OBITUARIBS

Donald Burns Renwlck,68, lumber broker at Pope & Talbot, Inc., Portlanq Or., died in an auto accident April 18, 1994,in Aurora Or.

Before joining Pope & Talbot, Mr. Renwick worked for Dant & Russell, Boise Cascade, Georgia-Pacific and Hampton Lumber Sales.

Rlchard Htll McKannay, 78, ownEr and president of ldar-Mac Lumber Co., San Jose, Ca., died of natural causes April 17, 1994,in San Jose.

A native of San Francisco, he had been with Mar-Mac since 1945 and was a member of the Black Bafi HooHoo Club.

Richard "Dick" Phelps, 65, real estate manager for Sun Lumber Co., San Pedro, Ca., died of a heart attack March 19,1994, in San Pedro.

Mr. Phelps spent more than 30 years with Sun Lumber, remaining when it was run by Louisiana-Pacific. He left in the 1980s to work for a real estate company.

ls Good Cedar Available?

There is no reason for a store to say, "We just can't get good cedar any more," Ken McClelland, executive director of the Western Red Cedar Lumber Association, maintains.

"There is still an abundant supply of well manufactured and graded, good quality ceda products," he says. "They come in a wide range of pat- t€ms and sizes and often bear the sarne grade nane as other cedar products that sell for $50 to $100 less."

The difference is the producers' commiEnent to quality, he adds. He suggesB a buyer get to lnow "the supplying mills, their grading agency and fiber supply, then turn a few loads from various mills" to get a higher quality product that does thejob right the first time.

Hardwood Adds Home Value

Hardwood flooring, paneling, cabinetry and decorative millwork can improve a home's resale value by as much as 30%, ac*otdrng to a survey of custom and semi-custom home builders in the 4O fastest growing U.S. home building martets.

More than 95Vo of the builders questioned in The Hardwood Council study said they or their customers specify hardwood in new home construction with more than90%o saying it increases resale value. Almost 80% of the respondents build homes with an average price of $225,000, compared to the national average of $121,000.

Appearance and durability were cited as reasons to choose hardwood. Red oak was the most popular with maple, white oalq cherry, ash, poplar and birch mentioned as favorites. Although hardwoods are most often used in flooring and kitchen cabinetry, a number of builders cited the need for design ideas incorporating hardwoods into bedrooms, bathrooms, countertops, window seats, foyers, architectural accents and other interior applications.

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