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Ganahl Lumber Co., Anaheim, Ca., closed its Garden Grove yard, transferring most of the staff to the recently acquired Los Alamitos location; pres. Peter Ganahl plans to "sell or trade" the property

Hughes Home Center, St. Maries, Id., is building a 5,000-sq. ft. lumber warehouse so it can sell longer lengths of dimensional lumber .I

BMC West has acquired Heart Truss Co., Spokane, Wa., and Castteberry fifiIl & Lumbe4 Inc., Dallas, Tx. ...

Eagl.e Hardware & Gardan signed lease agreements and expects-to begin construction in the spring on 159,00Gsq. ft. stores including 30,000-sq. ft. garden centers at the 427,000-sq. ft. Marketplace III power center in Irvine, Ca., and Anaheim Center, Anaheim, Ca. ...

Orco Construction Supply purchased the former 84 Lumber yard in Colton, Ca., and plans to ielo* cate its Riverside and Anaheim stores to the site

Supply One, Reno, Nv., anticipated an Aug. I grand opening for its new store in Grants Pass, Or.

Copeland Lurnber has acquired a larger site in Tillamook, Or., to replace its 75-year-old facility and lost about $100,000 in inventory at its Prineville, Or., yard when nearby Ochoco Creek flooded

HomeBase's stock price temporarily surged 294o over two days early last month on speculation westward-heading Lowe's Cos. was considering buying the lrvine, Ca.-based chain

Home Depot opened a new store Aug. 6 in west Sacramento, Ca.i opens a replacement unit Aug. 13 in Huntington Beach, Ca., and a new store Aug.27 in Chico, Ca. Depot is building new stsres in La Habra, Ca., and Albany, Or.; opens in the spring in Carson, Ca., and is interested in a site in San Pedro, Ca....

Homc Depot temporarily closed its Oxnard, Ca., store July 6 after allegedly faalty electrical wiring caused a fire that destroyed abotrt $20,000 worth of paints and thinners ... Costa Mesa, Ca., shopping mall Harbor Center plans a $55 million renovation to retain eurrent tenants and lure new ones, including Home Depot residents at a recent community forum lambasted Depot's plans to buy 13 acres in Covington, Wa. ...

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Rayonier's Plummer, Id., sawmill was destroyed by fire July 17; the company is waiting to assess full damages before deciding whether to rebuild; the fire, suspected to be electrical, did not reach the dry kiln or planer ...

White Water Forest Prod,ucts, Inc. relocatpd to a new 4-acre site in Spokane, Wa.

Lumber Products, Tualatin, Or., has acquired the door div. of Western Lumber & Moulding in Salt Lake City, Ut., is remodeling the offices and plans a future display area for customers

Loui s iana- Pac ific completed its sale of 74,000 acres of Northern California timberland, Samoa sawmill and dry kiln, Big Lagoon mill and Crannell Nursery to Simpson Ttmber and about 23d000 acres of timberland, Fort Bragg mill, Ukiah mill and treating plant, and DCs in Calpella and Riverside lo Sansome Partners, L.P. ... L-P approved the repurchase of up to 20 million common shares, representing over l87o of all of its outstanding stock...

Landmark Building P roducts this month is reloiating San Bernardino Hq. to a 151,000-sq. ft. offrce & distribution warehouse in Rancho Cucamonga, Ca.

Il.S. Bankruptcy Court has approved the sale of the assets of Hood Lumber, Portland, Or., including Hanel Lumber Co., Hood River, Or., and Young &

Morgan Lurnber, Lyons, Or., to Quality Veneer & Lumben Inc., Seattle, Wa., and Philadelphia, Pa., investment firm Dimeting, -Schreiber & Park for $20 million as part of Hood's reorganization plan ...

Westem V,{aod ?rodacts Assoeiation has been authorized by the American la,tnber Standard Committee to provide grade inspection services for Alaskan logs used in log home manufacturing-...

Green Crow, Port Angeles, Wa, is now handling building materials, log marketing and real estate from its Bellevue, Wa., office ...

Johns Manville Corp., Denver, Co., agreed to bui Manson Insulation, Brossard, Quebec, Canada, and the Spunbondl Monofilament operations of the polyester business of Eoechst Group AG, Frankfurt, Germany

U.S. Forest Service's Portland, Or., regional office proposed a l0%o-20Vo reduction in logging in national forests to meet provisi,ons of President Clinton's Northwest Forest Plan rp.'s Mexican subIndustriales del Norts S.A. de C.V. acquired a plaster mfg. facility in Saltillo, Mexico

Stone Products Corp., Napa, Ca., has changed its-name-to Cultured Stone Corp. ..; Cultured Stone has informally allied itself with MonierLifetile, Irvine, Ca., and La Habra Stucco, Anaheim, Ca....

Performance Coatings Inc.'s new Penofin brochure received a national art award from the Corporate Arts Council of Rural Visions Foundation for 1998 "..

Color Caulk, San Bernardino, Ca., has acquired Amco Tool & Stamping Co., Aurora,Il. 1..

Anniversary: Saroyan Lumber Co., Huntington Park, Ca., 50th new Web site: Timber Products.Ia: spe ction, www.tpinqpglios.eom

Housing slr:rgs in June (latest figs.) ros+ 5-G9& to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.615 million single-family construction inched up 2.5Vo, multi-family starts (5+ units) jumped 24.7Vo permits slipped l-IVo to 1.517 million starts were up 9.4Vo in the WcsL prime jnur stock through our Paint-o'Matlc and

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