Florida dealers' annual convention

lNCOlllNG Florida Building Material Association president (1) Jack Monroe, Jr., with his wife, Debbie, at the group's annual convention and buying show in Orlando. (2) Gary Hurst, Jim McKinney, Burt Nighlingale, Michele Demoe, John Brooks. (3) Joe DiFrancesco, Harry Walsh, Arthur Martin, Rick Ellyson, Verma Martin, Lanny & Mary Lou Strain. (4) Linda & Fran Koebert, Sedona, Kevin & Kim Hilt. (5) Ken & Teni Kuester. (6) Clint Damell, Ken Hyde. (7) David Wynn, Patty Owens, Bruce Rogowski. (8) Mike Easterling, Brad Bradley. (9) Rich Cavanaugh, Niel Cavanaugh. (10) Ken Ridards, Walt Coslello. (11) Todd Kingsley. Jeff Hoke, Richie Longanecker, Clyde J. Longanecker. (12) Ron Chase, Debby & Bill Jotham. (13) Skip Engel. (14) Steve Shields, Teny & Mike Burge. (15) John Lindsey, Mike Coleman. (16) Howard O'Neal, Jim Lamb. (17) Tim Green, Jerry Adamson. (18) Gary Webb, Tim Naish. (19) Brian Mulvaney, Mark Sylvain. (20) Terri Pindell, Wade Eadie. (21) Ward Gould, Carl Sorenson. (ZlMary Beth & Jim Bos.

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MISS FLORIDA Citrus (1) Shannon Potts ooses with Dick Gates at FBMA annual convention (continued from previous page). (2) Ray Guy, Ray Miller, Joe Holland. (3) Betty & John Askew. (4) Mark Bell, Craig Perkins. (5) Bill Gutowski, Tim Salsieder. (6) Rutledge Davis, Brian Smith. (7) Glenn Mikkelsen, Don Viscio. (8) Mary Nicholson, Flo Steinberg. (9) Shannon & Conner Trent. (10) Fred Borisoff, Dale Penotta, Jamie Helman. (11) C.J. Ryals, Barry Beightol. (12) Perry Nicholas, Jim Webster, Bill Loeffler. (13) Gary Honeycutt, Tom Welch. (1a) Duffy Waters, Bill Tucker.

(15) Keith Matthews, Walter Kuzmiw. (16) Austin Tamm, Dick O'Bryan, Bob Bryant. (17) Bubba Thompson, P.J. & Darlene Wiggins. (18) Mickey Orr, Mike Brooks. (19) Larry Jordan, Laurie Bugajewski, Chuck Kuhlman, Mandi Sano, Doctor McKenna, Jimmy Tucker. (20) Rick Smith, Mike Wolske. (21) Rob Fitzoatrick.

Officers elected at the Oct. 2-4 meetino include Monroe, pres.; Ken Kuester, pres.l elect/treas.; Tom Crowe, 1st v.p.; Allen Osteen, sec.; Carl Holland, v.p.; Judge Nottingham, past pres,, and Sam Dunn, national dealer director.

Tim Callum, Pat Loftus and Greg Bell are new regional directors; Dave Pleasant, Pete Edlin and Dale Dahlin, associale directors; Donnie Smyth, Jr., member-at-large; Barry Dixon, truss division chairman, and Richard Ungerbuehler, millwork division chairman.

Approximately 2,500 dealers, exhibitors and guests attended the annual convention and buying show Oct. 2-4 in Orlando. The association returns to the Marriott Orlando World Center Seot. 15-19. 1998.

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Pelican Cos. acquired Fayetteville Building Supply, with a fullline lumber yard, truss plant and millwork shop on 12 asres in Fayetteville, N.C., as location #49

Cahaba Lumber & Millwork, /nc., Birmingham, Al., has opened units in Pelham and Trussville, Al., bringing its total locations to six in Alabama and Florida ...

Cade's Building Materials, Athens, Tx., has been acquired by Bobby Tosh and renamed Harry\ Building Materials ...

Lumber Mart opened its 3rd store, with a 1,500-sq. ft. showroom and 9,000 sq. ft. of storage in Texhoma, Ok.; Wesley Fick, mgr....

Lone Star Plywood, Houston, Tx., has been acquired by BMC west a.s its 53rd location

Thylor's Do-it Center, Virginia Beach, Va., opened a 21,00Gsq. ft. replacement store in Chesapeake, Va....

Carolina H oldings, Raleigh, N.C., acquired 2-unit Krconenberg Lumber Co., Denver, Co.

Lconard Green & Partners has completed acquisition of Builders Square and Hechingerk ...

