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olf course designers and superintendents prefer wood because ofits versatility. It is strong, durable, easy to work with and blends comfortably into any environment.

"We've learned the value of using properly treated wood for a wide variety of key functions and decorations." says Manny Sousa, Course Superintendent at the famous Robert Trent Jones Il-designed NCGA Poppy Hills course in Pebble Beach, California. "In addition to obvious uses like bridges, retaining walls, tee boxes, foundations and accesses to elevated greens and tees, we also use treated wood in places that most golfers don't even notice - like behind the scenes in our maintenance yard. Treated wood divides our storage of sand, gravel, rock and planting materials." And, while some courses just use treated poles to support driving range ner ting, "our architect incorporated large poles to suppofi the wraparound clubhouse deck." tt We've learned the value of using properly treated wood for a wide variety of key functions and decorations."

Call us at (800) 780-7073 and let us help you on your next golf course project. From repairs to design, we will make sure you have the proper specifications to assure the quality needed to protect your long-term investment.

Western Building Material Associationts Young Westerners Club installed Steve LaMarr. Builders Lumber & Millwork, Kennewick, Wa., as president during its recent 30th annual conference in Coeur d'Alene, Id.

New v.p. is Mark Legg, Irrigators Lumber Co., Caldwell, Id.; secretary/treasurer Steve Levers. Boise Cascade Building Materials Distribution Division, Vancouver, Wa.; past president John Humphrey, Humphrey Lumber Co., Tacoma, Wa., and trustees Kamlin Hodgkiss, Weyerhaeuser Co., Beaverton, Or.: Keith Graul, Door Distributors, Kirkland, Wa.; Christina Buttz, Teresa Swick & Associates, Seattle, Wa.; Jeff Peterson, Western Wood Preserving Co., Sumner, Wa.: Andrew Thomas, Thomas Building Center, Sequim, Wa., and Drew Orem, Builders Alliance, Bellingham, Wa.

Buttz was 1999 conference chairperson, while Leigh Parham, Withers Building Specialties, Lake Oswego, Or., chairs the 2000 conference.

The association is holding committee meetings April 24 at WBMA Hq. in Olympia, Wa.

Lumber Association of California & Nevada has themed its 1999 membership contest "strike It Rich in Reno!"

Western Wood Products Association. in a move to make its services more competitive, is reducing its grading dues and granting dues rebates for member mills.

Grading services have been reduced 8.5Vo to 32.5(, per thousand M. ft. of shipments.

Member companies also will receive a rebate equal to 7O Wr thousand bd. ft. for the coming year, effectively reducing the member dues rate to 7.59 from the current 14.5( rate. When combined with the grading service rate reductions, the dues ratd for member mills will fall to 409 per thousand bd. ft. for next year, or a decrease of 20% from the current rate.

"We can no longer be content with being the highest priced agency in this region," said WWPA chairman Marc Brinkmeyer, Riley Creek Lumber Co., Laclede, Id.

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Tomorrow's dream homes will be tech-savvy in design and construction with conveniences such as individual room climate control at the touch of a button, according to "Keeping Up with the Jetsons: Housing Industry Trends and Influences."

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