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OMPANIES AND ORGANIZATIONS OF THE MASONRY INDUSTRY joined
together June 25 -27 to support the 50th annual SkillsUSA National
Leadership and Skills Conference and the National Masonry Contest.
For up to six hours, 52 young masons from 36 states competed at Bartle Hall in Kansas City, Mo. Each contestant, using bricks, blocks and mortar, tried to construct the winning project by placing the masonry materials, according to plans, on a concrete block base.
The 2014 winner of the secondary/high school competition was Samuel McSherry from the Burton Center for Arts and Technology, Salem, Va. The 2014 winner of the post-secondary/college competition was Daniel Furr of Mount Pleasant High School, Mt. Pleasant, N.C.
Shown are the winners of the 2014 National Masonry Contest at the 50th Anniversary SklllsUSA National Leadership and Skills Conference, who took stage
at Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Mo. On the platform they are (I to r) 3rd place winner Brandon S. Gain, The Williamson Free School of Mechanical Trades,
Media, Pa.; 2nd place winner Dakota Claypool, Academy of Careers and Technology, Beckley, W.Va.; 1st place winners Samuel McSherry, Burton Center for
Arts and Technology, Salem, Va. and Daniel Furr, Mountain Pleasant High School, Ml Pleasant, N.C.; followed by 3rd place winner Ty Isbell, Dekalb County
Technology Center, Ralnsvllle, Ala.; and 2nd place wlMer David Puga Arce, Arizona Masonry Contractors Association, Phoenix, ArlL Ranking the winners are
Masonry Technical Committee members (extreme left) Bill Kjorllen, Masonry Technical Services Manager, Argos USA Corp. and former Masonry Technical
Committee chalnnan; and (extreme right) Bryan Ught of Brick Industry Association SE Region and chair of the Masonry Technical Committee, which
organized contest
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