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Specializing in Lumbers, Hardwoods, Doors, Millwork, Paneling, Mouldings and many other quality building materials.

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Masonite Timber products

Lemieux Snow Cap

Trinity Mt. Baker

Sunrise Sates

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American Dorus Adhesives

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Service employee who served on the task force.

To date, those alleging the coverup have not offered specific examples of wrongdoing.

The timber theft unit was established by Congress in l99l to investigate criminal theft of trees by the timber industry and fraudulent underpayments estimated at up to $100 million annually for lawful harvests. It was part of a larger Forest Service effort to stop all types of timber theft in national forests.

The task force was responsible for California, Oregon, Washington and Alaska and had an annual budget of $3.4 million. Each year the task forces brought in nearly that amount in fines from lumber companies.

"The federal government shifted from enforcing environmental laws against massive corporations clearcutting the forests and instead chose to concentrate on people cutting firewood or Christmas trees," said Tom Devine, a lawyer representing one of the workers.

Power Tool Demand Perks Up

Worldwide demand for power tools is projected to increase nearly 67o a lear to $27.3 billion in 2007, according to a new Freedonia Group study.

Advances will benefit from increasing construction and consumer spending, as well as rising demand for cordless models.

Electric tools (plug-in and cordless) dominate world demand, comprising nearly three-fourths of power tool sales in 2002. Electric tools, most notably hand drills, are expected to remain the leading type of power tool due to their frequent use in both consumer and pro applications.

Second Life For Eel River

Newly acquired Eel River Sawmills hopes to restart Mill A in Fortuna, Ca., in July. Logs were scheduled to begin arriving at the site by mid-June.

The Eel River Acquisition Corp., a group of Nevada investors, had been trying to buy the company, on and off, for several years, before finally acquiring its main mill. The group is still negotiating to buy Eel River's three other shuttered mills, Fairhaven power plant, and remaining timberland. Transactions are subject to shareholder approval by shareholders, in particular the Mclean Trust, which owns a majority of the stock.

Eel River Sawmills president Dennis Scott said Mill A will initially run a single shift and employ 50 to 70 workers. They have so far received hundreds of applications from prospective employees.

Eel River Sawmills' office has relocated into another part of the mill and new management has begun moving in.