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The Obama Administration has consulted with both Lowe's and Home Depot on a new government program that would encourage energy-efficient home improvements.

"If this can drive sales at Lowe's stores and put contractors and subcontractors back to work, that could have a very positive effect," said Scott Mason, vice president of government affairs at Lowe's. "We have seen home values decline around the country, and there are things that can be done with energy efficiency that can help drive home values up again."

Home Depot expressed support for "any program that provides incentives to consumers to make their homes more energy-efficient."

The proposed program, named Homestar, would cost $23 billion over two years. Of that amount, $6 billion would be used as incentives to people who complete at least two significant weatherization projects from a proposed list of l0 such projects. Homeowners who complete at least two eligible projects would receive up to $2,000, while up to four eligible projects would net up to $3,500-but government money could not pay for more than half of any project.

Another $12 billion would reward homeowners who complete a weatherization project that reduces energy consumption by at least 20Vo, which would qualify for a $4,000 subsidy. Each additional 57o reduction would bring another $1,500, but government money could not pay for more than half of any project. Spot audits of completed improvements would be funded by another $2 billion.

The remaining $3 billion would pay for incentives to contractors and home-improvement retailers.

U.S. Powers Tool Rebound

Global demand for power tools will climb 47o a year to surpass $28 billion by 2013, according to a recent Freedonia Group forecast.

Despite the recession, the U.S. market will provide the best opportunities, accounting for over one-third of the growth from 2008 to 2013. Recovery in U.S. demand will reflect a turnaround in housing and continued enthusiasm for d-i-y projects.

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Kenneth Vern Byers,75, owner of Dependable Lumber Co., Paonia, Co., died Dec. 19 in Delta, Co.

A veteran of the U.S. Navy during the Korean War, he bought the 1l5-year-old lumberyard in 1985.

Leroy '(Lee" E. Iledlund, 85, former owner of two yards, died Dec.17 in Yuma, Az.

Mr. Hedlund served in the U.S. Navy during lWorld War II. In 1946,he retumed to Sandpoint,Id., and began logging.

In 1955, he purchased Balch Lumber and renamed it Hedlund Lumber. The business grew to five sawmills-in Sandpoint, Id., and Chilco, Priest River, Ione, and Cusik. Wa.-before it was sold in 1970 to Louisiana-Pacific. He and his wife then moved to Gardnerville, Nv., and purchased Lakeside Lumber, which he sold in 1977.

Terry Simpson, 56, longtime Portland-area lumber trader, died Dec. 12 in West Linn, Or.

He spent more than 30 years in the western lumber industrY, including at Louisiana-Pacific and Merritt Forest Products. Since January 20O9, he had worked as a lumber trader at Buckeve Pacific, Portland, Or.

Arvo M. Matis, 102, former coowner of Herb Williams Lumber Co., Durango, Co., died Dec. 10 in Durango.

During World War II, he served with the anti-aircraft artillery in Gen. Douglas MacArthur's ArmY headquarters in the South Pacific, earning a Bronze Star.

He worked at Durango Lumber Co., Durango, before partnering to buy Herb Williams Lumber, which he later sold to Boker Lumber Co. He continued working as a salesman at Boker for many years.

Jimmy Joseph Fraser, 44, former owner of Western Air Nail, Bellevue, Wa., died after a brief illness Oct. 31 in Wenatchee, Wa.

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