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New Martinsville Supply/Ace Home Center has relocated to a new, larger facility in New Martinsville, W.V.

Lowe's Cos. opened a replacement store Dec. 18 in Dalton, Ga. (Jim Wills, mgr.), and is considering a site in York, S.C.

Scotty's opens a new store this month in Ocala. Fl. ...

Home Depot this month opens new home centers in Charleston, W.V., and Frankfort, Ky., as well as new HD Landscape Supply stores in Arlington, Tx., and Snellville, Ga. ... the chain will open 200 stores this year and spend $250 million remodeling older locations ...

Home Depot is eyeing the 13acre property Kmart is abandoning in North Winter Haven. Fl.. and had its plan for a 129,000-sq. ft. unit on 15 acres in Palm Coast. Fl.. approved by the city council ...

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Canadian provinces are weighing a proposal by the U.S. Commerce Department to resolve the softwood lumber dispute by moving Canada to market-based stumpage practices, such as timber auctions

Elswick Lumber, Dixie, W.V., secured a $374,000 loan to rebuild its sawmill destroyed by fire

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Fleming Lumber Co., Milligan, Fl., is filing appeals for assistance to reopen its 50-year old sawmill shuttered in October due to the trade dispute with Canada

Inter-State Hardwoods, Bartow. W.V., obtained a $500,000loan for a 40,000-sq. ft. expansion and to add a new moulder and planer

Louisiana- Pacific Corp. has sold 9,000 acres of timberland near Urania, La., for $6.4 million to Barrs & Glawson Investments, which a month before bought 33,000 acres near Oakdale, La., from L-P for $30 million (see Jan. p., IA ...

Dixon Lumber, Eufala, Al., had a $3,000 Lincoln welder stolen Sunday morning Dec.22 ...

International Paper's Springhill, La., sawmill, down since midNovember, will remain curtailed indefinitely ...

Alcoa Home Exteriors agreed to buy Owens Corning's vinyl production facility in Atlanta, Ga.; the transaction, expected to close by April, must be approved by OC's bankruptcy court judge; the plant had been scheduled for closure

Congoleum Corp., the target of 13,000 asbestos-related lawsuits, plans to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection

APA-The Engineered Wood Association will close its international offices in Japan, Mexico and the U.K. effective March l0

Anthony Forest Products, El Dorado, Ar., recently had its timber operations certified in accordance with the Sustainable Forestry Initiative

Rawle s -Aden Building P roducts, Petersburg, Va., and L.B. Plastics Co., Mooresville, N.C., donated vinyl railings for the porch at

National Sash & Door Jobbers Association's New Port Richev" Fl., headquarters ...

Weyerhaeuser's Sutton, W.V., OSB facility has earned ISO 14001 certification ...

The Minka Group,lighting supplier, is moving to a 356,000-sq. ft. DC in Concord, N.C., more than double the size of its current East Coast distribution hub in Charlotte. N.C.

Tweco Products will close its Wichita, Ks., factory within the next 12 months and relocate operations to Denton. Tx. .,.

Universal Forest Products was named to Forbes magazine's Platinum 400, which honors the 400 best performing U.S. firms ...

Marley Mouldings, Marion, Va., provided the casings for the window systems on the Habitat for Humanity home featured at last month's International Builders Show in Las Vegas, Nv. ... il

Tree-D, Inc., Tallahassee, Fl., is a new associate member of the Southern Forest Products Association..,

New Web sites: Veneer Profiles, Inc., www.veneerprofiles.com Medford Moulding Co., www. medfordmoulding.com

Anniversaries: Stallworth Lumber Co., Meridian, Ms., 85th Woodcraft Supply Corp., Parkersburg, W.V., 75th ... Hoke Lumber, Davidson, N.C., 60th Bondurant Lumber, Flamaton, Al., 50th .. Follen Wood Preserving, Jackson, Ms., 45th ... Cedar Supply Co., Carrollton, Tx., 35th United Forest Products, Spartanburg, S.C., 20th

Housing starts in Dec. (latest figures) rose 57o to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.835 million single-family starts climbed 4.9Vo to 1.473 million; multi-family climbed to a rate of 321,000 for 5+ units... permits jumped 8.27o to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.88 million ... for 2002, housing starts rose 6.4Vo to 1, 704.900 units.

