WESTIERN ASS0C[ATl[0N NEWS

Mountain States Lumber & Building Material Dealers Association's 1991 management conference will be held in Chandler, Az., Nov. 7-9.

Motivational speaker Jerry Traylor, consultant Bill Lee, roundtable discussions and a tour of Weiser Lock are slated on the educational side of the program.

The 100th anniversary banquet, a Dixieland jazz concert, steak fry and golf complete the agenda.

W.O.O.D., Inc. is sponsoring its architectural awards for excellence program in Colorado for the 25th year.

All licensed Colorado architects are eligible to enter one or more projects. Awards will be announced on Oct. 18. Architect, builder, owner and building materials supplier of the winning projects will be recognized with extensive local publicity.

W.O.O.D., Inc.. which has been active in promoting the use of wood in the Denver metro area for the past 3l years, asks that dealers inform their architect and builder customers of the competition.

Lumber Association of Southern California reports receiving a response to its letter to U.S. Sprint with nothing said about refraining from supporting the preservationists.

The association is urging members to write to the Price Club, which asked in a recent member's bulletin lor a reaction to "Saving the Redwoods," and to Target, which has a similar program, ac- cording to Wayne Gardener, executive vice president of LASC.

He also urges members to write to elected representatives and to General Electric regarding their $3,000,000 contribution to the Audubon Society and a tv series "Rage Over Trees." He suggests addressing the GE letters to R. Tibbetts, General Electric, 3135 Eastor Turnpike, Fairfield, Ct. 06431.

Western Building Materials Association is cautioning members that dealers in all states are reporting OSHA inspections with large fines being imposed.

Inspectors are concentrating on record keeping, accident logs, safety meeting minutes, and visible posting of Form 200 and safety posters as well as safety training including meetings, fork lift and truck driver training. Employees are being quizzed orally on what they should have learned in training sessions. Fines are being imposed for practices such as driving or parking a forklift with lorks raised. One dealer was fined $500 for not having a forklift safety plate in place. A fine of$1300 was levied because hard hats were not being worn on a construction site.