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Moss Lumber Co., Redding, Ca., opened ywd *t4 in Red Bluff, Ca.; Mike Leonelly, gen. mgr. ...

Classic Building Supply, Grand Terrace, Ca., acquired Redlands Door & Supplies, Redlands, Ca.

Keith Brown Building Materials opened a new yard in Lindsay, Ca., replacing the Exeter, Ca., yard, which was destroyed by fire ...

Builders Exchange of Monterey Peninsula, Monterey, Ca., has changed its name to Builders Exchange of the Central Coast ...

Home Depot this month opens new stores in Kona, Hi.; Klamath Falls, Or., and Woodland, Ca. ... the chain is considering a site in Ontario, Ca., and a vacant Kmart store in Port Angeles, Wa.; expects an early 2004 opening in Glendale/ Burbank, Ca.; is building on a former Montgomery Ward location in Portland, Or., and will lease a 98,000-sq. ft. building in Los Angeles' Westwood Village for an Expo Design Center

Home Depot purchased 40,000 Hewlett- Packard personal computers as part of the home center's nationwide technology overhaul Depot has begun an effort to recruit junior military officers for store management positions ...

Lowe's opened a new store Oct. 3 in Lakewood, Co. (Tim Johnson, mgr.), and is considering a site in Walla Walla, Wa., after negotiations broke down between the property's owner and Home Depot ...

Collins Cashway Do it Center, Loveland, Co.. Power Townsend Co., Helena, Mt.; McDaniel Do it Center, Snohomish, Wa.; Hills Flat Lumber, Grass Valley, Ca.; Arctic Builders Source, Anchorage, Ak.; Bre ckenridge Building C enter, Breckenridge, Co.; Collins Hardware, Atrora, Co., and Dixieline Lumber, San Diego, Ca.,won Do it Best ptJrchasing awards

Ganahl Lumber recently added a new panel saw to its Anaheim, Ca., custom mill

Hayward Lumber yard workers in Santa Barbara, Ca., ended a five-week strike after agreeing to a new tfuee-year contract

Hilmar Lumber, Delhi, Ca., recently held their annual customer appreciation night ...

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Burns Lumber Co. has opened a new sales office in Portland, Or., staffed by Todd Kintz, Tom Blackwood and Randy Gregory ...

Huttig Building Products relocated its Sacramento, Ca., DC to a larger 100,000-sq. ft. facility ...

Shasta Cascade Forest Induslries, Redding, Ca., finished work on its loading facility, which now handles 35 car loads on 4 spurs ...

Westcoast Hardwoods Inc., Arcata, Ca., permanently closed its doors Oct. 18; a sales office was to remain open until all remaining inventory was sold

Louisiana- Pacific Corp., Portland, Or., has found a buyer for its Missoula, Mt., particleboard plant and continues shopping mills in Tacoma, Wa., and Saratoga, Wy.; L-P has taken its mills in Belgrade and Deer Lodge, Mt., and Bonners Ferry, Sandpoint, Moyie Springs and Chilco. Id.. off the market

Stimson Lumber Co. plans to permanently close its Libby, Mt., sawmill by the end of the year

Plum Creek Timber Co., Seattle, Wa., will transfer operation of its Port of Olympia, Wa., log yard to Pacific Lumber & Shipping Co. starting Jan. 1; despite the move, Plum Creek will continue to export logs from the yard

Caffall Bros. Farest Products, Wilsonville. Or.. is installins a $500,000 optimizing trimrier which is expected to increase production 5-I0Vo next year

World Wide Wood Network, Ltd.,Yekn, Wa., has expanded into the South, with a branch office in Greenville, S.C., headed by Adam Wiles, ex.Georgia-Pacific

Nu Forest Products. Healdsburg, Ca., is installing a Newman/ Whitney TM-l timbersizer with the capacity to surface 24"x30" ...

Weyerhaeuser Co. will shutter its Enumclaw, W'a., sawmill in February and its Snoqualmie, Wa., wood finishing plant at a later date; will eliminate 750 corporate jobs over the next two years; auctioned off equipment at its closed Korpine particleboard plant in Bend, Or, and agreed to sell about 115,000 acres of timberlands in western Wa. to Hancock Timber Resource Group for $21 I million ..

Collins Cos.. Portland, Or., has secured a $45 million commercial mortgage loan for its sustainable forestry operations Collins received the 2002 Forest Stewardship Award from the National Hardwood Lumber Association

Sierra Pacific Industries, Redding, Ca., received word that two environmental groups have filed a suit to block its Star fire log salvage operation in California's El Dorado National Forest

The World Trade Organization ruled Canadian stumpage fees do not constitute a benefit as the U.S. has claimed; the ruling now goes to another panel for a final judgment expected in the spring ... the Canadian government plans to provide $117 million in aid to timber workers and communities affected by the softwood lumber dispute ...

