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| Shiloh and Ryder |
About The Doe Run Company
The Doe Run Company is a privately held, innovative natural resources company dedicated to responsible mining and metal production. Doe Run manages the lifecycle of lead in our Missouri mining, milling, metal production and recycling operations. We also provide metal fabrication through our Fabricated Products Inc. subsidiary in Arizona and Washington. Our exploration, research and development operations are active in North America.
Doe Run approaches business through the principles of sustainability. We make decisions by balancing social, environmental and economic responsibilities.
Guiding our decision-making are eight sustainability principles. We hold ourselves accountable to these principles in our annual Sustainability Report, which covers Missouri mining and metal production, as well as fabrication.
Our Vision:
To act as stewards of the minerals in our care, while providing premium services and products to people who share our belief in enhancing the quality of life.
Our Mission:
To provide our customers with a sustainable supply of select minerals, metals and services to meet the needs of a growing world.
Doe Run minerals and metals help deliver products that provide for medical and nuclear protective shielding, start-up power for vehicles, back-up power for hospitals and telecommunications, and alternative energy storage for hybrid vehicles, wind and solar power.
Doe Run approaches business through the principles of sustainability. We make decisions by balancing social, environmental and economic responsibilities.
Guiding our decision-making are eight sustainability principles. We hold ourselves accountable to these principles in our annual Sustainability Report, which covers Missouri mining and metal production, as well as fabrication.
Our Vision:
To act as stewards of the minerals in our care, while providing premium services and products to people who share our belief in enhancing the quality of life.
Our Mission:
To provide our customers with a sustainable supply of select minerals, metals and services to meet the needs of a growing world.
Doe Run minerals and metals help deliver products that provide for medical and nuclear protective shielding, start-up power for vehicles, back-up power for hospitals and telecommunications, and alternative energy storage for hybrid vehicles, wind and solar power.
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| Be Better items left at The Doe Run Company |
We attempted to meet up with the staff at Doe Run but were not able to reach them by phone. In any event, we stopped by anyway to see if we may be able to catch them.
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| Shiloh and Ryder |
They were already closed when we arrived. Sadly, we weren't able to meet them face to face today but we want them to know how grateful we are for their kindness and their donation. Hopefully we will be able to see each other in the future.
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| Rusty, Juliann, Shiloh, and Ryder |
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| Rusty, Juliann, Shiloh, and Ryder |
We loaded everyone back on the bus and headed to a well known St. Louis landmark. Rusty had to stay in the bus for this part. She didn't seem to mind.
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| Rusty |
THE GATEWAY ARCH is an architectural masterpiece. We had a fun time being nerds out front.
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| Juliann and Jason |
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| Jason, Shiloh, Ryder, and Tate |
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| Jason, Shiloh, Ryder, Tate, and Choice |
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| Shiloh and Ryder |
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| Shiloh, Juliann, Tate, Choice, and Ryder |
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| Shiloh |
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| Ryder and Juliann |
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| Tate |
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| Jason, Shiloh, Ryder, Tate, and Choice |
In the spirit of having fun, we found another pastime in St. Louis that ended up being a blast!!
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| Ryder, Tate, Choice, and Shiloh |
YEP, old school roller skating!! I had never even seen roller skates as small as the ones Choice wore. It was quite the epic activity.
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| Ryder, Jason, Shiloh, Tate, Choice, and Juliann |
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| Jason, Ryder, Shiloh, Choice, Juliann, and Tate |
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| Ryder, Jason, Shiloh, Tate, Choice, and Juliann |
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| Jason and Shiloh |
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| Jason and Choice |
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| Juliann, Tate, Jason, Choice, Shiloh, and Ryder |
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| Juliann, Tate, Jason, Choice, Shiloh, and Ryder |
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| Tate, Shiloh, Ryder, Choice, and Jason |
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| Ryder |
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| Tate and Jason |
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| Tate, Jason, Juliann, Ryder, Choice, and Shiloh |
The Be Better Brigade kept rolling...right on to Illinois. We'd been there previously but there was one additional landmark we wanted to see.
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| Shiloh, Tate, Choice, Juliann, and Ryder |
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| Shiloh, Tate, Choice, Juliann, and Ryder |
Ryder and Shiloh both share my interest in the life and legacy of Abraham Lincoln. We made a stop in Springfield, IL to see his tomb.
The first sign we saw when getting to Oak Ridge Cemetery was this one...
UH OH. We were crossing our fingers that this was not indicative of how the rest of this stop would be. Thankfully, we had a wonderful time observing the tomb of the 16th US President and a personal hero of mine.
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| Choice, Ryder, Shiloh, and Tate |
Lincoln's funeral is said to be the greatest funeral in US history. It lasted from April 18, 1865 in Washington DC at the White House until May 4, 1865 at the Oak Ridge Cemetery in Springfield IL. Lincoln's funeral train was the first national commemoration of a president's death by rail. Lincoln was observed, mourned, and honored by the citizens of Washington, Maryland, Pennsylvania, New York, Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois. The train passed 444 communities in 7 states.
As he is one of the most admired and respected beings in the history of the United States, they have signs posted around his tomb requesting that those same manners be used when visiting. I was on edge as I saw two of my little monsters swinging around this very sign.
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| Tate and Choice |
At the front of his tomb there is a large bronze bust of Lincoln's face. You will notice in the pictures below that his nose has changed colors over the years. Reason being, it is said that rubbing Lincoln's nose will bring you good luck. All of the millions of visitors over the many years, rubbing his nose, has changed the color of that portion of the statue. We each took our turn rubbing his nose for good luck.
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| Ryder, Tate, Shiloh, Choice, and Juliann |
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| Jason and Juliann |
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| Ryder and Shiloh |
After scoping out the area, the kids decided that this was the best place for us to leave our mark. We placed a Be Better Band at the base of the statue to be seen by visitors from all over the world. Hopefully it will encourage others to spread the better.
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| Bust of Lincoln at his tomb |
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| Rub Lincoln's nose for good luck |
If you take a step back, the tomb in its entirety looks like this...
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| Lincoln's Tomb |
The Facts...
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| Tate, Shiloh, Jason, Ryder, Choice, and Juliann |
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| Tate, Ryder, Shiloh, and Choice |
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| Tate, Ryder, Shiloh, and Choice |
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| Choice, Tate, Ryder, and Shiloh |
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| Choice, Tate, Ryder, and Shiloh |
Even the kiddos didn't have enough time there to satisfy their curiosities.
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| Shiloh, Ryder, Tate, and Choice |
And just like that, we are on the road again. Rusty is going to help me work on jotting down my thoughts.
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| Rusty |
and finish mailing out Be Better Band orders.
As a side note, if you are looking for a way to jump start your week, try out the Crossfit Workout of the Day (W.O.D). Great Times Crossfit box in Tucson, AZ created a special workout in honor of the Be Better message...ENJOY and thank you Great Times Crossfit!!
"Most folks are about as happy as they make their minds up to be."
"That some achieve great success, is proof to all that others can achieve it as well."
"My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure."
- Abraham Lincoln -
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