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Virginia Building Material Association will present three business sessions during its 73rd annual convention March 2O-23 at Kingston Plantation, Myrtle Beach, S.C.

Deborah Hayden, human resources mgr., Tindell's Lumber & Building Materials, Knoxville, Tn., will address hiring during "How to Compete with Hardee's;" Raymond E. Owens II, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, will speak on demographics and future housing markets, and Dr. Robert Holsworth. director of VCU's Center for Public Policy, will cover state politics.

Kentucky Lumber & Building Material Dealers Association is sponsoring a Bill Darling residential framing and lumber estimating seminar March 2-4 at the Executive Inn, Louisville.

KLBMDA's executive board has appointed R.P. Wessel Co. as its exclusive agent of record on the workers compensation program and property and liability insurance plan.

Lumberments Association of Texas' winter board and committee meetings Feb.22-24 at the Radisson on Town Lake. Austin. will include a members day at the Capitol. The trip, preceded by a briefing by association general counsel Robert Bass, will feature an LAT/TFA joint legislative buffet luncheon.

Mississippi Building Material Dealers Association is raffling off a Polaris 400 four-wheeler or $5,000 cash during its annual convention and trade show Feb.25-27 at the Grand Casino Convention Center, Tunica County.

Hardwood Manufacturers Association will hold its annual conference March l0-12 in Charleston, S.C., while the Appalachian Hardwood Manufacturerst annual convention is set for Feb. 18-21 on Sea Island. Ga.

National Lumber & Building Material Dealers Association has set its annual legislative conference for

March 7-10 in Washington, D.C. Among the members of Congress invited to address the conference are senators Don Nickles (R-Ok.) and Spencer Abrahams (R-Mi.), and representatives Anne Northup (R-Ky.), Don Young (R-Ak.), David Mclntosh (R-In.) and Jennifer Dunn (R-Wa.).

Featured events are "Politics, Power and You, the Grassroots Workshop" and LuDPAC breakfast with political analyst Charlie Cook. Optional sidetrips include Harpers Ferry, the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, Blues Alley, and a tour of Georgetown Mansions.