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In this Issue:
A Message from the President Page 2Sponsor’s Page Page 3Certification Classes Resume Pages 4 BL 500 Carolina Qualifier Page 4State Fair Contest Page 4NC Fastest Trowel Contest Page 5Dates to Note Page 5Golf Tournament in September Page 7Member News Page 8NCMCA’s First Executive Passes Page 8Instructors Meet, Elect Officers Page 9Welcome New Members Page 10Kirby Team Wins Koonts Golf Page 10
September 2017 Vol. 43 No. 3
The Newsletter of The North Carolina Masonry Contractors Association
MasonrySystems.orgNCMCA.com
This Issue Sponsored by
National Masonry Winners! Front row left to right: National technical committee member Al Herndon; High School medalists - Silver - Elijah Williams, Virginia; Gold - Kelby Thorton, Central Cabarrus High School, Concord; and Bronze - Cole Christadore, Connecticut; and national technical committee chairman Ryan Shaver. Back row left to right: Postsecondary/college medalists - Silver-Ronald Vann, Pennsylvania; Gold - Jake Freeman, Alabama; and Bronze - Ramon Vargas, Arizona. Photo courtesy of SkillsUSA
Thorton Repeats as National ChampionNorth Carolina claimed another Masonry Gold
Medal at the 53rd annual SkillsUSA National Lead-ership and Skills Conference in June at Louisville. Seventeen-year-old Kelby Thornton, a recent gradu-ate of Central Cabarrus High School, claimed the national title for the second year in a row.
With Kelby’s win, North Carolina’s medal count now stands at 34 Gold, 15 Silver, and 2 Bronze.
In 2016, Thornton received a score of 836 out of 1,000. This year, his score was 902. Kelby told the Cabarrus County Independent Tribune, “As soon as I laid that wall, I knew I had won. It was the best one I’d ever laid.” He told the newspaper he was the first competitor in SkillsUSA history to have perfect plumb. “Every judge came out there and started sticking a level to it…”
Kelby’s instructor, Todd Hartsell accompanied him on the Louisville trip. Thornton is the ninth national SkillsUSA masonry champion Hartsell has instructed since he began teaching at Central Cabarrus.
NC Eighth District Congressman Richard Hudson recognized Thornton during the June 29 session of
Congress saying, “This year’s event brought a host of talent and I am extremely proud of Kelby for his hard work. I am so thankful for the teachers, coaches and volunteers who made the event possible. I look forward to many more years of successful competi-tion and wish Kelby the best of luck as he continues pursuing his dreams.”
Thornton lives in Midland and is the son of Tony and Leigh Thornton.
More than 6,000 outstanding career and technical education (CTE) students competed in 100 different craft, technical and leadership fields. Forty students from 32 states participated in the masonry contest.
Former National Masonry Champion (1993) and masonry instructor Ryan Shaver, now with Johnson Concrete Products, was named Chairman of the national SkilllsUSA Masonry Competition at June conference.
NC SkillsUSA Masonry National Gold Medals1969, Memphis, TN - Waverley Brinkley, J.R
Hawkins High, Warrenton, Instructor, W.E. Exumsee “Contest” page 9
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Sign of a Professionalwww.ncmca.com
Robert H. Gates, CME, PresidentGates Construction Company, Mooresville, NC
Kent Huntley, CME, President-ElectHuntley Brothers Company, Monroe, NC
Danks Burton, CME, Secretary TreasurerPinnacle Masonry, Cary, NC
Ashlee K. Moore, CMP, ChairmanKoontz Masonry, Lexington NC
Doug Burton, CME, Eastern Vice Pres.Whitman Masonry, Benson, NC
Brandon Hartsell, CMP, Central V Pres.Gates Construction Company, Mooresville NC
Don Caldwell, Western Vice Pres.C & R Masonry, Candler, NC
John Cramer AAI, Insurance ConsultantTriSure Corporation, Raleigh, NC
Pete Schantz RHU, Insurance ConsultantMountcastle Insurance, Winston-Salem, NC
Lynn Nash, Executive Vice PresidentHickory, NC
The Quarterly Newsletter of The North Carolina
Masonry Contractors Association
109 11th Avenue NWPost Office Box 3463
Hickory, NC 28603-3463Telephone (828) 324-1564
Fax (828) [email protected]
Andy-the-Cat Productions
Photographs by Andy-the-Cat Productions unless otherwise noted
September 2017
Statesville Brick Continues a Tradition NCMCA President Bob Gates (left) and Terry Ward were among the Western Carolina and Metrolina Chapter members who participated in a summer tradition that dates back to the 1960’s. In June, Statesville Brick Company hosted the two local NCMCA Chapters at their Sunset Point conference center on the water near Lake Norman State Park. Everyone grilled their own steak on a massive barbecue grill built for just that purpose. Photograph by Carl Moser
Opportunity Is Always KnockingAs business owners, we are constantly chal-
lenged with decisions to make. Do we bid that next project in a new geographical area or do we concentrate on projects close to home? We could really use a new forklift, mixer, or scaffolding or do we make do with what we have and keep repairing or “band aiding” it? Do we buy that shiny new truck or make do and put another 100,000 miles on that old Ford, Chevy or Ram? Not all things last as long as Ram (Dodge) unfortunately. Life is full of decisions and choices. I like to think of them as opportunities.
