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Christian Kluttz, an apprentice with Huntley Brothers Company, is the Champion of the 2022 NCMCA Annual Samuel A. McGee Memorial Masonry Apprentice Skills Contest and takes home the “David R. Sigmon” award for his first-place finish. The contest took place May 21st at the Adams/Oldcastle® facility in Colfax.

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The NCMCA Land of the Sky Chapter conducted a very successful masonry competition for high schools in western North Carolina on May 5th. Mason Collins, a senior at McDowell High School, is the 2022 Champion. Pictured, top, left to right, Land of the Sky Chapter President Gary Kitchen; Tuscola High School instructor Eric Sollie; East Henderson High School instructor Stanley Stepp; McDowell High School instructor Chad Brewer; Brevard High School instructor Colby Guice; and NCMCA Western Regional Vice President Don Caldwell. Bottom, left to right, Fourth Place Finisher Johnny Chubb, Tuscola High School; Third Place Finisher Jesus Pacheco Cera, East Henderson High School; First Place Finisher and Contest Champion Mason Collins; Second Place Finisher Rachel Wiener and Fifth Place Finisher Tyler Glance both of Brevard High School. Not pictured, Andy Brown of Tuscola High School who won First Place in the First Year Division competition. Six schools participated in the event at the Haywood County Fair Grounds.

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Anderson Pruett of West Rowan High School is the new Secondary State Champion of the 2022 NC SkillsUSA Masonry Competition. The contest was held at the end of April at the Greensboro Coliseum with forty-eight students participating in the Masonry II division. Finishing second through tenth respectively were Nathaniel Myers, North Stanly High School; Annayeli Dionisio and Israel Bugarin, Columbus Career & College Academy; Austin Mullins, Mt. Pleasant High School; Aaron Russel, West Rowan High School; Colby Kirkland, West Stanly High School; Aden Toledo, Jesse Carson High School; Oconner Leonard and Nicholas Sloop both from West Rowan High School. Mason Ridenhour of East Rowan High School finished “First Place” in the Masonry One contest and Cody Landahl of Mt. Pleasant High School won the masonry estimating competition. Pruett will represent North Carolina in the Atlanta National SkillsUSA Masonry Championship in June.

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At the end of March, NCMCA and the Southeast Concrete Masonry Association (SCMA) wrapped up the last of three masonry presentations for the North Carolina Building Inspectors Association (NCBIA) with a workshop in Hickory. NCBIA provides the sessions as a service to its members who are required to obtain continuing education on a regular basis. Since the beginning of the year, SCMA and NCMCA also provided workshops in Greenville, NC, and in Aberdeen. More that 215 participated in the Hickory workshop in person and online. Picture left to right, the committee that developed and presented the masonry programs; SCMA President James Cain; Christine A. Subasic, PE of Raleigh; Doc McGee, McGee Brothers Company; Matt Love of NCBIA; and NCMCA Workforce Development & Training Coordinator, Ryan Shaver.

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James “Bo” Black, Jr. of Carolina Masonry Unlimited (right) was elected as the new President of NCMCA at the Association’s March annual business meeting in Greenville, SC. His first duty as new president, President Black recognized Danks Burton (left) with a plaque for his service as outgoing president. Burton of Pinnacle Masonry moves to the position of Chairman of the Board. Also elected for the 2022-2024 term are Cliff McGee, McGee Brothers Company, President-Elect; Tim Manning, Manning Masonry, Secretary/Treasurer; Lynn Nash, Executive Vice President; Doug Burton, Whitman Masonry, Eastern Regional Vice President; Brandon Hartsell, Gates Construction Company, Central Regional Vice President; and Don Caldwell, C & R Masonry, Western Regional Vice President. NCMCA Workforce Development and Training Coordinator Ryan Shaver was approved for promotion to Executive Vice President/Chief Executive Officer effective in September 2022 when Nash steps down from that position in preparation for retirement at the end of May 2023.

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Convention Golf Committee Co-Chair Lee Heath (with the sign) congratulates (left to right) the winning team of the 2022 EZG Manufacturing Company NCMCA Convention Golf Tournament Saturday, March 26th in Greenville, SC: Dwayne Bryant, Jimmy Wall, Calvin Brodie, and Doug Burton, Jr. Bryant is Co-Chair of the committee.

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