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Local, State & Regional News
# Colorado
The Rocky Mountain Masonry Institute (RMMI) and Front Range Community College are in the process of interviewing potential instructors for the associate degree in masonry that the community college will begin offering this fall. The degree program is fully accredited and, if their employers do not provide tuition reimbursement, eligible students will qualify for federal financial aid programs, grants and scholarships. Classes begin in late August.
To further assist the college's masonry students, RMMI's non-profit foundation, the Rocky Mountain Masonry Foundation, is sponsoring a 5k race in September to raise funds for scholarships. The "Run Around the Block" is a 3.2-mile race along a USA Track & Field certified course. Runners can register for the race at www.GetMeRegistered.com.
Ever in pursuit of new opportunities to disseminate information about masonry wall systems, RMMI is finalizing its "Masonry Sound Wall Guide" and has begun work on an updated "Masonry Cost Guide." Both publications are slated for completion this summer.
Also, Technical Director Diane Travis will be touring Wyoming and Montana in August and September, taking a STICK presentation on "Using Masonry for LEED Points" to architects, engineers and masons. Travis will be presenting in the following locations:
Cheyenne, Wyo., Aug. 27
Sheridan, Wyo., Aug, 28
Bozeman, Mont., Aug. 29
Helena, Mont., Aug. 30
Great Falls, Mont., Aug. 31.
Kalispell, Mont., Sept. 10
Missoula, Mont., Sept. 11
Billings, Mont., Sept. 12
Casper, Wyo., Sept. 13
For more information and exact presentation addresses, e-mail dianet@rmmi.org.
Plans for summer social activities to entertain RMMI's membership include the annual Summer Retreat at the Lodge at Vail August 10-11. For more information, contact admin@rmmi.org.
On a sad note, Carl Scheisser of Tucson, Ariz., passed on June 12. Scheisser, former owner of Permanent Builders, was a founding member of the Colorado Masonry Institute, which later became the Rocky Mountain Masonry Institute. He served on the board of directors and many committees in the 1970s and 1980s. He also was the mayor of Glenwood Springs, Colo., 1984-1985 and served on the city council from 1982-1985.
For more information about the RMMI, please visit www.rmmi.org.
# Maryland
The International Masonry Institute's (IMI) Masonry Camp will be held Aug. 11-17 and 18-24, 2007. Masonry Camp is a nationally recognized program that brings together apprentice craftworkers and architectural interns to experience the masonry crafts firsthand-brick and block, tile, terrazzo, stone, plaster, and restoration and to understand the advantages of craftworker-designer collaboration.
Guest speakers are Monica Ponce de Leon, principal of Office dA in Boston and a professor at Harvard Graduate School of Design; and Jeanne Gang, AIA, principal and founder of Studio Gang Architects of Chicago.
This year, the program moves into its permanent home at the new BAC/IMI National Training Center in Bowie, Md., designed by Stanley Tigerman, FAIA.
For more information, please visit www.imiweb.org.
# Virginia
In cooperation with the Essex (Va.) County Historical Society and the U.S. Heritage Group of Chicago, Historic Properties.com will hold a preservation workshop - "Brick & Mortar, Work with your Hands, Learn through your Heart"- Sept. 13-16 in Tappahannock, Va. The workshop will focus on the rebuilding of a 1790 residential chimney.
On Thursday, lecturers will discuss historic brick and 19th century masonry architecture and construction. On Fri-
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