Just this past Monday, August 21, 2017, we all had the opportunity to witness one of God’s true miraculous events. The solar eclipse brought our area to a brief pause and a moment to experience something awesome. For that day and moment millions of us had the opportunity to come to-gether as one.
As the summer of 2017 comes to a close, I look back on the summer’s events in our own NCMCA. I lost count of all the many masonry skills contests we, as an association have been involved in. Our support of these events continues to highlight the opportunities we offer in this industry. Our cham-pions like Matt Cash, Chet Huntley, Luis Marquez, Jamis Huntley, Kelby Thornton, Jesse Baker, Nataly Razzo and Aaron Jones continue to represent us well. Kelby goes back to Louisville and does it again as National Champion. Congratulations to you all!
Thank you to all our chapters and their lead-ers who through the summer have continued to
give our members opportunities to come together and be involved. Many of you across the state have continued to be committed to the opportunities that our association offers.
As we move forward into the fall, we see tremen-dous opportunities. Silica education and training is continuing to be offered through MCAA. A new round of NCMCA certification classes begin in October. The SPEC MIX Bricklayer 500 Qualifier at Tucker-Kirby will also take place in October. Fastest Trowel on the Block will take place at Carolina Stalite in Novem-ber. Another Masonry Education Day at Carolina Stalite will also be on the same date in November. Mount Pleasant High School will host our first work force “Power Block” sessions starting in September and running through December. Our association golf tournament, headed for many years by David McQueen, comes up at the end of September. The CMU check off program continues to gain momen-tum towards eventual passing. We continue to add members and I thank those who continue to recruit for this association.
Our association board meeting is September 13 in Greensboro and I encourage all of you to take the opportunity to attend and be a part of our board’s decision making process. We have important deci-sions to consider.
As you can see, we have many ways to be involved in our association in the masonry industry. I chal-lenge each of you to make a difference (M.A.D.) and answer the door when opportunity knocks.
Robert H. “Bob” Gates CME President 2016-2017
Message From the President
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Mt. Pleasant High School “Power Block” Project
Several Metrolina Chapter area NCMCA masonry contractors are working with the Southeastern Con-crete Masonry Association (SCMA) and the staff at Mount Pleasant High School on a masonry work-force development initiative at the school.
Former masonry instructor Ryan Shaver, now with Johnson Concrete Products, will be coordinat-ing six hour-long sessions conducted during the school day during the 2017 fall semester to introduce students to all aspects of the masonry industry, culminating with a “Career Fair” recruitment event for the last session in December.
The Wednesday sessions, called “Power Blocks,” are set for September 27, October 11 and 25, Novem-ber 8 and 29, and December 13.
For additional information and to learn how you can participate, contact Ryan Shaver (704) 791-5340 [email protected]
The effort at Mount Pleasant could be a pilot program for implementation at other schools around the state.
Bricklayer 500 Charlotte Regional Compete in the SPEC MIX Bricklayer 500 Carolina Qualifier Thursday October 12, 2017 at Tucker-Kirby
Company in Charlotte. For information, Steve Bell (704) 294-5231. It will be a banner year for the SPEC MIX BRICKLAYER 500
program by setting a record high total of 24 qualifier rounds that will take place in 20 U.S. cities and four Canadian provinces. The winners of each regional competition will earn a spot to compete in the 2018 SPEC MIX BRICKLAYER 500 World Championship held at the 2018 World of Concrete trade show in Las Vegas on January 24th.
North Carolina’s own Matt Cash won the 2017 BL500 and will defend his title in 2018.
Certification Classes Begin in October
A new series of NCMCA Certification Program classes will begin this fall.
