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October 2012 
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We are pleased to welcome two new team members!
Adam Peck (pictured at left) is working at our Jay Store as Part-time Sales Assistant in the store and yard. Adam lives in Upper Jay at Mountain Lake Services. Welcome aboard Adam! Also pictured are Mark Lacy, Assistant Manager and Angie Fitzgerald from Mountain Lake Services.
Greg Lawrence (right) also recently joined the Ward Lumber team at our Jay location working in our Light Livestock Equipment Department. Greg processes customer orders from entry to shipping.
Also pictured are John Capen (left) and Mike Boutin (middle)
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Employee News & Milestones
Our people have always made the difference!
Team Member Anniversaries
Congratulations to the following team members who are celebrating Ward Lumber anniversaries in October:
Mike Furnia, Shipper, Jay Store, 8 years
Erryl Willette, Electrician, Plant Maintenance, 5 years
Shawn Hosler, Sales Asst/Yard, Malone Store, 5 years
Tracy Gero Jr., Sales Asst/Yard, Jay Store, 3 years
William Waldy, Sales, Jay Store, 3 years
From left: Mike Furnia, Shawn Hosler, Tracy Gero
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Buck Contest Turns 20!
Our 20th Annual Buck Contest is underway! MORE CHANCES TO WIN! Categories: Biggest Buck, new Smallest Buck and Random Drawing. NEW SCORING SYSTEM! Biggest Buck and Smallest Buck will be determined by calculating weight X points. NEW PRIZES! Biggest Buck wins a $250 (was $100) Ward Lumber gift card. Smallest Buck wins a $50 Ward Lumber gift card! All other entries are put into a random drawing to win a $100 Ward Lumber Gift Card! We have lots of information about the contest, including past entries, on our website at www.WardLumber.com under the "fun stuff" tab or click here. Also like our Facebook page, where we will be posting entries as they come in! We'll be adding new info throughout the contest, so please check back often! |
Like us on Facebook & Stay in Touch
Are you on Facebook? Ward Lumber is, and we invite you to join us there. Keep up to date on the latest happenings, notable news and employee antics!
Click here to find us on Facebook as "Ward Lumber", or simply go to WardLumber.com and click on the Facebook logo to be directed to our page.
New Bargain Warehouse Facebook Page
 We also invite you to like our new Bargain Warehouse Facebook page dedicated to offering great deals on "dogs" and discontinued items. Travis Thwaits, Sales Assistant at our Jay Store, has been nicknamed "Travis the tool man" for a reason. He knows tools, and will be posting the latest deals on this page. Click here to check it out.
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$3/Square IKO Rebate thru October 31
There's still time to save on IKO with a $3/Square rebate on Cambridge Architectural Shingles. IKO has extended the rebate through October 31st!
Learn more...
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UltraplyXL Premium Underlayment
UltraplyXL premium underlayment is for use under vinyl, carpet, tile, wood and all other floor coverings and holds floor coverings firmly.
Features and benefits:
Dent resistant construction
5 ply, veneer core constructed
4x4 & 4x8 sizes available
1/4 inch nominal thickness
Scores and snaps with a knife for easy installation
Guaranteed against "yellowing"
Whole piece faces with no defects
Solid Construction
Marine Grade "Breathe Free™" glue that is CARB Phase 2 Certified
Select hardwood construction
Guaranteed not to delaminate
Transferable Lifetime Warranty (commercial & residential)
 4 x 8 sheets are in stock!
Price: 72¢ sq ft - $22.99 per sheet
(14ULTRA)
To see how UltraplyXL is made,
click on the image at left.
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Hurry! Great Prices & BOGO Deals on Grip Rite Products thru October!
Earn Pro Reward Bonus Points!
All Grip Rite roofing and siding products are on special now through November!
And BOGO deals!
Get a free box of fasteners with the purchase of a Grip Rite tool and a free hose with the purchase of a Grip Rite compressor!
Buy 20 Grip Rite Blades and get a FREE Grip Rite tool belt
Buy a Grip Rite Hose and get a FREE Grip Rite Blow Gun Kit
Buy a Grip Rite Framing Gun and get FREE Stick Nails
Buy a Grip Rite Coil Siding Gun and get FREE Siding Nails
Earn Pro Rewards Bonus Points
 Pro Rewards Customers earn an extra Pro Rewards point for every dollar spent on ALL Grip Rite roofing and siding products now through October including door and window flashing, house wraps, saw blades and pneumatic tools!
FYI, Grip Rite's compressor was named best overall by Fine Homebuilding Magazine. Click here to read the article.
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Safety Training in our Area
 The North Country Chamber is offering several training seminars for contractors and just announced their programs for the rest of 2012 and into 2013. Programs include: Respiratory Use; Trenching/Excavation; Fall Protection; 10-Hour OSHA Construction and more. For a complete list of programs offered, click here.
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We have wood pellets in stock at a great price of $225/ton!
 We have wood pellets in stock at a great price! These pellets are a blend of 65% hardwood and 35% softwood. The hardwood provides a longer burning, high heat fuel while the softwood adds a quick boost to the BTU value and extra durability creating a strong pellet that will not crumble. And they do not have any additives of any kind, such as vegetable or soybean oil or plastics or polystyrene. Get them at Ward Lumber for $225/ton!
