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Our clients tell us we do things right. When they order from Willamette, they don't have to worry about late deliveries, poor quality, or any of the other problems they've experienced with the competition.

That's because our salespeople are more than just order takers. At least once a week, they visit the mill in person. Check on orders. And gain first-hand knowledge about what they can and can't promise. hmber & Plywood Division

0f course, having more than a million acres of forest helps ensure a reliable source of supply. And because we replant more ttran 16.7 million trees annually as part of our forest management practices, it's a supply that will remain reliable.

So whether it's next year, or into the next century, Willamette will continue running rings around the competition.

Western Sales Office Albany, OR (503) 92G7771

Southern Sales Office Ruston, tA (318) 25ffi258

Atlantic Sales Otfice

Rock Hill, SC (803) 32&3&'4

0Sl panel siding oflers advantages including easy application.

D LYWOOD still dominates the panel siding market, F Uut dealers who have turned builder customers on ro engineered OSB panels report happy results.

The OSB panel is engineered to provide all of plywood's strengths with none of its drawbacks, adherents claim. There's no veneer to peel or fall apart, no grain to split, no knots or voids to patch and no irregularities to discolor, those who have used the products say. Because it is made from realwood. it has the familiar feel of TlI I, yet it weighs less and is easier to work with. lt's strong enough to be nailed directly to studs 24 inches o.c. And in these days of ecological concerns shaping buying decisions, it has the added advantage of being made from plentiful, noncontroversial timber sources.

A $400.000 home built in Mobile. Al., last summer was an early OSB panel siding project. Louisiana-Pacific, one of the first maior U.S. manufacturers of OSB and a