Mulzer Crushed Stone, Inc. News Blog

In 2010, all employees will be required to participate in a minimum of one of our three (3) Health Action Campaigns to earn your discounted health insurance rate.  In addition, if the results of the screening determines you, the employee, is at risk for three (3) or more factors, you will also be required to complete a coaching program with CIGNA to earn your discounted health insurance rate.  The savings are substantial. We encourage you to take advantage of these free programs.

In lieu of completing a Health Action Campaign, you may also be eligible for the discount upon successful completion of any of the following, 5K run or further, half-marathon, sprint triathlon, 20+ mile bike ride or meeting your fitness goal by a personal trainer. Submit appropriate proof for company approval.

Do you know your cholesterol, blood sugar, blood pressure and body mass index?   Are there areas for improvement in your health? The confidential health screening by CIGNA, which will take about 15 minutes, will be an opportunity to answer those questions.  The goal is to help you, and your spouse, achieve your health-related goals and make the most of your health care coverage.

In addition to attending the screening, each employee and spouse (covered under the health insurance plan) will be required to complete the On-Line Health Assessment. The assessment is a questionnaire about your health and well being which takes about 15 minutes to complete.  Employees and spouses are encouraged to complete the health assessment prior to the screening appointment. We encourage you to complete the on-line assessment by April 2 to be eligible for a drawing of an iPod shuffle.  However, if either of you are unable to complete the assessment prior to the screening, CIGNA representatives will be present to assist you. Bring your User ID and Password to the screening to complete the assessment.  (Instructions to complete the on-line assessment are provided in this newsletter)

Remember, this screening and health assessment are mandatory, if you or your spouse want to remain on the health insurance plan after July 1, 2010.  The next opportunity for open enrollment in the health insurance plan will be July 1, 2011, based on your participation in the wellness screenings in 2011.

Employee Screening Opportunities (local time)

Wednesday, April 7    New Amsterdam         6 am – 9 am; 10 am – 1:45 pm; 5 pm – 7 pm ET

Friday, April 9            Charlestown                8 am – 12:30 pm ET

Monday, April 12       Rockport                     6 am – 11:30 am CST

Monday, April 12       Tell City Office           1:30 pm – 4:30 pm; 5:30 pm – 8:00 pm CST

Tuesday, April 13       Tell City Office           5:30 am – 11:00 am; 12 pm – 3:30 pm CST

Wednesday, April 14 Newburgh                   6:00 am – 10:00 am CST

Wednesday, April 14 Evansville                    12:00 pm – 4:00 pm CST

Thursday, April 15      Maltersville                 5:30 am – 9:30 am ET

Thursday, April 15      Abydel                        1:30 pm – 5:30 pm ET

Tuesday, April 20       Cape Sandy                 6 am – 9 am; 9:30 am – 12:00pm; 4-8 pm ET 

Wednesday, April 21 Cape Sandy                 6 am – 8 am ET

Wednesday, April 21 Temple                        2:30 pm– 5:30 pm ET

Thursday, April 22      Tower                          8 am – 12:30 pm ET

Tuesday, April 27       Shamblin Stone           6 am – 10 am; 3:00 pm – 6:00 pm ET

Spouse Screening Opportunities (local time)  

Thursday, April 8        Baymont Inn-Corydon, IN     9 am – noon; 1-4 pm; 5-8 pm ET

Monday, April 12       Tell City Office                       1:30 pm–4:30 pm; 5:30 pm–8:00 pm CST     

Tuesday, April 13       Tell City Office                       8:00 am-11:00 am; 12:00 pm-3:30 pm CST

Thursday, April 15      Maltersville                             8:00 am – 9:30 am ET

Tuesday, April 27       Shamblin Office                      8:30 am – 10:00 am; 3:00 pm – 6:00 pm ET

Spouses living further than 30 miles from these locations, may be eligible for alternative testing at an independent LabCorp facility.

The Mulzer Crushed Stone, Inc. Motorcycle ride is scheduled for Saturday, May 15 with a rain date of June 26.

The 2010 Ride will begin at Exit 79 off I-64 at Subway and end at the main office in Tell City, IN. 

The ride will be about 160 miles, including a drive in and through Kentucky.

If you are interested in participating, please sign up by May 8^th, by contacting Pat Englert at the Maltersville yard.

Direct Line: 812-482-9259; Fax: 812-482-9247; E-mail: mascale@mulzer.com

You  can also contact Steve Taylor at 812-719-2703 or via e-mail at TCPartsTruckDriver@mulzer.com. 

Kerry Dougan

Mulzer Crushed Stone, Inc. employee, Kerry Dougan, recently accepted the appointment of Spencer County Chamber of Commerce Chairman of the Board at the Chamber’s Annual Dinner.  His term will run for one full year.  Dougan’s main responsibility will encompass promoting the prosperity of existing businesses in Spencer County.  When asked how he plans to achieve his vision Dougan commented, “I plan to focus on organizing efforts to maintain and open lines of communication between businesses operating in Spencer County.”

