The 2015 work season is well un-derway and has been very good so far and seems to be a sign that we have continued economic recovery with increased work for Operators, not only here in 103, but work con-tinues to be good across the coun-try. It has been a very busy spring with negotiating the new Highway contract, and still working on the Building Agreements. Work con-tinues to look good coming up the rest of the year, with continued road work and private work picking up pace every month. The good news really picked up in May as one con-struction news research said that non-residential construction starts soared 30%. But also they report-ed that April was down 5.6% and March was up 28.1%, February and January were both about 10% down. With the first five months of 2015 have been 2% greater than the

same time as last year. Always good to hear good news, but we still don’t have a long term transportation bill, highway funding just recently passed a two month extension that will run out in July.The attack on workers in Indiana continued in 2015, with the repeal of the Common Construction Wage Act, a prevailing wage law, that es-sentially provides a minimum wage for construction workers and pro-tects local contractors from unfair competition. What the Republican controlled legislature ignored was the human impact of lowering wag-es for workers, allowing substan-dard work from out of state con-tractors, and lowering the economic bar in Indiana. Ranked 38th in the United States in per person income, the Indiana legislature chose to cut Hoosier’s wages. The attacks con-tinue across the Midwest funded by hundreds of millions of dollars from Super PACS with names like Amer-icans for Prosperity and the Club for Growth, which through TV ads and mail, send out deceiving messag-es to turn the middle class against itself. Also the ultra-rich have cre-ated the American Legislative Ex-change Council (ALEC) that exists to enable state lawmakers to rubber stamp laws that have been pre-writ-

ten for them. Example, the “right to work” that was passed this spring in Wisconsin was a word for word copy of the one provided to them by ALEC. If the rich cannot control a state outright, they are determined to infect it with laws that erode the power of anyone who could stand in their way. The Koch Brothers alone have budgeted $889 million for po-litical activities in 2016, and they’re not the only ones, casino magnates, investment bank billionaires that are willing to pay top dollar to get richer at the expense of everyone else.An Average of 150 workers are killed each day from workplace injuries and other job related con-ditions a recent report by the AFL-CIO found. They also reported that workplace injuries killed 4,585 workers in 2013. Those numbers sure did get my attention, so please be safe and get home to your loved ones at the end of a hard day’s work. I would also like to thank everyone for their contributions to our Union. United We Stand, Divided We Fall.

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LOCAL 103 NEWS

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VOLUME XXII, NO. 2 JULY, 2015

Business Manager’s ReportBy JOHN D. BALLARD, President & Business Manager

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LOCAL 103 NEWSJuly 2015

This is an official publication of IUOE Local 103 News, published semi-annually solely for the education, betterment, and benefit of the membership of the Local Union.All communications must be addressed to the editor.

INDIANAPOLIS OFFICE6814 East 21st Street, Indianapolis, IN 46219Phone: (317) 353-1308 Fax: (317) 353-1736President-Bus. Mgr. ……… John D. BallardVice-President/Bus.Rep. …… Brian BramerFin. Sec.-Bus. Rep. …………… Mike HibbsBus. Rep. ………………… Roger HardwickOrganizer …………………… Wade SparksOffice Sec. ………………… Rebecca JonesOffice Sec. ………………… Sherri Shields

FORT WAYNE OFFICE2080 Lincolnway Ct., Fort Wayne, IN 46819Phone: (260) 747-2190 Fax: (260) 747-4806Bus. Rep. ………………… Jim HarrisonBus. Rep. ……………………… Bob DouttOffice Sec. ………………… Joshua SmartBookkeeper …………………… Troy Smart

KOKOMO OFFICE107 N. Buckeye St., Kokomo, IN 46901

Phone: (765) 459-4189 Fax: (765) 452-6975Rec. Cor. Sec./Bus. Rep. ……… Don KeithBus. Rep./Treasurer …… Steve McKinleyOffice Sec. ……………………Kylie AndryAPPRENTICESHIP & TRAINING SITE

4277 East CR 67, Anderson, IN 46017Phone: (765) 378-0013 Fax: (765) 378-4805Adm. Mgr. ……… James “Randy” RaticanAdm. Asst. ……………… Tammy StaimpelSecretary …………… Stephanie Bagienski

MEMBERSHIP MEETINGSINDIANAPOLIS

District No. 1, Fourth (4th) Friday Quarterly7:00 p.m. 6814 East 21st St., Indianapolis, Indiana

FORT WAYNEDistrict No. 2, Second (2nd) Thursday Quarterly7:00 p.m. 2080 Lincolnway Ct., Fort Wayne, Indiana

