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Niehaus News
February 2006
Volume 45, Issue 1
Happy Valentine’s Day
• Vincennes IN
How Do I Love Thee?
by Elizabeth Browning
How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.
I love thee to the depth and breadth and height
My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight
For the ends of Being and ideal Grace.
• Vincennes, IN
• Terre Haute, IN
• Robinson, IL
I love thee to the level of everyday's
Most quiet need, by sun and candlelight.
I love thee freely, as men strive for Right;
I love thee purely, as they turn from Praise.
I love thee with the passion put to use
In my old griefs, and with my childhood's faith.
I love thee with a love I seemed to lose
With my lost saints, I love thee with the breath,
Smiles, tears, of all my life! and, if God choose,
I shall but love thee better after death.
Karran Sinks Goes To The International Builders Show - the largest annual light construction show in the world
Jonathan Hull, the new
Karran representative for
Florida and the southern
states.
During the show, HGTV stopped by our booth.
They shot a segment on our undermount-to-laminate sinks. They told us that if they used the
footage, that it would be televised in April or
May. We are keeping our fingers crossed that
they air the show.
• Vincennes, IN
• St. Louis, MO
• Nashville, TN
• Vincennes, IN
Over 100,000 builders attend this show! The
Karran team made some good in-roads with
some key builders and distributors.
Karran attended its first ever Builders
Show this year which was held in
Orlando. The International Builders
Show is over a million-and-a-half sq.
feet of the latest advanced building
products and services ever assembled.
Several builders that does business with Niehaus
Companies from St. Louis and Terre Haute
stopped by the booth to see our products.
The show was a huge success and will definitely
be an annual show that we will be attending.
Those attending the show were Mark Webster,
Todd Donovan, Jon Hull and Eric Niehaus.
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Splinters
by Bernie Niehaus
Chairman of the Board
A Great Place To Live
Our community, Vincennes, Indiana, is certainly a great place to
live, bring up children, and to brag about. We are rich in history.
In 1779, 227 years ago, George Rogers Clark and a volunteer army
of French, Indians and Americans captured Fort Sackville here.
The Fort was occupied by the British and this battle was a dramatic
turning point in the Revolutionary War that opened up the West for
expansion. To honor this great feat, we have a National Park in
Vincennes which draws thousands of visitors every year.
Two of the most boastful things we have in Vincennes are the Good Samaritan Hospital and
Vincennes University. These two institutions are our largest employers and set our community apart from any other city of our size. The Good Samaritan Hospital is a regional hospital and services over 200,000 residents from Knox and surrounding counties. It has over 89
doctors and 1,650 employees. The hospital has opened a new Same-Day Surgery Center.
Vincennes University has 4,800 students on the Vincennes campus, and over 8,000 state
wide. The University offers 150 programs of study, including both transfer and two year
Associate Programs. They employ over 875 faculty and staff. It is a great place to get
started in college. Both Patty and I, and our five children, graduated from V.U.
Our community is a great place to raise children. We have many pre-schools and day-care
centers to choose from. We are also blessed with great schools. We have three county
schools - South Knox, North Knox and Vincennes Community School. We are equally
proud to have Flaget and Rivet Catholic grade and high schools, as well as the new
Christian school. Also, we have one of the finest Y.M.C.A.’s in the country for a town of
our size. It offers a wide range of programs from child day care to older adult programs.
Many annual festivals lure visitors to Vincennes. Our largest is the Rendezvous, held on
Memorial Day week-end. The Christmas Stroll is another event that is growing every year.
It features a lighted night parade in downtown with caroler’s and carriage rides. There are
several other very popular festivals throughout the year like the Watermelon Festival, The
Germanfest, Muster at Wabash Bluff, and the Farmers Market every Saturday from
Memorial Day through Labor Day.
