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SMILES & SALES were big at the Jan. 17-18 CTBMA show at the Charlolte Convention Center:(1) BobColeman, Don Hanis, Michael Brown. (2) John Ramsey, Jim Ramsey, Guy Martino. (3) Jamie Place, Mark Schultz, Rod Barnes. (4) Jim Gallup, Linda Szol. (5) Brian Mulvaney, Ed Lists, David Wynn. (6) Al Monis, Dan Waters.

For Special Needs in Treated Wood

Urgent delivery? Tough-to-find items? Sales promotion? Pattern lumber? FDN, FRTW, TS0, KDAT? Reman? Wolmanizedo, Dricono. Wolmanizedo Extrail Dean Deck?

Routine orders too.

RIBBON CUTTING at lhe Carolinas-Tennessee Building Material Association building products buying show in charlotte, N.c,: (1) executive vice president Larry Adams, Bob Witt. (2) Ray Petrick, Chuck Edmunds. (3) Don Abshire, Jetf lngram, Kap Abshire, Ed Pressley. (4) Tom White, PatGuffee, ChesterAbee. (5) Tim Ebert, Larry Dudley. (6) Shane Murray, Jay Zittle, (7) Roy Romo, Chuck Heumader, Stove Lemere.

(8) Ken Melton, Linda Szot, Joe Wallace, (9) Glenn Hyatt, Lucinda & Rick Johnson. (10) Angie McManus, Clitf Cornelius, Jan Huffstetler.

(11) BillHurst, David Swaringen, Jesse Phifer.

(12) RoyAwbrey, Al Rogers. (13) Frances Beck, Dora Strickland. (14) Jim Watson, Glen Spain.

(15) Steve Teer, Hubert Bryan, Bud Betts, Dale Sprinkle. (16) Rick Montoya, L. A. Richards.

(17) Don Massett, Robert DeNeefe, (18) Tom & Vicki Fleming. (19) Larry Thomas, lrv Northam.

(20) $ndy Bombardier, Jim Breech.

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Treaters Go To Washington

The sixth annual wood preserving industry legislative conference will be held in Washington, D.C., March 29 - April 1.

"Preserving the Future" will theme the meeting designed to maintain the strong relationships that the industry has nurtured since 1987, Victor Lindenheim, American Wood Preserver's Institute president, said.

Issues to be discussed include RCRA reauthorization, timber supply problems, access to capital for plant operations, upgrades and environmental remediation and insurance.

Mark Reiter, U.S. Senate committee on environment & public works; William Fay, product liability coordination committee; Bill Mclnturff, Public Opinion Strategies, and Senator Sam Nunn (D-Ga.) are among those invited to speak during the conference.

Weyerhaeuser Truss Seminar

Weyerhaeuser's Southem Lumber Business, Hot Springs, Ar., is currently in a three year plan to increase mill efficiency and broaden product mix.

As part of this, they hosted an engineered wood products seminar to ac- quaint truss manufacturers with new in-grade stress values. The event included tours of the Weyerhaeuser mills in Wright City, Ok., and Dierks, Ar.

Marvin Debbink. Richardson Industries; Bob Ward, Southern Components; Derrel Runyon, Sunstate Components; Don Butcher, Heart Truss & Engineering Corp.; Will Bohrer, Ohio Valley Truss, and Dale Zimmerman, Perfection Truss, participated.

No Money For Owl Protection?

Reauthorization of the l9-year-old Endangered Species Act is due in September, but probably will be delayed with Congress hesitating to fund an environmental issue with sensitive implications in an election year.

Experts are quoting 50/50 odds that there will be no reauthorization this year. Although the issue will come up again in 1993, they say it could drag on into 1995. However, the law will remain on the books since reauthorization involves only funding. This is not the first delay. When the law came up for reauthorization in 1985, it took three years to accomplish.

Established in 1973, the Endangered Species Act was amended in 1978 with the creation ofthe Endangered Species Committee better known as the God Squad. Eachtime Congressreauthorizes the act, it sets the expiration time.

Records show 1976, 1982, 1985 (accomplished in 1988) and 1992 dates.

Backbelts Gut Lift Injuries

More and more home center and lumber yard employees are backbelters, but these belts prevent back injuries instead of recognizing karate skills.

Builders Square, Hechinger, Home Quarters Warehouse and Home Depot are among chains issuing them to employees. The supports, ranging from belt devices to Velcro fastened waist corsets, keep the back straight while the wearer is lifting.

Companies hope to prevent injuries and cut medical and workman's compensation costs as well as lost time. "It's a win-winsituation," Mark James, vice president, Builders Square, commented. Workers in all of their stores use them.

Mary BethWallace, safety administrator, Home Quarters Warehouse, Virginia Beach, Va, reports high acceptance by the employees.