b'l\\lRCA Foundation Awards Scholarships Continued from previous page .II of LaGrange, Ill. TheMRCA FoundationBoardextendscongratulations toall ofour scholarship winners.\\ . ~ I InMRCA established the MRCA Foundation as acorpo1987,nonprofit ration in order to provide financial assistance to students interested in purcareer suing ain the construction industry. From an initial $10,000 grant, the MRCA F has grown to anity with more than $1 ,000 in oundationent 50assets today. Next year\'s scholarship winners will be announced at the"53rd Annual MRCA Convention and Trade Show," Sept. 19-20, 2002 at Navy Pier in Chicago. Forinformation or to request aipcall morescholarsh application, 800/497-6722 or visit www.mrca.org. Cloak and Dagger Roofing Continued from page 5 being the only authorized roofing vendor listed by an association that is overseeing the procurement of certain products and services for school istricts in 11 states. We will examineissue in more detail in areof the Midthisfutu edition west Roofer. F the time being, take off yourcontractor shoes and orroofing put on your taxpayer shoes.really believe that exclusionary speciDo you fications belong in the public sector? Gota littletimeonyourhands?GotoNewJersey\'swebsiteat www.state.nj.us and simply"roofing scam"insearch box in the typethe upper right hand corner. You will definitely find some interesting reading. he T "52nd Annual MRCA Convention and Trade Show"will be held al the Opryland Hotel in Nashville, Ten October 1 ,T Roof nessee1-12 2001.he Consultants Institute (RCI) is p together adiscussion uttingpanelprogram on this topic for the MRCA convention titled "Exclusionary Specifications andPublic Bids" that promises to be one of theliveliest sessions ever o ered at aconvention.IST TODAY! ff roofingREG ER Any opinions and positions expressed inthis and all other articles printed in the Midwestofauthor(s},not,fact of Roofer are thosetheandby publication, those of MRCA.'