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Los Angeles Hardwood Lumberman's Club - Jan. 11, pool tournament, Brea, Ca.; (714) 538-2250.

Do it Best Corp. - Jan. 12-13, winter market, Civic Plaza Hotel, Phoenix, Az.; (219) 748-5300.

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

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

Mountain States Lumber & Building Material Dealers Assn.Jan. 15-19, estimating course, Denver, Co.; (800) 365-0919.

Black Bart Hoo-Hoo Club - Jan. 17, industry nite, Ukiah, Ca.; (f07) 462-3700.

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

Wood Truss Council of America - Jan. 17-20, truss seminars, Phoenix, Az.; Jan. 24-27, San Francisco, Ca.; (608) 274-4849.

Humboldt Hoo-Hoo Club - Jan. 18, crab feed, Eureka Inn, Eureka, Ca.; (70'7) 462-3700.

Shasta Cascade Hoo-Hoo Club - Jan. 19, initiation, Best Western Hotel, Redding, Ca.; (530) 824-1118.

American Hardware Manufacturers Assn. - Jan. 21-23, manufacturing conference, Rancho Mirage, Ca.; (847) 605-1025.

DIY & Home Improvement Show - Jan. 2l-23, Olympia 2, London, England; (01 I ) 44- l 8l -462-0'721

American Architectural Manufacturers Association - Jan. 2l24, annual meeting, San Diego, Ca.; (847) 303-5664.

Surfaces 2001- Jan. 31-Feb. 2, annual conference, Sands Expo & Convention Center, Las Vegas, Nv.; (800) 547-3477.

California Forestry Association - Jan. 31-Feb. 3, annual meeting, Napa Valley Embassy Suites, Napa, Ca.; (916) M4-6592.

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Western Decorating Show - Feb. 1-2, Riviera Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, Nv.; (800) 737-0107.

Hardware/Housewares c Building Material Show of the Caribbean - Feb.2-4, San Juan, Puerto Rico; (787)764-5315.

Western Building Material Association - Feb. 2-4, Young Westerner's Conference, West Coast Hotel, Yakima, Wa.; (888) 551-9262.

International Spring Fair - Feb. 4-8, National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham, England; (203) 454-OO9O.

Inland Empire Hoo-Hoo Club - Feb.7, initiation, Central Basco Restaurant, Chino, Ca.; (909) 627-8551.

Southern California Material Handling Show - Feb. 7-8, Anaheim Convention Center, Anaheim, Ca.; (800) 548-1407.

Reliable Distributors Inc. - Feb. 7-11, management/marketing conference, Embassy Suites, San Diego, Ca.; (847) 918-1177

Los Angeles Hardwood Lumberman's Club - Feb. I, general meeting, Il Ghiollo Ristorante, Fullerton, Ca; (714) 538-2250.

Lumber Assn. of California & Nevada - Feb 9-11, owners/key managers seminar, Hyatt Regency, Maui, Hi.; (800)266-4344.

National Association of Home Builders - Feb. 9-12, annual convention & expo, Atlanta, Ga.; (800) 368-5242.

International Mass Retail Association - Feb. 13'16, store operationslhuman resources seminar, Tempe, Az.; (703) 841-2300.

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National Roofing Contractors Association - Feb. L4-17, annual convention, San Francisco, Ca.; (847) 299-9070.

Wood Truss Council of America - Feb. 14-17, truss technician training seminars, Salt Lake City, Ut.; Feb. 28-March 3, Seattle, Wa.; (608) 274-4849.

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Warren Buffett Buys Manville

After canceling its $2.4 billion acquisition by Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst and Bear Stearns, citing lower earnings and inadequate financial conditions, Johns Manville agreed to be acquired by famed investor Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc.

Berkshire will pay roughly $1.96 billion to buy the firm, or $13 per Manville share, 2l%o more than its current $10.75 stock price. The sale includes $300 million of debt.

According to Buffett, Manville's management team will remain intact and the company will continue to operate out of its Denver, Co., headquarters. "There will be no changes, except on the stock certificates," he said.

The earlier merger (see July, p. 36), which included $700 million in debt, had been slowed by Manville's deteriorating revenues and several industry-related bankruptcies which have cast a pall over the insulation and roofing sectors. The beleaguered junk-bond market was another factor in the demise of the sale, according to analysts.

Berkshire Hathaway also owns 6.5 million shares, or roughly l5vo, of Manville rival USG Corp.

Do it Best To Offer Seminars

Do it Best is staging regional Executive Retail Symposiums to help retail members combat the expected economic slowdown in 2001, recruit and retain employees. improve merchandising, and make better use of new technologies.

In the West, "Planning for Profit in a Changing Retail Environment" symposiums are Feb. 5, Sacramento, Ca.; Feb. 6, Los Angeles, Ca.; Feb. 7, Seattle, Wa.; Feb. 8, Woodburn, Or.; Feb. 14, Salt Lake City, Ut., and Feb.26, Great Falls, Mt.

L-P Closing 4 More Facilities

Louisiana-Pacific Corp., Portland, Or., is indefinitely closing two lumber mills to adjust production and permanently shuttering two industrial panel plants to focus on higher-return facilities.

Production at lumber facilities in Jasper, Tx., and Evergreen, Al., will be indefinitely curtailed to better balance production levels with both current and expected customer demand.

L-P attributed permanent closure of its Oroville, Ca., hardboard facility and Clayton, Al., MDF plant ro falling demand for such nroducts and increased competition from more modern tacilities.

Weeks earlier. L-P announced plans to shutter its Bernice, La., lumber mill; New Waverly, Tx., plywood facility, and four cellulose insulation plants operated by US GreenFiber, LLC, L-P's joint venture with Casella Waste Systems, Inc.

U.S. Wood Plant Closing

The Lynwood, Ca., manufacturing plant of U. S. Wood Products is slated to be closed by the end of this month. The 310,000-sq. ft. facility produced sheet goods, drawer sides, cut-to-size and did laminating work, among other operations. Some of the machinery will be auctioned with the balance being transferred to their White City, Or., plant which produces the same general range of products, according to spokesman Tom Ball.

U.S. Wood Products, based in Golden, Co., filed for Chapter I I bankruptcy reorganization July 3 l. While the manufacturing portion of the business is closing, their distribution operations will continue. The company is currently seeking a new, smaller distribution facility in Los Angeles County. It will continue the current product line and will be supplied by the White City plant.

Mishap Kills Oregon Worker

A 6l-year-old employee of Sierra Pine, Springfield, Or., died after two 4'x75' particleboard stacks were accidentally knocked on top of him by a forklift operator.

According to police, Donald Keith Gates was crushed to death Oct. 3l while performing cleanup work at the plant. While charges were not expected to be filed against the driver of the forklift, the Occupational Safety & Health Administration said it would investigate the incident.

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