PeddiTalk - Winter 2016

PeddiTalkTHE NEWSLETTER SERVING THE PEDDINGHAUS FAMILY OF EMPLOYEESPeddiTalk

VOLUME 3, ISSUE 2

Winter 2015-16

“Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to

miss the future.”- John F. Kennedy -

PeddiTalk - Winter 2015

Dear FriendsThe front page quote made by John F. Kennedy is extremely relevant to our current busi-ness climate.

To give you an update on how the market is doing - currently it remains highly challenging. As you may know from News headlines, 85% of the GDP is booming. The other 15% is in need of a change. Unfortunate-ly, manufacturing falls in the latter category.

As consumers, we love fi ll-ing up our gas tanks at a $30 per-tank average. However, as manufacturers in the steel industry, the lower oil prices do much more harm than good.

Various industrial mining op-erations are no longer in full production, and this does not help the structural steel market. As you know, Structural Steel is why we come to work everyday.

In addition, the currency ex-change rate has proven to be problematic. With the 25% increased strength of the dol-lar, our competitors have a defi nite advantage in the U.S. Moreover, the condition of the Eurpean market leaves North America as the only Star - for us

and our European competition.

For the next few months, I will have to keep turning on the gear box. For now, we must re-main highly fl exi-ble. The purchaser

is the driver and they want their machines delivered yes-terday.

We are looking forward to the annual AISC Conference in Or-lando this April. Here, we will showcase the PeddiBot and our new XDM machine. All of our Seniors know from experi-ence, new machines are what drive the future.

On a good note, I just returned from the annual Ocean Meeting last week, and I am pleased to report that Ocean and Ped-dinghaus remain happy busi-ness partners.

I must urge you, the next time you see Danny and/or Hunter wandering around Bradley, give them a big thank you. Last year, Ocean purchased over $6 million dollars of ma-chinery and over $60 million since the start of our relation-ship. One thing is certain, they have many options, but we are glad they choose to work with Peddinghaus.

I apologize that I do not have better news to report at this time. All I can say is, it is just as important as ever to stay lean and mean. This down-turn, like any other, will make the Peddinghaus Team stron-ger.

Sincerely,

C.E.O. Anton Peddinghaus

Volume 3, Issue 2 Page3

I Never Knew... Accounts Payable

• We both used to live and work up north. After working togeth-er for a short time, we learned that we knew some of the same people

• Both of our husbands are car guys.

• We have been married to our guys for 58 years combined. That was scary just to type-eeesh!

• True Story - We had to use the calculator to fi gure that out.

• Our two youngest children share the same birthday.

• Together, the PC and PCSC AP Departments process nearly 40,000 invoices and approximately 20,000 pay-ments annually.

• Every invoice has to be coded. This means that they must verify quantity, cost, and description to match the purchase order. If it doesn’t match, it cannot be pro-cessed for payment

• Any non Purchase Order Invoice (such as utilities and outside service) need to have an authorized signature of approval in order to be paid.

• Accounts Payble works very closely with Purchas-ing and ALL departments.

• Anyone who is authorized to purchase goods and services can expect some interaction with AP.

• Every vendor is identifi ed in our system with a Vendor Number.

• Every employee (at some point) has a vendor num-ber. So, this means - whether you have received one check or one hundred from Peddinghaus, you are in our system.

It’s a Matter of Fact!

“Show us the “Show us the “Show us the money!!”money!!”money!!”money!!”money!!”money!!”

Micki AbelsMicki Abels will celebrate her 10th anniversary with PC in March 2016. When she started here, she was responsible for PCSC payables. In 2008, she took over the PC payables. Micki lives in Grant Park, IL and is married and has two sons.

Sherri Funk has been here since 2008, she is primarily responsi-ble for the PCSC accounts payable transactions. Sherri lives in Bourbonnais, IL is married and has two sons and one daughter. Sherri is also a grandma of 3!

Sherri Funk

It’s all about $$$Micki and Sherri want to set a few things straight -

• Sometimes when we tell someone they need to see AP, they mistake that for meeting with Anton Pedding-haus. We think that’s funny! - See we do have a sense of humor!

• Many people get Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable confused. Payables = Money OutReceivables = Money In

• Accounts Payable has noth-ing to do with Payroll. Pay-roll is done by the HR depart-ment. The only time Acounts Payable will ever pay you is if you have a business ex-pense for reimbursement.

