NCMCA’s Raleigh Chapter held their 11th Annual “Murdell” Myrtle Beach Golf Tournament and Bus Tour the weekend of January 17th.  Participants enjoyed three days of mostly great weather, fellowship and golf on three different courses.  Winners for 2010, tied for second, were the team of Ray Walls, Freddy Koontz, Frank Werner, and Terry Ward, and the team of Dan Sanderson, Tom Hayes, Gary Joyner, and Drew Bullock.  First place went to the team of Bo Black, Doug Burton, John Cramer, and Sheryle Crocker.  Sponsors for the event were Tarheel Commodities, Tucker Kirby Company, Dick Moehring, White Cap Supply, and Trisure Corporation.  All proceeds go toward promoting masonry.

Patrick McLaughlin, Executive Director (left,) and Joyce Rivas (second from left,) Membership Coordinator, of the Masonry Association of Florida paid a two-day visit to NCMCA in January for an exchange of ideas for making stronger masonry contractor associations.  McLaughlin and Rivas attended the NCMCA January Board of Directors Meeting, the January Triad Chapter Monthly Meeting, and held a session with NCMCA past and present leadership in a Raleigh meeting hosted by Pinnacle Masonry.  NCMCA President Gary Manning, second from right, and NCMCA President Larry Kirby greet the Florida visitors before the board meeting.

Past NCMCA President Gary Joyner (left) provides instruction for students attending a High School Construction Career Fair at Pitt County Community College.  NCMCA’s Eastern Carolina Chapter provided materials and volunteers for the three-day event in early November.  Photography by Joyner Masonry Works.

NCMCA partnered with the Carolinas Concrete Masonry Association, BIA-SE and Ryan Shaver’s masonry class at Mount Pleasant High School to exhibit at the North Carolina School Boards Association Annual Conference in November.  Left to right, National High School SkillsUSA Masonry Champion Jarad Gandy and student Cory Honeycutt provide instruction to Randolph County Board of Education Member Janet Johnson.  Students Tyler Sneed and Adam Culp along with instructor Shaver also provided masonry demonstrations and instruction.