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Inland mills, including eastern Oregon and Washington and the rest of the West, saw a 2Vo rise in production, though shipments matched 1999 totals and orders fell 3.87o.

Production gains were achieved despite a l7o dip in housing starts and a 3.2Vo slide in single-family unit construction.

WWPA projects 2000 housing starts to be 1.56 million units, a decline from 1.66 million last year. Lumber demand also is expected to decline to 52.5 billion bd. ft., down from 54.3 in 1999. a3.37o decline.

Dealers Get OSHA Grant

The Lumbermen's Research Foundation, educational arm of the National Lumber & Building Material Dealers Association, has received a

$98,298 grant from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.

The grant application was submitted to assist in marketing an Internet access program that helps train lumber professionals to comply with OSHA regulations. NLBMDA members can obtain materials from the foundation, which is conducting training seminars through federated associations.

TRANSLOAD Distribution Association continoent of 24 transloaders, shippers, railroad and truckin-g olficials trekked 1,000 miles touring reload centers along the U.S./Canadian border. (1)Thb July 24-27 Rocky Mou-ntain High Tour included a stop at Eastport Industries Reload Center, Eastport, ld., and its caboose office/conference room. (2) Gwynn Lumber, Eureka, Mt., unloads Canadian lumber from trucks for transloading to BNSF railcars. (3) Bill Fogarty (left), gen. mgr., Port of Montana, explains lumber transloading to Kevin Dugan, Lucky Seven, Kingman, Az.; John Gearhart, Precision Components Inc., Phoenix, Az., and Ren Heartsill, Transload Ltd., Birmingham, Al. (4) Mark Bordwell, Oroville Reman & Reload, Oroville, Wa., inspects a new lightweighl barcoding gun for tagging individual boards for lumber retailers at Montana West Lumber, Missoula, Mt.

There are a lot of good reasons for carrying L-P Solid Start' products: wide variety, a limited lifetime warranty and the fact that they build great homes.

Full line now available in stock:

LPI'20 and 32 series l-joists (solid sawn flanged)

CTR* 150 and 250 series l-joists (Gang-Lam' LVL flanged)

LPI 36 and 56 series l-joists (Gang-Lam LVL flanged)

Gang-Lam 2650 Fb and 2950 Fb beams in standard and billet thicknesses (1-314" to 7" thick)

Solid Start rim board

For more information, including a copy of our warranty, contact Huff Lumber.