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October 2006 Volume 45, Issue 10 Niehaus News Niehaus News Vincennes, IN St. Louis, MO Nashville, TN Vincennes, IN Terre Haute, IN Robinson, IL Vincennes, IN Vincennes IN Coming! New Benjamin Moore “Signature Store” To Vincennes Niehaus Home Center Reconstruction is under way at the Niehaus Home Center in Vincennes to make way for a completely new paint/ wallpaper/ decorator center featuring Benjamin Moore paints. The current paint department has been temporarily moved while the area is being completely remodeled from ceiling to floor. The new department will include an inspiration center with an even greater color selection and a decision area, with space to browse. The new Benjamin Moore store will provide the ultimate in decorating experience - a combination of rich colors, expert service and top-quality prod- ucts in a warm and relaxing store atmosphere. It is estimated that the new department will be completed in the next 60 days. In the meantime, we are still able to offer full service in our paint and wallpaper department. Happy Halloween There's a goblin at my window, A monster by my door. The pumpkin at my table Keeps on smiling more and more. There's a ghost who haunts my bedroom, A witch whose face is green. They used to be my family, Till they dressed for Halloween.

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October 2006 Volume 45, Issue 10

Niehaus NewsNiehaus News

• Vincennes, IN

• St. Louis, MO

• Nashville, TN

• Vincennes, IN

• Terre Haute, IN

• Robinson, IL

• Vincennes, IN

• Vincennes IN

Coming! New Benjamin Moore “SignatureStore” To Vincennes Niehaus Home CenterReconstruction is under way at the Niehaus Home Center in Vincennes to make way for a

completely new paint/ wallpaper/ decorator center featuring Benjamin Moore paints. The

current paint department has been temporarily moved while the area is being completely

remodeled from ceiling to floor.

The new department will include an inspiration

center with an even greater color selection and a

decision area, with space to browse.

The new Benjamin Moore store will provide the

ultimate in decorating experience - a combination

of rich colors, expert service and top-quality prod-

ucts in a warm and relaxing store atmosphere.

It is estimated that the new department will be

completed in the next 60 days. In the meantime,

we are still able to offer full service in our paint

and wallpaper department.

Happy HalloweenThere's a goblin at my window,

A monster by my door.

The pumpkin at my table

Keeps on smiling more and more.

There's a ghost who haunts my bedroom,

A witch whose face is green.

They used to be my family,

Till they dressed for Halloween.

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by Bernie Niehaus Chairman of the Board

Splinters

Bob Pratt was a great son-in-law. I could

not have picked a better husband for my

daughter Anne, or a better father for their

four children, Brennan, Julia, Alec and

Kevin. Bob and Anne lived life to the

fullest. The saying, "live with no regrets"

certainly applied to them.

Bob was the life of the party, wherever they would go. He was a real

"ham", during our last family trip on the Disney Cruise, he dressed like

a pirate and danced for the hundreds on the boat. He also was a great

sport and knew how much Anne loved parties. Last year for Halloween,

he let her convince him to dress up as Tinkerbell.

Bob was a football star from Hermitage, Pennsylvania and received a

full scholarship to Northwestern University. Anne met Bob at

Northwestern University. They were both

great athletes. She was on the swim team

and he played football. When he played

offensive guard at Northwestern, he carried

300 lbs. on his 6'6" frame. His senior year

he was drafted by the USFL, but his subse-

quent diagnosis of Juvenile Diabetes pre-

vented him from pursuing that dream.

After graduating from Northwestern, Bob found his true calling. He

was a born salesman and went to work for Xerox. Bob never met a

stranger. He could talk sports, music and politics with equal ease. He

was excellent at keeping in touch with people, and when traveling, he

would call or have lunch with an old friend, creating a huge network

around the country.

Being an athlete, Bob was always highly competitive, and motivated.

He advanced in ranks through several companies, and his last job was

Vice President of Sales for Hickory Leather Company. He traveled

with his many reps throughout the country. One week before his death,

Bob received a letter from the owner of Hickory Leather Company

praising Bob's many contributions to the company.

Bob was a real family man and they took many trips together. He loved

sports, fishing, hunting and camping. He took the time to involve the

family in his interests and they had many annual trips camping with the

kids and going to Atlanta to see the Braves play. On the many trips to

Kentucky Lake with our whole family, Bob would fish, boat and play

cards. He said one of his favorite things to do at the lake was to power

wash the dock and decks - he was a scrubber and cleaner.

