HomeBase Bosses Up Shares Amid Conversions

Buovctl bv lttt inct'cltse itl honlc S-17.1I for Loue's Cos. dccor sule s i-rs cottterstotts to it\ ne\\' Meanw hile. tlle fi rrll has be gLrn H6usclHrrme lorntat continuc. Ilonrc- "qrlltse tltlcc" ol its eight llllasc llJan Base crceutircs. harc st()ckcrl trp on 1() e()n\c|t tltrec-tlttltrtcts its 89 slrrres collprrn\ sharcr. into the ncr,, fitl tltlrt |.stc .lutt.. 1t. 7 ). chairrnan and ceo Herber-t Zarkin strLrting in I)ecembcr. 3l Los bought I rnillion shares during Artgeles-arca storcs began licltlidation Decernber atier testing r,,as cornpleted sales. In the latest phasc. sercrl u'ill 6n thc new concept. At the sante tinre. be retttocleled ltttcl reopettcd itl .lutle its at least six othcr executives and direc- House2Honles. w'ith onlr' the Sarl tors purchased a total <tf 190.000 Carlos. C-'a.. storc being shutte|cd. additional shares, according to the Sttlrc convcrsions are schcduled trr Securities and Exchan-ge Cornmission. begin cvery thfee rvceks. to llleet the

The Irvine. Ca.-bascd firrn had firm's tnanclale to open 6-5 Housc2prolribited insidcr-s from purchasing Honlc units b1' Thanks-uiving. stock uhilc the ncvn' forntat was being tested. However, cot'ters were quickly opened once the firm announc.O tn"t Old GrOwth PrOteCtiOn Plan gioss profits on clecorating iterns had U.S. Forest Selu ice chicf \'1 ikc increa.sed l0clc more than profits for Donlbeck has launched a new ptllicy home inrproventent plodttcti. that clirects all natitlnal filrest supervi-

The stock. which reached a high of sors to map and pl'otect olcl growth :ljll.13 in Oct. 1997. had dipped to tinrber to hclp envision how Illr'tch less than S1 <tn Jan.4. On Jan.24. ancient firrcstland will bc creatcd fbr however. the stock closed at $2.4-1. thc tuture. Zarkin is saicl to have paid between The policy is said to go bcyond 8lO and S1.50 per sharebetwcen Dec. former Presidcnt Clinton's plan that 6 and Dec. 29, according to the SEC. prohibited rnost logging and new road

Conversely, Home ttepot's stock constl'ttction on -58.5 million acres ol' close1| at S.15.06 on Jan. 2r1, behind national forestlands.

Brush Up On Your Glulams

Rosbolo Lurnbel is holclin-g a series of frce setninars to help clealers and distributors brush up on glulam basics and introducc them to new engineercd woocl standards.

Thc .t l/l-ltour :ctttinuls corct cnginccred lay trps. beam stl'cngths. appearance classificatitlns. climensional tolerartccs. load condititlns ancl cambcr'. Rosboro's technical support stafl'will teach how to properly spccify ancl select a beanr using a prinlcd technical guide or usit'tg stlltuare sltpplicd f'r'ee to every atte ndec.

The contpany'u'ill condLlct two morc classcs ovcr the rtext tu o months in Springficld. Or.. in addition to several at glulant dealers and clistributors across thc country.

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