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High Performance Retailing As the war with lraq winds down, entering a mop up and rebuild mode, perhaps we can now take this monkey off our backs. The economic news seems to be positive these past days, with housing up 8Vo in March over February, consumer spending holding up and inflation steady.

As I travel around and speak with dealers, I'm delighted to hear so many doing great business. In one past life I

was in the book industry where we

While the big boxes have made an impact, many LBM dealers have risen to the challenge to create solid high-

performing businesses. Many consumers, as well as the builder commu-

nity, have found that there are alternatives that provide better knowledgeable service, comparable pricing, and reliable after-sales help.

As in any industry, every retailer would like higher margins. While commodity prices have remained low, high-performance dealers have been

publishers sat and watched the demise of the independent dealer. They just could not compete against the Barnes & Nobles and Borders Books of this world. We watched as on Main Street after Main Street, independent book-

suggests that the top independents are

sellers closed down.

further increasing their profit perfor-

able to increase margins that have provided ROI's of 9-l0%o by offering an e

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product. However, one recent report

parts, while not necessarily indicating that they have been able to grow sales at any faster rate.

Many factors impact profitability at the retail level or any business for that matter. Having a high ROI, generally suggests that a business can afford to see a drop in performance and still not have to face any difficult business issues-a great cushion in a difficult time. However, under that same

premise, a healthy cash flow better

positions a business to expand and capitalize on market opportunities.

Better performing stores generally achieve a 20-30Vo greater floor sales

productivity than poorer performing stores, while at the same time achiev-

ing higher inventory turns, higher sales per employee, higher gross mar-

gins, lower receivables and a lower payroll percentage of revenue. Keep these ratios steadily improving, in line or better than average industry ratios, the better the opportunity to compete.

Locally, I've been impressed how retailers are effectively competing with the big boxes. Fliers and specials in my newspaper, trained and enthusiastic inside and outside sales teams. classes, competitive prices, friendly and knowledgeable service, accessibility, an ever-widening range of services

along with one-stop shopping, all drive u business as a destination store.

In other words, by offering value, they can compete more than effectively.

The lifetime value of every customer won and lost can dramatically impact business results. The biggest tangible lost in statistics, is the quality and the motivation of employees.

Their knowledge to save customers time and money are invaluable in differentiating a business from all the rest. Getting people to walk into the store is only part of the battle, getting them to purchase. and more important-

ly giving them enough "customer delight" to bring them back over and over again is the key. Yet, a recent survey of all businesses suggests 557o of all employees are intensely negative

about their job and company. Now think that these same people might be

the first impression a potential customer gets of your business. Hmmm...

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Arizona dealer embraces e-technology E!FFICIENCY and productivity are -U./two words Julie Buchkowski understands. She has actively sought out ways to rid her business of time consuming processes and manual

tasks, adopting new technologies along the way in order to streamline and achieve her goals. At the same time she has managed to put smiles on the faces of her best customers, and her emplovees too.

This saves a great deal of time each month, something Buchkowski is very happy about.

There was one problem, though.

"Many of our contractor accounts send 'runners' to pick-up supplies. More often than not, they lose their copy of the invoice, and never deliver it back

to their office," Buchkowski

explained. "After our statements went

out each month, my bookkeeper would spend the next seven days fax-

"Our customers were able to log in and pull down their own lost invoices, even when we

were not open. They loved it."

Buchkowski is vice president of Paul's Ace Hardware stores. Founded

by Paul Dauwalder in 1956, Paul's Ace Hardware started as a single loca-

tion, 1,000-sq. ft. hardware store in

Scottsdale, Az. Today that location has grown to a thriving full-service hardware business. In 1973, a second

Arizona location was opened in Fountain Hills, and in the early 1990s

they acquired a third location in Tempe, later turning that location into a full-service lumberyard.

A few years back, Buchkowski evaluated the business and spotted some glaring areas of inefficiency.

One of them was the process used to manually file invoices, and then gather them by account to manually send out with the 1,500 monthly statements.

"This was a very time intensive process," she said.

She started phasing out their rou-

tine of sending invoice copies to each account, and today sends invoices to about one-quarter of her accounts.

ing invoice copies to bookkeepers as they phoned us, needing to get additional copies of those lost invoices."

Not very efficient. To solve this dilemma, Buchkowski implemented a new process in the fall of200l. Paul's

Ace Hardware started offering their charge customers online access to their accounts. Using CcrTzueo's iNet Accounts On-Line technology, which allowed their Triad Eagle computer system to work with the Internet, they set up a number of their accounts with a Web-based log-in. That allowed customers access to their account via www.paulsacehardware.com.

"Our customers were able to log-in and to pull down their own lost invoic-

es, even when we were not open.

They loved it, and we saved hours of time we used to spend manually looking up invoices," said Buchkowski.

"The number of post-statement phone calls requesting invoice copies dropped from 20 to 30 a day down to

four or five a day. My bookkeeper is ecstatic !"

Buchkowski found out that her bookkeeper was not the only one who loved the new technology. "My outside salesperson found our online iNet

Their customers loved it too.

Buchkowski explained, "At first we assigned a log-in to just a few of our key accounts. The demand grew to where we set up all of our accounts with a user name and a password for logging in. That way, when a customer called about our online services, we could instantly instruct them how to get online to access their account."

Having found early and quick success with their online service offerings, Paul's Ace Hardware is introducing two brand new services, e-

Statements and e-Invoices.

Buchkowski's computer system partner. CcrTnrao. announced these new technologies just a couple months ago, and Paul's Ace Hardware was one of the first in line to implement them.

"While we have made a lot of

services to be a great competitive edge. Online account access not only saved us hours of time, we gained

progress in terms of reducing manual tasks, the process of printing, stuffing and mailing statements is still a time

additional business by staying a step ahead of our competitors," she said.

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Hauca said, "It's difficult to estimate the amount of materials needed

to complete a job. Once a user has designed a deck [with the software],

he just e-mails the order, prints out the

step-by-step instructions, straps on the tool belt and sets to work."

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CYBER DECK: New software allows dealers and builders to plug in he dimensions of a deck prolect and get a 3D image of he deck, tully priced and building code compliant.

"lt enables deck builders to pick and click their way irom an idea to a fully specilied,

Itr/ITH summer approaching, lum-

"Biz-e Builder is designed for the serious d-i-yer and small builder," said

that move boards quickly through their yards. One New Zealand-based timber company has introduced software that gives retailers another tool to get contractors and d-i-yers in "deck mode."

Straightedge North America, which is owned by Carter Holt Harvey, has introduced software that allows pros

enables them to pick and click their way from an idea to a fully specified and priced, building code compliant

Y Y ber dealers are looking for creative ways to push decking projects

and consumers to design and build their deck before they ever purchase a single piece of lumber.

The new software. named Biz-e Builder, creates a virtual 3D plan of the deck project, showing all elevations and providing measurements for bearer andjoist spans.

The software is cunently in use at lumberyards in Australia and New Zealand and is in the process of being

rolled out in the U.S.

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design for a deck, retaining wall or fence."

Lumber and building material dealers can either stock the CD software, having pros and consumers buy it and then use it on their home computer, or they can have the program installed at their yard. Dealers can install the program at the sales counter, in the manager's office or in a special deck planning kiosk.

"The contractor version of the tool," noted Hauca, "affords the opportunity to manage the customerestimating feature, by adding mark-up to materials, labor and print a customized quotation."

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Straightedge hopes the software builds ties between the dealer and the end-user, which will ultimately help the dealer attract and acquire the customer's full decking supplies order.

According to Hauca, a dealer in New Zealand reported 28 deck quotes in three months, with nearly 50Vo of all quotes proceeding to orders.

"The beauty of the product," added Hauca, "is the customer can visualize the end product by viewing the 3D diagrams."

Dealers that install the program at their yards will get technical assistance over the phone setting up the database. Straightedge also provides on-site orientation seminars for multiunit dealers.

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WhatS New in 2003 (OnfWnnE companies serving the lumber and buildr.f ing material industry have begun unveiling a host of new and updated products.

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New iNet e-Invoices allows point-of-sale systems to automatically email a copy of each invoice to customers.

Seconds after completing a transaction, the customer's bookkeeper automatically gets a copy of the invoice.

Chonne Linx

Channelinx's new elinx release, Version 3.79, contains approximately 170 enhancements throughout the e-commerce platform and specific expanded functionality to its OCI Punchout and Sourcing modules.

In addition, Content Manager Version | .9 adds over | 50 new features, including performance improvements in the Submit, Distribute and Publish processes.

Cognicase ScoopSoft Version 7.0 features an improved order entry screen, directly from the whiteboard, to view available-forsale inventory. Users are able to configure their own order entry screen by choosing which fields they will have to fill in order to complete the sales order. This helps sales personnel quickly create sales orders, therefore reducing available inventory from the whiteboard in seconds.

New features also include two-way match (or reverse billing) for freight invoices. For selected carriers, the sys-

tem can generate an accounts payable directly at time of shipping, based on pre-negotiated rates (as opposed to creating the usual accounts payable accrual).

Accounting department users will also be able to electronically reconcile checks by downloading a check file

from any bank.

Computer fl ssociates Inc. CAI has released its interface program to the Andersen Windows Intelligent Quote (IQ) system. The program allows Andersen dealers and distributors to generate an

Module. Crossdock orders can be combined for van shipment and the van number tracked through the CAI software. Products may also be selected individually for the crossdock order so the dealer or distributor can "pick and choose" what products can come from stock versus those shipped from Andersen. When the van is received, another program sorts the receiver by Andersen parl number, reducing the effort to match shipping and ordering documents.

