DATE Book

Llsfings are often submitted months in advance. Always verify dates and locations wifh sponsor before making plans to attend.

Forest Products Society - June 9-11, international convention, Omni Shoreham Hotel, Washington, D.C.; (608) 231-1361; www.forestprod.org,

American Architectural Manufacturers Assn. - June 10-13, summer meeting, Marriot Oak Brook Hills, 0ak Brook, ll.; (8a7) 3035664; www.aamanet.org.

National Lawn & Garden Show -June 11.13, Embassy Suites, Frisco, Tx. ; (888) 3 1 6-0226; www,nlgshow.com.

Los Angeles Hardwood Lumberman's Club - June 14, electton night, Moreno's Mexican Restaurant, Orange, Ca.; (626) aa58556; www.lahlc.net.

National Retail Federation - June 20-22, loss prevention conference & expo, Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, New Orleans, La.; (800) 673-4692; www.nrf.com.

Pacific Lumber Inspection Bureau - June 22, annual meeting, Coeur d'Alene, ld.; (253) 835-3344; www.plib.org.

Western Hardwood Association - June 22.23, annual meeting, Sunriver, Or.; (360) 835-1600; www.westernhardwood.org.

Western Wood Preservers Institute - June24-26, summer retreat, Ritz-Carlton, Bachelor Gulch, Avon, Co.; (800) 729-9663; www.wwoinstitute.com.

Western States Roofing Contractors Association - June 24'21, convention & expo, Paris-Las Vegas Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, Nv.; (800) 725-0333; www.wsrca.com.

PCBC - June 27-29, Moscone Center, San Francisco, Ca.; (800) 956-7469; www.pcbc.com.

Mountain States Lumber & Building Material Dealers Associ' ation - July 17, W00D Council golf tournament, Ranch Golf & Country Club, Westminster, Co.; (800) 365-0919; www.mslbmda,org.

Lumber Association of California & Nevada - July 19-20, 2nd Growth summer conference, Palm Desert, Ca.; (800) 266-4344, www.lumberassociation.org.

Southern Oregon Lumbermans Association - July 26.27, 50th anniversary golf tournament & BBQ, Rogue Valley Country Club, Medford, Or.; (800) 633-5554.

Umpqua Valley Lumber Association - Aug, 2'3, Mill Week, Roseburg, Or.; aliceb@drJlumber.com.

Southern California Hoo-Hoo Club - Aug. 15, dinner & meeting, Pomona Valley Mining Co., Pomona, Ca.; (760) 324'0842; www.hoohoo117.org.

Western Wood Products Association - Aug. 15.16, summer meeting, Portland, Or.; (503) 224-3930: www.wwpa.org.

Ace Hardware Corp. - Aug. 16-18, fall market, McCormick Place South, Chicago, ll. ; (630) 990-7662; www.acehardware.com.

Orgill lnc. - Aug. 16-18, dealer market, Las Vegas Convention Center, Las Vegas, Nv.; (800) 347-2860; www.orgill.com.

Remodeling & Decorating Show - Aug.18-19, Olqnge Coully Fair & Event Center, Costa Mesa, Ca.; (818) 557-2950; www.thehomeshow.com.

International Woodworking Fair - Aug. 22.25, Georgia World Congress Center, Atlanta, Ga.; (404) 693-8333; iMatlanta.com.

Mountain States Lumber & Building Material Dealers Associ' ation - Aug. 24, Western Slope golf tournament, Rifle Creek Golf Course, Rifle, Co.; (800) 365-0919; www.mslbmda.org.

Remodeling & Decorating Show - Aug. 24-26, South Town Expo Center, Sandy, Ut. ; (8 1 8) 57 1 -9012; www.thehomeshow.com.

National Assn. of Women in Construction - Aug. 29-Sept' 1, annual convention, Denver, Co.; (800) 552-3506; www.nawic,org.

Cents-less Acts

The owner of a Florida lumbervardna' decided that pennies just aren't worth the tr6uble any more.

