SOUTHEASTERN SCENE

cou"rinn Alabama, Frorida, Georgia, Kentucky, louisiana, Mississippi, the Carolinas, Tennessee and Virginia.

Tennessee Building Material Association is taking a leading role in organizing a nonprofit association to sponsor legislation to help solve the liability insurance crisis during the 1987 session of the legislature.

Stan Owens, chief executive officer of TBMA, is an organizing director of the group which already has a coalition membership of over 30 Tennessee trade and professional associations. Bylaws for the new grouP provide for association membership, corporate membership and individual membership. The organization hopes to put together a coalition of 200 or more groups and organizations to develop a media and communications campaign as well as a statewide lobbying effon to pass remedial legislation.

The group will be focusing on solutions to (1) limits on joint and several liability; (2) limis on pain and suffering awards; (3) limis on punitive damage awards; (4) limits on contingency fees; (5) limis on collateral source rule, and (O limis on lump sum payments for future economic damages, according to Owens.

Virginia Building Material Association has completed final plans for its annual summer management conference at the Ramada Oceanside Tower, Virginia Beach. Va., Aug. 14-17.

Those attending the meeting, which includes families. will participate in committee meetings and seminars conducted I Robert Maidment, professor, School of Education. College of William and Mary; Mike Bolen. emplcryee benefits consultant, The RobinsonHumphrey Co., anlJerry Wblker, educational director, National Lumber & Building Material Dealers Association.

David Ball, Middlebuqg Mill*ork. and Tom Carlson, Hunig Sash and Door Co., will co chair a golf tournament at Hell's Foint Golf Course. A tennis tournament is planned for Owl's Creek Tennis Center.

Building Prcducts Dlgest

Florida l,umber and Building Materid Dealers Association, Inc., expecB its 66th annual convention and buying show to anract one ofthe largest audiences in the southeast to Orlando, Sept. 10-12.

More tlun 218 exhibiton from 32 states will be demonstrating their latest products and industry innoations at "The Main Event" at the Marrion Orlando World Center.

Special programs will be kicked off on Thursday. Sept. ll, by Johnny Bench, reportedly the greatest baseball catcher ofall time. Author and compmer Tom Sullir,ran will be the luncheon speaker. An adranrced level seminar on the Florida mechanics' lien law will be presented by attorney Roben Worman, during the afternoon.

Ne*s comrnentamr hul Harvey. "The Biggest Voice In America," will speak at the Friday luncheon meeting. Mark Russell. a political hunrorist, will entertain ar the dinner dance that evening.

In addition ro uorking nreetings. therc will be ser,erat receptiors ud a HeHm frarcrnity initiation.

nuilding Mnerid Mercbans Asbtin of Georgia and Alabsma is among those responsible for passing a bill in the Georgia legislature to increase tlrc perulty br issuirg a bad check.

Under the provisions of the new bill, the penalty for a bad check can nov be incrcased from $12 o the greater of $15 or 5% ddE bce ra.lue of the check.

MANI'FACTUREFS OF CUSTOM MILLWORK & ARCHITECTURAT. DOOPS

CUSTOM STILE & RAIL DOORS

DETAIL MILLING

CUSTOM & STOCK MOULDINGS

ROUND TOP WOOD WINDOWS

LEAD LINED FLUSH DOORS

CUSTOM KNIVES GROUND TO PATTERN

FIXED GLASS FRAMES

CUSTOM STAIRS

OAK S4S & MOULDING

HARDWOOD SOLID PANELLING

T&G HARDWOOD FLOORING

SOUTH PACI FIC HARDWOODS