Fall 2019 Southeastern Dry Kiln Club Meeting AnnouncedTo be held jointly with OVLDA |
FALL 2019 MEETINGWHEN: Wednesday, November 6 – Thursday, November 7, 2019
WHERE: Technical Session: Cardin Forest Products
2534 Battlecreek Rd. South Pittsburg, TN 37380
Hotel & Registration: Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites,
300 Battlecreek Road, Kimball, TN 37380
Tour #1 – Cardin Forest Products, South Pittsburg, TN 37380
Tour #2 – Brown-Forman Cooperage, Stevenson, AL 35772
Wednesday – November 6, 201911:45 AM – 12:45 PM – Registration (Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites – Kimball, TN)
12:45 PM – 1:00 PM – Drive to Technical Session at Cardin Forest Products 2534 Battlecreek Rd. South Pittsburg, TN 37380 Technical Session at Cardin Forest Products1:00 PM – Dr. Gene Wengert, Drying Thick Oak
2:15 PM – Dr. Rado Gazo, Industrial applications of CT scanning hardwood trees, logs and automated grading of lumber. 3:15 PM – Break 3:30 PM – Bobby Ammerman, Machining Defects as they relate to lumber drying. 4:30 PM – Stress Relief 5:30 PM – Dinner & Business Meeting of the OVLDA in the meeting room at Cardin. (Cardin has graciously offered to host an Alligator BBQ and supply beverages for our meeting.) 7:30 PM – Back at Hotel (Stress Relief in Hospitality Suite) Thursday – November 7, 2019Tours – Please bring your PPE (hardhat, safety glasses, earplugs) if available. 8:00 AM – Leave Hotel and Drive to Cardin Forest Products
2534 Battlecreek Rd. South Pittsburg, TN 37380 8:10 AM – 9:40 AM – Tour Cardin Forest Products 9:40 AM – 10:00 AM – Drive to Brown-Forman 46315 US-72 Stevenson, AL 35772 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM – Tour Brown-Forman 11:30 AM – Lunch at Sugars Ribs (in Chattanooga, TN) (on your own) REGISTRATION: Registration for this joint SEDKC-OVLDA meeting will be with the OVLDA. Registration Fee is $60 per person with Registration Deadline of November 1, 2019 (Late registration add $20 per person). Make checks payable to Ohio Valley Lumber Drying Association. Click here for Registration Form and Meeting Details.
Snacks during the break and dinner during the business meeting Wednesday night will be provided. Breakfast is provided by the hotel as part of your reservation.
HOTEL: A small block of rooms has been reserved on a first come basis at Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites. The room block will be released on October 23rd. Reservations can be made by calling the Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites (reduced rate of $85.00+tax per night for the block) at (423)-837-1500. Please use the group code Lumber Drying.
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