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 North American Lumber receives Awards by Chris Jones | Carnduff Gazette Post News

On March 5th, 6th and 7th, Joe and Jean Sopel travelled to Winnipeg to attend the
North American Lumber manager meeting. There are twenty North American Lumber
Yards all across Canada. Joe along with wife Jean has been running the North American
Lumber yard in Carnduff for the past 2 years and 4 months. In this very short time our
small community and surrounding communities have seen a great increase in products
brought into this store. Joe has been working very hard to increase the inventory in his
store to better serve this community and all others.

While in Winnipeg, at the meeting, a luncheon was held, and awards were given out
honouring the dedicated managers across Canada that work for North American. Each
manager was presented with a new Winnipeg Jets jersey, along with honourable certificates.
Joe was one of these very dedicated managers. He received 2 different awards.
One being “Highest Sales Increase Over the Previous Year Award.” The second being
“Highest Sales Above Budget Award.”

Congratulations Joe! Two very well deserved awards! The hard work Joe and staff
have put in is represented in great numbers to prove the awards were well deserved. Joe
told me that they have quadrupled their sales in this very short time! Wow!
Joe and Jean, along with Linda and her in-store staff at North American Lumber have
done a lot of hard work. Joe says that if it wasn’t for the dedication and work from his
staff, he never could have done it. He is very proud of his staff, and thanks them for a
job well done! However, he is always looking for more very hard working, energetic and
motivated staff to come aboard.

Joe says they hope to expand their store in the near future, to be able to serve Carnduff
and surrounding communities with a better selection of hardware products and much
more.

They have been kept busy with the housing and building boom in our little community,
along with the staff that work out of the Carnduff North American yard, he also has
a staff member, Bobbi, who is Jean’s daughter, an AutoCAD house designer, working
out of her home in Winnipeg. Bobbi has been designing houses for several years now,
and does a wonderful job pleasing her customers.

So make sure you stop in and see what North American Lumber has to offer. Joe and
the staff are all very willing to help you with anything you need. If he doesn’t have what
you are looking for I am very sure he will try to get it for you!
Hats off to you Joe, for bring our little lumber yard back to life; you are very worthy
of your awards! Keep up the awesome work!

"Churchbridge would like to thank North American Lumber for you generous donation to our Gala and Auction. The evening was a great success due to your community involvement and your donation."

Churchbridge - Swimming Pool Commitee

"On behalf of Cornerstone Family and Youth I would like to thank you for your support during our largest annual fundraiser, The CFY Festival of Trees.  This year’s fundraiser was one of our most successful raising almost $4000.00 for local children and family programming in part, because of your donation. Thank you again for helping make 2011 one of our best years yet!"

Jennifer Sedor  – Cornerstone Family and Youth

“We would like to thank North American Lumber for your commitment and support of The Boarder Cats in which has been our most successful season. Your sponsorship has helped the basis of our organization to help with improvements around the ball park. Thank you once again for your commitment to the Thunder Bay area and its sport franchises.”

Brad Jorgenson – Thunder Bay Boarder Cats

"We are thrilled to receive your donation of the picnic tables for our annual July Canada Day Birthday Celebrations and tea. Your donation of the tables will help to make it easier to accommodate our guests. On behalf of the board of directors, I extend our sincere appreciation and thanks for your generosity."

Arend Visser – Lake of the Woods Historical Society

"Thank you for advertising in our Community Theatre listings. Your participation and support helps us to send out entertainment movie packages to the surrounding communities in the area. Thank you for your continued support."

Carnduff Community Theater

"On behalf of Scouts Canada in Kenora and the Kenora Rapid Races committee, I would like to thank you for your generous donation of toques that made race day such a resounding success."

Darcy Wickham – Scouts Canada

"Thank you for donating to Keewatin Public School’s annual Goods & Services auction. Your generosity helps enrich our children’s school experience."

J. Parsons – School Council Chair 2010- 2011

"Thank you for your continued support of Relay For Life. We truly appreciate all you have done for us over the past 10 years."

Kathy Joshua – Relay For Life