b'ad 18 people with guns, some ofyou can support the Wind DesignerItand down each aisleThen it was time to head back home wen upand whom it could be said weredesignsiteatwww.w talked tofolks. The crowd wassoI missed the second day of the shoot inddesigner.some ers.com.verygoodandpeopleseemedtrade show - Ithat wasn\'t the hope The legendary Rodney was thereThen,it wastimetogotothehappy.case with everyone. as well as my friend John, and myopening luncheon.things areI went to theMRCAboothWet aboutsustainabilityin Theseandalk fieldsuperintendent.JohnBritt.sometimes interesting, especially ifthey were giving away some electricroofing. Maybe we should talk about serverwhole tray Rodney, for reasons well known, didadrops aof dishesguitars. One of our directors, Ricksustainabilityinconventionsand not bringhis owngun- figuringat some opportuneSad toBirkman was playing Smoke on thetrade shows. The tradewas a moment.show anything he could borrow would besay that didn\'t happen. The food isWaterata ratherslowpace, andlittlesmallerthanusualbutthat better.Thprovedtobetrulyusually pretty bland, but they alwayswhen I came back 45 minutes latershouldhavegiveneveryonemore is embarrassingbecauseRodney o serve agood dessert so youhewasstillplayingit.Sortofopportunity to intera All the eduutreallyct. shot me. Though, in the interest offorget how bad the rest of the mealreminded me when Iplay thecational sessions were relevant and could is willwent full d closure, Isay Ito thewas.start of Bad Moon Rising.wellpresented - but more of you eye doctor as soon as I got homeWhile we were eating we got toTomBoritzke of Langer Roofingshould have been th to see them. ere and got my prescription changed.hear about things at NRCA from Billin Milwaukee won one of the guitars.Is it contractor apathy? Most conThe winner of the whole thing wasGood and Bob Daly. Bob was inter Wonder what he can play? I\'ll stick totractorsI talktoareenthusiastic Kinsey Robinson,thepresidentofesting (not that Bill wasn\'t) since ourthe harmonica.about theirbusinesses.Isit staid theInternationalUnion of Roofers.1stvice-presidentishisbrotherRene Dupuis and Ited oursameness? This could be part of it presenHe also won last year,provesJohn and one of our directors is hisTechnical and Research update thebut most companies with new innowhich union guys are good with guns.other brother Steve. We heard aboutnextday.Wecoveredsyntheticvationsareanxioustoshowcase PO JimandBernieMansfield, onhow they all grew up in the businessunderlayments, T and touched on their way to Florida, also shot andandhow they allrunthe tradegreenroofingandsu Continued on page 11 allstainability. wonprizes. The factthat they areassociations - at least for now. J in-laws probably wasn\'t aNext, it was time topresent the ay\'sfac-r. We had so many prizes and soMccawley award, MRCA\'shighestDO THERIGHT THING! whonor. Well, usually it is -they gave shooters that almost everybody didn\'t. won something. Somehow Iit to me one year. The golf tournament had aboutThissupposed to be a 50issurprise, players and was shortened by rain,and this year it was. My good friend so Ithey handled it like liberalJay Crisp, who retired from the busithink little-everybody won.ness but still isinassocileagueactivethe I soon got back to the Oprylandation, was the recipient. For the first and met someand employ time in his life he was speechless. friends ees at theCascades bar. ThisbarJay andhis wifeMaurine(who goes around in circles very slowly,still is acontractor and one roofing and ifdidn\'t know that you mightof our recent directors) are twoof you have felt youhad too many beforeMRCA\'sstrongestsupporters.Jay you had any.was achoice - plus he had to great Went to dinner and got it paid forbuy drinksall the o past winforther sowas by someone else,Iready forners. the show to start.Now it was time to head to the Itwo of he morning ses tradeshowfloor.KurtandSheila attendedtsions, one on low-slope metal roofSteinkuhler cut theand in we ribbon details and one with NRCA\'sMarkwent. Tamko was the firstboothIOSHA 29 CFR 1926.501Considers Graham on the current st~te of FMcame to and,lo andbehold, thereSkylights to Be "HOLES" in Roofs. 1-29. T was very interesting andwas my old friend B Riley.Every hisill Mark is very knowledgeable on thetrade show I go to, there is Bill. He subject.Unfortunately,FMisnot.must be Tamko\'s designated hitter. FM can\'t seem to get this right soTamko has aof new productsEaPLASTECO, Inc. ton they just change itfew months.but they all seem to be residential. I every800-231-6117 X307 \'f you are ayou need todidn\'t see much about commercial. contractorWebsite: www.plasteco.com pay close attention toand when this 7'