Our employment history has taken a great upswing in the last few years since Toyota has
opened 30 miles south of Vincennes. Besides many of our area residents working at the
Toyota plant, there are three local plants that support Toyota with parts. ATS in
Lawrenceville, Futba and Excell in Vincennes, employ over a thousand workers.
Entertainment in our community is now the best in many years with the opening of
the new 8 theater Stadium Showplace. This Spring, Vincennes University will be
opening the new Red Skelton Performing Arts Center. This will give us a new
venue to host the Community Series and many other entertainment possibilities for
the future. Our Old Town Players have their own theater now and have a series of
plays throughout the year.
This year three projects are scheduled for Vincennes that will make our great town even better. The first is a Riverwalk from the National Park downtown to Kimmell Park. The second is to open up First Street from downtown to the V.U. campus by lowering the railroad
crossing. This will help traffic in the university area, plus, enhance our tourist attractions.
The third is the connecting road between Hart Street and Highway 61. This will open up
many possibilities for retail shopping, plus help the traffic in the congested Hart Street area.
I feel that the future for our city is bright, and it’s certainly a great place to live.
A Touching Story of Love and
Marriage
An elderly man lay dying in his bed.
In death's agony, he suddenly smelled the
aroma of his favorite chocolate chip cookies wafting up the stairs. He gathered his
remaining strength, and lifted himself from
the bed. Leaning against the wall, he slowly
made his way out of the bedroom. With
even greater effort, he forced his boney fingers to grab the handrail and he let himself
down the stairs, one stumbling set at a time.
With labored breath, he leaned against
the door frame, gazing into the kitchen.
Were it not for death's agony, he would
have thought himself already in heaven.
There, on the kitchen table, spread out in
rows upon wax paper, were literally hundreds of his favorite
chocolate chip cookies. Was it heaven?
Or, was it one final
act of heroic love
from his devoted wife
of 60 years, seeing to
it that he left this
world a happy man?
Mustering one great final effort, he
threw himself toward the table, landing on
his knees in a rumpled posture. His parched
lips were slightly parted. The wondrous
taste of the cookie was already in his
mouth; seemingly bringing him back to
life. The aged and withered hand, driven by
one last gritty effort, shakingly made its
way towards a cookie at the edge of the
table, when it was suddenly smacked with a
spatula by his wife. "Stay out of those,"
she said, "they're for the funeral!"
ON MARRIAGE
Marriage is an institution where two people
come together to jointly solve the problems
they never had before they got married.
Married life is very frustrating. In the
first year of marriage, the man speaks and
the woman listens. In the second year, the
woman speaks and the man listens. In the
third year, they both speak and the neighbors listen.
My wife and I were happy for twenty
years. Then we met. -- Rodney Dangerfield
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New Employees
Birthdays
In February the following employees will
be celebrating their birthday!
Brian Smith
Paul Anderson
Patricia DiMercurio
Gary Chillingworth
Mark Ashcraft
Jane Deal
Eric Feagley
David Cole
Mary Cox
William Davis
Scott McCrary
Don Campbell
David Niehaus
Michael Jones
Ken Pettry
Paul Kopp
Jack McCullough
Mike Glenn
Albert Lepsi
John Wallace
John Harrison
Kim Smith
Janie Stephens
Don Pea
Brian Downen
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Happy Birthday!
Anniversaries
February will mark the anniversary date
of employment with our company for the
following employees.
Jerry Burch
Larry McCoy
Debra Moyes
Dale Nash
Wayne Sullivan
George Unsworth
Mary Smith
Christina Shafer
Brook Fuller
Kim Downen
Jon Byrnes
Leah Bilskie
28 Years
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Congratulations!
Dictionary of Dating
Employees receive a discount off regular YMCA
membership rates.
Regular Membership Includes:
Weight room, 2 gyms, pool, raquetball, indoor
track and reduced rates of programs and babysitting rates while working out or in a program.
• Dating: The process of spending enormous amounts of money, time, and energy
to get better acquainted with a person
whom you don't especially like in the present and will learn to like a lot less in the
future.
