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North American Building Material Distribution Assn. - April 24-25, executive management conference, Grandover Resort & Conference Center, Greensboro, N.C. ; (888) 7 47 -7 862.

Oklahoma Lumbermens Association - April 24-27, mill tour, Ok.;(405) 840-1771.

Wood Component Manufacturers Association - April 26-29, annual meeting, Mirage, Las Vegas, Nv.; (770) 565-6660.

Composite Panel Association - April 27-30, spring meeting. Turnberry Isle Resort & Club, Aventura, Fl.; (301) 6'70-0604.

American Wood-Preservers' Association - April 27-30, annual meeting, Marriott Copley Place, Boston, Ma.; (8 I 7) 326-6300.

American Hardware Manufacturers Association - April 2730, Hardlines Technology Forum, Hyatt Regency, Phoenix, Az.: (847) 605-1025.

Composite Panel Association - April 27-30, spring meeting, Turnberry Isle Resort, Adventura, Fl.; (301) 670-0604.

Center for International Trade in Forest Products - April 28, U.S./Canada lumber trade forum. Bell Harbor International Conference Center, Seattle, Wa.; (206 543-8684.

Diamond Hill Plywood - April 29, buying show, Florence CityCounty Civic Center, Florence, S.C.; (843) 393-2803.

Kentucky Lumber & Building Material Dealers AssociationApril 29, open house, Lexington, Ky.; (502) 245-6'130.

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Southern Building Material Association - May 1-4, spring outing, Kingston Plantation, Myrtle Beach, S.C.; (704) 376-1503.

Forest Resources Association - May 2-5, annual meeting, Lake Tahoe, Nv.; (301) 838-9385.

Center for Forest Products Marketing & Management - May 5-6, lean manufacturing seminar, Donaldson Brown Hotel & Conference Center, Va.; (540) 231-58'76.

Structural Insulated Panel Association - May 5-7, annual meeting, Hilton, Orlando, Fl.; (253) 858-7472.

North American Wholesale Lumber Association - May 5-8, annual meeting, Rancho Las Palmas Resort, Rancho Mirage, Ca.r (800) 52'7-8258.

EuroShop 2003 - May 6-8, trade fair, fairgrounds, Diisseldorf, Germany; (3 l2) 781-5 I 80.

National Sash & Door Jobbers Association - May 15-17, top management meeting, Indian Wells, Ca.; (800) 786-7274.

Do it Best Corp. - May 17-20, spring market, Indiana Convention Center, Indianapolis, ln.; (219) 748-5300.

International Conference on Woodfiber-Plastic Composites * May 19-20, Hilton, Madison, Wi.; (608) 231-1361

Louisiana Store Changes Hands

Monison Terrebonne Lumber Center, Houma, La., has been sold to four long-time employees, Doug Gregory, Keith Voisin, David Vice and Greg Landry.

Gregory will serve as president and c.e.o., Voisin as v.p. of retail and marketing, Vice as v.p. of operations, and Landry as v.p. of contractor sales. The four have a combined 80 years of experience with the company.

MTLC was formed four years ago by the merger of Houma's two major independent lumberyards, Morrison Home Center and Terrebonne Lumber & Concrete Co.

Kentucky Yard Gets Makeover

A leaner Wolohan Lumber Co. has begun transforming its southeastern-most location-Ashland, Ky.-into a pro yard serving home builders and project customers.

The chain continues operating Ashland's full service lumberyard and is adding a door shop.

Indoors, Wolohan has remodeled 7,500 sq. ft. to lease to a tool rental center and an adjacent 7,500 sq. ft. to, hopefully, lease to a hardware store operator.

The new format is patterned after the Central Michigan Lumber units Wolohan acquired in 1998. Soon after, Wolohan began transforming its existing yards, a handful each year, to the CML format. Other locations were closed-seven in 2000, 12in2OOl, and 5 in 2002, bringing the chain to 25 total units.

"It's been difficult for all of us, turning away from the retail business," says Ashland mgr. Dan Phillips. "But everyone has finally bought into it, and we've found our niche."

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