INDEX: April 2013
WELCOME Readers to this special edition of the Slippery Rock Gazette. I hope you enjoy the five special features we present, starting with our salute to Omni Cubed, a company that has made the Stone Industry a safer and more productive place in their 10th year of designing some of the best equipment for stone fabrication. We also present the story of two organizations from two different areas of specialization: The Dry Stone Conservancy, and the Barre Granite Association. SRG writer and floor restoration consultant Tom McNall presents the first in an on-going series of interviews with luminaries in our industry. We hope our readers will provide more suggestions of folks who have made a profound impact on our industry in their own special way. Be sure to read our report on What Makes a Great Install. We would love to hear what our readers think about this important issue – send your comments to publisher@slipperyrockgazette.net. We want to know when you like a story, or simply agree or disagree with the author. – L.H.
April 2013 Issue Articles
Omni Cubed Celebrates 10th Anniversary, by Peter J. Marcucci
The Dry Stone Conservancy: Building a Rock Fence Renaissance, by Stacy B. Williams
Don’t Bank on It
ISFA, IWF Announce Expanded Partnership
From the Publisher’s Pen
Good Advice of the Month
Managing the Gap, by Richard Pierce Thomas
Recycling Effort Pays Off at Surfaces | StonExpo/ Marmomacc Americas 2013
Opustone Natural Stone Distributors Open New Showroom
Best of Surfaces | StonExpo/ Marmomacc Americas Honors Ten Companies at S2
John Kunz of KEPCO+ Awarded the 2012 MIA Craftsman of the Year Award
WerkMaster™ Shines at 2013 World of Concrete
Bellavita Tile Completes New Office & Warehouse Complex
Gonna Wanna Sauna
Spring Quote of the Month
The Stone Detective, by Frederick M. Hueston, PhD
World of Concrete Shows Rock Solid Numbers
Behaving Badly in Pennsylvania
CTEF Streamlines Certified Tile Installer Testing Process
Nothing Endures But Change, by Ida Mae Nowes
New Documentary Traces Incredible Relationship Between Man and Natural Stone
Lost and Found
The Polished Perspective – Filling Thy Hopper, by Tom McNall
Marble Institute of America 2012 Pinnacle Award Winners,
Part 1 of 2
Managing to Lead, by Aaron J. Crowley
April Foolishness, by Sam Venable
The Great German Cookie Caper
Rock Stars Among Us, by Tom McNall
What Makes a Good Installation? by Peter J. Marcucci
Who’s Your Daddy?
Rock, Paper, Gun
The Varmint County Chronicles, by “Boomer” Winfrey
The Slippery Rock Classifieds
Really Need to Change Your Socks
A Legacy Written in Stone, by Peter J. Marcucci
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