MOUNTAilN STATES

FRED CARUSO executive secretary

e CENIC Snowmass will be the set- 9ting of the annual convention of the Mountain States Lumber Dealers Association.

The four-day meeting will be held Sunday, Sept. 14 through Wednesday. S-ept. l?.

"Profit and Growrh in the 1980 s" is this year's theme. A business meeting, product knowledge shows, and speakers are scheduled.

On the lighter side, a golf tournament will be offered in the beautiful Snowmass resort.

, A home energy audit, sponsored by the Jaycees and Johns-Manville Corp. is available throughout the mountain states region.

_ The audit, based on the Big l0 Chelklist put out by the Departhent of Energy, will be perforhed by Jaycee volunteers in the local communities.

"Tied in with local dealers, the Jaycees do a Home Energy Awareness Audit on homes and leave an audit form for the homeowner." explained August Pocius, district sales mgr. for Johns-Manville.

For more information, dealers should contact John Greenquist, Arvada, Co., 303-988-8530 ext. 300: Tom Eier, Lewistown, Id., 208743-5441; John P. Castillo, Belen. N.M., 505-296-0551 ext. 325: or 9_u.t"h Bader, Powell, Wy., 307754-5394.

Crissey Fowler Lumber Co. recently- opened a 30,500-sq. ft. roof and floor truss plant in -Colorado Springs, Co. "W-e're already seeing a turn-up in housing here, and we're betting a million dollars on the future of the area," explained Kenneth W. Brosh, secretary of Crissey Fowler.

R-W Specialities, Inc. celebrated its l5th anniversary with an open house and thank vou celebration.

R.F. (Dick) Wilson has retired as v.p. and gen. mgr. of Mt. View Components, Inc., Longmont, Co. In the building materials business since 1946, he plans to spend the summer working on his golf handicap, and by next winter, with his wife, Peggy, move to Cayucos, Ca., where they are building a house.

Boise Cascade Corp. is relocating its Salt Lake City wholesale buildine materials business to a 12.5-acre sitE in South Salt Lake. Their present office building was constructed in the late 1800 s, and has become too inefficient for the operation. The new site will have additional covered storage space with a covered loading area and larger vehicle service garage. The wholesale plant serves Ut. and parts of Nv. The new facility is scheduled to open in August.

The Denver branch of GiffordHill Metal Buildine Products Division has developed a-new market with steel roofing for residential homeowners.