July/August 2005 Volume 44, Issue 07

Niehaus NewsNiehaus NewsNIEHAUSCompanies

• Vincennes, IN• St. Louis, MO• Nashville, TN

• Vincennes, IN• Terre Haute, IN• Robinson, IL

• Vincennes, IN

• Vincennes IN

Featured In This Issue:

Splinters................................................................................Page 2Employee Updates................................................................Page 3What’s New At Niehaus -Vincennes.....................................Page 6WBM - St. Louis, Quarterly Meeting....................................Page 9Employee’s in Profile............................................................Page 11

Niehaus Home Center - Terre Haute - Big Contender InParade of Homes

Corporate Office Reception Area Gets New Face LiftTheNCI Corporate office receptionarea, located on Elkhorn Road inVincennes, was recently remodeled.

The old interior was removed, wallswere painted, new wide white mold-ing installed, and a cordinating carpetwas laid. The cubicle is made fromAristokraft cherry cabinet fronts witha granite look counter top. The fin-ishing touches will be new furnitureand accessories for a sleek modernlook to welcome visitors to our com-pany.

All the accounting offices have now been moved to our Elkhorn Road address, as well aspurchasing. Our new offices also include a conference room, a meeting room, employeelunchroom and lounge, and new restrooms.

Connie Lockhart, receptionist, works behind her new desk area.

The NHBA for the Greater Terre Haute Areajust completed their 2005 Parade of Homes.There were 15 homes - 12 builders - partici-pating in the Vigo, Vermillion and ClayCounty area. Niehaus Home Center was thesupplier of Aristokraft Kitchen and BathCabinetry for 6 of those homes, designed byNiehaus kitchen designer Mary BethRobinson.

The 15 participating homes were catagorizedin three groups: $119,000 to $178,000 -$195,000 to $275,000 - $330,000 to$1,000,000. The homes were judged by agroup of judges - unknown to the builders -on craftsmanship and quality, not on decor.A Niehaus kitchen was voted “Best Kitchen”

in the $195,000 to $275,000 catagory. Therewere several styles and finishes ofAristokraft Cabinetry, solid surface counter-tops, and Aqua Glass tubs and showers dis-played throughout the 6 homes.

The Niehaus Home Center contractor cus-tomers who participated were: Bren-MerDevelopment, LB Homes, Rick JenkinsConstruction (Rick had 3 homes), WallaceBuilders, and Tarrh construction.

Our congratulations to all ofthe builders on a job welldone. Mary Beth said sheenjoyed working with thebuilders on this project.

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New Name

by Bernie NiehausChairman of the BoardSplinters

NCI - Niehaus Companies, Inc. is our newname, which will serve as the umbrella compa-ny for the ten companies that make up ourbusiness. They are: Niehaus Home Center,Vincennes, Robinson, Terre Haute,WholesaleBuilding Materials,Vincennes, St. Louis andNashville,and Karran USA, Lansen, Top Shop,

and Door Mill in Vincennes.

Our company was founded in 1933 bymy father and grandfather, Francis andBen Niehaus. Over these last 72 years,our company has had many differentnames. In 1933 the city directory listed our company as NiehausPlaning Mill. Our founders started with a large 24” planer and planedthe native lumber for the farmers.

In the late 30’s and 40’s, our name was listed as Niehaus LumberCompany. This was when my Dad started to sell lumber, cement, roof-ing and other building materials. My Grandfather didn’t like the ideaof buying these materials, but yet he was amazed at how much my Dadwas selling.

In 1959, after graduating from Michigan State, I came back with anidea from the Wicks Cash & Carry I saw in Michigan. So, in 1961, weopened CASH-AWAY LUMBER, the first Cash & Carry lumber yardin Southern Indiana. It was a huge success and we later combined ourtwo yards and called it Niehaus Cash-Away.

In 1970, I wanted to expand our business, so we purchased 38 acres onElkhorn Road, adjacent to the Industrial Park. Here we opened up ourwholesale arm of our company we call WBM. It now distributesAristokraft Cabinets, Therma-Tru Doors, and Engineered Lumber infive states. Our two manufacturing plants at WBM are the Door Milland the Top Shop. They produce the Therma Tru exterior doors andcounter tops. These are also distributed in the five state area.

