NEWS ERIEFS

Cedar /is a new Fernley, Nv., home center opened by Larry Simmons, Adrian Poe, gen. mgr. . . ('olusa Lurnber Cr;., Colusa, Ca., opened with owners Ed Jacobs, Mark and Tim Smith and Richard Mantle presiding at a ribbon cutting.

[-torne Depot, seeking to open in Rohnert Park, Ca., faces a final hurdle of city approval this month... IJonreC'ltrh, Int'. opened new locations in Salem and Eugene, Or., and signed a lease for a Redding, Ca., unit.

Lanoga Corp. is adding millwork displays to former .41 Meier's stores now operating as Luntbennenls in Fife, Gig Harbor, Bonney Lake, Puyallup, Ciraham and Federal Wav. Wa. . , Supply One opened in Meyers, Ca., using a former 1)iamond Lurnber location.

South Seattle, Bremerton and Yakima Wa., are sites for luture Eagle I'lardw,are & Gaxlcn units

Ace ltordware is expanding a distribution center under construction in Prescott. Az.. to 633,000 sq. ft., targeting a March 1992completion...

Ernst [Jone & Nwsery opene<t new stores in Spokane and Lynn- wood, Wa.,. . The Terrv Cr;.r.. Tarzana. C'a., opened a Santa Clarita, Ca.. location

Sea Star T'rading Co., New- port, Or., moved to a new facility Pro ltartlwore Int'. is building a new international hq. in Englewood, Co. . .

Builders Stluare, []akersfield, Ca., is preparing for an Oct. 13 closing... Riverside and Oxnard, Ca., units also will be shuttered . .

,4loha Lutrrbcr (ir., Lihue, t{i.. awarded $2,750 in scholarships to students in the communitv Tabet Luntber; Valencia, ru.H4., lost a lumber shed roof in a recent wind and rain storm

Yellowstone Woodu'orks. Livingston, Mt., added a radio frequency gluer for large panels . . hliclrigan-Cali/'ornia Lunber (i;., Camino, Ca., is now in limited production after their fiaster fire and anticipate full production in Nov.

11trt,.st Grrtv<, Lttntbt,r ( o. lrtt.^ bought a McMinnville, Or.. plant and acquired Fttn,s! Grovt' Rcntanularturing, tt div. of Tavlor Lunrher (b., to o.perate in it -/. D. Lutrrber Cir., Priest River. ld.. bought Jtttlitlt Gup l.tutrhar, Judith Gap, Mt., from WTD Industries

Utalt Redv'ooel ct .lnt,t'inltv, Lttnrher Curp.. Salt Lake ('ity. Ut., relocated to new facilities J.E. lliggirrs Lunther Co. signed a three year, $77.540 lease for 4,900 sq. ft. of industrial space in San Ysidro. Ca.

Itolinartn Assot'ictts. a full service wood products consulting firnt in Albuquerque. N.M., was opened by I'loward H. Hofmann. a lbrnter Weyerhaeuser manager and 2l year field services pro with Western Wood Products Association . . . .Sirrtpstttr Door Co.. l\zlg('l.ry. Wa.. will supply doors for Washington Village, Hyogo, Japan, a joint venture between that city and llvargrcen Partnersltip, a Washington State wood products group . .

Myrtle Point f:rtrest Produt,ts was opened by the limited partnership which owns Spring/iakl Forest Products, Springfield, Or., in a Myrtle Point, Or., veneer nrill lornrerly owned by lhe MurPlr-1;6-,,',.'

Bankrupt W TD Indu.strics. Portland, Or., has settled four class action lawsuits charging it with failure to disclose infcrrmation that depressed the stock's price; terms were not disclosed

.4trterican ('entu.ood, Albany. Or.. is considering adding a rhiid plant in 1993 at an undetermined location . Wood Masters Munule(tttring^ Orofino, ld., plans to open a new 5,000 sq, ft. rnill with a two acre yard Nov. I

USG Cor1t. will sell the assets of its Dap Inc. to lAassall PLC. London, Hngland, for $90 million After July 1992, Culilbrlra will require all manufacturers selling windows in that state to participate in a full scale certification and labeling program

Distrihliort Attrt,rit'u is the new name adopted by Lihert.y DistribuItrrs and Sen/rv lJortluurt' following their rnerger

Creative Hardware Specialties, Inc., parent co. of VSI Hardware Industries, Los Angeles, Ca., has formed a new trading div., Jeff Castnerpres....

Anniversaries: Lumbermens QJedir Association, Chicago, Il., ll5th; Vent Vue Producrs, Los Angeles, Ca.,4lst. Keller Lumhar (b., Roseburg, Or., 40th; Purr Lutrrber C'o., Chino, Ca., l5th

M0rtgage ratas dropped to their lowest level in four years with littte effecr on the housine market because of lingerin! effects of the recession, housing economists said.

Housing starts climbed 3.7olt in July (latest figs.) to an onnuall.y adiusted rate o/' 1,07 tnillion^ the first time in I I years that starts increased for four consecutive months single family starts rose 3.7%r; multis fell I I06l bldg. permits edged up 0.3%r . . the West had an I l.Soi gain in starts.