1 June 2007

Volume 2, Issue 1 June 2007

GP Palatka Environmental Upgrades Paying Off

for the St. Johns River and Rice Creek.

By: Adam DeMouy

In March, 2007, GP Palatka applied for a

renewal of their National Pollution

Discharge Elimination System (NPDES)

permit, the permit that enables us to

discharge our effluent, from the Florida

Department of Environmental Protection

(FDEP). While Georgia-Pacific’s current

permit does not expire until August,

regulations require the mill apply six months

prior to expiration in order for the FDEP and

Georgia-Pacific to discuss any questions that

may not be adequately addressed in the

permit application. Since it is time to share

the mill’s environmental success story with

the state of Florida, it also time to ensure

Palatka employees understand how their

hard work is benefiting the environment and

our community.

The mill has invested more than $200

million in environmental manufacturing

improvements to improve effluent quality

over the past eight. GP’s investments,

coupled with the environmental stewardship

of the Palatka employees, have resulted in a

dramatically improved effluent and a

flourishing environment around the mill.

The startup of the mill’s elemental

chlorine-free bleach plant in 2002 has

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removed dioxin from mill effluent. Not only

is the mill’s discharge non-detect for dioxin,

but the mill is also non-detect for dioxin in

the bleach plant itself – the area where the

compounds historically formed.

The dregs press is performing well and

effluent conductivity levels have improved

thanks to the investment.

The mill’s brownstock washers and

oxygen delignification system are now part

of the mill’s state-of-the-art environmental

technology package and GP Palatka is now a

model for the industry.

The technological upgrades have: 40%

reduction of effluent water volume in the

past decade.

The mill uses 500-700 million gallons of

water at any given time. Due to recycling

and reuse, only 4% of the water used in

operations is discharged daily.

99.9% of the effluent

volume is water.

The plant treats effluent for

60 days in biological

treatment ponds before

discharging. The average

pulp and paper mill is 5-7

days.

73% reduction in

phosphorous discharges

(1997/1998 baseline)

54% reduction in nitrogen

discharges (1997/1998

baseline)

40% decrease in water

consumption since 1998

90% less dependency on

groundwater since 1998

Achieved partly through $5

million investment in a 90

million gallon surface water

storage basin, enough water

to operate the mill for 4

days without utilizing

groundwater.

GP Palatka is currently two

months into the monitoring period

of Rice Creek as mandated in the

administrative order associated with

the NPDES permit.

Current data indicates that

meeting color and conductivity

standards in Rice Creek continues to

be a challenge for the mill despite

the $200 million investment.

Therefore, relocating the mill’s

effluent entry point into the St.

Johns River from Rice Creek to a

pipeline into the river may become

a reality.

GP Palatka is required, and

committed to meeting water quality

standards.

Stay tuned for additional updates

around GP Palatka’s successful

environmental journey.

3 June 2007

war: Making a Memory

By: Adam DeMouy

On a cool Friday morning, May 25, 2007,

Georgia-Pacific honored men and women

who did not hide when the liberties of our

great country were under attack. On

Memorial Day weekend, a time when the

Armed Services of the United States

Military are recognized, GP dedicated a

piece of property outside the front of the

mill to those individuals who give it their all

when their country needed them the most.

All the different military branches are

honored on the memorial; in the form of

etched pavers. Many of these etched pavers

represent Georgia-Pacific retirees who

served our country in the US Armed Forces.

Past and current employees gathered at the

memorial along with distinguished guests of

honor, such as, City of Palatka Mayor Karl

Flagg, Georgia-Pacific Vice President Keith

Wahoske as well as Jack Darden, a GP

retiree and US Air Force Veteran.

“Welcome everyone, and thank you for

coming out today and joining us to honor all

of GP’s service men and women,” said Mr.

Wahoske, opening the memorial service.

The Memorial is a way of saying thanks

from the community of Putnam County and

the hard working people of Georgia-Pacific.

Old Glory blows in the wind and the

shadow cast by the flag over the etched

pavers acts as a watchful eye of protection

on all the veteran names inscribed in this

new hollowed ground.

The memorial is surrounded by a wide

variety of agriculture, plants and flowers,

which give it a national rose garden feel.

Anyone who passes by the memorial, feel

free to stop and view the names inscribed

and to take the entire memorial in.

Lists of the current names inscribed in the

memorial are as follows: If there is someone

we missed, please notify Debra Deedrick at

ext. 5988.