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International Mass Retail Assn. - Feb. 11-14, store operations and h.r. seminar, Caribe Royale, Orlando, Fl.; (703) 841-2300.

National Roofing Contractors Association - Feb. ll-14, annual convention, New Orleans, La.: (847) 299-9070.

Independent Building Supply Assn. - Feb. 13-14, buying show, Kingston Plantation, Myrtle Beach, S.C.; (919) 934-7616.

Greenprints 2003 - Feb. 13-15, environmental conference & trade show, Hyatt Regency, Atlanta, Ga.; (404) 872-3549.

Mississippi Building Material Dealers Assn. - Feb. 13-L5, annual convention, Silver Star, Philadelphia, Ms.; (601) 267-5522.

Moore-Handley Inc. - Feb. 14-16, spring show, Jefferson Convention Complex, Birmingham, A1.; (205) 663-8235.

Texas Home & Garden Show - Feb. 14-16. Fort Worth Convention Center, Fort Worth, Tx.; (800) 654-1480.

Builder Marts of America - Feb. 16-19, spring market, Paris Casino Resort, Las Vegas, Nv.; (864) 281-3633.

International Mass Retail Association - Feb. 16-19, Logistics 2003, Orlando, Fl.; (703) 841-2300.

North American Wholesale Lumber Association - Feb. 16-19. management school, Downers Grove, Il.; (800) 52'7-8258.

Wood Moulding & Millwork Producers Assn. - Feb. 19-22, annual meeting, New Orleans, La.; (800) 550-7889.

Carolinas Woodworking & Furniture Supply Show - Feb. 2021, Greensboro Convention Center, Greensboro, N.C.; (828) 459-9894.

National Wooden Pallet & Container Association -Feb.22-25, annual meeting & expo, Marco Island, Fl.; (703) 527-766'7.

Window & Door Manufacturers Assn. - Feb.22-26. annual meeting, Sheraton Bal Harbor, Miami, Fl.; (847) 299-5200.

National Frame Builders Association - Feb. 26-28, FrameBuilders expo, Gaylord Palms, Orlando, Fl.; (800) 557 -6957

Appalachian Hardwood Manufacturers, Inc. - Feb. 26-March 2, annual convention, Hilton, Destin, Fl.; (336) 885-8315.

Texas Home & Garden Show - Feb. 28-March 2. Austin Convention Center, Austin, Tx.; (800) 654-1480.

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Hardware Distribution Warehouses, Inc. - March 1-2, spring trade mart, Jackson, Ms.; (800) 256-8527.

Kentucky Forest Industries Assn. - March 3-4, annual meeting, Marriott's Griffin Gate, Lexington, Ky.; (800) 203-9217.

Kentucky Lumber & Building Material Dealers AssociationMarch 3, blueprint reading class; March 4-6, estimating seminar, KLBMDA office, Louisville, Ky.; (.502) 245-6730.

ENAP, Inc. - March 6-8, spring show, Charlotte Convention Center, Charlotte, N.C.; (845) 564-4900.

Charlotte Woodworking Show - March 7-9, Merchandise Mart, Charlotte, N.C.; (800) 826-8257.

International Hardware Fair - March 9-12, The Fairgrounds, Cologne, Germany; (212) 974-8835.

Southern Forest Products Assn. - March 11-12, spring meeting, Le Meridien Hotel, New Orleans, La.; (504) 443-4464.

DeckExpo - March 12-15, expo, Hilton Atlanta, Atlanta, Ga., (678) 344-6238.

Ace Hardware Corp. - March 13-17, spring show, Las Vegas, Nv.: (630) 990-7662.

Houston Home Show - March 14-16, George R. Brown Convention Center, Houston, Tx.; (800) 654-1480.

Long-Lewis Hardware Co. - March 16-17, market, Birmingham Jeff'erson Civic Center, Birmingham. Al.; (205) 322-2561

Center for Forest Products Marketing & ManagementMarch 17, annual meeting, Blacksburg, Va.; (540) 231-5876.

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