HARDWARE ALL STARS RE ALL S WA TA D R S R H A By HBSDealer Staff 2016 Congratulations. Since 2011, HBSDealer has reached out to suppliers, distributors, manufacturers, vendors, retailers and home owners in search of high- performing, service-oriented, community-minded hardware store, lumberyard or farm and ranch dealers worthy of All- Star status. 18 By and large, we’ve found them. This annual report has honored some of the greats in independent retailing. And this year’s class keeps the tradition alive in bright style. From Alabama to Wyoming, the retailers listed here have been nominated, vetted and approved for All-Stardom. Here’s to the class of 2016. MAY 2016 HARDWARE + BUILDING SUPPLY DEALER ALABAMA: Carolina Millwork & Truss ALASKA: Skagway Ace Hardware ARIZONA: Howard’s True Value ARKANSAS: John Plyler Home Center CALIFORNIA: Bryant’s True Value Home Center COLORADO: Moore Lumber & Ace Hardware CONNECTICUT: Cash True Value Home Center DELAWARE: Smyrna Community Hardware DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: Logan Hardware FLORIDA: Celebration Hardware Company GEORGIA: Vickery Do it Best Hardware HAWAII: Haiku Hardware & Garden IDAHO: Hess Lumber and Home Center ILLINOIS: Murdale True Value INDIANA: Yoder’s Shipshewana Hardware IOWA: Ace-N-More KANSAS: The Hardware Store KENTUCKY: Lone Star Farm & Home LOUISIANA: Ivey’s Building Materials Center MAINE: Rangeley Lakes Builders Supply MARYLAND: Kendall Hardware MASSACHUSETTS: Shepley Wood Products MICHIGAN: Self Serve Lumber and Home Center MINNESOTA: Crosslake Ace Hardware and Appliances MISSISSIPPI: Nabors Do it Best Home Center MISSOURI: Handyman True Value Hardware MONTANA: Belgrade True Value Hardware NEBRASKA: Chadron Ace Hardware and Annex NEVADA: Big R Lovelock NEW HAMPSHIRE: LaValley-Middleton Building Supply NEW JERSEY: Ken’s Do It Best NEW MEXICO: Cook’s Home Center NEW YORK: Stevenson True Value Hardware NORTH CAROLINA: Blackhawk Hardware NORTH DAKOTA: Scheels Home & Hardware OHIO: Orme Do it Best Hardware OKLAHOMA: T.H. Rogers Lumber Company OREGON: Sawyer’s True Value PENNSYLVANIA: Williams Ace Hardware SOUTH CAROLINA: Hamm Hardware & Building Supplies SOUTH DAKOTA: Canton Home & Farm TENNESSEE: Duncan Lumber TEXAS: Jabo’s Ace Hardware UTAH: Loa Do It Best VERMONT: E.M. Brown & Son VIRGINIA: Grafton True Value Hardware WASHINGTON: Ace Hardware of Pullman WEST VIRGINIA: S.J. Neathawk Lumber WISCONSIN: Charlie’s Do it Best WYOMING: Valley Hardware