4 June 2007

Honorees

John Barker - US Army

Jerry Price – US Air Force

James Dixon – US Army

Ron Taylor – US Navy

Ronald Tyer – US Army

Larry Heidt – US Air Force

Bryan Hayes – US Army

Chan Jones – US Navy

R.C. Dowdy – US Army

James Mann – US Army

Alan Richie – US Army

Booker Knowles – US Army

Woodrow Lee – US Army

Dewitt Rice – US Army

David Main – US Army

Paul Heini – US Army

Karl Kite – US Army

Robert Singer – US Navy

Earl Wendel – US Navy

Tony Merritt – US Army

Lee Gibbons – US Navy

Clyde Guthrie – US Air Force

John F. Brown – US Coast Guard

Ernest Griffis – US Army

Micah Griffis – US Air Force

Jackie Williams – US Army

Michael Kenyon – US Army

Glenn Thomas – US Army

Clarence Hughes – US Army

Michael Lusk – US Navy

Larry Puckett – National Guard

Wayne Simmons – US Army

William Addison – US Navy

George Alexander – US Army

Marion House – US Army

Ernest Harrell – US Army

Thomas Hager – US Army

Lawrence Bush – US Air Force

Jackie Arrington – US Army

Ralph Sevearance – US Air Force

Thomas Woodward – US Army

George Watson – National Guard

Wilson Register – US Army

Davis Williams – US Army

Phillip Wilkinson – US Army

Jerry Register – US Army Reserve

Kenneth Black – US Marine Corps

Russell Johnson – US Army

Howard Register – US Army Reserve

Gerald Cannon – US Army

J.L. Matthews – US Army

James Fender – US Army

Bobby Meadows – US Navy

Paul Broadway – US Army

Roy Livingston – US Marine Corps

Jimmie Miller – US Army

George Hall, Sr. – US Marine Corps

Braxton Fulgham – US Marine Corps

Ronald Lloyd – US Air Force

Louis Saucerman – US Air Force

Kenny Bankhardt – US Coast Guard

Carl Anderson – US Army

Alonzo Middleton – US Army

E. Pete Wilkinson – US Army

Earnest White – US Army

Jack Darden – US Air Force

James E. Feagin – US Army

Harold E. Hitchcock – US Army

Leon Washington – US Navy

Charlie Green – US Army

Eddie Hovorka – US Marine Corps

Harold Trujillo – National Guard

Eugene Carnes – National Guard

John Workinger – US Coast Guard

Leon Brown – US Army

Joe Lane – US Marine Corps

Sherman Canty – US Army

James Robinson – US Army

Barney Durham – National Guard

Richard Hunter – US Army Reserve

Jason Odom – US Army

William H. Taylor – US Army

Wallace H. Key – US Navy

Cliff Phillips – US Army

Don Farley – US Air Force

James McQuaig, Jr. – US Navy

Rick Schneider – US Navy

Tracey McInnis – US Navy

Darby Banks – US Marine Corps

Marvin Dyess – US Army /N. Guard

Eddie Cole – US Army

Bill Wimberley – US Navy

Al Fournier – US Navy

Tom Tilghman – US Navy

Tim Weddington – US Navy

Jim Scarlet – US Air Force

Wayne Foster – US Navy

Tim Alford – US Marine Corps

John Arbuckle – US Coast Guard

Wayne Day – US Air Force

Dennis Hodges – US Navy

George Hager – US Marine Corps

Don MacGibbon – US Navy

Paul Terrell – US Navy

Benny Carpenter – US Army

William Addison – US Army

Buddy McNeal – US Army

William Murray – US Army

Stanley Crain – US Navy

David Price, Jr. – US Navy

Byron Bullock – US Army

Don Bond – US Navy

John Dawson – US Air Force

Harold Deel – US Army

Bobby Ellis – US Army

Tommy Jenkins – US Army

Gregory Luce – US Coast Guard

Robert Robbins – National Guard

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Harold Sibley, Jr. – US Navy

