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Frontier Industrie s, Anacortes, Wa., opened its 5th lumberyard March 15 in Friday Harbor, Wa. ...

True Value Hardware, Mountlake Terrace. Wa.. has been shuttered by owners Robert and Erving Wilcoxon; the business was founded 50 years ago as Sand Point Builders Supply ...

Pacific Lumber & Truss Co., Sherwood, Or., acquired Universal Forest Products' 7-acre facilitv in Bend, Or., to operate as a contractor yard and truss plant, later adding a showroom and new offices; UFPI will move its manufactured homes division to Woodburn, Or.

Phillips Ace Hardware & Garden Center opened a new 27,500-sq. ft. store in Phillips Ranch, Ca. ...

Thomae Lumber, Laurel, Mt., is adding a new two-story office building ...

Parr Lumber is renovating the warehouse at its Forest Grove. Or.. store, and next year will pave the lumberyard...

Home Depot opened a new store March 25 in Greenwood Village, Co. ...

Home Depot is negotiating to buy 10.76 acres in Newport, Or.; filed for a zoning change in Ponderary,Id.; began construction on a

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121,000-sq. ft. store on 10 acres in Delano, Ca., to open in November, and received permission to add a 3,188-sq. ft. tool rental center at its Escondido. Ca.. store

Home Depot submitted plans to build a unit at the southwestern edge of Lincoln, Ca.; is looking into opening a new store in the central eastside industrial district of Portland, Or.; is targeting a December opening for a 102,000sq. ft. store with 35,000-sq. ft. garden center in Vancouver. Wa.: is considering 13 acres in Pendleton, Or., to open a 110,000-sq. ft. store by fall 2005, and is evaluating multiple sites in Medford, Or.

Home Depot broke ground for a 90,000-sq. ft. store with 25,000-sq. ft. garden center in Placerville, Ca., for a January opening; proposed a 135,000-sq. ft. unit in Corvallis, Or., and is facing resident and environmentalist opposition to its proposal to build on the east side of Long Beach, Ca., as well as an appeal against its recently approved Glendale, Ca., site ...

Lowe's opened a new store April 23 in Roseburg, Or. (Brian Acton, store mgr.) ...

Lowe's has begun construction on a new store in Fremont. Ca.: expects to open a 116,000-sq. ft. store and 27,000-sq. ft. garden center in Bend, Or., in August, and is about to start construction on a 135,000-sq. ft. store and 29,000sq. ft. garden center in a former Levitz Furniture site in Clackamas, Or.

Corvallis Home Improvement Center, Corvallis, Or., was approved by the city council, making way for a big box home center such as Jerry\ or Lowe's ...

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Anfinson Lumber Sales, Fontana, Ca., has acquired Product Sales Co., Orange, Ca.; the Pro- duct Sales name will continue and Doug Willis will remain as sales mgr.; Ted Gilbert will serve as a consultant and ambassador for the company

Ke lly -Wri ght Hardw o ods moved its offices from Placentia. Ca.. to Anaheim, Ca.

Pacific States Industries, San Jose, Ca., has purchased Bald Knob Land & Timber, Creswell, Or., to operate as Bald Knob Veneer Co.; Tom Karshneski general mgr.

Hamp t o n Affili at e s, Portland, Or., is shuttering its Fort Hill sawmill in Grand Ronde, Or., due to inadequate log supply; production will continue through July 31, then the plant will be mothballed "to consider future options" ...

Sumitomo Forestry Seattle, Inc. has relocated to new offices in Bellevue. Wa.

Royal Plywood Ca., Cerritos, Ca., has added 40,000 sq. ft. of warehouse space and remodeled and enlarged its office space by 2,000 sq. ft. ...

Ace Hardware Corp. began construction to enlarge its DC in Colorado Springs, Co., by 50Va to 725,000 sq. ft. and 125 shipping/ receiving doors by December ...

Ace Hardware opened its first international buying office, AGD Asia, Ltd., in Hong Kong; the new office will serve as a base in Asia to facilitate the sourcing and buying of products for the co-op's retail members ...

Pacific Lumber Co., Scotia, Ca., is considering selling its 76-acre mill site in Fortuna, Ca., to make way for a 600,000-sq. ft. retail development co-anchored by a big box home improvement store

Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway is closing its intermodal loading facility in Shelby, Mt., May 28 ...

Housing starts in March (latest figs.) jumped 6.4Vo to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 2 million (Please turn to page 40)

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National Hardware Show - May 10-12, Sands Expo & Convention Center, Las Vegas, Nv.; (203) 840-5866.

Western Building Material Association - May ll-12, estimaring workshops, Olympia, Wa.; (360) 943-3054.

Lumber Association of California & Nevada - May 13, 2nd Growth meeting, Sheraton, Anaheim, Ca.; (916) 369-7501.

San Diego Hoo-Hoo Club - May 13, Padres Night, San Diego, Ca.

National Hoo Hoo Ettes - May 14-16, annual convenrion, Sunriver, Or.; (253) 941-2600.

Do it Best - May 15-18, show, Indianapolis, In.; (219) 748-5300.

American Wood Preservers Institute - May 16-19, annual meeting, Pan Pacific Hotel, Vancouver, B.C.; (800) 356-2974.

Lumber Association of California & Nevada - May 18, safety seminars, Coast Long Beach Hotel, Long Beach, Ca.; May 19, Westin, Santa Clara, Ca.; May 19-20, Northern California forest & mill tour; (916) 369-7501.

