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Missouri LICA NewsVolume 74, Number 3 Missouri Land Improvement Contractors Association Spring, 2015

In this issue:

2015 Winter ConventionWrap-Up ............................. 1

Welcome New Members .... 4

Change to AD&D Policy ..... 7

Congratulations .................. 8Jeff Lance, Nelson Wilson and Missouri LICA

New Health Benefit ............ 9

MLICA Summer Meeting .... 9

New MLICA MemorialScholarship .......................10

With Deep Sympathy ........ 11

Dirt’s Big Year ................... 13

Preliminary Findings fromSaturated Buffer SystemWater Quality Results ....... 15

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Snapshots from Our Convention

Missouri Land ImprovementContractors Association

1101 West High StreetJefferson City, MO 65109

Phone: 573-634-3001Email: [email protected]: www.MLICA.org

Thank you to all our Associates and members who madethe 2015 Winter Convention such a success!

Pictured clockwise from above:

Stephanie & Larry LaFollette

Chris & Lindy Grier

Jake Gilbert, Jim Bledsoe, & JoshGilbert at the Exhibit Hall

Some of the ladies whoparticipated in the “SaturdayAdventure!”pose in front ofStephens College.

Pictured clockwise from above: Bryan McDaniel tests his skills at the MFA booth. When the hypnotist asked the participants to getcomfortable, MLICA President Chris Brauer really took it to heart. But, a few minutes later, he was able to wake up, believing he was ArnoldSchwarzenegger, and assist Mona who was trying to figure out how she could have lost one finger! Sally Bauer, Virginia Beckemeyer, andCarol Balkenbusch get busy making a trivet during the “Saturday Adventure.”

On January 22-24, 2015, LICA members from acrossthe state gathered at the Hilton Garden Inn in Columbia,MO to share in one of the best Winter Conventionswe’ve ever held! The theme, “Building a BetterBusiness,” was thoroughly explored as contractorslearned about the latest in GPS systems, when a “hired-hand” becomes an “employee,” how to use contracts,how to read financial statements, and more. But theConvention wasn’t all about learning in the classroom.

We had a wonderful exhibit hall, supported by ourAssociate members; a tremendous auction which raised

over $5,000 to help our scholarships and MLICA; andthen we wrapped up the Convention with the CaterpillarAwards Banquet. We awarded Nelson Wilson anHonorary Membership in recognition of his years ofservice to both Missouri LICA and National LICA.

And, the final event of the Convention was a hypnotistshow where a few of our members explored theirimaginations and the rest of us doubled over in laughter!Check out the scrapbook on our web site(www.MLICA.org) for more pictures.

2015 ... Building a Better Business

Contractors

Steve BaileyKAT Excavation, Inc.309 N. OakBates City, MO 64011Ph: 816-690-4611MLICA District: 3Missouri County: LafayetteWork Categories: Earthmoving/Land Clearing,Erosion Control, Excavating/Grading, Open Ditch Work, Ponds/Dams, Reclamation, Site Prep/ Development, Sewer/Water/ Underground Utilities, Trucking/HaulingEquipment: Backhoe, Crawler/Loader, Crane, Dirt Pan, Dozer, Dump Truck, Excavator, Grader, Hydraulic Dredger, Loader, Scraper, Skid Steer, Trencher

Contractors (Continued)

Shawn Helt; MichellHelt's Turf Farms, LLC24600 E. State Route PPleasant Hill, MO 64080Ph: 816-540-2020MLICA District: 3Missouri County: CassWork Categories: Sod Farm

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Roger Morris; Dee DeeBar M Farms13350 Rippeto Rd.Ashland, MO 65010Ph: 573-881-1428Cell: 573-881-1428Em: [email protected] District: 2Missouri County: BooneWork Categories: Drainage/Irrigation, Earthmoving/Land Clearing, Erosion Control, Excavating/Grading, Land Leveling, Landscaping, Open Ditch Work, On Site Waste Management, Ponds/Dams, Reclamation,Septic Systems, Site Prep/Development, Sewer/Water/Underground Utilities,Terraces/Waterways, Water ManagementEquipment: Crawler/Loader, Dozer, DumpTruck, Excavator, Loader, Skid Steer

Dean Rainey; DebraDean's Excavating, LLCP.O. Box 488Marshfield, MO 65706Ph: 417-859-4171Cell: 417-830-9629Em: [email protected] District: 4Missouri County: WebsterWork Categories: Earthmoving/Land Clearing, Erosion Control, Excavating/ Grading, LandLeveling, Open Ditch Work, Ponds/Dams, Site Prep/Development, Trucking/Hauling Equipment: Backhoe, Crawler/Loader, Dozer, Dump Truck, Excavator, Grader, Loader, Scraper, Skid Steer, Trencher

