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Mountain States Lumber & Building Material Dealers Association - July 11, construction defects seminar, All-Coast Forest Products, Englewood, Co.; (800) 365-0919.

National Retail Hardware Association - July 16-18, annual convention, Ritz Carlton, Naples, Fl.; (317) 290-0338.

Leight Sales Co. - July 19, market, The Fairplex, Pomona, Ca.; (310) 537-6510.

Forest Products Machinery & Equipment Expo - July 19-21, sponsored by Southern Forest Products Association, Atlanta, Ga.; (504) 443-4464.

Black Bart Hoo-Hoo Club - July 20, annual golf/bbq, Todd Grove Park, Ukiah, Ca.; (707) 462-3700.

International Lawn, Garden & Power Equipment Exposition - Ju'ly 20-22, Kentucky Exposition Center, Louisville, Ky.; (800) 558-8767.

Lumber Association of California & Nevada - July 20-22,2nd Growth summer conference, La Quinta Resort, Palm Springs, Ca.; (916) 369-750r.

Western Building Material Association - July 2l-23, mid-year meetings, Shilo Inn, Lincoln City, Or.; (360) 943-3054.

North American Wholesale Lumber Association - Jdy 2l-26, wood marketing seminar, Moscow, Id.; (8a7) 870-0201.

Western Building Show (PCBC) - July 24-27, Moscone Conference Center, San Francisco, Ca.; (800) 956-7469.

American Lumber Standard Committee - July 26, summer meeting, Washington, D.C.; (301) 972-1700.

Rogue Valley Hoo-Hoo Club - July 26, bbq; July 27,39th annual golf toumament, Rogue Valley Country Club, Medford, Or.; (541) 779-5121.

Timber Products Manufacturers - July 26-27, annual meeting, Spokane, Wa.; (877) 535-4646.

Wood Truss Council of America - July 26-28, open quarterly meeting, Radisson Hotel, Portland, Or.; (608) 274-4849.

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AWFS Woodworking Machinery & Furniture Supply FairAug. 2-5, Anaheim Convention Center, Anaheim, Ca.; (630) 434-7779.

Window & Door Manufacturers Association - Aug. 4-8, summer meeting, Hyatt Regency Hotel, Vail, Co.; (800) 223-2301

Humboldt Hoo-Hoo Club - Aug. 10, golf tournament, Baywood Golf & Country Club, Arcata, Ca.; ('707) 462-3700.

National Building Products Expo - Aug. 12-15, McCormick Place, Chicago, Il.; (847) 605-1025.

National Hardware Show/International Hardware WeekAug. 12-15, McCormick Place, Chicago, Il.; (847) 605-1025.

Mountain States Lumber & Building Material Dealers Association - Aug. 18, golf tournament, Lander Country Club, Lander, Wy.; (800) 365-0919.

North American Wholesale Lumber Association - Aug. 21, regional meeting, Portland, Or.; (847) 870-0201.

Wood Moulding & Millwork Producers Association - Aug. 22-25, semi-annual meeting, Chateau Frontenac, Quebec City, Quebec; (800) 550-7889.

Lumber Association of California & Nevada - Aug. 24-26, board meeting, Monterey, Ca.; (916) 369-7501.

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Horizon Distribution - Sept. 8-9, annual market, Yakima Convention Center, Yakima, Wa.; (800) 541-8164.

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Hoo-Hoo International - Sept. 8-11, 109th annual convention, Portland, Or.; (800) 979-9950.

Mountain States Lumber & Building Material Dealers Association is bringing back Dr. Jerry Brown, director of the Foundations of Discovery program at Montana State University, to speak at its annual conference Oct. 4-6 at the Snow King Resort, Jackson Hole, Wy. The aerospace professor will speak two days of the conference.

Themed "Expand Your Mind... The Sky's the Limit," the event also will include Past Presidents' luncheon, dealer roundtables, outstanding sales awards, and special banquet entertainment.