In his hospital rooms, Bob received many friends - many of whom were

doctors in Hickory. One day the nurse asked him if he was famous,

because he had so many visitors. Bob just smiled and said we just have

a lot of friends.

“I could not have

picked a better

husband for my

daughter. . ”

“About Bob”

(continued)

All of our family - twenty five of us - made the trip to

Hickory over the Labor Day holiday. We had a very

nice visit with Bob and got to say our "Good-byes".

Earlier Bob had confided to me that he felt at peace

with God since he went to

confession to Fr. Bob.

Maggie, my daughter-in-law,

who was a Hospice nurse,

stayed with Bob that last

week. She asked Bob if he

was afraid to die and he said

no, he was ready. In one of

his meetings with his chil-

dren, Bob told them that God

wanted him to be with his

parents in heaven. Bob's mother and father both died

when they were fairly young.

Bob was diagnosed with cancer on March 31, and died

September 10, on Anne's birthday. She said that he was

waiting to wish her happy birthday before he left. Anne

and his three brothers, Mike, Jerry, and Tim were at his

side.

I AM

I am a boy who loves GodI wonder if I will be a priest

I hear people praisingI see people kneelingI want to be a priest

I am a boy who loves God

I pretend I see God

I feel God loving me

I touch Jesus

I worry I will mess up

I cry when somebody dies

I am a boy who loves Jesus

I understand you can’t get married

I say Jesus was son of God

I dream he comes back

I try to pray every night

I hope Jesus comes back

I am a boy who loves God

Written by Kevin Pratt

Son of Bob Pratt - 5th Grade, Hickory, NC

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Niehaus NewsThis newsletter is the official publication of events and activities of Niehaus Companies, Inc.

which include Niehaus Home Centers (Vincennes, IN, Terre Haute, IN and Robinson, IL,)

Wholesale Building Materials (Vincennes, IN, St. Louis, MO and Nashville, TN), and is pub-

lished 12 times per year.

Editor/Photographer/Writer: Sherry Cummins, Advertising Mgr.

Niehaus Companies, Inc.

Birthdays

Anniversaries

In October and November the fol-

lowing employees will be celebrating

their birthday!

October

Tracy Lockhart Oct. 1

Lisa Litherland Oct. 1

Matt Conover Oct. 2

Eric Niehaus Oct. 2

Steve Williams Oct. 2

Drew Wonning Oct. 5

Bernie Niehaus Oct. 5

Wendell P. Martin Oct. 6

Craig Sims Oct. 9

Keith Pfoff Oct. 13

Carl Keller Oct. 15

Keith Fox Oct. 16

Phil Wehrman Oct. 19

Adam Vieck Oct. 21

Kim Downen Oct. 23

Shannon Fischer Oct. 28

Jeff Shelton Oct. 31November

Donna Stephenson Nov. 3Mallory Bilskie Nov. 6Becky Taylor Nov. 6Ron Cardinal Nov. 8John Starnes Nov. 10Gene Green Nov. 12Richard Henry Nov. 12Mike Adams Nov. 13Steve Taylor Nov. 13Jearld Jones Nov. 13James Roe Nov. 18Shawn Brothers Nov. 20Joy Whiteside Nov. 20Helen Smith Nov. 21Kevin Hueby Nov. 24Debra Moyes Nov. 24Curtis Martin Nov. 25Ali Salhani Nov. 29

Happy Birthday!

October and November will mark the anniver-

sary dates of employment with our company

for the following employees.

October

Don Mendenhall 37 Years

Phil Wehrman 27 Years

Jean Fox 18 Years

Mike Cavender 14 Years

Doug Mikiska 14 Years

Stephens Lanning 7 Years

Jack McCullough 4 Years

Roberta Craig 2 Years

Paul Anderson 2 Years

Shannon Hopwood 1 Year

Carolyn Lane 1 Year

Mark McHenry 1 Year

Hylton Hawkins 1 Year

November

Kim Smith 30 Years

Steve McNew 10 Years

Don Pea 10 Years

Connie Lockhart 8 Years

John Wallace 5 Years

James Roe 4 Years

Ed Vaughn 3 Years

James Noble 3 Years

Mike McIntyre 3 Years

Ali Salhani 3 Years

Matthew Conover 2 Years

Brian Kirwer 2 Years

Robert Spade 2 Years

Ryan Hutchinson 1 Year

Erin Kirby 1 Year

Gary Gray 1 Year

Jearld Jones 1 Year

R.J. Raines 1 Year

Congratulations!

New Employees

We want to welcome the following new

employees to our company.

