b'coins and to claim them.That is why this area has been called the" Treasure Coast of Florida ".Lastly, I want to recognize Mark Horvat\'s retirement from our industry. Mark has been involved in the insulation business on the contractor\'s side and the majority of time on the associate\'s side for the last fifty years.Starting with Illinois Insulation Co which is now Bay Insulation in 1973 and finishing with Distribution International, December 2022. Quite a career and good luck trying to beat that record of years ofservice. If you haven\'t met Mark, over the past decades either in business or conferences, you were missing out on a great opportunity to gather some extra insulation knowledge .The one thing that I admired most PRESIDENTS MESSAGEabout Mark was his relationships with his customers. Usually, Mark and his customers would become "I THINK YOUR MIND REALLYclose friends after a short period of time. CONTROLS EVERTHING"MICHEL PHELPSI met Mark at my first NIA conference back in 2007 and since then he has been a great resource and close Greetings from sunny Vero Beach, Florida. Dianefriend.Because of Mark, I have met other contrac-and I finally made the decision to spend the nexttors and associates from all over the US. I will miss few months in the warmth of Florida.Mark as my MICA/NIA golf partner for the last 15 years and I think anyone who has worked with him I have pretty much spent my whole life in snow andwill also miss his energy and sometimes his BS. ice during the winter months either in Nebraska orColorado.Because of the pandemic, I think we allMark and Kathy, enjoy retirement in your new learned that a person doesn\'t need to be in the officeFlorida home on the gulf coast, and life\'s next a hundred percent of the time. I will be working exciting journey together.Well played! remotely from Florida until the end of April. Vero Beach, population 16,707, is located on east coast,Also, keep working on that handicap with moreappx 138 miles north of Miami and 200 miles southbirdies and less boogies!!of Jacksonville, just below the frost line.Vero is famous for a couple of reasons:The Los AngelesThe MICA winter planning meeting is approaching Dodgers spring training camp was located here forsoon. I will update everyone on the details after the 56 years until their move to Phoenix in 2009. Atmeeting on next month\'s messenger. that time in the 1950\'s Vero\'s population was only3000 people but grew to 22,000 during spring ball. IBefore we know it, the June MICA meeting in still see a few old Dodgers hanging out in Vero. Colorado Springs will be here.Sandy Koufax, 3-time CY Young winner and Hall of Famer, still hits balls on a daily basis at the driving range that I go to, I still need to get a photoTake care and be safe. or autograph from him. The other interesting fact about Vero beach is that 11 Spanish ships sailingDoug Barton back to Spain from Cuba in 1715 with 3,000,000MICA President silver coins and artifacts sunk due to a hurricane that swept along the Florida coast. The coins and artifacts have never been completely recovered and to this day treasures hunters are still seeking to find 3'