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Wickes Cos. plans to sell off its Wickes Lumber div., plus two other units, to help pay corp. debts . Wickes Lumber has 225 units in 36 states, primarily midwestern . .

PaciJic Supply, Boise, ld., a Paci/ic C'oast Building Products, Sacramento, Ca., supply yard, plans an open house for its new quarters this month Grassman's celebrated 10 years in Woodland, Ca.. with a grand re-opening of the remodeled store

Simmons-Pettv Lumber Yard has opened at Doheny Park, Ca. . A Payless Cashways' Lumberjack is due to open in Redding, Ca., this month .. Denault's Hardware Home Centers will open a 20,000 sq. ft. True Value Hardwar€ia Mission Vieio Marketplace, Mission Viejo, Ca..

Oceanside Home l)epot Plaza with an 80,000 sq. tt. I{ome Depot is under construction in Oceanside, Ca. Davis Lumber & Hardware, Davis, Ca., celebrated its 65th anniversary with an open house for the community . .

Builders Emporium has opened a 27,690 sq. ft. store in Portola Plaza in Mission Viejo. Ca.. Milwaukie Lumber Co., Milwaukie, Or., has been acquired by Steve and Richard Morse who plan to expand as a True Value Hardware . .

Home Depot has sued Office Depot, Boca Raton, F1., claiming name infringement due to a o'similar name, similar inventory, sirnilar advertising concept" and proximity 0f stores to HomeDepots...

Colorado Home Improvement Center, Denver and Littleton, Co., has purchased Big Tool Box, Aurora;,fg.; all three stores are