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Dearborn Brass has a new security device that attaches to outdoor water supply valves to prevent water theft and vandalism and can be locked using any standard padlock. Aqua Sentry is made of durable, reinforced composite material that reportedly won't break or bend under pressure, and will not corrode.

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ON THE MOVE: DeNault's True Value Hardware, San Clemente, Ca., will move shortly

Southland Retailer On

DeNault's True Value Hardware, San Clemente, Ca., will soon move to a larger location just two blocks away. The move includes the relocation to a nearby lot of a circa-1928 Spanish style building on the soon-to-be DeNault's Plaza site.

The Move

DeNault Plaza will feature a larger retail hardware store (18,000 sq. ft.), plus several smaller shops for a total of 25,500 sq. ft. of rerail space. The plaza will renovate most of a city block and tie in with a plan to upgrade the downtown business district.

Owners Jim and Ruth DeNault opened their first hardware store in 1956 and moved to the current site in 1964.

DeNault's True Value Hardware is a seven-store chain. The DeNault's sons, Bob, Steve, Don and Tom, help run the stores.

C0MPETITION C0MING: Also in San Clemente, Lowe's early next year will open a $7 million, 148,600-sq, it. store.

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Constructed in 1855, Santa Barbara, Ca.'s Fithian Building needed windows that would replicate their original counterparts. (Above) Weather Shield's HR175 windows proved lo be just what the preservationists ordered.

Windows Add To Renovation

Thanks to windows supplied by Weather Shield Manufacturing, lnc., the renovation of the historic Fithian Building in downtown Santa Barbara, Ca., is finally complete more than 20 years after the structure was purchased by its owner.

Erected in 1855, the building has over the years housed a drugstore, YMCA and theatre, until the late 1970s when WestPac Shelter Corp. purchased the property with the intent of renovating the site into a mixed-use facility.

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Of particular concern were the structure's 76 second story windows, each of which featured different dimensions.

On top of that, according to Mark Pananides, WestPac's office manager, the town's "Landmarks Committee felt very strongly about matching the old style of the wood windows."

After extensive checking, WestPac discovered Weather Shield's HR175 windows which replicate their historic preservation counterparts, much to the delight of the committee, WestPac and its tenants.

"The hardest part was removing the original windows," Pananides chuck1ed. "The single-hung windows installed quickly and have made a huge improvement to the overall look of the building."

Wholesaler Sues Ex-Worker

Hardwoods Inc., Renton, Wa., is suing a former Sacramento, Ca., division manager and his new employer, alleging the ex-employee canceled supply contracts and funneled customers to his new employer while still working for Hardwoods Inc.

The suit claims Steve Palmer accepted a position in June with the Sacramento branch of North Pacific Group Inc., Portland, Or., despite remaining employed in Hardwoods' Central California office until his Aug. l5 resignation.

According to the suit, Palmer started working for North Pacific the following day. From June to Aug. 15,

Palmer allegedly voided Hardwoods' standing lumber orders and diverted the wood toNorth Pacific. He also allegedlysolicited Hardwoods' employees to join North Pacific and induced customers to switch firms as well.

In addition to naming North Pacific as a defendant in the suit, Hardwoods also charged its competitor with urging another former Hardwoods' employee, Cliff Duernberger, to breach a contract by urging co-workers to work for North Pacific.

Though not named as a defendant in the suit, the former sales manager claims he signed a three-year separation contract in April 1999, agreeing not to solicit any Hardwoods' personnel or its affiliates.

Allegedly, North Pacific knew of the agreement, but informed Duernberger that it would be in his best interest to violate the covenant, which supposedly led certain Hardwoods' employees into an "employment relationship" with North Pacific.

No Shortage Of Vacation Digs

California's vacation home sales are at their highest peak in a dozen years, according to DataQuick Information Systems.

The LaJolla, Ca.-based firm reportedthatabout4,400 second homes were sold in the Golden State during last summer, a 5Vo increase from 1999.

The rise is attributed to increased sales in the Big Bear-Lake Arrowhead region and in the Sierras.

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