In addition to Andersen Windows, interfaces have been

developed for Caradco, Vetter, Windsor Windows and 20/20 for Kitchens. Others are in the works.

Dmsi Through advanced features in Inventory and Attribute Viewer screens, DMSi's Agility software Version 2.3.4 enables wholesalers and treaters to quickly access on-hand lumber to help create custom orders.

For example, users can search inventory records based on attributes, items, size, description, product group and supplier. Even with minimum information, it's easy to find accurate inventory information on products immediately in a point-and-click Windows environment.

"Our customers want accurate information on inventory while their customer is on the phone and ready to place an order," said Monte Jensen, DMSi software lumber industry sales representative. "The latest version of Agility provides the tools to easily locate items through attributes, item characteristics, ordering status, view groups of inventory items and their quantities for one or more branches, and dynamic features allow Agility users to select items and add them to orders instantly."

One exciting trend sees users running Agility graphical software features like this on wireless Tablet PCs when they're out in the yard. The potential uses in a business for !5 gi Od! I*

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CAI's new Ponderosa Building Materials software system captures the information and brings it forward into a quote or sales order. Part numbers, pricing, description and other information are polled from IQ. Once the Andersen IQ quote is in the CAI system, individual lines can be changed, selling discounts applied and load factors calculated. Also other products can be added providing a single quote for all lumber and millwork items

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When the job is sold, the entire quote or any portion of it

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ATTRIBUTE Viewer screens for DMSi's Agility software provide quick access to on-hand lumber to helo create custom orders.

this type of device are significant-imagine sales personnel, with a dealer, at a customer job site, quoting material and converting it to an order on the spot in real-time. A Tablet PC stylus can offer excellent touch-screen, handwriting and voice recognition capabilities.

Enterprise Computer SUstems Best known for its POS systems and productivity tools, Enterprise's latest development is its estimating service.

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The service frees dealers from adding a dedicated estimator as well as purchasing the software and hardware to generate automated takeoffs. So far, 80 dealers have signed on.

Enterprise currently has five full-time estimators on staff

and is looking to add one more. Since custom databases are set up for most customers, any of the estimators can work with any customer. "We are doing a full range of takeoffs-from small residential house plans to large commercial projects and everything in between," said Dan

Kukol, general manager of estimating services. "Most customers send us the more difficult plans that would be very time consuming for them to estimate."

Enterprise provides professional takeoffs with a quick turn around and gives dealers the ability to review the takeoff from their own point-of-sale system. Enterprise dials into customers' POS systems and deposits the material list for the dealer to review and price, eliminating the need to key lists back into the system.

Takeoffs can also be received by fax, e-mail plan file or export file. Customers choose the time frame in which they need the takeoff back. There is an option to use a generic database or to have a custom database created with specific item numbers, phases, assemblies, and delivery loads.

Enterprise also markets the service to dealers using its Professional Estimating module, to assist when an estimator is overwhelmed with requests, on vacation, or out sick.

llxTrend Technologg, Inc. A fast, simple way to connect to disconnected vendors, eBuy Center is an automated procurement solutions that reduces the time, cost and errors associated with manual processing of POs. Unlike other solutions, vendors do not need to be hooked up via EDI, and the user does not need to run a specific proprietary back-office system.

Progressiue Solutions Inc. Lumber Track Version 7 began shipping this spring and has already been sold to numerous companies wanting to streamline their operations. The software integrates everything from procurement to sales to inventory management and reporting. It is now quicker to install and configure, operates even faster than before, and has added functionality to enhance sales, shipping and reporting.

MacBeath Hardwood is the first firm to operate Lumber Track's Point-of-Sale functionality. The California-based hardwood manufacturer, distributor and retailer uses the system to better track and handle inventory management and determine the cost of goods sold, helping to ensure adequate margins. Lumber Track also allows MacBeath to standardize business practices at all locations and integrate their retail sales into their overall inventory management.

New tag printing and data collection products allow companies to tag inventory at receiving or production and track it throughout their operation. Tag Track is a standalone, rugged printing station for printing product identification tags, including bar codes. Hand-held data collection devices running Progressive Solutions software for inventory counts, load tallies and end tallies help track and tally

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HAND-HELD data collection devices interfaced to Lumber Track allow the entire operation to track inventory levels, movement and commitment.

product in receiving, warehouses and mills.

Order Track, a new e-commerce add-on product, allows wholesalers' customers to check the status of their orders online with standard Internet browsers. It can be plugged into an existing Web site or set up as secure space on the Order Track server.

Seljar InternationaI Inc. Easier than ever to use, Seljax 3D Decks Version 8.0 lets new users with little lumber experience design and accurately estimate decks in minutes.

Advanced features include pools, hot tubs, angled deck-

ing, herringbone decking, angled beams, custom railing systems, multiple foundation types (piles, pier forms, bell forms, default post in ground height), ramps, bridges, skirting, benches, vertical or horizontal joists, decking cut list, and a lengths table for decking.

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WorldView, a division of DMSi, is increasingly focusing on Web-based document management. The concept is that documents like business reports, invoices, statements, delivery tickets, contracts, etc. can be centrally stored electronically for fast, easy access from any PC. It's said to be more cost-effective than traditional file cabinets, offering significant time savings and new abilities to share information.

Fifteen companies in the industry currently use World-

View document management.

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A new supplier-managed inventory (SMD program simplifies the entire inventory management and order replenishment cycle.

Matching available to promise inventory with customer replenishment needs by location and product, W3Net SMI sends automated reorder alerts to the supplier that include suggested replenishment orders. From that point a supplier can create a final order by accepting or modifying the suggested order based upon practical sales considerations such as weather or transportation issues.

Replenishment levels can be driven both by simple minimum/maximum inventory levels or more sophisticated demand forecasting formulas.

The company offers a full suite of Web-based tools to facilitate the entire business process between buyers and

sellers via its W3Net Com-merce Platform and W3Net Docu-ment Exchange Platform, as well as business process consulting and custom software development.

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Choosing rrirnJrl Sfock the right vinyl decking system

By Deron Manwaring Royal Crown Ltd.

rfrHE rise in the popularity of vinyl

|. deck systems means a rise in the

number of brands available on the market today. Not all vinyl decks are

shade to protect the vinyl from break-

ing more common because it reduces material expense. This process nor-

ing down, becoming brittle or discol-

mally results in a high quality product

oring.

if used properly.

UV additives work like a window

alike so dealers and distributors need to understand what they are buying and the differences between the vari-

The industry standard for the UV additive is 10 parts per hundred. The best vinyl decks on the market are

All too often, though, it is used to hide a sub-standard, recycled base material that the manufacturer can

ous vinyl deck systems.

A good deck system will offer fea-

produced with 12 parts per hundred of

purchase at a reduced price. The outer

titanium dioxide. the best additive

tures that can handle the vririous

available.

Several deck systems are offered in

demands users place on it. Features such as ultraviolet protection, color retention, impact retention, the proper use of co-extrusion all affect the quality and impact the longevity of the product.

Ultraviolet (UV) protection is

essential in vinyl products that are intended for exterior applications. The

different colors. Make sure they are manufactured with good quality color additives to ensure that the colors do not fade. Vinyl deck manufacturers that use the best proven color blends certify the steadfastness of the colors.

In the vinyl industry, the co-extrusion manufacturing process is becom-

Look for a vinyl deck system that is produced entirely of 100% virgin vinyl.

layer is comprised of a quality materi-

al that effectively hides the sub-stanVINYL DECKS built for exterior applications should contain ultraviolet additives to help pre-

vent deck planks lrom discoloring or becoming brittle with age.

dard base material.

Look for a vinyl deck system Produced entirely of 100Vo virgin vinyl

that does not include inferior or incompatible ingredients that affect the quality of the deck.

Other qualities that identify a well-

built vinyl deck system include a single-piece plank design that prevents

vinyl against vinyl squeaking, safety features such as a slip resistant surface, outstanding weight load capaci-

ties. self-extinguishing non-toxic vinyl, excellent impact resistance, and a connection system that does not expose fasteners to lift or rust.

A reputable manufacturer will sub-

mit its vinyl decking to strength, aging, durability and safety testing by independent labs and testing specialists that are submitted to the Building

Officials Code Administrators

(BOCA). Ask manufacturers' representatives for testing information.

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Mr. Manwaring is marketing manager for Royal Crown Ltd., manufacturer of vinyl fence, deck and railing products (www.royplas.com).

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Steel frqming

still not q sleql IaIONSUMERS who are offered a choice of paper or \-,plastic at the grocery store may one day be able to choose between wood or steel framing at the lumberyard.

"Once we see steel studs on the Home Depot shelves,

we'll know that steel framing has officially arrived," says one Houston, Tx., builder.

Currently, less than 5Vo of all U.S. homes are framed in steel. Still, that represents 30OVo growth over the last four years. Yet Vickie Jones estimates that the number of inquiries her Texas Steel Framing Alliance receives from seriously interested builders and homeowners has risen

Critics point to the unfamiliarity with steel by contractors, home builders, architects and engineers' A majority of lumber framing crews are untrained to install steel framing, they maintain.

Organizations, such as the Texas Steel Framing Alliance, are committed to working with technical schools

"Once we see steel studs on the Home Depot shelves, we'll know that steel

IOOVo in the past year.

Proponents say light-gauge steel framing has a higher strength-to-weight ratio than wood; it resists insects and fire; is recyclable, and will not warp, shrink or rot.

