Area Highlights

INDIANAPOLIS Friendship Jars

What do you get when you mix 50 pounds of flour, 58 pounds of sugar, 54 pounds of chocolate chips, 1 box of baking soda and 1 box of salt? You get a whole lot of fun. With the recent move of our Indy Office, we wanted to reach out to our new community and see what we could do to help. VALLEY MILLS CHRISTIAN CHURCH needed the supplies to welcome 125 kiddo’s that signed up for Vacation Bible School in June. Their mission was to make ‘friendship jars” with the cookie mix. It looks like it was well received, and Tanya Henthorn with Valley Mills Christian Church said, “Thank you again so much. The kids are having a great time learning about Jesus and making friendships too!!” We were happy to help. Thanks to Sydney Roule and Michael Skaggs for helping with the delivery of the special ingredients.

Republic Airplane Pull

Have you ever asked yourself, “I wonder what it’s like to pull a plane?”

On Saturday, April 23, we had 20 Milestone Team Members (2 teams of 10 each) step up to the challenge and answer that call. This was the first year Milestone participated in this great event, and I am sure it will not be the last. Each entry was $2,000. Our teams were challenged to collect half, and Milestone donated the other half. Each team had to pull the 24-ton aircraft across 15 feet. The fastest team won, but really the kids of Indiana were the real winners because this event raised over $600,000 for A Kid Again - Indiana Chapter, Indiana Children’s Wish Fund, Peyton Manning Children’s Hospital & Riley Hospital for Children. The event was filled with celebrities – Kristi Lee from the Bob and Tom Show served as the MC. Other well known attendees include former race car driver Al Unser Jr, former Colt Gary Bracket, Rowdy from the Indianapolis Indians, and Boomer from our Indiana Pacers, just to name a few.

REPRESENTING CONCRETE CRUSHERS WITH A TIME OF 8.48 SECONDS:

Chastity Barker, Merideth Hughes, Crystal Reed, Troy Morgan, Josh Morgan, Josh Miller, Adam Wiley, Anthony Scott, James Shrader, Roberto Medina, Russell Passmore, Jose Ramos, Corey Hartman, Corey Baugh, Mitch Parmerlee and Team Captain, Steve Friess.

REPRESENTING MILESTONE CONTRACTORS WITH A TIME OF 8.42 SECONDS:

Ashly Rieman, JR Pitcock, Kevin Boynton (Jumbo), Joshua Stroud, Emily Mick, Zach Byland, Jacob Taylor, Aaron Richardson, Ryan Whitaker, and Sydney Roule, who was also the Team Captain. A special Thank You to Mike Ferrara and Stephen Fisher for bringing over trucks to showcase Milestone, to Lori Boas and Morgan Jones for setting up our display table and to Ashlyn Halstead for taking pictures. Mark your calendars for the 11th annual

REPUBLIC AIRWAYS PLANE PULL -

APRIL 22, 2023, when I am sure you will see Milestone front and center once again. Thank you to this crew of upstanding Milestone employees.

