NEWS BRIEFS

Pay 'N Pak, Kent, Wa., in Chapter 11 bankruptcy, is now liquidating (seestory p.23) . . Ziegler Lunrber Co. is considering building a $5 rnillion, 90,000 sq. ft. store in Spokane, Wa., tohouse aZtegler Building Center and a Zig's Electric & Plumbing store. .

Anderson Lumber Co., which will begin construction of a new Pfovo, Ut., store this summer, held a grand opening for a new 21,000 sq. ft. store in Orem, Ut., opened a new truss plant in Lindon, Ut., and a new warehouse and door plant at Provo Center. .

Orchard Suppb Hardware wlll open a 51,000 sq. ft. location in Manteca, Ca. . Spenard Builders Supply, Inc. will relocate its Kodiak, Ak., store this fall.

HomeBase, Inc., Fullerton, Ca., is adding a buying staff at its Calumet City, Il., regional office to facilitateexpansion in themidwest . . Ace Home Center, Albany, Or., was named "Oregon Blue Chip Enterprise" for l992by Blue Chip Enterprise Initiative, Hartford, Ct.

Moris James and Joe Lovato are building a new Hadlock Building Supply w ithdrive-through customer service in Hadlock, Wa., next door to the present location which becomes a shipping warehouse. . M itc he ll Lumb er C o. has moved ftom Silverdale, Wa., to Belfair, Wa. . .

Home Depot will open stores in San Jose, Santa Rosa and Mission Viejo, Ca. in the next year. Matthews Redwood and Nursery Supply was named Business of the Week in Lynwood, Ca. . .

Grossnmn's Warehouse stores in La Habra and Pomona, Ca., have been tenamed Contractors' Warehouse, the name used by Grossntan in Sacramento, Ca., and Reno, Nv.

Intermountain Supply, Burney, Ca., recently acquired by Mike and Terri Pasternak and Dave Gilmore, is expanding and adding preplanned garage and patio packages. Lumbermen's Building Centers, Olympia, Wa., won a Silver Hammer advettising award for the third consecutive year. .

Simon Home Center is closing its Concord, Ca., unit - . Valley Lumber, Lucerne Valley, Ca., has closed.

All 12,500 sq. ft. including parking and sidewalksof Lomita Lumber Co., Lomita, Ca., will celebrate its 70th birthday in Nov.

Lath am Atlantic C o rp.,Roseville, Ca., is closing, selling its Di"ton truss production facility to Pacific Coast Building Products, Inc.,Sacramento; 21.4 aqes for a Hewlett-Packard Co. warehouse and distribution facility and Country Homes, modular and component housing manufacture, to Greyhawk & Co. htc., Redding; a pre-hung door manufacturing plant has closed and a hardware store will close. .

American Hardwood Co. is moving to a new facility in Los Angeles, Ca. (see story p. 62).

We st C o ast Lumb e r,W ilmin gton, Ca., has agreed to purchase CalForest Lumber Co. and sister firm Mutual Moulding and Lumber, Gardena, Ca.; Paul Pendergast has purchased much of Cal-Forest's hardwood inventory and formed Penn Forest Products,Long Beach, Ca., joined in sales by Mary Holsinger..

Fontana Wolesale is now producing Designwood, a redwood colored stain, at their Fontana, Ca., treating plant. American Tool

C o mp anie s, Inc., par ent company of Chesco Products, Inc., has sold a hex tool plant to Mawec, Inc.

Champion Internationczl will close its Roseburg, Or., plywood plant prior to selling it with 120,000 acres of timberlands to Seneca TimberCo.,Eugene,Or. Idaho Forest Industries, Coeur d'Alene, Id., purchased th e M e r ritt Br othe rs Lumber Co. stud plant in Priest River, Id., including an undisclosed amount of timberland.

United Pacific Forest Products, Petaluma, Ca., opened a branch sales office in Grants Pass, Or., Nancy Daniels in charge. .

Triangle Veneer,Eugene, Or., was sold to Springfteld Forest Products for an undisclosed amount. .

Nu For e st P ro ducts, Healdsburg, Ca., has opened a new sales office in Sacramento,Ca....

Inte r natio nal Trade C o mm iss i on voted 4 to 2 in favor of placing a countervailing duty on softwood lumber imports from Canada (see story p. 44). Kelleher Corp.,San Rafael, Ca., has opened a distribution center to serve northwest retailersat2302 W. Valley Highway N., Auburn, Wa. 98002, (206) 7355780.

Lumber Association af Southern Califurnia moved to new offices at 81955 Highway 111, Suite 212, Indio, Ca.; (619) 342-2961, FAX 6r9-342-O78L geillnll'/iltalpualpLunrbp,r

Pacific Southwest Region of the Forest Service is initiating environmental analysis for the interim management of the Sieran Province of the California spotted owl until a long term strategy in accordance with the National For est Manage me nt Act and Natural Environmental Policy Act ptocedures can be implemented. .

Housing starts for May (latest figs.) rose I I% to a seasonally adjusted rate of 1.23 million single family starts rose 9.8%;mult\ family l8.6Vo. . building permits were down 1%, depressed by sagging multifamily figures; housing improvements show the economy is continuing its steady expansion, treasury secretary Nicholas Brady claims.

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