As the boys graduated from college in the late 80’s and early 90’s, weadded more products - floor covering, plumbing, electrical, HomeDecor and many others. So in 1995 - we opened our new, expandedstore and called it Niehaus Home Center.

Our newest company is Karran USA. This is our import divisionwhich is located in the old Big Blue building on Willow Street. Karranis a solid acrylic sink imported from South Africa and Lansen is astainless steel undermounted sink imported from Italy. These sinks arenow being shipped all across NorthAmerica.

The BridgeOnce upon a time two brothers who lived on adjoiningfarms fell into conflict. It was the first serious rift in 40years of farming side by side, sharing machinery, andtrading labor and goods as needed without a hitch.

Then the long collaboration fell apart. It began with asmall misunderstanding and itgrew into a major difference, andfinally it exploded into anexchange of bitter words fol-lowed by weeks of silence.

One morning there was a knock on John's door. Heopened it to find a man with a carpenter's toolbox. "I'mlooking for a few days work" he said. "Perhaps youwould have a few small jobs here and there I could helpwith? Could I help you?" "Yes," said the older brother."I do have a job for you. Look across the creek at thatfarm. That's my neighbor, in fact, it's my younger broth-er.

Last week there was a meadow between us and he tookhis bulldozer to the river levee and now there is a creekbetween us. Well, he may have done this to spite me, butI'll go him one better. See that pile of lumber by thebarn? I want you to build me a fence - - an8-foot fence-- so I won't need to see his place or his face anymore."

The carpenter said, "I think I understand the situation.Show me the nails and the post hole digger and I'll beable to do a job that pleases you."

The older brother had to go to town, so he helped thecarpenter get the materials ready and then he was off forthe day. The carpenter worked hard all that day measur-ing, sawing, nailing, and hammering.

About sunset when the farmer returned, the carpenterhad just finished his job. The farmer's eyes opened wide,his jaw dropped. There was no fence there at all. Just afootbridge. It was a bridge -- a bridge stretching fromone side of the creek to the other! A fine piece of work,handrails and all -- and the neighbor, his younger broth-er, was coming across, his hand outstretched.

"You are quite a fellow to build this bridge after all I'vesaid and done."

The two brothers stood at each end of the bridge, andthen they met in the middle, taking each other's hand.They turned to see the carpenter hoist his toolbox on hisshoulder. "No, wait! Stay a few days. I've a lot of otherprojects for you," said the older brother.

"I'd love to stay on," the carpenter said, "but, I havemany more bridges to build."

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Niehaus NewsThis newsletter is the official publicationof events and activities of NiehausCompanies, Inc.which include Niehaus Home Centers(Vincennes, IN, Terre Haute, IN andRobinson, IL,) Wholesale BuildingMaterials (Vincennes, IN, St. Louis, MOand Nashville, TN), and is published 12times per year.

Editor/Photographer/Writer:Sherry Cummins, Advertising Mgr.Niehaus Companies, Inc.

Birthdays New Employees

July and August will mark the anniver-sary date of employment with our com-pany for the following employees.

JulyCarl Hensley 27 YearsBill Stevens 16 YearsDeb Dunn 9 YearsSteve Rooker 7 YearsShawn Brothers 7 YearsTracy Catt 4 YearsCraig Sims 4 YearsDana Smith 4 YearsMike Adams 4 YearsTrina Wulfert 4 YearsTony Jamero 3 YearsMike Leydet 3 YearsDavid Cole 2 YearsBrian Lett 2 YearsRichard Bailey 2 YearsDave Nichol 1 YearDanny Pratt 1 YearErin Tuft 1 YearKevin Mullens 1 Year

August

Ken Doades 30 YearsClete Yochum 25 YearsLynn McCleave 20 YearsDan Harrington 18 YearsJudy Detty 17 YearsRon Gaines 7 YearsSusan Sanders 7 YearsBrian Smith 7 YearsRandy Stephens 7 YearsAlbert Lepsi 6 YearsGary Chillingworth 6 YearsMike Montgomery 3 YearsWilliam Davis 2 YearsWayne Tracy 1 Year

Congratulations!

