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January

Los Angeles Hardwood Lumberman's Club - Jan. 12, dinner meeting, Lumanaries, Monterey Park, Ca.

Ace lfardware Corp. - Jan l2-l3,lumber & building materials show, Las Vegas, Nv.

Inland Empire Hoo-Hoo Club - Jan. 13, initiation meeting, Indian Hills Country Club, Riverside, Ca.

Cotter & Co. - Jan. 15-1E, winter market, Hyatt Regency and San Antonio Convention Center, San Antonio, Tx.

International Housewares Show - Jan. 15-18, McCormick Place Complex, Chicago, Il.

Western Wood Products Association - Jan. 16, district meeting, Portland, Or.;Jan. 17, Coeur d'Alene, Id.; Jan. 18, Bend, Or.; Jan. 19, Eugene, Or.; Jan. 20, Sacramento, Ca.; Jan. 23, Scottsdale, Az.

Phoenix Hoo-Hoo Club - Jan. 17, golf, Legends, Phoenix, Az.

Black Bart IIoo-Hoo Club - Jan. 18, industry night, Broiler Steak House. Ukiah. Ca.

FenceTech '95 - Jan. 18-21, American Fence Association's annual convention & expo, San Antonio, Tx.

Clear Cuts Golf Tournament - Jan. 19, Buckingham Country Club, Kelseyville, Ca.

Humboldt Hoo-Hoo Club - Jan. 19, annual crab feed, Eureka Inn, Eureka, Ca.

Spokane Hoo-Hoo Club - Jan. 19, initiation, Spokane, Wa.

Lumber Merchants Association of No. Cal. - Jan.24, area meeting, Monterey, Ca.

Umpqua Valley Hoo-Hoo-Ettes - Jan, 24, meeting, Sandpiper, Roseburg, Or.

California Forestry Association - Jan 25-27, annual meeting, Radisson Hotel, Sacramento, Ca.

Structural Board Association - Jan.26-28, technical meeting, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Bellevue Home Show - Jan.26-29, Bellevue, Wa.

Lumber Merchants Association of No. Cal. - Jan.26, area meeting, Monterey, Ca.; Feb. 2, area meeting & mill tour, Red Bluff. Ca.

Our Own Hardware Co. - Jan. 26-28, building materials expo, San Diego, Ca.

National Association of Home Builders - Jan. 27.30, annual convention & expo, Astrodomain Complex, Houston, Tx.

DIY & llome Improvement Show - Jan. 29-31, Olympia 2, London, England.

National Association of Wholesalers-Distributors - Jan. 30Feb. 1, annual meeting, Capitol Hilton, Washington, D.C. FEBRUARY

National Wood Window & Door Association - Feb. 4'8, annual meeting, Mountain Shadows Resort, Scottsdale, Az.

Tacoma-Olympia Hoo-Hoo Club - Feb. 7, crab feed, St. Helens Convention Center, Tacoma, Wa.

Los Angeles Hardwood Lumberman's Club - Feb. 9, feeding frenzy, Shark Club, Costa Mesa, Ca.

Lumber Merchants Association of No. Cal. - Feb. 10. insurance trust meeting; Feb. 15-16, seminar, Sacramento, Ca.

Spokane Hoo-Hoo Club - Feb. 11, Valentine party, Spokane, Wa.

Steel Fails In Earthquake

New restrictions on commercial steel construction in California are proposed based on damage sustained by steel-frame structures during the Northridge earthquake last year.

Code changes initiated by the California Building Standards Commission affect rigid joints connecting steel framing in public schools, hospitals and state buildings, according to Western Wood Products Association's Dick Connell. At least 150 buildings had steel joint damage during the 1994 quake. State officials fear additional damage not able to survive another quake may be hidden in structures which appear sound.

The new requirements may provide opportunities for multistory wood frame structures since they increase steel frame construction costs. "These actions show there is still much to be learned about how well steel structures stand up to quakes," said Connell. "What most agree on, however, is that properly constructed ,wood buildings can and do perform well in earthquake conditions, as recent experiences have shown."

Redwood Empire Expands

Redwood Empire expects to relocate sales early this year to the former Louisiana-Pacific Rounds facility, Cloverdale, Ca., now known as Redwood Empire-Rounds, according to Dan Naughton, gen. mgr.

The company has added a second sawmill shift. The facility, which has operated as a redwood drying and manufacturing operation for over 40 years, occupies 44 acres with approximately 200,000 sq. ft. of covered storage. Equipment includes eight steam fired dry kilns with a single charge capacity of 1,000,000 bf, a high speed planer, an eight bin tray sorter with resaw, automatic sticking machine capable of processing 200,000 bf per shift and an eight car rail spur with dock loading capabilities. In a general plant improvement program, Redwood Empire is adding two molders and two resaws, retro-fitting the dry kilns and upgrading asphalt areas.

Celebrating its 25th year, Redwood Empire, headquartered at Morgan Hill, Ca., anticipates annual volume at the Cloverdale plant to exceed 70,000,000 bf of green and kiln dried redwood products in 1995, Naughton said.

GreenPeace Founder To Talk

Dr. Patrick Moore, a founder of GreenPeace, will discuss positive aspects of sustained yields and ecosystem management at the Wood Moulding & Millwork Producers Association's annual meeting Feb. 23-26 at Silverado Resort & Country Club, Napa Valley, Ca.

Other presentations will address domestic forest management issues, educational programs and electronic sales tools. Election of officers and board members, committee meetings, an associate member business session and a roundtable discussion of key issues affecting the industry round out the agenda.

More Lawsuits Hit Cal-State

Creditors have filed two more lawsuits against Cal-State Lumber Sales Inc., Chula Vista (San Diego), Ca., claiming the company has stopped making payments.

In its suit, Bank of America contends Cal-State and Golden State Industrial Park defaulted on two separate loans totalling nearly $3 million. The suit asks for a temporary restraining order to keep the owners from disposing of Cal-State property.

A supplier, Goldenberg Group Inc., Los Angeles, Ca., has also filed suit seeking $185,574.46 for shipments of wood products.

An initial suit claimed that CalState's Mexican affiliate, Industrializadon de Madera de las Americas, owes $81 million to 12 Mexican financial institutions (see The Merchant, Nov ember, p. 25).

Judge Okays Forest Plan

No immediate logging increase is expected from Seattle Federal Judge William Dwyers' decision that the Clinton Administration's forest reform plan is legal.

The plan allows about one billion board feet of timber to be logged each year from Northwest public lands. While an improvement over present levels, this is well below the four billion board feet logged each year during the '80s. Federal timber managers expect to be able to sell about 200 million to 300 million board feet of timber during 1995 with cutting extending out several years. In comparison, only 60 million board feet of timber were sold in the Northwest in the past 15 months.

Because of the recent election results, Mark Rey, a spokesman for the American Forest and Paper Association, believes there is a good chance the industry will win legislation that allows higher logging levels, possibly by diluting wildlife laws.

U.S. To Return Canadian Tax

About $577.3 million (U.S.) in deposits collected on Canadian lumber shipments to the U.S. in the past two years will be returned to Canada.

Returning the entire amount collected resolves one of the last issues in the lumber trade dispute between the two countries. The decision was made after the Coalition for Fair