The Newspaper for the Gallegos Community Excellence. Dis nc on. Community.

Volume XIV, Issue III June 2016

Birthdays June

2 JeffreySample3 HectorJoseHerrera5 ErickSandoval7 JCarmenAlvarez7 BarryAntonSmit7 JustinThompson10 DanielDoyle11 FernandoAntillonJr11 BernabeColinColin11 KevinWHughey11 KerrieHull11 ShacolbeyMosley12 CarlosMaciasAvila13 RaymondNegrete14 ChristopherEdwards16 SaulRodriguez17 LorenTroyer18 JesusBarrigaRiquetty18 TaylorRSerson21 LuisAlvaradoLopez21 RogelioAlvarado21 DanielWhite22 MichaelSanchez‐Perez27 AlejandroAvitia28 CarlosAlbertoChairezMoreno28 EdgarUristaMedina28 LeonardoVasquez29 AntonioGonzalezCardiel29 RonaldSt.Germain30 MichaelHawley

July3 DaleRoy3 IrineoSera in5 AngelLiraRodriguez5 AndrewARomero6 TiamarieBatinich7 JohnDiaz7 KyleMartinez7 JeremiahParis8 JoaquinMartinez8 NikolaNemcanin8 JasonCharlesWiethoff12 RafaelBujandaGarcia12 CesarCastillo12 FranciscoTafoya13 FerminOrtegaSaucedo13 BenjaminSpillner14 JohnnyPorter15 SarahHughey15 MilesMoranJr17 ChristopherRay17 RicardoVasquez18 JesusPardo20 JuanGarayGomez21 FernandoSaucedo23 PaulThomasSiemonsma24 JulioCesarSanchezAtilano24 BooneBainbridge25 KrisKortuem26 VictorEscarcega26 BenjaminWHarrison26 ChristopherKyllonen27 PhillipOsby27 FernandoGallegosVelasco28 ManuelSOrtiz29 GregoryBigelow29 SalvadorFrancoPaez31 DiegoAlatorre

AnniversariesOneYear

CarlosMaciasAvila,OscarGallegos,EdmundoMauricioColiz,NikolaNem‐canin,RubenJuarezRivera,NicholausRung,ErickSandoval,ChristopherKyllonen,AndresArguellesJr,

EdrasLopezLopezTwoYears

RocioMartinez,JeffSample,WilliamCordova,FabianVenzor,DustinNelson,NoeAvitiaMurillo

ThreeYearsRicardoNunezEspinoza,

RobertoAndradeFourYears

TimothyFenton,DanielGloverFiveYears

TomDerry,RamiroFlorres,KodySoderberg,SaulSosa

GerardoSanchezSixYears

RobertHardesty,LorenTroyerNineYears

ChristopherEdwards,LuisGuzman,OscarRamirezAlmaraz,BenSpillner,EnriqueColisPrieto,NoeMartinez,

JJesusLopezBernalTenYears

JuanHerrera,RamonEstradaTwelveYears

CaseyKraft,PaulSiemonsmaThirteenYearsKevinHugheyFifteenYearsMikeWoods

SeventeenYearsVictorVega,ShannonGallegos

EighteenYearsChrisBystromTwentyYearsTaylorSerson

Twenty‐OneYearsRamonBecerra

Twenty‐FourYearsRafaelMacias,SteveKalabany

Twenty‐SevenYearsJuanVega

Twenty‐EightYearsJimmyPereida

2016 G3 Gold Award It isagreatpleasuretoannouncetheG3GoldEmployeeoftheYearAwardfor2016isMarcetteGordonofDivision90.TheG3GoldAward is given annually to an employeewhodemonstratesintegrity,commitmentandleadershipinhon‐orofourfounder,GeraldG.Gallegos.AsrecipientoftheG3GoldAward, Marcette will receive $500.00 cash and a gift of herchoice.TheawardwasannouncedlastmonthattheStoneYardMemorialDaySalebarbeque.Marcettewaschosenfromastrongpoolofcandidateswhowerenominatedthroughoutthepastyear.MarcetteexemplifieswhatittakestobeaG3GoldAwardrecipient.Herstrongworkethic,teamattitude,andcommitmenttothecommunityhelpedmakeherthecandidatetorepresentTheGallegosCorporation

