NEWS BRIEFS

N o rthw est Lumb e r, Tucson, Az., was purchased from Frank Oesterling by Dean A. Ciarniello ...

Copeland Lamber Yards has closed its Lynden, Wa., and Riverbank, Ca., yards

Serra Lumber Co., Capistrano Beach, Ca., has decided against a planned acquisition by Ganahl Lumber Co., Anaheim, Ca.

Whiting Mead Lumber Co., San Diego, Ca., has been renamed Haro l,umber Co.

Gossard Lumber & Hardware, Redmond, Wa., has closed and liq- uidated after 31 years; Clint pogsar.d is retiring after 40+ years in the industry ...

Mid-Vatley Lumber Co. Inc., Willows, Ca., has acquired Colusa Lumber, Colusa, Ca. ...

Vaaghnn's Building M aterials, Tacoma, Wa., has closed Bloedom Lumber Co.. Torrinston,'Wy., has acquirea tanO aA3icent to its Buffalo, Wy., yard to build a new 8,@sq. ft. store; the existing building is 2,400 sq.ft, Minton's Lumber & Supply, Mountain View, Ca.,lost its 50,b0b: sq. ft. lumber complex in a $5-$10 million fire (see story, p. 3l)

Carl Diebold Lumber Co. has closed its 3Gyear-old retail outlet in Wood Village, Or., to make way for an I-84 interchange; its Troutdale, Or., custom remanufacturins plant continues operation

Furrow Building Materials will build a temporary replacement for its South Vallev (Albuouerque)N.M., store destroyed bV un ite6trical fire, undecided if it will later rebuild permanently in the city

Orchard Supply Hardware has added stores in Woodland and Whittier, Ca., and closed a 52,000sq. ft. unit in Vacaville, Ca. ...

Nelson Lumber & Hardware, LaConner, Wa-, is closing its doors after 4Or years in business

Home Depot opened stores last month in Rancho Cordova, North Hollywood and a replacernent unit in Colma Ca.

Ontario Lumber & Hardware, Ontario, Ca., has closed after 50 years in business ...

Emst Home Centers onened a M,64Usq. ft. store with 111520-so. ft. nurseiy/lumber sales area in Indio, Ca.; closed units in Northgate and Milton, Wa., and completed a $1.2 million remodel in Port Orchard, Wa.

AA Lumber & Door, Santa Maria, Ca., has closed HomeBase will spend $750,000 a store over the next couple of years on remodeling; 18 stores have been revamped so far ...

Herms l,umber Sales, Inc., Fontana" Ca., an industrial softwood wholesaler, has been ooened by Mark Herms, ex-Induitrial Forest Produc* .--

CaI Sate Forest Products, Santa An4 Ca., has opened a DC in Denver, Co., Danny Kerwin, mgr.;Cal State was also named a So. Ca. distributor for Messmerb stains

Georgia-Pacific \as been looking at the old Peterbih factory site in Newark, Ca., as a possible bulk distribution site

Santiam Califurnia, Huntington Beach, Ca., has mersed into O regon-C anadian Foresl P roducts of Califumia. Orange, Ca.; a single sales office in Oranse will be maintained ...

Timco Millwork, Aurora, Ca., has opened a new facility in Grand Junction, Co., serving western slope and intermountlin areas; Curtis Twiggs, mgr.

TreeSource /nc. closed six mills in Wa. and Or. (see story p. 31)

Vaagen Bros. Inmber closed its Ione, Wa., mill and auctioned off equipment; Colville and Republic, Wa., facilities are still operating

Tr i- M ark P ac ific, Redmond, Wa., is now representins. Toto Kiki USA in Wa., Oi.,Id. and"Ak.

Cascade Cabinet Corp., Woodinville, Wa., was purchased bv Beltecno Co., Nagoya, Japan ...

Pacific Southeast Forest Products, Damond Springs, Ca., has its mfg. plant up for sale, but will continue wholesaling activities

Western Wholesale Moulding has sold its Glendale, Az., warehouse and consolidated all storage/ warehousing operations at a sinlie larger building in Phoenix" Az. ...

Baugh Lumber Distribution Inc., Costa Mesa, Ca., has been opened by former Industrial Forest Products partner Steve Baugh, specializing primarily in low grade industrial softwoods, US Timber Co. has opened in Boise, Id.; Brad Bower, pies.

Parr Lumber, Chino, Ca., added 30,000 sq. ft. of covered storage ...

Diablo Timher Co., Napa, Ca., has added a Riverside, Ca., sales office, headed by Barry Stagner

Boise Cascade plans to buy back up to 4.3 million shares of its cofitrnon stock orequivalents

Armstrong World Industries was honored by the Commerce Dept. with the Malcolm Baldriee National Qualify Award

Boral Concrete Products Inc, is moving Hq. this month to Orange County, Ca., from Atlanta, Ga. .-

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Producers Association plans to relocate Hq. from Portland, Or., to 507 First St., Woodland, Ca.; the group is now intemational, accepting as full members any foreign firm that sells in the U.S.

Housing starts in Sept. (latest figs.) slipped O.lVo to an annual rate of 1.39 million followins a revised 2.8Vo drop in Aug. s'ingle-family starts fell 0.9Vo, multifamily construction rose 2.67o ... the West was the only region reporting higher starts, up 8.7Vo.

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