Masonry Magazine October 2004 Page. 14
Making the Grade Students in the Spotlight
Note: If you have an apprentice mason to nominate, contact: J. David Holt, c/o Holt Marketing Group, Inc., 6120 Union Chapel Road, Suite 100, Kansas City, Mo. 64152 or fax to (816) 891-6666.
Masonry Industry Works Together to Build Its Future
Contributing members of the masonry industry participated recently in the 40th annual SkillsUSA National Leadership Conference held in Kansas City, Mo., June 23-25.
The National Masonry Contest, held in conjunction with the SkillsUSA conference, was supported by masonry industry contributions and representation from across the United States. Committee Chairman Bryan Light of the Southern Brick Institute reported greater industry support than ever before for this annual trade competition.
Forty-seven high school and post-secondary contestants from 34 different states, each of them winners of their own state or regional event, competed by completing a written test and then building brick and block composite projects judged, in part, by trade professionals from Bricklayers Local #15.
The winner of the post-secondary competition was Cody Alward, 19, from Mount Pleasant High School in Mount Pleasant, N.C. The high school winner was Terry Miller, 17, from Earnest Pruett Center of Technology in Hollywood, Ala. This was Miller's third national contest. As a sophomore, he finished seventh. Last year he earned a second-place medal. This year, he came back determined to take the grand prize, and take it he did!
Alward, Miller and the other contestants were supported in their efforts by donations of materials from SPEC MIX, Kansas City Brick and Midwest Block & Brick. SPEC MIX staff from around the country were "slingin' mud throughout the day in support of the aspiring masons.
Sustaining members and sponsors of the contest included Bon Ton Tool Co., Brick Industry Association, Hanley-Wood, Marshalltown Trowel Co., National Concrete Masonry Association, Portland Cement Association and SPEC MIX.
This year, Light gave special recognition to his Education Team, a group of instructors who assist in setting up, conducting and the judging the contest. "Billy Mad-
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