KOKOMODistrict No. 3, Third (3rd) Tuesday Quarterly7:00 p.m. 107 N. Buckeye St., Kokomo, IndianaOPERATING ENGINEERS LOCAL 103

DIRECTORY OF OFFICERSPresident & Bus. Mgr. …… John D. BallardVice-President …………… Brian BramerRec. - Corr. Sec. ……………… Don KeithFinancial Sec. ………………… Mike HibbsTreasurer ………………… Steve McKinleyTrustees ………………… Terry A. Brown

Michael R. CraftDavid K. Holcomb

Auditors ………………… Shane W. GreenJohn M. JonesBrian K. Scott

Conductor …………… Sam G. DaughertyGuard …………………… John D. Clifford

In MemoriamOur sincere sympathies go to the bereaved families as we share with them the loss of these good friends and brother members of Local 103.

Name Register #  Date of Death  Distict Max McCoy 1285027 5/29/2015 2Dale Dotlich 1688494 5/11/2015 1Thomas Fortman 1390526 4/16/2015 2Dwayne Martin 2085339 3/28/2015 1Scott Clark 2176108 3/24/2015 1Tim Powell 1678048 3/22/2015 2Arthur Bowers 1804204 3/11/2015 2Joe Sliger 1267609 2/21/2015 3Darin Printz 2595268 2/17/2015 1Gene Libertore 1009150 2/8/2015 1Jack Harney 1794499 1/22/2015 1Edward McKenzie 2304619 1/20/2015 3Chad Kiefer 2338244 1/19/2015 3Carl Filson 4120174 1/7/2015 1Jerry Couch 2222954 1/1/2015 1Kirk McCord 2282585 12/27/2014 1Joseph H. Brown 1254308 12/17/2014 3Albert George 2226958 6/1/2014 2

GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING

Friday, July 31, 2015 –7:00 PM

*** Apprenticeship & Training Site ***

4277 East County Road 67, Anderson, Indiana

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Apprenticeship & Training ReportIt is an extremely busy time here at the Training Site. In April of 2015 we had 62 apprentice registered in Local 103. We have put 54 new apprentices on since then and the Locals work load will more than likely require us to add additional apprentices. We have com-pletely exhausted our applicant list for Kokomo – Lafayette areas but still have many applicants for Indianapolis and Ft. Wayne areas. We have several In-dianapolis & Ft. Wayne apprentices that are traveling to Lafayette area to help cover the work. I want to thank those apprentices who are traveling long dis-tance to help. That is what we do! We come together to support Local 103 as a whole to get these jobs done! I am thinking by the end of June we will have around 125 apprentices total and will have doubled the number of the ap-prentices in three months. In May 2015, Dushan Shepeard and my-self attended a Train the Trainer Course for Infection Control Risk Assessment (ICRA). The hospitals are wanting anyone that is working on expansions of hospital facilities to have this train-ing. It seems it will be for Labors and Carpenters more than anyone else. Just in case any of our members run into this situation and need training we will have a program in place.We have a couple of new pieces of equipment here at the Training Site for the membership. We have a 2012 CAT 12M2 Series Grader with Joystick con-trols. We will also have a 2015 Linkbelt

8050 Rough Terrain Crane that will be delivered at the end of June. I am hop-ing the membership can find some time to come and check the new equipment. The Linkbet 8050 will take the place of the Grove TMS 500E Truck Crane for all Hydraulic Swing Cab NCCCO prac-tical hands on testing. NCCCO has also released new written test procedures that members should be aware of. They are now limiting the total test time for written exams to six hours. This will mainly affect initial NCCCO certifica-tions because the core exam is 90 min-utes, with up to four Specialty Exams for Mobile Cranes at 60 minutes each for a total test time of 5 ½ hours. Our next NCCCO written exams are sched-uled for July 19th 2015 and then anoth-er one on October 18th 2015. Please check your expiration dates on all your certifications to be sure you don’t ex-pire after the next scheduled class. We are diligently working on 2015-2016 Class Schedules which we hope to have mailed out by Mid-October.In closing I want to personally Thank Retirees Frank Sullivan and Randy Thompson for their help getting all of our brand new apprentice ready for a career as an Operating Engineer.

