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LMA's 53rd Annualin Monterey

Lumber Merchants Association of Northern California's -53rd annual con vention will follow the theme "Winds of Change."

Lead-off speaker at the May l-3 event at the Hyatt Regency, Monterey, Ca., will be attorney Laura Innes discussing sexual harassment in the workplace. Attorney Roger Mason will follow with a review of the Americans With Disabilities Act. Jan Pelletiere Cook, Jancyn Shopping Service, will talk about internal and shoplifting security at this May 2 morning session.

Aftemoon programs presented by Builder Marts of Arnerica, the California Environmental Protection Agency and Pettit-Morry Co. will cover in- creasing profits through delivery, Hazmat and workers comp and employers' rights.

Consulting economist Dan Goldy will answer the question "Will Wood Products Supply Be a Critical Bottleneck in a Construction Recovery?" at the general session breakfast May 3 rvith business humorist Harvey Dean adding a light touch.

Exhibits will be open on May 2 and May 3. A reception by associate members will precede the trade show.

Meetings of the executive cornrnittee, past presidentsand board of directors are scheduled. Luncheon meetings will be held by the Lumberrnen's Merchandising Alliance and the Associates Council. Dealers will get together for roundtable discussions on the last afternoon.

The annual president's award and the outstanding yard award willbe presented at the president's reception/dinner. LMA's new president will be installed during this closing activity Sunday.

The annual Dangerous Divot Diggers golf tounrament at the Old Del Monte Golf Course will be the only event Friday, May l.

Treater Changes lts Name

An open house is being held next month to celebrate Western Wood Treating,Inc. changing its name to that of its parent company: Califomia Cascade Industries.

"We anticipate use of the California Cascade name will eliminate misunderstandings and make it easier for our customers," rroted Hank Feenstra, president. The two treating plants are in Woodland and Fontana, Ca. California Cascade headquarters is in Sacramento.

The open house will be held at 1492 Churchill Downs Rd. in Woodland frorn 3 p.m. until dark June 4. Product and marketing displays, plant tours and a barbecue with refreshments wi ll be featured at the state-of-the-art facility. Retailers, wholesalers and other interested parties are welcome.

Lumber Trucks Set On Fire

Firefighters quickly responded to a small fire at Learned Lumber, El Segundo, Ca., containing the blaze to two vehicles.

Police said someone broke into the yard after hours Feb. 23 by cutting a chain link fence, then severing the fuel lines on a Ford truck and a Kubota tractor, so fuel could spill and ignite.

Investigators suspected it was the work of an arsonist, since there was a 1,500 gallon fuel tank at the yard.

Yet Learned general manager Randy Gaston blamed mischievous teenagers, since the only damage was to two older, 'Junk" vehicles that were in an open area well away from the restof the operations.

North Coast Earthquake

More than $15 million damage was suffered by Pacific Lumber Co., Scotia, Ca., as a major earthquake April 25 and two severe aftershocks hit 35 miles south of Eureka, Ca. With one exception, other lumber firms in the area suffered only minimal losses.

At Scotia, Palco's planing mill incurred the worst damage, though company spokesmen said at presstime they expected the mill to be operational by mid-month. Fallen lumber was being re-stacked and by April 27 the computer was working. Operations at the Carlotta and Fortuna, Ca., mills were not affected. The adjoining companyowned town lost a four-store strip shopping center to a fire which completely destroyed it. No other fire damage was reported. A number ofthe 278 houses in Scotia were damaged, some moving off their foundations, but only 20 families were displaced.

Blue Lake Forest Products, Blue Lake, Ca., suffered approximately $100,000 damage to an anti-stain lumber facility, though none to their main mill, logs or lumber. A week after the quake, the firm successfully emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganized May 1.

Simpson Timber's Arcata Redwood subsidiary, Eureka, Ca., reported structural damage to the dry kiln mainly in fan ducting, but described it as not major. They also had about 750,000 board feet of stacked lumber knocked down. Both manufacturing and shipping were expected to be fully operational by mid-May. Simpson's Arcata facility had only minor disruptions.

Among those firms reporting only minor damages and/or losses were Britt Lumber Co., Bracut Intemational, Louisiana-Pacific and Joe Costa Trucking in Arcata. Schmidbauer Lumber, Eureka, had only two lifts of lumber fall. Miller Redwood, Crescent City, Ca., reported no damage.