SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION

Okhhoma l,umbermen's Assoclrtlon will hold its final 1989 district meeting Oct. l7 with l)istricts 5 and 6 at Lawton.

l)ealer to dealer discussions will starl at 4:30 p.m., lollowed by a reception. dinner and a program fealuring new motor carrier regulations. Representatives lrom the Oklahoma State Troopers will discuss maintaining driver files and the inspection program.

January: Southern Pine Special Issue

February: Cedar Special Issue

March: Redwood Special Issue

April: Pressure Treated Special lssue

OLA associate members sponsoring receptions at the regional meetings include Ray Albright Steel Products, Inc., Cedar Creek Lumber Co.. Inc.. Cedar Creek Wholesale, Inc., Colley & Co., Inc., Marvin P. Curtis Lumber, I)ean Lumber Co., Equitable Plan Services, Inc., Georgia-Pacific Corp., Handi Sak, Inc., Hardware Wholesalers, Inc., Indiana Lumbermens Mutual Insurance Co.. KCS Lumber Co.. LaGere & Walkingstick Insurance Agency, Mohawk Rock & Sand Co.. Inc.. Rich-Mix Products, Inc., Rounds & Porter Co. and Weyerhaeuser Co.

Kentucky Lumber & Building Material Dealers Association will open its fall and winter education program schedule with a product knowledge session, Nov. 27-30.

Other sessions scheduled are a three day residential framing lumber estimating seminar and a two day speed estimating seminar, Feb. l9-23, and a "Know Your Lumber" seminar in cooperation with the Western Wood Products Association on a pending date.

Virginia Building M aterial Association's education committee has organized a schedule of continuing education seminars for the fall and winter months.

Ronald Helms, CCE, Roper Brothers Lumber Co., will open the series with "Credit Management and the Virginia Mechanics Lien Law" Oct. l8 in Manassas, Oct. 25 in Charlottesville and Nov. l5 in Williamsburg.

" Drugs-Employers R ights and Duties" will be the topic for Patrick O'Hare, chairman and counselor for the Administration Justice Program, Nov. 14 in Charlottesville. Frank Surface, Sesco Co., will speak on "Employer's and Employee's Rights or How to Hire and lrire Legally" Nov. 2l in ('harlottesville.

Other seminars: a three day residential lraming estimating seminar with Bill I)arling, Jan. l5-17, Charlottesvillel a two day speed estimating seminar, Bill I)arling, Jan. l8-19, (lharlottesville, and a "llow To Set Up Ads - How To Get Co-op Reimbursement" seminar, I)ick Parmuth, Parmuth Advertising, leader, Jan. 2-1, Manassas; Jan. 24, Williamsburg.

Armstrong's building material management seminar, Craig Stern, manager of marketing and customer training and development, Armstrong World lndustries Inc., Feb. 6, 7, 8, Charlottesville; "Around Customers E,verybody Sells," Bill Sharp, F'eb. 12, Manassas; l:eb. 13, Richmond: an OSI{A and VOSHA rules and regulations seminar, Michael Rogers, director of consultation and training, Virginia dept. of labor and industry, F'eb. 20, Manassast F'eb. 2l , Richmondl store, yard and warehouse planning and merchandising, Tom Robinson. March 6. Charlottesville.

At the summer management conference in Virginia Beach, president Freeman Spencer presented Joe Lofurno representing George T. McLean Co., Portsmouth, with a 50 year plaque. William Kelley, Winter Corp., was named a VBMA honorary member by the board of directors.

August 16-19 has been selected for the 1990 summer management conference.

Louisiana Building Materia! Dealers Association has named JerrY Negrotto, Lumber Products Co., Metairie. and David Stine, Stine Lumber Co., Sulphur, to the board of directors.

M id-America Lumbermen's Association's Arkansas and Oklahoma members will be represented on the board of directors for 1989-90 by Bill Mayfield, Reynolds Builders Supply, Smackover, Ar., 3rd v.p., and Robert Henkle, Grand Country Homeworks, Grove, Ok., 4th v.p.

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