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The Ohio Aggregates & IndustrialMinerals Association’s 17th AnnualLegislative Reception was held on

Jan. 27 in the Atrium of the OhioStatehouse. The event followed a legislative brief-

ing and offered Ohio Aggregates &Industrial Minerals Association(OAIMA) members an opportunity tomeet with Ohio’s elected lawmakers in aninformal setting to share their thoughtsregarding a variety of issues impactingOhio’s aggregate industry. Many of the conversations during the

reception involved mine safety reforms,with an emphasis on improving workersafety through the reduction of duplicativeefforts to more effectively utilize limitedresources. Other subjects included sup-port for funding of the Federal HighwayTrust Fund. Zoning laws and the protec-tion of access to Ohio’s aggregateresources also were discussed.Reception sponsors were: Barrett

Paving Materials, Inc.; East Fairfield CoalCo., Limestone Division; Eastman &Smith Ltd. Gerken Materials Inc.; HansonAggregates; MGQ, Inc.; Martin Marietta;Mar-Zane Materials; The Melvin StoneCo.; National Lime & Stone Co.; TheOlen Corporation; The Shelly Co.;Terracon Consultants Inc.; and WatsonGravel Inc.The Ohio Aggregates & Industrial

Minerals Association is Ohio’s trade asso-ciation representing the interests of min-ing operations and other aggregate pro-cessing operations with the exception ofcoal. Members are involved with com-modities such as construction materials,both natural and manmade, sand, gravel,slag, and crushed limestone, dolomite,and sandstone, salt, clay, shale, gypsum,industrial sand, building stone, lime,cement, and recycled concrete.

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OAIMA Hosts Annual Legislative Reception at Statehouse

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(L-R): OAIMA Executive Director Pat Jacometcatches up with State Sen., 14th District, Joe Uecker;Melvin Stone Company President Dennis Garrison;Shelly Company Vice President Ted Lemmon; andMartin Marietta Materials’s Chris Gross.

(L-R): The Shelly Company’s Samuel Schmitz,Dale Mathew, Chad Reel and Jason Emch wel-comed the opportunity to meet and speak withOhio’s lawmakers.

(L-R): Brian Barger of Eastman & Smith Ltd.,speaks with Ohio State Rep., House District 75,Kathleen Clyde and OAIMA Executive DirectorPat Jacomet.

(L-R): Chris Gross and Monte Yates ofMartin Marietta Materials catch up withThomas Wissinger of Olen Corporation.

(L-R): Bill Seitz, Ohio Sen., District 8,talks with Brad Belden of the BeldenBrick Company and State Rep., District52, Wes Retherford.

Linda Meier (L) of Ohio CATand OAIMA Executive AssistantMaralynn Loos welcome associ-ation members and Ohio’s law-makers to the OAIMALegislative Reception.

(L-R): Kevin Ernst of Terraconspeaks with Ohio Departmentof Natural Resources, Divisionof Geological Survey’s J.D.Stucker and Michael Angle.

(L-R): The Shelly Company’sDenny Larr joined Ohio Sen.,District 8, Bill Seitz; OAIMAExecutive Director Pat Jacomet;State Sen., District 17, BobPeterson; and State Sen.,District 30, Lou Gentile.

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OMEDA Features Latest Industry Equipment at Expo

(L-R): Jenny Archibald, OMEDA chief marketing officer; Dennis Alford; Dave Kahler,OMEDA executive vice president/CEO; Kim Rominger and Bill Garling welcome atten-dees to the 2015 Power Show.

(L-R): Columbus Equipment Company’s Rich Durst, Jeremy Williams and JeffRichards had Kubota and Takeuchi equipment on display to discuss withattendees.

Keith Darding of Ariens Company talksabout the company’s recently introducedjobsite vehicle (JSV), the Atlas.

Franklin Equipment’s Tom Barnett spokewith attendees about the dealership’sWacker Neuson and New Holland equip-ment.

Duane Wiford (L) of Holmes Rental and Sales gets an assistfrom Yanmar’s John Patton to discuss the dealership’s lineof Yanmar machines.

(L-R): Company Wrench’s Gabe Clark andNational Sales Director Hugh Gordon join RodChapman, of the company’s local rental com-pany, Taylor Rental, to greet attendees.

Buckeye Equipment Sales’s Greg Hards (L)and J.J. Sutphin introduced their new MultiOnecompact articulating loader at the PowerShow.

The 45th Annual Power ShowOhio was held on Jan. 29 to 31at the Ohio Expo Center in

Columbus, Ohio. Sponsored by theOhio-Michigan Equipment DealersAssociation, the event featured thelatest agricultural, construction andpower equipment presented by areaequipment dealers and manufactur-ers along with many of Ohio’s serv-ice and product providers.Exhibits and educational courses

were situated throughout the CelesteCenters and the Bricker Building onthe Ohio Expo Center grounds. A fullschedule of educational seminars andpresentations were offered through-out the three day event. Subjectsranged from a briefing on PipelineDevelopment, to drainage regula-tions and a variety of agriculturalcourses.In what turned out to be a popular

move with both exhibitors and atten-dees, the show went to a Thursday,Friday, Saturday schedule this year. The Ohio-Michigan Equipment

Dealers Association is one of the old-est organizations of its kind, withroots reaching back more than 120years, with its origin as BuckeyeImplement Dealers Association. Theassociation serves as a non-profitorganization promoting the interestsof power equipment dealers in Ohioand Michigan.