We wish Kerry the best of luck in his role as Chairman of the Board and congratulate him on his acceptance of the position.

The Mulzer Crushed Stone, Inc. and Shamblin Stone, Inc. Merry Maintenance Contest Winners were announced at the company annual safety meetings at the end of January. Employees were challenged to maintain their weight over the holiday season and every employee that met this goal was entered into a drawing for four tickets to a NASCAR race.

Mulzer Crushed Stone, Inc. winners were Charlie Gibson, Billy McNeely, Phillip Graebe and Craig Parker. Shamblin Stone, Inc. winners were Jeff Turley and Tim Huffman. Each Mulzer winner received four tickets to the NASCAR Talladega Race and each Shamblin winner received four tickets to the NASCAR Coke 600 Race in Charlotte.

Congratulations to the winners and to all the employees who completed the Merry Maintenance Challenge successfully.

Charlie Gibson (winner), Bart Mulzer and Billy McNeely (winner) pose with winning tickets

Winner Phillip Graebe with Ken Mulzer, Jr.

Winner Craig Parker with Ken Mulzer, Jr.

Shamblin Stone, Inc. employee Jeff Turley

Brian Peters with Shambline Stone, Inc. Winner Tim Huffman

It is a Blue Friday at the Tell City office before the Super Bowl.

Go Colts!

Recently the Mulzer family lost one of the brothers who started Mulzer Crushed Stone, Inc. Edgar was the youngest of 3 brothers (Arnold, Roland and Edgar) who started Mulzer Brothers in the middle of the Great Depression. This linked article tells us about his life and his impact on Spencer County and all of Southwest Indiana.

Mulzer’s foresight, dedication changed Spencer County

From the Article…

By VINCE LUECKE, Editor

SPENCER COUNTY – Edgar C. Mulzer, who helped provide the basic building materials that helped Spencer County and southern Indiana grow for decades, died Jan. 23.

In the late 1940s, along with his brothers Arnold and Roland, Mulzer started the business of limestone quarries and Ohio River sand-and-gravel dredging operations that provided aggregates for highways, bridges and dam construction. The brothers’ first quarries were located at Eckerty, Derby, Cape Sandy and Temple and operated distribution and sales locations in Rockport, Newburgh, Evansville, and Gibson County. The company’s main office was located, as it is today, in Tell City.

Edgar and Roland left the stone business in 1969 and brother Arnold Mulzer’s children took over the company. In 1972, Edgar Mulzer entered the banking business and became chairman and chief executive officer of Dale State Bank. During his tenure, the Grandview, Rockport and Chrisney banks were joined with Dale State Bank and a new branch was built in Hatfield.

The combined locations became the Lincolnland Bancorp and were merged with National City Bank in Evansville in 1994.

One of his major objectives in his business and banking life was to nurture small businesses to help them grow and provide communities with jobs. Mulzer was an early investor and supporter of Thermwood and Spencer Plastics corporations located in Dale. He served on the board of directors for Huntingburg Bank, Spencer Plastics and Thermwood and remained active well into his retirement years.

Mulzer was one of the founding members of Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Tell City.

He was a World War II veteran, entering the U.S. Army Air Corps in 1942. He served as a B-25 crew chief during the war. He was ordered to North Africa in February 1942 and moved with the U.S. forces across North Africa, and into Italy and Corsica as the war progressed until its end.

From his early years, Mulzer had a curiosity and love for travel. He made his first cross-country drive to California in the winter of 1940 in a new car he had just purchased.

He repeated this drive to California in 1948 with his new bride, Roberta Kramer of Chrisney. Another cross-country drive to San Diego was made in 2007 at the age of 89 with his daughter and son-in-law to attend a World War II reunion of his U.S. Air Force unit, the 57th Bomb Wing. Mulzer took his longest driving trip in 1997, traveling roundtrip from Tell City, across the U.S. to Canada and following the Trans-Alaskan Highway to Fairbanks, Alaska.

Along with family and friends, he visited more than 50 countries from Antarctica to the Arctic Circle. Among his excursions were safaris to Africa, a visit to the Galapagos Islands, watching an eclipse of the sun in Peru and climbing Mount Kilimanjaro at age 75.

He enjoyed traveling with his family to Italy, Alaska and Germany where they visited the ancestral home in Bavaria of his grandfather, Wolfgang Mulzer, who settled near Evanston in 1850.

In later years, Mulzer and his wife formed the Edgar and Roberta Mulzer Foundation to support organizations and charities across southern Indiana with emphasis on Spencer, Perry and Crawford counties.