portland, Ore.; Mike Gruenke,
Burlington Northern/Santa Fe Railway, Spokane, Wash.; and Connie Van Sickle,
Burlington Northern/Santa Fe Railway, Seattle, Wash.
Timbers
Carol Bacon, Low Grade Lumber, Seattle, Wash.; Cindy Wood and Lynn Wood,
Intermountain Orient Inc., Mesa, Ariz.; and Ron Tiller, and Travis Vezina, TJ
Forest Products, Nampa, Idaho
Coeur d’Alene, Idaho–The Iron Horse
Restaurant, located here, was the site
recently of a cocktail reception hosted
jointly by Plum Creek Timber Company,
Potlatch Corporation and Stimson
Lumber Company.
The event afforded attendees an opportunity
to socially network and share
insight about current market issues.
Potlatch Corp., headquartered in
Spokane, Wash., owns approximately
1.44 million acres of forestland in
Arkansas, Idaho, and Minnesota. Every
acre that the company uses for silviculture
is certified under the rigorous standards
of the Forest Stewardship Council,
and every acre is managed for maximum
value.
The company also operates six manufacturing
facilities that produce lumber and
panel products. Potlatch employs approximately
1,000 people, also conducts a
real estate sales and development business
through its taxable REIT subsidiary.
Potlatch, a verified forest practices leader,
is committed to providing superior returns
to stockholders through long-term stewardship
of its resources.
Plum Creek is the largest geographically
diverse private landowner in the U.S.,
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Donna and Kurt Nelson, Disdero Lumber Co., Portland,
Ore.; Ron and Debbie Cluster, Tri-Pro Forest Products,
Oldtown, Idaho; and Terry Miller, The Softwood Forest
Products Buyer, Memphis, Tenn.
Mike and Isabella Flynn, Potlatch Corp., Spokane, Wash.;
Pete Henningfeld, Stimson Lumber Co., Portland, Ore.;
and Kelsey and Ryan Kline, Disdero Lumber Co.,
Portland, Ore.

September/October 2012 Page 11
For 32nd Year, BCWLA Holds Roast
Photos Provided By Motiontide Media
Jack Hetherington, Skana Forest Products Ltd., Richmond, B.C., (past president,
BCWLA); Chris Sainas, Dakeryn Industries, North Vancouver, B.C., (1st
vice president, BCWLA); Joe Heath, West Fraser Mills, Quesnel, B.C., (2012
BCWLA Lumberman of the Year); Vince Bulic, Yaletown Lumber Industries Ltd.,
Burnaby, B.C., (3rd vice president, BCWLA); Steve Parkinson, South Beach
Trading Inc., Coquitlam, B.C., (past president, BCWLA); and Carl Dobler, Taiga
Building Products, Burnaby, B.C., (president, BCWLA)
Chris Beveridge, Skana Forest Products Ltd., Richmond, B.C., (past president,
BCWLA); and Carl Dobler, Taiga Building Products, Burnaby, B.C.
Ernie Thony, retired, Quesnel, B.C.; Bill Bratton, AFA, Langley, B.C.; and
Joe and Paula Heath, West Fraser Mills, Quesnel, B.C.
Pierre-Louis Cartier, CN Rail, Kamloops, B.C.; Jack Hetherington,
Roastmaster, Skana Forest Products Ltd., Richmond, B.C.; and Bill
Barnett, Welco Lumber Corp., Burnaby, B.C.
Vancouver, B.C.–Carl Dobler, president
of the British Columbia
Wholesale Lumber Association
(BCWLA), welcomed a boisterous
sell-out crowd at The Vancouver Club,
located here.
Roastmaster Jack Hetherington set
the stage for three entertaining roasters
from West Fraser Mills in Quesnel,
Continued on page 25
Bill Barnett, Welco Lumber Corp., Burnaby, B.C.; and Andy McGibbon,
West Fraser Mills, Quesnel, B.C.
