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NEW SERIES of seminars for members of LAT will begin this month with an insurance and risk management workshop for owners and managers.

Jack McMahan, president of Insurance Management Services, Inc., will be the speaker at the 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. session on Oct. l0 at The Harvey Hotel, at the Dallas-Fort Worth Airport, Irving. Members will pay $175 with the fee for non-members set at $200.

Those attending will have the opportunity to stay overnight and attend a football game between the Dallas Cowboys and the Philadelphia Eagles at Texas Stadium on Oct. ll. A limited number of tickets are available through the LAT oflice for those attending the seminar.

Larry S. Willmann will be the instructor for basic estimating seminars Oct. l4l6 at the San Antonio Rodeway Atrium Inn and Nov. 4-6 at the Arlington Flagship Inn. The 20 hour course will teach the new employee or beginning estimator blueprint reading, construction details, quantity estimating and actual material takeoffs. Fees are $l75 for members and $200 for non-members.

Willmann is coordinator of the TSTI Estimating Program and chairman of Energy Efficient Building Systems at TSTI in Waco. A graduate of Texas A & M and TSTI. he has more than 15 years experience in the field.

Redwood '87 seminars will be held Dec. 2 at Wyndham Creenspoint, Houstonl Dec. 3. Rodeway Atrium Inn, San Antonio, and Dec. 4, DFW Airport Harvey Hotel, lrving. Sponsored by the California Redwood Association and LAT, the morning sessions will acquaint owners. managers and key sales staff with the diverse properties and immense sales potential of redwood. Fees are t50 per person for members and $75 for non-members.

The association has a growing, tape loan library. In addition to an LAT Credit Conference cassette, there are I I 3/4" VHS video tapes available for borrowing at no charge.

I f lS WITH special pleasure that we I dedicate this month's column to the Arkansas and Oklahoma lumber dealers who will be in leadership positions in the Mid-America Lumbermens Association for 1987-1988.

President is Truman Hall. Arkmo. Little Rock, Ar. First vice president is Grady Ollie, Jr., Geo. Ollie's Lunrber Co., Pocola, Ok.

Dealer directors representing Arkansas will be Ben Mayo, Mayo Building Supply Inc., Bentonvillet David Churchman, Moore & Cone Lumber Co., Inc., Newport; Bill Mayfield, Reynolds Builders Supply, Smackover; Tom

Bryant, Bryant Bros./North Arkansas Cash Lumber Co., Batesville.

David Heien, Marlow Lumber Co., Inc., Marlow; Bob Margason, Union Building Materials, Inc., Broken Arrow: Bob Henkle, Grand Country Homeworks, Grovel and Richard Ryerson, Starr Lumber Co., Alva, will be representing Oklahoma.

These lumber dealers have all agreed to serve on the board to help the industry as best they can. They all are independent dealers who have the same concerns about our industry as you do and who want to share their experiences and expertise with all those associated with MLA and the industry. As members of the board, they will set association policy, plan new programs, format new

October 1987 cclucationul acti\ ities. dcvelop lcgislativc goals. ullocatc rrssociation luncls lnd dcul r.r.ith nunrcrous olher itcnts and sublects thrrl bcncllt all lrssociatiorr ntcntbcrs. \ ll nre nr bcrs w ho r.r ou lcl lik c to har c thc insurrrncc lruslees rrr the bolrd ol tlit.'.1,,T. rlllriritl:rtl ttettt ()f tul)i( itfc inr rlccl to tl<t so in rvriting or in l)crson. 'I hc trustccs *ill ntcet \loncla1 Oct l6 lunri the boulci ol iiirectors on -l ucsdal-. ( )ct. Ii. ( irll thc rrssociation ollicc f or atl<iitionll intbrnration. \ or-rr thoughts on \\ ll.lt \\c liren t cloirrg tlrut rle sitould, rur.trl on \\ hirt \\c lrC tloing thlrt we slroulcln't lfc entltLlsiasticlllr solicitcd. Plclrsc let us hcar liont vou so \\,e can clo an c\ cn bctlcrjob lirr r,ou ancl I'our husiness.

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I()P GRADES went t0 the winning team from Leaf R ver Forest Products, New Augusta, Ms., at a recent grading contest tn Waynesboro Ms. sponsored by Timber ProdLrcts Inspecti0n and l-100d Indrrstries Timber Products' Howard T Powell (in baseball cap) awards (lefl to right) Ricky Ba ling Clinton Van Gundy and Joe Brown Jr

Coming next month... C'onrpletc coveragc of thc Florida Lunrbcr and Iluilding \latcrial l)ealer's annual bu]-- ing shon rrntl eon\ ention. inclLrclinrr lots of' l)hotos.