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Words: Dan Kamys NCMCA

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Shown are elected at the April North Carolina Masonry Contractors Association (NCMCA) Annual Convention for the 2010-2012 term. They are (left to right), Eastern Regional VP James “Bo” Black, Carolina Masonry Unlimited Inc., Apex; Chairman of the Board, Gary Manning, CME, Manning Masonry Inc., Williamston; Central Regional VP Chris Bruner, CMP, Gates Construction Co., Mooresville; President Larry Kirby, CME, Kirby Construction Services, Conover; Secretary-Treasurer Ashlee K. Moore, CMP, Koontz Masonry, Lexington, N.C.; and President-elect Gary Joyner, CME, Joyner Masonry Works Inc., Greenville, N.C. Not pictured is Western Regional VP Don Caldwell, C & R Masonry, Candler.

Convention attendees enjoyed three days at Atlantic Beach, N.C., and heard positive messages about the masonry industry from convention speakers Mackie Bounds, president of the MCAA, and Charles “Chuck” Ostrander, executive director of the Masonry Advisory Council.

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