Regards, James “Randy” Ratican Administrative Manager

Crane instructor Chris Burkhardt works with members during crane class orientation

First Certified Pipe Fusion Class at training site 2015

Apprentice Jonathon Smith learning the do’s and don’ts of operating directional drills

Retiree Doug Cheeseman works with apprentice Toby Ronk in pile driving class

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Officers & Representatives ReportsINDIANAPOLIS DISTRICT No. 1

By BRIAN BRAMERVice Pres., Business RepresentativeThe 2015 construction season start-ed out very well, we are at full em-ployment. Dave O’Mara has the work on Salisbury Road in Rich-mond to finish up. Milestone is do-ing the work on Southeast St. from 5th St to 16th St. in Richmond. The I-70 job was set back until the July letting, should be a lot of good overtime on the weekends out there. Dave O’Mara is doing the work on SR 44 between Connersville and Liberty. Milestone has the work in Con-nersville on Grand Ave and also at Connersville Airport. McIntyre Brothers is finishing up the work on a substation in Rushville for Duke. Dave O’Mara is doing the work on US 52 in Rushville. Rieth - Riley is doing the work on Carthage Pike, north of Carthage. E&B still have some surface work on the I-70 job. Lykins Contracting is still working on a pipe job in New Castle. 3D is finishing up Local 112’s new train-ing site in Anderson. Poindexter is doing the site and pipe work for a new warehouse on 25th St. in Anderson. Freeman Grading & Excavating has some work to finish up at Ivy Tech in Anderson. Midwest Underground is finish-ing up some work on US 40 from Richmond to Greenfield for AT&T. E&B is doing all the pipe and road work on 61st St. in Anderson. Rob-erts Pipeline is working in Elwood replacing 1000 feet of 22”. Henkels & McCoy is doing the work on the new substation in Sulphur Springs for Trans-Canada. Minnesota Lim-ited has some By-pass work and substation work in Anderson. Miller Pipeline has very good work all over

103. The asphalt resurface work is going to be very good this year.

In closing, have a safe 2015 and re-member to always check your web-site www.iuoe103.com for updated info.

DISTRICT No. 1 ContinuedBy MIKE HIBBSFinancial Sec.,

Business RepresentativeI would like to start by thanking everyone who attended the Stew-ards Class in March; we had great attendance and a lot of input from everyone. We hope to continue to schedule more of the basic stew-ard classes next year and also look to have a more advanced class for stewards as well. The work in our quarries has really ramped up very fast this year due to the over whelm-ing projects throughout the local. There have been several aggregate companies hiring new workers and operating multiple shifts with a lot of over time. Let’s hope the work continues to grow. We finished up negotiations with U.S. Agg Swish-er facility in May; I want to thank the members there for their patience through the long period of negotia-tions. All in all, the pits and quarries have been in full production and will be in that mode for some time and it doesn’t look like it is going to slow up for a while. This trend of work that we are enjoying indi-cates that we are back into the ole’ election cycle and the politicians are gearing up for another round of who can lie, cheat and spend their way into the White House, the Gov-ernor’s office and other elected po-sitions that make decisions against working people. I would hope that our members and all working peo-ple are willing to take a good look at what has happened to us as work-ing tradesman, especially in this year’s legislative session and the 12

Christopher Kuhn working for Kokosing

Max Patterson and AJ Poulton working for Dave O’Mara

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Officers & Representatives Reports(continued from page four)

years past. Be sure to keep a look out for our new apprentices mem-bers who will be showing up to your projects and give them lots of encouragement and guidance if they should need it, training is our future. Thanks and have a safe and prosper-ous work season.

DISTRICT No. 1 ContinuedBy WADE SPARKS

Business RepresentativeHamilton County work is good, Crider & Crider just started work-ing on a big housing addition with a lot of deep sewer on Tomlinson Rd and 199th St. and a roundabout at 191st and Tomlinson and Springmill Rd. Rieth & Riley is working all over Westfield, Wheeler Rd, 186th St, US 31 & 32, and 111th & Penn-sylvania. Gradex has a lot of work too, 146th & Ditch Rd, West Main & Old Meridian St., a new road, sewer work and site work there also. US 31 from Old Meridian, south on 31 down to 465 with the help from E & B, they are doing the paving, Halv-erson is working on the bridge, they have a lot of good work ahead of them. Gradex is still working on the Illi-nois St. extension at 106th St. and a parking lot extension at 103rd St. and Superior St., along with site work at 151st and Carey Rd. Poindex-ter is working on a building pad at 146th and Pointe Rd. and also at the Ameriplex, finishing up some work there. Harper is working on 421 at nights and will be starting at the

Airport soon replacing some run-ways. Hunt Construction is work-ing on a sewer job on 77th, Hoover Rd, Lafayette Rd. and Shanghai Rd. These two jobs should last until September. Milestone is working on George-town Rd. and 62nd St., finishing up a new road and curb. Beaty is on Lafayette Rd. just south of 34th St. working on a new bridge. Rieth Riley is on 38th St. at Eagle Creek Parkway putting in some walking paths and a pedestrian bridge over I-74 and Dandy Trail. Bowen just started a nice job and IPL off of Harding St.; it will be 1 to 2 years’ worth of work. Bowen is going strong at the WWTP on Southport, they still have a year and a half to go on that project. SK-JV is at the Tunnel Project, we still have a lot of members there working around the clock. Hagerman is winding up on the parking garage in Fishers. Brandenburg is demoing Wishard Hospital on 10th St., that job should last until November or so. FA Wil-helm got a parking garage in Fish-ers. Kokosing is working a nice sewer job on Tibbs Ave. Have a safe work year.