• Why is that important to know? If you move and you change your address with Karen, you must also change your address with AP - or your expense checks will be sent to the wrong place.

Two of a kind

Party Stats

The percentage

of 2014 Super Bowl viewers who were female

46.8%

19 people

1.25 BillionThe number of chicken wings expect-ed to be eaten on Super Bowl Sunday.

Thats 7% of the year’s wing sales.

Average number of guests invited to a typical

Super Bowl Party

$118Average amount people will spend

on their Super Bowl Party.

13 yearsThe age difference between the opposing quarterbacks in this year’s Super Bowl match up.

The largest in history!

1stQuarterback to win the Heisman, National Title,

MVP, and Superbowl - if Cam Newton’s and his Panthers

Win

200The number of career

wins Peyton Manning will have if the Broncos win! The new all-time record!!

Be the smartest one at the Party!

No.1The 2016 Super Bowl features this season’s No.1 scoring offense

(Panthers) vs the No.1 defense (Broncos)!

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Carolina Panther’s Cornerback - played with the Bear’s from 2003-2014 and was on the last Bear’s team to make it to the Super Bowl in 2007

Tight End for the Panthers - was drafted by the Bears fi rst round in the 2007 draft and traded him for a 3rd round draft pick in 2011. He now leads Carolina in receptions and receiving yards, and he is 2nd on the team in receiving touchdowns. He has 7.

Panther’s Head Coach - played for the Chicago Bears from 84-92 and won the Super Bowl with them in 1986.

Panther’s Defensive End - played for the Chicago Bears during the 2014-2015 season

Ron Rivera

Charles “Peanut” Tillman

Greg Olsen

Jared Allen

Mike ShulaCarolina’s Offensive Coordinator - was the Chicago Bear’s Tight Ends Coach from 1993-1995.

John FoxHead Coach of The Chicago Bears - was head coach of both the Den-ver Broncos and Carolina Panthers before being replaced by the teams’ current Head Coaches.


Little PeddiPeople

Jacob and Holly Grant welcomed their sweet little girl Vivian lee Grant on September 30th, 2015. She was 7lbs. 2 oz & 21in. long.

Chuck and Nikki Geisen’s son Xavier Charles Green was born on November 2nd, 2015. He was 5 weeks early, weighing in at 4lbs 12oz and 18in long.

Pedro and his wife got the best Christmas gift when they welcomed Andrew Rodriguez on Christmas eve! He weighed 6lbs 13oz and was 21in long!

Sophia Williams, daughter of James & Sophorn Williams, was born on September 16th, 2015 at 6:23pm. At birth, she weighed only 5lbs 7oz and measured 18.5in long.


Parent Pride

Shad Taylor’s son Kaiden requested that all guests that attended his 9th Birthday Party bring food to donate to the salva-tion army.

Steve Bleyle’s son Josh participated in his 3rd season with the Bradley Lions. They completed an undefeated 2015 season as Superbowl Champs!

Bob Meltzer proudly photographed his Azaleas bloom-ing right outside his offi ce window in JANUARY! He wanted to be sure we all know about the 80 degree weather they have been having in South Carolina!

#PCNOTEAnton Peddinghaus as-

sembled Anglemasters when he fi rst started working with Peddinghaus Corporation in 1995.


GETTING TO KNOW YOUR TEAM MEMBERS...Whose Desk is it?

Have you ever worked in another department? No, but often work closely with Check Out and Service

Why did you choose Ped-dinghaus as your employer? My decision was based pure-ly on the fact that the CEO has a smashing head of hair!

If you could join any past or current music group, which would you choose? Why? Although I’ve been know to have a play list to please all - I would probably go with The Grateful Dead because they toured tremendously and never created a set list for any live performances.

What was your favorite activity in gym class? Floor Hockey

What was your fi rst car? A 4 door Plymouth Horizon (AKA The Rabbit)

What are you listening to right now? T.V. Commercials and a very loud crying baby

What is your biggest fear? (1) The day that Keith W, Jon C, and Jeff L decide that it is acceptable for men to wear yoga pants outside of the yoga studio

Is there anything you wish would come back in style? I just wish I had hair to style

What is one thing you think kids should be taught in school, but aren’t already? Am I running for Miss USA?