Anniversaries

Congratulationsto

Mike & Renee Leydet

on the birth of their new sonDavid Joseph

born June 9th, 20056 lb. 10 oz. - 20 1/2”

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If you (or anyoneyou know) whoare not currentlyon our mailing listto receive theNiehaus News - butwould like to be -justcall 812-882-2710 ore-mail scummins@wbm-online.

In July and August the following employ-ees will be celebrating their birthday!

JulyAndy Westerman July 3Tim Murray July 10Barbara Jones July 17Mary Smith July 21Carl Hensley July 27Dana Smith July 27Doug Roberts July 30

AugustDarryl Frame Aug. 1Ken Doades Aug. 8Michael Jones Aug. 12Michael Welsh Aug. 12Amanda Tucker Aug. 15Janice Warren Aug. 15Doug Daffron Aug. 17Larry McCoy Aug. 18Stephen Kahre Aug. 20Chris Cresgy Aug. 22Kevin Grostefon Aug. 25Randy Wissel Aug. 26Brian Lett Aug. 27Mike Worland Aug. 30Matthew Norton Aug. 31

We want to welcome the following newemployees to our company.

Matthew Plahn - WBM, VincennesKatherine Fitzgearld - Niehaus, VincennesJames Reel - Niehaus, VincennesJohn Starnes - Niehaus, Vincennes

Lost in translationCracking an international market is a goalof most growing corporations. It shouldn’tbe that hard, yet even the big multi-nation-als run into trouble because of languageand cultural differences. For example. . . .

• The name Coca-Colain China was firstrendered as Ke-kou-ke-la. Unfortunately,the Coke company didn’t discover untilafter thousands of signs had been printedthat the phrase means “bite the wax tad-pole”. Coke then researched 40,000Chinese characters and found a close pho-netic equivalent “ko-kou-ko-le” which canloosely translated as “happiness in themouth.”

• Also in Chinese,the Kentucky FriedChicken slogan “finger lickin’ good” cameout as “eat your fingers off.”

• When General Motors introduced theChevy Nova in South America, it wasapparently unaware that “no va” means “itwon’t go”. After the company figured outwhy it wasn’t selling any cars, it renamedthe car in its Spanish markets to theCaribe.

• When Parker Penmarketed a ballpointpen in Mexico, its ads were supposed tosay “It won’t leak in your pocket andembarrass you.” However, the company’smistakenly thought the Spanish word“embarazar. Instead the ads said that “Itwon’t leak in your pocket and make youpregnant.”

• In Italy , a campaign for SchweppesTonic Water translated the name intoSchweppes Toilet Water.• In Taiwan, the translation of the Pepsislogan “Come alive with the PepsiGeneration” came out as “Pepsi will bringyour ancestors back from the dead.”

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Andy Rooney’s Tips ForTelemarketers1. The three little words that work are: “HoldOn, Please...”Saying this, while putting down your phone andwalking off (instead of hanging-up immediate-ly) would make each telemarketing call somuch more time-consuming that boiler roomsales would grind to a halt.When you eventually hear the phone company’s“beep-beep-beep” tone, you know it’s time togo back and hang up your handset, which hasefficiently completed its task.2. Do you ever get those annoying phone callswith no one on the other end?This is a telemarketing technique where amachine makes phone calls and records the timeof day when a person answers the phone. Thistechnique is used to determine the best time ofday for a “real” sales person to call back and getsomeone at home.What you can do after answering, if you noticethere is no one there, is to immediately start hit-ting you # button on the phone, 6 or 7 times, asquickly as possible. This confuses the machinethat dialed and it kicks your number out of their

