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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, I1.; (847) 605-1025.

National Hardware Shodlnternational Hardware Week - Aug. 13-16, McCormick Place, Chicago, Il.; (847) 605-1025.

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

Humboldt Hoo-Hoo ClubAug. 18, golf tournament, Baywood Golf & Country Club, Arcata, Ca.; (707) 462-3700.

Bill Scott OpenAug. 19, golf tournament, Bigfoot Golf & Country Club, Willow Creek, Ca.; (70'l) 462-3700.

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

International Woodworking FairAug.24-27, Atlanta, Ga.; (770) 246-0608.

Black Bart Hoo-Hoo ClubAug. 25, skeet shooting, Ukiah, Ca.: (70'7) 462-3700.

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

San Diego Hoo-Hoo ClubAug. 26, Pacific Classic Day, Del Mar Race Track, Del Mar, Ca.; (619) 263-6161.

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Door & Hardware InstituteSept. 7-9, annual convention, Moscone Center, San Francisco, Ca.; (703) 222-2010.

Mountain States Lumber & Building Material Dealers AssociationSept. 8, golf tournament, The Ranch Country Club, Denver, Co.; (800) 365-0919.

Yakima Hardware Co.Sept. 9-10, 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. 14,2nd annual golf tournament, Cypress Golf Club, Los Alamitos, Ca.: (800) 266-4344.

TruServ Corp.Sept. 15-18, fall market, Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, New Orleans, La.: (773) 695-5000.

American Wood-Preservers' AssociationSept. 17-22, technical commiuee meetings, Salt Lake City, Ut.; (817) 326-6300.

Pacific Logging ConferenceSept. 17-24, Alaskan Sea Cruise, Vancouver, B.C.; (503) 885-8022.

National Hardwood Lumber AssociationSept. 2l-23, convention/exposition, Washington, D.C.; (800) 933-03 I 8.

West Coast Regional Fence ShowSept 21-23, annual convention, John Ascuaga's Nugget, Reno, Nv.; (707) 585-1795.

Cedar Shake & Shingle BureauSept 2l-24, annual meeting, Empress Hotel, Victoria, B.C., Canada: (604) 462-8961.

Ace Hardware Corp.Sept. 2l-25, fall convention, Cervantes Convention Center, St. Louis, Mo.; (630) 990-6600.

Black Bart Hoo-Hoo ClubSept. 22, golf tournament, Ukiah Municipal Golf Course, Ukiah, Ca.; ('707) 462-3700.

North American Wholesale Lumber AssociationSept. 2329, wood marketing seminar, Best Western University Inn, Moscow, Id.; Sept. 26, regional meeting, Multnomah Club, Portland, Or.; (800) 52'7-8258.

National Lumber & Building Material Dealers Association - Sept. 27-30, annual convention, Southhampton Princess, Bermuda; (202) 547 -2230.

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All styles, of course, are painstakingly craftedby Collins Products Warrpnry tran{erabb to all owners. LLC to replicate the look of Western Red Cedar. All are backed by a groundbreaking 30-year warran\t thads fully ffansfgrable to all ownets. And all can help turn 4 anonymous development into a prized neighbothood. Fo, the whole ,toty. visit www.Collins Sbod.com. Or : cal{ us at l-800-4I7-36V4. , golf at the Bayonet Golf Course. envision Samoa and an adjacent 100acre, portside industrial park being redeveloped into a planned community to help lure high tech companies to the North Coast.

Mountain States Lumber & Building Material Dealers Association has booked Matt Layman, Layman's Guide to Successful Lumber & Panel Trading, to speak at its fall conference Nov. 9-12 at the Hotel Loretto, Santa Fe, N.M.

Keith Kersell, Pacific Lumber, will address "Striking a Balance, Providing Homes for People and Wildlife" at the next 2nd Growth meeting Sept. 2l at the LAX Holiday Inn, Los Angeles.

Others, while voicing approval for a port revitalization, hope that the town can retain its historical feel, symbolized by its previous life as a sleepy haven for the now-departed logging and fishing industries.

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Material Association has enlisted Austin McGonigle to conduct his "Selling Is Not Telling" workshop during the annual convention/building products showcase Nov. 2-5 at the DoubleTree Hotel/Lloyd Center, Portland.

Lumber Association of California & Nevada, in the spirit of the 2000 Olympic games, has themed its upcoming annual convention "Team LACN-Go for the Gold."

The Nov. 9-12 conclave at the Monterey Marriott will feature Peter Burwash on "Keys to Great Leadership," Deborah Hayden, Tindell's, on human resources, and

Simpson To Sell Ex-MillTown

Simpson Timber Co., Seattle, Wa., has placed the company-owned, 108year-old former mill town of Samoa, Ca., on the auction block.

The 60-acre, 3O0-population bayside town has 98 homes. an ll-room Victorian inn, 23,000 sq. ft. of commercial space and the popular Samoa Cookhouse, all of which can be had Sept. l5 for a minimum sealed-bid of $1.75 million.

The tiny hamlet, 300 miles north of San Francisco, was part of the assets that Simpson acquired in its 1998 purchase of Louisiana-Pacific Corp.'s Cal i flornia timber properties.

Many local officials and developers

Funding for any redevelopment plans could one day come from the $22 million in lost tax revenues that Humboldt County received last year from the federal and state governments' purchase of the Headwaters Forest resion.

New Pro-Wood Consortium

A consortium of wood products industry organizations have formed the Wood Promotion Network, a coalition to promote the use of North American wood products.

"Wood has a great story to tell and we're gearing up to tell it," said Kelly McCloskey, president and ceo of the Chicago-based group, formerly known as the Wood Is Good campaign coalition. Bozell Advertising and BSMG Worldwide are handling advertising and public relations.