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October
Western Wood Preservers InstituteOct. 12-15. annual meeting, Westin Mission Hills, Palm Desert, Ca.; (360) 693-9958.
Mountain States Lumber & BIdg. Material Dealers Assn. - Oct. 16, yard foreman seminar, Denver, Co.; (800) 365-0919.
ServistarOct.17-21, show, Baltimore, Md.; (412) 283-4567
HWIOct. 18-21, market, Indianapolis, In.; (713) 644-1495.
National llardwood Lumber Assn.Oct. 18-21, convention, LeCentre Sheraton, Montreal, Quebec; (901) 377-1818.
National Sash & Door Jobbers AssociationOct. 18-22, annual convention, New Orleans, La.; (800) 786-7274.
Resource Information Systems Inc.Oct 19-21, annual forest products conference, La Jolla, Ca.; (617) 271-0030.
National Forest Products WeekOct.19-25:, (202) 463-2700.
International Panel & Engineered Wood Technology Expooct.20-24, Atlanta, Ga.; (415) 905-4940.
Building Component Manufacturers ConferenceOct.2224,Opryland Hotel, Nashville, Tn.; (913) 843-3781.
Batimat St. PetersburgOct.22-25,building show, Lenexpo, St. Petersburg, Russia; (800) 321-3269.
National llardwood DayOct.A; (202) 463-2700.
Inland Empire Hoo-[Ioo ClubOct. 25, golf, Palm Meadows Golf Course, San Bernardino, Ca.; (909) 627-8551.
Ace Hardware Corp.Oct. 25-29, fall market, Bartle Hall, Kansas City, Mo.; (630) 990-6600.
Sustainable Building NorthwestOct. 27-29, conference & trade show, Seattle Center, Seattle, Wa.; (206) 842-8995.
Lesmash '97Oct,28-31, equipment trade fair, Kiev, Ukraine; (212) 3s6-04W.
Batimat North AmericaOct. 29-31, building show, Jacob K. Javits Center, New York, N.Y.; (800) 321-3269.
November
World Forest InstituteNov. 3-6, timber markets conference, World Forestry Center, Portland, Or.; (503) 228-0803.
Batimat '97Nov. 3-8, building show, Porte de Versailles, Paris, France; (800) 321-3269.
Kitchen & Bath Design & Remodeling ShowNov. 6-8, Baltimore, Md.; (516) 845-27W.
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North American Wholesale Lumber Assn.Nov. 6-8. traders market, Hyatt Regency DFW, Dallas, Tx.; (800) 527-8258.
American Lumber Standard CommitteeNov. 7. annual meeting, Marriott, San Francisco, Ca.; (301) 972-1700.
Plastic Lumber Trade AssociationNov. 11-13. ASTM meetings, San Diego, Ca.; (330)762-1963.
National Association of Wholesaler-DistributorsNov. 12, technology seminar, live satellite broadcast; (202) 872-0885.
Los Angeles Hardwood Lumberman's ClubNov. 13, meeting, Maggie's Pub, Santa Fe Springs, Ca.; (213) 263-9361.
Building Industry ShowNov. 13-14, Long Beach Convention Center, Long Beach, Ca.; (909) 396-9993
Lumber Assn. of California & NevadaNov. 13-15. annual convention, Doubletree Hotel, Monterey, Ca.; (916) 369-75O1.
Western Building Material Assn.Nov. 15-17, annual convention, Doubletree-Lloyd Center, Portland, Or.; (360) 943-3054.
North American Building Material Distribution AssociationNov. 16-18, convention, Toronto, Canada; (312) 321-6845.
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Home Depot Settles Bias Suits For $104 Million
Home Depot has settled a class action lawsuit charging its Western Division with sex discrimination.
The company also reached agreements in principle to resolve three other gender bias suits. All four suis allege that the company and its employment practices discriminate against women.
Depot will pay out $104 million, including $65 million for plaintiff class members in the first case, 922.5 million to their attorneys, and $17 million for other related internal costs, including implementing new employment programs and settling the other three suits.
Under terms of the first agreement, reached after court-ordered mediation, Depot will support or enhance certain company human resources programs, some of which it had already begun implementing, and voluntarily roll out the programs nationally.
The decision to implement the programs nationwide led to resolution of the remaining suits pending final negotiation.
L-P Tamperer Pleads Guilty
A former superintendent at Louisiana-Pacific's Montrose, Co., wafer- board plant has confessed to violating federal air pollution laws, according to the Associated Press.
Robert Mann, 58, said he consPired to tamper with pollution control equipment and falsified reports on emissions from the plant's smokestacks in 1991 and 1992, when at least a dozen nearby residents became ill, reportedly from the emissions.
Faced with up to five Years in prison and a $250,000 fine, Mann pleaded guilty and agreed to testify against L-P and fellow manager Dana Dulohery, in exchange for being allowed to continue working and being confined to his home during off hours.
A trial is pending against L-P allegedly for breaking the Clear Air Act and for falsifying waferboard samples to fool the monitoring agency, APAThe Engineered Wood Association.
Alaska Dealers Halt Discounts
To better compete with the big boxes, two Juneau, Ak., retailers have lowered their shelf prices, but eliminated contractor discounts.
Offering 157o discounts to contractors had forced ValleY Lumber and Don Abel Building SuPPIY to inflate prices for consumers, who increasingly went to the local Costco or building supply chains in Seattle. Home Depot also is about to enter Alaska' Valley Lumber and Don Abel said the drop in overall prices will make up for the discount contractors are losing, helped by a 2Vo discount for PromPt payment. The stores will continue to bid competitively on large projects.
"(Contractors will) do just as well if not better," said Bruce Abel, president, Don Abel Building Supply. "It's going to mean better pricing for everyone every day."
Dan Graves, general mgr., ValleY Lumber, said the discounts were instituted years ago, when retail Prices