Oakley Hardw are, Laverne, Ok., will continue to be operated by Wayne and Leona Oakley, minus the lumber portion of the business, which they sold to C.G. and Pam Crocker, who will run it ts Lavenne Lumber Co. ...

Payless Cashways hopes to emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcybyDec. 1...

Lowe's Cas. opened new stores Sept. 10 in Tampa, Fl., Scott Williams, mgr., and Sept. 17 in Longview, Tx., store mgr. Joey Koch, co-mgr. Mike Felker ... the chain will open stores next year in lrwisville, Arlington, Carrollton, Hurst, south Fort Worth, Garland and Rockwall, Tx., and Altamonte lnwe's got the go-ahead from the urban county council to build in Lexington, Ky., and will receive $100,000 a year for 10 years from the county if it converts iS former 500,000-sq. ft. DC in North Wilkesboro, N.C., into an import center that maintains at least 10O employees...

Springs (Orlando), Fl. ...

Lowe's, which recently opened a superstore in Athens and is building in Stockbridge, Marietta, Gwinnett and Woodstock, Ga., purchased three more sites in Atlanta, including one in Stone Mountain, with plans for a total of 12 to 15 stores in the area ... the company plans an early 1998 opening for its first Birmingham, Al., location, has begun construction on a second on U.S. 11, and received zoning approval for another in nearby Hoover, Al.

Home Depot opened new stores Nov. 6 in Kingsporl Tn., and Nov. 13 in Jackson, Tn., and Ft. Pierce, Fl. ... the chain is nearing completion on locations in Lexington, Ky.; Odessa, Tx., North Durham, N.C.; Garner, N.C.; Wilmington, N.C.; Katy, Tx.; Lake Charles, La., and Bossier City, L,a ...

Hone Depot held a grand reopening in North Naples, Fl., after expanding the store by 22,000 sq. ft.; is building new units in Rockwall and Grand Prairie, Tx.; will open 80,000-sq. ft. E-rpo stores next year in Davie and Boynton Beach, Fl.; is wrangling with the county utilities dept. over water user fees for its Port Charlotte, Fl., location, and is now open Z hours a day in Tampa, Fl. ...

Wheelerb, Rome, Ga., was ranked as the 42nd largest private company in the state by the Atlanta JournaUConstitwion

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S o uthe as t Wo od, Montgomery, Al., has acquired prcssure heating facilities in Mineola, Tx., and Pleasant Hill, Mo., from International Paper Co., Dallas, Tx. ...

Jackson Sawmill Co., Jackson, Al., lost its sawmill in an Oct. 3 fire, but continues operating its Planer mill and kiln dryer ..

Willanette Industrics plans a January start-up for a chip mill near Union Mills, N.C., to prccess 300,fl)O tos of chips annually

' I{ltlhas intro&ced arcw visal rnercbandising d€et ...

Cameron Ashley Buililing Prdrcts,Dallas, Tx., is issiag m additional 1.85 million sharcs to help pay for its planned acquisi- tion of Bradco Supply Corp., Avenel, NJ., for $625 million in cash and stock plus the assury. tion of $80 million in debt ...

Owens Corning has corylcad its $309 million purchase of the assets of AmeriMark Building Pducs,Izc., Raleigh, N.C. ...

Champ Industries, Houston, Tx., has agreed to sell its 3l branches of Perfection Roofing Materials, Marshall Rooftng Supply, SHR Roofing Supply, Urtted Buiding Stwty nd Stone Metal Products to Amcrican Builders & Contmcnn Stdy ...

Johns Manvillc is consolirhtiry its East Stroudsburg, Fa, qffietic filtration products plant at its Richland, Ms., facilitSr

.Iericho fulcs, Sorthern Pines, N.C., is the new rcgional rep for IIrc PrfrEts tools...

Para-Chcm Simpsonvilb, SC., received ISo-qX)l certification ...

CooperTools, Raleigh, N.C., wu md Afiliatet DistriMon' Industrial Vendor Markcting Pafti€rof theYear...

Cerdnticas Indastialcs S.ll. has corylaod is rcquisitimof Briggs Phtntbkg Prduas lhry,ItL

Anniversaries: Indiarro Lronbertnens Mutual huurance Co., l00th ... Lawrcnccburg Supply Co., Lawrencchrg, Ky.,9(It ...

New Web site: National Hardw ood Lurtcr Association, www.natlhardwood.oq ...

Housing starts in Sept (latest figs.) climbed 8% to an aanual rale of 1.50 millim singbfu ily constnrction nosc 7.h Jo l.ll million units, while multi{mily reached 330,(P0 units ... pomits werc up 3% 61.445 millio.