Dan Taylor – US Air Force

Jimmie C Williams – US Army

Karon Williams – US Air Force

Donald Baker – US Army

Pat Bowen – Army Reserve

Ed Brooks – US Army

Leon Brown – US Army

Martin Janus, Sr. – US Army

David Couch – US Air Force

Ronald Vreen – US Army

Don Walburn – US Coast Guard

Ernest Champion – US Navy

Stacy Murrow – US Army

Mark Thornton – US Army

Courtland stilwell- US Navy

Jerry Register – US Army Reserve

Kenneth Black – US Marine Corps

Russell Johnson – US Army

Howard Register – US Army Reserve

Gerald Cannon – US Army

J.L. Matthews – US Army

James Fender – US Army

Bobby Meadows – US Navy

Paul Broadway – US Army

Roy Livingston – US Marine Corps

Jimmie Miller – US Army

George Hall, Sr. – US Marine Corps

Braxton Fulgham – US Marine Corps

And the flag was still there

old glory keeps a watchful eye over the names etched

6 June 2007

Guiding Principles In Action

By: Steve Single

During March 28th

to 30th

, the bark system that

feeds the Combination boiler underwent a two-

day outage to repair and replace some ailing

equipment. During this outage a new bark chute

system was installed to allow the bark hog to be

bypassed if needed. The bark hog is a knife and

anvil machine which conditions the bark by

tearing and cutting it to a preset size that is

determined by the size of the screen installed.

The bypass chute will allow maintenance to be

performed on the bark hog without losing the

ability to burn bark in the combination boiler

which reduces our fossil fuel dependencies.

Additional projects that were compiled

included wear plates installed in the cyclone for

the bark blow line, new skirts on the bark belts,

removal of the fly ash system, repair of the West

bark tower chute, repair of the Reclaim feed

chute and replacement of the bark hog internals.

During this two- day outage, it was discussed

that if we had an alternate way to feed the bark

surge bin while the new chutes were being

installed over the hog we could start burning

bark sooner and reduce fuel oil usage which is

much more expensive than producing steam

from bark. At this suggestion, an outside source

was found and a portable conveyor system was

brought in to feed the storage bin. With help

from both Operations and Maintenance

employees, a temporary conveyor system was set

up. By having this temporary system in

operation, the Powerhouse was able to return to

burning bark 21 hours ahead of the scheduled

end of the outage for the bark chutes and bark

hog rebuild.

Due to additional issues discovered during the

hog rebuild the actual time the system was

utilized was extended an additional 27 hours. By

having this conveyor operational and working,

an additional 1,500 tons of bark were burned

with a savings of $55,000 after rental and

installation costs that would have been otherwise

spent on burning fuel oil. This was a great job

by all of the employees listed below who

contributed to this great cost saving idea. Below

is a picture of the system.

Operation: Maintenance: Supervision: Timbo Perry Ron Taylor Marty Kight

Lee Gore Tommy Thomas Bill Shivers

Larry Williams Steve Prevatt Robert Paul

Jeff McClellan Paul Ching David Holt

Billy Smith Tim Ley Vin Webster

Donnie Wells Lutrell Smith Hank Maxwell

Johnny Fussell Terry Marcum Keith Grimes

Gray Craven Larry Messervey Will Nichols

Johnny Adams Kevin Beard

Edward Wilkinson Lee Johnson

Sam Thomas

7 June 2007

GP Charity Golf Tournament

By: Adam DeMouy

Let the games begin!

This was the largest annual GP get-

together golf tournament. This time there

were a whopping 30 teams in the

tournament ever. Winning it all at net 16

under par was the team of Jeff

McClellan, Jeff Stalvey, David Sutliff

and Steve Saucier. Right on their heels

at 54.55 and in the runner-up slot was

Micky Boyette, Randy Largacci,

Kevin Lyle and Namon McQuaig. In

third place at 54.75 was the team of

Randy Werkheiser, Ron Taylor,

Russell Garner and David Darby.

GP held several additional challenges

other than who could turn in the best

score. There were awards for longest

drive, straightest drive, closest to the

hole off the tee, and longest putt. Ashley

Holmes was long drive winner on hole

No. 17. Mark DeMouy had the

straightest drive on No. 9 with a mind

boggling 360 yard carry? Russle Ferrell

canned the longest putt on No. 18. Mick

Boyette was the closest to the pin on

hole No. 6. Everybody who came out

had a very enjoyable time. V.P. Keith

Wahoske exclaimed “I hope everybody

had a good time out on the course today.

This gives everybody a chance to get

away from the day-to-day mill

operations and just a day to enjoy one

another’s company.”

