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AII Around Rental & Building Supply opened in La Grande, Or.; store mgr. Cal Walter, rental mgr. Mike Hafer ...

Pacffic City Builders Supply, Pacific City, Or., has opened a new 4,200-sq. ft. store with 8,000-sq. ft. warehouse, replacing operations destroyed by fire Dec.22

Morris Levin and Son, Tulare, Ca., is now stocking lumber and building materials

Arrow Lumber & Hardware has acquired Bethel Builders Home Center, Port Orchard, Wa. (John Stafford, store mgr.), and held a grand opening at its new Buckley, Wa., location (see photos,p.24)

Able Buitding Supply, Moses Lake, Wa., opened a new store in Ephrata, Wa.

A.C. Houston Lumber Co., North Las Vegas, Nv., is now offering direct sales over www.achoustonlumber.com

Orchard Supply Hardware is adding a store in Huntington Beach, Ca.

H&E Do-lt-I/burself Center, has filed suit against Redlands, Ca., city officials for allegedly violating state environmental laws in approving a 137,000-sq. ft. Lowe's Home Improvement Center

Anderson Lumber recently held a grand opening for its 4-acre replacement yard in Idaho Falls, Id.; Ross Foster, store mgr. ...

BMC West is moving its Boise, Id., store and yard to a larger site near its truss plant

Bsrr Lumber is relocating its Yucca Valley, Ca., truss plant to San Bernardino

Lowe's is considering a site in Huntington Beach, Ca., and will begin construction in the fall on a $15 million, 165,000-sq. ft. store in Long Beach, Ca., about three miles away from an exisitng Lowe's, honoring a 20-year lease arranged by Eagle Hardware & Garden before the chain was acquired by Lowe's

Lowe's will discontinue selling electronics by year-end to free up space for better-selling kitchen appliances and cabinets

Home Depot opslls a ne.w store Sept. 23 in Honolulu, Hi., and an on-site relocation Sept. 30 in Cave Creek, Az.; unveil6d new home centers Aug. l9 in Santa Fe, N.M., and Rialto, C4., and is nearing completion of a new location in Simi Valley, Ca.

Home Depot reportedly is considering buying five Builder Square units in the Denver, Co., area; is evaluating a second location in Olympia, Wa.; is scouting sites in Redmond, Wa.; received city council approval to build a 117,000-sq. ft. store plus 15,000sq. ft. outdoor center in Twin Falls, Id., and moved stores in Seattle, Tacoma and Phoenix to aroundthe-clock operations; more than 40 Home Depots are now open 24 hours a day ... residents are appealing the Oceanside, Ca., city council's approval of a 107,920-sq. ft. Home Depot with 23,928-sq. ft. sarden center

Home Depot has scrapped plans to start selling some of its products online in October, and instead will offer its entire catalog over the Internet in the first halfof2000

Pacific Scene Growers, San Juan Capistrano, is liquidating in hopes of finding a new location for the nursery business

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Product Sales Co. and Pacific Hardwood Co. are in discussions that could lead to a merger of the two Orange. Ca.. firms ...

Nickerson Lumber & Plywood has acquired the former Chandler Lumber yard in Van Nuys, Ca., and is retocating this month to the 5acre site from its leased North Hollywood location

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Materials Distibution Division is expanding its Boise, Id., airport location ...

Evergre en Building P roduct s, Seattle, Wa., has acquired the assets of Olympic Drywall Supplies and Olympic Exterior Systems; the Port Angeles, Wa., location now operates as subsidiary Olympic DrywaII Supply under the same numagement, while the Tacoma and Bellingham locations operate as Evergreen Building Products, the latter under mgr. Brad Reed

Inuisiana-Patific agreed to buY B.C.-based Evans Forest Products, Ltd., with LVL, plywood and cedar mills, for about $90 million and to sell mest of the assets of Ketchiknn Pulp Co. to Gateway Forest Products, Ketchikan, Ak., for a late September close; L-P will close the leased Annette, Ak., sawmill in October

Pacific Northwest Fiber has restarted the former Rayonier mill in Plummer, Id., to produce particleboard from bluegrass and wheat straw residues

Georgia-Pacific's new GPI 40 and GPI 60 wide flange I-joists have been PRI-400 certified

So lat u.b e Int e rnatio nal rel ocated from Carlsbad,Ca., to a 55,000-sq. ft. facility in nearby Vista ...