Module One “Occupational Safety Management” with instructor Bill Parsons is set for Thursday October 26 fol- lowed by Module 2 “Basics of M a s o n r y Materials” on Thurs-d a y N o - vember 16, and Mod- ule Three “ Mo r ta r, G r o u t & T e s t i n g ” on Tuesday December 12 with the rest of the eleven classes scheduled for the next twelve to thirteen months in 2018. Watch your email and ncmca.com for details and registration information.
The first three classes are required for all certifica-tion applicants.
Masonry Quality Institute (MQI) instructed by Michael Callahan will be presented as part of the NCMCA Masonry Contractors Certification Program class series February 21 & 22, 2018. MQI is a re-quired class for NCMCA Certified Masonry Executive (CME) status and is an elective for Certified Masonry Professional (CMP) status. MQI can also serve as continuing education for certified individuals who have not previously participated in MQI.
MQI is expensive and required by only individuals seeking CME status. MQI may not be offered in every class series. It is strongly advised that anyone who may consider CME status now or in the future participate when MQI is presented in February.
Module One “Occupational Safety Management” may be used for continuing education credit regard-less of how many times the class has been attended.
We anticipate most, if not all, of the classes will be held at McGee Brothers Company in Greensboro. Watch your email and ncmca.com for details and registration information.
Adams/Oldcastle is provide an opportunity for a day of qualifying continuing education on October 10, 2017 in Greenville, South Carolina with their Masonry Expo 2017. For more information, contact Robert Carmody - [email protected] (919) 818-688
State Fair Contest Calvin Brodie is again chairing the Annual State
Fair Masonry Apprentice Skills Contest. He will partner with Doug Burton who will once again serve as Contest Head Judge and Master of Ceremonies.
This year marks the Sixty-Forth An-niversary of the con-test at the State Fair Grounds in Raleigh. Previously sponsored by the North Carolina Department of Labor, the event is now spon-sored by the North Carolina Department of Commerce. The date is Monday,
October 16, 2017 at the State Fair Grounds in Raleigh.
Contestant entry information is available at this link: http://www.surveygizmo.com/s3/2537738/Masonry-State-Fair-Contest-Registration
Contest participation is limited to the first twenty-five qualified apprentices to register. The deadline is September 15, 2017. Apprentices must be spon-sored by a firm registered with the Department of Commerce.
McGee Brothers Company continues to hold the championship title with last October’s win by Zack McGee. (His brother. Grayson, finished second.) McGee Brothers Company apprentices also claimed the championship in 2015, 2014, and 2013.
Donations to the prize fund are solicited. As is customary, each local NCMCA chapter is requested to make a $250 donation. Donations from masonry contracting firms and material suppliers are also appreciated. In 2016, NCMCA members, chapters and friends provided more than $6,000 in cash, tools and materials for the contest.
Make checks payable to “NCMCA” note “Fair Contest” on the memo line and mail to the NCMCA state office - PO Box 3463, Hickory, NC 28603-3463.
For information, contact the NC DOC Division of Workforce Solutions: (919) 814-0400.
Calvin Brodie
Metrolina Golf Tournament
The Metrolina Chapter annual golf tournament Wednesday November 1, 2017 at The Warrior Golf Club on Lake Wright Road in China Grove. The shotgun start is 10:00. Fees include barbecue! Lots of opportunities for sponsorships. Use this link for details and to register: http://www.ncmca.com/PDF/MetrolinaGolfRegistration2017.pdff or call President Brandon at (704) 664-2121 cell (704) 310-1674.
Metrolina Recognition Night It seems a disproportional number of Metrolina
Chapter area masons, apprentices and masonry students excel in competitions around the state and the country relative to other parts of the world.
On Tuesday September 26th, the chapter will host those champions and winners along with their families for Metrolina’s Annual Recognition Night dinner. Honorees will include the 2017 SPEC MIX “World’s Best Bricklayer,” the world best mason tender, winners of the May 2017 Samuel A. McGee Ap-prentice Contest and the “David R. Sigmon Award,” the 2017 high school National Skill-sUSA Masonry Champion and others.
MCAA President Jeff Buczkiewicz plans to be on hand to help recognize the honorees.
Social begins at 5:30. Meeting time is 6:30 with dinner served at 7:30 at Texas Land & Cattle Steak House in Concord.
For details: Chapter President Brandon Hartsell (704) 664-2121 [email protected]
September 2017 NC Masonry News Page 5
Fastest Trowel on the Block!
