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Hayward Building Supply, Hayward, Ca., closed after losing its lease; ownsr Al Diamantine is retiring af;er 3S years in the industry, the last 19 with Hayward

A,C. Houston Lumber Co.o Las Vegas, Nv., has broken ground on a second wood truss/wall panel plant ia I*dio, Ca.; the 80,000-sq. ft. operation will be joined by a 1d000-sq. ft. framing plant operated by Tandem West Group, Palm Springs, Ca., and a 10,000-sq. ft. glass center run by Tandem West Glass, Inc.,PalmDesert, Ca.

84 Lumber Ca. is building its first slore in the Pacific Norttr*est on l0 acrEs in Post Falls, Id. ...

Moss Lumber Co. moved its main stors in Chico, Ca,, to a new location ...

Rick's Custom Fencing & Decking is opening its 5th location Jan. 3*a 3,200-sq. ft. building with 3.5-acre yard in Bend, Or. (Bill Gannon, mgr.) ...

Milwaukie Lumber Co., Vancouver, Wa., suffered $20,000 in damage to slashed tires on 36 trucks; the FBI is investigating and considering eco-terrorism

Logan Covina Hardware, Covina, Ca., is closing this month after 7 5 years; owner Don Mathoson is retiring after 57 years in the industry

Home Depot opened new stores Oct. 28 in $rasilla, Ak. (D.J. Desjardin, store rngr.); Delano (Darin Tripp, mgr,) and Watsonville, Ca., aud Burlington, Wa.; Ocr. 2l in Poway, Ca.; Cedar City, Ut., and Moses Lake, Wa. (Ross Hardley, mgr.), and Oct. 14 in The Dalles, Or. ...

Homc Depot may co-anchor the proposed Riverpoint Center in lVest Sacramento, Ca., and is adding two more stores in Anchorage, Ak., next year ...

Inwe's Cos. opened new stores Nov. 16 in Farmington, N.M., and Clackamas, Or. ... new locations will open in second quarter 2005 in El Centro, Ca.; in third quarter 2005 in Palm Desert, Ca., and in 2006 in Bullhead Citv and Lake Havasu City, Az. ...

I*web received the go-ahead to build in Appte Valley, Ca., where Homa Depot is also considering a store, and is proceeding with construction of a store in Cotati, Ca., after an antibig box measure was defeated, but is again facing oppo- sition by local competitor Yardbirds after announcing plans to also build in nearby Petaluma

Grainger relocated its downtown Los Angeles, Ca., branch to a Iarger facility one mile away ...

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Forest City Trading Group, Inc., Portland, Or., sold its net assets, including the assets and stock of all its subsidiaries, to its employees for roughly $4O million

U,S. Tirnber Co.,Eagle,Id., has formed a new lumber sales and manufacturing company called Willamette Farest Products, Salem, Or.; the sales office is open and the manufacturing will begin as soon as a plant is located (Kevin Caldwell, mgr.-operations & sales)

PALCz, Scotia, Ca., had six logging plans blocked by the state appeals court in Sacramento, pending a suit filed by environmentalists questioning their legality

Petco subcontractor Steve Will's Trucking, Hydesville, Ca., begins its trial Dec. 6 against seven protestors who locked themselves to a 55-gallon drum full of concrete, blocking a road in Carlotta, Ca,, and holding up log trucks ...

Shasta Cascade Forest Indus/ries, Redding, Ca., has upgraded its planing mill with the installation of a 42" Turner tilting twin band resaw for custom remanufacture and added a 70-ft. long loading ramp to expand its bulk transload operation

Riley Creek Lumber Co. shut down the third shift at its Moyie Spdags, Id., mill Nov. 28; during the clozure Riley Creek will make improvements to the dry kiln and retool so.it can process a wider specres mlx

Northwest Machinery Supply Co., Newberg, Or., is now Northwest distributor of all Claussen AII-Mark ink supplies, parts and grade printing systems

Weyerhaeuser C o., Federal lVay, Wa., has renamed its pulp business Weyerhaeuser Cellulase Fibers to better reflect its focus on developing unique fibers; acquired twothirds ownership of Aracruz Produtos de Madeira S.A. of Br.azil, and donated $94,000 to United Way organizations in Columbia and Cowlitz, Or., counties

Pinnacle Developmenfs, Vancouver, 8.C., has acquired B.C.based hardwood manufacturer Cantech Fibre Inc. ...

FlashCo Manufacturing Inc., Sebastapol, Ca., is moving into a proposed 7-acre industrial park in Woodland. Wa.

New Skeena Forest Praducts, Vancouver, B.C., was counseled to put the company up for auction due to bankruptcy

U.S. Plastic Lumber is discontinuing its composites business to concentrate on plastic products

Canyon Creek Cabinet Co., Monroe" Wa., was honored for its effortsinhiring and promoting individuals with disabilities

Progressive Solutions was named one of B.C.'s Top 21 Best Exporters for 2004 ...

Anniversaries: Rick's Custom Fencing & Decking, Portland, Or., 25th...

Housing stdrts in Oct. (latest figures) surged 6.4Vo to an annual rate of 2.A27 million single family starts rose 5.l%o to 1.65 million ... permits fell2.2Vo.

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