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Toledo Zoo...

Aquarium Redo Nearly DoneTOLEDO, Ohio (AP) An aquarium that

has been closed since 2012 will reopen soonwith the completion of a $25.5 million reno-vation of the facility at a zoo in in north-western Ohio.The Toledo Blade reports that the exterior

of the Toledo Zoo’s historic aquariumremains intact, but the interior will showcasea new underwater world.The aquarium built in 1939 by the Works

Progress Administration was formerly set uplike a gallery, with small tanks set into thewalls. The newly renovated building set toopen March 27 will more than triple theamount of water to 175,000 gal., with 32main exhibits and numerous smaller tanks.“It’s going to be an experience like

they’ve never had here before,” zoospokesman Andi Norman said.A saltwater Pacific Reef display holds

90,000 gal., almost 12 times that of thelargest previous tank.Two “touch tanks” will allow visitors to

interact with sharks, stingrays, starfish,horseshoe crabs and other undersea crea-tures. Staff members recently addedepaulette sharks to the larger touch tankwhere they joined southern stingrays, a yel-

low stingray and a guitar fish.Planning the species for a new aquarium

began years ago.“We literally spent 15 years playing

around with different animals to find outwhich ones would be the best for a newaquarium, which ones visitors were mostinterested in,” said Jay Hemdal, curator offish and invertebrates.The zoo relocated about 80 percent of its

previous animals, housing the remainder in atemporary aquarium in the zoo’s warehouse.It kept legacy animals, such as the snappingturtle and species that would be difficult toacquire again. Those include the Australianlungfish, endangered African cichlids, andwhite-blotched river rays from the Amazon.The underwater habitats are still being

assembled, but the major construction is fin-ished.About 80 percent of the money for the

project came from proceeds of a LucasCounty tax levy, with the rest from privatedonations.

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Southeastern EquipmentCompany Welcomes MilliganSoutheastern Equipment Company

recently announced that Jason Milliganhas joined the company as the directorof service for all locations. Milligan isoverseeing all shop and onsite service toassure customers receive a consistentlyhigh level of support at every branch.“Jason is a great addition to our

team,” said Charlie Patterson, presidentof Southeastern Equipment. “He hasover 15 years of experience with heavyequipment in Ohio and brings a highstandard of professionalism to ourteam.” Since 1995 Milligan has been

focused on delivering excellent productsupport services to heavy equipmentfleet managers and owners in Ohio.Overseeing multiple branches, he hasserved as a service manager, director ofoperations, and general managementexecutive for three successful construc-tion equipment dealers.

(This story also can be found onConstruction Equipment Guide’s Web siteat www.constructionequipmentguide.com.) Jason Milligan


At the 129th Annual Meeting of the ConstructionAssociation of Michigan (CAM), held Feb. 4 at MotorCityCasino Hotel in Detroit, the association’s new officers anddirectors who will serve on the 2015 board of directors wereinstalled. CAM’s new chairman of the board is Larry S. Brinker Jr.,

president of L.S. Brinker Company, part of The BrinkerGroup, based in Detroit. Brinker Jr. began his career as aproject engineer, advanced to project manager, director ofbusiness development, and currently president. At CAM,Brinker Jr. participates in the Boy Scouts of America

Building Connections annual fundraising event and serveson its executive committee. Each year three directors retire from CAM’s 12-member

board, and three new directors are elected by the CAMmembership. The 2015 newly elected directors are: ThomasBroad of Midwest Steel Inc., Detroit; Joseph Fontanesi ofFontanesi & Kann Company, Ferndale; and JenniferPanning of Artisan Tile Inc., Brighton. CAM’s newly elected vice chairmen are: Stephen

Hohenshil of Glasco Corporation, Detroit; and DonielleWunderlich of the George W. Auch Company, Pontiac.

CAM’s incoming treasurer is Joe Palazzolo of DetroitSpectrum Painters, Warren.Other current members of the CAM Board of Directors

are: Brad Leidal, Leidal & Hart Mason Contractors Inc.,Livonia; John Raimondo, Roncelli Inc., Sterling Heights;John Rieckhoff, C.L. Rieckhoff Company Inc., Taylor;Kevin Ryan, Powerlink Facility Management Services,Detroit; and Preston Wallace, Limbach Company LLC,Pontiac.

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Guide’s Web site at www.constructionequipmentguide.com.)

