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Mountain States Lumber & Building Material Dealers Association lured over 1.000 dealers, contractors and suppliers "Back to the Future" for its recent two-day 2000 Products Expo at the Denver Merchandise Mart.

Booth award winners included R/W Specialties, Henderson, Co. (best multiple booth); Andersen Distribution, Denver (honorable mention); double booth Weyerhaeuser (best double); Georgia-Pacific (honorable mention); Wyoming Range Wood Products, Laramie, Wy. (best single), and Pro Country Systems, Salt Lake City, Ut. (honorable mention).

The Colorado WOOD Committee's annual golf tournament tees off July l0 at the Ranch Country Club, Denver.

Lumber Association of California & Nevadats summer calendar includes the annual Associates/ Dealers Golf Tournament June 8 at the Rancho Solano Golf course, Fairfield; 2nd Growth Weekend

HomeBase Renaming 5 Units

HomeBase is converting five of its stores to a new format focusing on outdoor furniture, garden supplies and home furnishings.

Called House 2 Home. the stores will reopen in the late summer or early fall in Foothill Ranch, Palm Desert, Murietta, Ca., and two in Las Vegas, Nv. The Palm Desert store closed two years ago, while the other four are currently liquidating their inventory for the changeover.

Instead of focusing on building materials and other strengths of fastgrowing Southwest competitors Home Depot and Lowe's, HomeBase's new concept stresses outdoor living (patio, lawn and garden), indoor living (flooring, carpeting, lighting and storage), home decor and accessories, and seasonal merchandise.

Each House 2 Home will have about 135 employees, compared to 110 at a typical HomeBase.

Getaway July 14-16 in La Quinta, and summer board meeting Aug. 25-26 at the Spyglass Inn, Pismo Beach, Ca.

Cedar Shake & Shingle Bureau will hold its annual general meeting Sept. 22-24 in Victoria, British Columbia.

Western Wood Products Association is proposing to the American Lumber Standard Committee to add Beams and Stringers and Posts and Timbers design values for western hemlock, sitka spruce and mountain hemlock, using the same values published by WCLIB.