Mike Apsey, retired, Victoria, B.C.; and Dalton Lewis, AFA, Langley, B.C.
Joe Heath, West Fraser Mills, Quesnel, B.C.; Gita
Sheikholeslami, Interex, Vancouver, B.C.; and Dave
Johal, New West Lumber Ltd., Surrey, B.C.
Mike Rocksborough-Smith and Jameson Craig,
Skana Forest Products Ltd., Richmond, B.C.
Bob Johal, New West Lumber Ltd., Surrey, B.C.; and
Mike Flanagan, West Fraser Mills, Quesnel, B.C.
Alex Grant and Chris Ahern, Conifex Timber Inc.,
Vancouver, B.C.; and Sean Steede, Interex,
Vancouver, B.C.
Additional photo on page 25

Page 12
The Softwood Forest Products Buyer
Pacific Coast Builders Conference Reflects Upbeat Mood
Photos By Charles Gesell
Kevin Paldino, Robert Rodriguez and Brian Hurdle, The Collins Cos., Portland,
Ore.
Stacy Einck, Annette Panning, Mona Schmidt, Rob Garofalo, Shomaila
Shoukat, Andy Webber, Blain Beckmann and Kreg Klever, Andersen Windows
Inc., Bayport, Minn.
Matt Prince, Ron Gurss, Mike Carver and Curtis Eck, Boise Cascade LLC,
Boise, Idaho
DeeDee Graham, Seamus O'Reilly, Brian Foran and Tom Conchuratt, LP
Building Products, Nashville, Tenn.
Doug Mullins, Larry Runeare, Bill Hayward and Steve Hardy, Hayward Building
Products, Monterey, Calif.
Chris Martin, Teri Ziemer and Jeff Siverhus, Marvin Window and Doors,
Warroad, Minn.
San Francisco, Calif.–Based on
reports by attendees of the recent
Pacific Coast Builders Conference
(PCBC), held here at the Moscone
Convention Center, while the housing
industry has not returned to its more
robust pre-recession status, the mood
at this trade show indicated all
Continued on page 25
Brett Collins and Mike Pidlisecky, Woodtone Building
Products, Chilliwack, B.C.
Randy Robins, John Murray and Chris Wischmann,
Ainsworth Group of Companies, Auburn, Wash.
Scott Thomas, Glen Gilmore and Cindy Amistoso,
Sierra Pacific Windows, Sacramento, Calif.
Tom Littschwager and Greg LeFevre, Architectural
Traditions, Tucson, Ariz.
Additional photo on page 25

September/October 2012 Page 13
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and Kathleen Rodekhur, Ron Brady
and Kathy Hill; second place (score of
62) Scott Vigil, Jon Woods, Erol Deren
and Ken Koenig; and third place
(score of 62) Dave Stokes, John
Branstetter, Ron Liebolt and Erick
Grandeen.
Handicap first place, Flight 1: Pat
Duchein (1st gross) and Luke Wenner
(1st net); Flight 2: Terry Baker (1st
gross) and Tom Temple (1st net);
Callaway Flight 1: Harris Gant (1st
gross) and Scott Lewis (1st net);
Callaway Flight 2: Gerry Hall (1st
gross) and Barry Schneider (1st net).
Second place net included: Flight 1,
Kevin Lang; Flight 2, Terry Baker;
Callaway 1, Shawn Hummer; and
Callaway 2, Brad Schneider.
Third place net included: Flight 1, Jon
Berglund; Flight 2, Frank Peaslee;
Callaway 1, Glen Burdick; and
Callaway 2, Trace Sutter.
Fourth place net included: Flight 1,
Dale Rodekhur; Flight 2, John
Heidemann; Callaway 1, Nick
Larrinaga; and Callaway 2, Rod
Larios.
Fifth place net included: Flight 1, Eric
Grandeen; Flight 2, Scott Sunday;
Callaway 1, Ron Liebelt; and Callaway
2, Wade Wheeler.