Roy Schrader; Jennifer

Peck Schrader Excavating

882 EldoradoCarthage, MO 64836Ph: 417-359-8260Fx: 417-359-8260Em: [email protected] District: 4Missouri County: JasperWork Categories: Excavating/Grading


Brad Van WinkleUtila Safe Construction LLC915 W. 23rd St.Independence, MO 64055Ph: 816-461-7555Fx: 816-833-3883Email: [email protected] District: 3Missouri County: Jackson

Company Associates

Cornerstone Kansas CityMLICA Contact: Sam Bowlby4400 College Blvd, Suite 150Overland Park, KS 66211Ph: 913-378-1050Cell: 816-517-6534Em: [email protected]: www.ckcins.com

Krueger & James Insurance Agency

MLICA Contact: LaDeena James

1126 SwiftNorth Kansas City, MO 64116Ph: 816-471-4245Cell: 816-916-2751Fx: 816-221-7649Em: [email protected]: www.kjins.biz

SITECH Central, LLCMLICA Contact: John Combs19992 West 162nd StreetOlathe, KS 66062Ph: 913-839-9201Cell: 785-250-6205Fx: 913-839-9109Em: [email protected]: www.SITECH-CENTRAL.com

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Member News

A Change to the AD&D Policy

Our current contractor members are covered by anAccidental Death & Dismemberment (AD&D) policywhich Missouri LICA provides at no charge. In February,we were notified that the carrier for that policy haschanged, which has resulted in changes to thecoverages. The new AD&D policy:

n Has a $25,000 benefit;

n Is provided free of charge by Missouri LICA for contractors whose dues are current and who are under the age of 80;

n Benefits reduce at the age of 65 (a reduction schedule is available upon request);

n Provides coverage 24/7, on or off the job;

n Does not require a physical or any health questions to qualify;

n Is provided free of charge by Missouri LICA for the spouse of a new contractor member during their first membership year, with the same age restrictions; and

n Can be purchased by current contractor members for their spouse and/or employees, with the same age restrictions, at a reduced rate of $15 per policy.

We have mailed our members a new beneficiary formfor this policy. Please complete the form and return it tothe LICA office as soon as possible. If there is nobeneficiary form on file, Missouri statutes will determineto whom the benefit is paid which can slow down theprocess of benefit distribution.

Note: If there is any variance between this notificationand the policy provisions, the policy provisions willprevail.

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Jeff Lance Nelson Wilson

The Governor has appointed Jeffrey D.Lance, of Savannah and a Missouri LICAcontractor member, to the State Soil andWater Districts Commission. TheMissouri Soil and Water DistrictsCommission formulates policies andgeneral programs for the saving ofMissouri soil and water by the soil andwater conservation districts.

Lance raises cattle and grows corn andsoybeans on his farm in Andrew County.He and his wife also own and operateLance Construction Co., a family-ownedbusiness that has been doing soilconservation work since 1962. He hasbeen a board member of the AndrewCounty Soil and Water District Board ofSupervisors since 2012; active on theAndrew County Farm Bureau boardsince 1987; and a member of theMissouri Land Improvement Contractorssince 1994, having served as DistrictPresident, State President, and amember of the Board of Directors. TheGovernor has appointed Lance for a termending Aug. 15, 2016.

At the 2015 Missouri LICA Winter Convention held thisJanuary in Columbia, MO, Nelson Wilson was awardedan Honorary Membership in recognition of hiscontributions to both Missouri LICA and National LICA.

It was a good year for Missouri LICA in 1968 whenNelson Wilson joined the organization. Every memberhas the option of letting their dues do all the work oractually investing their time and talent in theorganization. Nelson made that decision early on – hewould invest himself in the future of Missouri LICA andeventually, National LICA.

Over the last almost 50 years, Nelson has served asBoard Representative and President for his localDistrict, Missouri LICA President, National LICA RegionIV Vice President, and National LICA Vice President,President, and Chairman, not to mention the vastnumber of committees he has served on or chaired.

One of Nelson's deepest traits is his conviction that it isfar better to "blow someone else's horn" than your own.As a result, it has been easy to overlook the dramaticcontributions of this outstanding member. We are allbetter for knowing him. In February, 2003, Nelson wasthe second inductee to the National LICA Hall of Fameand now he has been named Missouri LICA’s 13thHonorary Member since it’s founding in 1941.

Missouri Land Improvement Contractors Association

At the 2015 National LICA Winter Convention in Tampa, FL thisFebruary, the Missouri chapter of the Land Improvement Contractorsof America was awarded the Kemps-LICA Legislative Award inrecognition of its accomplishments on behalf of its members. This is aprestigious award and we want to thank Gerald Bauer and Elwin Yoder,MLICA Legislative Committee Co-Chairs, for their hard work whichmade this recognition possible.