Dates to Note9/5/17 Eastern Carolina Chapter meeting and
summit with speaker Ryan Shaver discussing high school masonry training, 5:00 PM, Morgan’s Tavern, 235 Craven Street - New Bern
9/13/17 changed! Board of Directors meeting, Courtyard West Wendover – Greensboro
9/26/17 Metrolina Chapter Recognition Night, Texas Land & Cattle Steak House - Concord
9/28/17 Annual NCMCA Golf Tournament, Mill Creek Golf & Country Club – Mebane
10/10/17 Continuing Education opportunity- Adams/Oldcastle Masonry Expo 2017, Greenville, South Carolina
10/12/17 NC Qualifier, SPEC MIX Bricklayer 500, Tucker-Kirby – Charlotte
10/16/17 64th Annual NC Department of Commerce State Fair Masonry Apprentice Contest – Raleigh
10/20-10/21/17 South Carolina Masonry Con-tractors Association Fall Conference, Courtyard/Marriott – Mt. Pleasant, SC
10/26/17 Module One Certification Class “Oc-cupational Safety Management” McGee Brothers - Greensboro
11/1/17 Metrolina Chapter Annual Golf Tour-nament, The Warrior – China Grove
11/15/17 Carolina Stalite/SCMA“Masonry Education Day” Ben Ketchie Park – Gold Hill
11/15/17 SCMA “Fastest Trowel on the Block” Ben Ketchie Park – Gold Hill
11/16/17 Module Two Certification Class “Ma-sonry Materials” McGee Brothers – Greensboro
12/12/17 Module Three Certification Class “Testing, Mortar, Grout” McGee Brothers - Greens-boro
12/15/17 MCAA Silica “Train-the-Trainer’ workshop - Charlotte
1/12-1/14/18 18th Annual Raleigh Chapter “Murdell” Golf Tournament & Bus Tour – The Grand Strand
1/21-1/25/18 MCAA Convention/World of Masonry/Concrete – Las Vegas
1/24/18 Masonry Madness Day/Fastest Trowel on the Block/SPEC MIX Bricklayer 500 – Las Vegas
2/21-2/22/8 Masonry Quality Institute (MQI) Certification Class. McGee Brothers - Greensboro
2/26-2/28/18 BIA 33rd Annual Brick Forum, Sheraton/Le Meridien Hotel – Charlotte
4/18-4/20/18 NC SkillsUSA State Conference (masonry contest) Greensboro Coliseum – Greens-boro
4/26-4/29/2018 Annual NCMCA Convention, The Omni Grove Park Inn – Asheville
5/19/18 Annual Samuel A. McGee Memorial Apprentice Contest, Adams/Oldcastle – Charlotte
Additional details and registration forms are always available on the “Calendar” page of NCMCA.com.
How many block can you lay in twenty minutes?Carolina Stalite and the Southeastern Concrete
Masonry Association (SCMA) are partnering to bring the first ever Carolina “Fastest Trowel On the Block” contest to Stalite’s Ben Ketchie Park in Gold Hill this November.
Cash prizes for First, Second, and Third Place. First place mason and tender win entry fee, airfare and two nights accommodation to compete in the MCAA National “Fastest Trowel on the Block” com-petition January 24, 2018 at the World of Masonry in Las Vegas.
Candidates for the Gold Hill contest must be reg-istered by October 25th. Participants chosen for the event will be notified by November 1, 2017.
Contest date is Wednesday November 15th begin-ning at 8:00 AM. Rain date November 16. Sponsor-ship opportunities are available. For information:
Byard Stevens/SCMA: (336) 580-5457 [email protected]
Masonry Education DayFor the second year, SCMA and Carolina Stalite
will host high school students from surrounding counties at Stalite’s Ben Ketchie Park in Gold Hill.
The date is Wednesday November 15 in con-junction with “The Fastest Trowel” competition.
The students will experience demonstrations, tour the Stalite lightweight aggregate plant, enjoy lunch, watch the “Fastest Trowel on the Block” competition and in general get a fun introduc-tion to the world of masonry. And meet potential employers.
To volunteer or for more information contact Ryan Shaver (704) 791-5240 [email protected]
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Golfing for a Cause!Chairman David McQueen and his golf committee, Chris Mitchell and Dwayne Bryant are hard at work
planning the annual fall NCMCA golf tournament. Mark your calendars: Thursday September 28, 2017, Mill Creek Golf & Country Club, Mebane. The tournament is the major funding source for the NCMCA Sigmon Memorial Scholarship awards at NC State and ASU. Plant to join us for golf, fun fellowship and Argos barbecue Chicken. 2017 GOLD SPONSORS as of press time:
2017-2018 Membership Directory Distributed
Some 1,600 copies of the 2017-2018 NCMCA Membership directory have been printed with most of them already distributed to members, architects, general contractors, masonry instructors and friends of the Association. A few extras remain.