Spruce Computer Sys/ens has expanded support to lumber wholesalers with its release of a new Lumber Bidding Module

New Web site: Pacific MDF Products, Rocklin, Ca., www. pactrim.com...

Housing starts in July (latest figs.) climbed 67o to a seasonallY adjusted annual rate of 1.661 million ... sinele familv starts rose 4Vo, multifanily were at a rate of 300,000 for 5+ units and 33,000 for 2-4 units ... building permits slipped lVo to a 1.632 million annual rate

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Listings are often submitted months in advunce. Alwuys verify dates and krcatktns with sponsor befttre rutking plans to attend.

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Shasta Lumbermens Invitational Golf TournamentSept. 10, Riverview Golf & Country Club, Redding, Ca.; (530) 8241118.

Cedar Shake & Shingle BureauSept. 10-11, annual meeting, Chateau Whistler, Whistler, B.C., Canada; (604) 462-8961.

Yakima Hardware Co.Sept. 10-12, annual market, Yakima Convention Center, Yakima, Wa.; (800) 541-8164.

Western Building Material AssociationSept. 11-17, Alaska sea cruise, Vancouver, B.C.; (888) 551-9262.

Los Angeles lfardwood Lumbermans ClubSept. 12, deep sea fishing, Catalina Island, Ca.; (714) 892-7665.

North American Wholesale Lumber AssociationSept. 14, regional meeting, Portland, Or.; (800) 527-8258.

Architectural Woodwork InstituteSept. L5-17, annual meeting & convention, Hilton, Portland, Or.; (703) 733-0600.

Hardwood Plywood & Yeneer AssociationSept. 15-17, fall convention, Hilton Hotel, Santa Fe, N.M.; (703) 435-29N.

Western Biomass ConsortiumSept. 15-17, conference, First Choice Inn, Rocklin, Ca.; (303) 388-4858.

Lumber Association of California & NevadaSept. 17, insurance trust meeting, Sacramento, Ca.; (800) 266-4344.

San Diego Hoo-Hoo ClubSept. 18, golf tournament, Singing Hills Resort, El Cajon, Ca.; (619) 670-5600.

APA-The Engineered Wood AssociationSept. 18-21, annual meeting, Westin La Paloma, Tucson, Az.: (253) 565-6600.

Oregon State UniversitySept. 20-21, lumber quality process control workshop; Sept. 23-24, lumber quality leadership workshop, Portland, Or.; (800) 933-0318.

Lumber Assn. of California & NevadaSepL 22, golf toumament, Cypress Golf Club, Los Alamitos, Ca.; (800) 266-4344.

National lfardwood Lumber AssociationSept. 22-25, amntal convention, Sheraton Harbor Island Resort, San Diego, Ca.; (800) 933-03 18.

Expo Nacional FerreteraSepL 24-26, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico; (847) 605-1525.

North American Wholesale Lumber AssociationSept. 25Oct. 1, wood mktg. seminar, Moscow, Id.; (800) 521-8258.

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Ace lfardware Corp.Oct. 1-4, fall convention, New Orleans Convention Center, New Orleans, La.; (630) 990-6600.

National Sash & Door Jobbers AssociationOcL 2-6, annual convention, Opryland Hotel, Nashville, Tn.; (800) 786-7274.

Composite Panel AssociationOct. 3-6, fall meeting, Four Seasons Hotel, Vancouver, B.C., Canada; (301) 670-0604.

Hoo-Hoo InternationalOct. 3-10, annual convention & sea cruise, Mexican Riviera; (800) 979-9950.

TruServ Corp.OcL 4-8, fall market, The Sands Convention Center, Las Vegas, Nv.; (773) 695-5000.

Transload Distribution AssociationOct. 7.9, utilizing containers seminar, Long Beach Convention Center, Long Beach, Ca.; (817) 332-5977.

National Lumber & Building Material Dealers AssociationOct. 13, golf; Oct. 14, technology day; Oct. 15-17, convention, Hyatt Regency, Hilton Head, S.C.; (800) 634-8645.

National Association of the Remodeling IndustryOcL 1417,24th annual home improvement & remodeling show, Portland Convention Center, Portland, Or.; (703) 575-1100.

Do it Best Corp.Oct. 16-19, fall market, Indianapolis, In.; (219) 748-5300.