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Mid-America Lumbermens Association - June 12. Kansas Sunflower Shootout golf tourney, Salina, Ks.; (800) j47 -6529

Central New York Retail Lumber Dealers Association - June 15, golf outing, Pompey Country Club, Pompey, N.y.; (800) 292-6752.

Twin Cities Hoo-Hoo Club - June 15, golf tournament & picnic, Highland National Golf Course, St. Paul, Mn.; (612) 4908583.

National Retail Federation - June 15-17. loss prevention conference & expo, Los Angeles. Ca.: (202) 783-797 |

Construction Specifications Institute - June 16-19, Construct 2009, Indiana Convention Center, Indianapolis, In.; (301) 6700604.

National Lawn & Garden Show - June 16-19, Hyatt Regency, Atlanta, Ga.; (888) 316-0226.

Forest Products Society - June 2l-23, convention, Doubletree Hotel Boise-Riverside, Boise, Id.; (608) 231-1361.

Midwest Hardware Association - June 22-23, annual convention, Wisconsin Dells, Wi.; (800) 888-1817.

Western New York Lumber Dealers Association - June 23, golf outing, Canandaigua, N.Y.; (800) 292-6752.

Temperate Forest Foundation - June 23-26, teachers tour, Duluth, Mn.; (5O3) 445-94'72.

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Illinois Lumber & Material Dealers Association selected Craig Loomis, Woolf Distributing, as its 2008 Lumberman of the Year during its recent Construction Expo.

Maze Lumber, Peru, Il, was honored with a plaque for 160 years of business. Alexander Lumber, Woodhull, Il., and MFC Building Systems, Mendota, were honored for 100 years in business. Searls Windows & Doors, Plainfield, was honored for 30 years of business.

The annual Northern Illinois Whing Ding is July 9 at Tamarack Golf Club, Naperville, Il.

Florida Building Material Association will host its annual convention and Gulf Atlantic Building Products Expo Aug. 19-21 at Gaylord Palms Resort & Convention Center, Kissimmee, Fl.

The event starts with the Tom Snead Golf Classic. The Old Timer's Recognition Luncheon will honor Teeny Johnston, who retired as v.p. of Huttig Building Products in 1993, and Rodney Potter, a manager with ProBuild.

Other highlights include WoodSource seminars, evening receptions, and a PAC silent auction.

Lumber Association of Texas elected Bob Ashley, West End Lumber, as its 2009-2010 president during its recent convention in Galveston, Tx. (See photos, p.40-42)

Other new officers are lst v.p. Robert Archer, Morton Lumber; 2nd v.p. Rufus Duncan, Higginbotham's; treasurer John Jones, Cassity Jones Lumber; secretary Matt Mullin, Alamo Lumber; sergeant at arms Joe Breeden, Montalbano Lumber; associate v.p. JoAnn Gillebaard, Holland Southwest International; Louisiana v.p. Mike Diecidue, Dash Lumber, and immediate past president Chuck Pool, Main Street Lumber.

Cally Coleman Fromme, Zarsky Lumber, was named 2009-2009 Dealer of the Year. Brenda Elliott, Temple Inland, was honored as 20082009 Member Representative of the Year.

Southern Building Material Association will hold its summer conference July 30-Aug. 2 at Wyndham Oceanfront Resort, Virginia Beach, Va.

Northeastern Retail Lumber Association affiliate Massachusetts Retail Lumber Dealers Association will hold its annual summer outing May 29-31 at Wequassett Inn Resort & Golf Club, Chatham, Ma.

Kentucky Building Materials Association's Education Foundation will award two more $1,000 scholarships this year, upping the number of prizes from six to eight

Northeastern Lumber Manufacturers Association elected Jeff Desjardins, Moose River Lumber, as chairman at its 76th annual convention in Boston, M,a. (see photos, p. 38-39).

Other new officers are 1st vicechairman Peter Buckley, Mill River Lumber; 2nd vice-chairman Jason Brochu, Pleasant River Lumber, and treasurer Randy Caron, Caron Consulting.

New directors are Nicholas Fontaine, Fontaine, Inc.; Kevin Hynes, Hancock Lumber. and Chuck Gaede,

Durgin & Crowell. The new wholesaler representative to the board is Jamie Place, Eastern Forest Products.

Southeastern Lumber Manufacturers Association will hold its annual meeting July 23-25 at the Ritz Carlton. Amelia Island. Fl.

Southern Cypress Manufacturers Association elected Nancy Tucks, Gates Custom Milling, Gatesville, N.C., as its new president during its recent annual meeting.

Christopher Sackett, Turn Bull Lumber, Elizabethtown, N.C., is the new v.p.

International Wood Products Association elected Scott Beggs, president & c.e.o., American Pacific Inc., Holly Springs, Ms., as its new president during its recent convention in Indian Wells, Ca.

He joins outgoing president Christian Mengel, DLH Nordisk Inc.; Chris Paras, Penrod Co.; Alan Mcllvain, Alan Mcllvain Co.; Chris Connelly, North Pacific, and Warren Spitz, UCS Global, on IWPA's executive committee.

National Hardware Lumber Association is taking its inspector training school on the road-June 8Aug. l4 at Venago Technology Center, Oil City, Pa.

A new program, Hardwoods 101, which provides students with a "forest to market" education, will be rolled out June 1-4 in Memphis, Tn.