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OCTOBER 30TH, 2009 ISSUE #14

E-NEWS TO E-NJOY, E-NTERTAIN AND E-NLIGHTEN YOU

HAPPY HALLOWEEN FROM K-I!! THERE ARE MANY TRADITIONS THAT COME TO MIND WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THIS HOLIDAY. FOR EXAMPLE: WHERE DID THE TRICK OR TREATING COME FROM?

THE AMERICAN TRADITION OF “TRICK–OR-TREATING” GENERALLY DATES BACK TO THE EARLY “ALL SOULS’ DAY” PARADES IN ENGLAND. DURING THE FESTIVITIES, POOR CITIZENS WOULD BEG FOR FOOD AND FAMILIES WOULD GIVE THEM PASTRIES CALLED “SOUL CAKES” IN RETURN FOR THEIR PROMISE TO PRAY FOR THE FAMILY’S DEAD RELATIVES. THE DISTRIBUTION OF SOUL CAKES WAS ENCOURAGED BY THE CHURCH AS A WAY TO REPLACE THE ANCIENT PRACTICE OF LEAVING FOOD AND WINE FOR ROAMING SPIRITS. THE PRACTICE, WHICH WAS REFERRED TO AS “GOING A-SOULING” WAS EVENTUALLY TAKEN UP BY CHILDREN WHO WOULD VISIT THE HOUSES IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD AND BE GIVEN ALE, FOOD AND MONEY. AND DRESSING UP IN COSTUMES?

HUNDREDS OF YEARS AGO, WINTER WAS AN UNCERTAIN AND FRIGHTENING TIME. FOOD SUPPLIES RAN LOW AND PEOPLE WERE AFRAID OF THE DARK. ON HALLOWEEN, IT WAS BELIEVED THAT GHOSTS CAME BACK TO THE EARTHLY WORLD AND PEOPLE WOULD ENCOUNTER THEM IF THEY LEFT THEIR HOMES. TO AVOID BEING RECOGNIZED BY THESE GHOSTS, PEOPLE WOULD WEAR MASKS SO THE GHOSTS WOULD ACTUALLY MISTAKE THEM AS ONE OF THEIR OWN FELLOW SPIRITS.

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HALLOWEEN THEN COMES TO AMERICA

AS EUROPEAN IMMIGRANTS CAME TO AMERICA, THEY BROUGHT THEIR VARIED HALLOWEEN CUSTOMS WITH THEM. BECAUSE OF RIGID PROTESTANT BELIEF SYSTEMS IN COLONIAL AMERICA, CELEBRATION OF HALLOWEEN WAS EXTREMELY LIMITED THERE. IT WAS MUCH MORE COMMON IN MARYLAND AND THE SOUTHERN COLONIES. AS THE CUSTOMS OF THE EUROPEAN ETHNIC GROUPS MESHED WITH THE AMERICAN INDIANS, A DISTINCTLY AMERICAN VERSION OF HALLOWEEN BEGAN TO EMERGE. THE JACK O LANTERN

THERE ARE SEVERAL MYTHS AND FOLKLORE SURROUNDING THE FIRST JACK O LANTERNS RANGING FROM A NIGHTWATCHMAN CARRYING A LANTERN TO A STRANGE LIGHT FLICKERING OVER THE MARSHES OF IRELAND. THE MOST POPULAR MYTH IS ABOUT AN IRISH DRUNKARD NAMED STINGY JACK WHO TRICKED THE DEVIL SEVERAL TIMES INTO NOT TAKING HIS SOUL. AFTER HIS DEATH, HE WAS REJECTED FROM HEAVEN AND ALSO HELL AND WAS SENT AWAY FROM HELL WITH A BURNING EMBER TO LIGHT HIS WAY AS HE WANDERED EARTH. MYTH STATES THAT STINGY JACK PLACED HIS BURNING EMBER IN A CARVED OUT LARGE TURNIP. IN COLONIAL AMERICA, PUMPKINS WERE MUCH MORE PLENTIFUL THAN TURNIPS WHEN IT CAME TIME TO CARVING OUT MONSTER FACES TO WARD OFF EVIL SPIRITS.

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HALLOWEEN CELEBRATED IN THE WORKPLACE THE FOLLOWING PICTURES REPRESENT SOME OF THE FUN THAT CAN BE HAD WHEN WE AS ADULTS SHED OUR INHIBITIONS AND DRESS UP FOR THE HOLIDAYS. ENJOY THESE K-I WORKER PICTURES AND YOU MAY REFER TO OUR LAST PAGE IN THIS NEWSLETTER TO FIND OUT WHO EACH OF THESE CHARACTERS ARE. A B

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K-I ON-SITE ACCREDITED FRAMING SEMINAR (WORTH HBA CREDITS) IN LATE SEPTEMBER K-I HELD AN ON-SITE SEMINAR ALL ABOUT SPECIFICS IN FRAMING, WORKING WITH ENGINEERED LUMBER, ELIMINATING CALLBACKS, ACCURATE LAYOUT TECHNIQUES, ENERGY EFFICIENT AIR BARRIER SYSTEMS, DRAINAGE SYSTEMS, RAFTER TEMPLATES AND ON AND ON. WE ARE PLEASED TO REPORT THAT THIS SEMINAR SPONSORED BY HUBER ENGINEERED WOOD PRODUCTS WAS A SMASHING SUCCESS AS NEARLY 200 GUESTS WERE ON SITE AND WENT AWAY MORE EDUCATED ON THESE VERY IMPORTANT FRAMING TIPS. HERE ARE SOME PICS OF THE EVENT:

