Issue 79 October 16, 2014

October 2014

Tyler Pipe has always had a pretty comprehensive Health Fair but this year will be even more spectacular. All Team Members as well as their dependent family members will have the opportunity to get services performed by Summit Health and UT Health Science Center, all at no cost. These services will include blood pressure checks, cholesterol screenings, blood sugar testing and sleep screening, plus;

All Team Members that participate in the Biometric Screening will receive a $50 gift card as an incentive to participate. (Gift card applies only to Team Member not dependents)

Also, UT Health Science Center will be providing Flu shots at no cost to any Team Member as well as any dependent over age 13 who attend the Health Fair. This will be the ONLY opportunity to get a flu shot at no cost this year, so please make time to attend! SAMs Club will be here with great membership benefits and more…

Where: Tyler Pipe Training Room—East Office Building

When: Thursday, October 30th, 2014

Time: 7:00am to 5:00pm

Team Members are asked to please contact Jennie at 903-882-2260 to schedule an appointment for their screening to avoid extended wait times.

And Speaking of Health Benefits

The 2015 Open Enrollment period begins November the 1st through the 28th, 2014.

The final tally was made and the awards were presented. Yes that means that the Tyler Pipe Ten has reached it’s conclusion. The pictures shown here are just a few of the exciting captions that were provided. On Sunday, September the 28th a group of Tyler Pipe’s finest loaded a chartered bus and headed to an Executive Suite at Globe Life Park to watch the final game in the season for the Texas Rangers. The finalists were Faye Pettigrew, Greg Buckner, Gloria Tuck, Diane Newman, Sandra Smith, David Puckett, Nick Wilcox, Lorenzo Aguirre, Penny Carman, Jennie

Shephard & Darrell Bell. Nick Wilcox was unable to go so the ticket went to the next in line,

Ross Caldwell. While the Rangers lost the final game of the season there was nothing that could dampen the spirit of these ten Team Members that have given so much of their time and effort to benefit charitable organizations in the Lindale & Smith County area. There were over thirty Team Members that donated their time and effort to these causes and I for one would like to thank all of those generous individuals that gave up Saturdays to make our community a better place to live. uç eÉw UâÜÜâá

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Issue 79 October 16, 2014

`tÜ~ çÉâÜ VtÄxÇwtÜá4 The Tyler Pipe Annual Service Awards Banquet is scheduled for:

Saturday, November the 8th, 2014 from 6:00pm to 9:00pm at Villa di Felicita for Team Members with 25 years of service or more.

If you are a Member of the Silver Anniversary Club , you should have your invitations by now, so remember to respond by October 31st to let us know if you’re coming.

On Saturday, September the 20th, Tyler Pipe Team Members took to the streets in support of the 2014 Sickle Cell 5k Walk/Run sponsored by the African American Cultural Events Committee. Their purpose is to increase awareness about the disease and raise money for college scholarships. Tyler Pipe was awarded a plaque for their longstanding and dedicated support of this event from the very begin-ning of their existence. There to accept the award was Greg Simmons & Faye Pettigrew along with ten other Tyler Pipe Team Members. All those who actually participated in the walk/run had a great time.

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Gloria Tuck ~ 1

Gary Curry ~ 2

Brent Smith ~ 2

Debra Rounsavall ~ 3

William Dougherty ~ 5

Bennie Grismore ~ 5

Robert Tullis ~ 6

Barry Griffeth ~ 7

Richard Washburn ~ 8

Doug Adcock ~ 12

Dan Nelson ~ 12

Harold Rozell ~ 12

O.B. Willoughby ~ 13

Michael Brobst ~ 16

Faye Pettigrew ~ 16

Gary Bryant ~ 17

James Wright ~ 17

Joe Maziarz ~ 18

Garry Arndt ~ 20

Darrell Bell ~ 20

Kim Hale ~ 20

Odilon Peralta ~ 20

Cortess Evans ~ 21

Donald Williams ~ 22

David Bryan ~ 23

Lester Dewberry ~ 23

Willie Williams ~ 23

James Fuller ~ 24

Gerimane Williams ~ 24

Larry Martin ~ 26

Santiago Leguizmo ~ 27

Robert Earl ~ 29

Selah Black ~ 30

Troyce Gibson ~ 30

Did You Know... 

Nutri on and Cancer

Is the food you eat raising or lowering your cancer risk? Almost every day you hear stories about foods that either raise or lower your risk for cancer. But it’s actually the amount of food you eat, not the kind, that affects your cancer risk the most, says Edward Sauter, MD, Ph.D., a cancer surgeon and na onally known researcher at UT Health Northeast.

“Maintaining a healthy weight is the most important thing you can do to lower your cancer risk. How much you eat is far more important than what you eat,” Dr. Sauter says. Ea ng too much can make you overweight or obese. While the leading cause of preventable cancers is s ll tobacco use, the second major cause is obesity.

“If we decrease the number of calories we consume, we are going to drama cally reduce our risk for cancer – by 30 percent according to some studies,” Dr. Sauter says. That said, some foods have been linked to cancer. A recent study found that ea ng a high‐protein diet during middle age (age 50‐65) increased the risk of dying from cancer by more than four mes. The same study found that ea ng more protein a er age 65 was actually a health benefit.

High fructose corn syrup is another food to avoid. It’s found in many foods, including salad dressing, yogurt, breakfast cereal, and soda, and has been shown to increase cancer risk. Read product labels and try to avoid it. How you cook food is also important. For example, cooking food on a grill forms nitrates, and nitrates are known to raise cancer risk, Dr. Sauter says. So, although you can s ll enjoy grilled foods occasionally, try to limit them to once or twice a month.

On a posi ve note, ea ng lots of crunchy vegetables – broccoli, kale, and cauliflower –has been shown to reduce your cancer risk, Dr. Sauter says.

The sales department was out in full force at the 50th anniversary of the American Society of Plumbing Engineers Expo. They used their time to promote using Tyler Pipe over import pipe from China and to promote the fact our product is made right here in the good old U.S.A by hard working Americans. The Engineers in attendance seem very receptive to the message.

The only way our pipe gets on major projects is for these Engineers to specify it. That is why it’s important for our team to continue to build good relationships with the Engineering Community.

Several Engineers that stopped by the booth said they were going to China to tour an importer’s facility. These same Engineers will soon tour Tyler Pipe. We hope they will see a difference between a product made in China and a product made by our hard working American Team. The Sales Team Members appreciate the hard work of the team in the

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The I.T. Department has about 20 Personal

Computers and several laptops that are available for sale to Team Members on a

first come, first served basis. Each unit is priced at $25 and may be purchased in the East Office Building

Monday Through Wednesday between the

hours of 10:00 am and 3:00 pm.