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Pelican Cos.' parent BSL Holdlngs, Dallas, Tx., has acquired Blackstone Co., East Brunswick, N.J. Paty Lumber Co.'s Greeneville, Tn., store likely will be replaced by a larger facility sometime after BSL completes its purchase of the chain

Scotty's is opening rental centers at five Orlando and Tampa, Fl.. area locations

McCoy's is remodeling units in Brownwood, Edinburg and Mission, Tx., and expects a spring opening for its new prototype store under construction in Victoria, Tx. ...

Home Depot opened new stores Sept. 2 in Weatherford, Tx., and Marrero, La.; Aug. 19 in Cleburne and Brownsville, Tx., and on Gandy Blvd. in Tampa, Fl., and Aug. 12 in Denton, Tx. (Jeb Medcalf, store mgr.); unveiled an on-site relocation Sept. 9 in Midlpthian, Va., and opens a new unit Sept. 30 in NW Raleigh (Six Forks), N.C.

Home Depot next month opens a regional warehouse/lumber distribution center in 100,000 sq. ft. of a former Eckerd's warehouse in Hammond, La.; is also considering a retail outlet in Hammond; began construction last month in Harlingen, Tx., on a 108,000-sq. ft. store with 21,000-sq. ft. garden center for an early 2000 opening, and is said to be negotiating for sites in Stafford, Va., and Fort Worth, Tx.

Home Depot has scrapped plans to start selling some of its products online in October, and instead will offer its entire catalog over the Intemet in the first half of 2000

Lowe's Cos. opened a new store in Johns Creek (Cumming), Ga. (store mgr. Greg Swinson, co-mgr. Adam Kuhn), and replacement stores in Opelika, Al. (mgr. Bill

Brown); Concord, N.C. (store mgr. John Powers); Tullahoma, Tn.; Anniston, Al., and on Smoky Park Hwy. in Asheville, N.C. (store mgr. John Mehaffey, co-mgr. Sam Kilby) ... another Asheville superstore will open in the fall on Tunnel Rd.

Lowe's will attach a new 29,00O-sq. ft. building to its 85,000-sq. ft. store with 14,000sq. ft. garden center in Rock Hill, S.C.; expects a late '99 opening for a 150,000-sq. ft. replacement store in Sumter, S.C.; plans a second Fayetteville, N.C., store by spring; began construction in Coral Springs, Fl.; had plans approved by the town council for a replacement store in Boone, N.C., and paid $10.8 million for 11.57 acres in Oakland Park, Fl. ...

Lowe's will discontinue selling electronics by year-end to free up space for better-selling kitchen appliances andcabinets ...

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Green Lumber, Speedwell, Tn., has added a sideline in custom flooring and mouldings, Green's Moulding &Trim, to its wholesale business

CC Distributors, Corpus Christi, Tx., has joined Distribution America ...

F orestry I nternational Inc., Montreal, has agreed to pay $22 million for an established forest products company with chipmills, sawmill, logging and procurement operation in the Southeastern U.S.; the firm's name will be revealed when the deal closes

Willamette Industries is evaluating sites for new plants in the N.C. counties of Richmond and Robeson...

Spruce Computer Systerus has expanded support to lumber wholesalers with its release of a new Lumber Bidding Module

Dowell Lumber, Fulghum, Ky., is a new custom mill equipped to cut up to 20'material ...

Triangle Pacific Flooring Group, Dallas, Tx,, has folded its Premier Wood Floors into its Bruce Hardwood Floors division and will market the products as the "Premier Gallery" ...

Temple Inland's Pineland, Tx., mill made the first structural panel trade over Internet-based TAmx, selling a truckload of SYP plywood Aug. 19 to Hill-Behan, St. Louis, Mo. ...

Value Holdings, Miami, Fl., has agreed to buy Cutler Forest Products and affiliate Seabright Wood Fabricators, Ontario, Canada

Tbe Sustainable Forestry Initiative program was endorsed by the Alabama legislature; six other states, including Florida and Texas, have passed similar resolutions

WoodWare Systems, Memphis, Tn., has formed a product development partnership with Window Technology Systems, linking its manufacturing business applica- tion software with the WTS ProShape engineering system ...

Clopay Building Products Co. has broken ground on a 30,000-sq. ft. expansion of its Nesbit, Ms., commercial door manufacturing plant; the 50Va increase in manufacturing space should be completed by spring ...

