2006
Headline News
Small-time mill turns a
profit for operatior
By Jack M. Willis
Journal Correspondent
Los Adaes was capitol of
colonial Spanish Texas
By Bob Bowman
Special to the Journal
Writing, carving fill
retirement
By Jack M. Willis
Journal Correspondent
Ruins of H.D. Glass
sawmill turns up in Castor
Hardwood mill was under construction in 1920, says early
Arcadia newspaper account
By: Mary K. Hamner
Special to The Journal
Dec06
Christmas trees, syrup keep
retirement busy
By James Ronald Skains
Journal Correspondent
Historic St. Maurice
Methodist church requests aid for paint, restoration
Smurfit, union talk contract
Taylor, Hawkins buy
Martin chip mill in Winnfield
Arkansas firm buys
Brewton Mill
Biodiesel adops 'Allegro'
as name
IP partners in Russian
industry
Webb had varied USFS career
Looking forward to working with duck decoys in retirement
By Jack M. Willis
Journal Correspondent
Carvers Guild start with
totem
By Jack M. Willis
Journal Correspondent
Castor's Pine Beetle Bust honors
a pest that just can't be overlooked...
Bonnie & Clyde Trade Days
has new owners
By James Ronald Skains
Journal Correspondent
Dan Utley will head ET
Historical Association
Nichols stores founded with
stakes from sawmill job
By James Ronald Skains
Journal Correspondent
'Pie Lady' has staying power
By Jack M. Willis
Journal Correspondent
Taylor honored at
retirement
Nov06
Vanguard bought for $17.7
mil
New firm to raise biodiesel production to 20 million
gallons
By Tom Kelly
Editor and Publisher
Depletion of Sparta aquifer
requires conservation
Poultry farm becomes energy
self-sufficient
By James Ronald Skains
Journal Correspondent
Kisatchie offers
recreation, beauty, and timber
By Jack M. Willis
Journal Correspondent
Ed Smith named LFA
President at convention
Texas log auction nets
$40,000 for charities
Presentations made to Lufkin State School, Texas Forestry
Association
Oct06
Dispatch logging said
working
Saving seen for company and loggers, says Mike Branch
By James Ronald Skains
Journal Correspondent
J.K. Martin, Sr., named
Logger of Year for 2006
Love of quilts goes way back
in Mrs. Carter's family
By Tom Kelly
Editor and Publisher
LFA presents 2006 landowner
awards
Heberts win Furture Forst
Award at LFA
McCrery gets AF&PA
Service Medal for work on behalf of forest industry in US
Ethanol firm buys interest
in state sugar mill
Weyerhaeuser announces
merger, plant sales
Simsboro MDF plant sold
to Flakeboard company
Ips beetles confirmed in
Louisiana pine tree forests
Railroad history is
long-time hobby
By Jack M. Willis
Journal Correspondent
Texas court sentences in
timber theft case by Louisiana lawmen
Toledo needs rain, says River
Authority head
Gloria Hearn seeks 5th
District Congress seat
By James Ronald Skains
Journal Correspondent
Sept06
Katrina salvage goal set
high
State Forester reviews devastating loss of 2005
hurricanes
By James Ronald Skains
Journal Correspondent
Canadians take home $4
billion in settlement
By James Ronald Skains
Journal Correspondent
Duggan named to head
AF&PA
Former Jackson County Agent
due notional honor
Ex-POW visits camp, donates
WWII artifacts
By Reggie Owens
Special to The Journal
Forest Queen
competes for national title
Gum Springs Recreation
Area gets face lift, new building
By Jack M. Willis
Journal Correspondent
Aug06
Meeting set to clarify Tembec
certificatin
By Tom Kellly
Editor and Publisher
Odom says ethanol bill good for
farmers
By James Ronald Skains
Journal Correspondent
Timmons expansion announced
Landowners shun
certification cost
Mixed opinions on trucking
LFA meet in Shreveport to
address changes
Interest in synthetic
fuels reaching peak in US
By James Ronald Skains
Journal Correspondent
Woody biomass seen as
stock for 'green' fuel
Weyerhaeuser plans biomass
fuel use
Another Winn Parish Long's hat
in Senate ring
By James Ronald Skains
Journal Correspondent
Malloy finds mission in
organic blueberries
By Jack M. Willis
Journal Correspondent
Urania struggles, but sees
hope for progress
Life after mill closure is difficult for small North
Louisiana town accustomed to better times
By Jack M. Willis
Journal Correspondent
'It always rains around
the 4th of July' in South
By Jack M. Willis
Journal Correspondent
Folk Fest at NSU
includes fiddle event
July 06
Weyerhaeuser to adopt new
'dispatch' logging
By Tom Kelly
Editor and Publisher
McDowell is LLA Logger of
Year 2006
Trees removed on
Orleans canal
By James Ronald Skains
Journal Correspondent
Weyerhaeuser invests in
Campti expansion
Legislature adopts
Chevalier 'Troubadour'
By James Ronald Skains
Journal Correspondent
Felix Holmes awarded
Humanitarian honor
Gorum trades business for art
By Jack M. Willis
Journal Correspondent
Chandler takes seat in
Louisiana Legislature
By James Ronald Skains
Journal Correspondent
SFPA makes awards for company
safety
June06
Vanguard Synfuels begins
biodiesel production
First product runs April 12, turns soybean oil into
diesel; plans 15 million gallon per year output
By Tom Kelly
Editor and Publisher
Ferriday plant crushing
beans
By Jack M. Willis
Journal Correspondent
Scrappin
Valley famous for feuds, fights, scraps
By Bob Bowman
Special to The Journal
Phillips is 2006 Oldest
Logger
Biofuels said set for
'explosive growth'
Six biofuel projects'in the pipeline,' says Louisiana
development director.
