DATE Book

Llstings are often submitted months in advance. Always verify dates and locations wtlh sponsor before making plans to aftend.

Mountain States Lumber & Building Material Dealers Associa' tion - March 11-12, products expo, Denver Merchandise Mart, Denver, Co.; (800) 365-0919; www.mslbmda.org.

Remodeling Shows - March 12-14, Portland Memorial Coliseum, Portland. Or.. and Greater Tacoma Convention & Trade Center, Tacoma, Wa.; (S00) 374-6463; www.homecentershow.com.

lnternational Home & Housewares Show - March 14'16, McCor' mibk Place, Chicago, ll.; www.housewares.org.

National Lumber & Building Material Dealers AssociationMarch 15-17, legislative conference & green building forum, Marriott, Washington, D.C.; (800) 634-8645; www.dealer.org.

Wood Resources Intemational- March 15-'17, global wood fiber conference, Sao Paulo, Brazil; www.pulpwoodconference.com.

Window & Door Manufacturers Association - March 15-18, legislative conference, Washington, D.C.; (800) 223-2301; www. nwwda.org.

True Value Co. - March 19-21, spring market, McCormick Place, Chicago, ll.; (773) 695'5000; www.truevalue.com.

Remodeling & Decorating Show - March 20-21, O.C. Fairgrounds, Costa M-esa, Ca. ; (81 8) 557-2950; www.thehomeshow.com.

National Wood Flooring Association - March 22'25, annual conference & wood flooring expo, Gaylord National, Washington, D.C.; (800) 4224556i www.nwfa.org.

WoodWorks - March 23, Building Science for Commercial Wood Structures seminar, Embasssy Suites LAX, El Segundo, Ca.; www.woodworks.org.

Moufdino & Millwork Producers Association - March 23'27 , winter bisiness meeting, Monterey Plaza Hotel, Monterey, Ca.; (800) 550-7889; www.wmmPa.com.

North American Wholesale Lumber Association - March 24'26, spring conference, Hotel Monteleone, New Orleans, La.; (800) 527 -8258: www. nawla.org.

Washington Contract Loggers Assn. - March 25.26, annual con' ferenc,e, Grand Mound, Wa.; (800) 422-0074; www.loggers.com.

Redwood Region Logging Conference - ilarch 25-27, Redwood Empire Fairgrounds, Ukiah, Ca; (707) 4434091: www.rrlc.net.

Ace Hardware Corp. - March 25.28, spring market, Ernest N. Morial Conventioh Center, New Orleans, La.; (630) 990-7662; www.acehardware.com.

American lnstitute of Timber Construction - March 29'30, technical advisory committee meeting, Las Vegas, Nv.; (303) 7929559; www.aitc-glulam.org.

International Wood Composites Symposium & Technical Work' shop - March 29-31, Red Lion Hotel, Seattle, Wa.; (509) 3352262; www.woodsymposium.wsu.edu.

North American Wholesale Lumber Association - April 6, regional meetings, Portland, Or.; April 8, Vancouver, B.C.; (800) 5278258; www.nawla.org.

lntemational Log Builders Association - April 8'11 annual con' ference, Prescott Resort & Conference Center, Prescoft, Az.; (250) 547-8776; www.logassociation.org.

National Paint & Coatings Association - April 13'15, annual meeting & technical conference, Charlotte, N.C.; (202) 462-6272'

Lumber Association of California & Nevada - April 15, golf tournament, Black Gold Golf Course, Yorba Linda, Ca.; (800) 2664344; www.lumberassociation.org.

National Kitchen & Bath Association - April 16'18, annual conference & show, McCormick Place, Chicago, ll,; (800) 843'6522; www.nkba.org. &riHingrhoduds@rn

Los Anqeles Hardwood Lumberman's Glub - April 17, day at the raceE, Santa Anita Racetrack, Arcadia, Ca.; (626) 445-8556'

Remodeling & Decorating Show - April 17'18, Los {n-ge!e_s Convention Center, Los Angeles, Ca.; (818) 557-2950; www.thehomeshow.com.

American Hardware Manufacturers Association - April 18'21' hardlines technology forum, Renaissance Hotel, Schaumburg, ll'; (847) 605-1 025; www.ahma.org.

Transload Distribution Association - April 19.20, annual conference, DoubleTree, San Antonio, Tx.; (503) 656-4282; www.transload.org.

Structural Insulated Panel Association - April 19.22, annual conference, Chicago, ll.; (253) 858'7472; www.sips.org.

Forest Products Society - April20.22, Smallwood conference, Hot Springs, Ar. ; (608) 23 1 -1 361 ; www.forestprod.org.

Woodworking Machinery Industry Assn. - April 21'24, confer' ence, Monterey, Ca.; (a1 0) 931 -81 00; www.wmia.0rg.

Portland Hoo-Hoo Club - April 23, spring initiation & social' Hayden's Grill, Tualatin, Or.; (503) 675-0040.

Southern California Hoo-Hoo Club - April 23, Don Gregson Memorial Golf Toumament, San Dimas Golf Course, San Dimas, Ca. ; (760) 324-0842; www.hoohool 1 7.org.

West Coast Lumber Inspection Bureau - April 23, annual meet' ing, Portland, Or.; (503) 639-0651; www.wclib.org.

Remodeling & Decorating Show - April 23'25, South Town Expo Center, Sandy, Ut.; (818) 571-9012.

Material Handling lndustry of America - April 26-29, annual expo, l-X Center, Cleveland, Oh.; (704) 676-1190; www.mhia.org.

International Wood Products Association - April 28'30, annual convention, Eden Roc Hotel, Miami Beach, Fl.; (703) 820-6696; www.iwpawood.org.

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E-mail sales@anfi nson.com in its desert surroundings, Ace Hardware, Maricopa, Az., has always stocked cleaning and maintenance supplies. Yet the dealer is really hoping to make a splash when it opens a full service, seven-day-a-week pool supply store within its existing hardware store.

"We have had a pool section for years now, but it seems each year the section just continued to grow," says co-owner Tom Bechtel. Now, "we are going to have repair parts, water testing chemicals, toys and outdoor living items. This is a store within a store."

He hopes that the shop's higher visibility and convenience will increase business in the main store, as well. "Our whole slogan is 'Get In, Get Out, And Get On With Your Day,"' Bechtel elaborates. "This store just further supports that statement."

Bechtel recruited two professionals from the pool industry and has started to cross-train other workers from the hardware store. "The people running this store are experts in their craft," he says.

Services to be offered include water testing, supply sales, and equipment repair. "Typical pool stores have relatively short hours and are not open on Sundays," Bechtel notes. "Our pool store will be open seven days a week, the same hours as the Ace Hardware store."

Although an official grand opening is set for this month, the pool store hosted a "soft opening" during February, utilizing its own check-out counter.