'nNo more pennies! For cash sales, we round in your favor," proclaims a new sign at Shell Lumber, Miami, Fl. Owner Andy Haase instituted the change last month, after tiring ofthe need to account for the 1,200 pennies needed each day forthe store's l0 registers.

"The bookkeepers used to come down and say your cash drawer was off by a penny," said Haase. "It was just a lot of work for nothing."

The U.S. Mint, which spent $l 19 million last year to make $49 million worth of pennies, agrees. So does Jeff Gore, a biophysics professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology who advocates retiring the penny."The penny used to be a useful coin," he says. "There was a time when you could buy something with it." But those times are past.

Customers using credit cards still pay the full amount, but cash transactions are rounded up to 41, so no pennies change hands. During a recent visit to Shell Lumber, customer Frank Dumenigo handed over $21 for $20.84 worth of merchandise and received two dimes in retum.

"I have a change purse," said Dumenigo, who routinely leaves pennies behind on sales counters. "IfI put pennies in there, it would explode."

The Pentagon also has little use for the copper coin. In 1980, it stopped sending pennies to overseas military bases because the coins "axe too heavy and are not cost effective to ship," says Christopher Ward, a spokesman for the Army & Air Force Exchange Service. Military commissaries round sales totals to the nearest dime or nickel, figuring that customers will wind up even over time.

Haase says the new policy could cost the store as much as $10 day-almost $5,500 a year-but will save labor costs for tracking sales down to the last penny. "We worked out the math," he says. "Counting pennies was definitely worse than break even.'o

Atlantis Rail Systems [atlantisrail.coml ........................,,.,...........34

Austin Hardwoods & Hardware.............................,..,...,................50

BW Creative Wood [www.bwcreativewood.com] .,..,...................26

Cabot [www.cabotfactoryfinish.com].............................,....,..........5

Cal Coast Wholesale Lumber...,

California Timberline [www.caltimberline.coml .......,...,,....,..........7

C&E Lumber Co. [www.lodgepolepine.com] .............,,................40

Capital [www.capital.lumber.com]...,.....................,................13, 1S

Cedar Shake & Shingle Bureau [www,cedarbureau,com]..........8A

Collins Companies [www.collinswood.com] .................................3

Fontana Wholesale Lumber [fontanawholesalelumber.com]...,.42

Huff Lumber Co. ,.................................29

Humboldt Redwood Go. [www.gehedwood,com] ...,,..,,..,...........19 ldaho Forest Group [www.idahoforestgroup.com]............Cover ll

J.M. Thomas Forest Products [www.thomasforest.com] ..........,41

Keller Lumber Co..............

LP Building Products [www.lpcorp.com]........................,..,.,..,......8

Manke Lumber Co. [www.mankelumber.com]..................,.,........4S

McFarland Cascade [www.mcfarlandcascade,com] .....,,..,.,.......35

Norman Distribution Inc. [yyvuw.normandist.com]..............,........37

Olympic PPG [www.Olympic.com] ......................25

Plycem USA [www.plycemtrim.com].,. ......Gover lll

Redwood Empire [www.redwoodemp,com].........,.,,..,.................23

Reel Lumber Service [www.reellumber.com] ..........,...................33

Regal Custom Millwork.......... ..,,..,.,,....................33

Roseburg Forest Products [www.rfpco.com|.................. ............27

Royal Pacific Industries ....... ............,,..,...,...........28

Simpson Strong.Tie [www.strongtie.com] ........................Gover lV

Swaner Hardwood Co. [www.swanerhardwood.com].................34

Swanson Group Sales Co. [www.swansongroupinc.com].........21

Taiga Building Products Inc,.............,,..., ............24

Thunderbolt Wood Treating [thunderboltwoodtreating.com] ......4

TruWood-Collins [www.truwoodsiding.com] ...........,..,,,..,........16A

Western Woods Inc. [www.westernwoodsinc.com]............Cover I

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