POPE & TALEIOT

R&R To Topple Gonstruction

Despite a slight decline in the total lumber consumption for repair and remodeling, R&R (repair & remodeling) is expected to overtake home building as the nation's top lumber-using market in the 1990s.

Western Wood Products Association projections show in 1987 R&R used about 86% of the lumber used by the housing market. The figure should jump to92o/o in 1988 and 93% in 1989.

R&R lumber consumption is projected to fall only slightly, as 1987's record 15.38 billion board feet should slip to 14.86 billion feet in 1988 and 14.4 billion board feet in I 989.

New Cedar Tralning Plan

Retailers can teach their staff the facts about cedar, especially cedar plank paneling, using a retail sales training program available from P&M Cedar Products.

Organized into nine lessons, the CedarPro Institute of Higher Learning is designed to strengthen overall understanding of plank paneling including product information, shopper demographics, selling points, in- stallation tips, finishes and project ideas.

The students who complete the series and the hnal exam will receive a Cedar Pro cap and a diploma signed by Professor Emeritus Woodward T. Sawyer. They also will be eligible to win a weekend in either San Francisco or New York or one of dozens of other prizes. The department manager of the vacation winner will receive a duplicate vacation prize.

Course information is available from Charles Berolzheimer or Doug Lyle at P&M Cedar Products, Stockton, Ca.

Veneer Service, Inc., Renamed

Veneer Service, Inc., Newberg, Or., has changed its name to Conifer Pacific, Inc., to reflect the company's expansion into new products and markets.

Founded nearly 20 years ago, the firm has annual sales of $100 million, operating a veneer mill in Eugene, Or.; plywood plants in Elma. Wa.. and Lebanon and Willamina, Or., and a wholesale distribution center in Clackamas, Or. A second dc will open in Lacey, Wa., in January 1989.