Students at Westside Catholic in Evansville made pet rocks during their Halloween party last week.  The students enjoyed dressing up in their halloween costumes and learned a little bit about rocks in the process! 

This Mummy really enjoyed pet rocks!

All the ghouls and goblins were hard at work making pet rocks!

Two third grade classes from Nancy Hanks Elementary School in Spencer County, Indiana, visited Cape Sandy Quarry last week in conjunction with two months of studying rocks and minerals in their classrooms.  The students were given a tour of Cape Sandy Quarry, a chance to sit in the cab of one of the quarry dump trucks and made pet rocks. 

Delighted visitors from Nancy Hanks Elementary School.

Students pose at the quarry for a class photo.

 

Mulzer Crushed Stone, Inc. employee Kevin Fulkerson captured this photo of the Grandview shelter near the boat ramp in the town on Wednesday, April 27th.  Grandview has been experiencing some of the worst flooding they have seen in years. 

A.J. Renn and Natalie Maasberg recently visited three Harrison County schools to talk to students about careers at Mulzer Crushed Stone, Inc. and what we do.  Students at Corydon Intermediate, New Middleton Elementary and Heth Washington Elementary Schools were treated to a short presentation, videos showing how our quarries operate and first hand explanations from A.J., who supervises the New Amsterdam Quarry, on what a typical day working at the quarry is like. 

Career Day at Corydon Intermediate

Career Day at New Middletown Elementary

Career Day at Heth Washington

Mulzer Crushed Stone, Inc. recently took Pet Rocks to the Fulton Avenue Head Start group to talk Rocks, Rocks and more Rocks.  The youngsters, ages 3-5, listened to a presentation on rocks, what we use them for and why they are important and then created their very own Pet Rocks! 

Preschoolers are hard at work creating their Pet Rocks.

     Cape Sandy, Tower and Temple Quarries were very busy this fall hosting tours for a variety of School and Head Start Groups. North Crawford County Head Start, a group consisting of 34 children and 38 staff and parents, visited Temple Quarry back in October for look at our operations, Sand Art and Lunch. The children, ages 3-5, commented that Mulzer Crushed Stone had the best field trip they had ever been on! That says it all!

Students and Parents from N Crawford Head Start Pose in one of our Loader Buckets

     South Perry Head Start visited Cape Sandy shortly after with a smaller group, however the children and their parents were very impressed with the huge equipment they were allowed to climb. The children, staff and parents were treated to lunch and Pet Rocks at the Fredonia Community Center as part of their annual visit.

     Delaware Elementary School 1st grade classes, located in Evansville, made a very special trip to Cape Sandy in early October. A large portion of these students had never traveled outside of Evansville, let alone visited a working Limestone Quarry! The students were amazed from start to finish and were thrilled to get to climb a huge pile of rocks and sit in the driver’s seat of one of our Quarry dump trucks.

     Castle North Middle School 7th grade classes visited Tower Quarry at the end of October. This large group of 122 seventh graders was split into 4 groups and visited stations during their visit. Steve Speedy spoke to the students about the Quarry Operations. Brian Peters was on hand to speak about Safety and Environmental Issues. Bob Lingerfelt spoke to the students about Geology related topics and Natalie Maasberg and Brad Brown spoke to the students about our equipment and the company history.

     Mulzer Crushed Stone, Inc. gave parade on-lookers yet another awe-inspiring parade float to view during the 2010 Tell City, Indiana Christmas Parade.  It was a “Charlie Brown Christmas” complete with Snoopy and his dog house, and of course, Charlie Brown’s famous Christmas tree. 

     Mulzer Crushed Stone, Inc. has been entering parade floats in the Tell City Parade for many years.  Employees and their families spend countless hours building and decorating the floats.  It’s become a holiday tradition at Mulzer Crushed Stone, Inc. that’s sure to last. 

MCS Employees pose in front of the 2010 parade float

     The Mulzer Crushed Stone, Inc. New Amsterdam, Indiana, Quarry recently held their annual Open House event at the quarry.  Area Ambulance, Fire Department and Trauma Helicopter teams were invited to tour the facility and eat lunch with the quarry employees.  This annual event was created to familiarize Emergency services in the area with the quarry and the employees.  Limestone quarries are expansive and unique locations and in the event of an emergency situation, it would be very beneficial for area Emergency services to be familiar with the operation.   The employees at the New Amsterdam Quarry served as tour guides and cooks, as well as informative hosts to the Emergency Services Personnel on site. 

A member of the Trauma Team demonstrates features on the EVAC Helicopter

   Mulzer Crushed Stone, Inc. sponsored the survivor dinners at both the Crawford and Perry County, Indiana Relay for Life events this past June.  Employees volunteered their time to cook a delicious menu of pork chops and creek fries to help kick start each annual event.

MCS employees Mark Parr and Jerry Ward at the Crawford Co. Relay for Life event