MonierLifetile, Irvine, Ca., began production at a new $10 million concrete roof tile plant in Henderson. Co. ...

Pacffic Lumber Co., Scotia, Ca., received word that a Humboldt County, Ca., judge has reaffrrmed an order halting its logging operations in the Headwaters Forest region (see Oct. p., 18) ...

Anniversari es:- Ge orgia- Pacific, 75th ... DeCou Lumber Ace Hardware. Atascadero. Ca..65th ...

Housing starts in Sept. (latest figures) leapt I3.3Vo to an adjusted annual rate of 1.843 million, with single family starts up l8.2Vo to 1.477 million and multi-family at a rate of 329,000 for 5+ units permits gained 3.7Vo to a seasonally adjusted rate of 1.727 lmtllion ...

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Western Building Material Association - Nov. 14-15, 99th annual convention & showcase, DoubleTree Lloyd Center, Portland, Or.; (888) 551-9262.

Architectural Woodwork Institute - Nov. 14-16. annual meeting, Hilton Palacio Del Rio, San Antonio, Tx.; (703) 733-0600.

Lumber Association of California & Nevada - Nov. 14-16, 6th annual convention, Hyatt Regency Lake Tahoe, Incline Village, Nv.; (800) 266-4344.

North American Building Material Distribution AssociationNov. 14-16, annual convention and conference, Gaylord Palms Resort & Convention Center, Orlando, Fl.; (888) 747-'7862.

American Lumber Standard Committee - Nov. 15, annual meeting, Harrah's, Las Vegas, Nv.; (301) 972-1700.

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Lumber Association of California & Nevada - Dec. 4, forklift seminars, Weyerhaeuser, West Sacramento, Ca.; Dec. 5, Ganahl Lumber, Anaheim, Ca.; Dec. 5, 2nd Growth holiday meeting, Sheraton, Cerritos, Ca.; (800) 266-4344.

Mountain States Lumber & Building Material Dealers Association - Dec. 5, W.O.O.D. committee year-end party, Mile High Stadium, Denver, Co.; (303) 793-0859.

Softwood Export Council - Dec. 5, annual meeting, Benson Hotel, Portland, Or.; (503) 248-0406.

Sacramento Area Wholesalers - Dec. 6, holiday lunch, Arden Hills Country Club, Carmichael, Ca.; (916)736-3353.

NOFMA: The Wood Flooring Manufacturers AssociationDec. 7-8, annual membership meeting, Peabody Hotel, Memphis, Tn.; (901) 526-5016.

International Wood Products Association - Dec. 10, regional luncheon & business meeting, Hyatt Regency, Long Beach, Ca.; (703) 820-6696.

Portland Wholesale Lumber Association - Dec. 13, Christmas lunch, Doubletree Hotel, Portland, Or.; (503) 648-4156.

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Mountain States Lumber & Building Material Dealers Association - Jan. 6-9, Bill Darling estimating courses, Casper, Wy.; Jan. 13-16, Denver, Co.; Jan. 28-30, Albuquerque, N.M.; (303) 793-0859.

Los Angeles Hardwood Lumberman's Club - Jan. 9, luncheon, Steven' s Steakhouse, Commerce, Ca. : (323)'7 23 -985 6.

International Housewares Show - Jan. 12-14, McCormick Place, Chicago, Il.; (847) 292-4200.

Black Bart Hoo-Hoo Club - Jan. 15, industry night, Redwood Valley, Ca.; (707) 462-3700.

Humboldt Hoo-Hoo Club - Jan. 16, crab feed, Eureka Inn, Eureka, Ca.; (707) 268-3085.

California Forestry Association - Jan. 16-17, annual meeting, Haze Mansion Conference Center, San Jose, Ca; (916) 4446592

Do it Best Corp. - Jan. 16-17, winter market, Phoenix, Az.; (219)'748-s3OO.

National Association of Home Builders -Jan. 2l-24, anmal convention & expo, Las Vegas Convention Center, Las Vegas, Nv.; (800) 368-5242.

Paint & Decorating Retailers Association - Jan. 28-29, Western Decorating Show, Riviera Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, Nv.; (800) 737-0107.

Western Building Material Association - Jan. 3l-Feb.2,32nd annual Young Westerners Club Conference, WestCoast Hotel at the Grove, Boise, Id.; (888) 551-9262.