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Lumbermen's Club of Memphis - Dec. 7, meeting, Racquet Club, Memphis, Tn.; (901) 682-2838.

Miami International Construction Show - Dec. 7-9, 7th annual trade show, Miami Beach Convention Center, Miami, Fl.; (3Os) 44r-2865.

Houston Hoo-Hoo Club - Dec. 12-14, children's clothing drive, Allen Park Inn, Houston, Tx.; (281) 485-1855.

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National Association of Women in Construction - Jan. 4, monthly chapter meeting, Austin, Tx.; (512) 476-5534.

Mid-America Lumbermens Association - Jan. 5-7, winter weekend getaway, Big Cedar Lodge, Ridgedale, Mo.; Jan 12, promotions/advertising seminar, Clarion Hotel, Wichita, Ks.; Jan. L5-17, basic material estimating and advanced estimating seminars, Clarion Hotel, Oklahoma City, Ok.; (816) 313-2020.

International Mass Retail Association - Jan. 7-10, Logistics 2001, Disney's Yacht & Beach Club, Orlando, Fl.; (703) 8412300.

TruServ Corp. - Jan. 8-10, LBM market, Miami Beach Convention Center, Miami , Fl.; (773) 695-5000.

Lumbermen's Club of Memphis - Jan. 11, luncheon meeting, Racquet Club, Memphis, Tn.; (901) 682-2838.

Do it Best Corp. - Jan. 12-13, winter market, Civic Plaza Hotel, Phoenix, Az.; (219) 748-5 300.

Buttery Hardware Co. - Jan. 13-14, annual show, Palmer Auditorium, Austin, Tx.; (915) 247 -4141.

House-Hasson Hardware Co. - Jan. 13-14, spring dealer market, Opryland Hotel, Nashville,Tn.; (423) 525-04'll.

Roof Coatings Manufacturers Association * Jan. 13-17, annual conference & expo, Jamaica; (301) 230-2501.

International Housewares Show - Jan. 14-17, McCormick Place, Chicago, Il.; (847) 292-4200.

National Retail Federation - Jan. L4-17, annual convention, Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, New York, N.Y.; (202) 783-79"7r.

North American Wholesale Lumber Association - Jan. 14-18, executive committee meeting, Maui, Hi.; (800) 527-8258.

Restoration & Renovation Show - Jan. 15-17, Hilton Tower, Washington, D.C.; (800) 982-6247.

Moore-Handley Inc. - Feb. 16-18, spring show, Jefferson Convention Complex, Birmingham, Al.; (205) 663-8235.

American Fence Association, Inc. - Jan. 17-20, FenceTech 2001, Convention Center, San Antonio, Tx.; (800) 822-4342.

Florida Hardware Co. - Jan. 19-21, spring show, Orlando Centroplex, Orlando, Fl.; (904) 783-1650.

Monroe Hardware/Smith Hardware - Jan. 20-21, market, Charlotte Merchandise Mart, Charlotte, N.C.; (828) 286-3121.

American Hardware Manufacturers Association - Jan. 2l-23, manufacturing excellence conference, Maniott Hotel, Rancho Mirage, Ca.; (847) 605-1025.

American Wood-Preservers' Association - Jan. 2l-23, winter meeting, Pier House, Key West, Fl.; (817) 326-6300.

DIY & Home lmprovement Show - Jan. 2l-23, Olympia 2, London, England; (01 1) 44-l8l-462-0'121.

Budma 2001 - Jan. 23-26, trade fair, Exhibition Fairgrounds, Poznan, Poland; (3 17 ) 293 -0406.

Louisiana Building Material Dealers Association - Jan 24-28, annual convention and buying show, Hilton Hotel, Lafayette, La.: (225) 344-4317.

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"Logging In" is the new name of LBMDA's monthly newsletter.

Kentucky Lumber & Building Material Dealers Association has selected the Marriott RiverCenter Hotel and Northern Kentucky Convention Center, Covington, Ky., as the sites of its annual convention Feb. 19-20, to be held jointly with the Ohio and West Virsinia associations.

KLBMDA has named its monthlv newsletter "TheBuzz."

Mid-America Lumbermens Association welcomed Woodie Acord, Acord's Home Center, Eureka Springs, Ar., as its new president.

MLA is using the theme "Tools for Today, Building Blocks for Tomorrow" for its annual Building Products Expo Feb. 2-3 at the Crown Center Exhibit Hall. Kansas City, Mo.

Mississippi Building Material Dealers Association has so far received "volunteer dues assessments" from l2 member companies.

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"Lumber prices are volatile, and the changes really are a mystery. It's amazing that what takes 40 years to produce, changes day to day."

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Among the researchers interviewed on AWPI News Update: How Safe Is Preserved Wood? are Drs. Christopher Teaf, director of toxicology, Florida State University, and Dr. Gaylord Lopez, director, Georgia Poison Center, both of whom agree that preserved wood is safe for children and adults.

The 16-minute program, anchored by former Washington, D.C., area newsperson Jane Karlen Walsh, is particularly timely in light of a recent episode of ABC-TV's The Practice that questioned the safety of treated wood (see Nov., p. 27).

Ben Phillips has retired as president of Builders FirstSource's Southeast Group. He is succeeded by Morris Tolly.

Scott Hoenig has been promoted to general mgr. of FoxworthGalbraith Lumber Co., San Antonio, Tx. Michael Scott Dean succeeds him as satellite mgr. of the Carrollton, Tx., operation.