DISTRICT No. 1 Continued By ROGER HARDWICK Business Representative

Work on the east side of Mari-on, Hancock, Shelby and Johnson County is up and running. FA Wil-helm is working on the new Cum-mins Building Downtown with sev-eral of our contractors. Gradex is busy working on the Market Tow-er Project. Just across the street, Weddle Brothers & Hagerman are continuing to work on the Indo Go Project. Lanham & Sons are busy on several streets throughout the

Downtown area, adjusting and re-placing castings. Calumet, Mile-stone and Rieth Riley also have been busy in the Downtown area, paving streets. Milestone has begun work on the northbound ramp at the south split of I-65 and I-70. Walsh continues the work at I-65 and I-465 building sound walls and adding the finishing touches on washout areas. Milestone has been working on a section of I-65 from Southport Rd. to Greenwood Exit 99. And look-ing to start next section of I-65 from Greenwood Exit 99 to Franklin within the next few weeks. Free-man Grading is working off Coun-ty line Rd. building a new Kroger store. Rieth Riley & Beaty are working on the section of I-65 from Franklin to Hwy 252. C-Tech and

DISTRICT NO. 1 MEETING

Friday, July 24, 2015 7:00 pm

6814 East 21st StreetIndianapolis, Indiana

Denny’s Demolition working at Coke plant

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Drew have been on one end of I-65 to the other placing guard rails and signs. Dave O’Mara has just be-gun two jobs. One is on Hwy 31 in Whiteland and another on Hwy 44 west of Franklin. Fox Contrac-tors are working on North Main St. at Franklin. Gradex is adding new ramps off of Worthsville Rd. to I-65 with Force Construction, they are working on the bridge.Gradex is completing Worthsville Rd. Poindexter is working on a new sub-division off Franklin Rd. Calumet is working on Main St. in Greenwood. 3-D is building a new roundabout at Thompson Rd. Re-nascent is continuing with the work in Greenfield. Milestone also has a nice roadwork job on the Westside of Greenfield. Dave O’Mara has started work on I-74 at Shelbyville. HIS is working on a bridge and new road at Fairland Road. Beaty is working on a bridge at another sec-tion of Fairland Rd. HIS has begun work at the Financial Center off 56th St. Milestone, Rieth Riley and Cal-umet are going strong with paving crews all throughout my area. Pipe-line job with Henkel & McCoy is almost done and Snelson, South of

Shelbyville is going strong. Crider & Crider was just awarded a very nice project for McAllister, build-ing their new facilities off I-74. Work has exploded throughout the four counties. It’s great to see that the work for our industry is up and running strong. Work safe and stay alert!! FORT WAYNE DISTRICT No. 2

By JIM HARRISONBusiness Representative

Work in the southern half of Dis-trict #2 started off nicely this spring with the carry-over of work from last year and the state lettings over the winter months added even more work for the contractors and us. Fleming is doing the road recon-struction of C.R. 600 N in Decatur along with new site work at the fac-tory expansion at F.C.C. in Berne with Brooks doing the asphalt work. They still have some work at the waste water treatment plant in Berne. They recently picked up the site work for a new expansion at the F.C.C plant in Portland with Mile-stone doing the asphalt work. Fox is doing a new cell at the Jay County landfill. Brooks, along with Fox as a sub, has started the High-way 26 road and drainage improve-ments in Portland. Milestone is on the second year on the Highway 32 improvements in Winchester. The new Marriot hotel in downtown Muncie is still progressing with Wilhelm, Shambaugh and Maxim having operators on the job.3D with E&B are doing a new roundabout at Walnut and Riggin Road in Muncie. 3D started some nice pipe work at Ball State that has to be completed before fall classes begin. 3D and Complete Mason-ry are working at the Westminister

Village expansion project. 3D also started the site work for the new Volkswagen of Muncie car lot. Brooks and 3D just started the slide correction on Highway 35 North of Muncie. Bowen is close to finishing the storm separation work in downtown Muncie with E&B doing the asphalt and concrete. J.G. Case has to com-plete the second phase of the Martin Street project. Beaty placed the new bridge beams and poured the deck in June for the S.R 167 job they have been working on. R.L. McCoy is down to the old steel beams and has started with the new deck on the Highway 3 replacement job. Kokosing is still at the Bluffton waste water treatment plant, which is scheduled for completion by the end of the year. The asphalt work is going strong this season with Mile-stone, E&B and Brooks all having numerous state and private jobs going on. Miller Pipeline and Infra-source have distribution work ongo-ing in all of the Southern counties. Be safe and attend your district meetings.

