NEWS BRIEFS

The Bush administration Wesented a plan they say will protect the spotted owl without a severe loss of timber jobs in the Norrhwest (see p. 23 for story).

Dixieline Lumber Co., San Diego, Ca., is negotiating for bankrupt National Lumber's shuttered Oceanside, Ca.. store and looking at leasing National's Encinitas, Ca.. unit Dixieline expects 1990 sales of $175 million, according t0 pres. Bill Cowllng...

HomeClub broke ground for a Palm Desert, Ca.. store, opened its 9th Orange County location in Santa Ana, Ca., and a Beaverton, Or., unit. Builders Emporium opened a new 40,000 sq. ft. ChinoHills. Ca.. unit. . , Home Depot opened warehouse units in Mesa, Az., and Newbury Park and Santa Ana, Ca.

Pope Building Supply/The Kitchen Tool, Friday Harbor, Wa., has been acquired by Sam, Don and Susan Leff and Al and Bonnie Davis ... Lumbermen's Building Centers, Newberg, Or., was denied a zone change to expand the store .

Mead/Clark Lumber Co., Santa Rosa, Ca., opened a second store in Petaluma. Ca.. on the site of a former Diamond Lumber Co. retail yard . . . Chandler Lumber Co., Van Nuys, Ca., is closing its Fontana, Ca., yard, shifting personnel and inventory to its three other yards (Palmdale, Ca., and two in Van Nuys), which are being expanded to handle the added business...

HomeClub, Tempe, Az., entertained contractor customers at a "treasure hunt" party . . Arvada, Aurora and Englewood,

Co.. HomeClub units held a bike rodeo and safety program for children .

When The Levin Group failed to fund its latest offer to buy the company, The O'Malley Cos. proceeded with their restructuring plan and closed their last 5 consumer retail yards in Phoenix, Az. (Mesa, Indian School. Rural. Sun City and Buckeye) and discharged 95 employees; O'Malley retained contractor yards in Phoenix and El Paso. Tx." and Mallco Lumber & Building Materials. Phoenix.

Pacdic Madison Lumber lost the lease on its Downey, Ca., property and closed that facility, but will continue to operate its Sun City, Ca., wholesale office as before; Paci/ic Madisan's inventory of clear all heart and construction heart timbers has been purchased by Product Sales Co., Orange,Ca....

Forestglen Lumber Co., Inc., Medford. Or.. now has an office in Anderson, Ca., headed by Larry Fuller . . Hess Door & Window, Pittsburg, Ca., has acquired Belmont Plywood & Door with plans to expand (see story, p.56) ...

The BMC Wesr facilitv. Healdsburg, Ca., has been acquired by RJW Lumber Co., a company formed by fornrer managers, which will continue to operate the truss nranulacturing and lumber distribution center

Reliable Wholesale Lumber has a new industrial lumber div. in Temple City, Ca., staffed by Don Reagan and George Kallas Ma.lestic Forest Prod ucts, frugene,

Qr., has been opened by Steve Hammans.

Redwood Ernpire, Morgan Hill, Ca., has temporarily stopped production at its Philo, Ca., ntill due to lack of log supply Leonard Guss Associates has relocated to Bellevue, Wa., from Tacoma, Wa....

Cal-lltood Door, Inc. has been sold by Weyerlneuser Co. to Weskar, Inc. . . . Potlatch Corp. is acquiring Blandin Wood Products' oriented strandboard plant from Blandin Paper Co. for an undisclosedamount...

Afl assets of McCulloch Corp.. Tucson, Az.. are being acquired by Shop Vac, Williamsport, Pa., for an undisclosed amount . Teco/Lumberlok. Colliers. W.V., is opening a 16,000 sq. ft. warehouse/distribution center in Kent. Wa....

Louisiana-Pacilic Corp. is purchasing MiTek Wood Products, 1nc. manufacturing facilities in Wilmington, N.C., and engineering and administrative offices in Miami, Fl., from MiTek Holdings,lnc....

Diamond-B Lumber Co.. Philomath, Or., closed indefinitely ... Fort Hill Lumber Co., Willamina, Or., cut production back 50% ., . MedJbrd Corp., Medford, Or., will go to one shift at its plywood plant at the end of July . Louisiana-Paci.f'ic, Oroville. Ca., had a fire in its log deck..

More than 430 log trucks in late June took part in a federal loggingreduction protest that took an hour to pass through Roseburg, Or... . "Redwood Summer" protestsbegan near Eureka, Ca., withl5 demonstrators from Earth Firstl blocking Ioggers cutting old growth trees for Paci/ic Lumber Co. . .

Housing .starls c0ntinued to slide reaching an annual rate of 1,207,000 units, down I .4olt ftom 4pril (latest figs.) . . single family starts dropped l%r; multifamily 2.50/o ... building permirs dropped 4.6%r.

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