NEWS BRIEFS

Sryply Oa€, Reno, Nv., acquirsd a site'in Klemaft Falls, Or., to 'build its 8th store Jim Shuler purchased Tri-Star Lumber & Sryply, Laramie, Wy., from Brian Lundberg ... SearsTrostel lannber & Hardwoods has moved wholesale lumber & moulding mfg. opaations to a separate 24,000 sq. fr buitding in Fort Collins, Co. ...

Rancho True Value Hardware, Las Vegas, Nv., is doubling the size of its nursery, anticipating a Feb. completion Davis Lumber Co., Worland, Wy., moved to a larger, 24,OOA sq. ft. building, swirching its focus from hardware to home center ... Qualiry Innber & Building Materials, formerly Bennett Hardware & Lumber, Bennett, Co., has moved to a largerfacility...

Bud's htnber & Ace Hardtvare, South Bend, Wa., plans a May gan<l opening to celebrate remodeling the interior and exterior of the store to a Westerr/Victorian tlrcme ... Valtev lannber & Suonly, Lander, Wy.,is building a'rieiv 8,000 sq. ft. store on its existing site, anticipating a Marclr move

Errsr is using a former Pay 'N Paklor;afion for a new Kent, Wa., superstore and plans to open a Salem, Or., unit by euly spring ... neighbors are fighting Eagle Hardware & Gardcn's attempt to buy National T?ailer Park, Seatfle, Y*,.fgt a superstore site ... Eagle is said to be working on a store format for smaller markets ...

HomcBase expects to liquidat€ a Eugene, Or., store by the end of Feb. ... Thu,rtnan Industries closed its Covington, Wa., store with Everett and Mount Vernon, Wa., units due to close at the end of the yem; Everett will reopen as Homc Center Liquidanrs ... M Lumber Co-, Newark, Ca, has closed

Siman Howe Centers, Walnut Creek, Ca., added a craft dept end a floral design center ... Rafael Lumber, San Rafael, Ca., had a grand opening for a new 1,000 sq. ft" millwork shop ... Stone Lumber & Hardware, Nhpr,Id., is building a larger store expected to be completed by May | ... Chandler Ittnber, Van Nuys, Ca., is ctosing (see story p. 68)

Home Depot expects to open its first ldaho store in Boise in midJan.; unveils a 108,000 sq. ft. Puyallup, Wa., unit in early Jan.; continues work on a San Rafael, Ca., store, and abandoned negotiations for a Bellewe, Wa., site .1.

Burlington Home Center, Burlington, Co., is doubling the size of its sales floor from 21,000 to 30,000 sq. ft. ... Utah Service, Springville, fjt., is building a 24,W0 sq. ft. building behind the existing store, which will be razed for a parking lot

Anderson Lumber, Cedar City, Ut., has leased 3 acres adjacent io its site for an expansion due in early '95 ... Anderson lumber, SL George, Ut., is expanding with a March 10 completion date

Anniversaries: Stone htmber & Hardware, Nampa, Id., 88th Wendling Nathan Co., Kentfield, Ca., 80th ,.. McGuire Lumber, Yakima, Wa., 50th ... Short Lumber Co., Canon City, Co., 50th ... Seers Lumber, Carson, Ca., 49th ... H&E Do-It-yourself Centers, Redlands, Ca.,42nd ..". Sacramento Pacific Corp., West" Sacramento, Ca., l5th

Berdex InternatiDnal, Inc., San Francisco, Ca., has spun off Berdex Forest Products, Inc. as a separate, wholly-owned subsidiary; D. L. Berger stays on as pres. anddirector...

North Pacific Lumber (NorPac), Pottiand, Or., and Schuha Snyder & Steele Lumber Co., Lansing, Mi., expect to merge in lst quarter'95 ,.. Boise Cascafu has leased an additional28,000 sq. ft" to build a warehouse at tE Port of Vancouver, \\ry1

Jensen-Byrd Co., Seaftle, W&, and Orepac Building Products, /nc., Wilsonville, Or., have formd a marketing alliance ... Pan Pacific Forest Products, Bend, Or., has & new Nmional City, Ca, trading office, Fernando Viduari in charge ... Mesa Forest Piodtrcts, Costa Mesa, Ca., opened,a Bend, Or., office, headed bi Michele Alexander

Louisiana- Pacific has temporarily shut down its Chilco, Id., mill, according to Jim Belvin's office at Hayden Lake, Id. Willamctte Industies will begin converting its Eugene, Or., particleboard plant to an MDF plant after the first of the year ,..