Officers & Representatives Reports(continued from page five)

Dave Showalter working at the Headwaters wind farm

Doug Bender working on SR 124 in Monroe

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Officers & Representatives Reports(continued from page six)

DISTRICT No. 2 ContinuedBy BOB DOUTT

Business RepresentativeFor the northern counties of District 2, the work is looking good. The 1.2 million dollar GM addition has finally begun. Fox is on site doing the site and utility work on the paint addition. Toledo Caisson will be doing the caisson work. Midwest Steel will be setting the iron. The 24.4 million dollar I-469 proj-ect is well underway. Fox is doing the removal, site and utility work. E&B will be doing the paving. The Ash Brokerage building in down-town Fort Wayne is in full swing. Central Rent-A-Crane is on site set-ting pre-cast for Softco. Hagerman is on site doing the concrete. Fox is doing the backfilling and utility work. Don R Fruchey is just getting started setting the iron. Kokosing is still at the Fort Wayne Waste Water Treatment Plant off Dwenger Ave. They have been awarded 13 miles of access road for the A.E.P. work going on in northern Indiana. Brooks has a lot of good work this year. The 7 million dollar Landin Road project north of New Haven, with Fox doing the utility and site work, the county road 200 N project in Angola, and they also have resurfacing projects and pri-vate work all over the area.R.L. McCoy has several nice bridge

jobs. They have the bridge on High-way 3, just south of Markle, two bridges in New Haven on 930 and on Coliseum, also on Highway 205 in Columbia City. Fleming is on the Auburn Road project doing utilities; they also have the 2 million dollar eagle marsh dike project to get start-ed this year.Fox is finishing up the cell work at National Serv-All. They still have work to do on Flutter Rd project, approaches and utility work on 205 in Columbia City, stripping at the Hanson Quarry off of Ardmore, and the Grey Oaks housing addition. Phend & Brown are still in Grabill doing utilities. Crane rental barns have been busy with rentals and maintenance work.I hope everyone has a great and safe season.

KOKOMO DISTRICT No. 3By DON KEITH

Business Representative, Recording/Corresponding Secretary

Though work in the Kokomo area is gong really well this year, we got off to a good and early start with several jobs across the area. We have Deichman working on Wash-ington Street in Kokomo. E & B

will be doing the blacktop and the concrete work. They also finished up the sewer project they had out on State Road 26. Currently, they are working on a ditch project in Cass County along with some work at the high school. Bowen has some nice sewer treat-ment plants going in Tipton, Fair-mount and Logansport. These proj-ects have not been affected by the rain as much as some of the other jobs. E & B are going to be doing sidewalk and street work in Tipton as well as blacktop work on State Road 28. They are also working at Grissom Air Force Base along with other small jobs in the area. This state is going to let the project at 28 and 31 for an overpass and do away with the stoplight. Fox is working at Chrysler in Tipton re-doing all of the site work so they can plant trees and grass. They are also working at Liberty Landfill in Logansport. The Chrysler work has kept several people busy all winter with several contractors setting ma-chinery and demoing old machines. Shook has been the major contrac-

DISTRICT NO. 2 MEETING

Thursday, July 9, 2015 7:00 pm

2080 Lincolnway CT.Fort Wayne, Indiana Bill Wyrick working at Ash Brokerage in

Fort Wayne

Mike McBride working at General Motors in Fort Wayne

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tor out there and were the low bid-der on the maintenance work. That will really help us keep the work local for our members. The baseball stadium here in Koko-mo is almost finished. I believe all we have to do is the parking lot and sidewalks. Our work is finishing up at the YMCA as well. The Peru Community School Corporation is going to build a sports complex with several baseball, soccer and football stadiums. A company from South Bend was the low bidder on this project. We should get a few dirt hands out there with them. E & B had a nice project in Gas City on State Road 22. They should be finishing up very soon. I believe

Brooks was the low bidder on the Marion streets. There are several small bridge packages through the area. We are going to have a very good year as soon as the weather straightens out and lets us work.