Jeff Palmer is now trading low-grade panels and industrials for Midway Forest Products, Spanish Fort, Al.

Michael E. Case has been elected president and ceo of Gulf States Paper Corp., Tuscaloosa, Al., succeeding J. Edward "Edtt Woods, who retired after 3l years.

Chuck Weckwerth, ex-Do it Best and Ace Hardware, is new to outside sales at Columbus Lumber Co., Brookhaven, Ms.

Gregory P. Caruso, ex-Georgia-Pacific, is now with Curtis Lumber and Plywood, Springfield, Va.

Joe Farmer has been named sales mgr. of Chips, Inc., Troy, Va. He will also oversee sales at Arbor Tech's new Blackstone, Va., mill when it opens next spring.

Gino Pedatella, ex-Dixie Plywood, is branch mgr. of the new Savannah, Ga., warehouse for Heritage Forest Products, Orlando Fl.

Greg Turner has been named president of Home Depot's Mid South division, overseeing 126 stores in Ga., N.C., S.C., Al., Tn., and Va. Mark Butler is mgr. of the new store in Rosenberg, Tx.

Joseph Kastelic has been promoted to v.p.-specialty products for Louisiana-Pacific Corp.

Royce G. Brazeal is the new general mgr. of Lowe's Cos.' regional DC in Mt. Vernon, Tx.

Glenn W. Buse has been named v.p. of human resources for 84 Lumber Co. Scott L. Fruehan is v.p. of marketing and advertising. Jimmy Mizia has been promoted to mgr. of 84 Lumber Co., Salem, Va. Matthew Caldwell is co-mgr. in Somerset, Ky., and Shawn Schubert is co-mgr. in Calhoun, Ga.

Raymond Edwards, lumber sales mgr., Hunt Lumber Co., Ruston, La., has retired after 42 years.

Stephen W. Cotaya, gen. mgr., Snavely Forest Products, Dallas, Tx., was named v.p. ofSnavely Forest Products and coordinator of engineered wood products for distribution locations.

Dawn Eacret has joined the sales force at Travis Lumber Co., Mansfield, Ar.

Doug Bowman has been promoted to team leader of Willamette Industries, Bennettsville, S.C. Ken Stuart is now wood procurement mgr., Bernie Stewart, manufacturing services mgr.

John G. Miles, Columbus McKinnon Corp., Chatanooga, Tn., and James E Wood, Phifer Wire Products, Tuscaloosa, Al., were elected to the American Hardware Manufacturers Association board.

Paul Miller, Jr., was elected president of the Lumbermen's Club of Memphis, Memphis, Tn. Terry A. Wilson, Wilson Lumber Co., is lst v.p.; Mike Cowan, Hardwood Market Report, 2nd v.p.; Elsie B. Starr, Colco Fine Wood and Tools, secretarytreasurer, and Sam Barkley, J.T. Shannon Lumber Co., and Walter "Jeb" Fields, IV, Walter M. Fields Lumber, directors. William Kenneth "Kenny" Cornelius, Cornelius Lumber, Middleton, Tn., won the Wilson Award as Lumberman of the Year. Founded in 1898, the organization reportedly is one of the oldest trade groups of its kind in the country.

Rod Dempster has been named v.p. of business development for the wood product business of Weyerhaeuser Co.

Joe Stoltz was appointed director-sales & marketing for the Fesr Parts division of International Comfort Products, Lewisburg, Tn.

Greg Zumchak has been named regional mgr.-Northeast for Ter-px Inc.

Robert Bagwell, International Paper Co., Dallas, Tx., was elected to the board of APA-The Engineered Wood Association. Mike flare, business technical representative, Louisiana-Pacific, has been appointed chair of the technical advisory committeestructural panels, succeeding Richard Enlow, Georgia-Pacific.

Bob Guertin has been named national director of retail sales for Egarden.com, Raleigh, N.C. Steve Gurganus is certified horticulturist and plant industry expert.

Barron Harbin, Harbin Lumber Co., Lavonia, Ga., was named treasurer of Do it Best Corp. Dave Haist is now senior v.p. of member services, and Bob Taylor is senior v.p. of operations.

Steven Anthony, Bearden Lumber Co., Bearden, Ar., has been elected chairman of the Southem Forest Products Association, Kenner, La. Clayton Barns, Willamette Industries, Ruston, La., is vice chairman; Chip Harrigan, Harrigan Lumber Co., Inc., Monroeville, Al., treasurer; Alex Hopkins, GeorgiaPacific Corp., Atlanta, Ga., immediate past chairman; Lionel J. Landry, secretary, and Karl W. Lindberg, president.

Dan Perry is the new president and ceo of Milwaukee Electric Tool Corp., effective Jan. 1,2001, succeeding Richard Grove, who is retiring after nine years.

Eric Franckhauser, Home Depot, Hickory, N.C., wed Joy Beam Sept. 23, and honeymooned in Cancun, Mexico.

Candace Renee Harris, MIS analyst, Lowe's Cos., N. Wilkesboro, N.C., wed Tracy Lamar Graham, Nov. 11. Crystal Estep, Aiken, S.C., wed Michael Joseph Benoit, Sept. 15, and honeymooned in Jamaica.

Chuck Casey, advertising sales mgr., Building Products Digest and The Merchant Magazine, is celebrating his fifth year with Cutler Publishing, Inc.

Manuel Countz has left the accounting department at MungusFungus Forest Products, Climax, Nv., according to co-owners Hugh Mungus and Freddy Fungus.