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It's very clear: Roseburg is a leader in the business ofpro.lucing engineered wood products (E\YP).

After just four short years ofoperation, Roseburg Forest Products is the fourth largest supplier of EWP products in the United States, and we intend to grow even more.

Product quality and customer satisfaction continue to be the highest priority. Roseburg's newly redesigned RFPI'o 20 series of l-Joists has a wider flange and comes in lengths up to 60'. The RFPIU'20 is truly the builder's new best friend. The RFPI'20 series l-Joist features a WIDE 1.3/4" thick by 1.3/8" top and bottom flange that has grearer srrengrh and stability.

Additionally, all Roseburg engineered wood products have been approved hy the Intemational Code Council-Evaluation Service (ICC-ES).

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The Roseburg Framing Systems'consists of four major components: RFPI Joist@ used in floor and roof construction; Rigidlamo LVL which is used for headers, beams, and columns; RigidFloor@ underlayment; and RigidRim'rimboard. All of the components are engineered to the industry's highest standards to help contractors build solid, durable and well-engineered framing systems.

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New ldaho Treater Opens

Roundwood manufacturer Parma Post & Pole, Inc. has launched a pressure treating business at its 25-acre site in Parma. Id.

Idaho Wood Preserving began operations in early March treating with Osmose's NatureWood ACQ in its single cylinder.

The facility offers TSO services, as well as treats Parma Post & Pole's own production. "We originally designed it as an in-house service for ourselves," said owner Mike Sterling. "There wasn't a treating plant within 350 miles of us, and the cost of diesel kept rising. We were trucking everything out to be treated and then trucking everything back."

The expansion might be the biggest risk since Sterling's father founded the business in 1982. "This is a big step for us," he admitted. "It took a lot of soul searching. It took about a year and a half of planning, and then to build the plant. It's been a challenge."

Court Gets Depot's Attention

Home Depot learned the hard way that it's expensive to ignore Alan

Sporn, a businessman from Laguna Hills, Ca. After trying to get the company's attention for nearly two years, he has won a $l million court judgment against the company.

The problem started when Sporn learned the reason he was denied a home refinance loan was that Home Depot had made at least a dozen inquiries regarding his credit worthiness. When Sporn asked why, Home Depot reported that a person in Virginia was using his social security number to apply for credit at the chain. Multiple inquiries to credit agencies can lower an individual's credit rating.

When Spom asked for the culprit's name, Home Depot refused to tell him. The company also ignored a request to stop checking his credit rating.

"I didn't even have a credit card with Home Depot," said Sporn. He added that except for the "occasional garden hose or light bulb" he doesn't shop at the store very often.

Unfortunately, Home Depot also ignored a lawsuit Sporn filed for compensation: for the the higher interest rate he paid on his home loan and the damage a lowered credit rating did to his business reputation. When the company didn't show up for court hearings, Sporn was awarded a default judgment that included interest and other collection expenses.

After seven months passed with no word from Home Depot, Sporn and his attorney requested that Los Angeles County sheriffs deliver a court order to the bank that handles Home Depot's payroll accounts. This time, the company paid attention, by filing an appeal that maintained Sporn had "obtained by stealth" an "excessive" default judgment.

The court disagreed and scolded the company for seeking to "escape the results of its own carelessness."

"An obvious gap appears in the evidence," wrote the presiding judge. "There is no statement that the [court papers sent to Home Depotl were lost, stolen, forwarded to the wrong person, or eaten by the dog."

Home Depot said it was "disappointed in the decision" and was reviewing its appeal options. However, Sporn and his attorney were very happy. "I feel vindicated," he said. "They're such a huge corporation, and we are just little people."