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ffigr-qs,w:ris1s$.i:-sxgB.E; lt'/otional Luntber. Fountain Valley, Ca., chain, ended its two year losing streak with earnings of $229,000 for the year ended Jan. 3l ...

National Lumber has opened its 20th store, in Mira Mesa. Ca., Mark Peppito. mgr. Lumber City had a grand re-opening for its remodeled Simi Valley, Ca.. unit. . .lohnson's Trtte Value Harclu,are is new in the Yakima, Wa., location occupied for 60 years by Short's Hardu'are

Itome Depothas two California stores under construction, it 300,000 sq. ft. unit, part of Tustin Market Place, Tustin, Ca., and a 102,000 sq. ft. store in the Lucky Plaza shopping center, San Carlos, Ca.

.lordan's Building Cenler. Wheat Ridge, Co., will re-open as .lordan Do-lt Center next month, expanded from I,500 sq. ft. to 6,000 sq. ft. . Bloedorn Lumberhasopened its 13th Wyoming store, The Building Center, in Rock Springs

Arnerican Lumber and Doorhas been opened by George Rizor in F'ort Morgan, Co. . . . Harbert Lumber Co., Grand Junction, Co., is completing a $500,000 remodelingproject...

Ext'hange Lumber, Inc'.. is opening Window's & Doors Market in Spokane, Wa. . V.T. and Elizabeth Boyd, Escalanle Lumber, I)olores, Co., have acquired Grand Mesa Lumber, Delta, Co., renaming it North Fork Lumber and Supply. .

HonrcClub wili open a 103,689 sq. ft. store in Tacorna, Wa., this month and a 117,814 sq. ft. unit in Victorville. Ca.. in June

Mead Lumber units in Wyoming and Colorado are now called Mearl Bttilcling Centers . By-Rite Lumber, Milton-Freewater, Or., has opened a store in Pendleton, Or., Dennis Biloff, mgr. ..

Westgulf Lumber Ca.. Portland, Or., has opened a hardwood dept. Arson is being investigated as the cause of a recent fire at El Centrrt Luntber Co.. EI Centro. Ca. . Ward Lumber, Lemon (]rove, Ca., has leased 40,000 sq. ft. of land to a real estale development co.

Windsrtr Mil/s, Windsor, Ca., suf'fered a $2 million fire in earlY March (see story, page 34)

Hayward Lumber Co., Inc., Claremont, Ca., n']et with its creditors recently in conjunction with the Credit Managers Association of California to request a 120 day debt freeze; the retail chain is not related to a similarlY named northern California multi unitretailer...

Interstate Millw,ork, Irtc.. Albany, Or., has been formed by Rick and Rex Kellso lo perform custom milling services, sPecializing in finger jointing and edge gluing .

Unconfirmed trade reports indicate that All-Coast Forest Prodads, Chino, Ca., has purchased Rolando Lumber Co., its headquarters bldg. in San Leandro, Ca., and its 94 acre facility in Cloverdale, Ca., escrow reportedly to close late this month.

Haustan Lumber has opened a $3 million floor and roof truss plant and a commercial and residentialdoor facility in Las Vegas.

Sierra Pat:i/ic' Industries, Redding, Ca., has completed the Purchase of 520.000 acres of Northern California timberlands from Santa Fe ,Southern Pac|/ic Corp. for $460 million (see The ,\[('rL'hunt, Nov. 1987, p. J l) Dataline Corp. is now Convergent Building Material Systems.

Masonireis doing a $14.8 million renovation of its Ukiah, Ca., hardboard mfg. plant. .. Georgia-PaciJic's Mira Loma, Ca., millwork distribution center is ceiebrating its first anniversary. .

Koppers is resisting an unsolicited $56 a share offer f,rom a group led by Beazer Pk' bY arranging a $ l.l3 billion credit line to make a payout to shareholders

Wickes C'o.. Santa Monica, Ca., is being sued by the .lustice Depr. for allegedly violating federal notificalion provisions regarding stock purchases in its I986 purchase of Owens-Corning Fiber.qlas shares. .

Louisiana-Pacific Corp. and Furman Lumber are both preparing to launch production of a new reconstituted gypsum wallboard, similar to a gypsum panelused in Europe . R <& .l Timber Corp. willbuild a $4 million millon the site of the old Harwood plant in Willits, Ca., with operation expectedbyJulyl...

.lapanese housing s/drrs were ahead of those in the U.S. at 1.67 million units in 1987. the best in 14years...

Housing starts in Feb. (latest figs.) leaped 8.9'lo to an annual rate of 1,494,000 units; qilgle family starts wsl€', up 9.30/o; multifamily units 7.8'y0 and building permits ll.5%...

If you can't build out. ward you can always build upward. That was the answer for Valley Building Materials of El Toro, Ca.

They needed more storage space but didn't want to lose yard space.

Solution? They called San Antonio Construc. tion Company to enlarge the 3,000 square foot building we erected for them three years ago. We created the extra storage space they needed by putting a second story on