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ln The Mould

A catalog of over 175 MDF moulding profiles is free from Sierra Pine Ltd.,2l5l Professional Dr., #200, Roseville, Ca. 95661; (888) 633-7477.

Hardwood Flooring Tips

"Tips & Techniques" for customizing hardwood flooring and installing hardwoods with decorative media are free from the Hardwood Council. Box 525. Oakmont, Pa. 15 I 39; (412) 281-4980.

Vinyl Siding Catalog

A 22-p. brochure on vinyl siding, trim and accessories is free from Wolverine Vinyl Siding, (888) 838-8100.

Nothing But'Net

Job2Date, a software package that shows builders how to use the Internet to manage their business and communicate with their customers, is available from Construction Data Control. Inc., 3980 DeKalb Technology Pkwy., #775, Atlanta, Ga. 30340: (800) 285-3929.

All Decked Out

A guide to assembling and installing Guaranteed Lifetime Decking is free from McFarland Cascade, Box 1496, Tacoma, Wa. 98401; (800) 426-8430.

You Floor Me

A 64-p. Total Floor Solutions Guidebook & Catalog is free from Garon Products, Box 1924, Wall, N.J. 07719; (800) 631-s380.

The Finish Line

A brochure on Extreme acrylic wood finish is free from Wolman, 1824 Koppers Bldg., 436 7th Ave., Pittsburgh, Pa. 15219; (800) 556-'l'137.

Woodworking Buyers Guide

The 2000 Buyers' Guide & Directory is free from the Wood Machinery Manufacturers of America, 1900 Arch St., Philadelphia, Pa. 19103; (800) 289-9662.

Not Just Another Cover UP

A 20-p. catalog of paint, finish and wallcovering products is free from Wm. Zinsser & Co., 173 Belmont Dr., Somerset, N.J. 08875; (732) 469-8100.

Dam That Cellar!

Two 8-p. booklets, "How to Waterproof Your Basement" and "How to Decorate with Textures," are free from Bondex, 3616 Scarlet Oak Blvd., St. Louis, Mo. 63122; (800) 225-'7522.

Tool's Paradise

A measuring and marking tool catalog is free from Keson, 1660 W. Quincy Ave., Naperville, I1. 60540; (630) 369-8848. of ony New Literoture item by contocting eoch compony directly... ond pleose mention thot you sow it in The Merchont Mogozine!

Ray C. Blackstock, 83, retired owner of Blackstock Lumber Co., Seattle, Wa., died from complications relating to Parkinson's Disease Aug. 9 on Whidbey Island, Wa.

He was a graduate of the University of Washington and served in the U.S. Army Air Corp in WWII, where he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Asiatic Pacific Service Medal and three bronze stars.

After the war, he succeeded his father. Carl. as owner of Blackstock Lumber, which Carl had founded in 1912.

He retired from the firm in the early 1980s and was a past president of the Western Buildine Material Association.

Don C. Clothier, 56, former forest products marketing manager for Weyerhaeuser Co., Federal Way, Wa., died Aug. l8 in San Diego.

He was a graduate of San Diego University and lectured at the University of Alaska, Grays Harbor

College National University and his alma mater.

He was a former senior research and planning consultant with Wickes Co.p.

He served on the Governors Advisory Board for Natural Resources and is listed in "Who's Who in Business and Finance," "Who's Who in the West," and "Who's Who in America."

Slight Turn For Tool Exports

Despite Asia's economic woes, Taiwanese exports of hardware products slipped only 2.lVo last year to $4.761 billion. It was the first ever yearly decline fbr Taiwan's hardware exports.

Over 90Vo of the country's hardware production is slated for export, with 47 .3Vo headed for the U.S. Fasteners continue to be the strongest performers, with exports rising 5.1Vo to $1.438 billion in 1998. Manual hand tools came in second at $1.292 billion, a 3.5Vo decrease.

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Please send to Editor, 4500 Campus Dr., Suite 480, Newport Beach, Ca. 92660; Fax 949-852-023 I, or by e-mail to dkoenig@ ioc.net.

LOOK OUT WORLD!

Horizon Forest Products has a l9th anniversary in September. And you can mark your calendar, 'cause no redwood substitutes, no lack of supply or customers, no bullying banks, big boxes or customer bankruptcies, no high prices, no environmentalists, no beetles or bores or Y2K bugs, no high interest rates or low housing starts, nothing's going to keep me from celebrating a 20th in the new millennium.

Claudia Cowan

Horizon Forest Products

P.O. Box 5325 Richmond, Ca.94805