A New Health Benefit

for Contractor and Associate Members

For many years, National LICA has beenlooking for a health plan that would giveits members options when buying majormedical coverage. At the NationalConvention in Tampa, Florida a medicalprogram was introduced and is nowavailable to both Contractor andAssociate members.

LICA Healthy Benefits: A New

Approach

Lifestyle Health Plans has developed aunique health benefits program for LICAmembers throughout the country whichprovides major medical health benefitswith an integrated wellness and lifestyleimprovement program designed toaddress the root cause of the escalatingcost of healthcare - health behaviors.

As a Member of LICA You Can Enjoy:

1. Premium savings in most casesof 5-15%.

2. Economies of scale discounts forparticipating LICA Members as part of LICA Healthy Benefits Program.

3. An integrated wellness program withdeductible credit incentives, creditmatching and case incentives forhealth improvement.

4. A strategic, sustainable health benefitsprogram that addresses the underlyingcauses of rising healthcare costs without reliance or being tied to a single carrier.

5. Consumer-driven program features,including 100% Lab, 100% Diabetic Supplies and 24/7 Telephonic Consultations at no additional cost.

Integrated Benefit Features:

Personalized Wellness Program -online HRA & integrated lab testing frameup series of individualized healthy actionsfor members

DirectHealth - 100% lab benefit program

Just Diabetic Supplies- program offers 100% benefitfor diabetic supplies

Telemed Hotline - on-demand access to conciergetelemedicine consultations anywhere, anytime

Reward Incentives - member reward incentivesthrough deductible credits, credit matching and bonusbucks

Patient Care Coordination - program offersassistance in scheduling all outpatient diagnostic andsurgery services

Employee Benefits Portal - exclusive access tosupplemental employee health discount program

For more information contact:

Krueger & James InsuranceDirect: (816) [email protected]

Save the Date!

MLICA Summer Meeting & BBQ

Saturday, July 25 - 10:00amJake Gingerich’s Shop

2100 E Clay's Fork RoadColumbia, MO

Bring your family, a drink, a dessert ... and getready to enjoy some summer fun and the best

barbecue you can imagine!

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Scholarship Policy :

The Missouri LICA Memorial Scholarshipis a $1,000.00 scholarship to be awardedone time to: An active Missouri LICAcontractor member who has been aMissouri LICA contractor member for atleast five consecutive years; their spouse,child, step-child, grandchild, or step-grandchild.

Application Procedure:

• Student obtains a scholarship application from the Missouri LICA office or website (www.MLICA.org); completes the application per instructions and submits it to the Executive Director at 1101 West High Street; Jefferson City, MO 65109, postmarked no later than September 1. Incomplete applications and applications postmarked after September 1 will not be considered.

Award Procedure

• The Missouri LICA Board of Directors will vote on the selected applicant's award at its fall meeting and, if approved, the scholarship award will be issued by December 1.

• Scholarship will be given only to students who have been accepted by an accredited college or university for admission in the fall of the same year the award is granted. Recognizing the need for financial assistance with ancillary expenses related to a college education, Missouri LICA will make the scholarship award payable to the student .

This scholarship will be funded through contributionsmade from our Winter Convention Auction, as well asindividuals who want to honor a deceased loved one. Inaddition to the MLICA Memorial Scholarship, MissouriLICA offers a scholarship through the State TechnicalCollege of Missouri (formerly Linn Tech). Go to our website for details and/or an application for eitherscholarship. (www.MLICA.org)

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With Deepest SympathyWe offer our deepest sympathy to the families of these

LICA members during their time of sorrow.

Anabel Boyer, wife of Hollis Boyer and mother of

Charlie Boyer, passed away on December 18, 2014.

Bud Lashley, a long-time Nebraska LICA member,

passed away on February 3, 2015.

Joyce Champlin, wife of Supporting Member Steve

Champlin, passed away February 14, 2015.

Dave Warner, salesman for Murphy Tractor &

Equipment, passed away on March 7, 2015.

The MLICA Board of Directors

has made a contribution to the

MLICA Memorial Scholarship in

the names of these members.

If you would like to do so, you

may send a contribution to:

MLICA Memorial Scholarship

1101 West High Street

Jefferson City, MO 65109.

Last year may have been a lot of thingsto a lot of people but one thing it surelywasn’t was predictable.

I mean who foresaw last year’s record-setting high in the U.S. stock market, theplunge in global crude oil prices, Russia’snaked grab of Ukraine’s sovereignterritory or the Obama Administration’sreaching out to Cuba?

