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Publisher Emeritus A.D. Bell,

Editor-Publisher David Cutler

Associate Editor

Juanita Lovret

Contributing Editors

Dwight Curran

Gage McKinney

Al Kerper

Art Director Martha Emery

Staff Artist Terry Wilson

Circulrdon

Marge Anderson

The Merchant Magazine (USPS 796-560) is published monthly at 4500 Campus Dr., Suite 480, Newport Beach, Ca. 92660, phone I7l4l 549-8393, by The Merchant Magazine, Inc. Second-class postage rates paid at Newport Beach. Ca.. and additional offices. Advertising rates upon request. ADVERTISING OFFICES

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THE MERCHANT MAGAZINE is an independently-owned publication lbr the retail, tvholesale and distribtrtion levels o/'the Iumber, bttilding malerials and home improvemenl brrslles.s in the I3 Western states.

When the developers of Marina Pacifica Village in Long Beach, California decided on the extensive use of woods as a means of creating a comfortable, easyto-maintain environment for its many exclusive shops and restaurants, LamLoc Decking was a natural. The wide variety of species, sizes and grades, stocked in our Los Angeles distribution yard, allowed the designers to achieve the desired effect and select the most economical type for each application in the complex. The immediate availability