• Easy: A term used to describe a
woman who has the morals of a man.
• Eye Contact: A method utilized by a
single woman to communicate to a man
that she is interested in him. Despite being
advised to do so, many women have difficulty looking a man directly in the eyes,
not necessarily due to the shyness, but usually due to the fact that a woman's eyes are
not located in her chest.
• Indifference: A woman's feeling
towards a man, which is interpreted by the
man as "playing hard to get."
• Irritating Habit: What the endearing
little qualities that initially attract two people to each other turn into after a few
months together.
• Sober: A condition in which it is
almost impossible to fall in love.
• Law of Relativity: How attractive a
given person appears to be is directly proportionate to how unattractive your date is.
NOT ON OUR
MAILING LIST?
What is the only time a man will think
about a candlelight dinner?
When the power goes off.
We want to welcome the following new
employees to our company.
Johathan Hull- Karran, Vincennes
Drew Wonning - Karran, Vincennes
Derek Mardoian - WBM, Vincennes
Brenda O’Donnell - WBM, Nashville
Robert Wolfe - WBM, Vincennes
John Luttrell - Niehaus, Vincennes
Jeff Gossett - Niehaus, Vincennes
Welcome
Once again we are offering
YMCA
Memberships
to our employees at discounted rates.
If you (or anyone
you know) who are
not currently on our
mailing list to receive
the Niehaus News but would like to be just call 812-882-2710
or e-mail scummins@wbm-online. com
You know the honeymoon is pretty much
over when you start to go out with the
boys on Wednesday nights, and so does
she.
Just think, if it weren't for marriage,
men would go through life thinking they
had no faults at all.
Niehaus News
This 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 published 12 times per year.
Editor/Photographer/Writer: Sherry Cummins, Advertising Mgr.
Niehaus Companies, Inc.
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Here’s To Your Health
Did you know?
TEA!
• Lemons contain more sugar than strawberries
• The onion is named after a Latin word
meaning large pearl
• Half of the world's population live on a
staple diet of rice
• Potato crisps were invented by a North
American Indian called George Crum
• During a lifetime the average person eats
about 35 tons of food
• Ice Cream Is Chinese Food!
When the famous explorer Marco
Polo returned to his homeland of
Italy, from China in 1295, he
brought back a recipe (among other
things). The recipe, was a Chinese
recipe for a desert called "Milk
Ice." However, Europeans substituted cream for the milk, and voila..."Ice
Cream." Ice cream has been a hit ever
since!
• The founder of McDonald's has a
Bachelor degree in Hamburgerology
• In France, people eat approximately
500,000,000 snails per year
• The first breakfast cereal ever produced
was Shredded Wheat
• There are about 100,000 bacteria in one
litre of drinking water
• Have A Tomato With Your Burger!
When a source of Vitamin C (orange,
lemon, grapefruit, strawberry, tomato,
potato, etc.) is eaten with meat or cooked
dry beans, the body makes better use of
the iron in the protein food.
- Tea can be beneficial to your
heart. Studies have shown that active
ingredients in tea can lower your
chances of suffering from cardio
vascular disease.
- Black or Green tea, with or without
milk, contains natural antioxidants
that neutralise cell damaging free
radicals.
- If you drink it
without milk or
sugar, tea is 100%
calorie and fat free.
- Regular tea consumption may cut
down the number of
dental cavities you
have. Tea has a positive effect on bacteria in the mouth.
- On average tea drinkers consume
just under 3 cups a day, and by the
end of a year, that is 1,095 cups per
person - enough to swim in.
- The anti oxidants in tea mean that
if you drink it daily, you are detoxing your body.
- Tea contains half the caffeine of
coffee.
- New Zelanders love their tea
steaming hot, but two thirds of the
tea drunk in the United States is
served ice cold!
The Science of POM Wonderful
Facts thanks to Lipton tea.
