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WOOD POWER TIMES 2: APA-The Engineered Wood Association and Southern Forest Products Association held joint annual meetings Sept. 14-17 in Orlando, Fl. (1) dwain & Dawn Clesi, Clayton Barns. (2) Lionel & Karen Landry. (3) Sally Killgore, Gary hupen. (a) Jeanne & Steve irlixon. (S1 eiaO Fostei Katerina & Joe Stuart. (6) Lloyd Brown, Faye & Ross Lampe, Clarence Young. (7) Kerlin & Cathy Drake. (8) Bill Lewis, James Bruggeman Jr., Ken Caylor, Mark Gryziec, John Hanison, Chrissy & John Murphy, John Schroeder, Scott Schroeder. (9) Kristen Royer, Auden, Karl, Erik & Chrissey Lindberq, Jim, Marv Elizabeth & Eva Royer. (10) jack Steveliison, Bart & Rose Bender, Anne Stevenson, Clara Oakes, Doug Ainsworth. (More photos on nextpage)

APA/SFPA joint meeting (continued from previous page): (1) Dick Kerns, Claudia & Thomas Westbrook. (2) Mark Plamer, Mark Donovan. (3) Mike St. John, Jerry Nonis. (a) Ray Bender, Ben Floyd. (5) Huck DeVenzio. (6) Scott & Michelle Ashpole. (7) Dave & Judith Rogoway, Mark Mclean. (8) Peny & Clif Jones. (9) Michael O'Halloran, Tom Jones. (10) Joe Patton, Ron Coker. (11) Bernie Dipietrantonio, Greg Geaman. (12) Joe Elder, Cindy Veillon, Durand Darbyshire. (13) Dennis Robinson, Jim Thompson, Rick Nelson, Al Weaver. (14) Larry Ueckert.

(15) Rob Alling, Paul Sartore. (16) Dwight Hanigan, Clary Anthony. (17) Melinda Lilley, Ken & Melody Tennefoss. (18) Tom Karshneski, Steve Killgore, Mike Baker, (19) Steve Webb, Peter Lynch. (20) Brian Greber, Dan McGee. (21) Paul & Lisa Phillips, Rich Chaney. (22) Donna Meade, Barry Cusano, Greg Brzozowski. (23) Mark Junkins. (24) Dennis Murphy, Chris Cusimano. (25) Mike Redwine, John Barber. (26) Richard Kleiner, Sue & Dave Mason. (27) Mary Cesar. (28) Geoffrey Crandlemire, Roger Roatch.

Home Depot Faces Bias Suit

A lawsuit has been filed in Los Angeles, Ca., alleging that Home Depot discriminated against a woman by repeatedly hiring less qualified men forjobs she had applied for.

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed the sex discrimination lawsuit Sept. 3 on behalf of an unidentified woman who was rejected for several positions at a newly opened Depot in Rialto, Ca.

EEOC officials said they decided on a federal lawsuit after out-of-court negotiations with Home Depot failed.

The lawsuit seeks to have the woman hired along with compensatory and punitive damages.

Home Depot has said that the charges are "meritless" and that they will fight the lawsuit.

SierraPine Waits, Pays Fine

SierraPine Ltd., Roseville, Ca., finds itself in a standstill over state and federal air quality regulations at its Springfield, Or., particleboard plant.

Industry observers note that the Environmental Protection Agency is currently working on proposals that would change air quality rules for plywood and panel producers, making sweeping changes to take effect in February of2O02.

As a result. SierraPine officials have expressed concern over investing in expensive pollution technologies that may not even be required by February of2O02.

SierraPine has recently been paying out as much as $1,000 a month to state and federal regulators for continued air quality violations at its facility.

At issue is the company's failure to comply with rules that limit the opacity of visible industrial fumes.

The emissions from the plant contain wood fiber particles, water vapor, methanol and formaldehyde. Under current federal and state air rules, the smoke from vents cannot exceed 207o opacity for more than three minutes during any one-hour period.

The company has paid out $18,000 in fines over the last two years as a result of its plant's emissions.

According to particleboard operations mgr. Kreg Sturman, by next summer the company plans to install a machine that uses electrical charges to capture fibers before they are emitted from the plant. "This will take care of the opacity problem and cut (emissions) by 50Vo ight there," he said.