The Recoiler - April 2017

April I Vol 57 I 2017

D.A. Blodgett-St. John's Daisy Franks Recruitment Award & Bigs In Business Update

INDEX 2 Associate Highlight: Mark Etherton 2

Mill Steel Recognition Program

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Let’s Celebrate!

4 Contest Corner Tech Tips with 4 Kevin Sanchez

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Each year, the DA Blodgett – St. John’s Board of Directors reviews a list of nominees for the Daisy Franks Recruitment Award and selects an individual or company who best exemplify Daisy’s commitment to the children and families served by the agency. These have included mentors within the Big Brothers Big Sisters Program, foster or adoptive parents, or volunteers who have actively recruited others to join them. In recognition of our dedication and commitment to bringing the Bigs In Business (BIB) program to West Michigan, Mill Steel is this year’s winner of the Daisy Franks Recruitment Award!

We are well into our second session of BIB, and the program is going great. The participation went up to 17 matches this year! The meetings take place once a month over the course of the school year, where Bigs share insight on topics that help prepare the students for their future, such as finances, resumes, applying for a job and community outreach.

This group had the opportunity to take a field trip to the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum last week.

Tour guides from the museum explained how important mentorship was in the early life of our 38th President, which was very relatable to how Mill Steel Bigs are positive role models in the Little’s lives.

Everyone enjoyed the unique outing.

Thank you to all associates involved in this wonderful program for your time and willingness to mentor.

And a big thank you to East Kentwood Public Schools and DABSJ for your support, we could not do this without you and are so proud to be a part of Bigs In Business!

Article by: Amanda Allspach

& VALUES

People We believe in ourselves and trust one another.

Customer Satisfaction We will do everything necessary to meet the needs of our customers.

Accountability We are accountable to our customers and to eachother.

Quality Work Environment We will provide a challenging work environment.

Community We support our community needs.

Profit We will earn a reasonable profit to assure stability and security for ourselves.

Employee Empowerment We are empowered to do our jobs.

Quality and Continuous Improvement We believe in continuous improvement through the use of corrective action process.

Facilities We will have a clean, safe place to work.

Integrity/Ethics We will be honest and fair.

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Associate Highlight Mark Etherton, Logistics Coordinator

Mark with his wife, Michelle, and two daughters, Maranda (left) and Makayla (right).

What is your role here at Mill Steel?

At this time, I am doing Inbound Logistics for the Jeffersonville, Anderson, and Birmingham locations.

What do you like best about your job?

The thing I like best about my job is that I constantly learn new areas of the business. As some of you may know, I worked in Shipping and Receiving at Mill Steel Melvindale for about 6 years before I was asked to come to the Grand Rapids office to work in the Material Applications department.

Now I am in the Logistics department, so I have been fortunate to learn a lot about the business through working in different departments.

What is your least favorite part?

Truthfully, there is nothing I dislike about Mill Steel. This is a family oriented business and I believe the partners do everything they can to try and make it enjoyable to come to work.

What did you want to be when you grew up?

Believe it or not, I wanted to be a truck driver. This came from the older movie Smokey and the Bandit. I am not really that old, but that movie made it seem like being a truck driver was the life – driving fast and avoiding the law while doing it!

What profession other than your own would you like to attempt?

I would love to race Top Fuel dragsters or Funny Car dragsters. Nothing seems better than going 0-320 mph in 5 seconds on a quarter mile track. Woo! What quality do you most admire?

Respect is definitely the quality I most admire. I think many other admirable qualities in life follow this, as you treat someone with the same respect you would like to receive. Trustworthiness and integrity are usually easy to find in a respectful person, and you tend to want to help each other out more when there is mutual respect.

Mark and his wife, Michelle.

Where are you from, and who makes up your family?

I was born and raised in Detroit, MI. I lived there for approximately 35 years of my life until this job opportunity took our family to the big city of Newaygo, MI. My family consists of my wife of 16 years, Michelle, our 2 daughters, Maranda (21) and Makayla (16), and our son Michael (24).

If you could spend a day with anyone, living or dead, who would it be? What would you do?

I would love to spend a day with both of my grandfathers. We would go fishing on a river for some salmon and just talk. I would tell them about my job and learn more about life from them. I would love to hear their stories about hard work and hear about the things they saw change over time that are common to us nowadays.

Mark and his father at a Michigan football game.

Mill Steel Recognition Program

Article by: Amanda Massar

Congratulations!

Congratulations to our Q2 2017 standout performers! They are: Zach Burns, Matt Clark, Damian Gibson, Kyle Hogg, Andy Knaus, Mark Lorence, Angelica Medina, Brandon Rodgers, and Rob Sanford.

Congratulations to the honorees, we will continue to highlight the rest of the individuals throughout the quarter. “Zachary Burns is a quintessential team player. He is currently training on the 72" slitter to become an operator, advancing his career, and he is always ready to move into any position to help out on the floor. He has also been a key aspect in training new team members on the floor. Going above and beyond his regular duties is a daily part of Zach's life at Mill Steel."

- Br yan Lewis, Grand Rapids 2nd Shift Super visor

Zachary Burns

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“Kyle Hogg is the Birmingham plant's go-to-guy when it comes to ping & internal logistic needs. Kyle has a great work ethic, and he onstrates a positive attitude. It has been a pleasure to watch him into the leader he has become. Kyle is committed to making Mill better each day."

