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In some parts of the harvest the company plans to use helicopters for timber removal instead of buildins roads.

Western Association News ( Cont inued from page 2 3 ) lumber grading short course Oct. 30Nov. 1.

The workshop gives yardmen, sawyers, edgermen, sales and office staff members, and management-level personnel a good introduction to lumber inspection.

National Hardwood Lumber Association inspector Rick Wilson will be the course instructor.

The classroom portion will be held at the Ameri Suites, Ontario, Ca., with the lumber grading taking place the middle day at Peterman Lumber, Fontana. Ca.

The club is also gearing up for its 3rd annual charity golf tournament Oct. 16 at the Coyote Hills Golf Course. Fullerton. Ca. The event will benefit the Hardwood Forest Foundation.

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Wyoming DC For Lowe's

Lowe's last month opened a 1.2 million-sq. ft., fully automated distribution center in Cheyenne, Wy.

The DC was the culmination of three years of planning and construction, and brought the North Carolinabased retailer's nationwide DC total to eight.

The facility will supply stores in I I neighboring states.

In mid-September, regional general mgr. Tony Gariety said, "It will take 12 weeks to fill Wyoming's largest building."

The facility is expected to eventually employ 500 people.

New Offer In Softwood Talks

As part of ongoing trade talks, the U.S. Commerce Department is proposing that individual Canadian provinces may be able to escape punitive duties on softwood lumber exports within a year, if they agree to new reforms by Washington.

The new plan would suspend the countervailing duties on provinces that institute timber market reforms approved by the U.S.

"We are going to be marching ahead" with or without Canadian approval, an unidentified Commerce official said.

Ifthis policy is enacted, the agency would then have nine months to lift duties on individual provinces.

In September, Canadian trade minster Pierre Pettigrew and U.S. trade representative Robert Zoellick met to discuss trade relationships after a five months of not talking.

Depot Enters Flooring Biz

Home Depot has acquired the assets of three flooring companies and in doing so, has become the nation's largest turnkey supplier to the residential construction market.

Home Depot now owns Floors Inc., which serves homebuilders in the Mid-Atlantic and Mid west, along with Aravada Hardwood Flooring Co., Aurora, Co., and Floorworks, Inc.. Phoenix. Az.

With the acquisitions, Depot now has relationships with 17 of the top 20 homebuilders in the nation.

"Our target is the $12 billion flooring material and services annually consumed in new home construction," said Jim Stoddart, division president, Home Depot Supply.

Mark Fikse will become president

"The forest health crisis cannot be ignored. There are 72 miIlion acres of National Forest System land at high risk to catastrophic wildfire. Another 26 million acres are at high risk to insect infestation and disease. That is enough to burn a path from New York City to Los Angeles 62 miles wide. It is time to make our forests healthy."

- W. Henson Moore, c.e.o./ president, American Forest & Paper Association of the newly combined businesses. Stoddart added that the acquisitions give the Atlanta, Ga.-based home improvement retailer complete access to the new home flooring process, "from helping the homebuilder's customer make flooring design choices to scheduling and overseeing the installation for entire housing developments."

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