NEWS BRIEFS

HomeCluD held Sept. grand openings for stores in San Jose, C,&;, aod Kirkland, Wa. . . " Yardbirds expects to open a

'.':'',',, Ziegler Lumber Co. plans to ', build a home improvement store r,near Sattleground, Wa. Eagle ' Hgrdware & Garden expects to opeo its first unit in Spokane, 'Wa., sometime next month...

The Terry Companr?s with a new store in Saugus, Ca., under construction will ,hold a grand opening for the remodeled lerry Lumber, Bakersfield, Ca., location this month. Monarch 'Yexturesplans to build a one-stop .,,shopping complex for home,'::rbiuilders and d-i-yers in Sacramento, Ca....

Idaho Parr Inc. has acquired a site in Bend, Or., for a Parr Lumber store . . Home Depot will open a warehouse unit in Pleasanton Square, Pleasanton, Ca., this fall.

Ganahl Lumber, selling its Garden Groveo Ca., location to the, city's redevelopment agency and purchasing a new 5 acre site nearby, has bought 7-l12 acres in Corona, Ca., for a replacement store by fall of 1991. .

National Lumber & Supply Inc. went belly up with units going to several buyers (see p. 62 for 'story) Diamond Lumber Co., Sacramento, Ca., filed Chapter 11 for the second time Burton & French Lumber Co., Walnut Creek, Ca., closed.

Builders Emporium is near completion on a new Hemet,

Ca., store ... Golden State Lumber's new San Rafael, Ca., location expects to open in Nov.

Anniversaries: Collins Pine Co. Paradise, Ca., l35th; ... Pagano's Ace Hardware Marl, Alameda. Ca., 40th... Parr Lumber Co, Chino, Ca., is celebrating its l4th anniversary.

Lumber Crty celebrated the company's 20th anniversary at the newly remodeled Thousand ' Oaks, Ca., location . Grossman's is opposing a move by Jay H. Shidler and Rabert W. Holman ,1r., two Hawaii investors, to take control of the board of directors...

Gold Creek Lumber Sales, Inc. moved ro the Kubli Bldg. in Jacksonville, Or., from Medford . . Precision Lumber Co., Portland, Or., opened a 50,000 sq. ft. mfg. facility in Yuba City, Ca., Dan Collins, gen. mgr. . .

Reid & Wright, Arcata, Ca., opened their Bend, Ot., office and yard with a celebration including a golf tournament at Sun River Country Club. .

AII-Coast Forest Products. Chino, Ca., has agreed to purchase Kaibab Forest Products Co.'s l5 acre DC in Denver. Co. (see story p. 34) . Active Distribution, /nc., Stocktonn Ca., opened a I l8,000 sq. ft. redistribution warehouse in Fontana, Ca., Bert Artlip, mgr....

Nikket Corp. is a wholesale moulding and millwork mfg. firm recently opened in Sacramento, Ca.. by John Sked and GilBarton..

Performance Coatings, Inc., Ukiah, Ca., is in the final stages of construction on its new Peno.fin plant. . Klamath Door Co. is the new name for Jeld-Wen's Ponderosa Pine door div., Klamath Falls. Or,...

Santa Monic&, Ca,u is the first city in the nation to ban the use of tropical timber in construction as a protest against 'ldsstruction" of rain forests', the DIY Research Institute has changed its name to The Home Improvement Research Institute...