Field of Dreams

With reputation comes responsibility. A number of years ago Bloomsdale Excavating’s reputation for being a leader in the community where we live and work led to the extensive involvement in the planning and execution of building a new sports complex for the Rolla school district. The result was the completion of one of the finest high school baseball fields in the entire state of Missouri. BE was one of a multi-member team coupled with other like-minded community leaders to see this vision become a reality. “If you build it they will come” is the famous line from “Field of Dreams” staring Kevin Costner, who heard voices while in his Iowa cornfield that directed him to build a baseball field. It seems as though the voices are back, this time promptings are for the girls, not in Iowa but in Rolla, MO. While the boys have been enjoying their baseball field for several years, now it’s the girl’s turn. Tom Manion heard the voice. Not in the cornfield however, this time it was a phone call from Dr. Aaron Zalis, superintend of the Rolla School District. Dr. Zalis was inquiring if Bloomsdale Excavating would be willing to help with the planning and building of a girls softball field as we had with the boys baseball field. With reputation comes responsibility or the ability to respond, and respond we did. Tom Manion brought the request to ownership and ownership graciously agreed to be involved again. The process began with Jay Maben doing the “voodoo that he do”. Topos of the existing ground and overlaying various designs until we got the footprint right. At this time all the initial grading is complete along with all the structures, dugouts, backstops, irrigation. As we say in the industry, “all that’s left is the finishing” and finish we will do when weather permits. In any ball field it is the “foot print” that is so important to get right. In business and in life the same is true. It’s the positive image or the “foot print” that we leave that is as important as anything we do.