Builders also appreciate the precision angles and reduced on-site waste steel framing can provide.

framing has officially arrived."

and providing continuing education to bridge the gap. As well, new tool designs are under development to make the equipment and the process for installing wood and metal more compatible. Some manufacturers offer steel home-building kits or software for estimating steel framing specifications.

Ready access can be a problem since currently so much steel framing is made to order. "If there are changes to the order, you may have to wait days or weeks to get the part," says Bryon A.

Parffrey, a certified instructor for Builders Academy.com.

Opponents also claim steel studs typically are

more expensive than wood. Jerry Huckeba, owner of steel framing manufacturer Steel Tree Inc., Willis, Tx., balks: "There are a lot of myths out there. People have heard that steel framing costs much more than wood when, in fact, the prices are comparable-especially when all the costs are considered."

Nevertheless, as long as lumber prices remain

low, most buyers don't see ample incentive to make the switch. Steel supporters admit that that situation has slowed-but not stopped-them from taking market share. They point to noticeable in-roads into states with tropical climates, such as Florida, Alabama, Hawaii and Texas-

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and discussions in some states to mandate steel frame construction for public safety.

Says the owner of a recently-built steelframed home: "This is the wav of the future."

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Crown Pacific, Portland, Or.,

briefs lnruurs

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Builders Hardware plans to consolidate its operations in Buellton, Ca., by constructing a 40,000-sq. ft. warehouse and office building

Lumber Products, Eugene, Or., is relocating its Salt Lake City, Ut., door, millwork and cabinet materials warehouse from an 80,000-sq.

on 6.7 acres; the city planning

commission recently approved the development plan ...

Pacific Lumber & Truss Co., Lake Oswego, Or., is remodeling its retail showroom to emphasize window displays ...

Hills Flat Lumber, Sacramento, Ca., added an in-store door manufacturing shop; Kenny Wadding, door shop mgr. ...

Lomita Building Materials, Lomita. Ca.. has been renamed

Thompson Building Materials and

has added a natural stone yard in Wilmington, Ca. ...

Sutherland's Lumber Ca,'s old

ft. facility to a 140,000-sq. ft. building in June ...

Stimson Lumber Co., Portland, Or., agreed to buy the operating assets of Friesen Lumber Co., St. Helens. Or.: the transaction is expected close by June 30 . . .

Stromberg Moore Hardwoods

has opened a new sales office in Bellevue, Id.; Bob Leahy, mgr. ...

Castlerock Materials, Spokane, Wa., suffered a three-alarm fire Apnl23 at its wooden pallet and truss plant; the blaze is under investigation ...

Lewis County Forest Products started its new Winlock, Wa.,

S-acre property and 20,000-sq. ft.

sawmill last month ...

building in Pueblo, Co., were auctioned last month ...

Home Depot this month opens new home centefs in Avon. Co., and N. Fresno, Ca. ... Depot targets a July 31 opening of a 90,000sq. ft. store with 30,000-sq. ft. garden center in Porterville, Ca. ...

logg, Id., purchased land to expand operations from l0 to 15 acres; its cedar plant, scale center and loading operation will be enlarged by October ...

Home Depot submitted plans for a 91,000-sq. ft. transit facility on 34 acres in Woodland. Wa.: broke ground in Kauai, Hi., for a 95,000sq. ft. store with 24,000-sq. ft. garden center; will begin construction late this year on a 100,000-sq. ft. store in Eagle, Id., and passed on an ex-Kmart site in Ponderay, Id. ...

84 Lumber opened a new store last month in Redding, Ca. ...

Inwe's is negotiating with Black & Decker to open a 165,000-sq. ft. store in Pacoima (Los Angeles), Ca., where B&D subsidiary Price Pfister is closing a 24-ase plumbing manufacturing facility this June; the city has received a $7.4 million federal loan to redevelop the area ...

Edelen Custom D.oors & Win' dows has leased 2,473 sq. ft. of space in Lake Oswego, Or., from Withers Lumber Corp. ...

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Herb L. Pearce Construction Inc., Comelius, Or., opened a solid vent block and web stock manufacturing plant in Prineville, Or. ...

Seneca Sawmill Co., Eugene, Or., eliminated its third shift, laying off 115 of its 420 employees,

only the mill's second layoff in its 49-year history...

Potlatch Corp., Spokane, Wa., agreed to sell 15,200 acres of hard-

wood bottomland in Arkansas to Bradlev Lumber', Potlatch closed its Bradley hardwood mill in July and two months later sold the facility to Bradley Lumber president Dr. David Chambers ...

Peterman Lumber, Fontana, Ca., installed a new 70-ft. flag pole; the

local Chamber of Commerce was on hand May 2 for the flag raising ceremony ...

USP Lumber Connectars has been renamed USP Structural Connectors ...

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temporarily curtailed production at

mills in Gilchrist, Or; Marysville

and Port Angeles, Wa., and indefi-

nitely shuttered its Prineville, Or., planing and drying mill; Prineville may reopen when economic conditions improve ...

Loui s i ana - Pac ift c temqorari lY closed its Bonners Ferry, Id., mill until lumber prices rise and established a claimant offer program for

homeowners who filed claims under the Inner-Seal siding liability class action settlement ...

Sierra Pacific Industries sold 1,900 acres in the Sierra Nevadas to the Trust for Public Land; the land will be incorporated into the Tahoe National Forest ...

Crown Bolt Inc., Aliso Viejo, Ca., recently won a five-year tax freeze in Memphis, Tn., where it plans to consolidate three DCs into a 91,000-sq. ft. facility . ..

C.C. Crow Publications, Portland, Or., is expanding its "Crow's Nest" market report column into a new weekly publication ...

Nexwood Industrie s exPanded its Ontario, Canada, plant, adding equipment and doubling the caPacity of its floor line ...

Deceuninck bought Thyssen PolY-

mer, the extrusion business unit of ThyssenKrupp Technologies ...

Fremont Sawmill. Lakeview, Or., operated by Collins Cos., has installed a backpressure steam turbine-not a cogeneration facilitY as reported last month ...

Redwood Empire, Morgan Hill, Ca., is now distributing Eon composite decking ...

Reid &Wright Inc., Broomfield, Co., is now distributing SynergY Pacific's complete line of Quattro Post KID engineered posts and columns, inventoried in WRC, DF and SPF, solid and F/J, primed and raw, clear and knotty ...

Anniversaries Gray Lumber Co., Tacoma, 'Wa., 100th ... Fred I

C. Holmes Lumber Co., Fort I Bragg, Ca., 55th ... DMK-Pacffic i Corp., Fresno, Ca.,Zith...

Housing starts in March (latest figs.) climbed 8Vo Io an annual rate of 1.780 million ... single familY starts rose 7.l%o to 1.414 million ... permits fellTTo to 1.685 million.

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Western Hardwood Association

iqtion news Mountain States Lumber & Building Material Dealers Association is sponsoring Bill Darling estimating courses May l4-16 in Flagstaff, Az., andMay 20-22 in Salt Lake City, Ut.

During its recent Product Expo in Denver, Co., MSLBMDA presented booth awards to (best single booth) Valley Steel & Wire, Fort Collins, Co.; (honorable mention) Quikrete of

Colorado; (best double booth) The Millworks, Durango, Co.; (honorable mention) Stilewood International Manufacturing of Canada; (best multi-

ple booth) Boise Building Solutions,

and (honorable mention) Reid & Wright, Broomfield, Co.

has a lengthy lineup of speakers for its

48th annual meeting June 2l-24 at Sunriver Resort, Sunriver, Or. Mark Rey, U.S. Under Secretary of

Agriculture, speaks on "The President's Healthy Forest Initiative," John Bredeson, Puget Sound Truck Lines, "Changes in Trucking Regultaions & Competitive Edge;" Evert Slijper,

What Customers Need to Know."

Christopher Dicus, Ph.D., assistant professor of natural resources management at Cal Poly State University-San

Luis Obispo, will discuss major findings in his new study, "A Comparison

Whittier Wood Products, "Challenges in U.S. Furniture Manufacture;" Dan

of California Forest Practice Rules and Two Forest Certification Systems."

Meyer, Hardwood Review, "Hardwood Analysis & Reporting;" Randy Wisner, Lumber Products, "Distribution Center Operations;" Mike Snow, AHEC, "International Markets;" Rick Breuner, Fibre Industry Consultants,

Western Building Material Association executive Casey Voorhees joined dealers from across the country

at National's Legislative Leadership Conference in Washington, D.C.

The WBMA delegation included Ed Waite, Spenard Builders Supply, Anchorage, Ak.; Jeff Swan, Evergreen Lumber. Port Orchard. Wa.: Bob and

Lumber Association of California & Nevada's next 2nd Growth meeting May l5 at the WestCoast Long Beach

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"Pulp & Paper Industry Health & Forecast;" Larry Mason, RTI & UW, "Economics of Alder over Douglas Fir," and a spokesman for Webster Forest Nursery, "Successful Planting & Growing of Alder."

Western Wood Preservers Institute is hosting its summer retreat June 22-24 at the Skamainia Lodge, Stevenson, Wa.

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Treated Wood Associations In Transition A glimpse at the future of pressure treated wood was unveiled during the American Wood-Preservers' Association's 99th annual meeting in Boston at the end of April.

In addition to presentations on

tion in Shelton and intends to retain all

Other associations-including the American Wood Preservers Institute. the American Forest & Paper Association, the Timber Pile Council and the Southern Pressure Treaters

Association-also addressed serious

emerging preservatives, the event-

changes during the event.

