Option 9 Decision By Judge Dwyer Due Shortly

Option 9, the forest plan that pleases neither the forest indus0ry nor environmentalists, is under consideration by Judge William Dwyer with a deci sion on its compatibility with environmen[al law due by the end of the year.

In limbo since April, the Clinton Administration's plan for managing spotted owl forests in washington, Oregon and Northern California came before the districtjudge in a Seattle, Wa., federal court Nov. 17.

Kitchen Remodels Take $

The steep price lag of remodeling kitchens does not keep everyone from going all out.

Twelve percent of households that remodeled kitchens in the past three yea$ spent more than $40,000 on the job. Another 23Vo spent $20,000 to $40.000.

A survey by Maytag followed up on 470 households that in 1991 were considering remodeling their kitchens. By 1994,724o had done so, though 55Vo had spent at least two years thinking about it before proceeding.

Judge Dwyer essentially shut down logging in 1991 when he ruled the government logging plans violated federal wildlife law. He lifted this injunction in April, but delayed a decision on Option 9.

Action included in the plan he is weighing: o l0 million acres to be declared off limit to logging o Buffer zones to be established around rivers and streams o Adaptive nulnagement areas to be set up as cooperative experiments among forest managers, communities and private interest o A 1.1 billion board feet timber harvest allowed annually o Harvesting allowed in tp n 257o of the region's old growth forests not set aside for protection.

Kitchen remodelers are affluent. One fourth of respondents had household incomes exceeding $100,000 (compared with 5Vo of U.S. households). Three in four hired out at least part of the job.

Of the 857o who replaced cabinets, half bought oak, l4%obhch and lT%o cherry. Of the 88Vo replrcng floors, 43Vo chose no-wrx vmyl,23%o ce,ramic tile and lTVo wood floors. Reasons for remodeling: wanting a new look (61Vo), inadequate storage space (6lVo), inadequate counter space (56Vo) nd outdated appliances (33Vo).

Environmentalists claim Option 9 doesn't do enough to protect old growth forests and wildlife. The timber industry maintains the plan is illegal because the administration didn't procure enough public input into the plan as required by law. They also are unhappy that the allowable harvest would be far less than the 4.5 billion board feet annual average cut dudng the late 1980s.

Lois Schiffer, assistant U.S. attorney general, says the plan provides "both a sustainable level of timber harvesting and adequate protection of old growth forest and associated. species."

There is a possibility that Dwyer will scrap the entire plan, but it is thought that environmentalists would prefer to "fine tune" the sections they find unacceptable.

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3 Seattle Home Centers Fail Scanner price Test

Scanner prices not reconciled with for retailers," said Gail Dorn, Target label prices or advertised specials Stores. "scanning systems have were found in three seattle, wa., saved literally milions of dollars. home centers during a citywide crack- They are mors efficient. However, if down. the perception is that they're not zlccu_

Ernst Home & Nursery, N.w. rate, it's a disservice to the retailer Leary Way, and Home Depot, Utah and the customer." Ave. S., received warnings from city

Technical problems with labels are inspectors. Eagle Hardware & responsible fbr some problems with Garden was cited when inspectors scanner prices, according to Dan scanned 104 items off the shelf and stednick,-Microscan. Labels can be found nine errors, six which would misread because of printing glitches have overcharged the consumer. such as insufficient iontrasi benveen

Eagle president Richard rakata light and dark areas. Although some said the majority of the errors rerailers spot check shipments and restemmed from items displayed in ject them if bar codei on packages more than one place. when prices are won't scan propedy, the industr/as ghaogeo up or down, a new shelf label yet has no good syitem for checfting is automatically produced for the pri- bar code tabets as ihey're run throug[ mary location, he noted. In some high speed printing presses, he added. cases the displayed price wasn't cbanged for the secondary location of thatitem.

Fremont Downsizes

the west coast lumber cargo business.

Utilizing its long tenn lease on its existing facility with the Porr of Long Beach, Fremont is establishing "a very efficient custom handling facility for lumber and other building products," according to Speek. He said they anticipate handling materials delivered via cargo, rail and truck

Nevada, Utah Lead Nation

Nevada and Utah led the nation in residential remodeling pemrit values during the frst six months of 1994.

