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Listings are ofien submitted months in advance. Always verifi dates and locations with sponsor before making plans to attend.

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Mountain States Lumber & Building Material Dealers Association - Aug. 11, golf tournament, Lander Country Club, Lander, Wy.; (800) 365-0919.

Humboldt Hoo-Hoo Club - Aug. 10, golf tournament, Baywood Golf & Country Club, Arcata, Ca.; (70'7) 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,ll.; (847) 605-1025.

Dixieline Lumber Co. - Aug. 17-19, Drive Till You Drop Contest, Kearney Mesa, Ca.; (858) 566-26'17.

San Diego Hoo-Hoo Club - Aug. 19, Pacific Classic Day, Del Mar Race Track, Del Mar, Ca.; (619) 263-6161.

North American Wholesale Lumber Association - Aug. 2L, 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 - Lug. 24-26, board meeting, Monterey, Ca.; (916) 369-7501

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Mountain States Lumber & Building Material Dealers Association - Sept. 7, Western Slope golf toumament, Rifle Creek Golf Course, Rifle, Co.; (800) 365-0919.

Western Hardwood Association - Sept, 7, industry symposium, World Forestry Center, Portland Or.; (360) 835-1600

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

Hoo-Hoo International - Sept. 8-11, l09th annual convention, Portland, Or.; (800) 9'/9-9950.

National Association of Wholesaler-Distributors - Sept. 1213, ceo conference, Chicago, ll.; (202) 872-0885.

National Hardwood Lumber Association - Sept. 12-15, annual convention, Sheraton, New Orleans, La.; (800) 933-0318.

Lumber Association of California & Nevada - Sept. 13, PAC golf tournament, Cypress Golf Club, Los Alamitos, Ca.; Sept. 18, insurance trust committee meeting, Sacramento; Sept. 20, 2nd Growth meeting, Holiday Inn-LAX, Los Angeles; (916) 369-'150r.

Architectural Woodwork Institute - Sept. L3-14, 49th annual meeting, Boston, Ma.; (703) 733-0600.

Cedar Shake & Shingle Bureau - Sept 14-15, annual meeting, Whistler. B.C.. Canada: (604]' 820-7700.

APA-The Engineered Wood Association - Sept. 15-18, annual meeting, San Diego, Ca; (253) 565-6600.

Garden & Leisure Exhibition - Sept. 16-18, National Exhibition Center, Birmingham, England; (201) 659-0134.

National Fenestration Rating Council - Sept. 18-22, meeting, Westin Aleyska Prince, Girdwood, Ak.; (301) 589-63'72.

Hardwood Plywood & Veneer Association - Sept. 19-21, fall conference, Grand Rapids, Mi.; (703) 435-2900.

Wood Products Manufacturers Association - Sept. 19-22, annual meeting, Portsmouth, Md.; (978) 874-5445.

National Lumber & Building Material Dealers AssociationSept. 25-29, annual convention, Pan-Pacific Hotel, Vancouver. B.C.. Canada; (202) 547-2230.

Western Hardwood Association - Sept. 27-28' grading school, DoubleTree, Kelso, Wa.; (360) 835-1600.

San Diego Hoo-Hoo Club - Sept. 29, golf tournament, San Diego, Ca.; (619) 263-6161.

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Mountain States Lumber & Building Material Dealers Association has rescheduled its Wyoming golf tournament at Lander Country Club, Lander, to Aug. 11.

The Western Slope golf tournament is set for Sept. 7 at the Rifle Creek Golf Couse, Rifle, Co.

Lumber Association of California & Nevada has adopted the theme "Mission: Possible" for its annual convention Nov. l0-13 in San Diego.

Western Building Material Association awarded $1,750 Link Scholarships to Dan Cahir, Huttig

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Western Hardwood Association will address hybrid poplar, alder and certification during a "State of the Industry: Challenges & Opportunitites" symposium Sept. 7 at the World Forestry Center, Portland, Or.

The Sept. 27-28 grading school in Kelso. Wa., has been reformatted to cover proprietary grades in greater detail, in addition to standard NHLA grades.

Liz Claiborne Aids Sawmill

Pyramid Mountain Lumber Co., Seeley Lake, Mt., received a $250,000 loan from fashion designer Liz Claiborne and husband, Art Ortenberg.

Pyramid, which has operated for 50 years, had announced it would close this past January.

Claiborne and Ortenberg have used the mill to thin out trees on their property, and felt the community still needed a small, independent mill.

The money will be loaned to the Missoula Area Economic Development Corp., which will then lend it to the mill for one year.

It is expected that Pyramid will use the loan to make down payments on new equipment purchases.

Play Set Maker Drops CCA

PlayNation Play Systems has discontinued the use of CCA treated lumber in the manufacturing of their wooden playground equipment.

Kennesaw, Ga.-based PlayNation becomes the first national playground manufacturer to make the switch to arsenic-free preserved wood. The company now uses Preserve Plus in all of its operations.

The company first began manufacturing playgrounds built with Preserve Plus in 1998. Six months after their introduction, playgrounds built with Preserve Plus accounted for SOVo of PlayNation's total sales.