—CATHY WETHINGTON

Plant Accounting Administrator

GRIFFITH

Girl Scouts

Heart and Sole Drive

Once again, Milestone put their best foot forward to take top honors in the 2022 Reuse Heart & Sole Shoe Collection. This was the 10th year for this great cause. The goal set by Boone County Solid Waste Management District was 10,000 pairs. Not only did they reach that goal, but they exceeded it. The total count for 2022 was 12,060 pairs. We pulled together 1,714 pairs of shoes, with 65 pairs being brand new shoes and some came in their original box. How great for someone that needed shoes to receive a brand-new pair! This was Milestones 7th year to participate. You would think there are no shoes left out there to donate, yet we seem to find them hidden deep in the closets and under the beds. The combined total for 7 years is 8,075 pairs. WOW We could not have pulled this off without the help of many people. Those to thank are: Our I-69-6.5 joint venture Milestone/Walsh project, which includes, Milestone, Walsh, James H Drew, American Structure Point, INDOT, HNTB, Parsons and Corradino. (Thank you, Ryan Whitaker, for heading this up!), Sara Synesael and the second-grade teachers at Woodland Elementary School in Lafayette, ALL the Milestone employees that dug deep to find shoes, Kathy Baker with Lentz Paving in Bloomington, Our HC&M Sister Companies, Roseann Eiler for spending 2 long days helping to sort, match, tag and bag the shoes. Kris Sauerberlich, one of Milestone North’s Superintendents, took time out of his busy day to help a young girl get her Merit Badge in the Girl Scouts. Madilyn Richardson was interested in learning about road construction and asked if she could interview Kris, who was working on Milestone’s INDOT-Willowcreek job in Portage, Indiana. Madilyn asked a lot of questions, learning about the industry, and asked how the youth could help impact road construction. Kris educated Madilyn about the importance of getting jobs and contributing taxes to infrastructure funds so roads Richcan be fixed and maintained. He also told her a lot about the trades and informed her how young people can have a great career in the trades and be very successful, and for those who feel like college is not for them, to make sure to seek out opportunities in the trades.

WE ARE PROUD OF YOU, KRIS! WAY TO GO!

OUR HC&M SISTER COMPANIES

Roseann Eiler for spending 2 long days helping to sort, match, tag and bag the shoes. We donated our bench to The Whitestown Lions Club Park, and it is so new they haven’t had time to pick a spot. If your organization is interested in supporting Changing Footprints throughout the year, please contact indybroughton@yahoo.com Thanks to our crew of helpers that loaded and unloaded and kept unloading the many bags and boxes of footwear. —CATHY WETHINGTON Plant Accounting Administrator

Thank you to Jose Reyes' crew

Taking the extra time to do the right thing and being involved with our communities often pays off. Jose Reyes’ crew is a prime example of that when they received a thank you letter from a local citizen acknowledging their work.

GR8 Pasta Push for Second Helpings

Our own Ryan Whitaker, Project Manager, asked if our Indy Office could help collect pasta for the Second Helpings Organization. Silly guy, of course we can. This donation opportunity was started at the Walsh/Milestone Joint Venture project, I-69 6.5 and ran from June 2nd through June 16th. This was the third-annual campaign for the GR8 Pasta Push, with last year collecting over 45,000 pounds of pasta. Each year, Second Helpings prepares over 1 million nutritious meals for neighbors in need to more than 100 partner agencies. Our Indy team collected approximately 130 pounds of pasta, (120 boxes) plus had some fun along the way. Did you know you could set up the macaroni boxes like dominos? Thank you to everyone that donated to this great cause, let’s plan for next year! “I just wanted to send you a quick email letting you know how impressed I was with the professionalism of your paving crew this last Saturday on 101st Avenue (east of Randolph). They even took a 2-minute break to help support my daughter’s lemonade stand. I work in an industry where you only tend to hear complaints, so I thought I would let you know these guys did a fantastic job. Thank you and have a great day.”

—Jon Derwinski Town of Winfield, councilman

Thank you to this crew who embodies our values on a daily basis. You make us proud!

American Heart Association

A group from our Milestone Griffith office attended the American Heart Association Northwest Indiana Heart of Gold Gala. A total of $37,000 was raised, with an additional anonymous match of $33,000, for a total of $70,000.00!

LAFAYETTE

R-38772

Milestone Lafayette is now in year two of this $13 million contract in Tippecanoe County. We are widening and flattening some of the hills on SR28 between US231 to US52. This is being done with FDR and CCPR processes. Heritage Research and Milestone have teamed up and have done a couple test sections using a Polymer Modified Asphalt Binder that constructs a High Durability Overlay. This contract consists of about 20 miles of ditch grading along with quite a bit of pipe and two box culverts. Additionally, this spring we had to add GeoCell in a 900’x32’ area to bridge some of the soft subgrades that were discovered. #1

I-74 Asphalt Resurface

Contract R-42050 consists of 16 miles of I-74 being patched and resurfaced with a contract price of $23,325,320.00. With the help of Mark Graham and Bob Dahnke’s crews, to date we have placed roughly 25,000 of the 90,000 tons of asphalt in the contract. Along with the help Nathan Fairchild, Felipe Medina and Julie Schriber’s crew we also have completed 750 of the 10,000 sys of the planned concrete patching. Thanks to these crews for their teamwork!