Cash & carry. Delivery Available.
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Weatherproofing Your Home -
Windows & Doors
 According to the U.S. Department of Energy, if you add up the total size of all the small cracks and gaps in the average American home, it's equivalent to the size of this open window.
Preparing your home for winter by sealing the cracks and gaps in your home's exterior is one of the best things you can do to save money on utility bills throughout the year. It will also make your home more comfortable for you and your family. While there are many facets to making your home more energy efficient, the best place to start is by carefully examining your home's exterior to seek out and fill all the areas where cold air is getting in, including around windows, doors and other places where pipes or exhaust ducts penetrate your home.
To watch a video that takes you through where to look for spots where air might be getting in your home, and how to properly seal those gaps, click here. And stop by Ward Lumber for everything you needs to weatherproof your home.
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Feeding the Sick or Injured Horse
By Dr. Stephen Duren, Performance Horse Nutrition
 The competition season is in full swing; your horse is fit and performing well. Then it happens, the horse takes a bad step and pulls up lame. Your immediate concern is the well-being of the horse. What is the nature of the injury? How severe is the injury? How much competition time will the horse miss? All logical questions, but another question to consider is how to feed this horse to speed recovery? Click here to read the full article in Poulin Grain's Equine Quarterly Newsletter.
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Hog Harvest Seminar
Saturday, October 27 - 8:00am - 5:00pm
Ward Lumber in Jay
Small Farm and Home-style Hog Slaughter & Dressing
* Preparation
* Equipment and set up
* Shot and stick
* Hang and bleed
* Skin and gut
* Splitting the halves
* Halving the pig & readying the carcass to cool
* Primal cuts and finish products
* Wrap for freezer
* Recipes
* Using the whole pig
* Trouble shooting
Presenter: Courtney Grimes-Sutton is a young farmer and a butcher who can help you approach the feat of getting a hog into your freezer. Visitors are welcome, curiosity around slaughter and butchery will be entertained, and Court is up for helping you with your home-raised animals.
Cost: $30 - Students just $5 Lunch made with locally grown ingredients is included. For more info on swine and this seminar and to register, click here. |
Organic Feed
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For all of your feed needs, contact:
Shannon Bombard
Equine Nutrition Specialist
(518)946-2216 x127
or email sbombard@wardlumber.com
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SPORTS FANS
Jay Ward's Sport ColumnTwo current big league legends hit major milestones in the baseball season just ended. With a home run on August 16th, Yankees great Derek Jeter joined Willie Mays as the only players in history with at least 3,000 hits, 250 homers 1,200 RBIs and 300 steals. Just three days earlier, Atlanta's Chipper Jones became the fifth player ever to post a multiple-home-run game after the age of 40. The others: Babe Ruth (1935), Hank Aaron (1974), Darrell Evans (1989) and Julio Franco (2005). For more sports trivia, click here.
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Another Friday Report reprint from Agnes' Archives, originally printed on August 23, 2002.
By Agnes Ward, Treasurer
You can't go to Ward Lumber in Jay without driving past the now infamous swimming hole down the hill from us.
The swimming hole, known as "the rocks", recently received international recognition when the magazine, Sports Illustrated Women, listed the swimming hole as one of the world's top swim spots (#7). They learned about it from an article in the New York Times entitled "Where the Pools Are Never Crowded and Water Slides Are Nature's Own".
Although these articles portray "the rocks" as a great place to swim, my children were not allowed to swim there because of potential dangers. Unfortunately, the rocks do not have bathroom facilities or trash receptacles which means that the more people visiting the rocks, the greater potential for polluting the river. It's a beautiful spot that has a lot of history--including a shared history with Ward Lumber.
The area now known as "the rocks" used to be covered over by a damn that was used to power several businesses. On the Ward Lumber side of the river, there was a cheese factory, butter factory and griss mill (ingredient for making flour). Just on the other side of the bridge going toward town was the J & J Rogers Company and a blacksmith. Down river, there was a "coke" factory. "Coke" was a wood form of charcoal, and they had six kilns there.
Father Ward (Harvey) would trade lumber for merchandise from Rogers General Store and sometimes pay his employees this way. The building was very large and made of brick. Upstairs, there was an opera house during a time when opera was a primary form of entertainment (mid 1800's). Later, Almund Ward, one of my late husband Sid's brothers, purchased Rogers Company. He turned the opera house into a place to roller skate (late 30's). My sister, Mary Wallace (Town of Jay's Historian) and I used to skate there.
Times have changed but one thing about the rocks hasn't--it's ability to draw people to it's location by it's sheer beauty. Let's all try to do our part in keeping it pristine so that future generations can enjoy "the rocks"!
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Recycle Used Motor Oil at
Ward Lumber!
Ward Lumber's Maintenance Department heats our garages with used oil from our trucks, loaders and other equipment.
We also accept used oil from our employees from their vehicle oil changes and reuse.
If you would like to dispose your used car oil for our Maintenance Dept. to reuse, please call the Maintenance Dept. in Jay at 946-7535.
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