8 June 2007

Rufus Borom, Bud Wrenn, Gary Bacon, Austin Bacon

Joe Skidmore, RoN Taylor & Steve Saucier

The Devastators

9 June 2007

Carnegie Graduates

By: Adam DeMouy

The Dale Carnegie public speaking program at

Georgia-Pacific is aimed at preparing employees

for the future, by giving them confidence in

themselves to give presentations and other

important addresses, in appearances in front of

large audiences. Meetings led by graduate

assistant Steve Saucier and course instructor

Herman Bowers were held on Monday evenings

from 4:00pm to 7:30pm for 12 consecutive

weeks. The Dale Carnegie public speaking

program strives to achieve constructive

knowledge, self confidence, strengthen people

skills, acquire better communication skills,

understand and improve leadership skills and

finally, develop a better attitude about life and

work. During the classes, instructor Herman

Bowers stressed the need to constantly achieve

proper tone, voice emphasizing, criticality of

getting the point across to the audience, eye-

coordination, as well as providing instruction on

the correct posture.

Herman Bowers has 20+ years experience in

the field of Public Speaking and now he is

putting all of his experience to use in educating

future business leaders with his knowledge.

Herman is happily married to his wife Margie

who is also a graduate of the Dale Carnegie

program and part-time instructor.

Dale Carnegie’s most recognizable book in the

art of public speaking is called “The Quick and

Easy Way to Effective Speaking”. “The Quick

and Easy Way to Effective Speaking will be

helpful, both to those who wish merely to

function with greater ease and self-confidence in

practical pursuits, and to those who wish to

express themselves more completely as

individuals seeking a deeper personal

fulfillment,” said, Maggie Carnegie.

“I learned a lot from this course. In the

beginning I was very nervous in front of an

audience but now after learning from the

Carnegie ways of speaking I am more self-

confident in front of larger audience,” said GP

employee John Skidmore. “It was very hard for

me to give presentations before taking this class

but now after taking the Dale Carnegie public

speaking course I am very enthusiastic when

giving a presentation. This course was really

helpful in conquering my fears about talking in

front of large groups of people,” said GP

employee and winner of the Carnegie highest

award in achievement, Lisa Rivas.

Dale Carnegie shows us how to get attention

through audience participation, clarity through

structure, and drama with exhibits, visual aids

and props. The Carnegie public speaking

program at GP stressed the area of comfort with

being an effective leader. Being clear, forceful,

and emphatic expressiveness are some of the

marks of effective leadership.

If any employee is interested in how they can

get registered to take this class, please get in

contact with Steve Saucier at ext. 5117.

10 June 2007

GP would proudly like to recognize the employees of the Spring

Dale Carnegie public speaking program.

Gerald Arant

E.Reed Brantley

Jay Bryan

Billy Bullock

Lenora Campbell

Donna Couch

David Couch

Debra Deedrick

Mary Dennis

Mike Dotson

Don Farley

L.Wayne Ford

Jack Hall

Jeff Honhart

Ed Hopkins

Landon Johnson

Greg Miller

Rockney Motes

Bob Paul

Julie Prisner

Lisa Rivas (Most

Outstanding Student:

Carnegie Highest

Award for

Achievement.)

Carl Rush

Mark Shorter

John Skidmore

Ray Smith

Christy Speas

Curtis West

Carol White

Tim Woods

Graduate John Skidmore

11 June 2007

Production Excellence

By: Adam DeMouy

“The tissue operations had an extremely

successful month and are absolutely

demonstrating what’s possible in Palatka,” said

Kevin Curry, Tissue Business Manager Palatka

Operations. The tissue converting lines had a

strong month as well as each tissue machine.

Efficiency has not been higher. “We have set 11

major production records in May and several

individual shift/line records,” said Mr. Curry.

All the credit goes to the employees who strive

for excellence in their job. That type of

commitment to productivity is why Palatka Mill

Operations is #1 in production.

Jay Jenkins, Optimizer for tissue converting

explains why production was so outstanding for

the month of May. “There are several reasons.

First and foremost would be the qualities of

paper that we received from the paper machines

while they were running the dry furnish trials.

Along with that, at the first of the year, we

developed a tissue converting productivity

improvement plan. Most of the action items from

that plan have been implemented, however one

that really seemed to stand out, and add a lot of

value was the line assistant concept which

established an operator / troubleshooter to a

specific group of converting lines.”