Advanced Roofing, Fort Lauderdale, Fl., has added branches in Tampa and Orlando, managed by Bill Lester, and in Fort Myers, Fl., managed by Norman Hinspeter

New Web sites. Hitachi Power Tools, Norcross, Ga., www.hitachi. com ... Pacific MDF Products, www.pactrim.com Noah Deck & Fence Renewal System, Griffin, Ga., www.noahwood.com ...

Housing starts in July (latest figs.) climbed 6Vo to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.661 million ... single family starts rose 47o, multlfamily were at a rate of 300,000 for 5+ units and 33,000 for 2-4 units ... permits slipped lVo to a1.632 million annual rate.

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Cedar Shake & Shingle BureauSept. 10-11, annual meeting, Whistler, B.C., Canada; (604) 462-8961.

West Texas Wholesale SupplySept. 10-12, annual marker, Abilene Convention Center, Abilene, Tx.; (800) 800-4393.

Hardware Distribution WarehousesSept. 11-12, tall mart, Shreveport Exposition Hall, Shreveport, La.; (800) 256-852'r..

Wimsatt Building MaterialsSept. 12, fall show, Louisville, Ky.;(502) 458-3221.

Kentucky Lumber & Building Material AssociationSept. 12, fall board meeting, Louisville, Ky.; Sept. 13-16, estimating seminars, Bowling Green, Ky.; (800) 844-17'74.

Architectural Woodwork InstituteSept. 15-17, 47th annual meeting & convention, Portland, Or.; (703) 733-0600.

Hardwood Plywood & Veneer AssociationSept. 15-17, f'all convention, Hilton Hotel, Sanra Fe, N.M.; (703) 435-2900.

Center for Forest Products Marketing & Management - Sept. 16, tbrest products sales course, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg, Va.; (540) 231-4406.

Kentucky Wood ExpoSept. 17-18, Agricultural Exposition Center, Bowling Green, Ky.; (800) 203-9217.

APA-The Engineered Wood AssociationSept. 18-21, annual meeting, Westin La Paloma, Tucson, Az,: (253) 565-6600.

National Hardwood Lumber AssociationSept. 22-25, annual convention, San Diego, Ca.; (800) 933-0318.

Expo Nacional FerreteraSept. 24-26, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico; (847) 605-1525.

Oklahoma Lumbermen's AssociationSept. 25, trade show, Oklahoma City, Ok.; Sept. 26, golf rournament, Edmond, Ok; (80u 444-17't |

Southern Forest Products AssociationSept. 25-28, annual meeting, Amelia Island Plantation, Amelia Island, Fl.; (504) 443-4464.

National Fenestration CouncilSept. 26-30, fall meeting, Indian River Plantation Resort, Stuart, Fl.; (301) 589-6372.

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Ace Hardware Corp.Oct. l-4, f'all convention, New Orleans Convention Center, New Orleans, La.; (630) 990-6600.

National Sash & Door Jobbers AssociationOct. 2-6, annual convention, Opryland Hotel, Nashville, Tn.; (8OO) 786-7274.

Composite Panel AssociationOct. 3-6, fall meeting, Four Seasons Hotel, Vancouver, B.C., Canada; (301) 670-0604.

Hoo-Hoo InternationalOct. 3-10, annual convention & sea cruise, Mexican Riviera; (800) 979-9950.

Timber Products Training SystemsOct. 4-8, NGR lumber grading course, Conyers, Ga.; (770)922-8000.

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TruServ Corp.Oct. 4-8, fall market, The Sands Convention Center, Las Vegas, Nv.; (773) 695-5000.

Kentucky Lumber & Building Material AssociationSept. 7, tri-state golf outing, Owensboro, Ky.; (800) 844-1774.

National Hardwood Lumber AssociationOct. 7-9, basics oi drying hardwood lumber, Memphis, Tn.; (800) 933-03 18.

Mid.America Lumbermens AssociationOct. 12-13, building executives council meeting, Hyatt Regency, Hilton Head, S.C.; (800) 74'1-6529.

Southeastern Conference On WoodOct. 12-13, University of Tennesee, Memphis, Tn.; (800) 933-03 18.

National Lumber & Building Material Dealers Association - Oct. L3, golf; Oct. 14, technology day; Oct. 15-17, annual convention, Hilton Head, S.C.; (800) 634-8645.