Chris Boover - NHC Installation, Vincennes

Scott Klein - WBM, Vincennes

Richard Woodard, Jr. - NHC, Robinson

There's one thing good about being poor

- its inexpensive.

If you don’t stand for something - you

will fall for anything.

GREAT ONE LINERS

• It's lonely at the top, but you eat better.

• Anything free is worth what you pay

for it.

• Everyone is entitled to my opinion.

• My reality check just bounced.

• Rap is to music what Etch-a-Sketch is

to art.

• What if there were no hypothetical

questions?

• No sense being pessimistic. It wouldn't

work anyway.

• Oh, no! Not ANOTHER learning expe-

rience

rience!

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• Hard work has a future payoff. Laziness

pays off now.

• I feel like I'm diagonally parked in a

parallel universe.

• You have the right to remain silent.

Anything you say will be misquoted,

then used against you.

• Remember half the people you know

are below average.

• Despite the cost of living, it's still pop-

ular.

• Nothing is foolproof to a talented fool.

• He who laughs last thinks slowest.

• Depression is merely anger without

enthusiasm.

• I drive way too fast to worry about

cholesterol.

• I intend to live forever. So far, so good.

• My mind is like a steel trap: rusty and

illegal in 37 states.

• The only substitute for good manners is

fast reflexes.

• When everything's coming your way,

you're in the wrong lane and driving

against traffic.

• No one is listening until you make a

mistake.

• All good things in moderation .....

including moderation.

• Living on Earth is expensive, but it

does include a free trip around the sun.

• Two can live as cheaply as one, for half

as long.

• 43.3% of statistics are meaningless!

• Don't assume malice for what stupidity

can explain.

• I'm not a complete idiot, some parts are

miss ing.

• The more you complain, the longer

God lets you live.

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Kids Eye On The Weather

• We say the cause of perfume disappearing is evaporation.

Evaporation gets blamed for a lot of things people forget to

put the top on.

• To most people solutions mean finding the answers. But to

chemists solutions are things that are still all mixed up.

• In looking at a drop of water under a microscope, we find

there are twice as many H's as O's.

• Clouds are high flying fogs.

• I am not sure how clouds get formed. But the clouds know

how to do it, and that is the important thing.

• Clouds just keep circling the earth around and around. And

around. There is not much else to do.

• Water vapor gets together in a cloud. When it is big enough

to be called a drop, it does.

• Humidity is the experience of looking for air and finding

water.

• We keep track of the humidity in the air so we won't drown

when we breathe.

• Rain is often known as soft water, oppositely known as hail.

• Rain is saved up in cloud banks.

• In some rocks you can find the fossil footprints of fishes.

• A blizzard is when it snows sideways.

• A hurricane is a breeze of a bigly size.

• A monsoon is a French gentleman.

• Thunder is a rich source of loudness.

• Isotherms and isobars are even more important than their

names sound.

• It is so hot in some places that the people there have to live

in other places.

• The wind is like the air, only pushier.

Who’s really poor?

One day a father of a very wealthy family took his son on a trip to

the rural countryside with the firm purpose of motivating his son

to work hard by showing him how poor people can be. The father

wanted to prepare his son to take over managing the vast family

fortune and estate.

They spent a couple of days and nights helping with the daily

activities on the farm of a poor family. Sharing meals at night

with the family, they learned a little about planning and life on the

farm.

On their return from their trip, the father asked his son, "How was

the trip?"

"It was great, Dad."

"Did you see how poor people can be?" the father asked.

"Oh Yeah" said the son.

"So what did you learn from the trip?" asked the father.

The son answered, "I saw that we have one dog and they had

four. We have a pool that reaches to the middle of our garden and

they have a creek that has no end. We have imported lanterns in

our garden and they have the stars at night. Our patio reaches to

the front yard and they have the whole horizon. We have a small

piece of land to live on and they have fields that go beyond our

sight. We have servants who serve us, but they serve others. We

buy our food, but they grow theirs. We have walls around our

property to protect us, and they have many friends to protect

them."

With this, the boy's father was speechless. Then his son added,

"Thanks dad for showing me how poor we are."

PAINTWhat do you get when you buy

BENJAMIN MOORE PAINT?

Outstanding Quality!