If you had to describe yourself as an animal, which would it be? Liger

What year was your face-book page established? 2008

What is your theme song? Dancing Queen

What are three items on your bucket list? (1) Write a successful book or song (2) Gettting to see the current FC Barcelona team play at home in Spain with my wife and kids. (3) Purchasing my version of Lucille

Where did you grow up? Chicago Heights, IL ..

What is your most memora-ble Peddinghaus Moment? Peddinghaus has given me many wonderful memories that I can’t share with you all, shhhhhh! However, work-ing at ASW over the past 6 months has given me the op-portunity to meet many new people in the company. We have some seriously hard working, talented coworkers & putting this Automated System together for Fabtech was/is a wonderful experi-ence for me

Orange or Green? Orange

Mark Sadus - Bradley Engineering

“I go both ways with Pepsi & Coke”

Mark has been working for Peddinghaus since September 24th, 2012.

He and his wife Julie have three children: Mason (10), Luca (6), and Alexia (11months)


Rusty Humphries - PCSC Engineering

Welcome New Employees!July• Kayla Bonnett• Sean Bittman

August• David Cayouette, Jr• Humberto Rodriguez

September• Brian Woodward• Aaron Sparenberg• Trent Munyon• John Ennis

October• Prachi Tiwari

November• Dustin Gromer• Leonard Erdman

Whose Tool Box is it?Whose Tool Box is it?

Why did you choose Ped-dinghaus as your employer? I liked the machines and what I saw/heard on the plant tour and interview. One of the best groups of people I have had the priveledge to work with

If you could join any past or current music group, which would you choose? Why? The Eagles, because they recorded a variety of time-less rock that isn’t too loud or headbangy. They were also one of the fi rst concerts I attended.

What was your favorite activ-ity in gym class? Basketball

What was your fi rst car? 1974 MGB - GT

How many pairs of shoes do you have? About 10 - If you count boots.

Beer or Wine? Beer

What is your biggest fear? Nuclear War

Is there anything you wish would come back in style? Decency

If you could be doing any-thing you wanted at this very moment, what would it be? Camping & trout fi shing in the N.C. Mountains.

What is one thing you think kids should be taught in school, but aren’t already? Citizenship - Similar to what is taught in scouting.

If you had to describe yourself as an animal, which would it be? Wolf

Have you ever had a Nick-name? What is it? My Par-ents gave me the nickname Rusty.

What is your theme song? 38 Special’s “Hold On Loosely”

What are three items on your bucket list? (1) Visit Alaska (2) See Yellowstone National Park

Where did you grow up? Raleigh, NC

What is your most memora-ble Peddinghaus Moment? My fi rst Peddinghaus Christ-mas Party!

Orange or Green? Green

If you could only eat one meal for the rest of your life, what would it be? Pizza

Pepsi or Coke? Either One

How old were you when you got your fi rst cell phone? 30+

How long does it take you to get ready in the morning? 45 minutes

Rusty has been working with Peddinghaus as an engineer since April of 2013.

In his spare time he likes to repair & refi nish furniture, and he enjoys just about all out-door activities!


The Power is in Our PeopleService Award WinnersJuly• Lori Bleyle (10 Years)• Virgil Dickson (10 Years)

August• Bryan Martin (10 Years)• Steve Bleyle (15 Years)• Randy Kane (20 Years)• Andy Fritz (25 Years)

September• Jon Farl (10 Years)• Keith Birge (10 Years)• Shad Taylor (5 Years)• Trent Horn (5 Years)

October• Keith Stevenson (10 Years)

November• Josh Wenzelman (10 Years)• Brian Cryier (10 Years)

December• John Lukas (30 Years)• Dan McGonigal (10 Years)

Santa Inc.December 2015, Sherri Funk celebrated her eigth year of bringing Christmas to those less fortunate with her charity Santa Inc. Her generous elves helped approximately 60 fami-lies in the Bradley & Bourbon-nais area.

Several years ago when Sherri discovered the number of homeless students at the local community high school, she and some friends and colleagues adopted a single family. The family was pro-vided basic necessities such as: paper products, cleaning supplies, clothing, food, coats, boots, and hats.

