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Natlonal Bulldlng Materlal Dlstrlbutors Assoclatlon - July 13, strategic electronic data interchange planning course, Los Angeles, Ca.

Spokane Hoo-Hoo Ctub - July 15, calendar planning meeting, Spokane, Wa.

Inland Empire Hoo-Hoo Club - July 16, speaker's meeting, El Rancho Verde Country Club, Rialto, Ca.

\Mestern Bulldlng Materlal Assoclatlon - Juty 23-2t, mid-year board and committee meetings; WASI annual meeting, Sun River Resort, Sun River, Or.

lntematlonal Lawn, Garden & Power Equipment Expo - July 25-27,Louisville, Ky.

Bulldlng Materlal Assoclatlon Executlves - July 31-Aug. 4, Mackinac Island, Mi.

August

\ilood Mouldlng & Mlllwork Producers Assoclatlon - Aug.39, semi-annual meeting, The Keystone, Denver, Co.

Spokane Hoo-Hoo Club - Aug. 12, horse racing, Spokane, Wa.

Los Angeles Hoo-Hoo Club - Aug. 13, golf tournarnent, Costa Mesa Golf Course, Costa Mesa, Ca.

Natlonal Buildlng Products Expo & Conference - Aug. 15-17, McCormick Place Wesg Chicago, Il.

Depot Fined For Misleading Ad

Home Depot has agreed to pay $U,369.95 in civil penalties and costs to settle a case in which it was alleged to have violated false and misleading advertising and unfair business practice codes in selling plywood, according to Riverside, Ca., County district attorney Grover C. Trask II.

The corporation also agreed to an injunction which prohibits it from selling or offering for sale plywood unless stat€ments about its length, width, thickness, strength, quality and/or grade and /or quantity comply with California business and professional codes.

Coforado Show Prize Winner

Max Quenon, general manager, Summit Lumber Co., Buena Vista, Co., won a wood sculpture given away at the Penofin booth during the recent Mountain States Lumber and Building Material Dealers Association show in Denver, Co.

The 36 inch carving of a wolf was created by Dana Fergerson. A Chesire, Or., artist who has been carving for 25 years, she uses Performance Coatings' Penofin, a transparent wood finish made with Brazilian Rosewood oil, to enhance her work. The Ukiah, Ca., manufacturer featured both Penofin and Weatherblaster, a wood cleaner. at the March 18-19 show.

Trimco Opens Colorado Plant

Trimco Millwork has opened a new 56,000 sq. ft. facility in Aurora Co.

A 50,000 sq. ft. warehouse and 6,(XX) sq. ft. two story office building on 2-ll2 acres have been completely refurbished. Offices, restrooms and shop/assembly area now meet American Disabilities Act requirements. The entire plant has been repainted, the parking lot resurfaced, and landscaping, signage, fire and safety improvements added.

A state-of-the-afi, 2,600 sq. ft. training center will allow the staff to conduct an extensive training schedule for customers, says John olson, general manager. Jeff Sheirbon is Peachtree product manager. Al Thunnan is administrative numager.

A subsidiary of Hoff Companies, Boise, Id., the wholesale millwork distribution center joins existing Trimco facilities in Boise, Reno, Nv., and Salt Lake City, Ut.

LMA 54th Annual Well Attended

Bob Jessell, Cenral Valley Builders Supply, St. Helena, received the Presidents Award for outstanding leadership at the Lumber Merchants Association of Northern California's 54th annual convention.

Attendance at the May 13-15 meeting at the Hyatt Regency Lake Tahoe, Incline Village, Nv., was up substantially this year, reaching 2M with 33 exhibitor booths at the trade show.

Southern Lunber Co., San Jose, was recognized as the Most Outstanding Yard of the Year. Others receiving awards from retiring president Larry McFadden: Breeze Cross for political involvement; Meeks Building Centers, employee education, and Don Johnson, National Lumber & Building Material Dealers Association service. A $200 educational grant for LMA seminals, convention workshops or correspondence courses was established in memory of the late Bob Patterson, Jr., Central Valley Builders Supply.

Ways to survive in the ever chang- ing political environment were reviewed by Allynn Howe, NLBMDA lobbyist, in his discussion of "Politics As Usual? No Way!"

Suppliers," a kickoff seminar moderated by McFadden. Following sessions covered numagemenl borrowing money, employee benefits, business succession, government regulations and what to tell customers about timber supply and price issues under the leadership of Gerald Grider, PGL Building Products; Mark Hageman, Weyerhaeuser; Hardy Wentzel, Trus Joist MacMillan; Kevin Hatten, Owens-Corning; Andy Wolf, Federated; Jim Roberts, Sunnyvale Lumber; Harry Williams, Acacia Group, and Wiiliam Burke, Cigna

Jerry Olrich, NLBMDA president and president of Oxford Lumber; Bob Riggs, Sequoia Supply; Frank Solinsky, Payless Building Supply, and David Still, Weyerhaeuser Co., explained new ways to do business in "Building Relationships With Your

Frank Solinsky was installed as president; Kathleen Patterson, Cenral Valley Builders Supply, lst v.p.; Bob Rossi, Rossi's Building Materials, Fct Bragg, 2nd v.p.; Gary DeYourg, Close Lumber Inc., Sutter, treasurer. John Saunders, Bill Sullivan and Mike Wilson are executive committee members-at-large. New board members: Jim Roberts, Jerry McMillan, Ken McCrary, Brad Harnden, Jeff Perritte, Scott Kassahn, Randy Blakemore, Matt Petersen and Ray Stephenson. Insurance trustees: Phil Larios, Mike Yaeger, Vito Mule, Greg Gay and Florine Auch.

Reforestation Drive Underuay

Harry Bleile, P&M Cedar Products, Redding, Ca., has developed a PlantA-Tree Program to help reforest areas scarred by last year's Fountain Fire.

Operated by Redding's Forest Museum, the program seeks to raise funds for the planting of some 4,000 seedlings along a three-mile stretch of Highway 299. For a minimum donation of $10, the museum will plant a tree in the donor's name and provide him or her with a certificate to commemorate the gift.

"People can plant trees in tle names of their loved ones, making a terrific living gift or memorial," said Bleile, a museum trustee and chaimran of the Plant-A-Tree Program. He notes that the seedlings will recreate the mix of incense cedar, white fir, Douglas fir, ponderosa pine and sugar pine that grew on the site prior to the fire.

The Forest Museum also has adopted Highway 299's Hilllcrest Rest Area with plans for a memorial grove on the site. Each tree planted in the grove will be identified with a marker listing the name of the donor. The minimum donation is $500 per tree. Additional funds will be used to construct viewing trails through the grove.

To send a tax deductible donation or receive more information, write TREES, The Forest Museum, P.O. Box 2291, Redding, Ca. 96099.

Japan Microwaves Lumber

Whole logs from runty, crooked trees that would ordinarily becone wood pulp are being microwaved and compressed to form high grade lumber in Japan, a Feb. 1993 issae of Popular Science reports.

While still in the research stages, the technique can produce superior lumber with more efficient use of wood resources. Whole debarked logs are heated to about 212"F, until they are mushy enough to dent with a finger. Then each log is compressed from all six sides into a board shape using about 142 tbs. per square inch of pressure, and reheated to remove remaining moisture.

The process produces squared-off timber which retains natural grain patterns and is superior in many ways to ordinary lumber. The increased density makes the wood stronger, with a tighter, more consistent cell structure, and less likely to warp or split, tbe repat says.

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