Dedicated to the Community

Staker Parsons has been around to see the ups and downs of the business and always seems to find themselves on the top of the every ones list within its realm of expertise. There are numerous reasons as to why Staker Parsons is one of the leaders of the business. Some of those reasons include; innovation, dedication and excellent customer satisfaction. Among those reasons is their dedication to the community. In a press release put out by Staker, one can see that educating the community through a program called, "Rocks Build Our World," Staker Parsons is going the extra mile for its community. The press release can be found at, http://www.stakerparson.com/community/index.cfm?id=9 you can read the release. Here are some experts from the release:

Rocks Build Our World
As a leader in the aggregates, asphalt, and ready mix concrete industry, Staker Parson Companies is committed to educating the community about the vital role aggregate resources provide in improving quality of life. For this reason, the company developed an educational program called "Rocks Build Our World." This program is designed to introduce people to the aggregates industry with the goal of helping people understand the importance of these natural resources and how they relate to each of us in our every day lives. The "Rocks Build Our World" program is custom-designed to the age of the participants and immerses them in a hands-on learning experience that has proven to be very effective.

The program can be offered at school facilities or can be hosted at one of the company's locations. The classroom visits start with some basic information on geology, mining methods and the uses of minerals in every day life. Students then enjoy a ?cookie mining? session where they remove the chocolate chips from cookies (while reclaiming their site by placing all crumbs back into a designated area). Winners of this game receive Rocks Build Our World tee shirts and other prizes. Students see a miniature aggregate operation, demonstrating the mining to material production to reclamation process. They also watch the ?Rockman? music video. The program ends with a question and answer session. Children are given activity books that highlight Rocky and Sandy, characters created for the program, as they explore the different uses of aggregates in a community.

Staker Parsons Cold Recycle Overlay

Staker Parsons always looks to incorporate new and innovative technologies into every project that they undertake. It is one of the reasons they are widely known as the "Preferred Source." This recent press release talk about one of the new and innovative technologies that Staker used down in Utah's Dixie a couple of years ago.

Cold Recycle Overlay in St. George, Utah

"Staker Parson Companies constantly strives to work innovation into each project it completes. In St. George, Utah, South Construction is working in partnership with Western Rock Products to complete an asphalt and paving job for the Utah Department of Transportation. The project, which started in January, extends from mile marker zero on the Utah/Arizona boarder to mile marker 6 at Bluff Street, in St. George Utah.

This project, however, is not like other asphalt and paving jobs. Because of UDOT requirements, crews are working with Cold Recycle Overlay with both Hot Mix Asphalt and Stone Matrix Asphalt. The process recycles 100 percent of the existing asphalt, saving existing resources. A portable crusher is pulled along the road by a roto-mill. The asphalt is milled and sent through the crusher with new oil being re-introduced, along with lime. Cold recycled asphalt is the result, and it is placed behind the equipment in a windrow on the roadway.

The lay down crew then picks the cold recycled asphalt and places the material like regular asphalt material. Crews have to wait for the moisture to dry out before they can place the final lifts of Hot Mix Asphalt. The final surface is placed and the cold recycle material becomes the base layer for the new roadway. The job also includes work on the bridges, the guardrails and the signs."

Staker Parsons

At Staker Parsons, laying asphalt and cement for public and private roads is not the only thing that they are known for. Among other things, Staker Parsons has a hand in helping the community and teaching the children through educational programs. On their website, they have a great story about their dedication to helping the community. Here are some experts from that article found at http://www.stakerparson.com/community/index.cfm?id=14:

Community and Education

"The family of employees at Staker Parson Companies recognizes their responsibility to help build the foundation of the communities where they live and work. Employees are encouraged to be involved in community and volunteer activities and the company supports many worthy causes including: the American Cancer Society, Habitat for Humanity, the American Heart Association, Food Banks, the Boy Scouts of America, The Road Home, Sub 4 Santa, and assisted living centers.

The company hosts several blood drives each year at its various locations and encourages employees to participate. The company and its founders provided significant resources to help establish the Parson Construction Management Program at Weber State University where more than two hundred students receive professional training. Employees also actively support the Utah LTAP Construction Career Days where 7-12 graders spend a day learning about the construction and trades industry."

Check This Out

Check out the latest press release on future NFL quarterback Matthew Stafford. Most of all ESPN analysts have predicted Stafford to be picked number one overall. But in this recent press release, the San Fransisco 49ers are not interested in Stafford, not because of his arm, his accuracy or even his numbers. They don't want him because he declined to talk to them about his parents divorce. What is that all about? Read this article and post a comment if you want.

