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January

Black Bart IIoo-Hoo CIub - Jan. 15, industry night, Broiler Steak House, Redwood Valley, Cu; Q07) 52G3442.

Ifumboldt IIoo-IIoo Club - Jan. 16, crab feed, Eureka Inn, Eureka, Ca.; (7 M) 822-7 O83.

Spokane Hoo-IIoo Club - Jan. 16, past presidents night/initiation, Spokane, Wa.; (5@) 62+4551.

Western Building Material Association - Jan. 16-19, young Westerners Conference, The Valley River Inn, Eugene, Or.; (360) 943-3054.

Inland Empire IIoo-IIoo Club - Jan. 17, initiation, Indian Hills Country Club, Riverside, Ca.; (818) 960-4802.

Shasta Cascade Hoo-Hoo Club - Jan. 17, initiation, Red Lion Inn, Redding, Ca.; (916) 223-5062.

Americ^n Hardware Manufacturers Association - Jan 19-21, manufacturing conference, Hyatt Regency, San Diego, Ca.; (847) 605-1025.

Hardware Wholesalers, Inc. - Jan. 2l-22, market, Bally's Casino Resort, Las Vegas, Nv.; (219) 748-5300.

Pacific Northwest Wood Products Showcase - Jan.2l-22, Tacoma Dome Exhibition Hall, Tacoma, Wa.; (206) 2?H34O.

National Association of llome Builders - Jan. A-27, anrntal convention & expo, Astrodomain Complex, Houston, Tx.; (800) 368-5242.

Mountain States Lumber & Building Material Dealers Association - Jan.27, planning workshop & meeting, Doubletree Denver S.8., Denver, Co.; (303) 793-0859.

National Assn. of Wholesaler-Distributors - Jan 27-29, awual meeting, capital Hilton, washington, D.c.; (202) 872-0995.

VYestern VYood Preservers Institute - Jan. 2E, treated wood workshop, Red Lion Quay, Vancouver, Wa.; (541)737-2329.

Our Own llardware - Jan. 28-30, expo, Monte Carlo Resort & Casino, Las Vegas, Nv.; (612) 882-4115.

February

International Spring Fair - Feb. 2-6, Birmingham, England; (203) 4s40090.

National Rooling Contractors Assn. - Feb. 4-7, annual convention, Marriott World Center, Orlando, Fl.; (708) 299-9070.

Hardware/Housewares & Building Material Show of the Caribbean - Feb. 7-9, Roberto Clemente Municipal Coliseum, San Juan, Puerto Rico; (787) 76+5315.

National Vlood Window & Door Association - Feb. 7-12, annual meeting, Hapuna Beach Hotel, Mauna Kea Resort, Kohala Coast, Hi.; (312) 348-0915.

National tr'rame Builders Association - Feb. 12-14, annual meeting, Opryland Hotel, Nashville, Tn.; (913) 843-/1444.

Wood Moulding & Millwork Producers Association - Feb. 12 15, annual meeting, Omni, Houston, Tx.; (916) 661-9591.

Lumber Association of California & Nevada - Feb. 14-16, management conference, Asilomar Conference Center, Pacific Grove, Ca.; (916) 369-7501.

Winema IIoo-Hoo Club - Feb. 15, Valentine's dance, Reames Country Club, Klamath Falls, Or.; (541) 883-3373.

American Fence Association - Eeb. 19-22, FenceTech '97, Orange County Convention Center, Orlando, Fl.; (800) 8224342.

At Hampton Alftliata, ue don't start

Northwest. We stau ahead of fost-chmging morkets with a product mk that meets our customers'needsquality remonufac tured products like nolding, stwW, clears and flooring, plus all grades and sizes of dimension lumber. t While our resourca and product lines grow, we're extending our marketing reach both at home and abroad. We opened a neu sales office in Tuscaloosa, '*! Alabama, and expanded our fleet of 73-ft. center-beam rail cars. Internationally, ue continue to tleuelop key export markets. o With six mills, two remanufacturing plants and four distribution centers, Hampton is one of the lorgest indepatdail forest products companies in the US, selling ouer a billion board feet of lumber annuallu. t We also haue staying power - more than half a cmtury of quality, seruice and on-time deliuery. From start to finish, our customers come first. industry I have had the honor and privilege of working with many fine people who are now gone, and I wish to remember them at the start of the new year.

- JohnW. Wilton

Debbie Simpson

Marv Morgan

Charlie Callaham

Rich Leighton

Frank Langfitt

"Mo" DiSalvo

Phyllis Pliska

Ken Watt

Harry Nilson

Bill Niesen

Mike Vidan

Terry Vogely

Harold Bratten

Don Simon

Fred Gummerson

Bill Hancock

Harold Fuerst

Jack McKinnon

"Smokey" Joe Salber ver the years I have been in the lumber P.O.

Gil Sissons, Sr.

Lumber Association of California & Nevada is the name of the merged Lumber Merchants Association and Lumber Association of Southern California.

Highlights of the group's first-year calendar: area meetings Jan. 28, Chico; Feb. 5, Industry; Feb. 6, Burbank; Feb. 25, Sacramento, and May 15, Gilroy; management seminar featuring Jack Nunn and Anthony Whalls Feb. l4-16, Asilomar Conference Center, Pacific Grove; Sacramento Legislative Day March 26; safety/forklift seminar April 10, Fresno; succession planning seminar April 12, South San Francisco; golf toumament June 13, Dry Creek Golf Course, Galt, and first annual convention Nov. 13-15. Doubletree Hotel, Monterey.

Mountain States Lumber & Building Material Dealers Association anticipates 138 booths at its annual Products Expo & Building Materials Buying Show March lVestern Building Material Association will hold its 28th annual Young Westerners Conference, themed "Preparing for Tomorrow," Jan. l6-19 at the Valley River Inn, Eugene, Or.

13-14 at the Holiday Inn DIA Trade Center, Denver, Co.

Exhibitors will also stage free seminars covering such topics as "How to Significantly Reduce Your Forklift Operating Costs," "Forming Concrete Walls," "What Computers Can Do For You," and'?roduct Line Presentations."

A strategic planning workshop is set for Jan.27 at the Doubletree Denver SE.

Seminars will cover millwork sales, operating costs, safety training and timber supply. Also scheduled: roundtable discussions, Building Materials Jeopardy, sales pitch workshop, and tours of the TJM I-joist plant and new 150,000-sq. ft. Jerry's Home Improvement Center.