Georgia-Pacific filed suit against United Snrcs Gypswr Co. and L&W Supply Corp., both USG Corp. subsidiaries, claiming a gypsum wallboard product inftinges G-P patents

Andersen Corp., Bayport, Mn., expects to acquire Dashwood Industric s ltrl., Cennaliq Ontario, Canada, a TJ Internatianal subsidiary, by Dec. 31 Pla-Con /nc., Santee, Ca-, will allow Anzona Metal Processing Services, Goodyear, Az., to manufacture and mrket a version of their plastic bullnose corner bead system

PIy Gem Industrics authorized open market purchases of up to one million of its 15 million orrtstanding shres and applied for a Iisting on the New York Stock Exchange Delcor Inc., &.subsidiary of Goldcn Eagle Industries Inc., offered $940 million in castr for NationalGypswn...

Housing starts fell5.27o ln &* $atest figs.) to a seasoually adjusted annual rate of 1.42 million single family sr{rts fell 7.4%;multifamily grew 4.8%... pennits fell 1.7% ... stafis in the West were down 6.3%.

Listings are ofren submitted months in advance. Always verify dates and locations with sponsor before making plans to anend.

December

Portland Wholesale Lumber Assoclatlon - Dec. 9. annual holiday luncheon, Red Lion Inn-Lloyd Center, Portland, Or.

W.O.O.D., fnc. - Dec. 9, annual holiday luncheon, Denver Athletic Club, Denver, Co.

Umpqua Valley Hoo-Hoo-Ettes - I)ec. 13, Christmas pot luck, Roseburg, Or.

Tacoma-Olympla Hoo-Hoo Club - Dec. 14, Christnas party, Tacoma. Wa.

Phoenix Hoo-Hoo Club - I)ec. 20, golf, Western Skies, phoenix, Az.

January

TacomaOlympla Hoo-Hoo CIub - Jan. 3, Seat0e Supersonics sports nighl SeaBle, Wa.

Hardware Wholesalers Inc. - Jan. 6-7, winter market, The Pointe Hilton-South Mountain, Phoenix, Az.

Western Bulldtng Materlal Assoctation - Jan. 9-10, lumber grading school, co-sponsored by Seattle Hoo-Hoo Club, Seattle, Wa.

Servlstar - Jan. 9-11, lumber market, Marriott World Center, Orlando, Fl.

Los Angeles Hardwood Lumberman's Club - Jan. 12, dinner meeting, Lumanaries, Monterey Park, Ca.

Ace Hardware Corp. - Jan. 12-13, lumber & building materials show, Las Vegas, Nv.

fnland Emplre Hoo-Hoo Club - Jan. 13, initiation meeting, Indian Hills Country Club, Riverside, Ca.

Cotter & Co. - Jan. 15-18, winter market, Hyatt Regency and San Antonio Convention Center, San Antonio. Tx.

International Housewares Show - Jan. 15-1E, McCormick Place Complex, Chicago, Il.

Phoenlx Hoo-Hoo Club - Jan. 17, golf, trgends, pboenix, Az.

FenceTech '95 - Jan. 1E-21, American Fence Association's annual convention & expo, San Antonio, Tx.

Humboldt Hoo-Hoo Club - Jan. 19, annual crab feed, Eureka Inn, Eureka, Ca.

Umpqua Yalley Hoo-Hoo-Ettes - Jan.24, meeting, Sandpiper, Roseburg, Or.

Callfornla Forestry Assoclation - Jan.25-27, annual meeting, Radisson Hotel, Sacramento, Ca.

Structural Board Assoclatlon - Jan. 26-28, technical meeting, Vancouver, British Columbia. Canada.

Bellevue Home Show - Jan.26-29, Bellewe. Wa.

Lumber Merchants Association of Northern California - Jan. 26, ar:ea meeting, Monterey, Ca.; Feb. 2, area meeting & mill tour, Red Bluff, Ca.

Our Own Hardware Co. - Juo. 26-28, building materials expo, San Diego, Ca.

Natlonal Assoclatlon of Home Bullders - Jan. 27-30, annual convention & expo, Astrodomain Complex, Houston, Tx.

DIY & Home Improvement Show - Jan. 29-31, Olympia 2, lnndon, England.

National Assoclatlon of Wholesalers-Dlstributors - Jan. 30Feb. 1, annual meeting, Capitol Hilton, Washington, D.C.