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Brown, Stout's Building Center, Mt. Washington, scanning at the register; Jack Coleman, Jr., Coleman Lumberyard, Harrodsburg, laws passed in the Kentucky legislative session; Tom Womack, Farmer's True Value, Grayson, experiences in moving to a larger location, and Louis Moore, Kinner Lumber Co., Greenup, big corporation vs. family business.

Participants will tour Buzick Lumber Co. following the program. Board members will meet the following day.

Peak Auctioneering will conduct a surplus building materials auction for association members May 2l-22 at Carrollton.

Louisiana Butlding Material l)ealers Assoclatlon's 1994-95 president is Steve Ashy, Lafayette.

A. J. Hanis, Baton Rouge, is lst v.p.; Curtis Turner, Baton Rouge, 2nd v.p.; Jerry Smith, Denham Springs, treasurer; Dudley Webre, Luling, and George

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Kellett. New Orleans. national dealer directors; Wallace Poole, Covington, past president.

Directors: Bubba Jones, George Harrel, Jim Pearce, Jeff Coates, Jimmy Robertson, Don Bertrand, Pierre Schwing,

Charles Rader, Dale Bernard, Jerry Negrotto, Bob Hayden, Gayle Caldwell, Mimi Blouin, Mike Felps, Dudley Webre, Jr., and Riley Boudreaux.

Jeb Ransone, J.E.B. Ransone Lumber Co., received the President's Award at the Jan. 13-16 Super Bowl of Building Materials and convention in Lafayette; Paul Murphy, Georgia-Pacific, Supplier of the Year, and George Kellett George Kellett & Sons, the Ned Ball Award.

Executive vice president Bruce Cole has resigned. Elsie Hamway, office administrator, is filling in until the board selects a replacement.

Misslssippl Buildlng Materlal Dealers Associatlon elected Kenny Cavin, Stahlman Lumber Co., Natchez, president at the annual convention and building products show March 17-19 at the Natchez Convention Center. Natchez.

Ken Morris, Barnett Phillips Lumber Co., Canton, is lst v.p.; Dale Joiner, Joiner Building Supply, Carthage, 2nd v.p.; Kenneth Breland, Breland Building Supply, Philadelphia, national dealer member, and Charles Patterson, Patterson Lumber & Home Center, Kosciusko, alternate national dealer member.

The building products show had 56 exhibitors with 74 booths. Dealer attendance was the best in the past 10 years, according to William [-ee Russell, executive vice president.

Software Shootout !t NAWLA

Nine softwst vendors wlll demonsEaE lumbcr dlrtibution softwar€ in tle "Grcat Software Shooout' at the NorO Amcrlcan Wholesale Lumber Assoc.lstlon's l02nd annual meeting, Agrll2?-26 at Maniott's Canelback Inn, Scottsdale, Az.

The head-to-head presentations will take place from 8:45 to 11:45 Monday, April 25, followed by private, detailed demonstrations in the aftemoon and tabletop exhibits during a Contact Session on Tuesday. During Oe initial presentations, a video proJection of the actual onscreen images will give attiendees a flret-hand look at t[€ products at wort.

'If a wholesaler does not yet have disElhdo softwrc, or if it's thee or motl years old, he had better look lno gering a system now if he wants to remain competitive," maintains Lasur B. Logan, president of Iogan Lumber Co., Tarpa, Fl., moderalor of the demonstration pfogram. "The Shootout will be a perfect opportrnity for one-stop shopping because the leading vendorg will all be in one place."

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Contact Sessions (l-2 p.m. Monday and24 prn. Tuesday) will f€aorc 60 lumber mills, remanners and afflliated-service companies in addition to the software vendors participating in the Shootout. Eric Canton, Canton Lumber Co., is the 1994 convention coordinator.

Anthony to Start Glulam Plant

Anthony Forest Products Co., El Dorado, Ar., plans o bcgin @nstnrction in lune of a sout[em pinc gluedlaninated bean plant in Wasbington, Cra.

'Inoeasing demad for engineered lumber products and the oompany's new Power Beam warrans additional capacity," said John Anthony, vice president and division manager. "The proximity to expanding residential mukets and tbe readily available raw material make the southeast location very desirable."

DOUGTAS FIR

C & Btr. Boqrds

C & Btr.2'

C & Btr. 514 ond 4x4

C & Btr. Flngerjolnt

SLIM.TRIM -

D-Select Flr & Lorch

Select Structurol 2x

PONDEROSA PINE

C & Btr. Boords

C & Btr. Flnoerlolnt c & Btr. RWRLS/4 - 6t4 - 814

#2 Shelvlnq

#3 Shelvln6

WESTERN SPRUCE

D-Select

#2 Grode Stomped

#3 Common Potterns, Strlps

SOUTHERN PINE

C & Btr. Arkonsos

C & Btr. Southern Yellow

C & Btr. Potterns

#2 Pqtterns & Boords

Steptreods C,D,#2

CEDAR FINGERJOINT

REDWOOD FINGERJOINT tP INNERSEAT

PrYlt/OODS

Hordwood - Birch

Hordwood - Ook

Lquon

Cedor Sidinos

Sonder Fir

Fir Sidings

MBlrmlnghom

P.O. B6x 2W

Mllton Butler

BRANCHES

Atlonto, GA (CSXT)

Blrmlnghom, AL (BN)

Columblo, SC (SOUTHERN)

SATES

Ntto Welr

Dorlene Dovls

Kevln Welsgerber

Greg Poyne

Bobby Mllls

Wlllle Andrusko

Dwloht Poole

Aordn Choncey

Steve Blount

Toby Klrklond

Gene Schettgen

Grohom BishoP

Lee Holl

Erlc Shlrkey

The plant will glue visually and Erated graded 2x4,2x6 and 2x8 to malce higher srength engircered glulam beams for use in light commercial and residential markets. Start-up is expected in late 1994.

Fed Projects Spur Metric Use

Pushed by federal construction, virtually all U.S. construction could be converted to metric wi0in the next five !o t€n yeafs.

Most federal agencies met the goal of designing all new projects in metric by January 1994 and some exceeded ir

Federal construction appropriations otal over $50 billion with about $20 billion ready for or in the design or construction stage. By 1996, federal metric work will approach $50 billion, not including state and local matching funds.

With so much money allotted to federal construction, it is likely that eventually all construction will convert to metric.

Why Shoppers Don't Buy

Because they could not find a clerk, 62Vo of shoppers left a store without buying anything, according to a six month survey conducted for the National Retail Federation and MasteCard International.

That little yellow label guarantees a lifetime's worth of outdoor use for your customers. It stands for quality. It means that the wood your customers buy is clean, straight and backed by a lifetime guarantee.

So, remember. If it doesn't say Osmose@ on the yellow label, you don't want it.

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