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Read each month’sfeature stories ordownload the latestissue online@www.nationalhardwoodmag.comTRADE TALK - Continuedduring a reception at the NationalHardwood Lumber Assoc. AnnualConvention this month in San Francisco.Bob Sabistina, who recently becameAWMA’s executive director, said, “LarryFrye will always be a part of our group.Retirement means he can golf on weekdayswith no guilt, but his guidance andcounsel will be depended on.”•Memphis, Tenn.—The National HardwoodLumber Assoc. (NHLA), locatedhere, recently celebratedthe graduationof its first offsiteinspector trainingclass at the VenangoTechnology Centerin Oil City, Pa. Thiswas the 156 th graduatingclass of theNHLA InspectorTraining School.A group effort Mark Barfordbetween the NHLA,Clarion University-Venango Campus,Keystone Community Education Council(KCEC) and the Allegheny HardwoodUtilization Group (AHUG) brought the 10-week Inspector Training School toPennsylvania in lieu of a Memphis-basedsummer class. Rich Hascher, NHLAinspector school director, traveled toPennsylvania to preside over the class.“NHLA seeks to provide the lumberindustry with many well-educated andskilled lumber inspectors,” said MarkBarford, NHLA executive director. “It’s atradition that will always be in place — nomatter the location of the class.”NHLA and Clarion University – VenangoCampus offered college credit for theNHLA program. The KeystoneCommunity Education Council handledlogistical preparations, and AHUG providedan Incumbent Worker Training Grantthrough the North Central WorkforceInvestment Board and the PennsylvaniaDepartment of Labor and Industry.•Reston, Va.—C.T. “Kip” Howlett Jr. wasrecently named president of theHardwood Plywood & Veneer Assoc.(HPVA), based here. Howlett was vicepresident of theAmerican ChemistryCouncil and executivedirector of itsChlorine ChemistryCouncil for 11 years.Howlett alsoworked withGeorgia-Pacific forover 19 years, holdinga variety of positionsincluding vice Kip Howlett Jr.74 Hardwoods Have Versatility