Moore retiring from AF&PA
August 1
Will return to home in Baton Rouge, hopes to teach, write
on economic issues
By Tom Kelly
Editor and Publisher
Arthur Temple dies at 86
after heart attack
Geis brothers develop own
herbicide machines
Dog hunting a dying sport
in the Kisatchie
By Jack M. Willis
Journal Correspondent
Plum Creek makes grant
for GIS mapping system
Dairy farm at Homer station
to close in LSU AgCenter downsizing;
more emphasis on poultry, forestry seen
Weyerhaeuser awards North
Louisiana loggers
Heritage Museum shows
off early mill methods
By Jack M. Willis
By Journal Correspondent
Bertrand Dean
scholarship endowed
May06
Wireless Internet
moving across rural parishes
Two broadband servers contemplate high-speed Internet and
wireless phone in "dead spots"
By Darlene Bush Tucker
News Editor
Second system soon online
Tom Kelly
Editor and Publisher
Tough times nothing new to
Pailets of Winnfield
By Darlene Bush Tucker
News Editor
Forester Joe Burns recalls
founding of Festival in '50s
By Darlene Bush Tucker
News Editor
Timber
prices should improve over time
Zwolle Loggers Festival May 13
promises fun
Fest is salute to culture,
says Mayor Thornton
Bass tourney new Fest
feature
Bi-annual Fun Day at Lufkin
Expo Center in May
Texas Forestry Association, Logging Council sponsors
event for forest families and public
TFA supports fuel initiative
SFPA named director for
Forest Products Expo
Pasture conversion helps
improve land, water
Conservation Reserve Program assists East Texas landowner
to raise loblolly pine on farm
By Johathan Dingler
Journal Correspondent
April 06
Forest ownership moves
away from companies
Tom Kelly
Editor and Publisher
Forum reviews recovery status
By Jack M. Willis
Journal Correspondent
Dodson logger David Caskey dies at
50 from cancer
Old song has meaning for
today
'Come Back to Louisiana' could be new State theme song
By James Ronald Skains
Journal Correspondent
East Texas gets double
dose of storm troubles
By Jonathan Dingler
Journal Correspondent
Nurserymen assess
damage, look ahead
By Jack M. Willis
Journal Correspondent
Soil maps available at
NRCS website for 31 parishes
12th Uncle Earl's in
Winnfield March 23-26
Mar06
Ethanol, biodiesel
movement growing in region
$3.5 million financing for Pollock plant to make fuel
from soybean oil; production by spring
By Tom Kelly
Editor and Publisher
At 84, J.D. Rudd continues
work with land, tiimber
By Jack M. Willis
Journal Correspondent
'Uncle Earl's' coming in
March for four-day run
By Jack M. Willis
Journal Correspondent
Brazil paces hemisphere in
ethanol use
By James Ronald Skains
Journal Correspondent
1927 flood was
life-changing event on the river
By James Ronald Skains
Journal Correspondent
Boeuf River residents suffered
dislocation in '27 flood, a 'Katrina' event of the time
By Luther Hall
Reduction of water use by mill
can help depletion of Sparta
By Nancy Bergeron
Journal Correspondent
$18 million poultry feed
plant to open in 2007
250-acre site in Natchitoches to replace obsolete mill at
Many says Commissioner Bob Odom
Feb06
Sparta group seeks use of lake
water for towns
Recycled wastewater use by Graphic Packaging mil at West
Monroe is object of proposal
By Nancy Bergeron
Journal Correspondent
Drought draws down Toledo
New Orleans won’t
make major economic contributions as in the past says
Fannin
By James Ronald Skains
Journal Correspondent
Blanco heads list for Hall of
Fame induction
By James Ronald Skains
Journal Correspondent
LFA reelects Merrit
Pollock pastor pens new book of
sermons
CENLA FORM at Tall Timbers
Chaumont describes water
repairs after Rita
By Jack M. Willis
Journal Correspondent
Kurth, Folweiler, in
Texas forestry
Local school gets new gear for
physical training; construction program starts
Jan06
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