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Lumber Association of California & Nevada - June 13, golf, Dry Creek Golf Course, Galt, Ca.; (916) 369-7501.

Spokane Hoo-Hoo Club - June 18, trap shoot, Spokane Gun Club, Spokane, Wa.; (509) 624-4551.

PCBC Western Building Show - June 19-21, Moscone Center, San Francisco, Ca.; (916) 325-9300.

Phoenix IIoo-Hoo Club - June 20, golf, prescott Country Club, Prescott, Az.; (602) 833-8901.

Silver Dollar Invitational - June 20, golf, Alta Siena Country Club, Grass Valley, Ca.; (916)273-1473.

Architectural Woodwork Institute - June 20-21, project management seminar, Salt Lake City, Ut.; (203) 733-0600.

Black Bart Hoo-Hoo Club - June 21, annual ladies wine & dine event, Catelli's The Rex, Geyserville, Ca.; (800) 767-2237, Forest Products Society - June 22-26, ar-uir:ual meeting, Waterfront Centre Hotel, Vancouver, B.C.; (608) 231-1361.

Western Wood Preservers Institute - June 29-July l, summer retreat, Inn at Aspen, Aspen, Co.; (360) 693-9958.

July

Batimat North America - July 10-12, construction expo, Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, New York, N.Y.; (800) 829-3976. Coast Counties Hoo-Hoo Club - July 11, annual golf toumey, Laguna Seca Golf Course, Monterey, Ca.; (408) 375-2603.

Portland Hoo.Hoo Club - July 18, 35th annual golf toumament, Forest Hills Golf Course, Comelius, Or.

Lumber Association of California & Nevada - July 18.20, Second Growth weekend getaway, La Quinta Resort & Club, La Quinta, Ca.; (916) 369-7501.

San Diego Hoo-Hoo Club - July 19, Christmas in July, San Diego, Ca.; (619) 263-6161.

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California llardware - July 19-20, merchandise mart, Long Beach Convention Center, Long Beach, Ca.; (818) 369-9411.

W.O.O.D., Inc. - July 25, Rockies baseball outing, Coors Field, Denver, Co.; (303) 779-8839.

International Lawn, Garden, & Power Equipment ExpoJuly 26-28, Louisville, Ky.; (800) 558-8767.

Hardex - July 26-29, hardware expo, Johannesburg, South Africa; (203) 840-5355.

Woodworking, Machinery & Furniture Supply Fair - July 3lAug. 3, Anaheim Convention Center, Anaheim, Ca.; (310) 445-t5tt.

August

National Wood Window & Door Association - Aug. 2-6, summer meeting, Copley Plaza, Boston, Ma.; (708) 299-5200.

National llardwood Lumber Assn. - Aug. 5-7, hardwood short course, Ganahl Lumber, Anaheim, Ca.; (714) 239-2101.

Afribuild - Aug. 5-8, building show, Johannesburg, South Africa; (203) 840-5355.

National Building Products Exposition & Conference - Aug. 10-13, McCormick Place, Chicago,Il.; (847) 605-1025.

National Hardware Shodlnternational llardware WeekAug. 10-13, McCormick Place, Chicago, Il.; (847) 605-1025.

Wood Moulding & Millwork Producers Association - Aug. 14-17, semi-annual meeting, Anchorage, Ak.; (916) 661-9591.

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Lumber Association of California & Nevada's Second Growth under-4O group met May 8 in Long Beach, Ca. Guest speaker Bob Ragon, vice president of Sun Studs, discussed timber supply problems.

Second Growth plans a July 18-20 weekend getaway to La Quinta, Ca. and its annual meetins Dec. I l.

Western Building Material Association will hold a series of meetings July 26-29 in Sun River, Or. Included are meetings of the insurance/pension trust, long range planning committee, board of directors, executive board, and younq Westerners Club board.

PL&S Adds California DC

Washington Pacific Lumber & Shipping Co. has added a new domestic wholesale distribution yard at Mare Island (Vallejo), Ca.

The DC will stock a full range of wood-based products, including commodity framing lumber, treated lumber, redwood lumber, OSB, plywood and engineered wood products.

Its 65-year-old parent company, Pacific Lumber & Shipping Co., Seattle, Wa., also operates three sawmills in Washington, distribution yards in Seattle and Vancouver, B.C., and offices throughout the U.S., Europe and the Pacific Rim. The firm sells in over 40 countries.

