[Ken Hurst]

Thanks for posting these pictures Mr. Steve and big time congrats Mr. Mike --- you certainly deserve the praise & award ! As a side note, Howard was my first apprentist. He was living and working as a stone/brick mason in Blacksburg , Va. while I lived in the northern part of the state. He contacted me asking for help & this got us together. Howard would work all day at a construction site and would practice engraving all night everyother night & still work --- that's dedication. I would like to think that Mike did somewhat the same in order to acchieve his high level of skill. Ken