Man Vs. Woman1. ARGUMENTSA woman has the last word in any argu-ment. Anything a man says after that isthe beginning of a new argument.2. EATING OUTWhen the bill arrives, Mark, Chris, Ericand Tom will each throw in $20, eventhough it’s only for $32.50. None ofthem will have anything smaller andnone will actually admit they wantchange back. When the women gettheir bill, out come the pocket calcula-tors.3. MONEYA man will pay $2 for a $1 item heneeds.A woman will pay $1 for a $2 item thatshe doesn’t need because it’s on sale.4. FUTUREA woman worries about the future untilshe gets a husband. A man never wor-ries about the future until he gets a wife.

system. Gosh, what a shame not to have yourname in their system any longer!!!3. When you get “ads” enclosed with yourphone or utility bill, return these “ads” withyour payment. Let the sending companiesthrow their own junk mail away.When you get those “pre-approved” letters inthe mail - don’t throw away the return enve-lope. Most of these come with postage paidreturn envelopes, right? It costs them morethan the regular .37 (around .50) “IF” andwhen they receive them back. In that casewhy not get rid of some of your other junkmail and put it in these cool little, postage-paid return envelopes.

Let’s help keep our postal service busy sincethey are saying that e-mail is cutting into theirbusiness profits, and they need to increasepostage costs again. You get the idea!

If enough people follow these tips, it willwork--

I have been doing this for years and I get verylittle junk mail any more.

1023 Main Street, Vincennes, IN501 Howard St, Robinson, IL

1110 Ft. Harrison Rd, Terre Haute, IN

PAINTWhat do you get when you buyBENJAMIN MOORE PAINT?

Outstanding Quality!

• Interior Wall Paints - latex or oilsFlats, Satins, Eggshell and Gloss

• Exterior House Paints - latex or oilsFlats , Gloss or Semi-Gloss

• Deck Stains • Concrete Paints

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SENIOR SPECIAL

We went to breakfast at a restaurantwhere the “seniors’ special” was twoeggs, bacon, hash browns and toast for$1.99.

“Sounds good,” my wife said. “But Idon’t want the eggs.” “Then I willhave to charge you two dollars andforty-nine cents because you’re order-ing a la carte,” the waitress warnedher.

“You mean I’d have to pay for not tak-ing the eggs?” My wife asked incred-ulously. “I’ll take the special.”“How do you want your eggs?”“Raw and in the shell,” my wifereplied. She took the two eggs homein her purse.

Guardian Fiberglass InsulationUltraFit. . . the

ultimate in home insulation.

The UltraFit wall system is uniquein that it combines UltraFit, spe-cially designed fiberglass insulation,with an inorganic water-activatedpowder adhesive. This is sprayedinto the wall cavity forming a seam-less blanket of insulation in sidewalls. Because the system creates amonolithic seal in all the sidewalls,it significantly reduces costly voidsand air gaps.

• Insulation is a goodinvestment.

• Cost effective andenergy efficient

• High R-values• Non-combustible• Noncorrosive• Inorganic - does not

promote fungusgrowth

• Contains NO asbestos

There was a business woman drivinghome on a hot day down this country roadwhen she spotted a little boy that had alemonade stand. Since she was thirsty, shedecided to stop. Once she got up to thelittle boy's stand, she noticed a sign thatsaid, "All you can drink 55 cents".Although she thought it was an awfullysmall glass, she decided to get some any-way, since it was only 55 cents for all youcan drink.She gave the boy two quarters and a nick-el, and shot down the whole glass in oneswallow. Slapping the small glass backonto the table, she says, "Fill 'er up!"

Without blinking, the kid replies, "Surething, that'll be 55 cents."

Surprised, the irritated business womansputters, "but your sign says all you candrink for 55 cents."

"It is," the innocent little boy replies with-out hesitation, "That is all you can drinkfor 55 cents."

The Senility PrayerGrant me the senility to forget thepeople I never liked anyway, thegood fortune to run into the ones Ido, and the eyesight to tell the dif-ference.

Taking Care Of BusinessA businessman walks into a bank in SanFrancisco and asks for the loan officer. Hesays he is going to Europe on business for twoweeks and needs to borrow $5,000. The bankofficer says the bank will need some kind ofsecurity for such a loan. So the businessmanhands over the keys to a Rolls Royce parkedon the street in front of the bank. Everythingchecks out, and the bank agrees to accept thecar as collateral for the loan. An employee dri-ves the Rolls into the bank's undergroundgarage and parks it there.

