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Western Building Material Associa' tion members Chuck Stout, Rand Thomas, Bob Kerr, Bob Jacobsen, Terry McGuire and Brian McGuire, field rep Casey Voorhees and Mountain States Lum-ber & Building Material Dealers Association member Walter Foxworth were among 2(X) attendees at the National Lumber & Building Material Dealers Association's annual Legislative Leadership Conference in Washington, D.C.

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Lumber Association of California & Nevada has booked James Gilmore' author, management advisor and cofounder of Strategic Horizons LLP' to speak at its annual owners seminar June 57 at the Renaissance Esmeralda Resort, Indian Wells, Ca. Gilmore will outline the principles of Mass Customization and Customer Experiences, then lead two roundtable sessions.

The final daY of the conference is reserved for golf at the Indian Wells Golf Resort.

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Union Pacffic posted a $62 million lst quarter loss, blaming continuing traffic problems for $342 million in lost revenue during the Period

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Jacuzzi Inc., Walnut Creek, Ca., has purchased Bsth Craft, Inc., Valdosta, Ga.

Cooley Forest Products, Phoenix, Az., is now a stocking distributor for TimberTech composite decking '..

Cascade Pacific Floor Distributors /nc., Seattle, Wa., is a new Bruce Floors distributor in Ak., Id., Mt., Or' and Wa.

MacMillan Btoedel agreed to sell its paper subsidiary to a Vancouver, 8.C., investment group for $850 million; MB Paper Ltd., including Port Alberni and Powell River mills, sales and mktg. offices in Lynnwood, Wa., and Tokyo, and two Power dams, will be renamed Pacific PaPers when the sale closes by June I

Anniversaries: Columbia Lighting, Spokane, Wa., 100th

F ireplac e M anufacturers, Santa Ana, Ca., agreed to be sold to Desa Intentational, Bowling Green, Ky. ...

Superior F irePlace, Fullerton, Ca', has filed suit against CFM/Maiestic, Vermont Castings and Earth Stoves alleging the competitors infringed on its catalytic gas technology patent.