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Lumber Association of California and Nevada's 2nd Growth has openings for its first annual forest/mill tour May 19-20 in Norlhern California.

Western Wood Products Association holds its 2004 annual meeting March 20-23 at the Westin St. Francis Hotel. San Francisco. Ca.

Grant Aldonas, Under Secretary for International Trade at the U.S. Department of Commerce, will discuss the current status of lumber negotiations between the U.S. and Canada.

Other events are an exchange show, a session on transportation, and committee meetings.

Western Building Material Associationts Young Westerners staged a two-hour Western Red Cedar Lumber Association Cedar School at its recent annual meeting in Eugene, Or.

The cedar class was coordinated by Les Sjoholm, LNS Sales, Lacey, Wa.; sponsored by Mary's River Lumber

Co., Corvallis, Or., and led by Paul Mackie, WRCLA.

The 4l cedar graduates included: David Abbott, Jones Wholesale, Lynwood, Ca.; Cameron Adams, Ryan Brenneck, Corey Baumrach and Scott Jacobsen, Lloyd Lumber, Nampa, Id.; Jeff Adkins and Gary Ivie, Coquille Supply, Coquille, Or.; Kimberly Akre, Pacific Building Center, Blaine, Wa.; Jan Bailey, Boise, Woodinville, Wa.; Paul Robertson, Tim Bechtez, Bill Cook and Randy Smith, Gerretsen Building Supply, Roseburg, Or.; Jean Brunton, LACN; Jason Coleman, Alpine Lumber, Post Falls, Id.; Matt Crump and Jessica Weiskoff, Sliter's, Somers, Id.; Kelly Fox and Ryan Moore, Dunn Lumber, Seattle, Wa.; Jackie Garvin and Gina Rannells, Parker Lumber, Bremerton, Wa.; Jason Gomez and Mike Pickel. Marson & Marson Lumber, Leavenworth, Wa.; Jason Hagans, Western Materials. Pasco. Wa.: Mike Harwick and Mike Skadan, Gray Lumber, Tacoma, Wa.; Rex Klopfer, Ganahl Lumber, Anaheim, Ca.; Bill Kraut, Hadlock Building Supply, Port Hadlock, Wa.; Dean and Kyle Kruckenberg, OK Lumber, Fairbanks, Ak.; Connie McKeehen, Mark Olsen, Michele Pritchard, Tracey Ralls and Robyn Wiegand, Kingston Lumber, Kingston, Wa.; Aaron Newhouse, OrePac, Boise, Id.; Jason Sackmann, Lumbermen's, Meridian, Id.; Curtis Peterson and Paul Thomae. Thomae Lumber, Laurel, Mt.; Ken Sonntag, Oman & Son Building Supply, Long Beach, Wa., and Tim Zimmer, Capital Lumber, Boise, Id.

Classes also were offered on doors and millwork, APA panels, and EWP.