MarcettestartedhercareerwithGallegosinAugust2002atthecorporateofficeasaPayrollClerkinWolcottandthenwentontoworkatthemarbleshopinGypsum.SheiscurrentlyaProjectCoordinatoratthestoneyard.Re‐gardlessofherjobtitleorwhichdivisionsheworksfor,onethingthathasalwaysbeenconsistentwithMarcetteisherstrongsenseofteamworkandher“can‐do”attitudethatshebringstoanythingshedoes!Marcetteisconstantlyhelpinganyonewhomayneeditonandoffthejob.ShehasoutstandingcustomerservicetothepointthatshealmostmissedtheannouncementofherG3GoldAwardbecauseshewashelpingacustomerattheMemorialDaysale!Mar‐cettealsohandlesherdutieswithasmileandgrace;whetheritishelpingwithaccountingtasks,helpingmovestoneforcustom‐ers,oransweringquestionsforthemarbleshop.Inthecommunity,Marcettehascreatedquiteareputationasavolunteer.ShehelpswithGirlsontheRun,VailValleyFounda‐tion,PinkVail, various ski races, and local school functionswithher son.Evenwithherworkloadandvolunteering commit‐ments,shestillhastimetoworkouteverymorningat5:00am!Thecrewsheworksoutwitheverymorningisimpressedthatsheisoneoftheonlywomenthatisabletoclimbtothetopofthegymrope!Sheisalsoveryencouragingofotherstoreachtheirindividualathleticgoalsaswell.Marcetteisanavidrunnerparticipatinginlocalracesincludingmanymudruns,turkeytrotsandevenTheBoulderBoulder!WhenMarcette was asked why she does somuch for the company and the community she stated, “I just like working forGallegosandrepresentingtheminthecommunity.”PleasehelpcongratulateMarcetteforallofherhardworkforTheGallegosCorporation!

The Gallegos Corporation’s

Mission

Lead our industry by creating value for our customers, employees,

and communities through safe, quality construction

of the highest professional standard.

Division 10 employees tour around the Vail Village. Teressa Danzoll, Angela Suntken, Lisa Dodd, Paula Kurtz, Kris Keys, Suzanne Gallegos, Sheryl Gallegos, Rocio Martinez, and Courtney Armitage were treated to a jobsite tour around the Vail Village. Casey Kraft, Paul Siemonsma, and Shannon Gallegos showed them Zekelman Residence, Strata Vail, Arrabelle, Vail Valley Medical Cen-ter, 655 Forest Road, and Chalets at Vail.

Thank you to all that worked The Gallegos Corporation’s Annual Stoneyard Sale. This year was a huge success and we appreciate everyone that helped. Jose Garcia, Marcette Gordon, Danny Glover, Gary Herr, Jose Luis Lopez, Bill McKeon, Ce-sar Castillo, Sheryl Gallegos, Mario Becerra, Eric Sandoval, and Frank Gutierrez worked very hard on the event. Thank you all!

Gallegos in the Community Once again Gallegos Employees are took part in the Community Pride Highway Cleanup. 36 Gallegos employees and their families covered 2 miles of east and west bound I-70 and picked up trash for 2 hours. They did great work, and we are proud of the group’s dedication to the community.

All employees are invited to join us and volunteer at the Vail America Days Parade on July 4th. If you are interested in helping out please con-tac t Cour tney Armi tage a t 970.471.1666.

2016HighSchoolGraduates

Winner for March by James DiLucchio

Congratulations toHectorHerrera (60). Hector successfullyandprofessionally ran theVillaSportprojectinColoradoSprings,overcomingmanyobstaclesthatarenotnormallyseenonotherprojects. TheVillaSportproject isamassiveclubhouse that consistsoftwobuildingsthatareopen24hours,everydayoftheweekduringconstruction.Demol‐ishingtheexteriorofthebuildingsdowntothebareframing,reinstallingthesheathing,ledgestone,andstuccowhilekeepingthememberssafeandownershappywasnotbeenaneasytaskforHector. ToreducenoisecomplaintsHectorhadtorunaseparatenightcrew inaddition to thedaycrew. Ontopof runningcrewsdayandnight,Hectordealtwithconstantchangestotheproject’sscopeofworkaffectingschedulesandinstallationprocesses.IwouldliketosaythankyoutoHectorandhiscrewsforalltheirhardworkanddedicationtothisproject,whilekeepingapositiveattitude.

