McGee wins Masonry Apprentice Skills Contest
60th Annual NC Fair Contest results
By Lynn Nash
Fifteen high school masonry students from ten high schools and fifteen apprentices from four masonry contracting firms participated in the 60th Annual NC Department of Labor State Fair Masonry Apprentice Contest in Raleigh October 21st.
Seventeen-year-old Kelton McGee, an apprentice with McGee Brothers Company in Monroe, is the Champion of the 60th Annual NC Department of Labor State Fair Masonry Apprentice Skills Contest. New Champion Kelton McGee finished in Third Place in the 2012 Fair Contest and finished in Fifth Place at the NCMCA Masonry Apprentice Skills Contest in May 2013.
Brent McClellan of Mount Pleasant High School finished “First” in the high school/pre-apprentice division, followed respectively with Joseph Hodge of South Rowan High School of in Second Place and Bradley Flowe of Central Cabarrus High School in Third Place.
Here are the results:
Apprentices
First Place
Kelton McGee, McGee Brothers Company, Inc.Second Place
Brennan Huntley, Huntley Brothers Company, Inc.Third Place
Trevin Munn McGee, Brothers Company, IncFourth Place
Juan Rodriguez, Brodie Contractors IncFifth Place
Harvey Mullis, McGee Brothers Company, Inc.Pre-apprentice
First Place
Brent McClellan, Mt. Pleasant High SchoolSecond Place
Joseph Hodge, South Rowan High SchoolThird Place
Bradley Flowe, Central Cabarrus High SchoolFourth Place
Aaron Dutton, West Rowan High SchoolFifth Place
Charlie Ferrell, Davie High SchoolNCMCA members firms provided materials, volunteers, judges and more than $5,000 in financial contributions for the event.
Appreciation to all the NCMCA members who served as judges, tenders and volunteers. Also to Commissioner Cherie Berry, Kathryn Castelloes, and the staff of the North Carolina Department of Labor, and the North Carolina Department of Agriculture.
About the Author
A Cary, North Carolina businessman is the new president of the North Carolina Masonry Contractors Association (NCMCA.) In April, Danks Burton, general manager and president of Pinnacle Masonry, Inc., was elected to head the 145 member firm professional trade association.