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III, Ruffin & Payne, Richmond, and Richard Helm, Glaize & Brother, Winchester, vice presidents; Gary Hazelwood, General Products Co.-Bencbmark. Fredericksburg, associate vice president; Freeman Spencer, Massey Builders' Supply, Richmon4 Eeasurer.

Michael Loan, Valley Building Supply, Waynesboro; Bruce Edwards, Lamberth Building Materials, White Stone, and Grrce Matin, Martin's Native Lumber, Dayton, arc new directon. Brad Frazier, Andersen Windows, Midlothian. was narned an associate director.

A residential estimating and blueprint reading seminar is scheduled for April 2l22 at the English Inn, Charlottesville. Blueprint reading basics and residential building material estimating corrcepts will be covered by Mark Campion.

Kentucky Lumber & Bulldlng

Materlal lhalers Assoclatlon has tbree roundtable meetings scheduled for April.

The first will be April 6 at Campbell House, Lexington. The panel includes Freddie McWhorter, Clay Building Supply, London; Bill Baker, Stratton Lumber, Nicholasville; Jim Dexter. Boland-Maloney Lumber Co., Louisville, and Jack Tucker, Palumbo Lumber, lrxington.

An April 13 session will be at the Howard Johnson, Elizabethtown, with Ken Lawson, Thriftway, Owensboro; Anthony Elmore, Buzick Lumber, Bardstown, and Dennis Bratcher, Cecilia Center, Elizabethtown, on the parel.

Ron Goode, Cole Lumber, Paducah: Bill Bucher, Square Deal Lumber, Park City, and Gerald Scott, Fugate Lumber, Madisonville, will be panelists April 27 at "Kenhrcky Dam Village State Park Lodge, Gilbertsville.

Discussions will cover employee incentives, outside sales and insurance.

Oklahoma Lumbermen's Assocletlon president for 1993 is Glenn Nusz, Resident Lumber Co., TexhomaDavid Kennedy, The T.H. Rogers Lumber Co., Oklahoma City, is vice president; l.owell Dillon, Hope Lumber Co., Edmond, treasurer, and Mike Nix, Nix Lumber Co., Oklahoma City, immediate Past P'residenl

New district directors are Randy Skinner, Tahlequah Lumber, Tahlequah, 2; Brian Jordan, McClain Building Center, McAlester, 3: Charles Poarch. C & L

Building Supply, Watonga, 4; Phil Kennedy, Comanche Home Center, 6. New associate directors: Dale Scott. Arrowhead Lumber Sales, Oklahoma City; Cleo Nunley, Rich-Mix Products, Oklahoma City.

Lumbermen's Ascocletlon of Texes 1993-94 president Parker Beebe, Amarillo. will take office at tbe onclusion of tbe annual convention, April 15-17 in San Antonio.

Other officers: l.onnie Goolsby, Fort Worth, fi$t vice presideog Bill Robinson, Comanche, second vice president; Larry Burns, Frisco, secretary; Dan Guerra, Houston, treasuren Emmen McCoy, San Mrcos, sergeant 8t ams.

Nominated Jan. 30. the slate will be approved at tbe qnnual membership meeting April 16 in onjuoaion with an 8 am. business session following a 7:30 continental brealf,ast.

Southeestern Lumber Menufacturers Assocletlon in cooperation with Natlonel Hrrdwood Lumber Assocletbn and Buchanan Hardwoods. Inc. will offer a bardwood lumber grading short course in Montgomery, Al., June 2-4.

Tom Wright, NHLA inspector, will offer classroom instnrction at tbe Madison Hotel with lumber grading practice sessions at Bucbaoan Hardwoods.

Registration information is available from SLMA. Registration fee is $2IX) per person witb attendance limited to 30.

I-oublrne Bulldlng Metcrlal Deal'ers Assocbdon is developing a training ptogram for new board members.

A bylaws comnittec has bcen appoinr ed to review the association's organizational structure, study future needs of members ard researcb membership expansion. An education cornmittee will assess current and fuUrr€ U'eining and educational needs of members and employees in order to develop a program of seminars, inhouse training materials and correspondence courses.

The Constructlon Suppllers' Assocletlon is holding a management conference May 22-25 at the Jekyll Island Country Club, Jekyll Island, Ga

Business issues on the docket, according to president Dick Barr, include the Energy Code, changes to Georgia's Lien Law, lumber supply and Family Leave with well qualified people available to help those atrcnding leam to cope witb tbe issues as tbey apply to their businesses.

A golf and tennis tournrment and a low country boil are on the social menu.

Mld-Amerlcr Lumbcrmens Assoclatlon and Oklehome Young Lumbermen will sponsor rbe frst Oklaboma "Sooner Slan" for dealers, suppliers and spouses April 30 at Coffee Creek Golf Course. Edmond.