CAM Inducts New Chairman, New Board of Directors

Workplace DeathsRising, Says OSHAHAMILTON, Ohio (AP) Workplace fatalities have been

rising in Ohio, and federal officials cite lack of attention tosafe work practices and training and the existence of youngerand newer manufacturing and construction workforces. There had been an estimated 17 fatal workplace accidents

statewide in fiscal year 2015 as of early February, accordingto Bill Wilkerson, director of the Occupational Health andSafety Administration’s Cincinnati area. He said job cuts and retirements could be contributing to

less experience in the field and more workers unfamiliar withindustry hazards, the Hamilton-Middletown Journal-Newsreported. Many fatal accidents also could be prevented withthe right equipment, Wilkerson added. Wilkerson said OSHA investigated 46 fatal work acci-

dents statewide last year, compared with 38 in 2011. “There may be just too little regard being paid to instruct-

ing people on safe work practices, having proper safety pro-grams and procedures in place and making sure that peoplefollow up on these things,’’ Wilkerson said. Dianne Grote Adams is president of consulting company

Safex Inc., which works with the Ohio Manufacturers’Association. She said manufacturing has been challenged bydoing more with less and trying to make safety part of theculture as workforce diversity increases. Job sites change constantly in the construction industry

and with so many variables there’s never one single factor topoint to as a cause of an accident, said Terry Phillips, execu-tive director of trade association Allied ConstructionIndustries. Phillips said construction companies have an incentive to

keep their workers safe in addition to concern for theiremployees. “OSHA’s regulations require the training and the contrac-

tors comply because if they don’t, they won’t get the work,’’Phillips said. Among the major causes of workplace deaths are falls,

being struck by vehicles or materials and getting caught inequipment. Directors of Ohio’s four OSHA areas, including

Columbus, Toledo and Cleveland, are urging more safetyawareness by employers and employees to reverse whatWilkerson called “disturbing trends.’’

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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) Partnering with private busi-nesses, offering sponsorships along highways and selling $1billion in Ohio Turnpike bonds are among ways Gov. JohnKasich’s administration has worked to boost transportationrevenue amid lagging federal outlays. Government data reviewed by The Associated Press show

Ohio’s spending from the federal highway trust fund fellnearly 8 percent from 2008 to 2013. The downward trend iswidespread among states.

Michael Leachman, director of state fiscal research at thenonpartisan Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, said bothfederal and state gas taxes are producing less revenue due toa combination of factors, including Americans driving morefuel-efficient vehicles and the tax not being adjusted forinflation for decades. ‘States are in a pickle,’’ Leachman said. “They’re not deal-

ing with this in Congress, so states are having to figure outhow they’re going to deal with it as best they can them-selves.’’ Last year, Ohio launched the largest single roadway con-

struction project in its modern history — the $429 million

Portsmouth bypass — under the Ohio Department ofTransportation’s first-ever public-private partnership. Thedepartment has said the unique business arrangement isallowing it to take advantage of current economic conditionsand accelerate the project by decades. The private partnersreceive government payments to perform the work and tooversee all maintenance besides snow and ice removal onthe bypass for the 35 years after it’s built. In the same vein, the Republican governor’s administra-

tion sought and received authority to sell $1.5 billion in OhioTurnpike bonds in 2013 to fund highway projects in north-east Ohio and on the 241-mi. toll road itself. So far, $1 bil-lion in bonds have been sold, with about $930 million goingto regional road and highway projects and about $70 milliongoing to the Turnpike. The state opted against selling naming rights along the

turnpike — say, to sports teams — after negative publicfeedback. But it has let companies promote themselves byputting their names on road signs, trucker lounges, snowplows and pet-walking areas. Leachman said such programs are inventive but the cash

they generate isn’t significant. The $850,000 a year in logofees ``would pay for about 3 feet of roadway,’’ he said. “The financing problems are severe and so these kind of

ticky-tacky things can help, but they’re not going to solve theproblem,’’ he said. Still, State Farm Insurance has purchased rights along

Ohio’s major interstates to display its logo on a fleet of high-way assistance vehicles in a program the state and the com-pany say is mutually beneficial. State Farm is paying Ohio$850,000 a year over the next four years, with an option toextend to 10 years. The freeway service patrol program helps stranded

motorists with flat tires, dead batteries or empty gas tanksand responds to accidents from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. weekdays onmajor interstates in Cincinnati, Toledo, Cleveland,Columbus, Akron/Canton, Dayton and northern Kentucky,said ODOT spokeswoman Melissa Ayers. State Farm spokeswoman Angie Rinock said Ohio is the

12th state where the insurance company has participated insuch a program. It aligns perfectly with what we do,’’ Rinock said. “It goes

right back to our mission, which is to keep people safe.’’ Shesaid there has been virtually no pushback about increasedcommercialization from the public, as has sometimes beenthe case with the branding of stadiums and concert venues. A separate logo program that allows hotels, gas stations

and restaurants to advertise along state roadways has broughtin $2.8 million to $7.6 million a year since 2009, state fig-ures show. In another effort to stretch state dollars, Ohio signed an

agreement in 2012 with the private firm, ManagementConsulting Inc., or ManCon, to manage its vehicle andequipment parts. The arrangement is projected to save thestate about $5.6 million over the life of the three-year con-tract, Ayers said.

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