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SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION
Oklahoma Lumbermen's Association's annual convention & exposition March l4-I5 at the Clarion Hotel & Convention Center, Oklahoma City, will adopt the National Lumber & Building Material Dealers Association's "The Material Difference" as its theme (see p. 6).
Lumberments Association of Texas and OLA are co-sponsoring an Alaskan cruise July 12-19. Beginning in Vancouver, British Columbia, the trip will stop at Skagway, Glacier Bay, Ketchikan and Juneau, site of a possible yard tour of Don Abel Building Supplies.
Florida Building Material Association is staging installed sales workshops March 11 in Central Florida and March 13 in South Florida.
Virginia Building Material Association will hold its next annual convention, themed "Focus on Your Future!," April 3-7 in Hot Springs, Va.
Mississippi Building Material Dealers Association's TLst annual convention & building products trade show Feb. 20-22 at the Silver Star Casino, Philadelphia, Ms., will include a Weyerhaeuser plant tour and golf tournament at the Choctaw Trails Golf Course.
Kentucky Lumber & Building Material Dealers Association has enlisted consultant William Darling to present a residential framing lumber estimating seminar March 3-5 and a computerized residential estimating seminar March 6-7 at the Executive Inn, Louisville.
Mid-America Lumbermens Association's progr:rm for Expo '97 Feb. 26-28 at Bartle Hall, Kansas City, Mo., features: Jack Nunn on "Dealer Roundtables-How Can They Help Your Profitability;" insurance claims supervisor Ray Landherr and attorney Kevin Kruse "You've Been Sued...Now What?;" Arkansas Department of Labor safety administrator Clark Thomas, "Does the Phrase 'OSHA Inspection' Make You Break into a Cold Sweat?;" attorney Jack Selzer, "The Five Most Important Income Tax and Estate Tax Rules All Business Owners Should Know," and a retail lumber dealer panel discussion on "Alternative Income-How To's," moderated by MLA director of training and education Marvin Floyd.
Carolinas-Tennessee Building Material Association held its annual convention and buying show Jan. 17l8 at the Charlotte Convention Center, Charlotte, N.C. Photo coverage of the "Product Fair with a Country Flair" appears on the following two pages.