At a time when many companies are struggling to keep employees on the payroll, one of the state’s largest wood products manufacturers can’t find enough employees to operate at full capacity. While Oregon’s unemployment rate is at near-record levels, Freres Lumber of Lyons is seeking to hire 100 workers to get back to full capacity after a number of workers resigned over the past months. Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic in March, Freres Lumber had about 475 employees; now it is below 400. “We’re down one shift in our veneer plant and one shift in our plywood plant,” Freres Lumber President Rob Freres said. “People aren’t showing up, probably out of some anxiety due to the COVID thing. We’ve been really, really shorthanded. We’re running 60%.” Freres Lumber was approved for a $5 million Paycheck Protection Program loan on April 27, and Freres said the company will spend all of that on payroll.