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July

Phoenix Hoo-Hoo Club - July 16, golf, Kokopelli Golf Resort at El Dorado Lakes, Gilbert, Az; (612) 921-1556.

T.A. Auctioneers - July 18, equipment auction, Sutton Lumber Co., Chatsworth, Ca.: (21T 851-2008.

Western Red Cedar Lumber Association - Juty 18-20, annual meeting, Blaine, Wa.; (604) 684-0266.

Servistar Corp. - July 18-21, home and garden convention, Charlotte, N.C.; (412) 283-4567.

Black Bart Hoo-Hoo Club - July 19, golf, Ukiah Municipal Golf Course, Ukiah, Ca.; (916) 378-8000.

Spokane Hoo-Hoo CIub - July 20, directors meeting, Dewey's East Restaurant, Spokane, Wa.; (509) 624-4551.

Interbuild Australia '96 - July 2l-24, New Melbourne Exhibition Center, Melbourne, Australia; (301) 656-2942.

llardware Wholesalers Inc. - July 22, basic locksmithing workshops, Holiday Inn NW, Sacramento, Ca.; July 25, Holiday Inn-Boeing, Seattle, Wa.; July 26, Red Lion, Spokane, Wa.; (219) 748-5300

International Lawn, Garden & Power Equipment ExpoJuly 28-30, Kentucky Fair & Exposition Center, Louisville, Ky.;(502) 473-1992.

August

Sustainable Forestry Initiative - Aug. 6-7, summer conference, Pittsburgh, Pa.; (202) 463-2712.

Wood Moulding & Millwork Producers Association - Aug. 78, summer meeting, Empress Hotel, Victoria, B.C., Canada; (916) 661-9591.

Hardware Wholesalers Inc. - Aug. 8, basic locksmithing workshop, Sheraton Hotel, Rosemead, Ca.; (219) 748-5300.

Ilumboldt Hoo-Hoo Club - Aug. 9, annual golf tournament, Baywood Golf & Country Club, Arcata, Ca.

Black Bart Hoo-Hoo Club - Aug. 1.0, family picnic and fun day, Lake Sonoma, Cloverdale, Ca.; (916) 378-8000.

National Building Products Exposition & Conference - Arrg. 10-13, Navy Pier, Chicago, Il.; (847) 605-1025.

National Hardware Shodllardware Industry Week - Aug. 11-14, sponsored by the American Hardware Manufacturers Association, McCormick Place, Chicago, II.; (847) 605-1025.

American Wood Preservers Institute - Aug. 14-15, regional forum, Portland, Or.; (703) 893-4005.

Blasen & Blasen Lumber Corp. - Aug. 16, golf, Langdon Farms Golf Club, Aurora, Or.; (503) 283-0500.

Nationaf Wood Window & Door Association - Aug. 17-21, summer meeting, Minneapolis, Mn.; (708) 299-5200.

W.O.O.D., Inc. - Aug. 19, golf, Lakewood Country Club, Denver, Co.; (303) 7'79-8839.

Architectural Woodwork Institute - Aug. 2l-23, annual meeting/convention, Hyatt Regency, Atlanta, Ga.; (703) 733-0600.

Spokane Hoo-lfoo Club - Aug.22, golf, Dewey's East Restaurant, Spokane, Wa.; (509) 624-4551.

Hardware Wholesalers Inc. - Aug. 26, basic locksmithing workshops, Holiday Inn-Airport, Salt Lake City, Ut.; Aug. 28, Holiday Inn-Airport, Denver, Co.; Aug. 30, Holiday InnAirport, Boise, Id.; (219) 748-5300.

Anti-Home Depot Rally Planned

Big box opponents from across the nation will gather at Santa Rosa, Ca., City Hall July 30 to help the residents of Journey's End Mobile Home Park celebrate the one-year anniversary of their victory over Home Depot.

Thirteen months ago, the elderlY residents opened their mailboxes to find an eviction notice, following secret negotiations by Home Depot to buy the mobile home site to erect a superstore.

"This type of problem is not unique to Santa Rosa," said Ben Cassinerio, Diablo Timber, NaPa, Ca' "The Home Depot continues to use their financial power and might to obtain any real estate they feel is best suited to their needs."

After several council meetings and the threatened picketing of its Rhonert Park, Ca., store, Depot abandoned the property due to bad publicity and the citizens' blatant determination.

Speakers at the rally will include Al Norman, who appeared on the "Killing Main Street America" segment of television's 60 Minutes.

Norman helped challenge Depot's bid to occupy a vacant building in Yarmouth. Ma.

Virginia Rasmussen, leader of the Yarmouth group, will relate her threeyear fight against the chain, reportedly exposing their tactics and alerting other communities of what may haPpen to them if they don't pay attention to their local government.

Chris Oberg, a contractor and developer in Reno, Nv., will sPeak on how Home Depot was able to overturn a 35-year-old zoning law and have a master plan changed, so it could build a 125,000-sq. ft. store 95 feet from his almost completed custom housing project. Oberg says the late arrival of the big box warehouse may force him into bankruPtcy.

For more information on the event, call Cassinerio at (800) 799-0900.

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