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FY94 - M10

THIS is a reolica of a orademark not from an authorized dnd accred'rted American Lumber Standard Commitlee aoencr/. Beino otfered to small sawmill opera-tor/6wners- by Small Sawmill Operalors/Owners of America, Hillsboro, Or., it includes a grading booklet, stamps, dye and pad for $50 and a $25 per monlh or $295 per year membership rate.

Depot Not Breaking The Law

Home installation programs at Home Depot stores in San Diego, Ca., do not violate California's Contractor Licensing Board laws, a judge has ruled.

The board charged in 1992 that the warehouse chain exceeded its licensed authority in installing a water heater and advertising carpet laying. The Class B general-contractor license held by Home Depot allowed it to co-

UNITY Forest Products, Yuba Gity, Ca., received the 1994 Blue Chip Enterprise Initiative Award presented by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and Nalion's Euslness maoazine. The award, given each year lo an outsi'anding ordinate work in three or more unrelated trades such as plumbing, electrical work and carpentry, the board maintained, but not in a single specialty requiring a specific license. Superior Court Judge J. Richard Haden ruled the law invalid and inconsistent with other regulations.

Home Depot started offering installation service in 1990 at eight San Diego area stores because it had no way of knowing if installers seeking installation work in its parking lot were licensed, insured or responsible, the company claims. The program is now in about 100 stores.

NAWLA Seminar ln ldaho

The 1994 North American Wholesale Lumber Association Wood Marketing Seminar will be Oct. 1-7 at tle University of Idaho, Moscow, Id.

Since its inception in 1981 this program has graduated more than 1,000 forest products industry professionals and is now considered the standard of training fon new sales personnel.

Regional meetings will be held in Orange" Ca., Oct. 12;T\e Greenwood Inn, Portland, Or., Oct. 18, and Westin St. Francis Hotel, San Francisco, Ca., March 14.