Two weeks later, the businessman returns,repays the $5,000 and the interest, whichcomes to $15.41. The loan officer says, "Weare very happy to have had your business, andthis transaction has worked out very nicely,but we are a little puzzled. While you wereaway, we checked you out and found that youare a multimillionaire. What puzzles us is whywould you bother to borrow $5,000?"

The businessman replied, "Where else in SanFrancisco can I park my car for two weeks for$15 bucks?"

Niehaus Home Center in Vincennes has recently installed a CongoleumFloor Covering Rack to accommodate roll vinyl. The display is made to

hold 22 rolls of vinyl. The rack revolves to show the viewer the selectionavailable and is sold by the lineal foot and priced by the square yard.

Congoleum products are durable and constructed to withstand the day-to-day family traffic through the home better than any other product. It iseasy to clean and is resistant to wear and tear.

In addition to the selection of stock vinyl, Congoleum offers hundreds ofcolors and patterns that can be special ordered with a quick delivery time.

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What’s New at Niehaus

Stock Vinyl Floor Covering

New Kitchen Decor

Project CenterThe Project Center is a new area set aside for just that - projects - likepole barns, garages, decks and playground equipment. These projects area little more time consuming than just purchasing materials to go. Byproviding a desk, a computer design program and brochures our salespeople can spend the required time with the customer to provide a materi-als package customed to the customer’s desires.

By purchasing material packages for particular projects, ensures the cus-tomer of getting the material needed, a total for the project, a plan andprofessional advise that helps the project reach completion with as littleproblems as possible.

The kitchen display kitchen in the front of our store hastaken on a new look. The decor has been changed tocarry out a “coffee” theme.

Rich coffee colors were chosen for primary and accentcolors in the wallpaper, counter tops, woodgrain lami-nate flooring and warm wood accent cabinets.

To complete the decor, accessories like wall hangings,canisters, and other items were added to complimentthe “coffee” theme.

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Our WBM St. Louis Team

Last month the St. Louis planning team met for lunch and a review ofthe 38 points on the action plan that was identified at the first planning meetingin March. Brian Childs, St. Louis Manger, led the review of these action items.Many of them have already been implemented and the rest are in the process ofmore study. These action plan items will help with our customer service and theefficiency of our office operations.

On June 30th the Batter’s Eye Suite at Busch Stadiumwas reserved to entertain our Aristokraft customers inSt. Louis. They were treated to dinner and a game withthe Cardinal’s playing against the Colorado Rockies.

About 190 attended this game and enjoyed the camaraderie.

Wholesale Building Materials offices and showrooms located in the Marilyn Heights area inSt. Louis, Missouri.

St. Louis Employees:

Brian Childs - ManagerRoberta CraigBill DavisJane DealPatricia DiMercurioDeb DunnBill EgbertShannon FischerDarryl FrameSteve GerdemanBarbara JonesJuanita LamparterTim MurryDave NicholKen PettryDanny PrattLarry PuentJim RoeJan WarrenAndrew WestermanJoy WhitesideTrina Wulfert

Brian Childs -Manager

Deb Dunn -OperationsManager

Quarterly Planning Meeting

Take Me Out To The Ballgame

Education Savings AccountsAs tuition and other educational expenses continue to increase, it isbecoming more important than ever to start saving to finance yourchild's education, and an education saving account (ESA) is one viableoption for doing so. Contributions to an ESA accumulate earnings on atax-deferred basis, and distributions are tax and penalty free, as long asthe funds are used for qualified education expenses. Additionally, con-tributions are nondeductible and discretionary - you do not have to con-tribute to the account every year.

An ESA can be established for any individual under the age of 18, butcannot be established for an unborn child. The balance of an ESA mustbe distributed within 30 days of the beneficiary reaching age 30.Should the beneficiary die or accumulate no qualified education expens-es before the funds are used, the balance may be transferred to a quali-fied family member who has not yet attained age 30.

