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Mountain States Lumber & Building Material Dealers Associ' ationJuly 10, WOOD Committee annual golf toumament, The Ranch Country Club, Denver, Co.; (303) 793-0859.

Temperate Forest FoundationJuly 12-15, Redwood Teachers Tour, Fortuna, Ca.; (503) 579-6762.

Lumber Association of California & NevadaJuly 14'16, 2nd Growth weekend getaway, Sheraton Industry Hills, La Quinta, Ca.; (800) 266-4344.

Leight Sales Co. - July 15, dealer market, Fairplex, Pomona, Ca.; (310) 223-1000.

Black Bart Hoo-Hoo ClubJuly 21, golf tournament, Ukiah Municipal Golf Course, Ukiah, Ca.; (707) 462-3700.

Umpqua Valley Lumber AssociationJuly 2l-23,2nd annual mill week, Roseburg, Or.; (541) 957-0206.

International Lawn, Garden & Power Equipment ExpositionJuly 22-24, Kentucky Exposition Center, Louisville, Ky.; (800) 558-8767.

Timber Products ManufacturersJuly 27-28, annual meeting, Hotel Edgewater, Seattle, Wa.; (877) 535-4646.

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American Woodworking Fair & ShowAug. 2-5, Anaheim Convention Center, Anaheim, Ca.; (630) 434-7779.

Window & Door Manufacturers AssociationAug. 12-15, summer meeting, Loews Coronado Bay Resort, Coronado Bay, Ca.; (800) 223-2301.

National Building Products ExpoAug. 13-16, McCormick Place, Chicago, Il.; (847) 605-1025.

National Hardware ShoilInternational Hardware WeekAug. 13-16, McCormick Place, Chicago, Il.; (8a7) 605-1025.

Temperate Forest FoundationAug. 16-19, Teachers Tour, Edmonton, Canada; (503) 579-6762.

Wood Moulding & Millwork Producers AssociationAug. 16-19, semi-annual meeting, Antlers Adam's Mark Hotel, Colorado Springs, Co.; (800) 550-7889.

Architectural Woodwork InstituteAug. 23-25, 48th annual meeting/convention, Atlanta, Ga.; (703) 733-0600.

International Woodworking FairAu;g. 24-27, Atlanta, Ga.; (J70D246-0608.

Black Bart Hoo-Hoo ClubAug. 25, trap shooting, Harwood Products, Branscomb, Ca; (707) 462-3700.

Lumber Association of California & NevadaAug.25-26, summer board meeting, Spyglass Inn, Pismo Beach, Ca.; (800) 266-4344.

Japan Do-It-Yourself ShowAug. 25-27, Makuhari Messe Convention Center, Osaka, Japan; (847) 605-1525.

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Door & Hardware InstituteSept. 7-9, annual convention, Moscone Convention Center, San Francisco, Ca; (703) 2222010.

Mountain States Lumber & Building Material Dealers AssociationSept. 8, Front Range golf tournament, Rifle Creek Golf Course, Rifle, Co.; (303) 793-0859.

Yakima Hardware Co.Sept. 9-1.0, annual market, Yakima Convention Center, Yakima, Wa.; (800) 541-8164.

Hoo-Hoo InternationalSept.9-14, l08th annual convention, Menger Hotel, San Antonio, Tx.; (800) 979-9950.

Lumber Association of California & NevadaSept. 14, PAC golf event, Cypress Club, Los Alamitos, Ca.; (800) 266-4344.

Low Prices Force Mills Into Summer Vacation

Oversupply and slipping lumber Henderson, N.C., for at least four prices have forced dozens of mills weeks, while decreasing production at across the country to close for at least all sawmills by 25Vo for the entire part of the summer.

Boise Cascade is staggering closurnmer. According to Random Lengths, sures at its mills in Yakima, Wa.; therewereothertemporaryshutdowns White City and LaGrande, Or., and at Crown Pacific's Prineville, Or., Cascade and Emmett, Id., through mill; Potlatch Corp.'s Lewiston, Id., June and July due to the downturn in sawmill; Ainsworth Lumber's Chasm the lumber market. and Abbotsford, B.C., plants; West

"During the past five weeks, mar- Fraser Mills' seven B.C. mills; Pope ket conditions have significantly dete- & Talbot's Castlegar and Midway, riorated due to increased interest B.C., sawmills; Weyerhaeuser's four rates, decreased demand, a sharp southern pine mills in North Carolina increase in imported industrial lum- and Georgia; Georgia-Pacific's southber, and excess inventories. A combination of these factors has created an imbalance between supply and demand in the marketplace," said Tom Lovlien, vice president of Boise Cascade's timber and wood products division.

Louisiana-Pacific shut down all but one OSB plant and five plywood plants for a week, two mills in Texas for two weeks, its Tacoma, Wa., stud mill and planer for two weeks, its Sandpoint, Id., sawmill and planer for three weeks, and its long-length mill in Bernice, La., and random framing mills in Evergreen, Al., and

Maxxam Sues The FDIC

Maxxam Inc., Houston, Tx., parent of The Pacific Lumber Co., is suing the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. for allegedly using its own funds to finance an Office of Thrift Supervision proceeding against the timber firm and its chairman, Charles Hurwitz.

The suit claims that the FDIC supported OTS's endeavor rather than prusue the matter in court where congressionally imposed procedural and legal rules could limit its effectiveNESS.

The firm also is questioning the legality of the FDIC's $821 million lawsuit against Hurwitz for the failure of U.S. Association of Texas, a thdft that went into receivership during that state's Savings and Loan crisis. Maxxam insists that the 1995 suit was initiated solely to enable other government agencies to gain leverage in negotiations with The Pacific Lumber Co. over acquiring old growth redwood trees in Humboldt County, Ca.

If successful, Maxxam's suit would free Palco from having to surrender 63.000 acres of timberlands to satisfy claims by the FDIC.

ern pine sawmills and planer mills, and several Canfor facilities.

Meanwhile, Quality Veneer & Lumber permanently closed its QVL Plywood Division in Omak, Wa., and D.R. Johnson shuttered its Wallowa, Or., stud mill, with possible reopening if market conditions improve.

Other facilities are cutting shifts, including Roseburg Forest Products' big-log mill in Winston, Or.; Umpqua Lumber's Dillard, Or., stud and planer mills; L-P's Deer Lodge, Mt., finger- joint plant, and Gilman Forest Products' six mills in Florida and Georgia.