The culture has changed in tissue converting

around safety. “The Brother’s Keeper” process

and the increased participation with the safety

teams have made a difference in the way

personnel are performing their jobs. Everyone is

starting to talk more about the MBM guiding

principles, and becoming more understanding of

their intent. “We are a team, and we all look out

for one another,” said Jenkins

“The credit has to go to the personnel running

the lines. They have done an excellent job of

reporting issues through the use of the PTM

database, and then getting those issues fixed,”

said Jenkins. Being a part of a team requires

communication and adapting to change quickly.

# 2 Bath Rewinder operator Elizabeth Alston

“No one could have pulled this off without

each other. The tissue paper machines, tissue

converting, and tissue shipping all had to work

together to accomplish these records,” exclaimed

Jenkins. The teams on the paper machines are

confident in each other enough to exclaim that

the current records set will be broken again.

“With the completion of project pattern / trainer

on the bath lines, and some minor tweaking you

will see another record soon,” says Jenkins.

Tissue converting has set many new

benchmarks in achievement over the past month,

while still keeping a watchful eye on safety.

With all the employees paying attention to PPE

and SOP’s, the converting lines ran at optimal

capacity.

Safety is the number one priority in operating,

which is clear with these safety innovations in

the area to make production run even more

efficiently and safer. Jenkins explains, “The

installation of a KD loader on our # 3 towel line,

and engineering is working to roll this device out

across our other lines. We are also investigating

handling devices for removing rolls of poly that

are staged on pallets.”

12 June 2007

o 224 quality tons produced on #4 tissue machine

o Best efficiency ever on #3 tissue machine

o Weekly average of 70,006 cases/day

o 77, 058 quality cases in one day

o 34, 568 quality cases of towel in one day ( towel shattered four performance records in the month

of May)

o 43, 694 quality cases of bath tissue in one day

With a little more insight on how production

was so efficient for the month of May, Tyler

Miller, optimizer, for the tissue machines talks

about improved operating procedures and

innovations. “For the month, the fiberline

produced only pine. The tissue machines

provided all the hardwood through re-pulping

Eucalyptus pulp. The pine was more consistent

since the fiberline did not have to swing between

stock species, and the hardwood was also more

consistent due to uniform eucalyptus stock.

Furthermore, eucalyptus is much softer than

slush which allowed the tissue machines to

increase the percentage of pine fiber in the

sheet. More pine fiber gives the sheet body and

reduces sheet breaks on the machines. With

reduced sheet breaks, the operators were more

comfortable increasing machine speeds. #3TPM

had an especially good month due to the reasons

described above, but the machine also ran a trial

felt during May which dried extremely well and

stayed open resulting in increased production.”

Miller also goes on to explain the way in which

safety was improved. “Due to the consistent fiber

which greatly reduced sheet breaks, the crews

did not have to put themselves at risk to get the

sheet back onto the reel.” Another positive

achievement was reached in safety.

Miller would like to give big thanks to the

fiberline for making such consistent pine. “Also,

I would like to thank all the operators who

worked overtime to re-pulp eucalyptus. Finally, I

would like to thank maintenance for supporting

production during the month,” says Miller.

Everybody keep up the good work by letting the

MBM Principles guide you.

# 2 Towel Rewinder Operator Melissa Brinley

13 June 2007

Walt Disney World offers special employee

packages

From GP Intranet

As part of the Disney Partner Alliance, Walt

Disney World® Resort Sales is offering

Georgia-Pacific employees a deal on a

vacation package that can be used this

summer -- Aug. 31 through Sept. 6, 2007.

The special vacation package includes:

Three, four, five and six nights at a Walt

Disney World Resort (Special package

rates starting at $371 per person based

on double occupancy at Disney’s

Coronado Springs Resort for 3 Nights/2

days. The numbers of rooms available

for this package is limited and are

subject to availability. No other

discounts apply.

Special Park Hopper tickets (access to

all four Walt Disney World parks)

VIP Buccaneer Bash Party (pirate-

themed buffet dinner)

Random Acts of Magic (receive special

keepsakes throughout your stay)

To reserve your vacation package or for

more information, visit

http://wdwinv.com/files/2007/alliance/

The discounts are a benefit of GP’s 10-year

strategic alliance with Walt Disney Parks and

Resorts, announced in January 2005.

14 June 2007

Attention! Employees of recent High School and College Graduates, the Palatka Now E-Newsletter is now accepting pictures of

children/grandchildren of mill employees.” Information with photo should be submitted to Adam DeMouy (EXT. 4460) and include, parent name and work location, school graduating from and child’s name for the Graduate

Section of the E-Newsletter. Thank You from Newsletter Staff.

