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Jim Thomas, former owner of Thomas Ace Hardware, Paradise. Ca., was recently honored for longtime community service by the Gold Nugget Museum.

Loren Jochim, owner, Rio Linda True Value Hardware & Lumber Co., Rio Linda, Ca., umpired last month in the Little League Senior Division World Series in Bangor, Me.

Machem Hye is the new director of the substance abuse program at Mungus-Fungus Forest Products, Climax, Nv., report owners Hugh Mungus and Freddie Fungus.

News Briefs

(Continued from page 22 ) multi family slipped 3.2Vo regionally, starts in the West climbed 2.l%o ... building permits increased 1.6Vo

Cantech Fibre Corp., a subsidiary of Pinnacle Developments Inc., Bellingham, Wa., has agreed to buytimber contracts and a remanufacturing plant in Fort St. James. B.C. ...

Louisiana-Pacific plans to sell its vinyl siding division, including plants in Holly Springs, Ms., and Ont., Canada, within ayear

International Paper, Stamford, Ct., will relocate its Hq. to Memphis, Tn., by Aug. I ,2006 ...

International Paper agreed to sell its 50.5Vo share of Carter Holt Harvey Ltd. to New Zealand's Rank Group Investments Ltd. ...

United Rentals, 1nc. opened a 32,000-sq. ft. DC in Denver, Co., to serve 40 branches in Colorado, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico and Utah ...

Home Depot, Valencia, Ca., was robbed at gunpoint of an undisclosed amount of cash ...

Atessco Inc., Santa Rosa, Ca., now stocks incense cedar landscape timbers ...

BlueLinx, an exclusive distributor of Heritage Hill vinyl siding, now offers the Natural Traditions line in Hampton red.