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"There is something tenibly wrong when a man is arrested and faced with jail time, hundreds of thousands of dollars in fines and loss of property because he inadvertently killed a rat plowing his field. The arrest of Tuang Ming-Lin is an example of a situation out of hand."

- Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Ca.), on the Endangered Species Act formed a suppliers advisory council to serve as a sounding board for ideas from its supplier members, providing a formal vehicle for them to voice their ideas and concerns to the executive committee and board of directors,

President A.J. Harris will appoint a chairman and committee members in time for the group to hold its first meeting in conjunction with the state convention.

Lumbermen's Association of Texas is gauging interest for a possible one-day basic estimating seminar Jan. 19 in Waco. The association will hold its winter board and committee meetings Feb. 7-ll at the Wyndham Southpark, Austin.

Florida Lumber & Building Material Dealers Association is teaming with the Carolinas-Tennessee Building Material Association, the Lumbermen's Association of Texas and the Illinois Lumber & Material Dealers Association for a dealer business roundtable March 22-29 at the Marriott Castle Harbour Resort, Bermuda.

Mid-America Lunbermens Association's board has decided to hold "cluster meetings" to (l) educate, (2) provide a time for discussion among dealers, and (3) unite dealers. Director Willard Binder felt such meetings could provide information as to what MLA is all about.

Carolinas-Tennessee Building Material Association's annual building products buying show Jan. l9-20 at the New Charlotte Convention Center, Charlotte, N.C., sports the theme "Score Big in '96." Motor Sports Hall of Fame personality Benny Parsons will speak.

Seminars include "Do Your Contractors Want to Buy U.S.A.? (Unexpected Service Always)," "What Every Sales Person Needs to Know to Increase Their Stair Part Knowledge and Sell More," and "Are You the Oldest Discount Lumbcr Yard in Town?'

G-P Buys Domtar Wallboard

Georgia-Pacific has agreed to purchase Domtar Inc.'s gypsum wallboard division for nearly $350 million.

The deal, expecrcd to close in early 1996 and subject to various approvals, includes the division's 18 plans in the U.S. and Canada with combined annual sales of approximately $300 million.

Lumberman Roasts Owl

The Endangered Species Act has caused enough economic and penonal devastation to fill a book... so lumberman Karl Drexel did just that.

Drexel's just-released book,'"The Politically In-Correct Cookbook The Facts, Fantasies and Fallacies of the Endangered Species Act," is culled from five years of rcsearch on the effects of the Act on businesses, individuals and private property rights.

In addition to real-life horror stories of how "endangered" species have affected the lives of thousands, the book includes humorous illustrations and "recipes" for such delicacies as Roast Red-Cockaded Woodpecker and Chinese Smoked Spotted Owl.

A2l-year veteran of the wholesale lumber business, Drexel's aim is to educate the public in a logical, meaningful and light-hearted way.

The book is available for $12.95 plus $3 shipping from Whitney-Hill, Box 2910, Santa Rosa" Ca 95405.