DECEMBER 2023
December Birthdays INTEGRITY | SAFETY | CUSTOMER FOCUS | INTENSITY | TRAINING | TEAMWORK
Merry Christmas to you all! I was thinking this morning how envious I am of those of you who still have children at home. It seems like only yesterday that Hunters mother and I experienced... • Countless hours on the NORAD website tracking Santa on Christmas Eve • Being wakened at 4:30am to open presents • Having the movie ‘Christmas Story’ on all day • Cleaning up the mess after opening presents One year I built Hunter a little shed to keep his outdoor toys in. There was an extra, crank open, window left over from our house construction, so I installed it in his shed. That Christmas, I bought Hunter the famed ‘Red Rider’ bee bee gun from the Christmas Story movie. He loved it. One evening that summer I got home from work and saw that the window of his little shed had about 15 holes in it. I went to Hunter and asked him ‘What Happened’? He looked at me with a straight face and said....’It was an accident’.
Art Richmond 12/2 John Shoemaker 12/10 Jenn Goodwin 12/14 Jason Oberlin 12/18 Travis Rivers 12/21 Quinton Welch 12/21 Daniel O’Hara 12/26
January Birthdays Michael Paisley 1/2 Sakeena Bartkowski 1/23 Vivian Lee 1/25 Steve B Taplin 1/26 Zachary Golimbieski 1/31 Russell Wright 1/31
Enjoy your families, love those kids and cherish the memories....they go by far too quickly. God Bless you all, Steve
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Food, Festivities and Taplin Family Fun
The Kalamazoo office enjoyed a festive potluck and “ugly sweater” day. Many thanks to Dave Terbeek and AIS for providing a delicious holiday luncheon for Taplin employees as well!
The crew at the Armen site in Ann Arbor on a blue sky December day. (Photo shared by Hunter Taplin)
Taplin provided a holiday luncheon to all three shifts at MMPA and it was a big hit. Photos shared by Andy Molter
TELLWHeo’w re US Doing
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Mickey Miller Division: IS Driver
Gordon Strope Division: IS Driver
CONSISTENCY: Consistency is carrying out something the same way, or something staying the same so the outcome is known and predictable. Consistency ties directly into building habits that create positive change. When you're consistent, you build momentum and make progress towards goals.
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Crews and equipment at Musashi. (Photos shared by Hunter Taplin)
The Plainwell Dam project is nearing completion. Numerous trees and seed coverings have been planted with the remaining trees and plants to go into the ground come spring. (Photos by Mike Lanka)
December Safety Awards James Dixon - James has been diligent about getting quality LPO’s in from the Milwaukee project.
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REWARD YOURSELF Making big changes isn’t easy. A good reward system can make maintaining those big changes easier. Avoid prizes that sabotage your resolution and progress. Instead, choose rewards that push you toward your goal.
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