NEWS BRIEFS

Weyerhaeu,ser Co. has signed a letter of intent to purchase Srrrr Diego WlLalesale Building Muterials, National City, Ca., anl"icipating a mid-Oct. close Ilixieline Lumber, San Diego, Ca., has acquired Western Lrtm.ber',s National City mill and will move its truss yard to the site lrom its .South Bay location

HonrcBuse opcned San Diego and Bakerstield, Ca., stores and is expeotsd to sign a leasc in Foothill Ranch (Lake F-orest), Ca. ... Home Depot, whic:h will tcst lilod scrr,ice in four Los Angeles, Ca., area slores (see story p. 3.5). operred u Mission Viejo. Ca., unjl, conlinucd construction in Fresno and Lcrnon Grove, Ca., applicct to build in Boise, Id., and schcclulod expansion of a San Carlos, Ca., store ...

Ettgle Hurdwure & Gartlen plans fo open Puyallup, Wa., and Edrnclnton, Albcrta, Clnada, storcs this 1a11 ancl a Bellevue, Wa., Lltlit in enrly '94 ,..McKilliaut DistribLttiort lrd., Eclrnonton, Allrerta, acquired Avtiloble Httrdv,ttre Supply, Post F'alls, Id., including Post Falls, Seal.lle, Wa., and Boisc, Id., locations which will kcrcp thc Availuble naule

Pro Hardw,are lrtc. changed its nanle t0 Pro Group lrtc:. Servistur/Coust to Coust Corp., L)cuver. Co., establishccJ a credit card system for its hilnre centers

Sacken & Peters, Whitticr, Ca., closed al1er 43 years, biarning the economy and competition frOnr larger stores ... Builrlers Discourtt emerged fronr bankruptcy and closed its Nortlr Hollywood, Ca., offices and moved thc stalf t0 its remaining Los Angeles (Pico Blvrl.), Ca., store

Yaeger & Kirk, Santa l{osa, Ca., which had carlicr lilcd Chaptcr 1 l, sought permission to liquiclate (see sl()ry p. 3.1)

Ltts Pluntcs Lumber Co"" Riversidc, Ca., sulfered minor damage when a motorist lailed to stop at a clead-end strcet and drove tlrrough their wall Vulley Springs Lumber, Vailey Springs, Ca., lost aboul $5,0(J0 in cash to burglars who disabled thc alarrn systenl and broke through a wall ... a storagc building at Four Star Ruildirtg Srryply, San Leandro, Ca., lrurned in early Sept. ...

Annivcrsu'i es'. Spt, | | tttort H tt rdw,oods, Phoenix, ,q.2.., :Orn ..

Cal-Statc Lunilter Sules, Ittc., pllns to build a wood window assonrbly plant this year near their present Otay Mcsa, Ca., facility, open a subsidiary olfice in Tcxas anLl establish distribution centers in Mcxico

Colvilla Indiun Precision Pite, Gnrak, Wa., wlrich now has 1007o of its production kiln dried, has paved fivc more acros ol the yard .. Fort Apuche Titnber Co., White I{iver, Az., plans a N{arch '94 opcning li;r a ncw 24,000 sq. It. rcnran plant rloing end and edge gluing and finger joinring, I-ester Buck plant lngr.

Sn, urt e r H ttrtlx' ootl, Burbank. Ca., purchased Molutt Buker Plytt,ood, Bcllinghant, Wa. Crotvn Hartlv,ootl Verrcer Corp. opcned a San Francisco, Ca., office

Tree Producls Etrterori,ses. Lukc Osrvcgo, ()r'., ac:quirc<l Pittelam ftrc., Pilo{ Ilock, Or., and will opcrated the rc-nran plant as Tree P rod uc Is Enlery;rises/P inelont lrtc, ..,

Irtdittrttt trYoorl has closed its Cocur d'Alene, Id., nrfg. planl, nroving cquipurcnl t0 its othcr locations Carl Ronrtovr Group closed its Portland, Or., oflice ... Pttcif ic We,s tem Fore s l Industrie,s, St. Helens, Or., lras filcd for Chaptcr 1l bankruptcy .., Modoc Luttzbcr Co., Klarnath Falls, Or., cut procluction 307o, laying off 52 workers .., lror the rccord: FibreForm Wood Products' Iilternational Pine Division sales ofllce moved from Rocklin, Ca., to Bellcvue, Wa., not vice vcrsa as rcported last nronth ... North Americart Forest Producls has movcrl to Fair Oaks, Ca., liour Sacrarnento, Ca. "."

VSI Fusterter,s iniliatcd a roll out r:f its Gr*bbel clrywall scrcws [o consuillcrs through Hon'LeBnse Masoriile, Ukiah, Ca., sufTered an explosion and fire of- uucleteilnincd origin Sept. 24; no olle was injurccl, no loss ligure available at Pre ss liilrc

Surttrtf USA Corp. ha.s opcned a nrarkcting and salcs erl'lic:e in Salt f .rke Ci1y, Ut. ... Elk Corp plans to build a 15t),000 sq. Ii. asphalt rooling products nilg. l"ac:ility on 87 acres in Slrafter, Ca^ " ".

Scltul ler I rt ierti altorrnl Irtc " " Dertver, Co., will acquircr OtrettsCornin g'.s ev:nrinercial and indusirial roof irlg business inclucling an Oklahonta Cit;,. Ok., plant and Owern-Cornirrg wiil acquire ltom Scltuller a Savannah, Ga., nrfg. pl ant and residenti al rool'i ng crluiprnent localcd al a \Vaukegan, Il." pllru

Ostnose',y ACC wootJ prcservative was accepted by the Arnerics,n Wood P re,se rv' e rs As soc iti ltort's prcservatives aiicl ieehnical committees. the tlrsl sleDS lowards a prrssible ine-lusion in thc trook of standards Arnerican Tool Crsmpurries, ftrc. and 7'1rc Irvtin Computy have joined under fhe Arnericuri Tbol nanw "

Hou.sirtg ,s/(lrts lor August (iatest figs.) rose '7.8olo to an annually adjusted rate o1'1,323,0til units single lanrily starts rose l 1 7o; niuitis ot'5 ()r flore units rosc 2.57o, smaller units i'cli 49% .." permits roso 7.5%, ,.. starts in the Wesi led the nalion with a i5"67o rise.