Click here to view the directory on-linehttp://issuu.com/ncmca/docs/
ncmca_2017-2018_membership_directorThe cover of this year’s book features the after-
math of the March apartment construction fire in Raleigh. As is the custom, we feature work by a contractor member firm on the cover and this issue is no exception. The CMU stairwells and elevator shafts of the project were about all that was left the morning after. Pinnacle Masonry in Cary built those structures. “Wood burns. Masonry does not.”
Submit photographs for consideration for the cover of the 2018-2019 directory by April 1, 2018. High-resolution photographs should be vertically oriented and include complete details about the photograph and the project.
The annual membership directory is made pos-sible by advertisers. Be sure to say “thanks:”
Adams, an Oldcastle companyAmerimix
Brodie ContractorsCarolina Ceramics Brick
Chandler Concrete Custom Brick & Supply Co.
Gates Construction CompanyGeneral Shale Brick
Giant Cement Hydro-Clean
Hydro-Rents CarolinaJim Bricksit LLC
Johnson Concrete Products Joyner Masonry Works
Koontz MasonryLafargeHolcimLehighHanson
Lynn Ladder & ScaffoldingMasonry Unlimited of Cherryville
Metrolina Chapter, NCMCAMountcastle Insurance
New South Construction SupplyNC Foam IndustriesPinnacle Masonry
Popes Masonry Group LLCRBD Associates
Roanoke Cement CompanySE Concrete Masonry Association
Simmons MasonrySPEC MIX
Triad Supply & RentalTriangle Brick Company
TriSure CorporationTucker-Kirby Company
White Cap Construction Supply
September 2017 NC Masonry News Page 7
NCMCA’s Twenty-Seventh Annual State Golf Tournament
Thursday, September 28, 2017 - 12:00 PM Shotgun Tee-OffMill Creek Golf & Country Club - Mebane, NC
Proceeds support NCMCA Projects Directions: I-40/85 to Exit 154, turn north of interstate onto Mebane-Oaks Rd, half mile, turn right on NC-119 / S. 5th St.,
proceed 3 miles onto NC-119. North of Mebane, turn right onto St Andrews Drive to club house. Soft spikes and collared shirts required. No blue jeans. Be at course no later than 11:15 PM.
Complementary boxed lunches available beginning at 11:00. “Shotgun” start at Noon
Join us for great fellowship and golf as you support NCMCA. Four-person* modified “Captain’s Choice” format: $120.00 per player for green fee, cart, practice balls,
boxed lunch, refreshments, awards, and barbecue dinner afterwards by Argos USA.
NAME: HANDICAP: EMAIL:
Team Member “A” ___________________________________________________________
Team Member “B” ___________________________________________________________ Team Member “C” ___________________________________________________________ Team Member “D” ___________________________________________________________
Be a sponsor and promote your company as you support NCMCA! Gold - $850 includes four players, special recognition sign Silver - $750 includes four players, special recognition signBronze - $650 includes 4 players special recognition signHole Sponsor - $120 for tee sign
For Sponsors - Name for Sign: ______________________________________________________ Prize donations are welcome. Contact David McQueen (919) 815-4813 or Dwayne Bryant (336) 213-2100
Number of Golfers ____________ @ $120 each $___________
Tee Sponsorships ____________ @ $120 each $___________
Special Sponsor (circle one) @ $850 - $750 - $650 $___________
Total : $ ___________ Mail to: NCMCA Golf Tournament Post Office Box 3463 Hickory, NC 28603-3463 [email protected] (828)324-1564
Application Completed by:
Name: _______________________________
Phone: _______________________________
Email: ________________________________
Make Checks Payable to “NCMCA” Call or e-mail for credit card payments
* Important: Only four-person teams are eligible for the tournament cham-pionship. Registrations submitted with fewer than four players are welcomed but should be submitted early to secure placement on a complete team. (Good faith effort will be made, however no guarantee of four-person placement is implied.) It is suggested that late regis-trations be submitted only with four play-ers. Cancelation deadline: 5:00 PM Tuesday Sept. 26, 2017
Contributions and registration fees paid to the North Carolina Masonry Contractors Association are not tax deductible as charitable contributions. However, they may be tax deductible
as ordinary and necessary business expense.
