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Black Bart Hoo-Hoo Club - Nov. 12, initiation, Ukiah Garden Caf6, Ukiah, Ca.; (707) 462-3700.

North American Buitding Material Distribution AssociationNov. 12-13, annual convention & show, National Harbor, Md.; (888) 74'7-7862.

Los Angeles Harwood Lumberman's Club - Nov. 12-14' hardwood lumber grading course, Ganahl Lumber, Anaheim, Ca.; (7 14\-6'7 r-3079

Southwest Sustainable Forests Partnership - Nov. 12-14' fall conference, Flagstaff, Az.; (928) 524-6063.

Western Building Material Association - Nov. 12-14, annual convention, Red Lion on 5th Avenue, Seattle, Wa.; (360) 9433054.

JLC Live Show - Nov. 12-15, Washington State Convention & Trade Center, Seattle, Wa.; (800) 261-7769.

Mountain States Lumber & Building Material Dealers Association - Nov. 13, Bill Lee sales seminar, Denver, Co.; (303) 292-9500.

Building Industry Show - Nov. 13'14, Long Beach Convention Center, Long Beach, Ca.; (909) 396-9993.

Northwest Industrial Woodworking Expo - Nov. 13'14, Greater Tacoma Convention & Trade Center, Tacoma, Wa'; (828) 4s9-9894.

American Lumber Standards Committee - Nov. 14, annual meeting, San Diego, Ca.; (301) 972-l7OO.

Wood Processing Machinery Fair - Nov. 15-19, Istanbul' Turkey; www.woodmachineryistanbul.com.

International Congress on Solid Wood Products from Plantation Forests - Nov. 19-21, Curitiba, Braz\l: www.congressoflorestaplantada.com.

U.S. Green Building Council - Nov' 19-21' green building conference. Boston, Ma.; (202) 828-1144.

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North American Wholesale Lumber Association - Dec. 2-5, university of industrial distribution, University Place Conference Center & Hotel, Indianapolis,In.; (800) 52'7-8258'

Construct Canada/National Green Building Festival - Dec. 35, Toronto, Ont.; www.constructcanada.com.

Portland Wholesale Lumber Association - Dec.4' holiday luncheon. Portland, Or.; (503) 648-4156.

Mountain States Lumber & Building Material Dealers Association - Dec. 3-4, estimating workshop; Dec. 4, year-end party; Dec. 5, operations management seminar, Holiday Inn Denver Central. Denver, Co.; (303) 292-9500.

Lumber Association of California & Nevada - Dec. 4,2nd Growth holiday meeting, Sheraton, Cerritos, Ca.; (800) 2664344.

Kahle Way Sales Management Seminar - Dec.4-5, Dallas' Tx.; (800) 331-1287.

Colrunx '08 - Dec. 4-7, construction machinery & material expo, Hyderabad, India; www.commex.confairs.com.

Ecobuild - Dec. 8-11, green building conference & expo' Washington, Washington, D.C.; www.ecobuildfall.com'

Colorado Truss Manufacturers Association - Dec.9, chapter meeting, Denver, Co.; (303) 307-1441

Western Hardwood Association - Dec. 10, board meeting' Red Lion Inn at the Quay, Vancouver, Wa.; (360) 835-1600.

Structural Building Cornponents Association - Dec. 16-17' leadership workshop, Phoenix, Az.; (608) 274-4849.

Los Angeles Harwood Lumberman's Club - Dec. 19, holiday party, Queen Mary, Long Beach, Ca.; (714)-671-3079.

Los Angeles Hardwood Lumber' man's Club will gather Dec. 19 for a holiday party at the Queen MarY, Long Beach, Ca.

The first meetings of 2009 are Jan. 8 at Stevens Steakhouse, CitY of Commerce, Ca., and bowling night Feb. 12 at Anaheim Gardenwalk, Anaheim, Ca.

Portland Wholesale Lumber Association has scheduled its annual holiday luncheon for Dec. 5 at the Embassy Suites Hotel PortlandAirport, Portland, Or.

Andrew Miller, c.e.o. of Stimson Lumber, Portland, Or., will be the guest speaker. He currently serves on the board of the American Forest & Paper Association and as an officer and director of the Western Wood Products Association.

Lumber Association of California & Nevada's 2nd Growth will host its annual holiday meeting and casino night Dec. 4 at the Sheraton, Cerritos, Ca.

APA-Engineered Wood Associa' tion presented a number of awards during its Sept. 2O-23 annual meeting in Henderson, Nv.

The fourth annual Bronson J. Lewis award was presented to Fred Fields, former owner of Coe Manufacturing Co. Winners of the mill safety competition are Boise Cascade's veneer mill in Willamina. Or.; Timber Product's veneer plant in Yreka, Ca.; GeorgiaPacific's plywood mills in Conigon, Tx., Fordyce, Ar., Gloster, Mi., and Madison. Ga.. and Louisiana Pacific's OSB plant in Athens, Ga., and Ijoist/LVl plant in Wilmington, N.C. ilevel by Weyerhaeuser, Dow Chemical, and ITW Building ComPonents were honored as NLBMDA Institute partnership program sponSOTS.

North American Wholesale Lumber Association will conduct its annual university of industrial distribution Dec. 2-5 at University Place Conference Center & Hotel, Indianapolis,In.

National Lumber & Building Material Dealers Association installed ProBuild's Paul Hylbert as chairman during its recent industry summit in Chantilly, Va.

Hylbert succeeds outgoing chair Harold Baalmann, B&B Lumber Co., Wichita, Ks.

Joining them on the executive committee are chair-elect Dan Fesler, Lamperts, St. Paul, Mn.; vice chair Joe Collings, Ferguson Lumber CorP., Rockville. In.: treasurer Linda Nussbaum, Kleet Lumber Co., Huntington, N.Y.; manufacturers & services council chair John Somerville, Dow Chemical Co., Marietta, Ga.; federated association executives chair Rick Seely, Michigan Lumber & Building Materials Association, and president Michael O'Brien, NLBMDA.

The outstanding leadershiP award went to Jesse Brand, Brand's Inc., Columbus,In.

John Somerville, Dow Chemical, Marietta. Ga.. won the chairman's award for outstanding manufacturing & services council member.

Curtis Lumber, Plattsburgh, N'Y., and Sanford & HawleY, Unionville, Ct., won the 2007 national industrY leader in safety awards.