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to coincide with the kick-off of spring building season, Scotia, Ca.-based Pelco incorporated the "California Grown" icon on its lumber wrap that protects the company's high-quality redwood products as they are transported by approximately 1,500 trucks throughout the U.S.

Late this fall, consumers will also begin to see the program's logo appear on Sierra-Pacific Industries' lumber wrap. The family-owned company, based in Anderson, Ca., will also place "California Grown" stickers on all Sierra-Pacific Windows, which are commonly seen at building sites in I I western states.

Foster Lumber Yards, Vallejo, Ca., and Soper-Wheeler Co., Strawberry Valley, Ca., are also among the program's 88 licensees.The campaign is funded through contributions by public and private organizations, including the California Forest Products Commission.

Instructions: Fill in the grid so that every row, every column, and every 33box contains the numbers lthrough 9once. Therefore, each number in the solution will be unique in each of three "directions."

The solution is on page 55.

"For the foreseeable future. most of our trade eggs will staY firmly in the U.S. basket."

- Carl Grenier, general mgr., Canada's Free Trade Lumber Council

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