Page 8 NC Masonry News September 2017
Member NewsJohnson Concrete Products’ Starling Johnson-
Kaklamanos authored an article in the 2017 second quarter issue of “Smart Dynamics of Masonry” magazine. “Oodles of Career Opportunities” is about the 2016 Gold Hill high school masonry career day and appears on page 42.
Central Region Vice President Brandon Hartsell has been keeping NCMCA’s presence on social media updated. We’re on FaceBook! https://www.facebook.com/NorthCarolinaMCA/ Thanks Brandon!
NCMCA President-elect Kent Huntley contributed photos and commentary for a story in the July issue of MCAA’s “Masonry” magazine. The article is about Charlotte-area masonry firms’ participation in con-structing the 2017 St. Jude’s Children Hospital raffle house. One hundred masons and helpers donated their skills and time to the project. The article is part of the magazine’s “Masonry Gives Back” series and appears on page 44.
Southeast Concrete Masonry Association (SCMA) Board Chairman Gary Hensley is continuing treat-ments for cancer. He was well enough to participate in SCMA’s Annual Summer Meeting in July at Ponte Vedra Beach, expressing appreciation for the cards and well wishes he has received from his friends in the masonry community. 2017 marks SCMA’s 71st year. Lee Amick, Brantley Rivers, Arthur Rivers, and Kirk Edens won the SCMA Summer Meeting Annual Butch Hardy Memorial Golf Classic.
Francis Gilbert “Smitty” Smith, retired from
Carolina Stalite and Johnson Concrete, passed away July 17th. A Navy veteran, He was 87 and lived in Salisbury. The family suggests memorials be made to Levine Cancer Institute, 100 Medical Dr. NE Ste 110, Concord, NC 28025 or to Hospice of Rowan County, 720 Grove St., Salisbury, NC 28144.
New South Construction Supply, LLC has been named as one of the Best Places to Work in South Carolina. The award is an annual program cre-ated by SC Biz News in partnership with the South Carolina Chamber of Commerce and Best Companies Group. The ranked companies were recognized at an August reception and dinner. The rankings will be published in the August 2017 issue of SCBIZ magazine.
New name! Johnson Concrete Company is now Johnson Concrete Products.
Holcim’s David Zinns has his first grandbaby. Daughter Laura (General Shale) has a new baby girl, Isabel Gaines Lineberry, born August 4th.
Past NCMCA President Gary Joyner won the gift-certificate prize for recruiting the most new members in the MCAA’s’s recent membership drive.
Bo Black, Carolina Masonry Unlimited, is the new president of the Raleigh Chapter. He takes over the job from Ron Williams who served in the position for twelve years. Ron is taking a year’s deployment to the Mideast with his army unit. He’s a combat helicopter pilot who has previously served in Middle East conflicts.
Gary Hensley took home the big Gold Roll prize at the Western Carolina Chapter August meeting.
Over $300! Bobby Propst is the new masonry instructor at
Fred T. Foard High School near Hickory. He replaces Rick Greene who retired after thirty years of teach-ing masonry. Reach Mr. Propst at [email protected]
The Central Piedmont Chapter enjoyed a night at the ball park for a social that took the place of their regular August chapter meeting. The Winston-Salem Dash lost to the Myrtle Beach Pelicans in a game played at home in BB&T Ball Park. The event was sponsored by Hohmann and Barnard, SafeDay Inc., and Roanoke Cement.
Kendra Plymell Blackmon of Rush Masonry Man-agement is the new president of the Eastern Carolina Chapter. Tim Manning did it for many years.
Member Firms Celebrate Anniversaries Friends, employees, and family gathered with Bob and Lois Merrill August 18th to celebrate Merrill Masonry’s Sixtieth Anniversary. Daughter Debbie and her husband Steve Stout now run the company and hosted everyone for a picnic and barbecue in Arden’s Lake Julian Park. Pinnacle Masonry celebrated 25 years in business with a barbecue on July 28th and recognized office manager Janice Caldwell’s retirement (left) on August 11 after almost 23 years with the company. Griffin Contractors in Morganton marked sixty years in business August 1st. Our records indicate Koontz Masonry in Lexington, NC, established in 1949, is the oldest member masonry contracting firm. They are not a masonry contracting firm but member Tucker-Kirby Company will celebrate its one-hundredth year in 2018. Janice Caldwell
Eleanor Upton PassesNCMCA’s first executive manager, Eleanor Flow-
ers Upton, passed away June 11th after a brief and unexpected illness. She was 82 and lived in Raleigh.
