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The Merchant Magazine old stem with a built-in template and using the telephone-style key pad to have the computer search its memory.

The computer pictures the replacement stem and lists all suitable replacement parts and their display locations.

Available are various sizes of displays, accommodating different numbers of parts and kits.

Anti-lnsect Particleboard

Termite resistant Duraflake TR, a western fir particleboard specially treated to resist the harmful effects of termites and other wood destroying insects, has been introduced by Willamette Industries.

Special chemicals proven to control termites are added to the manufacturing process, making the board insect resistant. The product is appropriate in tropical climates, such as Florida and Hawaii.

Duraflake TR can be used in a variety of interior woodworking applications. It can be laminated with wood veneers, high and low pressure laminates, paper foils and laminates, and can be cut, drilled, routed. beveled and precision machined.

Adirondack Out Back

An attractive, comfortable line of traditional American style Adirondack furniture comes ready-to-assemble with easy, illustrated, step-by-step directions from Far East American.

The Cricket Club chair, loveseat and stainless steel hardware and solid Asian white with three coats of lacquer. Chairs toured seats, backs and arms, and are storage.

tables utilize oak, painted feature confoldable for

Boat builders, furniture makers, cabinet makers, etc. have found it the one sure answer to correcting wood defects, filling wood cracks, gouges, covering countersunk nails and screws.

Can be used under Fiber Glass!

Ready to.use right out of th.e can, Famowood and will not gum up sander. Waterproof and weatherproof when properly applied.

Availalle in 16 matching wood colors and white.

OSB/Waferboard Output Up

Combined U.S. and Canadian production of oriented strand board and waferboard climbed l0o/o to 7 .7 4 billion sq. ft. in 1989 with 1990 output expected to rise to 9 billion sq. ft.

Production and distribution trends of the 42 OSB/waferboard plants in the U.S. were profiled in an

Forest Products Awareness

Citizens Alliance for Resource and Environment (C.A.R.E.) will sponsor the Forest Products Awareness Faire at the Mendocino County Fairgrounds, Ukiah, Ca., Oct.6 from 11 a.m.5 p.m.

The purpose is to make the public aware of the magnitude of the timber industry. Educational display booths including a voter registration booth will be set up in addition to a truck parade to display the variety offorest annual survey by Rondom Lengths. Louisiana-Pacific with 13 plants is the largest producer. Its 1989 output of more than 2.2 billion sq. ft. comprised about 290/o of the total. The five largest companies produced 5.8 billion feet, about 730/o of total output.

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Questions about the upcoming event may be directed to Dave Dahlen or Dave Snodgrass at Preston Lumber Co., (707) 894-4201, or Claudia Jennings, Redwood Forest Products, 004) 462-6383.

Ganahl Assists Uncle Sam products manufactured in Northern California.

Ganahl Lumber Co., Anaheim, Ca., was recently called upon to help out in the Middle East crisis.

Hoyt Axton, a country and western star who has been involved in several timber rallies in Washington and Oregon, will perform. Speakers including the U.S. Congressman Doug Bosco are scheduled.

Trucks headed for the Southern California market will rally at the fair and leave the Ukiah area Oct. 7 in a convoy intended to deliver a statement to areas they pass through.

The U.S. government placed an urgent request with their industrial sales department for 2,400 4 x 4 x 8's for immediate shipment to the Persian Gulf. The complete order was pulled and shipped within two hours.

Additionally, Stephanie Ruedas, an outside contractor salesperson at Ganahl's Garden Grove, Ca:, location, also serves as a staffsergeant in the Air National Guard. If called to serve, she would have l2 to 24 hours to report to her tactical combat unit.

For the last 16 years, she has trained one weekend each month and reported to an annual l5-day training camp to prepare for national emergencies.

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Many of the operating locations are sponsoring activities that benefit their communities. In the Eureka/ Arcata area, Simpson is sponsoring a series of four spring and summer concerts by Center Arts of Humboldt State University.

A Simpson Centennial Exhibit is currently on display at Blue Lake Museum, Blue Lake, Ca. Simpson Timber Co. held an open house in Shelton, Wa., June 16. Simpson Door Co., McCleary, Wa., will hold an open house in the fall which will also display the results of the $10 million modernization project now underway.