For centuries, the pomegranate has been valued
as a symbol of health. Could the legends have
some basis in fact? In 1998, research began in
an effort to get some answers.
A number of top scientists in their fields,
including a Nobel Laureate, are researching
areas covering antioxidant activity, cardiovascular disease, circulation, cancer and others. To
date, multiple, peer-reviewed studies have been
completed and published, while a number of
others are still in
progress.
The results have
been positive.
Research revealed
that pomegranate
juice contains a
higher level of
polyphenol antioxidants than other
beverages, including red wine,
green tea, cranberry cocktail juice or blueberry juice.
These antioxidants are particularly effective at:
* Neutralizing damaging free radicals.
* Preventing oxidation of LDL cholesterol.
* Oxidation of LDL cholesterol is associated
with plaque build-up in blood vessels.
* Preserving nitric oxide, a key chemical in
the body for regulating blood flow and
maintaining vessel health.
(Can be purchased at Walmart - a little pricey - but good)
CAFFEINE KICK! - HOW DO YOU GET YOURS?
You can call it 3,7-dihydro-1,3,7-trimethyl-1H-purine-2,6,-dione
OR 1,3,7-trimethylxanthine (what a mouthful!), but what we are
really talking about here is CAFFEINE... the most popular drug
in the world. We consume caffeine in coffee, tea, cocoa, chocolate, cola drinks (and drinks like Mountain Dew too), and even
mixed with some drugs. There are several sources of caffeine found in nature coffee beans, tea leaves, kola nuts and
cacao pods. Pure caffeine is odourless
and has a bitter taste.
In moderation, caffeine can; increase
alertness, reduce fine motor
coordination, alter sleep patterns, cause headaches, and nervous
tenancies. In massive doses, caffeine can kill you. But don’t
panic yet – you’d have to drink 80 to 100 cups of coffee very
quickly to succeed. And by the way – the typical withdrawal
symptoms associated with caffeine are headache, fatigue and
muscle pain.
But how do you know how much caffeine you are taking in with
each Cappuccino? Well here is the answer in milligrams per
litre:
• Long Black Coffee 1330 mg/l
• Cappuccino 410 mg/l
• Red Bull 328 mg/l V 325 mg/l • Instant Coffee 203 mg/l
• Tea bag 187 mg/l
• Pepsi 113 mg/l
• Coke 101 mg/l
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While “purified tap water” is arguably safer and purer
than untreated tap water (depending upon the purification methods), a consumer should expect to receive something more than
reconstituted tap water for the exceptional prices of bottled water.
Natural Spring Water or Reconstituted Tap
Water?
Recent allegations against the Coca-Cola Company and its
brand name of bottled water, Dasani, have publicly highlighted
one of the biggest misconceptions about the quality of bottled
water. Coca-Cola, advertising its bottled water as “pure, still
water,” is now being investigated for misleading consumers
about the true nature of the contents of its bottles. Rather than
deriving its water from natural springs,
Coca-Cola had actually been filling its
Dasani bottles with purified tap water.
If bottled water does not necessarily offer purer water than tap
water, surely it provides a better tasting water product, right? The
answer to this question is no. Bottled water does not always taste
better than tap water.
In an interesting study conducted by Showtime television,
the hosts found that 75% of tested New York City residents
actually preferred tap water over bottled water in a blind
taste test.
Of course, this problem of reconstituted tap water in Dasani bottles would
not be so large if it was an isolated
incident. Unfortunately, the process of
bottling tap water is not limited to the
Coca-Cola Company. In 1999, the
National Resources Defense Council
(NRDC) published the results of a
four-year study in which researchers tested more than 1,000
samples of 103 brands of bottled water. These researchers
found that, “An estimated 25 percent or more of bottled water
is really just tap water in a bottle—sometimes further treated,
sometimes not.”
While taste is certainly highly subjective, this study shows
that bottled water essentially holds nothing over tap water. In
many cases, bottled water is no purer than tap water, and it
may not even taste better.