In order to be eligible to contribute the maximum $2,000 per year to anESA, your modified adjusted gross income must not exceed $95,000 forsingle filers and $190,000 for joint filers. Filers whose modified adjust-ed income falls in the phase out range of between $95,000 and$110,000 for single filers and between $190,000 and $220,000 for jointfilers are only eligible to contribute a percentage of the contributionlimit.

ESA contributions must be made by April 15, and regular contributionsto an ESA must be made in cash, while transfers and rollovers fromother ESAs may be made in securities. The financial institution deter-mines the restrictions on the types of investment options offered by theESA, and some allow you to choose among a list of pre-selected invest-ments, including stocks, bonds, mutual funds, real estate, money marketfunds, and some coins.

Distributions from ESAs are tax-free when they are used for qualifiededucational expenses, which include certain elementary and secondaryeducation expenses in addition to post-secondary education expenses.Distributions used for other purposes are subject to tax and an addition-al 10% early-distribution penalty fee if the distribution was taken fromthe ESA's earnings.

For more information about investing in anEducation Savings Account, contactKemper CPA Group.

Kemper CPA Group LLP505 North 6th StreetVincennes, IN 47591Phone: (812) 882-7730Fax: (812) 882-7778

Kids write to God

Dear God, Please put another holiday betweenChristmas and Easter. There is nothing good in therenow. - Amanda

Dear Mr. God, I wish you would not make it so easyfor people to come apart. I had to have 3 stitches and ashot today. - Janet

Dear God, I like the story about Chanukah the best ofall of them. You really made up some good ones. Ilike walking on water too. - Glenn

Dear God, My Grandpa says you were around when hewas a little boy. How far back do you go? - Dennis

Dear God, Do you draw the lines around the countries?If you don’t, who does? - Nan

Dear God, Please send Dennis Clark to a different sum-mer camp this year. - Peter

Dear God, I keep waiting for spring, but it never didcome yet. What’s up? Don’t forget. - Mark

Dear God, It is great the way you always get the starsin the right place. Why can’t you do that with themoon? - Jeff

Dear God, You don't have to worry about me. I lookboth ways before I cross the street. - Dean

Dear God, Is it true that my dad won’t get into heavenif he uses his golf words in the house? - Anita

Dear God, If you watch in church on Sunday I willshow you my new shoes. - Elaine

Dear God, I am doing the best I can. Really! - Frank

Great Female Comebacks!

Man: Haven’t I seen you someplace before?Woman: Yes, that’s why I don’t go there anymore.

Man: So what do you do for a living?Woman: I’m a female impersonator.

Man: Is this seat empty?Woman: Yes, and this one will be if you sit down.

Man: Your place or mine.Woman: Both. You go to yours and I’ll go to mine.

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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

The secret to the beauty of Classic-Craft doors hasfinally come to the surface.

• CLASSIC-CRAFT

DOORSThe beauty of wood.

The durability of fiberglass

Our newest style- The AmericanStyle Collection

- the latest addition to our Classic-Craftfamily of products, is based on AccuGraintechnology.

We can offer an entry door product like no oneelse simply because we have a technology like noone else. We call it AccuGrain technology. Thisreal wood-grain appearance satisfies the desirefor authentic wood door aesthetics while offer-ing the advantages of the Therma-Tru fiberglasstechnology-AccuGrain. It sets Classic-Craftapart from other fiberglass door manufacturers.

Niehaus Home CenterVincennes, IN Robinson, IL Terre Haute, IN

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Niehaus Home Center Niehaus Home Center Niehaus Home Center1023 Main St., Vincennes, IN 501 S. Howard St., Robinson, IL 1110 Ft. Harrison, Terre Haute, IN

882-2710 618-544-2138 812-466-1050

When you choose Aristokraft, you’re choosing beautiful, quality cabinets that you’ll appreciate for years.

When you choose Aristokraft, you’re choosing beautiful, quality cabinets that you’llappreciate for years.

Kitchen & BathCabinets

Designers

Ginger Welton

Kathy McCreary

Sue Fox

Mary B Robinson

Denise Butts

Becky Taylor

For Professional Assistance -see the pros at oneof our three retail locations.

