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Pelican Cos., Inc., Conway, S.C., has started an Engineered Wood Products division, with its acquisition of tnss, building comFnent and engineered wood manufacturer/distributor Shaw Components, Sumter, S.C. ...

84 Lamber Co. opened a new yard in Paducah, Ky.; Kent Gebhardq mgr. ...

Ii*rry's Building Materials, Rusk, Tx., opened its 6th store in Palestine, Tx.

Stine Lumber opened its 7th location in Natchitoches, 1,a., temporarily in the former home of Turpin's Buy-Rite Home Center; Mike Parker, mgr.; a search for a pennanent location is urderway

Builders Square closed I I stores, including two in Houston, tt".',

Hoae Deppt opened new $toros Sept. 3 ie Monroe, La., and Sept. l0 in Ovido, H., and Memphis, Tn.; hopes to begin construction this month on a new store in Myrde Beach, S.C.; plans to open like-sized locations by year's end in Newnan, Ga., and in July on 27.6acres in Aiken, S.C.; will coancbor the planned 235,000-sq. ft. La$eshore Marketplace in Gaihesvilleo Ga., and is eyeing a sit{ in Anniston, Al. ...

{nwe's Cas. opened a replacemdnt store in Houma, La., Kevin Chamberlain, store mgr.; has selected sites for replacement stores in Anniston, Al.; Morristown, Tn.; Cookeville, Tn.; Martinsville, Va., and Greenwood, S.C.; has begun construction on 18 acres in Morehead City, N.C., and will anchor a 225,000-sq. ft. shoPFlnglcqster in Port Orange, Fl. ...

Lowe's bopes to break ground this month in New Port RicheY, Ft.; is seeking to rezone 19 acres in Fayetteville, Ga.; is eyeing a site in Concord, N.C., and, after years of being unable to rezone it or sell it,-auctioned off 17 acres in Durham, N.C., along with a site in S.C. and three in Georgia ...

Wheeler's Building *{*terials' new truss plant in Rome, Ga., has been certified by the Truss Plate Institute

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Orgill, /nc., Memphis, Tn., has acquired substantially all the essets of Frederick Trading Co, including a DC in Froderick, Md., and the lease for a Roanoke, Va., facility...

Weyerhaeuser Co. has closed its Millport, Al., treating plant, leaving the equipment intact until deciding the facility's permanent fate-; adjacgnt lumber. and plywood mills continue oneratinp ... :

Rayonier will spend $ld million over the next-18 moaths adding drying and finishing facilities and enharced process control technology to its Swainsboro, Ga., sawmill ...

Ornamental M ouldings has expanded its Archdale, N.C., hardwood moulding and mantel facility by 21,000 sq. ft. to 94,000 sq. ft. ... L

McEwen Lurnber Co., High Point, N.C., a subsidiary of Nood Industries, Hattiesburg, Ms., h&s expanded into the West with its aciuisition of Southwest Hard*obd Co., 'Phoenix and Tucson, A2....

Triangle Pacific Flooring, Dallas, Tx., has renamed its Bruce Floors divisipn Brace Laninate Floors

M ac klanb urg- Duncan, Oklahoma City, Ok., has acquired GibsonHomans' construction and floor-

Erapire lYholesale Lumber Co. opened a Clarksville, In., branch office, staffed by Brian Statrlman and Paul Willcox, to be operated in conjunction with a new reload center in Louisville, Ky.

Commercial Plastics & Supply Corp. has rs,located its Birmingham, Al., branch to larger quarters and merged its Norfolk, Va., facility into its Richmond, Va., operation ...

Elder Wood Preserting, Mansura, La., received the Lantern Award, the state's highest honor for manufacturers

American Tboi Companies, Inc., filed suit accusing Wolfcraft GntbH of patent infringement over tts Qttit*-Grip barclamp

Dtevcon Consumer Products and sister co. VersaChem Corp. have begrn construction of a new 70,000-sq. ft. adhesive products plant in Riviera Beach, Fl. ...

Celotex Corp., Tampa, Fl., raised $118 million in a senior notos offering ...

Sovereign Specialty Chemicals, /nc. subsidiary OS/ Sealants has acquired the PL Adhesives and Sealants brand from ChemRex /nc.; OSI also will market urethane products trnanufactured by ChemRex through consumer distribution channelb...