Standards and Regulations for Bottled Water
Bottled water, because it is defined as a “food” under federal regulations, is under the authority of the Food and Drug
Administration (FDA) while the Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA)—under much stricter standards—regulates tap
water. Thus, bottled water, depending upon the brand, may actually
be less clean and safe than tap water. The EPA mandates that
In one case, a brand of bottled water, advertised as “pure, glacilocal
water treatment plants provide city residents with a detailed
er water,” was found to be taken from a municipal water supply
account
of tap water’s source and the results of any testing,
while another brand, flaunted as “spring water,” was pumped
including
contaminant level violations. Bottled water companies
from a water source next to a hazardous waste dumping site.
are under no such directives.
Guardian Fiberglass Insulation
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• Insulation is a good
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• Cost effective and
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ultimate in home insulation.
The UltraFit wall system is unique
in that it combines UltraFit, specially designed fiberglass insulation, with an inorganic water-acti
vated powder adhesive. This is
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ing a seamless blanket of insulation
in side walls.
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Non-combustible
Noncorrosive
Inorganic - does not
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• Contains NO asbestos
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Meet the Staff
MANAGER - Phil Wehrman
ASSISTANT MANAGER -Doug Mikiska
YARD FOREMAN - Dan Harrington
WINDOWS & DOORS Carl Hensley, Bill Stevens
Niehaus Home
Niehaus Home Center in Vincennes is one of three
retail locations under the parent name of Niehaus
Companies, Inc.
These two pages are dedicated to the 52 employees
working at this location. Some of these folks have
been with our company over 30 years. When you
total the combined number of years of employment
with our company it comes out to be an amazing 401
years of experience! That says something for the
dedication of these employees and our company.
KITCHEN & BATH DESIGNERS - Sue Fox, Ginger Welton, Kathy McCreary
We are equally proud of our employees at the other
six locations, and salute them with a big thank you
and look forward to a prosperous future.
Sherry Cummins HOME DECOR - Janie Stephens, Lisa Litherland, Julie Kays
Editor, Writer, Photographer
NIEHAUS NEWSLETTER
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CONTRACTOR SALES - Brad Snider, Jon Byrnes, Keith Fox, KimDownen, Mark
Ashcraft, Jeff Shelton, Steve McNew
Mike Cavender - Purchasing Agent
Center -
DRIVERS - David Cole, John Starnes, Ali Salhani, Mike Leydet, Josh Neikirk, John
Wallace
Mary Smith - Receptionist/Accounting
Vincennes, IN
COUNTER SALES - Ken Doades, Chad Clem, Kolby Kerzan
INSTALLATION - Curtis Martin, Matt Conover, Wayne Sullivan - Installed Sales
Manager, Chris Bennett, Travis Lewis.
CASHIERS - Mary K Edgin, Amanda Tucker, Matt Plahn,
Shannon Hopwood, Mallory Bilskie, Carolyn Lane, Christina
Ewer
MATERIAL HANDLERS - Dan Hartley, Darrell Dobson, Mike Leydet, Chris Cresgy
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Losing Sleep Does More Than Make You
Tired—It Can Hurt Your Health
Whether you're cheating on sleep to squeeze a few
more hours into the day, or you're one of the 82 million
Americans who suffer from some form of insomnia—
we all can suffer the consequences of not getting
enough sleep.
Sleepiness or fatigue can:
• Impair reaction time, judgment, and vision and
decrease performance, vigilance, and motivation.
Someone who has been awake for 18 hours has the
same mental acuity of a person with a blood alcohol
level of .05.
• Increase the chance of being in an accident.
A report by the US National Commission on Sleep
Disorders found that driver fatigue contributed to over
half of all vehicle accidents in America.
• Cause problems with information processing and
short-term memory. In tests of motor skills and memory, participants who slept 6 hours a night for two weeks
made 11 times as many mistakes as they would with 8
hours of sleep.