Not me; I was a solid “Wow,” “Whoa,”“Nyet,” and “Really?” on four of thebiggest events to rock both the U.S. andits farmers in 2014.

This year I’m not taking any chances andannouncing 2015’s first big global event,the already announced (on Dec. 5 by theUnited Nation’s Food and AgricultureOrganization) “International Year ofSoils.” The goal of this yearlong,worldwide emphasis, explains the U.N.,is “to increase awareness andunderstanding of the importance of soilfor food security and essential ecosystemfunctions.”

You would think that everyone in theworld might already be aware of how thisthin layer of life-giving skin separateshumanity’s continuing rise from itscomplete collapse or that our future isrooted in how we responsibly andsustainably treat the very ground westand on.

After all, it’s not like soil conservation andsoil health are dirty little secrets. Thescience underpinning both is well knownand widespread.

What may be even less secret but fardirtier is how deeply and how long we’veabused soil. We don’t just treat it like dirt;we treat it as though it’s less than dirt.

For example, according to a 2001 report published bythe U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural ResourcesConservation Service, the yield reduction in Africa dueto soil erosion already stands at more than eightpercent.

That irreversible loss doesn’t sound like much if youfarm in the black earth country of Illinois or the yards-deep soil of the Pacific Northwest’s Palouse. It’s life anddeath, however, if you live — or hope to live —inTanzania or Kenya.

The story is the same in many of the world’s key farmingregions. According to the same NRCS study, the “annualloss in productivity” due to soil erosion and degradationin southern Asia is equal to “36 million metric tons ofcereal equivalent.”

Reprinted with permission of the author, Alan Guebert

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In U.S. terms, 36 MMT “cerealequivalent” is 65 percent of the entire2014/15 American wheat crop.

We in the U.S. have no room to brag. “Itis estimated that the total annual cost oferosion … is about $44 billion per year orabout $247 per hectare [$100 per acre]of cropland and pasture,” reckonedUSDA in 2001.

Taken across the globe, total soil erosionand soil degradation numbers are knee-buckling: “The annual loss of 75 billiontons of soil costs the world about $400billion per year, or about $70 per personper year.”

Changing the perspective doesn’tchange the importance of soil or soilerosion. According to USDA, only 3percent of earth’s surface is “consideredas prime Class I land… [while] another 8percent is in Classes II and III. This 11percent of land must feed … the 7.6billion expected in 2020 …”

But “high population density is notnecessarily related to land degradation;it is what a population does to the landthat determines the extent ofdegradation.”

And population continues to grow; theamount of arable land does not. Writingfor Dec. 22 issue of Agri-Pulse, MarshallMatz, the former counsel for Senate AgCommittee, cited European data thatshows the amount of arable land perperson today is equal to 0.4 acre, or apatch 40 meters by 40 meters. By 2050,with 2 billion more in population, that tinyparcel will shrink by 30 percent.

Small? You bet. But it’s bigger than thesix inches of thin-and-getting-thinnertopsoil that separates success fromcatastrophe if we don’t take better careof the gift we’ve been given.

We can. We must. Now. This year.

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Springfield Plastics, Inc., in conjunctionwith the Agricultural DrainageManagement Coalition (ADMC), hasreleased preliminary water quality resultsfor 2014 from the saturated buffersystems being monitored.

Saturated buffers remove nitrate fromwater flowing in underground fielddrainage tiles before it reaches streams,rivers and other waterways. SpringfieldPlastics has been working with theAgricultural Drainage ManagementCoalition on a project spanning 15 sitesacross Illinois, Iowa, Indiana andMinnesota to study how saturated bufferswork under different conditions and otherconservation practices.

Saturated buffer systems have a controlstructure that diverts the flow from the tileoutlet to a lateral distribution line in abuffer strip. The lateral distribution lineruns parallel to the buffer, and as thewater is diverted to this line, saturationoccurs. As this saturation, or lateral watermovement through the buffer occurs, thevegetation, soil organisms anddenitrification naturally removes nutrientslike nitrate that are in the water, thusreducing the nitrates discharged to thestreams.

The preliminary 2014 findings show thenitrate concentrations in the streamsideinspections are lower than the levels inthe field tile prior to being diverted to thebuffer. These findings were consistentacross all 15 sites.

Dr. Dan B. Jaynes, a Soil Scientist withthe US Department of Agriculturecommented, “I am pleased to see thatthese initial results show that saturatedbuffers have the potential to removenitrate from tile drainage across theMidwest. Continued research and

demonstration of this easy to install practice will helpidentify the best soils and landscapes for this practice.”

Research will continue and further findings will bereported. For additional information please contactSteve Baker with Springfield Plastics at (217) 438-6167.

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