Along with her husband Robert, who died in 2016, Ms. Upton and her firm, Upton Associates in Raleigh, managed the Associa-tion from shortly after its inception in the early seventies until late 1997.
Bob Merrill was NC-MCA’s fourth president when Mrs . Upton was hired and says, “It was a big change in the association when we hired Eleanor. It was an important mover for us. NCMCA wouldn’t have still existed if we hadn’t hired her. It would have folded.”
At the 1998 NCMCA convention banquet in Char-lotte, then-president Doug Burton announced that the NCMCA award for outstanding service by associ-ate members would from that day forward be known as the “Eleanor Flowers Upton” award.
Eleanor spent most of her career in the hospital-ity and association management industry, forming Upton Associates, a meeting and association man-agement firm, in 1976. Eleanor worked with Bob, daughter Barbara, and later son-in-law Carlton Geiger, until she and Bob retired in 2012.
Eleanor is survived by her daughter, Barbara Upton Geiger, and son-in-law, Carlton and their children Robert and Margaret; son, Mark Nelson, daughter-in-law, Angie, and their children Ryan and Stephen. Eleanor also leaves siblings, Janie Williams ( Jay), Barbara Taylor, Fred Flowers ( Joan) and Steve Flowers (Kathy.)
The family suggests memorial donations to Christ Episcopal Church, PO Box 25759, Raleigh NC 27611-5778 or the Basil Tucker Scholarship Fund, 3733 Benson Drive, Raleigh NC 27609.
Eleanor F. Upton
September 2017 NC Masonry News Page 9
1972, Roanoke, VA - Frank Walter, Beaver Creek High, West Jefferson, Instructor, Bobby Absher
1975, Washington, DC - Rocky Canupp, Central Cabarrus High, Concord, Instructor, Louis Suther
1980 - Atlanta, GA - Harold Trogden, South John-ston High, Four Oaks, Instructor, Phillip Hagwood
1986, Phoenix, AZ - Timmy Medlin, Clayton High, Clayton, Instructor, Jesse Grissom
1987, Wichita, KS - Chandler McGee, Central Cabarrus High, Concord, Instructor, Louis Suther
1990, Tulsa, OK - Shann Womble, Mount Pleasant High, Mt. Pleasant, Instructor, Doug Drye
1992, Louisville, KY - Frank Paul, Mount Pleasant High, Mt. Pleasant, Instructor, Doug Drye
1993, Louisville, KY - Ryan Shaver, Mount Pleas-ant High, Mt. Pleasant, Instructor, Doug Drye
1994, Kansas City, MO - Jason Hamby, South Caldwell High, Hudson, Instructor, Jesse Fox
1995, Kansas City, MO - Jason Hamby, South Caldwell High, Hudson, Instructor, Jesse Fox
1997, Kansas City, MO - Brandon Tarlton, Union County Career Center, Monroe, Instructor, Tim Kidd1998, Kansas City, MO - Chad Smith, Mt. Pleasant High Mt. Pleasant, Instructor, Doug Drye
“Contest” continued from page 1 1999, Kansas City, MO - Bryan Crouse, South Caldwell High, Hudson, Instructor, Jesse Fox
2000, Kansas City, MO - Ben Petrea, Mount Pleas-ant High, Mt. Pleasant, Instructor, Doug Drye
2000, Kansas City, MO - Joseph Issak, Caldwell CC (Post Secondary) Hudson, Instructor, Jesse Fox
2001, Kansas City, MO - Garrett Hood, Central Cabarrus High, Concord, Instructor, Todd Hartsell
2003, Kansas City, MO - Cody Alward, Mount Pleasant High, Mt. Pleasant, Instructor, Doug Drye
2004, Kansas City, MO - Cody Alward, Mount Pleas-ant High (Post-Secondary,) Mt. Pleasant, Instructor Doug Drye
2005, Kansas City, MO - Dallas Caudle, Central Cabarrus High, Concord, Instructor, Todd Hartsell
2005, Kansas City, MO - Josh Morrison, Central Cabarrus High (Post-Secondary,) Concord, Instruc-tor Todd Hartsell
2006, Kansas City, MO - Josh Kimrey, Mt. Pleasant High, Mt. Pleasant, Instructor Doug Drye
2007, Kansas City, MO - Marcus Hefner, West Stanly High, Oakboro, Instructor, Tim Kidd
2009, Kansas City, MO - Jared Gandy, Mt. Pleasant High, Mt. Pleasant, Instructor, Ryan Shaver
2011, Kansas City, MO - Dylan Ennis, Central Cabarrus High (Post-Secondary,) Concord, Instruc-
tor, Todd Hartsell2012, Kansas City, MO - Jordan Hartsell, Central
Cabarrus High (Post-Secondary,) Concord, Instruc-tor, Todd Hartsell