• Interior Wall Paints - latex or oils

Flats, Satins, Eggshell and Gloss

• Exterior House Paints - latex or oils

Flats , Gloss or Semi-Gloss

• Deck Stains • Concrete Paints

501 S. Howard St.

Robinson, IL

1023 Main St.

Vincennes, IN

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Anywhere you can imagine a

window. . . Andersen can fill the

opening beautifully. For over 100

years, every product carrying the

Andersen label has been built for

the finest homes in America, with

the same promise to provide

beauty, performance, style, quality

and value.

WW indowsindows

1023 Main Street, Vincennes, IN

501 Howard St, Robinson, IL

1110 Ft. Harrison Rd, Terre Haute, IN

• I went to a bookstore and asked the sales-

woman, "Where's the self-help section?"

She said if she told me, it would defeat the

purpose.

• Could it be that all those trick-or-treaters

wearing sheets aren't going as ghosts but as

mattresses?

• If a mute swears, does his mother wash

his hands with soap?

• If a man is standing in the middle of the

forest speaking and there is no woman

around to hear him...is he still wrong?

• If someone with multiple personalities

threatens to kill himself, is it considered a

hostage situation?

• Where do forest rangers go to "get away

from it all?"

• Why do they lock gas station bathrooms?

Are they afraid someone will clean them?

• If the police arrest a mime, do they tell

him he has the right to remain silent?

• Why do they put Braille on the drive-

through bank machines?

• How do they get the deer to cross at

that yellow road sign?

• One nice thing about egotists: they don't

talk about other people.

• Does the Little Mermaid wear an alge-

bra?

• Do infants enjoy infancy as much as

adults enjoy adultery?

• If you try to fail, and succeed, which

have you done?

• Why is it called tourist season if we

can't shoot at them?

• Why are there Interstate highways in

Hawaii?

• It's a small world -- unless you gotta

walk home.

WBM Hires New SalesRepresentative

More Things That Make You Say Hmmmmmm!

Jeanie Embry -

new sales rep for

the Kentucky

area.

Jeanie Embry has recently joined the

sales staff at Wholesale Building

Materials. She will be covering the

Southern Territory - KY, IL, and IN.

She will call on established dealers and

work to set up new dealer customers.

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Guardian Fiberglass Insulation

Cost Effective and Energy EfficientUltraFit . . . the ultimate in home

insulation

The UltraFit wall system is unique in that it

combines UltraFit, specially designed fiber-

glass insulation, with an inorganic water-acti-

vated powder adhesive. This is sprayed into

the wall cavity forming a seamless blanket of

insulation sidewalls. Because the system cre-

ates a monolithic seal in all the sidewalls, it

significantly reduces costly voids and air

gaps.

Call Today!

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2006 Niehaus Contractor Appreciation

2006 Niehaus Contractor Appreciation

Golf OutingGolf OutingNiehaus Companies, Inc. recently hosted their annual Contractor Appreciation

Golf Outings. Two separate golf outings were held - one for the Vincennes

area at the Bicknell Golf Course and one at the Idle Creek Golf Course in

Terre Haute.

The attendance this year set a record at both locations - over 120 players at

Terre Haute, and 200 players for Vincennes. Lunch was served before the

tournaments and a nice dinner after. A lot of great door prizes were awarded

at the end of the programs.

A big thanks to all of our vendors who helped support the event and to the

contractors who attended. Hope you all had a good time.

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EVER WONDER. . . . ?

If nothing ever sticks to Teflon, how

do they make Teflon stick to the pan?

When you're finally holding all the

cards, why does everyone else decide

to play chess?

I don't have a problem with willpow-

er. It's won't power I have a problem

with.

We do precision guesswork.

When you go into

court you're putting

yourself in the

hands of 12 people

who weren't smart

enough get out of

jury duty.

If 7-11 is open 24 hours a day, 365

days a year, why are there locks on

the doors?

Why is it that when you're driving

and looking for an address, you turn

the radio down?

If a book about failures doesn't sell,

is it a success?

If people from Poland are called

Poles, why aren't people from

Holland called Holes?

Why is the man who invests all your

money called a broker?

What hair color do they put on the

driver's licenses of bald men?

• Fan the fires. Even if you live in a

warmer region, fall presages cooler out-

door temperatures. Your forced-air or

water heating system deserves an annual

checkup, and it might as well be now.

Electric heating systems require only that

you vacuum the baseboard units and

check the thermostats. With a forced-air

furnace, get a professional tune-up,

replace dirty filters, and be sure that all

registers and grilles are clean and clear.

• Get out of the gutter. Falling leaves

and evergreen needles can block down-

spouts and cause rainwater to overflow

gutters. Come winter up north, clogged

gutters can cause ice dams, which push

water under shingles into your house.