• Slow your body's ability to fight disease and repair
tissue. When sleep is shortchanged, the human immune
system also seems to nod off and produce fewer infection-fighting antibodies.
• Cause "stress eating" and weight gain. A loss of
sleep can lead to cravings of high-fat, very sweet
foods. Appetites can also increase beyond the extra
calories needed to stay awake.
• Have a negative impact on long-term health.
Chronic sleep loss might both hasten the onset and
increase the severity of diabetes, high blood pressure,
and obesity.
Your Tax Dollars
When NASA first started sending up
astronauts, they quickly discovered that
ball-point pens would not work in zero
gravity.
To combat this problem, NASA scientists spent a
decade and $12 billion developing a pen that writes
in zero gravity, upside down, underwater, on almost
any surface including glass and at temperatures
ranging from below freezing to over 300° C.
The Russians use a pencil.
Child and dependent care credit
If you paid someone to care for a child or dependent so that you could
work this year, you may be able to claim a child and dependent care
credit on your federal income tax return. Claiming the credit would
allow you to reduce your tax by a percentage of the amount of expenses
incurred for child care services for a dependent under age 13 or for a
dependent of any age who is incapable of self-care.
The credit is intended to help cover your child-care expenses so you can
work or look for work, and depending on your income, the credit could
range from 20 to 35 percent of your qualifying expenses. The maximum
qualifying expenses for the credit is $3,000 for taxpayers with one qualifying child and $6,000 for taxpayers with two or more qualifying children. If you receive dependent care benefits from your employer, the
expenses you claim for the credit must be reduced by that amount.
In addition, if you are married, both you and your spouse must be
employed or searching for employment, unless either of you is a student
or is mentally or physically incapable of self-care.
Additional requirements also apply:
• Your filing status must be single, head of household, married filing
jointly or qualifying widow(er) with a dependent child.
• The payments for child care cannot be made to someone you can
claim as your dependent on your return or to your child who is under
age 19.
• You (and, if you're married, your spouse) must maintain a home that
you live in with the qualifying child/dependent.
Taxpayers using Form 1040 can use Form 2441 to verify the name and
taxpayer identification numbers for care givers working for a child-care
business and/or to report the social security numbers of individual
providers. If you are filing Form 1040A, you must complete Schedule
2. Also keep in mind that if you pay someone to provide the care from your home, you
may be considered a home employer and
would have to pay employment taxes.
If you would like more information on claiming the Child and Dependent Care Credit or
more specific information pertaining to your
child-care situation, contact the tax professionals at Kemper CPA Group.
Please be advised that, based upon current Internal Revenue Service (IRS) rules and standards, the
advice herein is not intended to be used, nor can it be used, as the sole basis for decisions. Additional
issues may exist that could affect the treatment of the individual transactions, and this narrative does not
provide a conclusion with respect to all such issues.
The content and opinions expressed in this newsletter are wholly independent of, and are not representative of, Kemper CPA Group LLP, its employees, partners, affiliates or subsidiaries.
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NEW WAY TO PAY TAXES
Well, for most of us, taxes are finally out of the
way. We've paid what we owe, and with what's
left over, we might even have enough to pay for
a trip to the poorhouse!
Doors
Below, check out what one person did with his
return; if this catches on, who knows, maybe one
day we'll all be able to pay our taxes with things
around the house! Thanks, and enjoy!
A New Way to Pay Taxes
There was a man who computed his taxes for
1999 and found that he owed $3,407. He packaged up his payment and included this letter:
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• Many options available
Dear IRS:
Enclosed is my 1999 income tax return and payment. Please take note of the attached article
from the USA Today newspaper. In the article,
you will see that the Pentagon is paying $171.50
for hammers and NASA has paid $600.00 for a
toilet seat.
Please find enclosed four toilet seats (value
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This brings my total payment to $3429.00.
Please note the overpayment of $22.00 and
apply it to the Presidential Election Fund, as
noted on my return. Might I suggest that you
send the above mentioned fund a 1.5 inch screw.
