NEWS BRIEFS

HomeClab Inc., Fullerton, Ca., will change its name to HomeBase inApril...

Ziegler Lumber Co. will open its l6th Ziggy 's in April, a second 45,000 sq. ft. store in Vancouver, Wa., operated by Dean Ziegler Yardbirds will open a 10th store in mid-April in Concord, Ca.; Mike Lothridge,mgf....

Agate Beach Supply, Newport, Or., expanded by 500 sq. ft., adding a new electrical supply section and a secondflocrroffice GoldenWest Home Builders Center, Ukiah, Ca., was officially launched with a grand openlng.

City MiUCo. Ltd.,Honolulu, Hi., plans a 1993 opening for its 6th store in a shopping mall under construction in the Honolulu community of Hawaii Kai Builders Square is purchasing land in Reno, Nv., with plans for a 1993 opening

Tualatin Valley Builders Supply has a new 11,200 sq. ft. store in Vancouvef, Wa. Carlson's Builders Supply, Junction City, Or., has been sold to Doug and Serra Smith; owner Leroy Carlson remains temporarily .

Bloedorn Lumber Co. is building a full service home center in a new Cheyenne, Wy. , shopping center and closing its 50 year old yard when the new larger facility opens about June I . Westwood-Ingram Co., Moraga, Ca., is now Westwood Lumber Co., Jack Lawrentz, ptes. and sales mgf...-

Payless Cashways Inc., Kansas City, Mo., plans to return to the public marketplace with a cotnmon stock offering valued at as much as $500million...

The Merchant Magazine continue in Iumber sales at McKean Luntber Co., Redding

Mount Baker Plywood, Bellingham, Wa., has new owners, /sac C o rp.,Dallas, Tx., which owns 50%, and five individuals including Alan Weiss, Asac pres., with a 45Vo share. .. Pine Products Corp., Prineville, Or., is on the market stanline,Norwalk, ca., a part ofAnniversaries:Thunderboltwood Bunzt Building Suppiy In;.'r:;""i- leyiryS,Riverbank,Ca.J'th;John ern div., is nJw i'Xiitil, fniii, T Cole & Associates, Beaverton, Inc. distfibutor. . or', I4th " '

Yaeger & Kirk, Ukiah, Ca., had $ 100,000 damage in a storage buildingfire Long's Building Special/ies, Fresno, Ca., has closed

H ome C lub,Fullerton, Ca., is now offering a private label credit card to customers at its 73 stores . .

Product Sales Co., Orange, Ca., had its office vandalized but found no machines damaged and nothing stolen when the mess was cleaned up.. Golden State Hardwoods, Huntington Park, Ca., suffered a $250,000 fire of unknown origin that destroyed one shed and a third of their inventory Feb. 3

MacBeath Hardwood isnow serving the Redding-Red Bluff, Ca., area and selling Taney red oak and poplar stair systems at the Berkeley and San Francisco, Ca., stores. Tradewest Hardwo od C o. has added a new contractor's pickup service in 23 bays and paved 2 acres in a $500,000 expansion of its Wilmington, Ca., facility; open 7 days,24 hours a day, they are now shipping direct to the Middle East and Pacific Rim.

Superior Veneerhas started up in formerly Gregory Forest Products' Glendale, Or., mill, Steve Swanson, gen. mgr., and Ron Brandt, sales mgr. Collins Pine Co.,Pottland, Or., ceased logging in Chester, Ca., although other operations there continue as normal ,

L&B Lumber & Milling Co., Redding, Ca., has been purchased by Louis Cattanach; former owner Bob McKean and Tony DeCoito

Powerline Tools & Staples, National City, Ca., has been purchased by formet employees Charles Stiff and Don Chittenden

JeId-Wen, Inc., Klamath Falls, Or., has acquired two door companies (see p. 32 for story) . DoorCraft, a Vancouver, Wa., div. of Jeld-Wen was named environmental citizen of theyearby the Port ofVancouver. .

Louisiana-Pacific Corp., Pottland, Or., will build an Inner-Seal plant in Tomahawk, Wi., this spring Manvitle Corp.,Denver, Co., has renamed its Manville Sales Corp. fiberglass-based subsidiary Schuller International.

The C larke Group, Mission, British Columbia, has acquired Shakertown Corp.,Winlock, Wa. (see p, 32 forstory) . . StandnrdBrands Paint Co., Toffance, Ca., filed for Chapter ll bankruptcy...

A wrongful death complaint was filed by Mary Bowen in Mendocino County Superior Court against Masonite, Intenntional Paper and Louis iana - P ac ifi c for alleged violations of air and water quality standards at the companies' Ukiah Valley mfg. facilities. .

Housing starts for Jan. (latest figs.) climbed 5.SVo to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.167 million . . . singlefamilystartswere up 0.9%; multis 67% with most of theactionintheMidwest. . . building permits were up 6%

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