Clean your gutters after most of the leaves

have fallen. Check for and repair any

problems you find. To prevent ice dams,

you may need to add insulation in the

attic or apply heat tape along the roof

edge above the gutters. To keep gutters

clear for next fall, install mesh or perfo-

rated leaf shields.

• Caulk the cracks. Caulk can help keep

out dirt, moisture, sound, and radon gas,

and improve the general appearance of

your home. Caulk before painting for a

more finished look. Caulk where masonry

meets siding, where pipes or wires enter

the house, around window and door

frames, and at corner joints formed by

siding.

• Insulate and ventilate. Common sense

tells us that because heat rises, insulation

counts most above living spaces. Indeed,

insulating attic floors and sealing air leaks

will keep your house warmer in winter

and cooler in summer. If there is no floor-

ing over the ceiling joists, adding loose

insulation is as easy as emptying the bags

and spreading an even layer. If your attic

has flooring, you may need to insulate

between the roof rafters. Don't block

vents in the soffit, gables, or eaves. These

vents let air flow above the insulation to pre-

vent overheating in the summer and moisture

buildup and condensation in the winter.

• Weather-strip doors and windows. Part of

your fall buttoning-up should be checking

your home's moving parts. Your goal is to

make them draft free, and you do it by main-

taining or upgrading your weather stripping.

All sorts of do-it-yourself materials are

available: felt strips, metal-back strips, self-

stick foam, and plastic channels. The idea is

to ensure that

your windows

and doors are

snug but still

operative.

• Protect

your plumb-

ing. Even if

your pipes

have never

frozen before,

it could hap-

pen this winter after you simply lower the

thermostat a few degrees or fix a dripping

faucet. Inspect the hot and cold supply lines

that run through exterior walls. Also note

exposed pipes that run along exterior walls

in an unheated basement or crawlspace. One

way to safeguard them is to wrap electric

heat tape around them, but keep in mind that

the tape won't work during power outages.

You can also wrap pipes with fiberglass

insulation or ready-made pipe jackets.

• Raise the roof. Inspecting the roof twice a

year should become a routine. From the

ground, use binoculars to look for missing,

loose, or damaged shingles. Then trace any

leaks from inside the attic. In fall, you may

need to replace missing shingles, cement

down curled edges, and recaulk where

plumbing stacks, cable brackets, or antennae

penetrate the roof. If you're hesitant about

scaling the heights, hire a reputable roofer.

Fall Fix-Up Tips

Solid surface undermount sinks -

“Well, at first we build a bench around

the tree.....then little by little we started

adding to it......”

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We offer an entry door product like no one else simply

because we have a technology like no one else. We call

it AccuGrain technology. This real wood-grain

appearance satisfies the desire for autheenic wood

door aesthetics while offering the advantages of the

Therma-Tru Fiberglass technology-AccuGrain. It sets

Classic-Craft apart from other fiberglass door manu-

facturers.

501 S. Howard St. Robinson, IL 1110 Ft. Harrison Rd. Terre Haute, IN

Quality Door System Components

• Security Strike Plate

• Multi-Point Locking System

• High Quality Hinges

• Kerfed Door Bottom

• HP Adjustable Sills

• FrameSaver Rot-Proof Jambs

• Astragals For Double Door Systems

1023 Main St. Vincennes, IN

CLASSIC-CRAFT

DOORSThe beauty of wood

The durability of fiberglass

Niehaus Home Center

The secret to the beauty of Classic-Craft doors

has finally come to the surface.

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Vinyl Windows• Engineering Excellence

• Fast, Easy Installation

• Custom Shapes and Styles

• Energy Efficient Glass Systems

THE VINYL ADVANTAGEVinyl is the ideal material for engineering high-performance, energy-

efficient windows that are both beautiful and practical. Vinyl is virtu-

ally maintenance free. It never needs painting or refinishing. No

scraping peeling paint or replacing rotting wood. Vinyl is perfect for

constructing tight seals that seal out leaky drafts. So, you save on

heating and cooling costs all year.

We will come measure for you!

Dumb and Dumber

• When a man attempted to siphon

gasoline from a motorhome parked on a

Seattle street, he got much more than he

bargained for. Police arrived at the scene

to find an ill man curled up next to a

motorhome near spilled sewage. A

police spokesman said that the man

admitted to trying to steal gasoline and

plugged his hose into the motorhome's

sewage tank by mistake. The owner of

the vehicle declined to press charges,

saying that it was the best laugh he'd

ever had.