Each year after, more and more people began showing their interest in uncondition-ally helping others. Now, the support for Santa Inc. comes from Peddinghaus employees,

friends, family, and local businesses.

The social workers at the schools carefully select the neediest families and provide information to Sherri. No names are ever exchanged. It is completely anonymous!

Then, Sherri passes the infor-mation along to her “elves.” The elves shop, wrap, and de-liver to the school. Then, the child’s family is able to pick up the items and get them home without the children knowing how they got there.

Sherri shares, “The best part of this project is knowing that so many people are willing to help provide Christmas. The hardest part is when children ask for basic items such as underwear, socks, and when parents ask for feminine care products”

Sherri’s elves come from all over the community - Bradley, Bourbonnais, St. Anne, Che-banse, Tinley Park, Chicago Heights, and University Park.

If you are interested in partici-pating or for more information, feel free to check them out on Facebook at S.A.N.T.A. Inc.

Name That Machine!


Blue Jean DonationTogether, Peddinghaus Em-ployees dontated a total of $805 to Easter Seals last quarter as a part of our Blue Jean Donation Program.

Easter Seals is a charity ded-icated to helping children and adults with autism spectrum disorder and other disabilities or special needs. There are more than 550 sites through-out the U.S. and Ability First Australia.

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Where in the world is Keith Wilkey?


#PCNOTE

In This Moment

Newlyweds Duane and Kathy Bates exchanged their vows in Bradley, IL on September 12th, 2015.

Elliott Bass and his new wife Jorie tied the knot on August 22nd, 2015

Megan went from Miss Ryan to Mrs. Hamann when she and her husband Kyle got married on September 26th, 2015.

In year 2015, Pedding-haus employed both halves of 7 married couples be-tween the Bradley and South Carolina plants!


Picture This

There were 95+ people employed by Peddinghaus last year who are related to (by blood or marraige) at least 1 other PC employee.

Bryan Martin and his fi ance Mallory will be getting married in Flossmore, IL on May 28th

Stephen Bleyle proposed to Lauren Bertrand in Door County, WI on June 18th, 2015. The future Mr. & Mrs Bleyle will tie the knot in Door County in June 18th, 2016

Eric Carroll got down on one knee back in August 2014. He and his fi ance, April LaReau, will exchange vows at St. George Church on September 13th of this year!

#PCNOTE


PCSC Stays Afl oat Despite Flood Tragedy

Many homes suffered major damage from the fl ood. Above, you can see two houses in Andrews sitting in fl ood water as high as their

roof.

Above, a bridge located not too far from Amary Tisdale’s home is completely sub-merged by fl ood water.

Pictured Left, is an overhead shot of highway 41 taken from a helicopter. As you can see, it looks more like a river than a roadway.

Beginning Thursday October 1st and con-tinuing through Sunday, October 4th, Andrews, SC was hit with record amounts of rainfall. The area received more than 24” of rain in total.

To further complicate the problem, upstate South Carolina received much of the same weather. This meant that for days to follow, all the rain that fell up north fl owed down through the southern portion of the state causing tor-rential fl ooding for our Peddinghaus people and their families.

Due to dangerous/impassable roadways, PCSC closed down for Monday, Oct 5th. About half of all SC employees were able to return to work on Tuesday and Wednesday; but as fl ooding became worse throughout the week, less than a dozen people were able to get to work on Thursday and Friday.

Despite being shorthanded all the way until Tuesday, October 13th, the dedicated employ-ees at PCSC worked together to keep things going!.


HR Minute#P

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New! Medical PlanOpen Enrollment

• Open Enrollment will be held during the month of February

• It is available for ANYONE who wishes to enroll in our medical plan

• The coverage will be effective April 1, 2016

• Watch for further information!

Where in the world is Alex Berghouse?


