NEWS BRIEFS

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',,.:'.,,. Emst Hoii Centers has filed for Chapter 11 bankruprcy protection and closed 25 stores (see story p.u)...

, service, according to a recent zurvey of 100 senior managers of U.S. conryanies...

Tum-A-Lim Lumbei Co. has acquired ta Grande Lumber Co., LaCrrande, Or. ...

I &8,' Iat&b*r Co,, Lon$ Beash, Ca., has closed

Copeland Lumber Yards has closed its Kennewick, Wa., yard due to space limitations, coniolidating operations at its Pasco and Richland, Wa., locations, and has begun construction on a replacement yard on 3.5 acres in Grants Pass, Or., featnring a 4,400-sq. ft."".: retail center.and 8,000-sq. ft. warehouse ...

. Bacon P?or;.Qrulge, Ca., has closed and tiquidated ... , t ',.,t.'

Hamc Depat opened a ne,w,unit July 25 is Jantzen Beach, Or., and is working to fix traffic problems at its ,Colma, Ca., stofe after renewed threats by the city council to revoke its use permit ...

Eagle Hardware & Garden plans to add stores in Maui, Hi.; Medford, Or.; Salt lake City, Ut.; Denver, Co., and Yakima, Wenatchee, Seattle, Tacoma and Redmond or Woodinville, V/a. ...

Orchard Supply Hatdw:rile;,:,; (http://www.oshcom) and Wickc s Lumber C o. (httpJ lwww.wickes. com) have new Web sites ...

Cotter'&'Co.'t Trwe Value Hardware|Starcs were voted,the h omelhardw are- related tetCitilr with the most improved customer

Anniversaries: Tum-A-'hum Lumber Co., Walla rilalla; Wa., 90th ... HPM Building CCnters, Hilo, Hi.,75th ... M&M Buildcrs Supply, Tracy, Ca,, 50th Squires Lumber Co., Golton, Ca., 50th .. International Forest Products,Chino, Ca., 25th

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Wholesalers & Manufacturers

Georgia-Pacffic has closed its 1ll-year-old Mill 1 in Fort Bragg, Ca., the last sawmill in Mendocino County large enough to handle old growth tre?s, shifting all lumber production to Mill 2, which recently underwent a $6 million renovatron

Crown Pacific, Portland, 0r., will close its Redmond, Or., plywood plant Sept. l0 ...

Plurn C"eek 7;v11fiar',,:Ci., Seattle, Wa., has agreed to follow special cutting practices so it can log on 170,000 "environmentally sensitive" acres and s*ap 30,000 acres of roadless wildemess to the U.S. Forest Service for other federally owned land ...

Weyerhaeuser Co. is selling its hardboard, particleboard and plywood plants, nursery and seed orchard in Klarnath Falls, Or., and 600,000 acres of predominantly pine forestland in eastern Oregon io U.S. Timberlands, Bandon, Or., for $309 miltion; U.S. Timberlands will then resell the three plants to Collins Products LLC, a subsidiary of Collins Holdings, Portland, Or.

F ibreboard Corp.' s proposed settlement of a class action asbestos suit was approved by a

Arnerican Lock & Supply, Anaheim, Ca., has fornred a par€at company; Armerican Security Distriburton'to oversee it and sister divisions American Aecess Supply, American Alarm. Sap,"pty and Multi Security Pro&rcts

Triangle Pacific Corp. has completed its purchase of Hartco Flooiing Co. from Premark Intemational, Inc. ..,

Arnerican Forest & Paper Association was awarded the Certificate of Appreciation by the U.S. Bureau of land Managetnent for the industrv'C continuous efforts to "maintiin'the health of our nation's public lands while meeting the resource needs of all ' Americans" during ceremonies commemorafing BLM's 50th anniversary...

HousinS sterts in June ffnt"rt figs.) climbed 137% to a seasonally adjussed annual rate of- 1"48 million units; single-family starts jumped 7.4Vo to their higb€st level since April 1994, multi-family plunged120.3%, and building permits slipped 1.2%; regionally, starts rose 4.6Vo in the -Wesr