Table of Contents for December 2009
MIA 2009 Pinnacle Awards of Excellence
The Slippery Rock Soapbox: Protectionism-Alluring but Deadly, by Daniel J. Ikenson
Remember Where You Parked
From the Publisher's Pen: Do Magazines and Newspapers Still Provide Value?
Windshield Wipeout
One Rachael Ray Fan Will Win an Artisan Stone Collection Granite Countertop
A Visit From St. Nick
Two Very Unlikely Buddies
Get Cash For an Unwanted Life Insurance Policy, by Lance Wallach
MIA Announces 2009 Winner of the Natural Stone Scholarship Award
Counting Your Blessings, by Ida Mae Nowes
The Hazards of Sleeping on the Job
Landmark El Paso Sculpture Relies on Laticrete
Coping with Robbery Through Prayer, by Carmen Ghia
Walking 10,000 Miles for a Loved One, by Anne Tenna
The "Hot-Sauce Teacher" Avoids Jail, by Anne Tenna
The Runaway Recliner
NTCA 2009 Total Solutions Conference a Total Success
E-mail Is So Last Year
Be Smarter than the Average Bear, by Rufus Leakin
Consolidated Kitchens and Fireplaces Joins Elite Artisan Group
The Absent-Minded Priest
The Stone Detective, by Fred Hueston
Pittsburgh Steel Co. Introduces Pre-Fabricated Brackets for Highbar Installation
Like Father, Like (Hiccup) Son
Why Women Want To Be Santa Claus
CYA Forms-Don't Fabricate Without Them! by Kevin M. Padden
Hakatai's New "Ready-to-Display" Glass Mosaics Mural Program
Narcotics Kit Lost in Training
Will There Be Affordable Health Care for Us? by Aaron J. Crowley
Randy Severson of Carrara Marble is MIA's First "Craftsman of the Year"
A Mom's Letter to Santa
Doe: A Deer, A Female Deer
The Varmint County Chronicles, by Boomer Winfrey
Quote of the Month