CALENDAR

February

Mid-Amerlca l,umbernrens AssocirtionFeb. l4-15, exposition, Bartle llall/Allis Plaza llotel, Kansas City, Mo,

Misslssippi Building Mrterial Dealers Association - Feb. l4-16, annual convenlion & show, Royal D'lberville llorel, lliloxi, Ms.

Moore-Handley lnc.Feb. l5-17, nrarket, tlirmingham/ Jefferson Civic Center, llirnringhant, Al.

National Wood Window & Door AssociationFeb. l7-20, annual nreeting, Registry Resort, Naples, Fl.

Foresl History SocietyFeb. l7-22, Latin American forest & conservation history conl'erence, San Jose, Costa Rica.

Nrtional Hardwood Lumber AssociationFeb. l8-20, sales & product knowledge senrinar, NIILA Educarional tluilding, Memphis, Tn.

Atlanta Hoo-Hoo Club - Feb. 18, bowling/meeting, Fairlanes Bowling Center, Union City, Ga.

Crrolinas-Tennessee Building Material Association - Feb. 21, sales seminar, Charlotte, N.C.

Building Component Manufacturers ConferenceFeb. 2l23, San Antonio, Tx.

National Euilding Material Distribulors AssociationFeb. 2l-23, executive management seminar, Rancho Mirage, Ca.

Southern Forest Products AssociationFeb. 26, regional meetings, Jackson, Ms.; Feb. 27, El l)orado, Ar.: Feb. 28, Florien. La.

Foresl Products Traffic AssociationFeb. 27-28, annual meeting, East Memphis Hilton, Memphis, Tn.

March

National Association of the Remodeling Industry - March l-3, annual convention/exposition, Cincinnati, Oh.

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Amarillo Hardware Co. - March 2-3, market, Amarillo Civic Center, Amarillo, Tx.

Henderson & Baird Hardware Co.March 2-3, Sentry market, Greenwood Leflore Civic Center, Greenwood, Ms.

Indiana-Kentucky Hardware AssociationMarch 2-3. annual convention, Executive West, Louisville, Ky.

Hardware Wholesalers Inc.March 3-5, annual retailing seminar. Nashville. Tn.

International Hardwood Products AssociationMarch 5-9, annual meeting, Palm Springs, Ca.

Mid-America Lumbermens AssociationMarch 6-7, exposition, Civic Auditorium/Red Lion Inn, Omaha, Ne.

Appalachian Hardwood ManufacturersMarch 7-10, annual meeting, Omni Hotel at Charleston Place, Charleston, S.C.

Louisiana Building Material Dealers Association - March 7-10, annual convention, Hilton, Lalayette, La.

Hardwood Research CouncilMarch l0-12, annual symposium, Mississippi State University, Starkville, Ms.

Hardwood Manufacturers Association - March l4-16, annual meeting, Omni at Charleston Place, Charleston, S.C.

National Home Center ShowMarch 24-26, McCormick Place, Chicago, Il.

Home Genter Show Education Opportunities

Retailers attending the National Home Center Show, March 24-26, at McCormick Place, Chicago, Il., will have the opportunity to participate in an exceptional lineup of educational programs.

New this year, the Home Center University will be in session on Saturday preceding the show opening. Seven all-day educational programs will run concurrently beginning at 9:30 a.m. Four will stress financial management, people skills, marketing tactics and salesmanship with the other three providing specific selling information on highprofit millwork, kitchen and bath departments.

Instructors include Jim Pence, James M. Pence & Associates: Darlene B. Bordeaux, Ph.D., Bordeaux and Associates; Joe Samulin, industry consultant; Burt Dubin, Management Achievement Institute; Laddie F. Hutar, Hutar Growth Management Institute, and representatives of the NationalKitchen and Bath Association.

Enrollment in the Home Improvement University is available on a first-come, first-served basis for $100 per person.

Four free educational sessions are part of the Home Center Show agenda. Financialanalysis and its application to a business will be discussed by Steven LeFever, Business Resource Services, in two sessions.

Phillip R. DeCarlo, Business Resource Services. Inc.. will deal with identifying the cost structure in a business. The nine areas of a business review will be explained in a presentation by Paul Russell, Russell Training Group. Delegates to the National Home Center Show will have the opportunity to see thousands of home improvement products, including many new to the market. Fourteen exhibitors from the Peoples Republic of China will be among the companies represented. (See p. 37. Jan. 1991 issue for details.)

New EPA Palnt Regulatlons

Interior house paints can no longer contain mercury and exterior paints containing mercury must carry a warning label.

Although there has been no indication that retailers should pull paint containing mercury from the shelves, the EPA order involves about 300/o of the paint currently on the market. Mercury has been used in some water based paints to extend the shelf life and in some exterior paints to prevent mildew.

Current stock must be relabeled to identify paints containing more than 200 parts per million of mercury, to specify that they should be used outside only and to instruct consumers how to use the paints safely. Manufacturers are responsible for developing and placing these labels.

Other products being examined by the EPA for possible regulations include acoustical plaster, adhesives, spackling and joint compounds that contain mercury. Retailers can call l800-858-7378 for the National Pesticide Telecommunications network which has lists of manufacturers who do and do not use mercury in paint and paint products which contain mercury.