2nd Growth heats up

LUMBER Association of California & Nevada's 2nd Growth group held its annual summer conference July 20-22 in La Quinta, Ca. Attendees included (1) Malia, Marty & Barbara Temple. (2) James Cederholm, Jan Hansen. (3) Bill Swaney, Karen Lewis. (4) Steven Ceriani, Mike Garrity, (5) Peter Ganahl, Janeece Vader. (6) Marc Weaver. (7) Tom Couch, Mary Blair, Chris Wilson. (8) Pete Ganahl, Brad Satterfield, Melinda & Mark Ganahl. (9) Don & Karen Woxberg. (10) Kevin & Paula Mclernon, Al Reed. (11) Drew & Vicki Sasser. (12) David

Horesh, Rebekah Jones. (13) Michelle & Paul Kelly. (14) Pam & Mark Ambro'sius. (15)Anthony & Amy Chiusolo. (16) Sean & Darlene Burch.

(17) Banett Burt, Frank & Mary Youngman. (18) Larry & Candy Christensen. (19) Melinda Ganahl, Allison DeFord, Jaime Klopfer, Wendy Temple. (20) John Neel, Judy Grinder. (21) Craiq Evans. (22) Jim & Eunice Volivilch. (23) Shari & John Watker. (24) Mollv & John Alien.

(25) Laura & Mike Misihe. (26)'Deonn DeFord. Bob Baxter. (27) Rex Klopfer, Jim Nicodemus. (28) Pete Ganahl, Jean Brunton.

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South Regal Lumber Yard Inc., Spokane, Wa., agreed to lease the former 5.5-acre location of Custom Building Supply to reopen as West Plains Building Supply

Anderson Lumber Co. is closing its Ontario, Or., store by month's end

Tum-A-Lum Lumber Co. has moved its corporate office from Walla Walla, Wa., to Bend, Or., to be closer to its seven yards, five of which are in Oregon ...

BMC West parent Building Materials Holding Corp., San Francisco, Ca., has completed its $36 million acquisition of the outstanding 5l%o of Az. and Nv. framing contractor Knipp Brothers Industries ...

Home Depot opens a Il5,216sq. ft. home center this month in Marysville, Wa. (Kevin Kass, mgr.), after a several week delay due to a tax dispute the chain has put its plans for an East Anchorage, Ak., store on hold, and anticipates a spring 2002 opening of a 130,500-sq. ft. home center with 20,000-sq. ft. garden center in Fairbanks, Ak. ...

Home Depot acquired a 12.5acre former Montgomery Ward site in Beaverton, Or.; offered $9 million for a site in San Juan Capistrano, Ca., and split 50/50 with Fred Meyer the $20 million purchase price for 26 acres in Redmond, Wa., expecting to break ground on the project this fall

Home Depot is centralizing its purchasing at Atlanta, Ga., Hq.; the eight regional merchandising offices will now focus on improving store sales and service

Lowe's Cos. hopes to resume construction soon on 21.5 acres in South Anchorage, Ak.; is building a 135.000-sq. ft. home center in

Woodland Hills, Ca.; is about to begin construction on 18 acres in Mill Creek (Everett), Wa., and opens late next year in West Valley, 42....

BuilderDepot, Inc., San Diego, Ca., has opened its online home improvement store at www. builderdepot.com ...

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Spokane Forest Products, Spokane, Wa., has been opened by Terry Johnson, Theresa Kimball and Scott Pennington

Weyerhaeuser is distributing Trus Joist products from 5 newly leased acres in the Port of Stockton, Ca. ...

Berg Lumber, Lewiston, Id., has been acquired by Butch Crowder from Bruce Berg and restarted as Crowder Lumber ...

Califurnia Cedar Products Co., Roseburg, Or., permanently shut down...

Mescalero Forest Products has acquired White Sands Forest Products, Alamogordo, N.M., and restarted the stud mill after a year of downtime...

P eterman Lumber, Fontana, Ca., recently acquired 3.5 acres, bringing its holdings to 9 total acres and is building three additional lumber sheds

Cooling Tower Resources, Inc., Healdsburg, Ca., has installed new multi-function boring equipment and high-speed saws, tripling its automated production capabilities ... the company opens a new Texas City, Tx., DC Sept. 1

Collins Cos. (Collins Pine Co., Collins Products Co. and Kane Hardwood Ca.), Portland, Or., have installed Progressive SoIution's Lumber Track manasement software

Simpson Timber Co., California Operations, Eureka, Ca., completed third party certification of its No. Ca. timberlands with the SFI program...

Peachtree Cos. is the new corporate identity for Peachtree Doors & Windows. Crestline Windows and Vener Windows & Doors after the sister firms merged their senior management teams ...

Structural Elastomeric Products, Tucson, Az., has moved into a new 18,000-sq. ft. facility, including a 10,000-sq. ft. production area for E-Las-Tek products; a covered patio in the back of the building may be converted into a 4,000-sq. ft. addition and an adjoining lot can accommodate a second 10,000-sq. ft. building...

Ace Hardware Corp. provided Ace Royal Paint for the Sunset magazine Gold Country ldea House in El Dorado Hills, Ca. ...

Building Material Distributors, Inc., Galt, Ca., is now exclusive distributor of all National Nail brand products

P recision Architectural Products, Inc. has added a Shaker style LDF stile and rail door to its Villacrest line ...

Builder Marts of America is partnering with the Sawbucks payment exchange ...

New Web site: Cooling Tower Resources, Inc., Healdsburg, Ca., www.cooltower.com

Anniversaries: Capital Lumber Co., Chino, Ca., 25th

Housing starts in June (latest figs.) fell 37o to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.568 million single-family starts climbed l7o to 1.286 million; multi-family was at a rate of 297 "0AA for 5+ units.