Transition"-featured the first ever business meetings of AWPA's stan-

AWPI now is being overseen by an association management company.

April James is executive director,

themed "Your Industry in

dards-setting committees outside of the usual week-long September ses-

assisted by Melissa White.

In the wake of AWPI's restructuring, SPTA is considering expanding its focus beyond industrial treaters to

sions. AWPA hopes to streamline its standards-setting process by having technical committees meet twice

employees.

On site management includes former Simpson employees Ben Horn, general mgr.; Jim Langenberg, production mgr.; Jim Zmudka, sales and marketing; Ken Pratt, technical director, and Jim Larsen. controller.

Founded by Connecticut-based

Atlas Holdings, Olympic Panel Products includes industry executives

David Wang, ex-International Paper, and Richard Yarbrough, who worked for both International Paper and Louisiana Pacific.

the entire southern treating industry.

annually instead of once.

And, AF&PA is taking over the

During the event, AWPA proposed allowing corporate sponsorships to augment dues. The association also introduced its new executive vice president, Colin McCown, who suc-

AWPI. Additional details and photos of the event will appear in next month's

ceeds the retiring John Hall at the end

Merchant Magazine.

Treated Wood Council to continue the

legislative and regulatory functions of

of May.

Cal Cedar To Shutter Mill California Cedar Products Co., Stockton, Ca., will begin layoffs at its McCloud, Ca., mill in June and shutter the facility in August.

The mill primarily cut wooden flats for pencil-making, reportedly becom-

ing the world's leading supplier of

AWPA installed its new officers: president Dr. John N.R. Ruddick, lst v.p. Scott C. Conklin, 2nd v.p.

William Grimes, 3rd v.p. Wayne P. Ryland, treasurer Randy Deweese, and

OPP Acquires Plywood Biz Olympic Panel Products has acquired Simpson Timber Co.'s Shelton, Wa., specialty overlay ply-

executive committee members David D'Hooge and G. Paul Merrick.

Olympic plans to keep the opera-

wood business.

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According to debark operator John Prinz, Cal Cedar officials said the mill had to close because it had made too

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U.S. Lumber Volume Increases To Record U.S. lumber consumption roared to an all-time high in 2002, fueled by strong activity in the repair/remodeling and new home construction sector,

according to the Western Wood Products Association.

Estimates show U.S. lumber consumprion toraled 56.3 billion bd. ft. in 2002, surpassing the previous record

of 54.3 billion bd. fr. set in 1999.

Consumption in repair/remodeling jumped ll.9Vo in 2002 to 18.1 billion

bd. ft., while demand for lumber in residential construction rose 4.97o to 22.3 billion bd. ft., reported WWPA. Final 2002 lumber consumption

and production statistics will be released in the fall followins WWPA's survey oF Western mills.

Tracking with the record consump-

tion, lumber imports entering the country also reached a new high, ris-

ing to 2l billion bd. fr. in 2002.

Canadian imports rose 2.17o to 19.1 billion bd. ft., while non-Canadian imports spiked 37 .5Va to 1.9 billion bd. ft.

Output at Western mills increased 5.5Va to an estimated 17.4 billion bd.

ft. Mills in the Oregon and Washington coastal region increased production l}Vo to 9.6 billion bd. ft.

grng scenarlos.

A predicted rise in the interest rates

in the latter part of 2003 should slow new home construction modestly to 1.65 million units for the year.

Western lumber production is expected to ease l.9Vo to l7 billion bd. ft. as consumption declines. Canadian imports are projected to fall 18.8 bilIion bd. ft. Imports from Europe, New Zealand and Latin America should drop 5.9Vo to 1.8 billion bd. ft.

USFS Reduces Owl Study U.S. Forest Service will scale back a plan to monitor the effects of different levels of logging on spotted owls in California, citing a lack of public

"We still expect good scientific information," said the USFS's Matt Mathes. "But not as good as the original plan."

The plan met with criticism from environmentalists who said it required too much logging over too much time on too small a land base.

Pick Paint The Depot Way Home Depot stores are introducing an interactive paint center that seeks to

simplify paint selection for customers.

The Color Solutions Center features new color technology, brochures and project idea cards in a 30-ft. dis-

play. The results of several years of consumer research, Home Depot will

support.

use the center to showcase paint

Announced in December (see Jan., p. 27), the plan would assess the impact of varying degrees of logging

brands by Ralph Lauren, Glidden and

on 180,000 acres of owl habitat in Northern California's Plumas and Lassen national forests.

The study called for the cutting of 600 million bd. fr. of rimber and rhe building of 160 miles of roads.

The downsized plans call for monitoring regular forestry work instead of setting up scientifically monitored log-

its exclusive Disney Color by Behr.

The center incorporates technology that lets consumers choose a color and then preview its application in virtual computer "rooms." There are also peel and stick paint chips that can be applied to any wall surface.

"Our research clearly pointed to customers' desire for a more userfriendly color presentation system," said Depot's Sophia Schade.

and accounted for most of the gain in the West.

Looking ahead to 2003, lumber

demand will likely fall 1.87o to 55.2 billion bd. ft. Even with the anticipated decline, 2003 would be the second highest lumber consumption year on

Proudllt grown and manufactured by the Colville Indian Tribe

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Roseburg Trims Workforce Roseburg Forest Products, Roseburg, Or., has cut l27o of its work force and scaled back plywood production by 2OVo.

Most of the 450 job losses last month occurred at the company's Dillard, Or., plywood plant.

Company officials blamed the cuts on a weak economy and stiff competition from OSB. President Allyn Ford said sales of high-end hardwood plywood have been "very slow."

Despite the recent moves, Roseburg officials expect to see a slight increase in sales from last year.

Roseburg has made gains with lum-

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Jim Landis is the new general mgr. of Washington Hardwoods,

Jeff Howard has been promoted to sales mgr. at Capital Lumber Co., Healdsburg, Ca. He assumes the

Seattle, Wa., a division of Rosboro Lumber.

Larry Buelna and Steve Buelna are new to Mill Direct Sales' Wilsonville, Or., location.

Jon Howell was promoted to sales mgr. at Snow Peak Forest Products, Couer d' Alene, Id. Greg Franklin has opened a branch sales office in Bend, Or., for North

post July l. Geoff Watts, ex-

Steve Petracca was named president and c.e.o. of online LBM dealer Builder Depot, San Diego, Ca. Jack Stewart has joined Powers

Fasteners Inc. as Denver, Co.,

Crown Pacific. is a new account

branch mgr.

mgr. at Capital Lumber, Albuquer-

que, N.M., handling I-joists and

Ron Gelbrich, Cascade Hardwood, Chehalis. Wa.. has been elected a

engineered wood products.

director of the Hardwood Manu-

Scott Litwin has joined 84 Lumber Co. as a mgr. trainee in Grand

facturers Association. David

Junction. Co.

Weyerhaeuser, Northwest Hard-

Hamor operations mgr. at the new Home Depot in San Luis Obispo, Ca., store. Bob Whitman is retiring as president of Home DePot's Expo Design Centers. Annette

elected to the executive committee.

Jeff King is store mgr. and Bill

American Wood Products.

Carl Christoferson has been named mgr. for the West Coast market at Windsor Mill, Windsor, Ca.

woods, Federal Way, Wa., was

Lee Thomas, president, GeorgiaPacific Corp., has been named to the added position of chief operat-

Potlatch Corp., Spokane, Wa., after

Verschuren, president, Home

ing officer. David Paterson is the new executive v.p. of the building

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Depot Canada, is serving as interim president of the division.

Michael Haining has been named

Whit Whitney recently retired from Richard J. Taggart has been promot-

ed to executive v.p. and chief financial officer at Weyerhaeuser Co., Federal Way, Wa. He succeeds William C. Stivers, who will retire in June.

products businesses.

Len Viale, 70, is retiring from Redwood Empire, Morgan Hill, Ca., after 20 years with the company. Viale also worked for Simpson Timber, Arcata, Ca., for 20 years.

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Gail Hatle, controller, Peterman Lumber. Fontana. has retired after more than 20 Years.

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Gary Donnelly has resigned after 12 years as president of the National

Lumber & Building Material Dealers Association. Vicki Worden is serving as interim pres-

ident during the search for a replacement.

Craig Maginness is new to Johns Manville Roofing Systems Group, Denver, Co., as director of the contractor services group.

Garrett Momburg, rental center gen-

eral mgr., Pacific Home Do it Center, San Luis Obispo, Ca., recently became the l000th participant in Do it Best Corp.'s four-day rental training schooi.

Ed Gale, sales. Stockton Wholesale Lumber, Stockton, Ca., is back to work after open-heart surgery.

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a safety hazard and was expensive to

home plan publisher David Bradley.

maintain. Palco closed the mill in May 2001 and auctioned off its giant

"Advertising is an additional source of legitimate information for readers."

head rigs and band saws last year.

"The decision was that there was far greater opportunity with the building down than with the building up," said spokesman Jim Branham. He noted that although there are no immediate plans for the site, Palco is trying to attract new businesses to the old mill town and the building was unsuitable for other uses.

The structure was built from huge redwood beams and a large quantity of old growth lumber. Branham said the lumber salvaged should more than pay for the cost of the dismantling.

Wa. Cities In Big Box Feud A dispute over who will host the area's first big box home center has the cities of Walla Walla and College Place, Wa., trading litigation shots.

In late March, Walla Walla said it planned to take lead agency status

over a proposed Home Depot in College Place, which led College Place officials in April to file a complaint in Superior Court against a proposed Lowe's in Walla Walla.