DISTRICT No. 3 ContinuedBy STEVE McKINLEY

Business Representative/TreasurerIt’s hard to believe the 2015 season is half over already. The first half of the year has been very interesting to say the least. District #3 has been blessed with an abundant amount of work. As you already know, record breaking rainfall in the month of June has kept our man hours down. On the bright side, this should trans-

late into plenty of overtime hours in the second half of the season to keep all of the work on schedule.Walsh has started their project on I-65 to install the added travel lanes. This job was just over $82 million and will keep several members busy during the next couple of years.

Officers & Representatives Reports(continued from page seven)

DISTRICT NO. 3 MEETING

Tuesday, July 21, 2015 7:00 pm

107 N. Buckeye Street Kokomo, Indiana

Todd Johnson working for F A Wilhelm on the new Honors College at Purdue University

Todd Adams working for Milestone in Lafayette

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Officers & Representatives Reports(continued from page eight)

Semi-Annual Auditors& Trustees MeetingTuesday, July 28, 2015

7:00 pm

6814 East 21st StreetIndianapolis, Indiana

Rieth Riley is working on phase II of the Sagamore Parkway recon-struction in Lafayette as well as the upgrades to Happy Hallow Road in West Lafayette. They also have some nice asphalt resurfacing proj-ects and a handful of small bridge decks to replace.Milestone is working on Old Rom-ney Road, the intersection of Coun-ty Road 450 and U.S. 52 as well as the concrete patching on State Road 38. They will be finishing up two projects in West Lafayette; the pedestrian walkway/bike trail and Cumberland Avenue. They also have several asphalt resurfacing projects across the area.The new paint shop and engine fa-cility at Subaru has kept around 30 members busy since last fall. They are working for Midwest Steel, F.A. Wilhelm, Freitag-Weinhardt, Sham-baugh & Son, N.K.C. Conveyor, Giffin, I.M.S. and Mussche Exca-vating, to name a few. This work should remain steady into the fall of this year.Fox Contractors is also very busy in the western half of the district. They are currently working at Liberty Landfill in Buffalo, Clinton Coun-ty Landfill and installing the utili-ties and doing the site work for the Hoosier Heartland Industrial Park in Carroll County.Poindexter and E & B Paving are fin-ishing up work on the new ConAgra Distribution Center in Frankfort. W.B. Koester is wrapping up on the Go Acre Substation for N.I.P.S.C.O. in White County. M.A. Mortenson Company has started work on the

Fowler Ridge Windfarm phase IV. They are self-performing the civ-il work as well as the erecting of the 65 turbines on this phase. They plan to have all of the turbines on-line by the end of the year, with the reclamation work finishing up next spring.Work at Purdue University is also strong this year. F.A. Wilhelm and Atlas Excavating are working on the new Honors College buildings. F.A. Wilhelm and Siteworx have also started work on the new Ac-tive Learning Center. Kettelhut and Crider & Crider are working on the expansion to the Beck Agronomy Center. In addition, there are also

several smaller jobs spread across the campus.I hope everyone can attend the up-coming district meetings and the General Membership Meeting. Please work safe this summer and keep an eye out for each other.

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Retirees ClubDistrict 1

Dist.1 retirees meetings are the second Wednesday of every month. If you have any questions, please call Doug Hampton at (317) 899-5055.The next Dist. 1 Retirees Meeting will be Wenesday, July 8, 2015

Luncheon will begin at 11:00AM at: Sero’s Family Dining

11720 E. Washington St. • Cumberland, IN 46229

District 2The District 2 Retirees Club meets the second Thursday of

every month at 8:30 A.M. Due to the closing of Legion Post 82, the Retirees Club now meets at:

The Waynewood Inn. 8421 Bluffton Road • Fort Wayne, IN 46819

(Just north of the Union Hall) The Retirees Meeting on Thursday, August 13, 2015 we will be honoring our International Representative, Mike Wall’s retirement. Mike is a mem-ber of Local 103 for 44 years. The past 17 years he covered Region 2 for the International Union of Operating Engineers. Congratulations on a job well done and wishing you and Vickie the best in your retirement! We are hoping for a good turnout for this breakfast, I would appreciate your RSVP

by August 10. Charlie Acheson (260) 625-4257.

District 3The District 3 Retirees Club meets every second Thursday of the month at

the Union Hall at 10:00 A.M. for coffee and donuts.

MEMBER BENEFITS

Mid Central Operating Engineers H&W Fund

P.O. Box 9605

Terre Haute, IN 47808-9605

Member accountscan be viewed at

www.midcentral.org

Benefits & Claims:

1-877-299-3699

Bookkeeping:

1-877-299-7099

Central Pension Fund4115 Chesapeake Street, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20036

Phone: 1-202-362-1000

REMINDER TO 103 MEMBERS, 103R MEMBERS AND ALL NON-RETIRED MEMBERS OR RETIRED MEMBERS 62 YEARS OF AGE OR YOUNGER

The 2015 Hardship Fund Assessment of $20.00, which is considered part of your dues obligation is due with your 3rd quarter 2015 union dues payment.

