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August

National Building koducts Exposition & Conference - Aug. 10-13, McCormick Place, Chicago, Il.; (847) 605-1025.

National llardware Shodlnternational llardware lVeekAug. 10-13, McCormick Place, Chicago, Il.; (8a7) 605-1025.

Los Angeles llardwood Lumberman's Club - Aug. 14, dinner meeting, Northwoods Inn, La Mirada, Ca.; (213) 263-9361.

Wood Moulding & Millwork Producers Association - Aug. 14-17, semi-annual meeting, Sheraton Anchorage Hotel, Anchorage, Ak.; (916) 661-9591.

Humboldt lfoo-Hoo Club - Aug. 15, golf, Baywood Golf & Country Club, Arcata, Ca.

PrimeSource Building Products - Aug. 16, Champagne Brunch & Crunch Buyers' Show, Oakland Airport Hilton; Oakland, Ca., followed by Raiders' game; (707) 86+17ll.

W.O.O.D., Inc. - Aug. lE, golf/dinner, Lakewood Country Club, Lakewood, Co.; (303) 779-8839.

Spokane Hoo-Ifoo Club - Aug. 20, golf, Spokane, Wa.; (509) 62+4551.

San Diego Hoo-Hoo Club - Aug. 23, golf, Willow Glenn at Singing Hills Resort, El Cajon, Ca.; (619) 263-6161.

September

Yakima llardware Co. - Sept. 5-7, annual market, Yakima Convention Center, Yakima, Wa.; (509) 453-3181.

Lumber Association of California & Nevada - Sept. 7-9, mill tour, Pacific Lumber Co., Scotia, Ca.; (916) 369-7501.

IIoo-Hoo International - SepL 7-11, l05th annual intemational convention, Colonial Hilton & Resort, Lynnfield, Ma.; (501) 353-4997.

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Il{t Taylor Millwork, Inc.

New South Inc./Crrolina Pine

Nor-Cal Moukling Comprny

Nore Crcck l-orst Product! IJtd.

Orcgon Fir Millworlq Inc.

Frank Paxton Company

Pondcrora lVtouldlngr

Port-O-Utc Corpontion

Preclslon Wood Prod./Tumrc LDn

Pueblo lllillwork, Inc.

Rocky Mountdn Forot Product!

Setzer FomtProduck.fnc.

Sherldan lVood Mouldlngs

Sierrr Paclllc Ind./ Millwork Dlu

Smlth Millwork Inc.

Southcrn Erport [Iardwdr &Lbr.

Southwoods Ilnrber & Millwork

Sunret l\Ioulding Company, fnc.

Tewa Moulding Corpomtion

Thunderblrd l\Iouldlng Cornpany

Trimcm$ Inc.

Wrlter II. Welbcr Sonc. fnc.

Wcrtcrn Moukling Company, Inc.

Wholesalc Door Company

Woodl:tnds MillworL IJtd,

Ylkima IUanuficturlng

Yuba River ltloulding & l\Iilhvork

WPCC, Inc. - Sept. 12-13, secondary wood product manufacturers' annual meeting, Kah-Nee-Ta Resort, Warm Springs, Or.; (541) 385-53s3.

APA-The Engineered Wood Association - SepL 13-16, annual meeting, Hyatt Regency-Gainey Ranch Resort, Scottsdale, Az.; (206) 565-6600.

Shasta Hoo-IIoo Club - Sept. 18, goll Gold Hills Country Club, Redding, Ca.; (916) 824-4220.

Pacilic Logging Conference - SepL 18-20, annual convention, Red Lion Hotel-Bellewe, Bellevue, Wa.; (503) 224-8406.

Los Angeles llardwood Lumberman's Club - Sept. 20, Symphony in the Glen, Griffith Park, Los Angeles, Ca.; (213) 263-936r.

Western lVood Products Association - Sept. 20-23, fall meeting, Westin Seattle, Seattle, Wa.; (503) 2Vl-3930.

National Wooden Pallet and Container Association - SepL 2427, show, Opryland Hotel, Nashville, Tn.; (703) 527-7667.

National Lumber & Building Material Dealers AssociationSept. 25-29, annuat convention, The Breakers, West Palm Beach, Fl.; (800) 6348645.

