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HomeBase opened its 88th location, a I10,000-sq. ft. store with 23,000-sq. ft. nursery, Oct. 30 in San Diego, Ca.

Orchard Supply Hardware unveiled a new store Oct. 30 in Modesto, Ca., its final opening until 2nd quarter 2000 ...

Canby Builders Supply, Canby, Or., has relocated to a new 44,000sq. ft. store from its 52-year-old, 26,000-sq. ft. location

Lumb e rme n's anticipates relocating its Cannon Beach, Or., store early next year to a 24,000-sq. ft. complex now being built ...

Lowe's Cas. has broken ground in Rancho Cucamonga, Ca., across from an existing Home Depot and has begun construction in Redlands (San Bernardino), Ca., after the city council denied homeowners' calls for a referendum to block the project

Low,e's closed a 9-month-old Norwalk, Ca., Eagle Hardware to convert it to the Lowe's format; three other Eagles in the state will be converted after the Norwalk store reopens in Jan. ... the first California Lowe's opens next month in Bakersfield, with stores in Long Beach, Palmdale and Temecula opening in Jan.

Home Depot got the go-ahead to build in Twin Falls, Id., and on I1.5 acres in Oceanside, Ca.; plans a I15,000-sq. ft. store with 14,000-sq. ft. garden center in Issaquah, Wa., and is proposing a 107,000-sq. ft. store on l0 acres in Fremont, Ca. ... Home Depot Inc. has been added to the Dow Jones Industrial Average

Sierra Vista Ace Hardware, Sierra Vista, Ca., and Sonnyb Ace Home Center, Canon City, Co., were among recent Ace President's Cup winners

Power Townsend Co., Helena, Mt.; Rcks Building Supply, Los Lunas, N.M.; Sebo's Do it Center llUnor rslrr rs/ lUh r u rrcru n :ns

Anacortes and Clinton, Wa.: Ponderosa Home Center, Pagosa Springs, Co., and multi-unit chains Meek Building Centers and Dixieline Lumber Co. were among winners of Do it Best purchasing awards ...

84 Lumber agreed to sponsor NASCAR driver Scott Riggs ...

Anniversaries: Crissey Fowler Lumber, Colorado Springs, Co., I 25th Learned Lumber, Hermosa Beach, Ca., 75th ... Crenshaw Lumber Co., Gardena, Ca.,50th ... The Terry Cos., Tarzana, Ca., 50th ,.. White Pine Lumber, Fresno, Ca., 50th ...

Western Woods, Inc., Chico, Ca., has purchased redwood remanufacturer Keene I ndustries. Ukiah, Ca.l Dave Dahlen continues as mgr.

Wi llamette I ndustries, Portland, Or., has become reportedly the first major forest products firm to receive independent third party certification that its forest management practices comply with the Sustainable Forestry Initiative Willamette's Eugehe, Or., MDF plant has been certified by Scientific Certification Systems : Evergreen Lumber & Iv{olding has relocated from Anaheim to Orange, Ca.

S imnten Whole sale Lumber, Sacramento, Ca., is enlarging its milling facility

Fall Creek Forest Products ha.s moved its offices from Fall Creek. Or., to Everson, Wa.

Roseburg Forest Products Co.'s new I-joistlLVL facility set to come on line next year in Riddle, Or., has joined Engineered Wood Systems ... new plywood maker Ceertsen Group, Lrd., Springfield, Or., recently joined APA...

James Hardie Building Products, Mission Viejo, Ca., will build its fifth fiber cemenr siding plant in Peru,I1....

McCulloch North America, Tucson, Az., lawn and garden tool manufacturer, agreed to sell its remaining assets to Taiwan-based Jenn Feng lndustrial Co., Ltd.; they will be operated as a new subsidiary, McCulloch Corp. ... Fulterer USA, High Point, N.C., added an Anaheim, Ca., DC

Crown Pacific Partners, L.P., Portland, Or., agreed to acquire 91,000 acres of Idaho timberlands from Plum CreekTimber Co.. Inc.. Seattle, Wa., for $73 million

National Fenestration Rating Council now requires participating manufacturers to rate solar heat gain coefficient and visible transmittance in addition to U-factor

United Paint Sundry Distributors of America, parent of Paint Sundries Supply, Clearfield, Ut.; CMG Distributors, San Leandro, Ca Inagco Sales, Burbank, Ca., and Tri-W Distributors, Kirkland, Wa., joined Distribution America's new Paint Sundry Group ...

Anniversaries: DorrisLumber & Moulding Co., Sacramento, Ca., 75th ... Hutchins Lumber Inc.. Weippe, Id., 60th ,.. Wetsel-Ovian Lumber, Folsom, Ca., 60th Regulus Stud Mills, Saint Maries, Id., 40th Timberline Lumber, Weippe, Id., 3Oth ... Northern Pines Wood Products, Bonners Ferry, Id., 20th

New Web sites: Western Wood Preserving Co., Sumner, 'Wa., www.westernwoodpreserving.com

American Wood-P reservers' Association, www.awpa.com ...

Home Improvement Research Group forecasts home improvement product sales to grow 87o this year to $161 billion and 3Vo next year to $166 billion ...

Housing starts in Sept. (latest figs.) fell 3Vo to an adjusted annual rate of 1.618 million ,.. single family starts dropped ZVo, multifamily were at a rate of 313,000 for 5+ units and 33.000 for 2-4 units ... permits decreased 7Vo to a 1.501 million annual rate-