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ASSOCIATION of Millwork Dstrbutors staged ts annua convention Oct.9-13 in Salt Lake City, Ut (1) Kevin Finch lvl ke Vadez Stanlee Kitts, Cal German. (2) Mark Lewis, Justin Norman Roger Pellow. Randy Boedl (3) Warren Brown, Jeff Baker, Rick Grimm (4) Ben Johnson Bob Bichards John Hunt. Bruce Adkins. lVark Garner. (5) Arden Fullen. Bi Boss. (6) Alen Dyer, Jim Trce, Neal Grubbs. (7) Jim Schmidt, Crag Young, Dan Beaty. (8) Kristy Jensen, Larry Moore, Lena Jensen. (9) Jlm Ridge. Teny Bumgarner. Derr ck Johnson Marshall Quina, Ron Talley. (10) Bob Hootselle Neal Heflin. Omar Pabst Rodrigo Winther. (11) Jim Owens, Becky

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Plemmons, Annette Heath, Brenda lVaxey (12) Stephani Johnson, Dana Jansen. (13) Tamara Boman, Clarissa Fenstersefer (14) Ken Stubert, Barbara Gahan. (15) Gerry & Judy Wille, Kathy Saito. Bob Reyno ds. (16) Gene DeFraties, Priscilla Belitiki, Leindro Mazzoccato. (17) X mena Zava u, Pedro Monroy, Carmen Lopetegui. (18) Larry B agrave. Mark Westlake. (19) Scott Bowers, Scott Becker, Bill Bowers. (20) Tom Jappeit Catherine Towers. (21) Carl Lindgren, Dan Wolter (22) Kellie Schroeder, Kim Lister (231 B Laughlin Rafe Hagel, Kamr Consford, Brett Powe's. S(oll Ao^ ns r241 D-dley Scl-aefer Jr. {25) Bob Green.

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Hale Kauai Ltd., Koloa, Hi., closed its Kapaa, Hi., store Oct. 15 and sold the property to Aloha Lumber Co., which is building a 20,000-sq. ft. dry storage and container loading/unloading facility on the site ...

Kings Ace Hardware, Billings, Mt., built a 10,000-sq. ft. replacement store next to its State St, location (Jim Lee, new mgr.)

Minton's Lumber & Supply, Mountain View. Ca.. closed its 39year-old store in Cupertino, Ca., Sept. 25 due to big box competition...

Builders FirstSource, Dallas, Tx., reportedly has been put up for sale by equity house Jll Partners, New York, N.Y.

Gust Family Enterprises Inc., owner of Ace Hardware stores in Longmont and Johnstown, Co., anticipates an April opening of a 13,000-sq. ft. Ace with attached greenhouse and garden center in south Boulder, Co. ...

Home Depot opened new stores Oct. 28 in Delano and Watsonville, Ca. (Kevin Okestad, mgr.); Oct. 14 in The Dalles, Or. (Dave Fackler, mgr.); Sept. 30 in W. Vancouver (Park Royal), B.C.; Sept. 23 in Lompoc, Ca. (Tim Rothanzl, mgr.), and Sept. 2 in Aberdeen, Wa.; N. Phoenix and Kingman, 42....

Home Depot received approval to build a larger replacement store in La Mirada, Ca.; anticipates a January opening of its new unit on 42 acres in Port Angeles, Wa.; will start building by the end of the year in former Kmarts in Newark and Capitola, Ca., and has filed site plans to build two more stores in Anchorage, Ak.

Home Depot expanded its deal with installer USA Deck and with

U.S. Remodelers to offer kitchen refacing products in four additional markets

Lowe's Cos. unveiled new 116,000-sq. ft. stores Oct. 29 in W. Summerlin. Nv.. and Hemet and Lodi, Ca.

Lowe 's got the go-ahead to build a I69,793-sq. ft. store on 20 acres in Twin Falls, Id., for a third quarter 2005 completion; expects an early 2005 opening in Fairbanks, Ak., and will open in 2006 in Lake Havasu, Az.