College Place asked the court to mandate Walla Walla make a study of traffic impact and that they refuse the city any construction permits.

Blueprints As Marketing Tool Associated Press will now allow

"College Place is doing exactly

building product companies to advertise in its study plans and blueprints purchased by customers of the AP

what they had accused us of doing, which is delaying the project," said Walla Walla city manager Duane

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Palco Tears Down Historic Mill Pacific Lumber Co. has begun dis-

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Final Days For N.M. Sawmill Unless a buyer can be found, New Mexico's last major sawmill will close permanently June 7.

Rio Grande Forest Products, Espanola, attributes the shutdown to low timber prices and a shortage of large logs.

Although the mill was retrofitted in the mid-1990s to mill smaller trees, it could be retooled further to cut even smaller, 6" to 11" diameter timbers or to produce wood chips, according to Jack Beverage.

The facility employs 87 and has been producing 160,000 bd. ft. of timber daily since reopening in January

3'xl6' towable targets, called "wings," that are towed 1,500 yards behind airplanes, allowing other fighter aircraft to shoot at them with paint pellets as part of accuracy testing.

three weeks claiming, in part, a

contractor is supplying all of the lumber, glue, staples and staple guns.

decline in logging on national forests.

SPI's Chris Conrad said the compa-

Ganahl's contribution includes: creating the template for the wing's frames: cutting the clear sugar pine. and then sizing and stapling it together; getting the wings back after anoth-

er company has added an aluminum cover, and finally adding holes and routing a beveled edge on the wings.

The finished wings are shipped to

militaries in Malaysia, Brazil, Spain,

The operation, a subsidiary of Idaho Timber Corp. was purchased

India, Egypt and South Korea.

"There is a good chance that this current job could turn into a 13,000wings-per-year job with this contractor," added Long.

Ganahl Gets lts Wings Ganahl Lumber Co., Anaheim, Ca., has begun building wood targets for

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Sierra-Pacific Industries irked environmentalists last month when it failed

Corona, Ca, mill.

The mill is currently building 1,200

Camp, Ca., small-log sawmill for

Mill manager Travis Long said the

after a two-month curtailment.

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The criticism came as the Redding, Ca.-based firm closed its Chinese

ny did not bid on the sale because it wasn't economically viable to do so.

In fact, no company bid on the largest timber sale in the Stanislaus forest in two years. The U.S. Forest Service estimated the sale would provide 6 million bd. ft. of timber. Much of the 14,200-acre area was burned in a 2001 wildfire.

John Buckley of the Sierra Central Environmental Resource Center said the lack of bids shows that "there really isn't a market demand for much in

the way of Forest Service timber. It's mostly rhetoric that the timber industry wants more wood."

Sierra Club's Warren Alford

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SPI officials noted the sale was contingent on many complicating fac-

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Conrad also added that much of the burned timber in the area deteriorated.

The Forest Service said it will

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California Mulls Logging Limits The California state legislature is now considering a 10bill package that looks to give local water quality boards more discretion to block logging proposals, restrict logging along creeks and require regulators to consider the broader impact of cutting tress on specific watersheds.

The California timber industry strongly opposes the measures.

"That package, in its entirety, spells complete devasta-

tion for our industry," said the California Forestry Association's Mark Rentz. "Every one of those bills has serious economiO ramifications."

Advocates of the bill say they expect no adverse effect on the timber industry.

Lawmakers supporting the bills further add that the measures are needed because the Bush Administration is

pushing new policies from the federal level that would double the amount of timber removed from the state's national forests.

Rentz argued that the proposed bill would simply add more environmental quality rules to a state that already has the strictest in the nation.

to spend nearly $4,300.

With summer approaching, 44Vo of respondents said that home improvement spending was a higher priority than taking a vacation (20Vo) or dining and entertainment (l5%o). This is up from 33Vo in2000.

According to the survey, T3Vo of homeowners will spend their d-i-y dollars at home improvement centers, followed by department stores and then hardware stores. Only 67o of those surveyed plan to shop at a lumberyard or spe-

cialty retailer.

The survey found that home owners will use nearly half (447o) of this budget for interior decorating, followed by remodeling, landscaping and other critical maintenance.

Less than 2O7o said they would tackle exterior house decor, add a room or expand a deck or patio this year.

When picking projects and materials, two-thirds of respondents said price determined where they shopped, followed by selection, service and location.

The survey also found that homeowners are tuning in more to home improvement shows-44%o now as opposed to 38Vo three years ago.

D-l-Yers Have Their Cash ln Place A new survey of homeowners indicates that Americans will invest significantly in home improvement projects this spring.

The American Express survey of 341 households found that the average home improvement budget this year is $3,800. The figure is a big jump from 2000 when the annual d-i-yer's budget was estimated at $2,900.

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Days after a $79 million jury verdict that found Weyerhaeuser Co. guilty of illegally monopolizing the alder industry, five other Northwest

mills filed lawsuits against the Federal Way. Wa.-based timber giant.

Westwood Lumber, Reedsport, Or.;

Morton Alder, Willamina, Or.;

mons Hardwood Lumber Co., Longview, Wa., $79 million. RossSimmons, which went out of business in 2001, claimed Weyco bought large quantities of red alder to deprive competitors of logs.

"We think it sends a positive message to the small alder mills that con-

Cascade Hardwoods, Chehalis, Wa.,

tinue to compete against Weyer-

Onalaska, Wa., are seeking damages estimated in excess of $100 million.

The mill owners also want wide-rang-

ney, Mike Kelley.

and Alexander Lumber Mill,

ing injunctive relief and a courtordered breakup of Weyerhaeuser's alder division.

A second lawsuit was filed by B.C.-based Coast Mountain Hardwoods, which is seeking $500 million

haeuser," said Ross Simmons' attor-

Several days after the ruling,

Weyerhaeuser said it would dispute the decision, claiming that information

given to the jury was informing and led to an unfair ruling.

"We continue to believe we competed fairly in the marketplace," said

ments related to the case. "(We) have secured a successful verdict, but the record in this case is so damning of

Weyerhaeuser's corporate behavior

that is imperative that it be made available to the public, the press, and

appropriate law enforcement agencies," said the plaintiffs in a letter to U.S. district court judge Owen Panner.

According to the original lawsuit, there were 40 alder mills in Oregon

and Washington in 1980. When Weyerhaeuser entered the market, it bought Northwest Hardwoods' two

mills, and by 1995 it controlled 657o of the market. By 2001, the suit claims, Weyerhaeuser occupied 7 57o of the market.

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Not finished either, Ross-Simmons

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longer has an ownership interest in Wickes, Riverside's owner, J. Steven Wilson, has resigned as Wickes' president and c.e.o.

national study by the National

Rejoining Wickes as its new president and c.e.o. is Jim O'Grady, who spent 25 years with the chain before leaving last May to lead Hope Lumber & Supply, Broken Arrow, Ok.

Association of Home Builders and

Brendel had said he was going to

Robert Mulcahy III, a director since 1988, has been appointed chairman.

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Supply Corp. offered $7.2 million to

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their homes. "Successful builders are

Imagine Investments, Dallas, Tx., acquired 2.8 million shares of the 52unit, Illinois-based retailer, from previous majority shareholder Riverside Group Inc., Jacksonville, Fl.

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Palco Opponent Under Fire A 78-year-old former logger and mill owner has started a recall campaign against the Humboldt County district attorney suing Pacific Lumber Co. over allegedly reporting fraudulent timber data to the government.

Robin P. Arkley Sr. of Arcata, Ca., has seeded the campaign to oust new DA Paul Gallegos with $5,000 of his own money.

Arkley has been seeking out employees of the Scotia, Ca.-based company and making his case.

"We're asking them if their jobs are important to them, and if they feel they are, we ask for $99 donations," he said. "I tell them that I'll lend them the money if they don't have it. The response has been very positive."

The recent lawsuit (see March, p.

43) has intensified resentment

between the local timber community and regional environmentalists.

"This has become a rallying cry for

a lot of people," said Pacific

Lumber's Walter Chalton. "We don't think it's the DA's job to do rhis."

Pacific Lumber has also threatened to countersue the DA's office.

Area attorney Joe Cotchett, whose attempt to become co-counsel for the

county's suit was rejected by the county board of supervisors, said Pacific Lumber's potential litigation is a Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation-a corporate lawsuit

charges are false.

"When you've got a weak case like he's got, you've got to do whatever you have to do to strengthen it," said Palco's Jim Branham.

designed to confound and bankrupt opponents.

Cotchett described the DA's case as a legally sound and "well written complaint."

Meanwhile, Arkley said that he expects to file a recall petition with the county "very soon."

Arkley anticipates getting the necessary signatures to prompt a special election.

Despite the recall effort, Pacific Lumber received more bad news last

month, learning that Humboldt County assistant DA Tim Stoen had filed additional charges against the company.

Stoen said the impetus came from

Colorado Dealer Opens Big True Value Lewis Mercantile, Bayfield, Co., reopened April l4 in spacious new quarters to serve both

The old building was 14,000 sq. ft., with a 4,000-sq. ft. shed and small

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"Customers were asking for items we just didn't have room for in the old facility," he said. "We needed to change with the times."

Although pro-focused, the new

"Although I'm sure this was not their intention," Stoen said, "they have made our case stronger than new charges.

