DATE Book

Llsfrngs are often submitted months in advance. Always verify dates and locations wth sponsor before making plans to attend.

Northwestern Lumber Association - June 13, board meeting & golf outing, Lincoln, Ne.; (888) 544-6822; www.nlassn.org.

Eastern New York Lumber Dealers Association - June 14, golf outing, Orchard Creek, Altamont, N.Y.; (518) 286-1010; nrla.org.

United Hardware Distributing Co. - June 14.16, market, Minnneapolis Convention Center, Minnneapolis, Mn.; (763) 559-1800; www.unitedhardware.com.

Retail Lumber Dealers Assn. of Maine - June 18, golf outing, Falmouth Country Club, Falmouth, Me.; (518) 286-10'10; nrla.org.

National Retail Federation - June 20.22, loss prevention conference & expo, New Orleans, La.; (800) 6734692; www.nrf.com.

Central N.Y. Retail Lumber Dealers Assn. - June 21, golf, Walden Oaks Country Club, Cortland, N.Y.; (518) 286-1010; nrla.org.

Long lsland Lumber Assn. - June 21, golf outing, Timber Point Golf Course, Great River, N.Y.; (518) 286-1010; www.nrla.org.

Western New York Lumber Dealers Assn. - June 26, golf, Bristol Harbour Resort, Canandaigua, N.Y.; (518) 286-1010; nrla.org.

Northern New York Lumber Dealers Assn. - June 27, golf, lves Hill Country Club, Watertown, N.Y.; (518)286-1010; nrla.org.

House-Hasson Hardware Co. - June 28-30, market, Duke Energy Center, Cincinnati, Oh.; (800) 333-0520; www.househasson.com.

Mississippi Lumber Manufacturers Association - June 28'30, mid-year convention & show, Beau Rivage Resort, Biloxi, Mi.;

Mid-Hudson Lumber Dealers Assn. - July 9, golf, Otterkill Golf & Country Club, Campbell Hall, N.Y.; (518)286-1010; nrla.org.

Rhode lsland Lumber & Building Materials Dealers Association - July 11, Green Valley Country Club, Portsmouth, N.H.; (518) 286-1010; nrla.org.

Central N.Y. Retail Lumber Dealers Assn. - July 14, day at races, Oswego Speedway, Oswego, N.Y.; (518)286-1010; nrla.org.

Construction Suppliers Association - July 19, insight meeting, Montgomery, Al.; (678) 674-1860; www.gocsa.com.

Southeastern Lumber Manufacturers Association - July 25'28, annual conference, Reynolds Plantation, Greensboro, Ga.; (770) 631 -6701 ; www.slma.org.

Southeast Building Conference - July 26-28, Orange County Convention Center, Orlando, Fl.; (800) 261-9447; sebcshow.com.

Southern Building Material Association - July 26.29, summer conference, Wyndham Resort, Virginia Beach, Va.; (704) 3761 503; www.southernbuilder.org.

Appalachian Hardwood Manufacturers Association - Jgly 29'!], summer meeting, Grove Park Inn, Asheville, N.C.; (336) 885' 83'1 5; www.appalachianwood.org.

Indiana Lumber & Builders' Supply Assn. - Aug, 2, golf, Oak Tree Golf Course, Plainfield, In.; (877)465-8627; www.ilbsa.org.

Michigan Lumber & Building Materials Association 1 Aug_'._2, annual golf outing, Hawk Hollow Golf Course, Bath, Mi.; (517) 394-5225; www.mlbma.org.

Massachusetts Retail Lumber Dealers Assn. - Aug. 6, golf, Cyprian Keyes, Boylston, Ma.; (518)286-1010; nrla.org.

Northern New York Lumber Dealers Assn. - Aug. 15, fishing derby, Clayton, N.Y.; (518) 286-1010; nrla.org.

Ace Hardware Corp. - Aug. 16-18, fall market, McCormick Place South, Chicago, ll.; (630) 990-7662; www.acehardware.com.

Orgill Inc. - Aug. 16-18, dealer market, Las Vegas Convention Center, Las Vegas, Nv.; (800) 347-2860; www.orgill.com.

