North American wholesalers' annual

MULROONEY Award winner: (1) Paul McOracken. (2) Lisa & Bart Swan. (3) Chris Weiss, Greg Weiss. (4) Len Williams, Ward Mintzler. (5) Jim Collins. (6) Bob Legg, Wade Mosby. (7) Bob Reid, Ken McClelland. (8) Randy Luebe, Jim Hassenstab. (9) Ed & Stacy Fisher. (10) Tim Farrell, Frank Cammack. (11) Ben Hershey, Andy Schwitter. (12) Bob Mai, Rick Warner. (13) Charlie & Teresa Moss. Joe Klohs. (14) Mark Lofland, Ted Fullmer. (15) Bill Wood, Jim Scharnhorst. (16) Wayne Knutson, Mark Kasper, Lawrence Prendiville. (17) Steve & Peggy Snavely. (18) Rick Hogue. (19) Fagan Cox, Tom Cox. (20) Chuck & Anna Geisler. (21) Debbie Burns, Sally Killgore, Lou Ellen Chance (22) Alison & Brad Johansen. (23) Melanie & Keith Cox. (24) Kacey & Curt Stuckey lll, Julie Brown. (25) Bosie Bennett, Beverly Johnson.

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DAUL McCracken. Tumac Lumber I Co.. Portland. Or.. was presented the annual John J. Mulrooney Award during North American Wholesale Lumber Association's recent 106th annual meeting.

During the May 2-5 event at the Marriott at Sawgrass Resort, Ponte Vedra Beach, Fl., Stephen F. Boyd, Manufacturers Reserve Supply Inc., Irvington, N.J., was elected NAWLA president.

Other incoming officers: lst v.p. Jim Livermore, Nicholson & Cates Ltd., Burlington, Ontario; 2nd v.p. Jim Epperson Jr., Epperson Lumber Sales, Statesville, N.C.; treasurer Ray Haroldson, Cascade Empire Corp., Portland, Or., and secretary Nick Kent, exec. v.p. and c.e.o., NAWLA.

TWINS: (1) Bon Hanson, Building Products Digest's Chuck Casey. (2) Clayton Barns. Gene Walters, Steve Killgore. (3) Peter

Krihak, Susie Gregg. (4) Lisa Weiss, Michele Weiss. (5) Allison Hayes. (6) Linda & Dennis Milchell, Janet Mah, Frank Girard. (7) Sue O'Brien, Traci Lavelle, Sandy Webb. (8) Steve Boyd, Bob Larsen. (9) Dave Utterback, Chris Grover. (10) Al Walker. (11) Nick & Cathy Georgelis, Greg Haupt. (12) Nick Kent, Jim Livermore, Sherman Leibow. (13) John Omundson, Mike Mackin. (1a) Ray Haroldson, Doug Holt. (15) Jim Sanders, Denny Huston. (15) Steve Weinstein, Jace Gates. (17) Rich Schaberg, Don Engler. (18) Eric Canton, Dan Waters. (19) Rick Hawley, Tony Jenkins. (20) John Brill, Frank Stewart. (21) John Barber, Paul Wdsh.

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MG Building Materials, the new name for recently acquired Lutnbermart, Uvalde, Tx., has moved into a new store and warehouses; Rothe Cox, mgr.

Long's Buitding Materials, Union, Ms., opened a new store in Decatur, Ms.; Charles and Hilda Walton, store mgrs. ...

Cox Lumber is remodeling its headquarters store in St. Peiersburg, Fl.; is building a larger, 10acre replacement yard in Ocala, Fl; is completing remerchandising the last of its 28 units; has opened Dolphin Supply, a kitchen and bath showroom on Grand Cayman Island, and will convert its contractor yard on Grand Cayman into a 30,000-sq. ft. home center after a 3-acre replacement yard is built...

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U Innber Co. has resolved its two-year dispute with Danville, Ky., officials over landscaping at its local yard

Home Depot has broken ground on 10.7 acres in Winchester, Va., for a I15,000-sq. ft. unit; is negotiating for a site in Pharr, Tx.; is considering a site in Aiken, S.C.; was allowed to keep its doors open in Marathon, Fl., despite opening the store threo months ago without a certificate of occupancy, and has purchased 8.46 acres next to its 102,000-sq. ft. home center in Boynton Beach, Fl., for its 3rd Expo Design Center in the state ...

I-owe's Cos. opened 150,000sq. ft. superstores in North Myrtle Beach, Fl.; Franklin, Tn., and Trussville, Al., and plans to open a store in Warhill, Va., instead of nearby James City ...

Lawe's Cos. submitted plans for a 160,00Gsq. ft. unit on 14.1 acres in St. Petersburg, Fl.; received rezoning approval to build in Fayetteville, Ga.; received the go- ahead from the city to expand the garden center at its Danville, Ky., home center, and had plans to build in Pensacola, Fl., delayed due to alleged mistakes in paperwork filed by the retail center's developer...

National Home Centers, Springdale, Ar., agreed to sell its 200,000-sq. ft. unit in Rogers, Ar., including its 1S-acre site, to Lowek Cos.

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Willamene Industries expects to complete late this year construction of a LVL and wood I-joist facility adjacent to its glulam plant near Simsboro. La. ...

