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assoctatton news In Alabama, Florlda, Georgla, Kentucky, Loulslana, Mlselcalppl, the Carollnac, Tennegsee and Vlrglnla.

Vlrglnle Bulldlry Mrterlel Assoclrtlon is making plans for its annual summer management conference. The Ramada Oceanside Tower, Virginia Beach, has been selected as the site for the Aug. l l-14 meeting.

Kentucky Lumber & Bulldlng Mrterld Deders Assoclrtlon is celebrating their success in bringing about mqjor changes in the Kentucky Lien Law.

The new legislation passed with the help of Rep. Marshall Long, Shelbyvilleg

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Rep. Jon Ackerson, Louisville, and Rep. Thomas R. Kerr, Taylor Mill, among others, extends the time limit from l0 days to 45 days from the day rhe last (rather than the first) item of material or labor was supplied. The new law also requires that a claimant mail to the property owner a copy of a statement of lien within seven days of filing the statement with the country clerk. ln addition, requires that a former lienholder mail to the property owner a copy of a lien release within seven days o f releasing the lien.

As of May I, KLBMDA oflices will be open flrom 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. with a 12 to I lunch hour. The oflice is in the process o[ installing a new phone system which will allow regular service, 24 hour answering and incoming and outgoing WAT" lines available to members, according to Billy Thompson, executive vice president.

Florida Lumber and Building Mrterlal Derlers Associatlon is considering moving association headquarters to Tallahassee.

The board of directors will be makine a decision on the feasibility of the mov! at their board meeting on June l8 during the summer conference at Mission Inn Resort in Orlando, June l6-18.

A report drafted by Bill Carson, executive vice president, was sent to all members prior to discussion of consideration of the move at regional meetings during May.

Mlssissippi Building Material Dealers Assoclation, Inc. president Bill Reynolds has called a meeting of officers, board ofdirectors, past presidents and committee members in Louisville, Ms., June 23 and 24.

Lake Tiak-O'Khata will be the location of this mid-year meeting. Those attending will tour the Georgia-Pacific plant and the Louisville Brick Co.

The Collier Award in honor of the late John M. Collier, former Southern Forest Products Association staff member and director of the Forest History Society, has been awarded to A. Kent MacDougall.

MacDougall, currently on the faculty at the University of California, Berkeley, Ca., was recognized for a four-part article on worldwide forest problems which he wrote as a staffer for the Los Angeles Times.

Yvonne Collier, Collier's widow, presented the Forest History Society sponsored award at a reception hosted by SFPA in New Orleans, La.