2013, Kansas City, MO -Brent Austin, Central Cabarrus High (Post-Secondary,) Concord, Instruc-tor, Todd Hartsell
2013, Kansas City, MO -Andrew Mullis, South Rowan High School, China Grove. Instructor, Ronnie Milller
2014, Kansas City, MO –Daniel Furr, Mount Pleas-ant High School, (Post-Secondary,) Mount Pleasant, Instructor, Ryan Shaver
2015, Louisville, KY –Luke Dutton, West Rowan High School, Mount Ulla, Instructor, Rodney Har-rington
2015, Louisville, KY - Alex Ossoski, Central Cabarrus High School, Concord (Post-Secondary) Instructor, Todd Hartsell
2016, Louisville, KY – Kelby Thornton, Central Cabarrus High School, Concord. Instructor, Todd Hartsell
2016, Louisville, KY - Cody Harrison, Mount Pleas-ant High School, Mount Pleasant, (Post-Secondary) Instructor, Ryan Shaver
2017, Louisville, KY – Kelby Thornton, Central Cabarrus High School, Concord. Instructor, Todd Hartsell
New Officers for the Instructors
AssociationAs part of the North Carolina Department of
Public Educations’ annual Summer Conference for Career, Trade and Industrial Education, in July NCMCA, the Southeastern Concrete Masonry Association (SCMA) and McGee Brothers Company hosted masonry instructors from across the state at McGee Brothers Company’s Greensboro facility for demonstrations, lunch, and a business meeting for the North Carolina Masonry Instructors Association.
The instructors elected new association officers for the 2017-2019 term. In the top photo, NCMCA President Bob Gates, second from right, congratu-lates new instructors’ association president Rodney Harrington, third from left, on his new assignment. Harrington is masonry instructor at West Rowan High School. Left to right, Todd Hartsell, out-going president, Central Cabarrus High School; secretary Cody Alward, Mount Pleasant High School; Har-rington; vice-president Scott Settlemyre, South Caldwell High School; second vice-president Rufus Terry, J. F. Webb High School; Gates; and association treasurer Eric Stamey, Hibriten High School.
Left to right, Cliff McGee, Brad Scott, Kent Huntley (on the phone) and Greg Huntley cooked the ham-burgers and hot dogs for the instructors meeting. Home-made ice cream too!
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Central Piedmont Chapter Golf Tournament As they have been known to do on many past occasions, the Kirby Construction Services team of, left to right, Marcus Kirby, Brian Nelson, Mark Nelson, Larry Kirby, pictured with NCMCA Chairman Ashlee K. Moore, has won the Central Piedmont Chapter’s Annual Danny Koonts Memorial Golf Tournament. As they have also done many times previously, the Kirby team donated their cash prize winnings back to the chapter. The tournament was played at the Lexington Golf Club in early June. Everyone enjoyed Brent Moore’s barbecued chicken at the end of the round. Chapter Treasurer Nick Ferrucci (left) and Ashlee K. Moore show off the 2017 Tournament sponsor board.
Board of Directors Meeting
The next NCMCA Board of Directors meeting is 1:00 Wednesday September 13, 2017 at the Courtyard by Marriott, West Wendover Avenue, Greensboro.
The board is made up of the president and vice-president of each local chapter as well as elected state officers. Be sure your chapter is represented. Proxies are not permitted. Chapter presidents and committee chairmen are requested to provide writ-ten reports to be included in the pre-meeting packet not later than Wednesday September 6.
Among items on the agenda is a report and presentation by the Logo/Rebranding Committee.
Board meetings are open to all members however, motions/voting is reserved for board members.
The 2018 NCMCA Annual Convention & Business Meeting
April 26 - 29, 2018 - The Omni Grove Park Inn, AshevilleFeaturing Guest Speaker
Robert V. “Buddy” Barnes, Jr.Chairman of the Board, Dee Brown Masonry, Inc.
MCAA Masonry Hall of Fame MemberSponsorship Opportunities Available Robert “Buddy” Barnes
Photo courtesy of Omni Grove Park Inn