• Full-time designers • Computer design• Free estimates • Financing available• Affordable prices • Many styles in stock

Bring in your room measurements today.

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Employees In ProfileAl Lepsi - an employee from Niehaus Home Center in Robinson, was chosen as theemployee in profile this month. Al has been with our company for 6 years. Al wearsseveral hats during his work day. He keeps the store stocked with merchandise, keeps itclean, loads small orders, and helps with unloading incoming freight.

Al had worked many years in grocery food management before coming to work at BigBuck (now Niehaus Home Center). He was an Assistant Manager for a store in Lyons,Illinois for 11 years, and a frozen food and night manager in a local food store inRobinson for several years. He was born and grew up in Stickney, Illinois in the suburbs

of Chicago. He graduated from Morton West High School and attended Morton Junior College.

He and his wife, Karen, together have a family of five children. He says his family has grown to include 5 (and one on the way)grandchildren and 4 step-grandchildren. He likes fishing for blue gill in the Spring and attending festivals in the Fall.

Robert Spade -“Beau” as he is known by his friends and family, is our employee in pro-file this month from Wholesale Building Materials in Vincennes. Beau joind our compa-ny in November of last year. He works in the cabinet warehouse, unloading the semitrailers of cabinets coming in from Jasper. He helps organize the incoming loads and alsohelps reload the cabinets on trucks going out for delivery to dealers.

Before coming to work at WBM he had worked for Raben Tire, Vincennes University,and his own roofing business. He was born in Sullivan and grew up in Vincennes. He is

a graduate of Robinson High School, attended Lincoln Trail College where he took General Studies.

Beau and his wife, Jill, have an 18 month old son - Joseph Trevor - and are expecting a second son any day. Jill just graduatedfrom Nurses Training last week! They have recently purchased a home in Vincennes. Our congratulations to both on all of theiraccomplishments and hard work.

Matt Conover - is a member of the insulation installation crew at Niehaus Home Center inVincennes. They install blow-in fiberglass insulation in walls and attics in new homesbefore they reach the finishing stages of construction. Matt also is the driver for the crew.He has been with our company since November of last year.

Before coming to work for our company, he had worked for ATS - a company inLawrenceville, that manufacturers seats for the Toyota company in Priceton, Indiana.

Matt was born in Robinson, IL and grew up in Palestine, IL. He is a graduate of Palestine High School. He attended Lincoln TrailCollege where he studied Telecommunications. Matt is single, and now lives in Vincennes. Some of the things he likes to do iswork on vehicles - mechanical and body work. He also likes fishing, hunting and most things guys his age likes to do.

Deb Dunn - is the WBM employee in profile for this month. Deb is the OperationsManager at the St. Louis division of Wholesale Building Materials. She has been with ourcompany since it opened in July of 1996 and has been an intregal part in the rapid growthand success of the company.

Deb was born and grew up in St. Charles, Missouri. She graduated from Duchesne HighSchool and attended St Charles Community College and St Louis University. She hadworked for Wilke Windows and Doors and had been a 10 year employee for CentralHardware Company before coming to work for WBM.

Deb says she is an outdoor type person, enjoys playing golf and all outdoor activities. She and her husband Dick reside inJefferson County and are planning to build a new home next year. They own a pair of Bloodhounds - Rastus and Sunny - that Debsays she enjoys spending time with.

Robinson, IL

Vincennes, Indiana

Vincennes, Indiana

St. Louis, MO

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EngineeredWood Products

Meet the Engineered Lumber Team: Eric Feagley, John Harrison and CleteYochum.

I JoistsMade with high strength,moisture resistantAdvanTech formula web-stock, which means no flange splitting.

Fast, labor-saving installationAdvanTech Flooring with Fastening Guides makes hitting the joists easy.High quality I-Joists with MSR lumber flanges mean a cost-effective,high-performance AdvanTech system.WeatherabilityFlooring and Rim Boards won’t warp, cup or delaminate. I-joist withAdvanTech web won’t swell, which means no flange splitting.