SmallWood 2004 - May 18-21, Radisson Hotel, Sacramenro, Ca.; (608) 231-2152.

Austin Hardwoods - May 19, open house, Denver, Co.; (303) 733-1292.

Los Angeles Hardwood Lumberman's Club - May 20, ladies night, Summit House, Fullerton,Ca.; (714) 961-0060.

Western Building Material Association - l4'ay 2l-22, committee meetings, WBMA Hq., Olympia, Wa.; (360) 943-3054.

Winema Hoo-Hoo Club - May 2l-23, regional mini-conference, Quality Inn, Klamath Falls, Or.; (541) 882-3451.

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Tacoma-Olympia Hoo-Hoo Club - June 1, pasr presidents night, Elks Lodge, Tacoma, Wa.; (360) 829-9049.

Green Roofs for Healthy Cities - June 2-4, conference & trade show, Hilton Hotel, Portland, Or.; (416) 686-5887.

International Timber Trade Show - June 2-4, Beaujoire Exhibition Center, Nantes, France; (011) 3324-073-0168

Willamette Hoo-Hoo Club - June 4, annual golf rournament, Springfield Country Club, Springfield, Or.; (541) 484-6144.

Los Angeles Hardwood Lumberman's Club - June 9-11, NHLA hardwood lumber grading short course, Ameri Suites, Ontario, and Peterman Lumber, Fontana, Ca.; (909) 357-7730.

Winema Hoo-Hoo Club - June 10, sporting clay shoot, B&B Clay Sports, Klamath Falls, Or.; (541) 882-7559.

Architectural Woodwork Institute - June 10-12, summer board meeting, Puefto Rico; (703) 733-0600.

Lumber Association of California & Nevada - June 10, associates/dealers golf tournament, Rancho Solano Golf Course, Fairfield, Ca.; June 1l-13, past presidents reunion, Resort at Squaw Creek, Olympic Valley, Ca.; (916) 369-7501.

Seattle Hoo-Hoo Club - June ll, annual golf tournament, Mount Si Golf Course, Snoqualmie, Wa.; (253) 796-7155.

American Architectural Manufacturers Association - June 13-16, summer meeting, Vail, Co.; (847) 303-5664.

National Lawn & Garden Show - June 14-16, Colorado Convention Center, Denver, Co.; (719) 488-0226.

PCBC - June 15-18, western building show, Moscone Center, San Francisco, Ca.; (916) 443-7933.

Mountain States Lumber & Building Material Dealers Association - June 22, golf tournament, Santa Ana Golf Course, Albuquerque, N.M. ; (303) 793-0859.

Umpqua Valley Lumber Association - June 23-25, 6th annual Miff Week, Douglas County, Or.; (541) 672-5'711

Tuolumne Lumber Jubilee - June 24-27. Black Oak Casino. Tuolumne, Ca.; (800) 266-6436.

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Mountain States Lumber & Building Material Dealers Association is staging golf tournaments June 22 at the Santa Ana Golf Course, Albuquerque, N.M.; July l9 at the Ranch Country Club, Westminster, Co., and Aug. 21 in Riverton, Wy.

Lumber Association of California & Nevada invites past presidents of LACN and its predecessors, the Lumber Merchants Association of Northern California and the Lumber Association of Southern California, to a past presidents'reunion June ll-13 at the Resort at Squaw Creek, Olympic Valley, Ca.

Its annual associates/dealers golf tournament will be June 10 at the Rancho Solano Golf Course. Fairfield. Ca. The net profits will help fund LACN's political action comminee.

A 2nd Growth meeting is set for May l3 at the Sheraton Anaheim Hotel, Anaheim, Ca.

An insurance safety seminar on "Who's Driving Your Safety Pro- gram?" is being held May l8 at the Coast Long Beach Hotel, Long Beach, Ca., and May 19 at the Westin Santa Clara, Santa Clara. Ca. Attendees will learn how to implement an MVR program, establish a driving policy, vehicle usage policy, how to use the best hiring practices, and the current state of the insurance industry.

Western Building Material Association is conducting an introductory estimating workshop and residential material take-off workshop May I l-12 at WBMA's learning resource center in Olympia, Wa.

Casey Voorhees, WBMA's executive director, instructs the workshop.

Each workshop will consist of instruction and discussion of residential construction methods, blueprint reading, material take-off, package selling and bid presentation.

WBMA has named Karen Johnson coordinator of membership development & services.

Western Wood Products Association elected Andrew Miller. Stimson Lumber, Portland, Or., as chairman.

New lst vice chair is Duane Vaagen, Vaagen Bros., Colville, Wa.; 2nd vice chair Eric Schooler, Collins Pine, Portland, and directors Michael Phillips, Hampton Affiliates; Richard Kelly, Por latch, and Hubert Sager, Vaagen Bros.

Association of Millwork Distributors has booked Congressman John Kasich, host of ,Fron the Heartland with John Kasich, as keynote speaker at its annual convention Oct. 9-13 at the Grand America Hotel and Salt Palace Convention Center, Salt Lake City, Ut.

American Institute of Timber Construction elected Craig VanCott, Unadilla Laminated Products, president at its 52nd annual meeting in Captiva Island, Fl. (See photos, p.54)

Mike Giles, Anthony Forest Products, is v.p., and Bud Filler, Filler King Co., treasurer.

At the event, AITC also announced that it has become the #l association for glulams, now representing 6OVa of all glulams manufactured in the U.S. The group also approved granting active membership to producers of all engineered wood products, including I-joists, LVL, and composite strand lumber.

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