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Designed for building materials retailers and wholesalers, this complete system includes point of sale, order processing, billing, sophisticated pricing (markup, markdown, contract, quantity breaks, etc.) accounts receivable and credit, inventory control, purchase order control, sales analysis, accounts payable, general ledger. Easy to use, completely integrateda single transacfion updates all relevant data. Call or write:

250,000 bd. ft. of lumber oppled. A contractor customer loaned them a generator to help in cleaning up and filling some emergency orders. "We were letting people we knew in through the back gate, hut we didn't have a full staff. They were at home taking care of problems of their own," said Pat Hawtlorne.

Three Terry Lumber locationsNorthridge, Simi Valley and'Iarzana - were "trashed," but workers came from unaffected yards to help clean up. They also went into the neighborhood, selling plywood right off the truck. Unsalvageable lumber was put on skids and sent down to the Red Cross for frewood.

Road damage has added about three hours to tle commute of employees at Weyerhaeuser's Sepulveda distribution center. The business closed for two days, but most of the yard was closed offeven longer. The roofnext door caved in, leaving a 300 ft. brick dividing wall hanging precariously. Until the wall is replaced or reinforced, authorities have shut off the back half of Weyerhaeuser's yard, site of all their lumber products.

Plywood and lumber bins collapsed at Far West Plywood, North- ridge, and it took them over a week to "dig ourselves out, in between customers and orders." The company closed for two days and suffered severe cracks in the office and warehouse floors and parking lot.

More than a dozen bays of lumber toppled at Georgia-Pacific's Canoga Park distribution center. At Chandler Lumber Co., Van Nuys, one of the falling units of lumber landed on the pick up truck the business uses for local deliveries.

HomeBase was forced to close its Canoga Park store for three days, Simi Valley for two and North Hollywood for one. Sears Lumber Co., Hawthorne, was luckier, having cambered its shelves at a 3" slant so the quake shook products back against the wall instead of forward to the floor. "But"" said Mike Guezambra, "if you have a real big shaker, it's not going to matter because the whole shelf s coming down."

Few expect the camsrophe to spur an immediate boom in construction activity or lumber sales. Most of the damage was to the contents of homes, not the structure, and earthquake insurance is limited, usually with huge deductibles.

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QuickThinking Women Apprehend Plywood Thief

Two contractor saleswomen at Henry Bacon Building Materials, Issaquah, Wa., have proven they are as good at sleuthing as they are at selling.

When aman told Shelly Tupper, inside sales, that the superintendent at Lochwood-Loziet (a construction company customer) had sent him to pick up plywood" she wasn't too sue he was legitimate. Because there was no will-call paperwork, no advance 0elephone call, nothing usual for this acoount, she asked Debi Russell, outside sales, to research the "ordef."

After a bit, Russell printed an order following the man's directions. After he signed it, she insrucrcd him to drive his truck into the yard for pickup. Then she dialed the King

Lumber Thieves Slow Down

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In the meantime, Tupper briefed yard manager Barry Stearns, and he and his crew shifted into slow gear. They had trouble locating the right kind of plywood, but finally got it loaded with apologies - just as the police arrived.

King County officers took over, discovering the truck was stolen and the man had no connertion with Lochwood-Lozier. Lochwood-Lozier offiginls arcfe inpressed.

"Just flat paying atlention, following department guidelines, good communication and super teamwork resulted in the apprehension of the suspect," Leon Woffinden, LochwoodLozier, said.

on it, Oe same type of truck and people lnown to have made calls prior to other burglaries.

Wayne Gardner, Lumber Association of Southem California surmises that perhaps the thieves are lying low because of the men arrested Sept. 20 after an attempted heist at Chanpion Lumber Co., Riverside (see Oct. 1993, p.26). "The (suspects) weren't the ringleaders, but at least maybe (the arrests) have them thinking twice," said Gardner.

Terry Lumber Opens Early

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The lumber thieves that haunted Southern California without rest for more than a year seem to have taken a vacation for the holidays.

Only two heists were reported since November, down ftom two or three incidenB a week.

Two trucks, 14 units of plywood and three lifts of alder were stolen from Bohnhoff Lumber Co., Los Angeles, Dec. 11. Three days later, the abandoned trucks were recovered.

Over the Thanksgiving weekend, plywood and two trucks were stolen from Orban Lumber Co., hwindale. A week later, Orban reported that "Ranchero-types" were in the yard, asking about sawdust disposal. They drove a white 2500 series Chewolet pickup with a number of CB antennas

As part of a Vision 94 commitnent to total customef satisfaction, The Terry Companies,Tatzan4 Ca, has started opening all 15 Terry Lumber Co. retail locations at 6:30 a.m. Monday through Friday. The company is reviewing Satrnday hours at all locations and may revise them during the frst quarter. Extended hours are planned for the summer months.

In addition to total customer satisfaction, the company is stressing teamwork and "be the best" in its mission statement for 199f. They also are posting signs reading "Lumber Furnished by Terry Lumber Co." on projects as part of Vision 94.