"There are a number of reasons an NFL team wouldn't draft a certain quarterback. Maybe they'd be concerned about his arm strength, or footwork, or accuracy, or football IQ. There are literally dozens of flaws a signal caller might have. The San Francisco 49ers have found a new one.
Reports say that Mike Singletary and the Niners won't draft Georgia quarterback Matthew Stafford because he was reluctant to talk to a team psychologist about his parent's divorce. Said Singletary:
"If you're going to look at drafting a guy in the first round, and you're going to pay him millions of dollars, and asking him about a divorce about his parents, if that's going to be an issue, uhhh, then you know what, maybe he doesn't belong here."
Let me get this straight: A 21-year old doesn't want to talk to some stranger about his parent's divorce? Inconceivable! Such a reaction surely portends NFL mediocrity!
Honestly, that's an utterly bizarre quote from Singletary. The 49ers have to do their due diligence in researching the backgrounds of draft picks, but what does not wanting to talk about a traumatic childhood event have to do with leading a football team?
The concern about psychology is especially strange coming from Singletary, who attempted to motivate his team last year by dropping his pants before giving a half-time speech. I'm pretty sure he got that idea from Freud."

Can you believe that? I have a couple of ideas for Stafford. First, the 49ers are going no where fast and Stafford shouldn't even think about going there. Second, I don't know if Mike Singletary has been divorced or not, but I think that Stafford should ask Singletary to tell him about his divorce and see if Singletary would respond to some 21-year-old. I highly doubt that he would tell Stafford anything that wasn't his business. I cant believe that a sports team would not consider a player as good as Stafford because he wont tell them about his parents divorce. That is not right by any means.

Tebow's Promise

As I have mentioned on this blog before, I am a Florida Gator fan and have been for a long time now and this past year we witnessed something motivating, spectacular and amazing. After failing to convert on a fourth and one, the gators lost to Ole Miss 31-30. Immediately following the loss, Heisman winner and leader of the gator nation, Tim Tebow gave a speech that will now go down into the history, of not only sports, but in Florida University History. Tebow apologized for not converting the play and losing the opportunity to achieve a perfect season, something that has not been done in schools history. He promised the gator nation that no other player would work as hard as he would, not other player would push a team as hard as he would push the gators and that they would not lose another game. That promised motivated the gators and help them to another SEC championship and more importantly a second national title in two years. That speech has now been posted on the wall of one of the buildings on the UF campus. There is a very impressive article that you can read about the speech and the newly formed plaque. it is found at http://deadspin.com/5180855/tim-tebows-promise-will-outlast-us-all

If you don't want to check it out here is the article:

The Promise

We lost this in the March Madness shuffle, but it must not go unmentioned that Tim Tebow's immortal pledge has finally been consecrated in stone. So it is written, so it has been done.
A plaque has been affixed to the football building on the Florida campus, bearing an inscription titled, "The Promise." This simple piece of stainless steel holds the text of Tim Tebow's famous speech following the Gators' loss to Mississippi back in September of last season. You know, the speech that earned Tebow the Oscar for Best Guts. The monument will stand as an eternal testament to Earth's greatest human and 500,000 years from now, when alien archeologists dig up this everlasting tribute from the watery ruins of our failed civilization, even they will understand the true meaning of perseverance and fortitude. Then they will use the inscription to reanimate Tebow's corpse so it may lead them to win the GCS (Galatic Championship Series) title game. Yes, there is still no playoff.

Aggie Football Off and Running

Up in Logan Utah on the campus of Utah State University, the buzz of basketball season came to a close last weekend as the Aggie men's basketball team lost in the opening round of the NCAA tournament, but a new and exciting buzz is just beginning to brew. Ever since the news that Coach Gary Anderson would be taking over the reigns as head coach of the football team at USU, football is starting to come alive again. It has been a long time since USU has had a winning football team and coach Anderson is the perfect man to take the Aggie's back to the top of the WAC. Anderson took his former team, the Utah Utes, to the sugar bowl to battle SEC power house Alabama. Utah was riding a perfect season 12-0 going into the game and Alabama had been ranked number one for 5 weeks until losing to Florida in the SEC championship. Utah was a two touchdown underdog and no one in the country gave them a chance to win. Anderson was the defencive coordinator for the Utes and had a game plan for Alabama. That plan was to bring the house all night long, rush and sack the quarterback and hit everyone as hard as you possibly could. Long story short, Utah jumped out to a 21 point lead off of two interceptions, they sacked the quarterback over five times and allowed under 100 yards rushing for Alabama. Utah won the game due to its powerful defense and nonstop pressure on the quarterback. After winning that game, Anderson immediately began his work at USU. Recruiting, scouting, weight training and new schemes have been the focus for Anderson and the Aggies. This past week was the first practice for the Aggie's and Anderson was very pleased. A press release was issued last week talking about the positive progress of the Aggies. It can be found on the USU website under the football home page. http://www.utahstateaggies.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/032109aab.html

I am very excited to see how well Anderson and the Aggies do this upcoming year. GO AGGIES!!!!!!!!!!

Discover USU

Utah State University has a very well crafted campaign called "Discover." It covers a very wide range of audiences and demographics, everything from future students to alumni. It is not only a campaign for seniors in high school, but for anybody who wants to apply to USU. "Discover" informs the public of what they can become and shows them that anything is possible. I for one think that this marketing and PR tool is very effective and will produce great results in the number of applicants and the number of enrollment.