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Port Orford Cedar

Kiln Dried Port Orford Cedor. 45"/" stronger thon redwood ond equolly decoy resistont. A tough softwood with o unique look ond color. Excellent for decking, poneling ond siding. '

IPE' HARDWOOD DECKING

lp6 (pronounced 'ee-poy') is on exotic hordwood thot hos o Closs A fire rotino. is noturolly resislonl to rot ond d"coy, on-J 8 times horder ihon redwood. First quolity, oll heortwood. Guoronhed for 25 yeors without preservotive treolment. Greot for upscole decks ond unique trim opplicotions.

Brazitian Redwood Decking

Mossorondubo (oko Brozilion Redwood), onother exotic hordwood thot hos mony of the some mechonicol properlies os IPE'. This beoutiful kiln-dried, reddish-brown wood resembles oll-heorl redwood ond is guoronleed for 25 yeors.

Red Batau Decking

Red Bolou (MongorisTM|, o kiln-dried Mohogony hordwood trom Indonesio, provides on economicol cleor kiln-dried decking moteriol with o 20 yeor worronly.

We hove o lorge selertion ol deck ocressories (bolusters, hondroils, posts, limbers, fosdo, ek.) in invenlory lor oll species reody fo romllete ony tomnerriol or residentiol project.

Hardwood Ftooring

Now offering species from oround the world. These exofic hordwoods ore extremely stoble ond substontiolly horder thon their domestic counterporis. Our solid flooring lines provide superior durobility in high-troffic residentiol ond commerciol opplicotions. Smoll orders ore our speciolty!

Kd Ctear Fj Sylvestris Pine

This plontotion grown Europeon pine hos o dense ring count ond contoins noturol resins which offer o noturol resistonce to fhe elements, similor lo Doug Fir. Offering sidings, boords ond poflerns-primed using o 2-coot system.

Priming 6 Custom lllilling Seruices fluailable!

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I Combine ftis with our repulolion for excellent customel seruice ond compelitive prices... And you hove o porlnership of vision ond opportunity.

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I Moxi-Plonk Fiber Cemenl Siding o ABTCO Hordboord Hordboord Siding

I Mirolec Composite lrim I Douglos Fir I Hem-tir I Redwood r Cedor I Pine Commons I Permo-Choice Siding Trim

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Krueger Lumber Yard, Oregon City, Or., will close its doors March 3l after 95 years following the Dec. 4 death of co-owner Bill Osborn ...

Zentz Lumber, Billings, Mt., is moving around May I to Five Mile Creek, Mt.; the new facility will be 6,000 sq. ft.

Miner's Ace Hardware, Atascadero, Ca., reopened Jan. 29 after closing last October due to a fire; the new nursery department was unveiled March I

Lowe's Cos. recently opened new stores in Parker. Co.. and N. Fontana and San Marcos. Ca.. and anticipates a July grand opening in Aliso Viejo, Ca. ...

Lowe's is building new stores in Escondido, Ca., and Roseburg, Or.; has proposed new home centers in Beaverton and Corvallis, Or., and Redding, Ca.; is eyeing a site in Santa Cruz, Ca., and got the green light to build units in Clackamas, Or., and Idaho Falls,Id.

Home Depot opened a new store Feb. 5 in College Place, Wa. (Mike Foley, store mgr.) ... the chain will spend $3.7 billion in 2004 upgrading and modernizing older stores and opening 175 new units ...

Home Depot expects to begin construction this month in Moses Lake, Wa.; has acquired a site in Placerville, Ca., to build a 90,000sq. ft. store with 25,000-sq. ft. garden center by January, and got the go-ahead to build in Beaumont, Ca.

Home Depot applied to build stores in Carmel Valley and Burbank, Ca., and The Dalles, Or.; has promised to hire T5Volocalresidents if granted permission to build on the former site of Goodman Lumber. San Francisco.

Ca.; is considering sites in West Covina, Vista and Santa Cruz, Ca., and is remodeling its Roseville, Ca., store...

Home Depot signed an agreement to become the exclusive building materials supplier for home renovator/reseller HomeVestors af America, Dallas, Tx., and received the National Product Campaign Award from the Environmental Protection Agency for its support of national energy saving campaigns in 2003 ...

Corbet's Ace Hardware, Larkspur, Ca., estimated "hundreds of thousands of dollars" of damage from a Feb. 18 mudslide; the local fire department ordered the store closed until a structural engineer could declare the 50-year-old building safe

Ace Hardware Co. broke ground Feb. 5 on its second Denver, Co.area Solutions Concept Store; the 37,000-sq. ft. outlet for testing new merchandise and procedures will open in September in Lafayette, Co....

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Gemini Forest Products has moved its Eugene, Or., office to Longview, Wa. ,..

Austin Wholesale Decking Supply, Austin, Tx., has created a new public auction site, www.

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Timber Products Co., Springfield, Or., has acquired U.S. Forest Industries'plywood mill in Grants Pass, Or.

Davidson Industries is closing its Siuslaw River mill near Florence, Or., this spring after rnore than 50 years; the mill will continue to operate until its log and lumber inventory is gone

Ochoco Lumber Co., Prineville, Or., beginning March 24 will auction off equipment from its 65year-old Prineville sawmill, closed since 2001; the company will retain its Hq. in Prineville as well as the mill's 7}-acre site

Simpson Resource Co., Seattle, Wa., the landholding division of Simpson Investment Co., is changing its name to Green Diamond Resource Co.,effective May 15

Perco inked a long-term deal for Mountain West L.L.C. to operate its existing Yager, Or., wood waste processing facility; converting redwood and Douglas fir bark into landscaping products, operations are expected to begin in the next few months ...

Jeld-Wen, Inc., Klamath Falls, Or., has acquired vinyl/aluminum window manufacturer Windowmaster Products, El Cajon, Ca; executive v.p. Ron Walker will remain in charge of Windowmaster, and products will continue to carry the existing brand name ...

Housing starts in January (latest figures) fell 7.97o to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.903 million ...single-family starts dropped 8.0Vo to a I.537 million rate, multi-

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The Straight Talk On Giuality Lumber

Demand a higher level of lumbertt and you'll end up with more straight pieces in your stack. And that keeps your customers happy. Which is why at Canfor we consistently kiln-dry our SPF lumber to an optimal moisture level, then carefully wrap it to protect it and help keep it straight and dry. Why? Because we strive to deliver the highest quality lumber possible. And nothing less.

www.canf or.com o Various grades and widths o Prompt, on-time delivery o Consistent in grade

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