Lowe 's presented the area's Boys Clubs and Girls Clubs with a check for $1,000 at the recent grand opening of a 134,000-sq. ft. store in Bend, Or.

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GLC Millworfts is the new name of Buena Vista Custom Milling, Fontana, Ca.; there has been no change in ownership

Do it Best Corp. has broken ground on a 525,000-sq. ft. DC in Mesquite, Nv., to service stores in Nevada, Utah, Arizona, portions of California, New Mexico, and Colorado, and Hawaii, through the Port of Los Angeles; the DC-the co-op's eighth-is scheduled to begin shipping in January 2006

Longview Fibre Co., Longview, Wa., is leasing from the Port of Longview half of the historic "White Houseo" the 7O-year-old former Hq. of Long-Bell Lumber Co....

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Simp son Strong-Tie, Dublin, Ca., has completed its acquisition of Quik Drive U.S.A., Inc., and Quik Drive Canada, Inc. Simpson won the Steel Framing Alliance's President's Award, recognizing its long-time support of the cold-formed steel industry

Window & Door Manufacturers Association and American Architectural Manufacturers Association formed a joint task force to oversee a proposed merger of the two organizations

Potlatch Corp., Spokane, Wa., will use the $455 million it received from the sale of its three OSB mills in Minnesota t0 Ainsworth Lumber Co.. Vancouver,8.C., to pay down debt and contribute to its retirement program...

Tembec is modernizing its Elko, B.C., sawmill through next year, upgrading both primary saw lines and the secondary processing equipment

M o ni e r Life ti le, kv ine, Ca., secured a superior industry hail rating for its roof tile products from the Factory Mutual Research Center ...

Owens Corning is investing $3 I million to expand capacity for its Cultured Stone stone veneer by TOVo by the end of 2005, including line and equipment upgrades at its plant in Napa, Ca.

The Stanley Works agreed to sell its Home Decor division to N.Y. investment firm Wellspring Capital Management LLC

Progressive Solutions Inc.o Richmond, B.C., was selected for the 2005 edition of Canada's Top 100 Employers published by Mediacorp Canada

Silver Falls Timber Co., Silverton, Or., was immortalized in a 100-by-40-ft. mural featuring two mill workers painted by David McDonald; the mural is located near the long-defunct sawmill's former site ...

Parr Lumber, Aloha, Or., now carries the WindsorOne mouldings collection Sierra Point Lumber & Plywood Co. now stocks WindsorOne products in Brisbane and Leesburg, Ca. ...

Epoch Composite Products has joined The Builder's Circle customer reward program

Anniversaries: Home Depot, Atlanta, Ga., 25th Kayu International, West Linn, Or., 10th ...

Housing starts in Sept. (latest figures) fell 6Va to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1,898,000 units single family starts were down 8.2Va to 1.54 million, while multi-family climbed 4.lVo ... starts in the West fell nearly 8Va.

Columbia Vista Moves Mills

Columbia Vista Corp. is consolidating its two Oregon production plants at a new 50,000-sq. ft. facility in Vancouver, Or.

The new location will give the company better rail access to ship its cross arms and other specialty wood products to customers.

The move from the sites in Portland and Boring to Vancouver will cost $2 million. including moving equipment. upgrading the existing building and machinery, and buying more dry kilns.

Company president Bob Lewis believes the new location will bring Columbia's products to market faster and help it expand its presence in the Midwest and on the East Coast.

The plant will employ about 35.

Hawaii LVL Mill Inches Along

After eight years of work, an Oregon company is one step closer to harvesting eucalyptus trees on the Big Island of Hawaii and processing them into LVL.

Tradewinds Forest Products LLC's recent testing proved the LVL is at least equal to the top available grades of eucalyptus, according to Don Bryan. He has convinced the Board of Land & Natural Resources to extend the company's deadline until January to complete preliminary testing and line up $30 million in financing for the

"What next? Will we have to stock the shelves ourselves? And will this spread? Will my dentist charge me to pull my own tooth'/"

- Lee, a customer 0t a Los Angeles area Home Depot, commenting on the new automated checkout stands proposed mill.

