NEWS BRIEFS

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Scarborough Lunber and Building Supply, Santa Cruz, Ca., has been named Business of the Year by the Scotts Valley Chamber of Commerce. ..Bay.side Hardware, Foster City, Ca., is marking 20 years in business...Grrnd Meso Lumber, Delta, Co., has contributed materials for a local civic improvement project...

Mentor Corp. is seeking buyers for its U.P.L. Lumber yards which have closed in Frisco, Granby, Castle Rock and Conifer. Co.... the former -/. W. Metz Lumber yards in Colorado have been acquired by F.B.B, Inc.,

Payless Building Sappty, Chico, Ca., has opened a yard in Corning, Ca...Budget Home Center is a new store in Longmont, Co., Butch Vemon, o*ner...P/ywood Co u nl ry, Grants Pass, Or., plans to expand its hardwood dept. and add a storage building...

Homecrafters llarehouse has opened a second Denver, Co., location...HorneClub will open a 100,000 sq. ft. rvarehouse operation in the El Portal shopping center, San Pablo, Ca. ...T-Bird Tme Value Home Center, Hillsboro, Or., has been purchased by Jerry McPeak, Vancouver, Wa., for an undisclosed sum...

Ernst Home Center has a 46,500 sq. ft. store under construction in the Everett, 'Vy'a., Mall Plaza... Knoll Lumber, Kenmore, Wa., will build a third store in Woodinville, Wa., with 9,000 sq. ft. of retail space and a 10,000 sq. ft. drivethrough warehouse...

Chris & Dick's Lnnber and Hardware, 1555 W. 3500 South, Salt Lake City, Ut., is in the midst of a $3 million expansion on their dozen plus acres, adding a major facade the full length of their considerable collection of bldgs...

Hundynwn r,vill be a tenant in the Bay Plaza Shopping Center under construction in Chula Vista, Ca. ...Lee Jordan has purchased Arvuda Western Lutnber Co., Arvada, Co., from Malcolm Pitts who has retired...

Arkay Lumber Co., Burbank and North Hollywood, Ca., is voluntarily liquidating...owners of the 38 year-old firm, Rudy Roodman and Ken Kenofiel are retiring...an April 20, auction is set at their North Hollywood yard...

True Value Home Center. Ruidoso, N.M., has been acquired by Bill and Rbxy Coggin. Paul's True Value Herdvr:ore, Eagle Nest, N.M., has been purchased by Valley Builders, 1rc., Stan Samuels and Phil Lenz, orvners...Employees at Neinrun-Reeds's Lutnber City, Yan Nuys, Ca., have voted for union decertification...

Robert Hayden and Larry Nicastle. new owners of Pine Junction Lumber, Pine, Co., are remodeling and adding a point of purchase computer system...Frerlerick Lumber Co., formerly Clark Lumber, has a new owner, Leon Hurt...

Pacific Wood Preserving of Bakersfiekl, Ca., has added a cylinder for creosoting RR ties, pilings and bridgework; the firm, which also includes Arizona Pactfic I4tood Preser,-ing, has broken ground for a nerv plant in Livingston, Tx.

Evans Products continues to operate its home center chains rvith borrowed money despite Chapter 1l bankruptcy (see page 28 tbr story)"..Crown Zellerbacft is resisting a takeover attempt by Sir James Goldsmith (see page 28 fbr story)...

We.verhqeuser has acquired Sirrtpson Tintber's Simpson Building Suppl-v Co. u'holesale distribution facilities at Kirkland, Wa., and Santa Clara, Ca.; Kjrkland will be consolidated r.vith Big W's Kent DC, Santa Clara r,vith the Hay"r,vard operation; the acquired units will continue to maintain the existing inventory...an agreement in principle regarding acquisition of Simpson's Cerritos, Ca., DC is expected to be linalized in 60 days, the unit is currently continuing operations...

Cunyon Forest Products, a new office wholesaler based in Palm Springs, Ca., is a subsidiary of Dougherty-Hanna, lnc,, Reno, Nv. ...Stanirne, Inc.3 new 46,000 sq. ft. distribution center in Phoenix, Az., has opened, Dick Doran, mgr...Plynood Los Angeles, &01 Flotilla, Los Angeles, Ca., closed early this month in a voluntary liquidation...

Southern CaliJ'orniu Lutnlser Sa/es is the new name of Hexberg Lumber Sales, Wilmington, Ca. Viney-Milliken Lutnber Co., Covina, Ca., the city's oldest family operated business, is voluntarily closing with the retirement of Jack Milliken...

Titne.s Mirror Co. has broken off negotiations with Boise Casc'acle Corp. for sale of Puhlishers Paper Co....Georgia-Pacific plans to sell about 134,00O acres of Douglas fir timberland near Springfield, Or., to Weyerhaeuser Co., for about $67 million...

Hard *-oods of America is a new retail/wholesale hardwood firm in Upland, Ca., that also has a custom mill; Chuck Sulimoff and Ted Fehrensen, owners...-/.8. Higgins Lumber Co. plans to open a hardwood distribution facility in Las Vegas, Nv., sometime during 1985...

Golden State llardvvoods is a new hardwood distribution yard and millwork facility in Montebello, Ca., Cale Daugherty, Dave Walther & Tom Reifer principals ...Robbins Ltrmber Soles Inc., formerly in Temple City, has opened a reman plant for industrial customers in Fontana, Ca., on a five acre site...

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