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Masonite Shelves Siding

Masonite Corp. announced plans to phase out production of all hardboard siding products by mid-June, necessitating the shutdown of two siding production lines in Laurel, Ms., and closure of the Ukiah. Ca.. mill.

The company will phase out production of all siding products including Colorlok, Woodsman, Lap & Panel, SuperSide and HiddenRidge siding, and Modulax industrial board.

The mills expect to operate the affected production lines until May or June to fulfill outstanding orders.

International Paper will continue to make these products available to qualified claimants for repair and replacement purposes.

Logging Protests Staged

Recent demonstrations against the selling of wood from the Great Bear Rainforest were held to protest the logging practices of International Forest Products, Vancouver, B.C.

The incidents were staged by environmental activists at Oregon Pacific Building Products, Wilsonville, Or., and by Nuxalk Nation Chief Qwatsinas at Lumbermen's Building Center. Clackamas. Or.

At Orepac, employees arriving for work were met by about 35 protesters, some bearing pickets that read "Don't Buy Interfor," others waving anti-logging banners. A 40' inflatable grizzly bear also was unveiled, according to Doug Hart, Orepac's vice president of sales and marketing, who said that work was not disrupted.

Three activists, however, chained themselves to a 30' stack of Interforsupplied wood, while another spraypainted "Forest Crimes" on the wood's plastic sheathing. Hart said police helped remove the activists, arresting three in the process for trespassing. He added, "We're very environmentally conscious. We don't pick our suppliers carte blanche."

The demonstration led by Chief Qwatsinas at Lumbermen's, which included activists from local colleges, was said to have temporarily disrupted business at the store. "Lumbermen's is selling my homeland," said the Chief. "Last year Lumbermen's promised to stop selling wood from endangered forests and today we are demanding they keep that promise."