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with Travis Hayden, said the recent opening of a Home Depot wasn't a factor in the expansion. A replacement for the former 20-year-old loca-

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garden center. The bright, airy replacement features a 23,000-sq. ft. store with 26,000-sq. ft. drive-through lumber yard and large outdoor covered garden center. An 8,000-sq. ft. warehouse will also be added.

Sower's family owns the building and is a partner in the Bayfield Center development, where the new store is located.

The old building is being remodeled for retail and office space.

Stimson May Donate Plant Stimson Lumber Co.. Portland.

Or., is considering donating its shuttered plywood facility in Libby, Mt., along with its 400-plus acres to the Lincoln County Port Authority for use DOMESTIC SALES: Jerry Long, Michael Parrella, Bruce Keith, Janet Pimentel, Pete Ulloa, George Parden, Vince Galloway, Steve Batick.

INTERNATIONAL SALES: Nestor Pimentel, Oscar Portillo.

as an industrial park.

Key issues to be resolved before a self-imposed May I deadline are the environmental condition of the mill site and the sale or lease ofits boiler.

Stimson would net considerable tax benefits through the donation.

The boiler, which was installed following a 1992 sawmill fire, was valued at $8.5 million in 1995.

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Your Composite Fastener Sure Drive USA, Inc. has

Composite Railing Cues

introduced a new composite deck screw that reportedly eliminates

composite railings to its GeoDeck line of composite decking.

"mushrooming" during installa-

Kadant Composites has added

tion.

The Sure Drive CDS screw features a dual thread desien that is said to displaces less m-aterial while being driven and reduces driving torque by over 23Vo.

- Please contact (888) 219-

1700 or go online at www. suredrive.com

Mortar The House Custom Building Products has approved its line of thin set mortars for use over USG Levelrock.

When poured over lightweight concrete, FlexBond flexible bonding

mortar is said to prevent tiles froil

cracking due to minor surface movement.

- Contact (800) 272-8786 or visit

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- Please contact (781) 275-3600 or go online at www.geodeck.com Tighten The Insect Borders A stiff insect screen that is designed for window and door rolling

FiberFlor reportedly eliminates splitting from fasteners, reducing the need for sanding and fllling seams.

The panels come with a l0-year limit-

Wire Products.

EliteScreen is woven from vinylcoated fiberglass yarns with a special

ed warranty.

coating for stiffness.

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- Please contact (205) 345-2120 or go online at www.phifer.com

Unload Railcars Safely

Door Frame Contacts

- Please contact (877) 235-6873

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HP2050F and HP2051F feature lights that are shockproof and made of

a diode that reportedly won't need replacing.

- Please contrct (800) 462-5482

or go online at www.makitatools.com

Underlayment Panels Galore

screen systems is new from Phifer

Steel Storage Systems has intro-

Prefinished exterior wood door

duced a railcar unloading device that reportedly allows one forklift user to disconnect a center beam railcar in minutes.

frames and mouldings made of fingerjointed softwood or composite substrate to enhance pre-hung door systems are new fiom Contact Lumber.

Impact door frames are wrapped in

Said to fit any forklift, Cable

Weyerhaeuser Co. has introduced underlayment panels that are said to

Dominator is desiened to eliminate

impregnated cellulose prior to paint-

climbing on railcarsl

lng.

and old floors.

- Please contact (800) 422-0291 or v is it www. cabledominato r. c om

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They feature a l0-year warranty.

- Please contact (800) 824-3296.

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Narrow Aisle Fork Lift Jungheinrich Lift Truck Corp. has introduced a line of electric threewheel counterbalance fork lift trucks

Vinyl Deck Dryness Homeland Vinyl Products has introduced a new waterproof vinyl

for narrow aisles and confined spaces.

deck dry and clean.

Advanced Gorilla Deck features an

deck that reportedly keeps the under

The EFG-DF vehicles feature a curve speed reduction system that operates independently of the operating mode, reportedly preventing tip-

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An adjustable railing bracket that is said to assist installers with stair angles is new from American Way

A 14" tool box hand saw for cutting PVC and ABS plastic, wood, aluminum and drain pipes is new from T.

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Manufacturing.

Christy Enterprise, Inc. TC-300 features a fine tooth, temsteel blade.

-oered The measure 45" and 90"

tool can

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for use with SDS rotary hammers and features a flattened tip with a 4-flute design, and a core diameter.

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pressure treated lumber that is said to create an oiled wood appearance is new from Okon, Inc.

Okon Natural Choice contains transDarent oxide color toners and provides protection against UV rays.

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- Please contact (800) 433-9258 or go online at www.dewalt.com Sky Light Color Schemes

Wasco Products has introduced l0 new architectural colors to its line of skylights.

The new colors are said to provide a seamless transition between roofing and framing materials.

- Please contact (800) 388'1181

Framing The lssues

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Angle Wizard "T" Stair Bracket

Stanley-Bostich has introduced a

framing nailer for standard framing and metal connecting applications.

Pine Corner Store Millworks Inc. has added oak to its custom corner line.

rotates on a double track and can be adjusted for stair angles from 15" to 35". It also features a "site window"

that lets the installer see three standard degrees.

- Please contact (877) 688-7678

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Mobile Toolboxes Rolling truck storage boxes for

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contractors and d-i-yers with six pullout drawers on ball bearings are knew from Slide Systems.

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- Please contact (888) 917-5433 or go online at www.slidesystems.com

NS8RH-2MCN features a pushbutton trip mechanism that allows the operator to switch from standard framing trips to metal connector tips.

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Dewalt has introduced drill bits designed for masonry and concrete that are said to last longer than competitors.

Rock Carbide SDS Plus Bits are

Pine Corner Store line features rosettes. base blocks. base corners and common crowns.

- Please contact (800) 933-3930

on ony New Product is ovoiloble by contocting the mo nufo(turer directly.

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Reel In Gontractors

A new contractor-grade chalk reel from C.H. Hanson

creates heavy-duty chalk lines up to 150 ft. in length.

SuperPro 150 contains 24 oz. of chalk an easy filling chalk reservoir. It is manufactured with ABS plastic and a nickel-steel handle.

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- Please contact (800) 827-3398 or go online at www. chhanson.com

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Toyota Material Handline has added a line of threewheel-electric lift trucks in g,d'OO- to 4,000-1b. capacities.

Seven Series features a motor that reportedly regenerates at l0 times the rate of a DC motor.

- Please contact (949) 474-1135 or go online at www. toyotaforklift.com

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Have Tool Box, Will Build A tool box with secure draw latches and an ergonomic handle is new from Akro-Mils.

Morse Triple Tooth features a pre-

cision steel blade with 8Vo cobalt.

Building The Corner Paper-faced metal bullnose outside

They come in five and 100-pack tubes and two-pack blister cards.

corner beads for installing rounded

- Please contact (800) 733-3377 or go online at www.mkmorse.com

Gypsum Co.

corners during gypsum board finishing and decorating are new from U.S.

Blockheads Stick Together Landscape block adhesive for d-i-

yers that reportedly meets VOC requirements is new from OSI Sealants.

Low VOC PL Landscape Block Adhesive is for building a retaining wall or setting paver tiles and adheres

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7'1" and 20" widths; its padlock eye

is softer and easier to handle.

accepts heavy duty-padlocks.

Sheetrock cornerbeads are manufactured with strong paper tape laminated to a rust-resistant metal form.

They are available in offset angles and nail-on profiles.

- Please contact (800) 874-4868

or go online at www.usg.com

Doors With Venetian Blinds Simpson Door has introduced

- Please contact (330) 253-5592

or eo online at www.akro-mils.com

French and sash doors with horizontal

Venetian

blinds sealed between two pieces of tempered glass for

Three Good Pitches M.K. Morse Co. has introduced a bimetal hack saw with three different tooth pitches on the blade.

pnvacy.

Invisions

Glass

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offered in fulllite French and

half-lite sash models that come in standard Douglas fir, western SoftTouch is available faced and unfaced and features stapling flanges that reportedly help ease installation.

- Please contact (800) 233-8990 or go online at www.certainteed.com

hemlock and American red oak.

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Get the right lumber for the right job.

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Lift This Power Stacker A power lift stacker for light-duty material handling is new from Multiton MIC Corp.

Model SM l5l20, a walk-behind stacker, is available in a single mast for 62" lift or a telescopic mast for

Steel ls In Trouble A metal cutting circular saw that reportedly.cuts through steel as easily as traditi6nal saws iut throush soft pine is new from M.K. Morse Co.

lifts up to 130".

- Please contact (804) 737-7400 or go online at www.multiton.com Waterproof Plywood Georgia-Pacific has introduced plywood with a water repellant coating that is said to reduce moisture

absomtion.

Acrylic Avant-Garde

Acrylic block that is reportedly j

70Vo lighter than installed glass block

is available from Hy-Lite Products.

The blocks feature cross rib pattern

for obscurity and are available in green wave, blue wave, peach wave and rose wave.

- Please contact (877) 712-4013 or go online at www.hy-lite.com

G-P Plus Plywood Sturd-I-Floor

reportedly will not interfere with the direct installation and adhesion of covering such as vinyl tile, hardwood floor and carpeting.

- Please contact (800) 284-5347

or go online at www.gpplywood.com

Morse Metal Devil is said to cut through 6"xl14" steel plates in an average of less than l2 seconds.

- Please contact (800) 733-3377 or go online at www.mkmorse.com

Performance you can measure.

