ASSOCIATION

Construction Suppliers Association will host its first-ever annual meeting Sept. l5-16 at its headquarters in Tyrone, Ga.

Highlights will include a discussion of multi-generational leadership in family businesses, a talk by economist Dr. Roger Tutterow, and introduction of the association's credit bureau.

Social events will include a cocktail reception and dinner, a golf tournament at nearby Plantena Ridge Golf Club, and a Braves vs. Mets baseball game.

Northwestern Lumber Association will host golf outings July 20 in Onalaska, Wi.; Aug. 24 in Fennimore, Wi.; Sept. l9 in Wrightstown, Wi., and Sept. 27 in Panora, Il.

The annual fishing trip is slated for July 29 on Lake Merritt, Valentine, Ne. Sept. 29 is the date for the annual shooting event, at Oak Creek Sporting Club. Brainerd. Ne.

Mid-America Lumbermens Association installed Ken Blackmon, Ken's Discount Building Materials, El Dorado, Ar., as president.

New Jersey Building Materials Dealers Association holds its annual golf outing Aug. 15 at Battleground Country Club, Manalapan, N.J.

Aug. 26 is its annual fishing trip, departing from Atlantic Highlands.

Illinois Lumber & Material Dealers Association named Dan Martin, Peoples Complete Building Center, Watseka, as 2010 Lumberman of the Year.

Aug. 17 is a golf outing at Spring Creek Golf Course, Spring Valley.

Northeastern Retail Lumber Association affiliates are staying busy straight through the summer.

Massachusetts Retail Lumber Dealers Association will host its 48th annual golf outing Aug. I at Cyprian Keyes Golf Club, Boylston.

Aug.4 is the date for the Northeastern Young Lumber Execs to watch the Red Sox vs. the Indians at Fenway Park, Boston, Ma.

Vermont Lumber Dealers Association will hold its annual golf outing Aug. 24 at Green Mountain National, Killington.

Sept. 9-11 at the Portland Harbor BuiHlng.hoducts.com

Hotel, Me., is the annual meeting of the Retail Lumber Dealers of Maine and the New Hampshire Retail Lumber Association.

Southern Forest Products Association will hold its annual meeting Aug. 9-10 at Westin Peachtree Plaza, Atlanta, Ga.

Kermit Baker, senior research fellow at Harvard's Joint Center for Housing Studies, will discuss the future of remodeling. Jeff Struecker, a retired Army Chaplain who was featured in Black Hawk Down, will offer personal stories of survival. Social events will include an opening reception, buffet lunch, and a chairman's dinner.

The group's annual Forest Products Machinery & Equipment Expo will follow the annual meeting, from Aug. ll-12 at the Georgia World Congress Center, Atlanta.

Northeastern Lumber Manufacturers Association has scheduled a Sept. 22 tournament at Webhannet Golf Club, Kennebunkport, Me.

A directors' meeting and market outlook will take place the next day, at Nonatum Resort, Kennebunkport.

International Wood Products Association has hired Ashley Amidon as its new manager of government affairs, replacing Brigid Shea.

OSHA Piles On Alabama Mill

Phenix Lumber Co., Phenix City, Al., is contesting nearly $2 million in penalties proposed by OSHA for health and safety violations.

OSHA began its latest inspection Dec. 15, 2010, in response to a complaint that workers in the planer mill were exposed to amputation hazards while maintaining, cleaning and clearing jams on machinery. A second complaint two months later claimed a worker had suffered a partial finger amputation while clearing a piece of machinery that had not been locked out. When OSHA investigated, it learned of another employee who had suffered a severe hand injury while working on unguarded machinery.

In September 2010, Phenix was cited for 53 safety violations and proposed fines of $439,440 following a worker fatality. Over the past four years, the company has been cited 77 times by OSHA and accumulated thousands ofdollars in proposed fines.

OSHA also proposed that the firm be included in the agency's Severe Violators Enforcement Program for willful and repeat offenders.

Alabama Lumberyard Gets Drive-Thru

Oxford Lumber-Ace Hardware opened its new 30,000-sq. ft. indoor, drive-through lumberyard in Oxford, Al., after nearly a year of construction.

"It's really a slick thing, and we've got it organized where a truck can pull in and get everything the customer needs," said president Bill Newman, whose parents opened the original Oxford store in 1958.

He said that besides offerine shelter for merchandise and customers, the new space helps the store compete against big boxes.

"The cleanness and dryness of the materials is one thing, but the service piece is really what we strive for," he added. "That's what we feel like we do better than anybody else."

The company also operates home centers in Jacksonville, Talladega and Roanoke, Al.

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