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October

San Joaquin Valley Hoo-Hoo ClubOct. 19, logging area & mill tour. Dinuba. Ca.

Spokane Hoo-Hoo ClubOct. 19, Fun Nite, Spokane, Wa.

National Hardwood Lumber AssociationOct. 2l-24, annual convention, Royal York Hotel, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

North American Hardware Convention - Oct. 2l-24, sponsored by National Wholesale Hardware Association, San Francisco Marriott, San Francisco, Ca.

National Forest Products Week - Oct, 2l-27.

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North American Wholesale Lumber AssociationOct. 23, regional meeting, Valley River Inn, Eugene, Or.; Oct. 24, World Forestry Center, Portland, Or.; Oct. 30, Sea-Tac Red Lion. Seattle. Wa.

Building Industry Show - Oct.24-26, Los Angeles Convention Center, Los Angeles, Ca.

Woodwork Institute of CaliforniaOct. 26-27, mini-convention, Pacifica, Ca.

W.O.O.D., Inc. - Oct. 26, architectural awards program, Denver Athletic Club. Denver. Co.

November

Mountain States Lumber & Building Material Dealers Association - Nov. 1, l00th anniversary countdown celebration, Broadmoor, Colorado Springs, Co.

National Lumber & Building Material Dealers AssociationNov. l-4, annual convention, Broadmoor, Colorado Springs, Co.

Los Angeles Hoo-Hoo Club - Nov. 2, Coleman Cup golf tournament, Whittier Country Club, Whittier, Ca.

Pressure Treaters AssociationsNov. 6-9, joint annual meeting, Ritz Carlton Buckhead, Atlanta, Ga.

Lumber Association of Southern California - Nov. 7-10, annual management conference, Marquis Hotel, Palm Springs, Ca.

Building Industry Credit AssociationNov. 7, credit management seminar, Los Angeles, Ca.; Nov. 4, lien law seminar.

Pacific Coast Wholesale Hardwood Distributors AssociationNov. 8-10, membership committee meeting, Prescott Hotel. San Francisco. Ca.

Hannover Fair - Nov. 8-14, Hannover, West Germany.

National Biilding Material Distributors AssociationNov. l0-13, annual meeting, Washington Hilton & Towers, Washington, D.C.

Western Building Material Association - Nov. l0-13, annual convention, Tacoma Sheraton, Tacoma, Wa.

Jensen-Byrd Co.Nov. 1l-12, market, River Park Convention Center, Spokane, Wa.

Lumber Merchants Association of Northern CaliforniaNov. ll-13, owners seminar, Ojai Valley Inn, Ojai, Ca.; Nov. l3-16, product knowledge seminars, San Luis Obispo, San Jose, Santa Rosa, Sacramento.

National Forest Products AssociationNov. ll-14. annual meeting, Seattle, Wa.

Both timber and environmentalist groups criticized the stop gap plan presented by the White House task force to solve the problem of protecting both the northern spotted owl and timber iobs.

The task force appointed by President Bush in June after the owl was declared a threatened species proposed that Congress reduce timber harvests next year on national forests in the Pacific Northwest, including Northern California, and convene a high level committee to come up with a long term strategy for the owl. Harvesting held to l4o/o lower than this year's cut would be significantly higher than the level recommended by a team of federal scientists in April.

"This is not a perfect answer because a perfect answer does not exist," Agriculture Secretary Clayton Yeutter and Interior Secretary Manuel Lujan said in a joint statement. "But it is the beginning of a good balance to protect our heritage, while minimizing economic dislocation in timber deoendent communities."

Interests of the owl are still being put above those of the timber workers and their families, the industry countered. "We are extremely disappointed that the task force has chosen to adopt a plan that has the potential to devastate the livelihoods of literally thousands of Californians," said Bill Dennison, president of the Timber Association of California. "The task force was given three months to develop a balanced solution and it has failed."

Sierra Club field director Bruce Hamilton's response was that the task force had "ducked all the hard decisions and laid out a road map leading to the destruction of the ancient forests and the extinction of the spotted owl."

Eco-Sabotage Hotline

Cases of environmental sabotage nationwide are being documented by a Denver, Co., based public interest legal center to aid countering legislation and other defensive activities.

The Western Wood Products As- sociation recommends reporting eco-crimes, such as those perpetrated and promoted by Earth Firstl, to the Mountain States Legal Foundation, l-303-TESTIFY.