Too Many Trade Shows?

Eighteen leading building and plumbing product manufacturers seek to consolidate the many industry trade shows into a single, world class North America "super show" by the year 2000.

"For some time. manufacturers have been concerned with the excessive number of trade shows in the U.S. catering to plumbing and building products," said Richard W. Church, chairman of newly formed Committee for Industrv Trade Show Consolidation and president of the Plumbing Manufacturers Institute. "The proliferation of these shows dilutes their effectiveness and makes it difficult and costly for foreign buyers to attend, resulting in lost international marketing and sales opportunities for North American manufacturgrs."

For example, no comparable U.S. show draws a fraction of the 230.000 visitors who attended a recent bi-annual international sanitary and heating trade show in Germany.

"To the best of our knowledge, not a single species has become extinct in North America due to forestrv."

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Picasso Of Plywood

An exhibit exploring the cultural and historical significance of plywood as a building material is now on display at the Bellevue, Wa., Art Museum.

The exhibit by Seattle artist Don Fels runs through June 15.

Depot's Blank Promoted

Home Depot president Arthur Blank has been named to the additional post of c.e.o., succeeding Bernard Marcus, who remains chairman of the board and the board's executive committee.

Concurrently, Depot announced it was splitting its stock 3 for 2 and increasing quarterly dividends by 25Vo.

Workers Foil Arson Attempt

Workers stocking the shelves at HomeBase's Irvine, Ca., store prevented an arson fire by noticing a smoldering rag wrapped around a paint stirring stick stuck between two cans ofpaint.

A police officer responding to the early morning call March 14 determined the burning rag was placed there deliberately.

Show Slanders Treated Wood

The wood treating industry is fuming after the syndicated tv show Hard Copy enoneously reported that pressure treated playground equipment poses a threat to the safety ofchildren.

The May 8 segment, "Playing with Poison," did not feature any industry representative nor any scientist who has evaluated treated wood. It ignored Consumer Product Safety Commission, California State Dept. of Health Services and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency studies which have proven that CCA treated wood poses negligible risk to humans, plants and animals.

Apparently, the main Hard Copy source was the editor of Organic Gardening, a magazine opposed to any use ofpressure heated wood.

Yet, according to the American Wood Preservers Institute, not one of the reported 150,000 playground injuries each year result from wood preservatives.

In its research, Hard Copy sent 16 questions to the EPA, but then ignored the agency's answers and opinion that CCA poses no threat to children playing on treated wqpd. EPA's 16 answers have been posted on AWPI's Web site (www.awpi.org).

Potlatch Moving To Spokane

Potlatch Corp. will relocate its headquarters, including top officers and administration staff, from San Francisco, Ca., to Spokane, Wa.

The move will permit Potlatch, which has 6,700 employees in rural areas of ldaho, Arkansas and Minnesota, to promote workers who previously could not afford to relocate to San Francisco, where housing prices are about 2-l/2 times the national average.

Potlatch has narrowed its choices to one of three 18,000 to 20,000-sq. ft. buildings in downtown Spokane, but over the last 18 months considered 12 cities, including Boise, Id.; Salt Lake City, Ut., and Kansas City, Mo.

Spokane held an edge due to its proximity to Potlatch's Lewiston, Id., offices, where 70 employees will stay on as part of a "split headquarters" arrangement.

WindodDoor Energy Ratings

The National Fenestration Rating Council has adopted heating and cooling ratings that will make shopping for windows, doors and skylights easier for consumers and builders.

The ratings provide two numbers describing each product's energy performance during the winter and the summer. The non-dimensional numbers, given on a scale of I to 5, allow users to compare different products' energy performance quickly and accurately.

Over the next several months, NFRC will develop certification procedures for manufacturers to provide heating and cooling rating information, which are expected to appear on labels by the end ofthe year.

UL Listings Benefit OSB

Two new fire-rated wall designs recently approved by Underwriters Laboratories Inc. should increase use of plywood and OSB sheathing in multifamily and nonresidential construction markets, according to APA-The Engineered Wood Association.

New UL Design U356 recognizes '7116" or thicker OSB or plywood sheathing with any type of code-approved siding, and with 5/8" Type X gypsum wall board on the interior face

Revised Design U344, which already listed plywood, now permits 15/32" or thicker OSB as an accepted wall sheathing material.