Jumping 503Vo from $23.3 million (frst six months of 1993) to $35 million, Nevada placed first. Utah came in second increasing 45.8Vo from $31.3 million !o $45.6 million. Permitted projects account for aboutl4%o of residential remodeling spending.

"Still, we were wrong," he said.

Followingthecloseof theirwhole"The auditing procedure for the sec- sale operations and the sale of their ond location was not being followed." creswell, or., remanufacturing facil-

Customers who bring a discrepan- ity, Fremont Forest products has ..satcy between the scanned and displayed isfied all creditors," according to price to the attention of the store will company president Pete Speek. receive a gift certificate.

Five of the six other Mountain States showed significant increases, giving the region a227o increase for the frst six months of 1994, according to the National Association of Home Builders Remodelors Council.

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The Pacific region dropped 7.5Vo from $1.5 billion to $1.4 billion; the West,2.9Vo from $1.82 billion to $1.77 billion.

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Marty Blume has been appointed gen. mgr. of Colonial Lumber Co., San Mateo, Ca

Allen Stanley has transferred to Supply One, Reno, Nv., as mgr. Reed Russo, formerly at Sparks, Nv- replaces Stanley as mgr. in Carson City, Nv. Robert Peabody is the new mgr. in Tahoe, Ca.

Dennls "Denny" Huston has joined Boise Cascade Corp., Boise, Id., as LVL saleVmktg. mgr. for the timber & wood products div., reports Stan Bell. Yince Vlerra, formerly with Sunol Forest Products, is new to sales at Agwood Mill & Lumber, Inc., Oakdale, Ca. Denls Stack has relocated from Fullerton to Redding, Ca.

Randy Farls has been promoted to pres. of Dimensions Computer Co., Salt Lake City, Ut. Scott Ellenson has joined the firm as national sales mgr.

Jack Havens has joined Heppner Hardwoods, Azusa, Ca., N v.p., operating all facets of the business.

Joe McGulre has been named sales mgr. for Universal Far West Co., Huntington Beach, Ca., according to Dave Wulbrecht, gen. mgr.-So. Ca. operations. Steve Mulholland, ex-primeSource, is new to the Woodbum, Or., buying office.

Jln Fox has been promoted to v.p.-rnktg. & advertising at Ernst Home & Nursery, Seattle, Wa., replacing Monty Reese, who left to join HomeQuarters, Virginia Beach, Va., as senior v.p.mktg. & advertising.

Brent Bouslog has joined All-Coast Forest Products, Chino, Ca., as head of industrial sales, reports Phil Dodson. R. W. "Buddy" Rumley, UnionTools, Inc., Golden, Co., has been promoted to retail mktg. mgr.

Terence L. Smlth has resigned as pres., ceo and chaimran of the bord after 15 yeaf,s at California Hardware Co., City of Industry, Ca., to join Home Depot, Atlanta, Ga., as v.p.-imports. Rlchard Shaffer was elected chairman of California Hardware, and Willlam Teachout will serve as interim ceo and chaimran of the executive search committee. Smith remains on the board.

Randy Walton has joined Economy Lumber Co., Campbell, Ca.

BiIl Neltake was named chief operations officer at VSI Fasteners, Phoenix, Az., according to ceo Clark Hlgglns. Larry Swlngholn is now director of service.

Dan Dutton, pres., Stimson Lumber Co., Portland, Or., is the new chairman of the American Forest & Paper Association.

Gevin Brown, American Pine Products, Prineville, Or., is the new chairman and pres. of Wood Products Competitiveness Corp., Bend., Or.

Robert A. Dirham is new to FibreFomr Adinos Corp., Bellevue, Wa., handling sales of Chilean radiata pine noulding, millwork and doors. Ted E. Saunders is now mktg. mgr.-lumber products for FibreForm's International Pine Div., Bellevue. Ruschen Cetlnkoepruelue is the new Europe region mgr.-Global Resources Div., based in Aschaffenburg (Frankftnt), Germany.

Chris Bushhorn, ex-EWP mgt. for Georgia-Pacific, Fresno, Ca., has joined Cascade Empire Corp.'s engineered wood products Ontario, Ca., DC.