From Our Kitchen to Yours

Beer Braised Beef

Ingredients1 Whole Chuck Roast (2.5-5lbs)

Salt & Pepper to taste

3 Tablespoons Olive Oil

5 Whole Onions, Peeled & Sliced Thick

5 Cloves Garlic, Chopped

2 cans Guinness Stout Beer (or another dark stout)

1 teaspoon Fresh Thyme Leaves, Chopped

1/2 teaspoon Fresh Rosemary Leaves, Chopped

Directions1. Preheat oven to 275 degrees

2. Heat oil in a large dutch oven over high heat

3. Season meat generously with salt and pepper. Sear meat on both sides, about 2 minutes per side.

4. Remove meat from pan. Lower heat to Medium

5. Throw in onions and garlic. Stir for 30 seconds.

6. Pour in dark stout beer

7. Add Thyme, Rosemary, and Salt to taste (about 1 tsp.). - Do not under-salt!!

8. Add meat to pot, put to submerge, and place lid on pot.

9. Cook in oven for 3.5 to 4 hours, or until meat is fork tender and falling apart.

10. Shred meat with two forks. Serve on dinner plates and spoon juice and onions over the top.

11. Serve with very crust bread to sop up the juice.

Food Facts

Chef Marc Magiera

• The average football fan will consume almost 2,000 calories while they watch the big game.

• 48 Million Amer-icans will opt for delivery food for the Super Bowl.

• 104.2 pounds of acovado and 8.2 million pounds of tortilla chips will be used on Super Sunday


Geek Speak...It is no secret now! Everyone that has an @peddinghaus.com email box is being migrated to ‘Gmail for Work’. It will take some getting used to for all of us, but the switch is well worth it.

Essential Keyboard ShortcutsFirst things fi rst: if you don’t have keyboard shortcuts enabled, head to Settings, and under the General tab, turn keyboard shortcuts to “on.”

Once you have these enabled, just type one letter or a combination of letters to simplify everyday tasks.

The Shortcuts You Need To Know:

Shift + r to pop out email reply boxj to go to older messagesk to go to newer messagese to archive

moneytip #2

safetytip #2

money

baby its cold

Over the next few months we will continue expe-rience some extreme weather conditions. These can be below zero temperatures, black ice, or excessive snow. Here are a few things to think about as Jack Frost settles in:1. Wear layers when you have to go outside2. Bring warm clothes & water in your vehicle when

you are going on longer journeys or traveling through more remote areas.

3. Always make sure your phone is charged when you leave the house

4. Keep your sidewalks & driveways clear! You don’t want grandma to break a hip!!

It’s a new year and with it comes new resolu-tions! How about a resolution to increase your net worth. Here’s how:

1. Pay yourself 1st - No matter how little. Automati-cally save a set amount from each paycheck

2. Fund your 401K at a minimum 5% to receive the full match

3. Pay Cash - don’t add to credit card debt.

4. Pay off (at least down) Credit Card Debt - in most cases its at least a 12% return on your money.

5. If you haven’t already - Refi nance your mortgage

makeover

outside

shift + # to trash/ to type in the search bara to reply allr to reply individually


Peddinghaus Puzzled for a PrizeDown

1. Vice President of Engineering

2. Adjective associated with SANTA Inc.

3. Shift + # = ?

4. The age difference between the two Super Bowl Quarterbacks?

A prize will be awarded to the 1st person who submits a correctly solved crossword puzzle to Megan Hamann (Bradley) & Amary Tisdale (PCSC). Two prizes will be given (1 in Bradley, 1 in South Carolina).

Please only work on the puzzle pages during personal time

SUBMISSIONS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED BEFORE MONDAY 2/8

7. Last Quarter’s Blue Jean Donation

9. Pay “________” First

10. Where Anton first worked when he started with Peddinghaus Corporation in 1995.

11. Where Peddinghaus Ironworkers are made

12. Who pays all of the invoices received by Ped-dinghaus

15. to bend steel

Across

5. New Peddinghaus Email

6. Who is in charge of Payroll?

8. The month Peddinghaus will offer open en-rollment for our medical plan

11. The number of married couples employed by PC in 2015

13. Head Coach of Carolina Panthers

14. The month PCSC was hit by torrential rain and damaging floods


Whose Desk Is It? PG 8

Whose Tool Box Is It? PG 9

Name That Machine! PG 10

Where in the world is Keith Wilkey? PG 11

Where in the world is Alex Berghouse? PG 15

Unscramble each of the clue words.Copy the letters in the numbered cells to other cells with the same number

WORD BANK

1. Touchdown

2. Panthers

3. Field Goal

4. Trophy

5. Chicken Wings

6. Super Bowl

7. Broncos

8. Party

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