- Kevin Farley, Birmingham Plant Manager

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"Rob Sanford possesses a great attitude along with exceptional leadership, he leads his team to achieve new goals and any obstacles the team may encounter. Rob can run either machine as needed, which makes him a key player on our team. Rob makes our team stronger and we are grateful to have him as member of our growing family."

- Jason Meads, SSP Birmingham Manager

Kyle Hogg

Rob Sanford

Name: Tim VanWingerden Location & Department: Grand RApids / Director of Finance

our Mill These individuals are recent additions to them to ng omi welc in us Steel family. Please join the team!

Articles by: Kaley Shaheen

Tim grew up in Grand Rapids and has been married to his wife, Rachel, for a year and a half. They met while working as CPA’s at Plant & Moran in Grand Rapids. Tim enjoys spending time outdoors and anything sports related! He loves to play golf and camp in the summertime. Tim has played soccer his entire life and still plays once a week with former teammates from his Calvin College soccer team.

Name: Brooke VonHagel Location & Department: Birmingham / Office Intern Brooke attended the University of Alabama and graduated in 2014 with a degree in Business Medical Industrial Distribution. In her free time, she enjoys getting together with friends, and spending time on the water. Whether it’s at the pool, lake, or beach, she just enjoys being outdoors. Brooke is also very active, as she plays softball/baseball, football, and basketball. Brooke has a three pound Shorkie (Lexi) and a Pit Bull named (Leo).

Name: Eric Hogle Location & Department: Grand Rapids / Inside sales intern Eric currently attends Grand Valley State University, majoring in Supply Chain Management. He plans to graduate this December. Outside of school Eric enjoys watching and playing sports, especially football. Eric likes to spend time with his friends and go up north to his hometown of Baldwin during the summer. He has a ten-year-old Pit Bull named Scrappy with the personality of a puppy. An interesting fact about Eric is that he can speak, read, and write Persian Farsi. He learned this Iran language while in the army.

Name: James Napier Location & Department: Jeffersonville / Maintenance James is married with two kids, one is 13-years-old and the other is 19-yearsold. In his free time, he likes to play softball or any other sport. James has two dogs, a Yorkie-Shih Tzu mix and a Golden Retriever. His favorite type of food is anything sweet!

Name: Taylor May Location & Department: Jeffersonville / 78" Slitter Taylor has five brothers and sisters.

He loves anything car related, which includes racing, restoring, and flipping cars for a profit. His favorite food is pizza because there are so many options and varieties, it never gets old. An interesting fact about Taylor is that he has owned 23 cars and trucks in the last three years!

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ANNOUNCEMENTS

Mateo Bonaquisti Congratulations to Tony and Mindy Bonaquisti on the birth of their baby boy Mateo. He was born on February 21st at 8:32 am. He weighed 8 lbs 1oz and was 20” long. Mom and baby are doing great. However, his big brother Tony was more excited about the gift shop at the hospital than the arrival of his little brother.

Welcome to the Mill Steel Team, Mateo!

Article by: Tammy Root

The Building Products Group attended the National Frame Builders Association (NFBA) expo in Nashville, TN. The show had a great turnout and was well represented by the Mill Steel team. Thank you to everyone that made the show a great success!

L e t’s C e lebrate April

Anniversaries 1 Tyler Uhazie 1 Chris McAdams 1 Richard Trick Tavarus Robinson 1 2 Kristy Thrasher 2 Mike Easlick 2 Jeffrey Lane 3 Colby Gregg Chelsea Workman 3 5 Craig Dunn Jonathan Newsome 5 5 Jennifer Gillard 6 Bill Hutchinson 6 Mark Lyke 6 Kevon Schwaiger 6 Ishmael Graham 8 Jim Murray 9 Kelly Steele

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Shannon Monday 10 David Bement 14 Mike Martin 45

Birthdays Thomas Webb II Garwolinski Avery Steve Groeger Richard Giddens Matthew Robison Scott King Tyler Uhazie Paul Dooge Leton Bray Craig Dunn Natalie Fowler Michael Jubenville Edmond Pruneau La Von Cooper

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Contest Corner

Tech tips With Kevin Sanchez:

C r eating a mo r e e ffi ci e nt m a i l b ox 1. Empty your deleted items folder. This is often times overlooked, but is a great way to decrease your mailbox size significantly.

2. Save large attachments to a folder on your desktop or U-Drive. Attachments can quickly build up without notice, and take up a lot of space.

3. Make it a habit to tidy up your mailbox. Organizing and removing clutter will make it easier to navigate your inbox and find the emails you need.

Spend less time searching for emails, more time moving steel! For more tips on ways to decrease your mailbox size, visit the “Email Cleanup” post on the “How do I?” page of Millnet.

In honor of March Madness, this month's Fun For Fundraising event was a free-throw competition.

Thanks to all of our participants, we were able to raise $210 for Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital with Mill Steel’s match! A special congratulations goes out to the new free-throw champion, Spencer Perry!

It was a close competition between Spencer and Amanda Allspach, however Spencer sank the wining shot in the final round.