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WALT’S MARKET REPORT THRU OCTOBER 23RD OUR K-I LEADER, WALT FREEMAN HAS KEPT A RUNNING CHART OF CERTAIN BUILDING MATERIALS PRICE FLUCTUATIONS FOR MANY YEARS. WALT HAS DECIDED TO SHARE WITH YOU HIS WEEK BY WEEK CHARTING FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS OF THE UP AND DOWN MOVEMENTS OF SOME OF THESE LEADER ITEMS. THE PRICES LISTED ARE THE PRICE PER “THOUSAND BOARD FOOT” FOR LUMBER AND PER “THOUSAND SQ. FOOT” FOR PLYWOOD AND OSB PANELS. ALL THE PRICES ARE F.O.B. AT THE MILL WITH NO FREIGHT ADDED.

1/2 CDX 7/16 S/P/F 2X4 R/L S/P/F

2X10 2009 4-PLY OSB STUDS STD & BETTER # 2 Y. PINE

2008 2009 2008 2009 2008 2009 2008 2009 2008 2009 JAN 2 335 250 148 153 224 155 214 162 293 266 JAN 9 335 250 137 150 211 158 196 162 262 260 JAN 16 330 250 135 150 205 156 192 151 246 250 JAN 23 330 252 135 150 205 148 192 140 246 242 JAN 30 320 262 132 150 199 140 184 131 237 236 FEB 6 325 270 132 160 205 178 194 162 230 232

‘FEB 13 335 275 132 162 210 180 198 162 228 230 ‘FEB 20 340 275 130 165 209 170 197 148 226 233 ‘FEB 27 340 270 135 165 210 161 194 138 227 233 ‘MAR 6 340 260 140 155 212 165 193 150 227 233

‘MAR 13 335 258 142 152 214 160 189 146 227 230 ‘MAR 20 320 258 142 150 218 157 191 148 225 224 ‘MAR 27 325 252 142 146 225 160 197 152 222 224 ‘APR 3 330 250 140 148 227 172 199 162 221 231

‘APR 10 335 250 140 148 235 176 215 168 227 238 ‘APR 17 340 250 142 148 230 177 215 170 247 238 ‘APR 24 345 250 151 148 226 176 207 166 278 247 MAY 1 350 250 162 145 229 167 216 153 300 245 MAY 8 360 250 177 141 239 160 230 150 320 239

MAY 15 365 250 185 140 244 165 233 160 332 232 MAY 22 365 252 200 140 252 167 243 160 329 225 MAY 29 365 252 205 138 254 165 248 163 310 220 JUNE 5 355 252 210 138 250 180 246 178 300 225

JUNE 12 345 255 210 143 243 185 235 180 280 237 JUNE 19 340 270 202 157 243 198 241 194 258 249 JUNE 26 340 280 197 167 242 202 242 198 274 269 JULY 3 340 280 195 170 236 203 242 198 256 280

JULY 10 340 280 192 174 235 193 256 183 256 284 JULY 17 340 270 187 174 235 188 259 174 280 280 JULY 24 335 265 185 174 225 188 260 174 295 267 JULY 31 332 270 196 174 220 202 264 194 309 258 ‘AUG 7 340 295 208 178 218 206 265 198 315 254 ‘AUG 14 340 310 218 185 216 208 276 200 320 252 ‘AUG 21 340 315 222 190 220 204 277 198 316 263 AUG 28 350 318 220 191 220 193 275 186 310 273 ‘SEP 4 360 318 215 185 218 190 265 182 310 274

‘SEP 11 365 318 205 183 212 192 250 180 310 273 ‘SEP 18 365 310 192 173 204 199 230 184 302 269 ‘SEP 25 350 305 178 165 195 198 220 184 290 266

‘OCT 2 320 295 170 158 190 191 217 182 272 263 ‘OCT 9 305 287 178 156 180 189 195 170 253 258

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‘OCT 16 300 280 180 156 180 195 196 190 233 258 ‘OCT 23 290 285 180 158 180 191 187 190 221 265

YELLOW = LOWEST PRICE OF THE YEAR SO FAR & BLUE REPRESENTS THE HIGHEST PRICE WHO WERE THOSE K-I CHARACTERS A DANNY BROWN TRUSS PLANT B ADAM FREEMAN WESTPORT OFFICE C JASON SCHNEIDER CLARKSVILLE OFFICE D PAUL MIELE LOUISVILLE MAIN OFFICE E JEFF TAYLOR LOUISVILLE MAIN OFFICE F ALTON HUGHES LEXINGTON OFFICE G SHARON JACKSON LOUISVILLE MAIN OFFICE H JERRY NEWTON – TODD MINTON LOUISVILLE MAIN OFFICE I BILL PICKHART MILLWORK OFFICE J CAROLYN ELDER LOUISVILLE MAIN OFFICE K MIKE HALL LOUISVILLE MAIN OFFICE L BILL THOMAS CLARKSVILLE OFFICE M SHIRLEY HUGHES LEXINGTON OFFICE N CAROLYN ELDER – WALT FREEMAN LOUISVILLE OFFICE O PATRICIA NELSON HOME PLANNING CENTER P JOHN BLACKBURN CLARKSVILLE OFFICE Q MARK HANSEN EVANSVILLE OFFICE R JOE STOCKSDALE CLARKSVILLE OFFICE S VICKI METZGER HOME PLANNING CENTER AGAIN… HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

JEFF TAYLOR K-I E-NEWS HOST