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Mountain States Lumber & Building Material Dealers Association will present a seminar on mechanics' lienlaw June 12 at Renaissance Hotel, Denver, Co.

The annual Colorado WOOD Council's golf tournament will be July l5 at Ranch Golf & Country Club, Westminster, Co. Proceeds will benefit the Tennyson Center for Children.

West Coast Lumber & Building Material Association will host its annual 2nd Growth summer conference July 17-18 at Omni Las Palmas Resort & Spa, Rancho Mirage, Ca.

Western Hardwood Association has scheduled its 2nd annual Western Hardwood International Convention and Expo for May 19-22 at Holiday Inn Airport, Portland, Or.

Tommy MacDonald, a spokesperson for the Hardwood Forest Foundation, will be the special guest.

APA-The Engineered Wood Association has released a new system report outlining an efficient, costeffective construction solution for using wood structural panels with raised-heel (or energy-heel) trusses.

"Use of Wood Structural Panels for Energy-Heel Trusses" (Form SR103) provides a pre-engineered solution for preventing trusses from comBuilding-Products.com press insulation, which can diminish its R-value and create a cold area in the building envelope.

The report illustrates how to com- bine raised-heel trusses with wood structural panels to resist loads that act on the truss connection, while meeting the lateral load and wind uplift load requirements of International Residential Code without additional cutting or blocking.

Hampton Gets Grant to KeeP Darrington Mill Running

Hampton Affiliates' sawmill in Darrington, Wa., received a $300,000 grant to help keep the business operational while State Route 530 is repaired.

Since a March 22 landslide closed the highway. truckers transporting lumber to and from the mill have been forced to take a longer route.

"In order for them to drive that extra 90 miles, they have to charge us more," mill manager Tim Johnson said, noting that added trucking costs topped $500,000 in just one month'

The grant is a combination of $150,000 from the state Department of Commerce and $150,000 from United Way of Snohomish County. It will be used to purchase fuel cards that will be distributed to truckers serving the mill.

OVER 1,500 attended Meek's Lumber & Hardware's recent 9th annual Contractor Expo in South Lake Tahoe, Ca. During the event, more than $30,000 was given away in raffle prizes, including six 60" flat screen TVs. Grand prize winner Pete Garcia (photo at right, flanked bv president Canie Meek and chairman of th6 board Bill Meek) took home $1,000 in cash. The next expo: Apnl23'24,2015.

The state's DePartment of Transportation hopes to have one lane of the highway open to local traffic by fall, but says a definite estimate will have to wait until debris has been cleared.

"Our objective is to keeP the mill operating and keep people working," said Johnson. "These funds will help us do that for as long as Possible bY offsetting our increased fuel costs."

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