THE N/ATIONAL HOME GENTER

serviCes iaflored to )our nxcithtg seminars and workshops geared to your specific needs and interests. Here's your opportunity to lisfen 1o and interact wilh experts who understand and can offer solulions to the challenges and opportunities you face on a daily basis as a truilding materials dealer. You'll

B.bf and lbrne &nler oitm vedr awarOs nX ing Display Cenler. Relax and enjoy customers. No buying group. assoaiation or fellow dealers after Show hours at our FREE iS llsaler show offers lhe COMPI,ETE range oif home improvement products you'll lind at the t987 Nalional Home Center Show.

Plus, you can hold the line on travel li lnS advantage of our special hotel rates and rock.bollom airline fares. Save $lo by pre-registering TODAY for The national Home Cent€r Show. Fill out lhe registration form below and return it to us by February 6, t987. You'll receive a FREE Show badge by return mailand avoid the $tO at-Show registration fee. Mail yours TODAY!

Free Pre-Registration I nstructions

1. Must be received in the show office by February 6, 1987. contirmation ol pre-registration and hotel reseryalion tormswillbe mailed within threereeks. Free badgeswillbe mailed atterJanuarys, 19gz

2. Lale mail registrations will not be processed. Register again at Show (Al-show registration fee $10.00)

3. REGISTRATION COMPUTERIZED, ALL INFORMATION MUST BE FTLLED IN.

4. NO ONE UNDEB 16 YEARS OLD AOMITTED.

IMPORTANT Please leave space between tirst name or initials and last name

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IMPORIANT: In orderto process your registration, your company's business activity must be indicated below:

(l) n Retailer/Dealer

(J) ! Wholesaler/Oistributor

(P) ! Other(pleasedescribe) llatl!ol xauondxoaiCc"tqsW, soohoshoed

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Holel forms will be sent on receipt of pre-registration forms NOTE: Exhibitor Personnel should not use this torm. Please use form orovided in Exhibitor Kit.

Editor-Publisher David Cutler

Senior Editor Juanita Lovret

Assistant Editor David Koenig

Contributing Editors Dwight Cunan, Gage McKinney, Ken Thim

Art Director Martha Emery

Staff Artist Carole Shinn

Circulation Dorothea Creegan

The Merchant Magazine (USPS 79656000) is published monthly at 45fi) Campus Dr., Suite 480, Nervport Beach, Ca. 92660, phone (714) 852-1990, by The Merchant Magazine, Inc. Second-class postage rates paid at Newport Beach, Ca., and additional offices. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to The Merchant Magazine, 4500 Campus Dr, Suite 480, Newport Beach, Ca. 92660.

A-DVERTISING OFFICES FROM WASHINGTON STATE, ORE. GON, IDAHO, WYOMING, MONTANA, UTAH, COLORADOand CANADA: Contact Carole Holm. Phone (206) 340-0680. FROM NORTTIERN CALIFORNIA & ARIZONA: contact David Cutler. Phone (714) 852-9m.

Advertising rates upon request.

Subscriptions

Change of Address-Send subscription orders and address changes to Circulation Dept., The Merchant Magazine, 4500 Campus Dr., Suite 480, Newport Beach, Ca. 92660. Include address label from recent issue ifpossible, new address and zip code.

Subscription Rates-U.S.: $9-one year; $l5two years; $20-three years. Foreign: one year payable in advance in U.S. fundsCanada or Mexico: air-$351 surface-$30; South America: air-$551 surface-$30; Asia: air-$68; surface-$30: Europe: air-$98; surface-$30. Single copies-$2; back copies-$3 when available plus shipping & handling. The Merchant Magazine is an independently owned publication for the retail, wholesale and distribution levels ofthe lumber and home center markets in 13 western states.