Anniversaries: Southern Lwnber Co., Jackson, Ms., l5th ual rate ef 1.58 milwere up 6.8% in the ou've tried those trendy siclings. I hcr ntadt' lrll stlrts ol- ltronrises, but none of them livecl Lrp to their words. It's tirnc to comc back to real redwoocl siding, the one the others try to imitate. Redrvood is availablc today ancl becausc we grow, harvest anrl replant trees on our own lancl, there will be e.r'en more in the future. Best of all, redwood is morc affbrdable than _vou think.

New Web ,.site: American W*od- P reserier s' As s ociat ion, Granbury, Tx., lrvwrry'awpilcom ...

Housing starts in July (latest figs.) climbed 5.7% to a seasonally adjusted 4nnual rate of 1.72 million, the highest rate in 11 years ... c0nstruction i 3Vo permits rose 47o to an lion South.

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Hardware Distribution WarehousesSept. 12-13, mart, Hot Springs Convention Center, Hot Springs, Va.; (800) 256-8527.

West Texas Wholesale SupplySept. 12-13, market, Abilene Civic Center, Abilene, Tx.; (915) 677-2851.

Florida Building Material AssociationSept. 15-19, convention, Marriott World Center, Orlando, Fl.; (352) 383-0366.

National Lawn & Garden Trade ShowSept. 16-18, Pennsylvania Convention Center, Philadelphia, Pa.; (203) 841-9599.

Cedar Shake & Shingle BureauSept. 18-19, annual meeting, Grand Okanagan, Kelowna, B.C.; (206) 453-1323.

Kentucky Forest Industries AssociationSept. 18-19, expo, Laurel County Fairgrounds, London, Ky.; (502) 875-3136.

Center for Forest Products Marketing & Management at Virginia TechSept. 18-21, selling short course, Marriott Hotel, Roanoke, Va.; (540) 231-5876.

National Hardwood Lumber Assn.Sept. 1E-21, annual convention, Adam's Mark Hotel, St. Louis, Mo.; (901) 377-1818.

American Wood-Preservers' AssociationSept. 20-25, fall technical committee meetings, Ocean Pointe Resort and Spa, Victoria, B.C.; Canada; (608\ 274-4545.

National Lumber & Building Material Dealers AssociationSept.23-26, annual convention, Rancho Bernardo Inn, San Diego, Ca.; (202) 547-2230.

Southern Forest Products Assn.Sept. 26-29, annual meeting, Kingston Plantation, Myrtle Beach, S.C.; (504) 443-4464.

National Oak Flooring Manufacturers AssociationSept. 26-30, installation school, Sam's Town Hotel, Robinsonville, Ms.; (901) 526-5016.

Wood SolutionsSept. 30, fair, Long Beach Convention & Entertainment Center, Long Beach, Ca.; (613) 747-0466.

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Wood Component Manufacturers AssociationOct. 4-6, fall plant tour, Louisville, Ky area; (770) 565-6660.

Composite Panel AssociationOct. 4-7, fall meeting, Fairmont Hotel, New Orleans, La.; (301) 670-0604.

Hardwood Flooring WorkshopOct. 5-8, Nashville, Tn.; Qr4) 93r-r876.

Hardwood Plywood & Veneer AssociationOct. 7-9, fall convention, Wyndham Emerald Plaza Hotel, San Diego, Ca.; (703) 435-2900.

American Forest & Paper AssociationOct. 7-10, fall meeting, The Plantation, Amelia Island, Fl.; (202) 463-2755.

Ace Hardware Corp.Oct. 8-12, fall convention, Philadelphia Convention Center, Philadelphia, Pa.; (630) 990-6600.

Hardwood Manufacturers AssociationOct. 14-15, mill tours, J.M. Jones Lumber Co., Inc., Natchez, Ms.; Fred Netterville Lumber Co., Woodville, Ms.; Tanner Forest Products, Natchez, Ms.; (412) 829-07'10.

Wood Truss Council of AmericaOct. 14-16, BCMC '98, Cincinnati, Oh.; (913) 843-3781.

Hardware Wholesalers Inc.Oct. 17-20, fall market, Indianapolis, In.; (2 I 9) 748-5300.

National Sash & Door Jobbers AssociationQct. 17-21, annual convention, San Diego, Ca.; (818) 372-3665.

lnternational Panel & Engineered Wood Technology Conference & ExpositionOct. 2O-22, Georgia International Convention Center, Atlanta, Ga.; (415) 905-4940.

Resource Information Systems Inc.Oct.2l-23, annual forest products convention, Cambridge, Ma.; (617) 271-0030.