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Congratulations ~ 2015 Awards

Please attend the General Membership Meeting to receive your certificate and pin.25 YearsKeith A AvelineTroy R BowlingCharles A BraytonChris BrittenDonald T BurnsReynaldo CaraveoRocki W ColeTalmage ConnKevin R CoonKris L CoxTimothy L CraftonAllen D CristRichard A DaughertyRoger J DavisTodd DennisDavid N DiggsCharles E Douglass, JrRobert E DunhamMichael EdwardsTimothy D ForsytheDavy FulfordCarlie B FultzRichard W GlassMark GoettmanRobert E GrahamShane W GreenJames F GuffeyRobert W Hall, SrBruce HaltomDaniel HanesRoger D HardwickRobert A HopkinsPaul A HuntingtonMichael C HusseyBrian A JohnsonKenneth L JonesWilliam Keahi, JrTodd KnechtRandy H LewisRobert W McClintockLeslie J McFarrenJimmy E McKenzieKenneth D MillerDan E MoldenEdward D MooreJohn D OwenMichael ParsonsDennis PaxCharles Peterman

John D PlunkettTerry P PowellDennis R RhodesLarry O RogersAlan SchaubRonald E ShearlLarry L SheppardKyle D ShortDavid ShowalterTravis M ShroyerJohn E SkinnerScott SmalleyChad R SmartNorman J SmithBilly D Smith, JrLonnie SnowdenHenry F SnyderChester StaffordMichael D StahleyDavid J TateAlan W ThompsonWayne A ThorntonRoy WellsTheodore F WilliamsHervey J WillisJohn R WomblesGordon K Young, JrAnthony W Ziegler

30 YearsRobert E AlexanderJulius Allor, JrLeonard R AllredLarry W ApplegateJohn D BallardRoger W BalmerDanny BergerChristopher W BettsMichael J BettsDavid C ButlerMichael A CarterJohn N ColeRicky CorumMary H DaileyDavid M DayNeil E DouglassGuy A EllisGary D FowlerJoe FoxJoe T Frazier

Charles FullenkampArchie F GardnerLeslie T HoffmanRussell A HouserEdward HowardAllen L JacobsGary M JohnsonGordon W KaylorJames R KirschbaumRandy J LanningRonald L MartinJames L MauricePhilip M McFarrenGarrell W MurrellMike F NicholsIsabel Ochoa, JrL. Max PattersonMichael L RumpleJack E SappRichard A SchmidAndrew J SienerTodd SmartDennis J Southard, SrGary W SteedJeffrey StudebakerWilliam S TackittLloyd WillinghamRichard L WolfgangDennis C Zavada

35 YearsMichael S AdkinsDouglas H AppletonCurtis L BalserGary E BrownPatricia H CalePhillip N ColeConrad DautrichRandall DavisDelbert C DickeyBret A DowningRicky G DukesDusty L GuyHoward E KingMark B MendenhallJohn E MitchellRichard W PenningtonJeffrey RhoadesCarl D RossRoy L Ryan

Joel SalazarWilliam E Sanders, JrPatrick K SchiewerRandell C ShipmanMontgomery J SmartCarl StewartClark D WallaceJay W White, JrScott WilliamsRandy Zimmerman

40 YearsRaymond J AdcockEddie C BreedenJames W GallupDickie N GilreathJohn C HalseyMichael C HoffmanLynn A JacksonCarroll C LockRobert N McKeeRalph T MoyerBruce A OkeleyJohn J OttJames E PerkinsDavid L PoffForrest M RichhartJames H RobertsSherman SheetsJames M TeetersWilliam T WaltersJames A WestcottSam E Wildman

45 YearsStephen A AlbaughDonald E BatesTerry E BlackmanJeffrey W BoggessDonald E BrewerJames L BrittCharley DunhamAlan L FlegalRobert FordRobert L GibsonDavid C GilbertOrville L HansfordFrederick D JohnsonKenneth A JohnsonIvan C KeslerDwaine F Lawler

Gerald R LeeGary L MeyerFrederick M SmithMaurice D Smith James E StuckeyJames A TaborBilly T VaughnRichard F WagonerJoseph R WaltzRonald J Wright

50 YearsJack R BanterRalph M BonarLee BrammerH. Rex CollinsWilliam F DenneyFrancis R EdmondsonWilliam M GambleRobert R LuceEarl D RussellHarold L Williams