Victor A Jaquez, son of Abi Jaquez, graduated from Roaring Fork High School. His future plans are to start college at Colorado Moun-tain College, pursuing the dream of gradua ng with a Bachelors of Science in Business Administra on, while star ng his own busi-ness.

Oscar Landeros, son of Rosie Landeros, gradu-ated from Eagle Valley High School this year. Oscar excelled at foot-ball, and lacrosse at Eagle Valley. Oscar plans to move to Fort Collins to a end Front Range Community Col-lege.

Congratula ons to Oscar Gallegos, son of Ignacio Gallegos. He is pictured with his cousin Elena Gallegos and Oscar Landeros. Oscar Gallegos graduated from Ea-gle Valley High School in the class of 2016. He has been working for The Gallegos Corpora on since last sum-

mer, and will join us full me this summer

2016 College Graduates

KimberlyVega,daughterofJuanVega(21),graduatedfromColoradoMountainCollegewithherassociatesofartswithanempha‐sis in business administration She planson getting her bachelors in business withan emphasis in management and market‐ing from Colorado mountain college thenplans on transferring to Colorado StateUniversity in Fort Collins for her mastersdegree.

StephanieKeysgraduatedfromPaci ic University in ForestGrove Oregon. She graduatedsummacumlaudewithaBach‐elorofArtswithmajorsinHis‐tory and Environmental Stud‐ies.Herfutureplansincludean

internship in the Gallegos accounting department this Sum‐merbeforemovingtoFortCollins.

Jesus Bernal, son of EduardoBernal, graduated from EagleValley High School, and nowplans to attend UniversalTechnical Institute in Avon‐dale, AZ, where he will betrained in the AutomotiveProgram, as well as for Gen‐eralMotors.

Winners for April

FernandoCastilloisoneoftheG3winnersforApril.Fernandowasnominat‐edbyJimBingamaninDivision21.Fernando’soutstandinglevelofcustom‐erservice,especiallytohisfellowemployees,isrecognizedbyeveryoneheworkswith.Heprovidessupportformanyemployees,throughoutalldivi‐sionsandareas.Fernandoisalsoaveryhardworkeranddedicatedtohisjob.Hehasincreasedef iciencyinGallegostoolandEquipmentDistributionbyensuringtherighttoolsareattherightjobsitesandinhandsoftheem‐ployeesasneeded.Itisachallengingposition,andFernandoapproachesiteverydaywithapositiveattitude.CongratulationsFernandoandthankyouforallofyourhardwork!

SteveLaven(21)alsowontheG3awardforApril.SteveJohnsonsaidinhisnom‐ination form “Steve Laven is always the irst in the yard. He knows somuchaboutconstruction,andisalwayswillingtohelpanyonewhoneedsassistanceoradvice.” StevehasworkedforTheGallegosCorporation forover17years,andhas been a dedicated, productivemember of his team for thewhole time. Hetakesonanychallengeson the jobsiteandcontinuesto learnnewskills. Steveconsistentlyproducesexceptionalworkandstaysontimeandonbudget.ThankyouSteve, for all of yourhardworkand congratulationson thiswell deservedaward!

David DonLucas is The Gallegos Corporation's third G3winner for April.DavidwasnominatedbymultiplepeopleintheDenverDivision.TomDer‐ry said in his nomination form “ David is always looking forways to in‐crease productivity and get more out of those around him. David doesquality work and always follows safety rules.” Steve Kalabany also said“David isoneofourtopJourneymanMasons,andfutureforemen.” DavidhasbeenwiththeGallegosCorporationforalmost5years,anddemonstrat‐ed loyalty anddedication to the company for the entire time. Heputs in100%effortatalltimes,andiswillingtotakeonchallenges.Hehasahighlevelofintegrityandworkethic.CongratulationsDavid!

Div. 60 foreman Fernando Velasco Gallegos and his wife Carmen Gallegos a ended the gradua on of their daughter Karen Gallegos from JFK High School class of 2016. Ka-ren played 4 years of High School soccer winning the MVP award her senior year.

Congratula ons to Fernando An llon Jr., son of Fernando An llon of Division 20. Fernando graduated from Ba le Mountain High School. He will be con nuing his educa on at Community College of Denver.