THE"LONGES YOU EVERSAW.

Not only is Canfor SilvaStar@ fascia and trim less expensive than composites or cedar, it can also be ordered in longer lengths. Why do we make it in atl the key lengths up to 24 feet? Because supptying all the lengths your customers need on any given job can save them installation time and expense, ma king you look good. Every inch of SilvaStar is made from high-quality KD SPF fiber with no defects , so it's looo/o usable. Then it's carefully factory primed with premium Olympic'latex primer. True, time is too short on any jobsite. Which is precisely why we make our fascia long.

More Hardware For Yardbirds

Bowing to pressure from residents, Home Depot will reopen renovated Yardbirds stores with larger hardware departments than the average Depot.

"The community just kept saying, 'Make sure there's enough hardware in the store,' so we have gone back to the drawing board and added those features," said spokesperson Kathryn Gallagher. "Basically, residents have opened up and we've listened to that feedback."

Stores in Alamo, San Rafael, Concord, Petaluma and San Pablo will reopen this month as Yardbird/ Depot hybrids.

The stores in Vacaville and Vallejo were closed permanently after Depot purchased the l0-location chain in 2005. The stores in Santa Rosa and Martinez were converted into typical Depots, while the Rohnert Park location is scheduled to become a Contractors' Warehouse.

Merger Creates GAF-EIk

Building Materials Corporation of America has acquired Elk Corp., Dallas. Tx.. and combined it with its existing manufacturing operations into a new company, GAF-Elk.

"We are specifically excited about the composite business," said Robert B. Tafaro, president and c.e.o. of the new company. "This is a high growth building product segment that provides great strategic growth opportunities for our company." He added that composites will be the first segment to use the combined GAF-Elk brand.

Based in Wayne, N.J., Building Materials Corporation of America manufactured roofing and specialty building products under the name of GAF Materials. Annual sales in 2005 were approximately $2 billion.

Elk Corp. produced roofing, composite decking, railing, and air barriers through its subsidiaries.

Lowe's Must Clean Oahu Site

Lowe's must clean up soil and groundwater contamination on a former oil storage tank facility in lwilei, Oahu. Hi.. before it can start construction.

Spokesperson Chris Ahearn said that cleanup could take six to seven months. Mark Sutterfield, remedial project manager for the state Department of Health, said it is too early to know how much cleanup would cost.

Start of construction is scheduled for this fall, with store opening slated for second quarter 2008. Home Depot and City Mill already have stores near the site.

Lowe's entered the Hawaii market in 1993 and locations at the Waikele Center on Oahu, in Kona on the Big Island, and in Kahului, Maui.

New Meek's Funds K-9 Unit

Meek's Lumber & Hardware has gone to the dogs. To celebrate the grand opening of its new store and distribution center in Anderson. Ca.. the chain donated $13,000 toward the cost of a K-9 unit for the local police.

The company also has offered its yards as a place to train the police dogs. "There are lots of places in a lumberyard to hide, so it's a great training place for the dogs," said branch manager Mike Robinson, who has worked at Meek's for 20 years.

The new location sits on 18 acres and will service the 14 other stores in California and Nevada. In-store customers can drive down the center of each warehouse to pick up their purchases, which are labeled and priced, and stacked for forklift accessibility.

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Palm Desert, Ca. The education program is themed "Focus on the Future."

Dr. Stanley F. Duobinis, president of Crystal Ball Economics and former director of forecasting at the National Homebuilders Association, will present an economic overview and industry outlook.

Panelists include Paul Hylbert, c.e.o., Pro-Build Holdings; Walter Foxworth, chairman, Foxworth-Galbraith Lumber, and John Mikkelson, senior v.p., CTX Builder Supply.

National Hoo Hoo Ettes are again offering a $500 scholarship to a young woman coming from a wood products family. The field of study is open, and does not have to be in wood products.

The group will award the scholarship at its annual convention May 18-20 at the Phoenix Inn, Olympia, Wa.

National Building Material Distribution Association convenes its executive management conference May 16-17 at the Barton Creek Resort & Spa, Austin, Tx.

A variety of meetings and roundtables will fill each day, ending with a golf toumament. A yoga-spa package with lunch is available for spouses and guests.

National Lumber & Building Material Dealers Association's Lumber and Building Materials Institute selected Greg Brooks, Building Supply Channel Inc., as its executive vice president.

Formed in 2006 by the National Lumber and Building Material Dealers Association, the institute analyzes distribution channels serving the U.S. housing industry, develops safety and health programs for building materials suppliers, and supports NLBMDA's state and regional associations in providing employee skills training.

American Wood-Preserverst Association convenes May 6-8 at the Hyatt Regency Union Station, St. Louis, Mo., for its 103rd annual meeting.

Highlights include a 5K run/walk, a meeting of the Southern Pressure Treaters Association, a supplier's showcase, and a president's reception. Technical sessions will focus on water management, mold and fungus, and various chemical treatments.

Dr. Joseph Lstiburek, Building Sciences Corp., will present a keynote address entitled "Wood is Good." Dr. Craig Mclntyre will receive an award of merit.

Forest Products Society meets June l0-13 at the Hilton Hotel/Knoxville Convention Center, Knoxville, Tn., for its 61st international convention.

Executives from major forest products companies will talk on this year's theme of "Opportunities and Challenges for the Forest Products Industry in the New Millennium." Curt Stevens, c.f.o., Louisiana-Pacific Corp. will present the keynote address. More than 125 technical and scientific presentations are also scheduled.

Social events include the annual Paul Bunyan party, held at the Museum of Appalachia, Norris, Tn. Attendees will enjoy a barbecue dinner, live bluegrass music, and can visit a Civil War encampment and operational turn-of-thecentury sawmill.

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