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Both Clear All Heart Vertical Grain and Clear Mixed Grain are available in S4S, fascia, bevel siding and patterns. Clear All Heart Vertical G rain is knot-free all heartwood and provides the finest surfacefor maximum finish life. Clear Mixed Grain contains sapwood and offers a lower cost alternative. The product is manufactured in two thicknesses, 1" (34" net) and 11/t" 11tha" net) with widths ranging from 2" through 12".

The superior dimensional stability of Palco-Loc Fascia consistently provides a straight, smooth and ilat installation. This assures that soffits can be easily applied and will maintain their position. This product is manufactured in single or double plow for'1f4" or 3/e" soffit material. Palco-Loc plowed fascia, not only permits easy soff it application, but reduces applications costs and eliminates the need for moulding. Full sA" net thickness gives added value in stability and nail holding for gutters.

ldeally suited for new construction or remodeling, beautiful Palco-Loc Interior Paneling is economical and can be ordered in either Clear All Heart Vertical Grain or Clear Mixed Grain in any standard size and pattern.

The convenient long lengths of Palco-Loc Bevel Siding reduce application costs and result in fewer butt joints on most wall areas. Natural resistance to flamespread helps Palco-Loc redwood siding protect homes in ways most other wood sidings can't. And of course, redwood heartwood is famous for its resistance to decay and insects. May be ordered in both 1/2" and 34" standard CRA Patterns.

CHUCK LINK executive director

HEN a supervisor says, "l wish I could motivate John." that usually means "l wish I could get John to do his job better."

Here are six keys to doing exactly that:

(1) Ask for performance. Describe how the job is being done now, and how you want it to be..Then ask the employee to do it that way.

(2) Use lots of positive reinforcement and personalize it. Don't take acceptable work for granted. Thank people for it. And praise them ev5ry time they improve. Remembbr. though, that while everyone likes to be recognized, what motivates one may leave another cold or even irritated. So find out what works with each of your people, and use it.

(3) Build relationships. This doesn't mean be buddy-buddy with your employees. But it does mean you should treat your people like real, live human beings. That's what they are, and they will respond best when your actions show you respect their individuality and trust their intentions.

Wood Dust Hazard Regulations

Businesses with employees who saw, sand or shape wood or are routinely exposed to wood dust in the workplace must comply with the new OSHA Hazard Communication Standard regarding wood dust.

Employees must be informed that OSHA considers exposure to wood dust to be hazardous. Copies of the Wood Dust Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) must be on file as well as posted in the employee area.

The MSDS must be discussed with employees to help them understand the hazards of wood dust exposure including inhalation and skin contact. Employees also must be alerted to what you are doing to con-

(4) Understand your employees' point of view. Make a habit of listening to your people and asking their opinion before you give directions or offer advice. lf you listen first, and listen with an open mind, people are much more likely to cooperate when you decide something has to be done differently.

(5) Model what you want. Approach your own work with a sense of urgency, use your time efficiently, and meet the goals you set. Show employees by your actions that the job really does matter, that quality is important and that deadlines are real.

(6) Refuse to accept poor performance. Though textbooks on motivation seldom admit it, supervisors do have to tell employees when their performance is not acceptable. Sometimes this means a reprimand. At other times you can handle it through coaching. But either way, you're demonstrating that standards matter and that, in itself, is motivational. As the old saying has it, "lt's better to aim for 'Excellence' and hit 'Good' than it is to aim for 'Good' and hit 'Averase'. " trol wood dust and to protect them, such as general and local exhaust ventilation, goggles, dust masks, gloves and regular cleanup and disposal of wood dust. An emergency plan also should be formulated and reviewed.

The written hazard communication program must be developed to provide information to new employees as well as a periodic review of the MSDS and procedures for other employees

An MSDS fact sheet is available from the National Lumber and Building Material Dealers Association or local associations. Adding your company name, address, telephone number and contact name will qualify it to meet regulations.

GARY L. SMITH executive vice president

lA nurtoN: life may be hazardous to V your health. Within the last couple of months all the members of the two California lumber associations should have received information on compliance with Proposition 65. I know this because Wayne Gardner of LASC had appropriate warning signs printed and shared them with me so that we could furnish them to you. I have also seen warning signs supplied to dealers by others posted in your stores.

Proposition 65, of course. requires that you warn the public that you may sell some items that may contain substances that may be hazardous to their health. Required warnings basically recommend that consumers read available warning labels or call a toll free number if they think one is needed.

What would lead a person to believe a warning is needed? The governor's office has provided a list of 29 substances, including things like Azathioprine and Thorium dioxide, that one should be wary of. So all a person has to do is carefully read the ingredients on every product he contemplates buying and compare it with the list of substances (soon to be expanded) that everyone will surely want to carry with them at all times. Sounds like a major gridlock in the paint department to me.

The point is that no one except the manufacturers really knows which products contain hazardous substances. Manufacturers are supposed to label products accordingly, facing stiff penalties if they don't, but the retailer has the unenviable task of posting signs that may well cause the consumer to die of fright by just being in the store. Or the retailer receives requests from his customers, as one LMA member did, for a list of all of the things he sells containing hazardous substances.

At least we can feel secure that this member's competitors have no idea what products belong on that list either, but it is more than slightly unsettling that no one seems to know the full range of things encountered in our everyday life that may, someday, somehow, harm us or our unborn children.

The only solution seems to be to avoid everything that even remotely presents a threat. A few examples:

(1) Practice safe sex

(d Abstain (but what will that do to my nervous system?)

(b) Monogamous relationship (what about him/her/it?)

(c) Use those "Things" (what toxic substances are they made of and have they been tested on rats?)

(2) Don't drive a car

(a) You'll get in a traffic accident and be injured or killed

(b) Road fumes and Pollution will contaminate Your lungs

(c) You will die of fright on a California freeway

(d) You will be shot by an irate driver you wouldn't yield to

(e) All of the above

(3) Don't walk outside

(a) A car will jump the curb and hit you

(b) A dog will attack You