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"If we talk about reasonable logging in a ratibnal way so families and small communities can continue and so Americans can buy a house, somehow that gets translated to: kill every endangered species by Thursday morning."

- Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) Speaker of the House

Listings are often submitted months in advance. Always verifi dates and locations with sponsor before nnking plans ro ailend.

August

National Building Products Exposition & Conference - Aug. 10-13, Navy Pier, Chicago, Il.; (8a7) 605-1025.

National Hardware Shodllardware Indust4r Week - Aug. ll-14, McCormick Place, Chicago, Il.; (847) 605-1025.

Virginia Building Material Association - Aug. 15-18, management conference, Ramada Oceanside Plaza, Virginia Beach, Va.;(8M) 323-8262.

National Wood Window & Door Association - Aug. 17-21, summer meeting, Marriott City Center, Minneapolis, Mn.; (708)299-52W.

Architectural Woodwork Institute - Aug. 2l-23, annual meeting and convention, Hyatt Regency Atlanta, Atlanta, Ga.; (703) 733-0600.

International Woodworking Fair - Aug. 2225, Georgia World Congress Center, Atlanta, Ga.; (,104) 24GW8.

Mid-America Lumbermens Association - Aug. 23-30, Alaska mill tour; (402) 466-3446.

Septembbr

Strojtechnika '96 - SepL ?-6, construction trade fair, Moscow, Russia; (800) 232-3914.

Florida Building Material Association - SepL 4-6, annual convention, Marriott World Center, Orlando, R.; (352) 383-0366.

Railway Tie Association - SepL 4-5, annual convention, Nemacolin Woodlands Resort, Farmington, Pa.; (770),16G5553.

International llome Improvement Fair - SepL 7-ll, National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham, U.K.; (203) 45+0090.

Hoo-Hoo International - SepL 9-13, annual international convention, Kingfisher Bay Resorr, Fraser Island, Australia; (501) 353-4997.

Handy Hardware Wholesale, Inc. - Sept. l3-15, market, George R. Brown Convention Center, Houston, Tx.: (713) 644-1495.

APA-The Engineered Wood Association - SepL l5-l?, annual meeting, Hyatt Regency Grand Cypress Hotel, Orlando, Fl.; (206) 565-6600.

American Wood Preservers Institute - SepL lE-19, regional forum, Atlanta, Ga.; (703) 893-4005.

Used Building Materials Association - SepL lE-21, conference, Hotel Fort Garry, Winnipeg, Manitoba; (204) 489-2739.

Kentucky Forest Industries Association - Sept. 20-21, Kentucky Wood Expo, Laurel County Fairgrounds, London, Ky.; (502) 875-3136.

Southern Forest Products Association - Sept. 2l-A, annual meeting, Don CeSar Beach Resort, St. Petersburg, Fl.; (50a) 443-44@.

Quojem - SepL 22-25, hardware show, Porte de Versailles & Villepinte, Paris, France; (708) 605-1025.

National Hardwood Lumber Association - SepL 23, manufacturing mill products seminar, Memphis, Tn.; (901) 377-1818.

Handy Hardware Wholesale, Inc. - Sept. 24, locksmithing workshop, Retail Service Center, Waco, Tx.; (219) 748-5300.

National Wooden Pallet & Container Association - ScpL 2427, expo, Opryland Hotel, Nashville, Tn.; (703) 527-j67.

Building & Construction Indonesia '96 - SepL 2S?5,lntemational Exhibition Centre, Jakarta, Indonesia; (3Ol) 656-2942.

Container. Rome. Ga.

Mike Roell, Jasper Lumber, won the boards visual test, followed by Ricky Jackson, Marvin White and Ira Todd, all Loper Lumber, Lafayette, and Anamet. Doris Gray, G-P, won the 2" dimension written test, followed by Anamet, Karrh and Chuck Ellenburg, G-P.

Jasper Hosts Second TPI

Fifty-three graders competed in the second annual Timber Products Inspection grader contest at Jasper Lumber Co., Jasper, Al. Weyerhaeuser, Philadelphia, Ms., was the best overall team.

Donnie Anamet, East Alabama Lumber, Lafayette, La., won as best

kGrading Contest

overall grader, as well as first place in the narrow and wide dimension visual tests. Narrow dimension runners up: Randy Roberts, Weyerhaeuser; Dale Karrh, Georgia-Pacific, Belk, Al., and Roy Griffin, Weyerhaeuser. Wide dimension runners up: Griffin, Roberts and Lee Gossett. Inland

DIAM0ND'S ANNIVERSARY: Familv-owned Public Supply Co., Oklahoma City, Ok., manufacturer of Diamond windows and doors, is celebrating its 50th anniversary. Founded by brotheri Ralph and Calvin Wiight as a small roofing and siding wholesaler, it now covers three city blocks, with a 300,000-sq. ft. facility including manufacturing, warehouse, offices and 3,000-sq. ft. showroom. With over 200 employees, Public Supply is the state's largest manufacturer of aluminum and vinyl windows and doors, selling 15,000 windows and doors each month. Current owners/ooerators are Ralph Wright's grandsons (l-r) Mike and Kevin Wright, his sons Dick Wright and lke Bennett, and orandson Bob Bennett.