LP's Gang-Lam laminated veneer lumber is a vast improvement over solid wood beams. Problems that naturally occur as solid sawn lum-

ber dries - twisting, splitting, checking, crowning and warping - are greatly reduced. And pound for pound, Gang-Lam LVL has more loadcarrying capacity than solid sawn lumber. The result: a building material that is more reliable, more useable and higher-performing than traditional lumber. Plus, unlike anything available with traditional lumber, Gang-Lam LVL is backed by LP's limited lifetime warranty. For more

information on LP Gang-Lam LVL, including component design review services for your designs using LP Engineered Wood Products, con-

tact 1.800.999.9105 or visit the LP web site at www.lpcorp.com.

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Weyco C.E.O. Maps The Way Weyerhaeuser Co.'s c.e.o. Steve Rogel told shareholders recently that the company's immediate focus will be on paying down debt.

"Lean, nimble, quick, opportunistic. That's what we are trying to do," Rogel told shareholders at the firm's annual meeting in Federal Way, Wa.

This year the company has had to grapple with low lumber prices and

thing major will have to wait."

In the future Rogel said the company would likely expand its international operations, particularly in China.

In the short term, however, Rogel

said, "We're going to continue our focus on capturing synergies from the Willamette integration, paying down our debt and reshaping the company."

Rogel predicted that Weyerhaeuser will be out of debt in 30 to 60 months.

In 2002 the company's profits

Rogel said the company was still facing internal challenges from the Willamette Industries acquisition.

"Admittedly, this

new

Weyerhaeuser is not going to be a comfortable fit for everyone," Rogel said. "As I've told our employees: You're going to find our workplace of

the future fulfilling, exciting and rewarding if you're the kind of person who is customer-focused and results-

At this same time Buchkowski is also implementing CcrTnreo's new iNet e-Invoices technology. "EInvoices will allow our point-of-sale system to automatically email a copy of each invoice to our customer. Our customer's bookkeeper will automatically get a copy of the invoice within seconds after we complete a transaction," she said with a smile. "Our cus-

tomers can hardly wait. This is a

shrinking profits.

plunged to $241 million, from a high of $840 million in 2000

positive."

Dealer Embraces Technology (Continuedfrom page 9)

intensive monthly project," said Buchkowski. "E-Statements gives us the ability to have our Triad Eagle computer system e-mail statements to selected customers, eliminating the process of printing and mailing them."

She did her first test run in March, and starting with the April statements began rolling out the new statements to her customers. Buchkowski stated,

orientated."

"E-Statements is going to save us

As far as future acquisitions, Rogel noted that the company didn't have the cash now for bold moves. "We wouldn't preclude ourselves from a minor acquisition," he said, "but any-

hours and hours of statement preparation time. No more printing and stuff-

ing, and no more postage. Not only are we thrilled with that, but the early feedback from our customers is very

tremendous service we are providing, and it actually saves time on our end."

Paul's Ace Hardware is one of about 50 businesses agreeing to implement CcrTntao's e-Statements and eInvoices programs this spring.

Buchkowski's had the opportunity to get direct feedback about her online services from her most important customers at a recent contractor breakfast.

"To be honest," she admitted, "I was

pretty surprised at the feedback.

Contractors were coming up to me. shaking my hand and telling me our online services were the best thing we had ever offered them. Their book-

keepers liked the account access, while their buyers liked the fact that we let them search our products and prices on our Web site."

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uorres Bill Lawson, 99, retired general manager of the old Holmes Eureka Lumber Co. (now Pacific Lumber

Co.), Carlotta, Ca., died March I I in Cloverdale, Ca. Lawson also worked as a manager for the old Rockport Redwood Co., Rockport, Ca.

Carol Lee Morse, 70, co-owner, Canby Builders Supply, Canby, Or., died from cardio-respiratory arrest

builders that seeks to overturn tariffs

The plants should be running with new equipment by July 23, Sullivan said. Most of the improvements will be made during a 2l-day closure in July, but some work is set for a six-

on Canadian softwood.

Filed last fall, by the National Association of Home Builders and the National Lumber & Building Material Dealers Association, the brief argues that U.S. consumers and dealers who rely on Canadian lumber have been left out of recent softwood talks.

The brief also documents that dif-

day shutdown late this month.

The St. Maries sawmill currently has an annual capacity of 100 million

bd. ft., the plywood facility has a yearly capacity of 145 million sq. ft.

The plywood mill also has begun

ferent types of lumber produced by the U.S. and Canada are not inter-

experimenting with production of a radiant-barrier plywood, LumaPly. Encouraged by sales ofits radiant barrier OSB (LuminOx), Potlatch is selling LumaPly on a limited basis now and hasn't decided whether to roll it

changeable in the home construction industry. The groups argue that many

builders prefer Canadian S-P-F for wall framing instead of U.S. southern yellow pine.

The U.S. residential housing market relies on Canadian lumber for

March2l.

Morse and her husband, Richard Morse, purchased Canby Builders

out on a broader scale.

Dealers Demand Free Trade

3OVo of its needs and fears that home

Supply in the 1961.

She has one son, Jim Morse, who

Last month a North American Free Trade Agreement bi-national panel accepted a "friend-of-the-court" brief on behalf of LBM dealers and home

buyers may pay as much as $1,000

works for Pacific Lumber Co., Hillsboro, Or., and another, Steve Morse, who works for Milwaukie

more because of the tariffs.

The U.S. currently imposes a 2'77o tariff on all Canadian softwood.

Lumber Co., Milwaukie, Or.

Big Upgrade For ldaho Mill

Quolity Weslern

Cedor Products

Potlatch Corp., Spokane, Wa., will

lx4 B0ARDS in 4, 5

invest $2.7 million upgrading its St.

Maries, Id., lumber and plywood

ond 6'lengths

sawmill to increase capacity.

Potlatch spokesman Mike Sullivan

said the improvements should

2x4 Ml6 in 8-]0' both

increase the facility's flow of logs and lumber by up to 4O7o and permit recovery of more usable wood from

rough ond surfoced

the logs it processes.

"The investments at St. Maries are part of an overall program to increase lumber production by up to 15Vo and

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Equipment upgrades at the plywood mill also will enable Potlatch to

peel veneer that it will sell to other manufacturers for use in laminated

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For your Western Red Cedar fence boards and dimension lumber needs, Adams Lumber will take care of you. . Various grades and widths . Prompt, on-time delivery . Consistent in grade r Mixed truckloads LEASING trucks provides Mendocino Forest Products with greater reliability and cost control.

Firm Gets Most From The Leased In an effort to improve dependability while controlling cost, Mendocino Forest Products has increased the number of leased vehicles in its trucking operation.

"Operating costs were a big headache and a major expense," said Dan Vaughan, transportation manager.

"We wanted to get a handle on it."

Mendocino wanted to replace a truck lease it had inherited when it acquired the company from Louisiana-Pacific.

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The company put the business out to bid, requesting quotes

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from leasing firms and trucking contractors.

Mendocino selected Paclease and Redwood Reliance Sales Co., the local Paclease franchise in Windsor, Ca. "This is a much better solution for us than buying and maintaining our own trucks, and with the lease, we are able to keep our costs under what the big trucking operations said they could provide," Vaughan said. "Maintenance is available through Paclease around the clock so we don't have to hire a mechanic. It provides us with ease of operation, plus, after being in this business for 30 years, I appre-

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Mendocino uses its trucks to deliver redwood and treated lumber products to Home Depot stores within a 150-

mile radius of its 380,000-sq. ft. distribution center in Calpella, Ca., three hours north of San Francisco.

Mendocino calls on owner-operators to deliver to stores farther afield and Home Depot distribution centers in Southern California and Arizona.

Mendocino's fleet consists of l9 leased Peterbilt 379s and 60 flatbed trailers, including 33 45-ft. semis and the rest 24-ft. doubles. All but six of the trailers are owned by Mendocino.

During the peak home building and remodeling season, Mendocino delivers up to l million bd. ft. of products daily. It operates 12 trucks during the day to deliver to stores that are open only during the day and seven trucks at night to service stores with longer operating hours.

"All of our deliveries are done by appointment. We have to be there to make our deliveries during specified hours," said Vaughan. "With the PacCentral (roadside assistance program) service, we know we can get outstanding service if one of our trucks breaks down on the road. If they can't fix it right away, we get a loaner to make sure we make our deliveries.

He said. "We strive to be on time l00%o of the time.

Through our leasing package, we are able to do it."

MENDOCINO owns all but six of ils 60 flatbed trailers.

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BAKERSFIELD Pacific Wood Preserving of Bakersfield .........(661) 833-0429 CLOVERDALE AlFcoast Forest Prcducts ..............................(707\ 894-4281 Redrrrood

Empire....

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FORT BRAGG Holmes Lumber Co., Fred C. .........................(707) 9Of€377 FRESNO DMK-Pacific.............................-.....-..-..........(559 Van G Logistic Services.................................(559 Weyerfiaeuser Building Materia|s...................(8r/

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Waldron Forest Westem Woods, Inc...........................

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6244525 8354172 472-2874 626-4221 666-1991 946-0282 982.0825 966-0676 252-4596 235-6873

SANTA ROSA AREA Atessco, ....(707l.5/'2-1244 Capital Lumber Co. ......(707) 43$7070 Kelleher Lumber .......(41 5) 45+8861 Morgan Creek Forest Pr0ducts......................(800) 4&l-1601 (707) 836-7000 Nu Forest Products..............(800) 371-0637 (707) 433-3313

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UKIAH / WILL]TS Cal Coast Wholesale Lumber, Inc..................(707) 468-0141 Westem Woods, .......(800) 974-1661

REDDING / RED BLUFF Gemini Forest F3f)22T7440 Pacific Wood Preserving ................................(530) 82+9400 Shasta Cascade Forest Induslries, Inc. .........(503) 24$0500 Sierra-Pacific Industdes .................................(530) 37&8000 siskiyou Forest Products ....(800)374{210 (530) 93&221 Trinity River Lumber Co. ................................(530) 62$5561 Westem Woods.....Ca. (800) 822-8157 U.S. (800) 824-4100

Produc{s

Calitomia Cascade Industries Califomia Forest Producls Commission Calilomia Lumber lnsoection Service............