Narqnfu Fo/est lac. expects a late 1999 start-up of its 6th OSB plant, soon to be under construction in Joann4 S.C.; the $115 million facility will have an annual capacity of 500 million sq. ft. (3/8" basis)..,

Do it Best Corp. has regionalized its millwork department to provide more personal service to its member retailers, adding millwork account executives who will be based at their four regional lumber offices instead of Fort Wayne,In., Hq.

Triangle Pacific Corp., Dallas, Tx., has broken ground on an $8.5 million, 30-acre, 281,000-sq. ft. distribution facility in Dickson, Tn., cenral to the firm's 15 hardwood flooring plants ...

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Temple-lnland Inc., Diboll, Tx., board of directors approved the gradual repurchase of 2.5 million shares of its common stock ...

Advanc ed Adhe sive Te chno lo gy, floor covering adhesive and seam tape manufacturer, is expanding its Dalton, Ga., warehouse facilities by 10,000 sq.ft.

Johns Manville's Roofing Systems Group will construct a 200,000-sq. ft. built-up roofing products plant in Macon, Ga., to begin production in the fall, the first new plant the company has built in 20 vears ...

Cameron Ashley Building Products, Dallas, Tx., agreed to purchase roofing, siding and insulation wholesale distributor APl Srtpply Co., Minneapolis,Mn.

Burns, Morris & Stewart, Inc., Nacogdoches, Tx., has enlisted Haselow Marketing Communications as its new advertising and public relations ag€lcy ,"

APA-The Engineered Wood

As soc iation's specially developed tongue-and-groove plywood and OSB floor and roof panels were officially recognized by the Japanzse Government Home Loan Corp., which finances more than half of the new residential construction in Japan

,,AnniversarieJ:'t' Hort*on Sanders Co., Atlanta, Ga., l00th Dean Lumber Co., Gilmer, Tx., 60th...

New Web site: Kodlak Inc., Memphis, Tn., www.kodiakwood.com...

Home Depot's lst quarter profit rose 30Vo, while net earnings at Low,eb Cos. during the period jumped 34Vo ...

Housing starts in April (latest figs.) slid 2.37o to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.54 million, still 3.9Vo tbove the year-earlier level single-family construction role O.7Vo, multi-family starts fell 13.4%, permits were down 3.3Vo to an annualized rate of 1.52 million ... starts in the South dropped,2.8%.

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Florida Building Material AssociationJune 11-13, summer conference, Longboat Key, Fl.; (352) 383-0366.

Carolinas-Tennessee Building Material AssociationJune 11-14, summer conference, Grove Park Inn, Asheville. N.C.: (704) 376-1503.

Southern Pressure Treaters AssociationJune 14-16, summer meeting, Marriott Grand Hotel, Point Clear, Al.; (334) 968-5726.

National Hardwood Lumber AssociationJune 15-16, hardwood manufacturing seminar, NHLA Educational Building, Memphis, Tn.; (800) 933-0318.

Temperate Forest FoundationJune 17.20, Southeastern Region teachers tour, Alexandria, La.; (503) 579-6762.

Appalachian llardwood Manufacturers, Inc.June 19-21, summer meeting, The Homestead, Hot Springs, Va.; (910) 885-8315.

Forest Products SocietyJune 21-24, annual meeting, Fiesta Americana Merida, Merida, Yucatan, Mexico; (608) 231-1361.

Hardwood Flooring WorlahopJune 22-25, Nashville, Tn.; (214) 93r-r876.

Institute for International ResearchJune 24-26, home center retailing conference, Hyatt University Village, Chicago, Il.; (888) 670-8200.

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Bricolage '98July 1-5, trade fair, Bienal, Sao Paulo, Brazil; 55-01 t- 5505-2243.

Louisiana Building Material Dealers AssociationJuly 9-12, summer conference, Grand Hotel & Casino, Biloxi, Ms.; (504) 3M-4317.

Carolinas.Tennessee Building Material AssociationJuly 16-19, leadership conference, Mills House, Charleston, S.C.; (704) 376-1503.

Watters & MartinJuly 19-20, market, Scope Exhibition Hall, Norfolk, Va.; (757) 857-0651.

Southern Pine Inspection BureauJuly 23-24, committee meetings, Hampton Inn, Pensacola Beach, Fl.; (90a) 434-2611.

Oklahoma Lumbermen's AssociationJuly 24-26, summer meeting, Fountainhead Resort, Eufaula, Ok.; (405) 840-1771.

International Lawn, Garden and Power Equipment ExpoJrlly 25.27, Kentucky Exposition Center, Louisville, Ky.; (800) 558-8767.

National Retail Hardware AssociationJuly 2rt-29, convention,Indian Wells, Ca.; (317) 290-0338.

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National Wood Window & Door AssociationAug. l-5, summer meeting, Seattle, Wa.; (847) 299-5200.

Southeastern Lumber Manufacturers AssociationAug. 6.8, annual meeting, Williamsburg, Va.; (404) 361-1445.

American Wood-Preservers AssociationAug. 8-10, executive committee meeting, Durango, Co.; (817) 326-6300.

Hoo-Hoo InternationalAug. 9-12-l07th annual convention, Detroit, Mi.; (870) 353-4997.

Wood Moulding & Millwork Producers AssociationAug. 11-15, meeting, Coeur d'Alene, Id.; (916) 661-9591.

Virginia Building Material AssociationAug. 13.16, summer conference, Virginia Beach, Va.; (804) 323-8262.

National Building Products Exposition & ConferenceAug. 16-19, McCormick Place, Chicago, Il.; (8aD 605-1025.

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