Category: Employee
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Employee Spotlight: Chip
By: Karah Hawkinson, Social Media Coordinator Chip Frederickson is the sales manager at Country Lumber, and the contact person for our Launch Center location on Lake Mille Lacs. Chip also manages a marina and builds townhomes on the lake. He lives up in Wahkon near the Launch Center location, but he can also be found…
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Employee Spotlight – Diane
By: Karah Hawkinson, Social Media Coordinator Diane is the Controller/Human Resources person at Country Lumber. Between the vendors, customers, and staff, she stays very busy! Lucky for all of us, her favorite part of her job is the people she gets to interact with. Diane and her husband have two teenagers and a dog. They…
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Employee Spotlight: Jim
By: Karah Hawkinson, Social Media Coordinator Jim Dingmann is another fairly new face at Country Lumber. He has been with us for five months, working as an Estimator. Aside from being the “new kids,” Jim and I also share a preference for strong black coffee – the darker the better! Jim lives in St Cloud…
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Employee Spotlight: Karah
By: Karah Hawkinson, Social Media Coordinator The Blog is Back! We’ll be featuring new posts at least twice a month to introduce you to our staff and keep you up-to-date on building trends, new products, and information about all things building and remodeling. Remember to follow us on social media, too. We have lots to…
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Employee Spotlight: Lee McDowall
I grew up in Becker, MN and graduated from Becker High School. I married my high school sweetheart, Tiffany, in 2014. We have two children, Sierra (2) and Owen (5 months). I enjoy spending time outdoors biking and camping with my family. I started in the construction business by building pole sheds. In February 2017,…
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Employee Spotlight: Kevin Rasset (Kegger)
I have worked at Country Lumber since April of 2005. I drive our boom truck. Deliveries can take me all over the state, but generally I’m in the twin cities metro area. I’ve been married to Rose for 35 years, we have 2 children and 4 grandchildren. My favorite things to do outside of work…
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Employee Spotlight: Rick Olson
I have been with Country Lumber since the beginning, 1983. I helped with the building in 1983 and opening the doors in 1984. I am currently the yard foreman. I was born and raised in Becker and currently live on the family farm. I have been married to Bonnie for 26 years, have 2 children…
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Employee Spotlight: Randy Wirz
I have been with Country Lumber, in Sales and Estimating since 2009. I have been in the lumber business for approx. 25 years in truss design, production, and sales. I graduated from St. Francis high school, then attended Northwest Technical Institute for Architectural Drafting and Design. My background is in carpentry and drafting and I…
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Employee Spotlight: Brock Welker
Growing up in Coon Rapids, MN seems like every kid wants to be a big league baseball player. Shortly after realizing this was not in the cards for me I enlisted in the United States Marine Corps. I spent my first two years traveling the world with the majority in the far east regions as…
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Employee Spotlight: Roy Kollar
I was born and raised in Princeton Mn. Graduated from Princeton High School. Then attended Dunwoody Institute for Drafting and Estimating. After graduating from Dunwoody Institute, I started working here at Country in February 2001 as a Draftsman. My primary job here is to meet with customers and design construction projects for them. Anything from…