However, Tradewinds- already two years behind schedule-would need another two years for mill construction and additional testing.

Lowe's Gonquers The U.S.

By the end of 2005, Lowe's will have stores in each of the 50 states, with the opening next year of its first stores in Minnesota. Wisconsin and Maine.

The company will spend $3.6 billion adding 150 stores in 2005 and $3.7 billion building 150 to 160 in fiscal 2006.

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Black Bart Hoo-Hoo Club - Nov. 10, initiation meeting, Ukiah, Ca.; (707) 462-3700

U.S. Green Building Council - Nov. 10-12, international green building conference & expo, Portland, Or.; (202) 828-7422.

Western Building Material Association - Nov. 1l-12, 101st annual convention & building products showcase, Hilton Hotel, Portland, Or.; (360) 943-3054.

National Association of Home Builders - Nov. 12, custom builder symposium, Indian Wells, Ca.; (800) 368-5242.

Intermodal Association of North America - Nov. 13-16, intermodal expo, San Antonio, Tx.; (866) 438-3976.

USDA Forest Service - Nov. 13, kiln dried lumber seminar, Fort Bragg, Ca.; (707) 964-9328.

Best Practices Inventory Management Seminar - Nov. 15-16, sponsored by Acumen Pacific and Infor Global Solutions (formerly NxTrend Technology), Beach House, Hermosa Beach, Ca.; (310) 632-9901.

Japan Home & Building Show - Nov. 16-19, Tokyo, Japan; (8r3) 3434-0998.

USDA Forest Service - Nov. 17, sudden oak death & forestry workshop, Oregon State University, Eugene, Or.; (541) 73'72329.

EPDM Roofing Association - Nov. 17, roofing technology conference. J.W. Marriott, Washington, D.C.; (703) 684-5020.

Home Builders Expo - Nov. 25-27, Osaka, Japan; 8l-3-3434I 988.

International Congress on Plantation Solid Wood ProductsNov. 28-Dec. l. Curitiba. Brazi I : 554 I -37 22-3344

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Lumber Association of California & Nevada - Dec. 2. Second Growth holiday meeting. Sheraton, Cerritos, Ca.; (800) 2664344.

UC Integrated Hardwoods Range Management - Dec. 2, conservation planning fbr California's oak woodlands program, Riverside, Ca.; (530) 224-4902.

Cowichan Valley Hoo-Hoo Club - Dec. 4 Christmas social, Chemainus Gardens RV Resort, Chemainus, B.C.; (250) 3861321.

Western Hardwood Association - Dec. 6-9, lumber drying program. Oregon State University, Corvallis, Or.; (360) 835I 600.

Lumber Association of California & Nevada - Dec. 7. forklift safety training seminar, Weyerhaeuser, Sacramento, Ca.; (800) 266-4344.

International Wood Products Association - Dec. 7, regional netrvorking luncheons. Hyatt Newporter, Newport Beach, Ca.; Dec. 9, The Riverplace Hotel, Portland, Or.; (703) 820-6696.

Softwood Export Council - Dec. 7, winter meeting, Portland, Or.: (503) 248-0406.

Mountain States Lumber & Building Material Dealers Association - Dec. 9, Colorado W.O.O.D. council year-end celebration. Mile High Stadium Club at Invesco Field, Denver, Co.; (303) 793-0859.

Portland Wholesale Lumber Association - Dec. 10, Christmas lunch, Portland, Or.; (503) 648-4156.

International Tropical Timber Council - Dec. 13-18, 37th session. Yokohama, Japan; 8145 -223 - 1 1 lO.

Los Angeles Hardwood Lumberman's Club - Dec. 18, holiday party, Balboa Bay Club, Newport Beach, Ca.; (714) 239-2101.