North American Wholesale Lumber Association - Sept. 27Oct. 3, wood marketing seminar, University of ldaho, Moscow, Id.; (800) 527-8258.1

National Particleboard Association - Sept. 28-30, fall meeting, The Buttes, Tempe, Az.; (301) 670-0604.

Lumberments Golf Association - Sept 29, annual golf toumey, Chickasaw Country Club, Memphis, Tn.

Unloading

. Nine-car SP/IJP spur for flats, boxcars or A-frames Truck & trailer Vans or piggybacks Dock-high

Mountain States Lumber & Building Material Dealers Association has developed a new logo (see below), vision statement ("To be the trade organization of choice for the lumber and building material dealers in the Mountain States region."), and mission statement ("To actively serve the building material dealers in the Mountain States region by providing forums for communication and interaction, tools and services to assist in meeting members' goals and objectives.")

The association also is sponsoring "Con-sultative Selling Techniques," a professional sales skill seminar for contractor salespeople by Bill Lee, Lee Resources, Atg. 27 at the Holiday Inn Denver Central, Denver, Co.

Lumber Association of California & Nevada plans a Sept. 7-9 mill tour to Pacific Lumber Co., Scotia, Ca., and Capital Lumber, Healdsburg, Ca.

Gail Brandstetter is new to LACN as offi ce assistant/receptionist.

Western Building Material Association's Young Westemers Club invites all WBMA members to an interpretive tour of the Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument Sept. 12-13 focusing on the renewability of wood and the benefits of forest management. The first day includes an optional mill tour and visit to the log export docks in Longview, Wa.

Milling

Full service facility: 3 resaws, 10 cut-ofl saws, gang rip saws at your disposal C/L Timbers. Header packages

Built-up loads/ pull to length Trim & lascia loads. Details & corbels. Cuslom mfo.

Bankrupt Payless Cashways Closing 2g Stores

After filing for Chapter I I bankruptcy protection from creditors, debtladen Payless Cashways Inc. this month will close 29 stores including one in New Mexico and three in California.

Of its 194 stores. the nation's third largest home improvement chain is holding liquidation sales at Furrow Building Materials stores in Albuquerque, N.M.; Lumberjack Building Materials in Sacramento. Stockton and

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Rancho Cordova, Ca.; nine Furrows in Texas and five in Indiana; one Payless Cashways in Texas, two in Oklahoma, one in Arkansas and two in Missouri, and five Somerville Lumber & Supply Co. stores in Massachusetts.

The Kansas City, Mo.-based retailer will cut 2,000 jobs and, after restructuring, hopes to emerge from bankruptcy by the end of year. But analysts predict that, even if it comes out of bankruptcy, long-term survival is a longshot.

Claiming liabilities of $335 million and assets of $486 million, Payless owes nearly $178 million to United

States Trust Co. of New York. Other top unsecured creditors include Georgia-Pacific (owed $3.91 million), United States Gypsum Co. ($2.04 million), and Weyerhaeuser Co. (91.98 million).

The court approved $90 million of a requested $125 million interim debtor-in-possession financing to cover operating costs during the restructuring and post-petition trade and employee obligations. The court will rule on the remaining $35 million Aug.20.

Two directors, Gary Kohler and Wayne Lyon, have resigned.

Survey Says: Change ESA

More than 70Vo of Americans surveyed favor amending the Endangered Species Act, according to a recent American Forest & Paper Associationsponsored poll.

Only 42Vo favored changing the ESA when similarly polled two years ago.

Respondents cited high costs and underperformance as the major reasons for amending the law.

Over 80Vo said the solution lies in making the ESA more inclusive, particularly by requiring sound science to be peer-reviewed, and providing incentives for private landowners to comply.

Thief Goughs Up Appliance

A former Davis, Ca., city manager was ordered to pay nearly $1,000 in restitution to Davis Lumber & Hardware after pleading no contest to grand theft charges.

Bob Traverso will pay $636.74 for reportedly stealing a food processor and various attachments and $300 to compensate for lost staff hours at the store. He also received 12 months probation.

Traverso handed over the pilfered appliance to police Dec. l0 after the theft was captured on videotape by hidden cameras and an employee sighted his license plate number.