New Jersey Building Materials Dealers Assn, - Aug. 20, golf, Knob Hill Golf Course, Manalapan, N.J.; (908) 359-1184; njbmda.org.

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Cents-less Acts

The owner of a Florida lumberyardnu' decided that pennies just aren't worth the tr6uble any more.

"No more pennies! For cash sales, we round in your favor," proclaims a new sign at Shell Lumber, Miami, Fl. Owner Andy Haase instituted the change last month, after tiring ofthe need to account for the 1,200 pennies needed each day for the store's l0 registers.

"The bookkeepers used to come down and say your cash drawer was off by a penny," said Haase. "It was just a lot of work for nothing."

The U.S. Mint, which spent $119 million last year to make $49 million worth of pennies, agrees. So does Jeff Gore, a biophysics professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology who advocates retiring the penny. "The penny used to be a useful coin," he says. "There was a time when you could buy something with it." But those times are past.

Customers using credit cards still pay the full amount, but cash transactions are rounded up to 4p, so no pennies change hands. During a recent visit to Shell Lumber, customer Frank Dumenigo handed over $21 for $20.84 worth of merchandise and received two dimes in return.

"I have a change purse," said Dumenigo, who routinely leaves pennies behind on sales counters. "IfI put pennies in there, it would explode."

The Pentagon also has little use for the copper coin. ln 1980, it stopped sending pennies to overseas military bases because the coins "are too heavy and are not cost effective to ship," says Christopher Ward, a spokesman for the Army & Air Force Exchange Service. Military commissaries round sales totals to the nearest dime or nickel, figuring that customers will wind up even over time.

Haase says the new policy could cost the store as much as $10 day-almost $5,500 a year-but will save labor costs for tracking sales down to the last penny. "We worked out the math," he says. "Counting pennies was definitely worse than break even."

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Advantage Trim & Lumber [rvww.advantagelumber.com]....,.....20

Ainsworth [www.ainsworth.ca] ..............,, ta_'ta

Anthony Forest Products [www.anthonyforest.coml .................27

Arch Wood Protection [www.wolmanizedwood.com].......,.C0ver I

BG Shake & Shingle Association [www,bcshakeshingle.com]..21

Boston Cedar [www,bostoncedar.com] ,.,.,...........5

Cabot [www.cabotfactoryfinish.com].,...........................................7

Capital [www.capital.lumber.com] ........,,,.,...................,.,...........,.13

Cedar Creek Wholesale Inc. [www.cedarcreek.com] ...,...,..,.......41

Cedar Shake & Shingle Bureau [www.cedarbureau.com],..,......8A

Cox Industries [www.coxwood.com]

..3

Crumpfer Plastic Pipe [www.cpp.pipe.com] ..........,.... .................22

Fasco America [www.fascoamerica.com]....................................43 ldaho Forest Group [www.idahoforestgroup.com] .......,.,.,..,,.....19

McFarland Cascade [www.mcfarlandcascade.com] ...................37

McShan Lumber [www,mcshanlumber.com]........,........,.,.,..,,.....33

Northeastern Lumber Manufacturers Assn. [www.nelma.org]...42

Overseas Hardwood Co. [www.ohc.net] .,.................................,..23

Parksite [www.parksite.com]..,............. .....Cover lV

Pennsylvania Lumbermens Mutual Insurance [plmins.com]...,.28

Plycem USA [www.plycemtrim.com]... .......Cover ll

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Richardson Timbers [www.timbersonline.coml.....................,....39

Roseburg Forest Products [www.rfpco.com] .,......,,...........,.,,...,.15

RoyOMartin [www.royomartin.com] ...................35

Simpson Strong.Tie [www.strongtie,com].........................C0ver lll

Siskiyou Forest Products [siskiyouforestproducts.com] ...........17

Spartanburg Forest Products [www.sfpinc,com].........,.....,.,...,..30

Sunbelt [wrvw.sunbeltracks.com]

Swanson Group Sales Co. [www.swansongroupinc.com],.,...,....8

Tank Fab [www.tankfab.com].......

Tolleson Lumber [www.tollesonlumber.com]..............................32