(See attached article - HUD paid $22.00 for a
1.5 inch Phillips Head Screw.)
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It has been a pleasure to pay my tax bill this
year, and I look forward to paying it again next
year. I just saw an article about the Pentagon and
screwdrivers.
Sincerely,
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Designers
Ginger Welton
Kitchen & Bath
Kathy McCreary
Cabinets
Sue Fox
Mary B Robinson
Becky Taylor
For Professional Assistance - see the pros at one
of our three retail locations.
• Full-time designers
• Free estimates
• Affordable prices
• Computer design
• Financing available
• Many styles in stock
Bring in your room measurements today.
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’ll appreciate for years.
Niehaus Home Center
Niehaus Home Center
1023 Main St., Vincennes, IN
882-2710
501 S. Howard St., Robinson, IL
618-544-2138
Niehaus Home Center
1110 Ft. Harrison, Terre Haute, IN
812-466-1050
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Employees In Profile
Vincennes, Indiana
Drew Wonning - is employed in our company’s import division - the Karran Sink distribution center. He helps in the inspection, repackaging and shipment of the sinks. The sinks
are shipped from Africa in containers, then transported to Vincennes. They are bulk packed
on huge pallets. The Karran crew unpacks them, inspects them and then repacks them in
custom cartons are made ready for shipment to WBM customers all across the United
States.
Before coming to work at Karran, Drew had worked at Cantwell Marathon and Hinkle
Farms prior to that. He was born and grew up in Vincennes. He is a graduate of South Knox High School. He then attended
Vincennes University where he studied Robotics.
Drew is single, but is engaged to Rebecca Cardinal. They have planned to be married March 31, 2007. He says in his time away
from work, he likes riding his Harley cycle.
John Starnes - joined our company in July of last year. He is a truck driver and makes
local deliveries to Niehaus Home Center customers - home owners and contractors. He
also works in the yard when needed.
John was born in Sikston, Missouri and grew up in Vincennes. He is a graduate of Lincoln
High School and attended Vincennes University where he studied Automotive Technology.
He joined the Air Force and served for seven years. While in the service he visited several
places in the United Kingdom and then spent time at Travis Air Force Base in California as
a jet engine mechanic. His previous work record includes Ceptor, Bierhaus and the RC Company.
Vincennes, IN
He and his wife, Jean have three children. Patrick is 14, Christian is 12 and Mallory is 10. He enjoys spending time with his family and working on home improvement projects.
Walt Burnett - joined our company in July of last year. He is an outside sales representative
at the Niehaus Home Center in Terre Haute, Indiana. He calls on the contractor customers in
that area. He takes orders, follows up on deliveries, and does what he can to complete the
transaction from start to finish.
Terre Haute, IN
Before coming to work for our company, Walt had worked for 84 Lumber for 12 years, so he
knows the building market.
Walt lives in the Terre Haute area. He was born and grew up in Springfield, Il., and is a
graduate of the Springfield High School. After high school he served in the U.S. Marine Corp.
He and his wife, Jean, have one son, Cory, who is 25 years of age. Walt says when weather is permitting he likes riding his bicycle.
Ryan Hutchison - is the chosen employee in profile this month from WBM in St. Louis.
He is a an outside sales representative in the St. Louis area. He calls on contractor customers, doing measurements, taking orders and following up on sales and making sure that
the transaction is complete from start to finish.
Before coming to work at WBM, Ryan was a professional baseball player for the
Philadelphia Phillies. During his stay with the team he played in New York, Pennsylvania,
and Florida.
Ryan was born and grew up in Vincennes. He is a graduate of Lincoln High School. He then went on to the University of
Kentucky where he majored in Education.
St. Louis, MO
Ryan is currently single, but is engaged to Andrea Shaal. They are planning their wedding for November 11th of this year. He
likes playing golf, fishing and traveling.
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