Dusty Hammock and Travis Vezina
finished first in the horse race, followed
by Matt Brajcich and Scott Vigil.
Third place went to Dave Tripp and
Matt Beymer.
Members and guests enjoy networking
among their peers at this annual
ILP meeting.
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protection for water quality, soils, fish
and wildlife habitat and diversity. The
company offers various products in
green and kiln-dried Douglas Fir and
Hemlock Fir. For information about
sales and products, call 541-957-
0238.
• DR Johnson Lumber Co., Riddle,
Ore., is a family-owned company that
strives to purchase the best available
logs from the Pacific Northwest. DR
Johnson Lumber is FSC certified and
a member of the American Forest
Resource Council. For information
about sales and products, call 541-
874-8260.
• Riddle Laminators, Riddle, Ore.,
was established in 1967 and is certified
by the APA-Engineered Wood
Association. Riddle Laminators
beams, comprised of Douglas Fir and
Alaskan Yellow Cedar, are manufactured
by NAS/AITC standards for
wood products. For more information,
call 541-874-8260.
The Umpqua Valley Lumber
Association can be contacted by writing
to: UVLA, PO Box 642, Riddle,
Ore., 97469.
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children of attendees, plus a trade
expo and information forums for attendees
and guests.
SLMA Chairman Johnny Hall noted,
“With the recent economic hardships
and uncertainty our country is facing,
I thought it would be nice to shift gears
and focus on something a little different;
our positive friendships and relationships.
In essence, the SLMA is
really a family of like businesses fighting
through the challenges of our
industry together. We are members of
a family that cares about each other
and each other’s businesses. For,
what affects one of us, affects us all.
SLMA has a history of battling many
trials over the years, and meeting
those trials head-on. Not only that, but
the SLMA has continued to grow and
endure. We have evolved over the
years, and will continue to do so in
order to survive and thrive.”
He added that the core values upon
which the SLMA was founded remain
strong: to represent independent lumber
manufacturers across the region
and develop timely programs and
information sources to meet their
needs. Now representing 209 members
in 17 states, SLMA is an association
dedicated to perpetuating family-owned
businesses, regardless of
size, that are the essence of their
communities.
SLMA President Bryan Smalley sees
the past echoed in the future, with an
association structure to harness the
energies of the independent lumber
manufacturer and their allies. “With a
continuously strengthening emphasis
on what launched the associationgovernment
affairs, marketing, management
and operational issues,
SLMA remains as relevant today as it
was in 1962. We will continue to build
cohesion among our members, creating
a voice to be acknowledged in
local, state and federal governments.
Our members are thought leaders
with regard to best practices, maximizing
new technologies and benchmarking
activities to build a better
association for the future. We are honored
to serve as partners to our members
and to navigate the ever-changing
lumber industry with them towards
their continued success.”
Atlanta, Ga. resident Lt. Col. Rob
“Waldo” Waldman, author of the New
York Times best-seller “Never Fly
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is purchased from environmentally
responsible sources and the company
is certified by the Sustainable Forestry
Initiative. For information about sales,
contact 541-832-1234.
• Roseburg Forest Products, Dillard,
Ore., is a privately-owned manufacturer
and marketer of a diverse line of
wood products that include engineered
wood products, lumber, softwood
plywood, composite and hardwood
panels, among other products
and value-added services. For information
about sales and products, call
800-245-1115.
• C&D Lumber Co., Riddle, Ore., has
been in business more than 100
years. Founded by Alfred Johnson,
who built the company’s first sawmill
in 1890, C&D Lumber is now led by
fourth generation family members,
and the firm prides itself on being the
largest U.S. manufacturer of Port
Orford Cedar. Also, Douglas Fir and
Incense Cedar are offered by this
enduring lumber company. For information
about sales and products, call
541-874-2241.
• Douglas County Forest Products is
an independently-owned sawmill near
Roseburg, Ore. Douglas County
Forest Products is committed to
forestry practices that ensure the sustainability
of raw material production,
while providing the highest level of
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