SR 26

SR 26 is an $18 million contract that was awarded last December and will last for 2 seasons. In this section we are widening the road 4 feet as well as filling for new slopes which had to be undercut and subgrade treatment placed below. This year’s work consists of cold-in-place recycling with the help of the Heritage Group developing the new mix designs. There are several box culverts and structures throughout the entire project as well. #2

Tippecanoe County Bridge 32

Bridge 32 was awarded in March of 2021 with a projected start date of 2022. We were able to make an early start and removed the old bridge in February with hopes of getting the piers finished by spring. Unfortunately, the piling in the footings were going to overrun by over 3 times the original bid quantity which has now got us behind. Dallas Datzman and his crew have been on this project from the beginning and with the help of Jake Emery and his crew we have finally finished with the piling and are 1 pour from being ready for beams. This project includes raising the road at both ends of the bridge approximately 4’ to help alleviate flooding that has previously occurred here in the past. Excellent work to all involved! #3

Hub Park Donation

Eric Brown, Concrete Superintendent, was approached by Josh Foxworthy, Commissioner of FCSL regarding Milestones interest in bidding on a small concrete pad at the local ball fields in Veedersburg. With this being a location near our Plant 23, he felt it was necessary to approach our Lafayette Area VP, Doug Pierce on donating this work as charity. Doug agreed, and Eric Brown let FCSL know that Milestone would be glad to donate the work. After Eric contacted their local ready-mix supplier about the needs they were generous enough to donate the concrete. The town of Veedersburg was also generous enough to donate the stone needed. After a meeting with the Town of Veedersburg and Jesse Scott our employees got to work. We excavated the site, and once ready we formed and poured the pad. Once cured Jesse and his crew, along with some Milestone Labors, erected the Batting Cage Frame and placed the netting. Josh was so grateful, as this was a big need for his leagues. Thank you, Felipe Median and crew, for your excellence on this project! #4

To Whom It May Concern,

I write this letter in recognition of and appreciation for the work that Eric Brown and Jesse Scott provided and the financial contribution that Milestone and the Town of Veedersburg provided to make a new batting cage facility become a reality for the local community.

The Fountain Central Summer League (FCSL) is a non-profit local youth baseball & softball organization that utilizes volunteers to operate and serve the area communities that funnel into the Fountain Central School Corporation. The league is comprised of about 220 student athletes and provides opportunities for youth to participate in summer T-Ball, minor and major league baseball and softball and serves as a feeder program for the Varsity and Jr Varsity baseball and softball programs at Fountain Central Jr/Sr High School. The league operates solely on annual membership fees and donations from local businesses and community members. Every year the league tries to find ways to improve the local baseball and softball facilities for the kids that participate. There has been the need for a batting cage facility for many years to allow coaches a place to further develop their players hitting and pitching skills. However, due to financial constraints, it hasn’t been feasible for the league to purchase or construct one.

This season Eric Brown and Jesse Scott heard about the need for the batting cage and were able to make this dream a reality for the community. Through their efforts of coordinating funding and cooperation with the Town of Veedersburg and Milestone a batting cage was purchased and constructed at the Hub Park located in Veedersburg, IN. The Town of Veedersburg purchased the cage and Milestone donated all the concrete used for the floor. Team members from both organizations came together to construct the facility.

As president of the Fountain Central Summer League, I would like to extend my appreciation to both Eric and Jesse for the work they put into this project to make it happen. I would also like to thank both Milestone and the Town of Veedersburg for the financial generosity they have displayed with providing this facility for the league and community to use. This batting cage will be used by many future baseball and softball players for years to come.

Thank You,

JOSH FOXWORTHY

FOUNTAIN CENTRAL SUMMER LEAGUE, PRESIDENT