55 YearsJohn P BallardJerry HendersonLarry H HilkeneDonald D JonesLoren D NeidighRobert E StayerTom Strasser

60 YearsLoren E CollinsGeorge E LockhartJames McCoyJack SkinnerVictor L Smart

65 YearsFred L CheesmanWilliam J ShoreJoe Turner

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HIGHWAY, HEAVY RAILROAD AND UTILITY CONSTRUCTION AGREEMENT

Effective 4/1/15Group Rate H & W Pens Trng ICIAF SAT GrossI $32.45 $7.75 $7.65 $0.75 $0.13 $0.03 $48.76 II $30.73 $7.75 $7.65 $0.75 $0.13 $0.03 $47.04 III $29.81 $7.75 $7.65 $0.75 $0.13 $0.03 $46.12 IV $28.31 $7.75 $7.65 $0.75 $0.13 $0.03 $44.62 CCO Cert. $33.20 $7.75 $7.65 $0.75 $0.13 $0.03 $49.51

INDIANAPOLIS BUILDING AGREEMENT FOR COUNTIES OF:

Blackford, Delaware, Fayette, Hamilton, Hancock, Henry, Jay, Johnson, Madison, Marion, Randolph,

Rush, Shelby, Union & WayneEffective 4/1/15

Group Rate H & W Pens Trng CIPC CAPCI IUCSAT GrossI $32.70 $7.75 $6.50 $0.38 $0.06 $0.07 $0.08 $47.54 II $31.75 $7.75 $6.50 $0.38 $0.06 $0.07 $0.08 $46.59 III $27.70 $7.75 $6.50 $0.38 $0.06 $0.07 $0.08 $42.54 IV $24.00 $7.75 $6.50 $0.38 $0.06 $0.07 $0.08 $38.84 CCO Cert. $33.45 $7.75 $6.50 $0.38 $0.06 $0.07 $0.08 $48.29

KOKOMO BUILDING AGREEMENTFOR COUNTIES OF:

Benton, Carroll, Cass, Clinton, Grant, Howard, Miami, Tippecanoe, Tipton, Wabash & White

Effective 4/1/15 Group Rate H & W Pens Trng CIPC CAPCI IUCSAT GrossI $30.96 $7.75 $7.75 $0.34 $0.06 $0.07 $0.08 $47.01 II $27.96 $7.75 $7.75 $0.34 $0.06 $0.07 $0.08 $44.01 III $26.39 $7.75 $7.75 $0.34 $0.06 $0.07 $0.08 $42.44 IV $22.69 $7.75 $7.75 $0.34 $0.06 $0.07 $0.08 $38.74 CCO Cert. $31.71 $7.75 $7.75 $0.34 $0.06 $0.07 $0.08 $47.76

FORT WAYNE BUILDING AGREEMENTFOR COUNTIES OF:

Adams, Allen, DeKalb, Huntington, Steuben, Wells & Whitley

Effective 4/1/15Group Rate H & W Pens Trng IUCSAT GrossI $30.98 $7.75 $7.10 $0.42 $0.08 $46.33 II $30.03 $7.75 $7.10 $0.42 $0.08 $45.38 III $27.03 $7.75 $7.10 $0.42 $0.08 $42.38 IV $23.53 $7.75 $7.10 $0.42 $0.08 $38.88 CCO Cert. $31.48 $7.75 $7.10 $0.42 $0.08 $46.83

FORT WAYNE STEEL ERECTORS AGREEMENTFOR COUNTIES OF:

Adams, Allen, DeKalb, Huntington, Steuben, Wells & Whitley

Effective 4/1/15Group Rate H & W Pension Training Gross I $30.65 $7.75 $7.50 $0.41 $46.31 II $28.85 $7.75 $7.50 $0.41 $44.51 III $25.85 $7.75 $7.50 $0.41 $41.51 IV $23.15 $7.75 $7.50 $0.41 $38.81 CCO Cert. $31.15 $7.75 $7.50 $0.41 $46.81

DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENTEffective 5/1/15

Group Rate H & W Pension GrossI $26.50 $7.75 $4.90 $39.15 II $23.25 $7.75 $4.90 $35.90

IF YOU HAVE HAD A CHANGE OF ADDRESS, PLEASE COMPLETE THIS FORM AND MAIL TO YOUR DISTRICT OFFICE

Name ______________________________________________________________________________________________________

Soc. Sec. No. _________________________________________________________________________________________________

Street Address _______________________________________________________________________________________________

City _____________________________________________________________ State ______________ ZIP ___________________

Phone ______________________________________________________________________________________________________

Register No. _________________________________________________________________________________________________

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up to date with the PENSION and H&W offices.

Changes of Beneficiary forms can be obtained from

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