• The Ann Arbor News crime column

reported that a man walked into a

Burger King in Ypsilanti, Michigan at 5

am, flashed a gun and demanded cash.

The clerk turned him down because he

said he couldn't open the cash register

without a food order. When the man

ordered onion rings, the clerk said they

weren't available for breakfast. The

man, frustrated, walked away.

Some early Spanish priests, aware of the passion the native people had for Chiles and

unsure of the Chile's powers, assumed they were aphrodisiacs and warned against con-

sumption which probably added to their popularity among the adventurous newcomers.

Two of the founding fathers of our country, George Washington and Thomas Jefferson,

are both known to have grown Chiles.

Eating chilies is addicting. When capsaicin comes in contact with the

nerves in your mouth, pain signals are sent to the brain. Subsequently,

the brain releases endorphins, natural painkillers, that create a feeling

of well being. The more spicy food ingested the more endorphins

released. The effect is a pleasurable feeling that true Chile heads

crave.

A 1994, Red Savina Habanero from GNS Spices has tested an aston-

ishing 577,000 Scoville Units and is believed to be the hottest pepper

ever tested.

Indian tribes strung chilies together and tied them to their canoes to ward off evils lurk-

ing in the water.

The U.S. Territory of Guam is the world's largest per capita consumer of Tabasco sauce,

according to the McHenny Company. Some people say that Guamanians acquire a pas-

sion for hot sauce in the cradle, when mothers lace their babies' bottles with Tabasco.

True or not, that story started because Pacific islanders consume the equivalent of

almost two 2-ounce bottles of Tabasco sauce per person each year, a feat unmatched in

any other country on Earth.

Some Like It Hot

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Employees In Profile

Jon Worland - is employed as the Operations Manager at the Top Shop at the Wholesale

Building Materials location in Vincennes. He makes sure that materials are ordered, cus-

tom top orders are filled, and ready to ship when needed.

Jonathan has been with our company since April of last year. Before coming to work at

WBM, he had been employed at Sievers Construction, Parrott Building, Horizon

Contracting,, and Jones Builders.

Jonathan was born and grew up in Vincennes. He is a graduate of Lincoln High School and then earned an Associate Degree in

Construction Technology at Vincennes University. He is single and lives in the Vincennes area. He says he likes duck hunting,

fishing, hunting, and hanging out around the river.

Mark Webster - is employed at Niehaus Home Center in Vincennes as a truck driver. He

also helps build loads, unloads trucks, and waits on customers in the yard. He has been

with our company for a total of over three years. Before coming to work for our company,

he had been employed with Chris Krause Construction as a roofer, Holts Lumber in

Newton, IL as a lumber department manager, and also had owned his own construction

business.

Mark was born in Lawrenceville and grew up in Sumner, IL. He is a graduate of Red Hill

High School and Wabash Valley College where he studied Agriculture.

Mark and his wife, Mary, have two children.. Catherine is 15 and Cody is 12. Marks says he likes fishing, hunting, working in his

garden and spending time with his family.

Cletus Hille - is employed at the Niehaus Home Center in Robinson, Illinois. Cletus joined

our company two years ago. He is a truck driver, but does much more around the lumber

yard. He helps build loads for delivery, unloads the material when he reaches the job site,

and helps around the yard at what ever is needed. Before coming to work at Niehaus, he

was employed with Young’s Scaffolding Company where he drove a truck, a forklift and

handled scaffolding materials.

Cletus was born and raised in Effingham, Illinois. He is a graduate of St. Anthony High

School in Effingham. He and his wife, Sue, have three grown daughters. Sandi is 41, Sally in 40, and Sherry is 39. These three

daughters have blessed them with 9 grandchildren - 6 boy’s and 3 girls.

Cletus says he likes working in his vegetable and flower gardens when he has time at home - but at the top of the list is spoiling his

grandchildren.

Melissa Holsonback - has recently joined the staff at Wholesale Building Materials in

Nashville, TN. She is a service manager and schedules service calls, makes out tickets to

load trucks and handles customer related situations.

Before coming to WBM she had worked in construction for 8 years as a union brick

mason, and for the next 10 years as an Administration Specialist for the Knox County

(TN) Sheriff’s Department.

Melissa was born and grew up in Knoxville, TN. She is a graduate of Central High School in Knoxville and earned Associate

Degree in Organizational Management. She and her fiance’ are looking toward a future together, but have not set a date yet.

Melissa says in her leisure time she likes to read and anything outdoors, like water skiing, hiking, and canoeing.

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