In addition, MSLBMDA is sponsoring a construction defects seminar July I I at the conference room of AllCoast Forest Products, Englewood, Co.; golf tournament Aug. l8 at the Lander Country Club, Lander, Wy., and three safe driving seminars throughout Colorado during the week of Aug. 6.

Western Building Material Association has a new location for this year's 98th annual convention and building products showcase: the Doubletree Hotel in Bellevue, Wa. Educational sessions at the Nov. 8-11 meeting will cover such industry hot buttons as the environment, the economy, employee retention and financial management.

Lumber Association of California & Nevada will hold its 3rd annual PAC golf tournament Sept. 13 at Cypress Golf Course, Los Alamitos, Ca.

A 2nd Growth meeting is set for Sept. 20 at the Holiday Inn near LAX.

National Lumber & Building Material Dealers Association has enlisted Mark Suwyn, LouisianaPacific, to address the state of the industry during its annual convention Sept.23-26 at the Pan Pacific Hotel, Vancouver, B.C.

Other speakers include Ruth Grubb, Profit Builders Inc., on "Managing for Performance;" Albert Bates, Profit Planning Group, on "Improving the Bottom Line;" Martin Regalia, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, on "Economic Forecasting with the Current Economy;" Greg Brooks, Building Supply Channel Inc., on "Consolidation, Integration & Technology in the Building Products Industry;" Kelly McClosky, Wood Promotion Network. on "How to Educate Customers & Community: Wood is Good, and Deborah Hayden,

Tindell's Consulting Group, on "Interactive Learning to Increase Sales & Decrease Injury."

The convention will be preceded by an interpretive tour of the Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument and mill tour, and followed Sept. 30-Oct. 2 by a Rocky Mountaineer rail tour.

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Payless Cashways Files Again

Citing an unusually harsh winter and poor 2001 economic conditions, Payless Cashways, Inc. has filed for Chapter I I bankruptcy, its second such action in four years.

A company statement claimed lenders have been restricting the firm's credit, reducing cash availability and delaying vendor payments. This has caused numerous store items to become unavailable, eroding sales even further.

Several corporations have filed claims against the chain, including Georgia-Pacific, which is seeking $7 million in payment, Masco ($2.3 million), General Electric ($1.4 million.)and Black and Decker ($l million.l.

"We are extremely disappointed that we had to take this step," said president and c.e.o. Millard Barron. "However, this convergence of negative factors forced us to take this drastic action on behalf of our customers."

Payless Cashways closed over 40 stores earlier this year, hoping to reduce expenditures and raise cash from sales of the shuttered buildings.

The firm operates 110 retail units, five PCI Builders Resource locations and one Contractor's Supply store throughout l6 states.

Check-Out Home Center's New ldea

Home Depot is introducing new wireless scanners in over 700 stores nationwide that are said to reduce the time customers spend in check-out lines.

"It's a tool being used to complement existing cashiers," said Don Hanison, a company spokesman. "We use it when lines are long and customers are stressed."

An extension of a wireless scanner already used for keeping inventory, the "Unleashed" system enables employees to scan and record purchases while customers wait in line.

Once patrons get to the check-out counter, the cashier electronically retrieves the sales record and the customer pays for their items.

The system reportedly should be in all 1,340 Home Depot stores nationwide by year's end.

Web Site Checks Certified Status

Primary and secondary forest products companies now can apply online for Sustainable Forestry Initiative labeling.

Using a dedicated Web site, sfi.vcompro.com, SFI program participants and label licensees are able to quickly and easily demonstrate they meet SFI program requirements of the on-product label by answering a series of questions regarding the source of raw materials used in manufacturing a wood or paper product.

Once an independent third-party certification audit has been submitted, the program determines if their product earns the SFI program label.

The program, designed by Virtual Compliance, Inc., even calculates complexities such as whether the percentage of raw material on a product-by-product basis meets acceptable sustainability standards to qualify for the SFI program label.