Montye C. Male is the new director of external communications at Weyerhaeuser Co., Tacoma, Wa.

Jeff Louls, pres., l,ouis & Co., Brea, Ca., received the National Building Material Distributors Association membership recruitnent award for the second consecutive Year.

Pat Messer, Builders Lumber, Kennewick, Wa., received the Associate of tbe Year Award from the Building Industry Association of Washington' o Henn F[r o SPF o Wcdcsm W@& o Doory0as Ffltr: &nffi db o Fflrypdoflffi Hhrob o EHgp qotcd tramdb :dhtramd o Eloffi Shook

Dwtght Curran, DMK-Pacific, Fremont' Ca., was a recent business visitor at Fibreboard Corp., Standard, Ca.

Tom Fogarty, Osborne Lumber Co., Newark, Ca., after a Rogue River, Or., fishing trip, visited his sister in Italy' followed by a visit to keland.

John Hardleben is new to sales at Plywood Components, Inc., AlbanY, Or.

Carl Force, retired Fort Bragg, Ca., redwood lumbemtan, and his wife, Dorls' recently celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary.

Charley Cluffis now store mgr. for Davis Lumber Co., Pahrump, Nv. Nick Janneck is new to sales.

Dennls A. Spencer, regional mgr., Stone Forest lndustries, Inc., Medford, Or., a trustiee on the APA - The Engineered Wood Association board, will serve as APA nominating committee chairman for the next two Yetus.

Rick Deen. Nichols Lumber, Baldwin Park, Ca., was elected pres. of the Inland Empire Hoo-Hoo Club. V.P. is Pat McCumber, Rim Forest Lumber; sec./treas. Davld Talt, Nichols Lumber, and board members Neal DeWttt, Redwood EmPire; Paul James, Inland Timber; KellY LYon' Capital Lumber; Mlke Miller, Las Plumas Lumber: Bill Shaw, Barr Lumber, and Mike Nlcholson, AllCoast Forest Products.

Brad Shelley, West Coast Lumber Inspection Bweau, was appointed to succeed Murray Kostamo as chairman of American Lumber Standard Committee's building code task gouP.

Rolly Skifton, All-American Home Center, Downey, Ca., has been Promoted to director of merchandising.

Tom Ludwlg, ex-Huttig Sash & Door, has joined Morgan Distribution' Denver, Co., as oPerations mgr.

Curt Bodenstab, sales mgr., South Coast Lumber Co., Brookings, Or., vacationed with relatives in Boise, Id., during Thanksgiving.

Til Johnson and Steve Hagen, Unity Forest Products, Yuba City, Ca., just returned from a hunting triP to Grand Junction. Co.

Thomas R. Flint, v.p.-standards & regulations, APA - The Engineered Wood Association, Tacom4 Wa., has retired after 36 years with APA. MartY Thomson is a new market develoPment specialist in the field services division.

Ernest Coronado, western region, Celotex Corp., was named 1994 National Building Products Sales Representative of the Year. Architectural ceilings sales representatives recognized included Jeff Clark, western region, and Bob Chambers, southwest region.

Dell E. Gates has relinquished most of his duties at Mungus-Fungus Forest Products, Climax, Nv., report owners Hugh Mungus and tr'reddy Fungus.

'95 Housing Starts To Slow As Mortgage Rates Rise

Housing activity slowdown due to increased mortgage rates should continue during the frst half of 1995 as mortgage rates move above9Vo.

McGraw-Hill, Inc. expects the restrained economic climate of 1995 to have none of the pent-up demand from the eady 1990s recession that helped propel single family housing over the 1 million unit mark in 199394. Although the principal homebuying age group, 35 to 54, expanded by 10 million persons during the first half of the '90s, implying continued demographic support for the housing market, they forecast a 2Vo dechne in 1995 to 980,000 unirs from 1.045 million single family units.

Construction contracts will advance 3Vo in 1995 to $294 bilion. "The current pattern of recovery, a surge of housing followed by a handoff to nonresidential building and public works, is certainly consistent with the traditional construction cycle," McGraw-Hill said.

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