Rodney Lang, Besser Sales Representative West Region attended the Concrete Masonry Association of California and Nevada (CMACN) Fall Meeting held at the Resort at Squaw Creek, Olympic Valley, California USA. This year, the fall meeting banquet included a special awards program for block producer members who have achieved 50 or more years in the concrete unit masonry business. Each recipient received an 8” x 8” x 16” glass sculpture representing a double open-end concrete masonry unit and now have their names on a perpetual plaque to be kept in the CMACN office.
The first recipients of this newly created award include four company owners: Mario E. Antonini, Angelus Block Company; Eugene (Gene) Chubb, RCP Block & Brick, Inc.; Thomas (Tom) J. Morey, Calstone Company, Inc.; and Robert (Bob) J. Miller, Air Vol Block, Inc.; along with two company executives, Fritz Anthes, Basalite Concrete Products, Inc., and Dwayne Gleason., ORCO Block Co., Inc.