Environmental Policy “Georgia-Pacific LLC is committed, through its values,

to being an environmentally responsible company,

minimizing adverse impacts of our products and

processes, promoting continuous improvement and

practicing sustainable growth.”

15 June 2007

Message from Keith Wahoske

It is with a great sense of urgency that I

express my heartfelt concern to all of my

co-workers at the mill. In the past three

weeks, we have had three very serious

incidents that could have very easily

killed one or more of our employees or

contractors.

The root cause behind each one of the

incidents varies, but the end result could

have very easily been the same – death to

one of our friends and co-workers.

No one on our team wants to be injured

and no one has to be injured to work on

our team. We can make high quality, low

cost, environmentally friendly tons and

cases without hurting anyone and that is

my expectation.

While I was in the hospital last night

visiting with our injured employee,

something I heard really disturbed me. In

the waiting room, a number of people

talked about GP and their family

members that either worked for us now

or in the past that had been hurt on the

job. They almost suggested that it was

part of working at GP Palatka, that

you were going to get hurt on the job. Let me emphasize one more time that

we can make paper and not get people

hurt! We can convert tissue without

getting people hurt! I expect you all to

do your job safely all the time. If you

can’t work safely you need not be at GP

Palatka. An injury on the job is not a

badge of courage.

In order for us to make a change, I

encourage each and every employee to

ask the difficult questions around safety.

Just because we have done something for

25 years doesn’t mean it is the right thing.

If there is an SOP in place that puts

someone at risk or in the line of fire, that

is unacceptable. I don’t care if stopping

an unsafe act causes loss of production.

People are more important than

production. If someone observes an unsafe behavior

- stop it, plain and simple. Shut the

machine down or stop the unsafe act.

Think Safety, please consider these

questions:

1. Is there a safer way to

perform the task and

procedures you have

been using for years?

2. Do I place myself or

my co-worker in the

line of fire?

3. What are the hazards

of the job and do I

know what to do when

contingencies

happen?

4. Am I taking a short cut

or a work around

because something

doesn’t work like it is

suppose to? What is

broken and have I had

trouble getting it

fixed?

16 June 2007

5. Do I feel empowered to shut a

machine or process down if it is

unsafe or am I just going to go with

the flow and not create any waves?

6. Am I at risk when I perform this

task? Is my co-worker at risk?

7. What can we change or

implement or modify to perform the

job safely?

As always, I appreciate the pride of our

Palatka employees and the productivity

and cost improvements we are all

working for, but it is all for naught if we

get someone hurt. I refuse to sacrifice the

safety of any of our employees or

contractors for production or profits.

Understand my commitment is to

provide our employees a safe work

environment. This is also the

commitment of my leadership team and

the responsibility of every employee at

GP Palatka.

Thanks for all you do but, most

importantly, your commitment to

working safely.

Vice President Keith Wahoske

Keep up the great performances While Working Safe

Palatka’s 5th OSHA Recordable of 2007

A maintenance employee injured himself on January 10th, 2007 when he was exiting a

tank that he was working in. We successfully managed this injury as a first-aid for some

time. However, when the employee failed to respond to this first-aid treatment in a

timely way, a more aggressive therapy was necessary. This change in therapy was what

OSHA considers beyond “first-aid”, and as a result, this case becomes Palatka’s 5th OSHA

recordable of 2007.

17 June 2007

Celebrating 60 years of Palatka Pride!

Great Paper- Great Products- Great People- Great Putnam

Did you know that Kraft customer complaints cost the business nearly $100,000 in 2006?

Over the same time frame, did you realize that more 1,000 consumers expressed

dissatisfaction in GP Palatka consumer products they purchased from our customers?

Keeping the Palatka Pride alive, over the next month GP Palatka will be launching a “quality quest” campaign to raise our product quality level to the best in the system. GP Palatka will become the low cost, highest quality, producer within Georgia-Pacific and, in doing so, become the manufacturer of choice.

Stay tuned for information on how you can get involved in our Quality Quest for

Success.

Palatka Now Staff

Managing Editor: Jeremy

Alexander

Editor: Adam DeMouy

Phone: 386-329-0062

Fax: 386-328-0014

Email:

jeremy.alexander@gapac.com

adam.demouy@gapac.com