Capitol Plywood......

Connd Wood Preservino..............................

Dorris Lumber & Mouldino...(800) 827-5823 Holmes Lumber Co., Freil C. (Mdrysviile) ....

LOS ANGELES AREA

466-3683 533-7814 356-3001 736-3353

82T2363 334-6956 922-8861 499-2662 452-7531 743-3269 668-4034 929-1792

780-7073

Baxter & Co., J.H............

Berkot Manufacturing Co BMD (Northridoe)....

Louisiana-Pacitic (Rocklin) ..(800) 348-1400 M&M Builders Supp|y............................

Pacific MDF Products......................-...

Polwood Producls..

Conrad Wood Preserying Co. ........................(800) 499-2662 Thunderbolt Wood Treati-ng.(8O0) 826-870S (ZOSi AOS-+SO1

SACRAIIEiTTO / STOCKTON AREA Abel Building Matedals.

Arch Wood Protec{ion..

Sourttrnr Cnrrunul 875-1 163 537-7091

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Chozen Trucking Co Conrad Wood Preservin0 .,............................

Fremont Forest Gr0u0...1.........,......,.,............

Gemini Forest Products.................................

Hutf Lumber Co..................(800) 347-HUFF Inland Timber C0.....

Jones Wholesale Lumber..............................

Lane Stanton Vance North American Plywood.....(800) 421-1372 Product Sales Co. Swaner Hardwood...

Toal Lumber C0.......

U.S. 80rax...............

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594-8948 921-1331

462-1264 567-1301 968-8331

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454.8010 Bums LumberCo....

962-9994 Califomia Lumber InsDection Service......

C&E Lumber Co. .....

624-2709 Caoital Lumber Co. 5914861 FiberTech Polymers, Inc. ...............................(888) 262-2070 Fontana Wholbsale Lumber, Inc. ...................(909) 350-1214 Goldino Sullivan Lumber Sa|es......................(714) 557-5551 Great Westem Transport. ....(8c10) 347-5561 (909i 484-1 250 Hamoton Dislribution 752-5910 272-10N Hardwoods Unlimited Highland Lumber Sa|es........................ n8-2293 Inland Timber C0.....

783-M70 lntemational Forest Products ...............

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632-2488 naar cuitim rtr-iirri6ii....-.itili tt6-i6;3 649-8859 Reliable Wholesale Lumber. Inc..................

871-8373 Srmoson Slrono-Tie Co. ......(800) 999-5099 Taida Forest Pioducts..................................

348-1400 826-3000 Uniiersal Forest Pr0ducts............................

235-6873 Weyerhaeuser Building Materia|s.................

SAN DIEGO AREA Anfinson Lumber Sa|es..................................(61 9) 460-501 7 ......(619) 424-4185 Bums Lumber Co. CJ Redwood Lumber Sales, Inc.....................(760) 741 -5881 .......(800) 823-2533 Dixieline Lumber Lane Slanton ......(619) 442-0821 ......(800) 344-5293 Ultra-Flex Weyerhaeuser Building Materia|s...................(877) 235-6873

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ARIZONA ELOY Arizona Pacific Wood Preserving...................(520) 46e7801 PHOENIX AREA Boise Distribution.................(800) 289-9663 (602) 269$145 .......(602) 269-6225 Capital Lumber Spellman Hardwoods...........(eO0) 624-5401 (ffi21 272-2313 Superior Hardwoods Inc.................................(800) 651 -2337 Universal Forest Products..............................(480) 961 -0833 Weyeftaeuser Building Mateda|s...................(82) 235-6873

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NEW MEXICO ALBUQUERQUE Boise Dislribution.................(800) 889-406 (505) 8z-8150 .......(50q 8n-722 Capital Lumber EveGreen Composites .......(877\ 571-n00 (505) 858-2200 Westem Woods, Inc. ......................................(800) 61 7-2331

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(425J 486-7477 Capital Lumber ,..../.253)779-5077 Golding Sullivan Lumber Sa|es......................(360) 681-7444 Hardel Mutual Plywood C0.,...........................(800) 562-63,14 Kelleher ...............(206) 735-5780 Lumber ......(800) 677-6967 McFarland ......(800) 426-8430 Pacific Lumber lnspection 8ureau.,...,............(253) 835-3344 Simpson Timber ......(206) 224-5000 Western Wood Preserving C0........................18001 472-7714 Weyerhaeuser Building Ma1eria|s...................(877) 235-6873 Weyerhaeuser Structunrv00d...............,...,......(800) 523-0824

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OREGON BEND Bright Wood Corp. (lvladras) ..........................(5411 475-2234 Universal Forest Pr0ducts..........................,...(541 ) 389-8000 COOS BAY / NOBTH BEND Conrad Forest Products.......{800) 356-71 46 (s41 ) 7s6.2595 Coos Head Forest Producls ......................... .(800) 872.3388 EUGENE / SPRINGFIELD Baxter, J.H...,........

Burns Lumber Co.

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Coos Head Forest Produc|s...........................{800) 343-3388 Gemini Forest Products..................................(541) 485-7578 Jasper Wood Pr0ducts........,..........................(541 ) 988-1 127 McFarland ..,...(800) 426-8430 McKenzie Forest Pr0ducts.......,.....................(800) 773-9329 Rosboro ......(541 ) 746-841 1 Seneca Sawmill ......(541) 689-7950 Westem Woods, Inc.......................................(888) 557-9199 Weyerhaeuser Building Materia|s...................(877) 235-6873

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MEDFORD / GRANTS PASS Allweather Wood Treaters..............................(800) 759-5909 Burns Lumber ......(800) 331-0831 Swanson-Superior Forest Products...............(541) 935-3010 Waldron Forest Products...................,.,........,.(541 ) 471-8891

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McMINNVILLE / CoRVALLIS / SALEM Northwesl Coating Systems (800) 810-9550 (503) 981-9244 Royal Pacific Industries ..................................(503) 434-5450 Weyerhaeuser Co. (Albany)...........................(5411 926-777 1 Universal Forest Products (Woodbum)..........(503) 226-6240 GHEATER PORTLAND AREA Adams Lumber, lnc..............(800) 298-4222 15031 245-1756 Cascade Forest Group.........................,.........(503) 636-8633 Cascade Warehouse...........(888) 292-2687 (503) 363-2483 Collins Pine C0,.....,..,....,.....(800) 758-4566 (503) 227-1219 Friesen Lumber Co. .............(503) 397-1700 (5031 224-7317 Hampton Lumber Sales C0............................(503) 297-7691 Kayu .........(503) 557-7296 LJB Lumber Sales ...............(800) 552-5627 (503) 620-5847 Louisiana-Pacific Corp. .,.....,.,..,....,.,..............(503) 221-0800 Lumber ......(800) 926-7103 Pacific Wood Preservin9................................(503) 287-9874 Sunridge ..,.,.(503) 252-3405 Western Wood Products Association.............(503) 224-3920 (877) 235-6873 Weyerhaeuser Building Materials

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Lumber.....

ROSEBURG Douglas County Forest Products...................(541) 957-0206 Herbert Lumber Co. (Riddle)..........................(5411 87 4-2236 Johnson Lumber Co., D.R..............................(541 87 4-2231 Keller Lumber .......,.(541 ) 672-6528 Roseburg Forest Products (800) 347-7260

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BOISE

Boise.......................

......(800) 228-0815 Boise Distribution (Boise)...............................(208) 384-200 Boise Distribution (ldaho Falls) ......................(208) 522-6564 Braided ......(208) 762-9663 O.B. .....................(208) 756-4248 Thomas Forest Products, J.M........................(800) 962-8780 Tri-Pro Cedar Products ..................................(208) 437-0653 Weyerhaeuser Building Materia|s...................(82) 235-6873

Accents......

Corp.

UTAH OGDEN Thomas Forest Products, J.M........................(800) 962-8780 SALT LAKE CIW All-Coast Forest Products....(877) 263-7848 (801 ) 975-8363 Boise ..........(801) 973-3943 ......(801) 231-7991 .......(801) 484-2007 Capital Lumber Forest Products Sa|es.........(800) 666-2467 (801) 262-6428 Lumber ......(800) 888-9618 Thomas Forest Products, J.M. .......................(800) 962-8780 Utah Wood Preserving.........(800) 666-2467 (801) 295-9449 Weyerhaeuser Building Materia|s...................(877) 235-6873

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Co. Products.....

COLORADO DENVER All-Coast Forest Products....(800) 332-8977 (303) 761-9882 Allweather Wood Products.............................(800) 621 -0991 Eoise ..........(303) 289-3271 .......(303) 286-3700 Capital Lumber Reid & ......(800) 289-6637 Weyerhaeuser Euilding Materia|s...................(877) 235-6873

Distribution Co. Wright..........

GRAND JUNCTION Boise Distribution ...............(970) 244-8301 Montrose Reload Inc. (Montrose).. ...............(970) 240-1 94s

MONTANA BILLINGS Boise ..........(406) 652-3250 Weyerhaeuser Building Materia|s...................(877) 235-6873

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