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Natural Stone Institute Receives Pillar Award
Natural Stone Institute’s Pam Hammond and Jim Hieb accepted the Pillar Award at United Way’s Annual Celebration of Community Impact.
Natural Stone Institute has been presented with the United Way of Great Lorain County’s Pillar Award. The award was presented during United Way’s Annual Celebration of Community Impact.
The Pillar Award acknowledges organizations with the largest percentage increase in employee participation by size of company. Natural Stone Institute staff began volunteering and making finan- cial contributions to the United Way in late 2018.
Natural Stone Institute CEO Jim Hieb commented: “It has been re- warding and invigorating to see our staff get involved with United Way over the past few months. We incorporated these efforts into a team-building exercise at our last staff retreat, and employ- ees in our Ohio office have vol- unteered with several local United Way programs, including a local food bank for seniors. Although
we are a global association, it is important for us to remember that there is much to be done in our local communities. We look forward to continuing to support United Way throughout 2019 and beyond.”
The Natural Stone Institute is a trade association represent- ing every aspect of the natural
stone industry. The current membership exceeds 2,000 members in over 50 nations. The association offers a wide array of technical and training resources, professional devel- opment opportunities, regula- tory advocacy, and networking events. Learn more at www. naturalstoneinstitute.org.
The Stone Detective
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I looked at my friend and told him that it could be removed with some special cleaners. He looked at me and shook his head in a “no you can’t” gesture. I looked at him, and he just told me to follow him. We came to an area where the marble on the walls looked to be a newly installed white marble. In contrast, it looked blindingly white compared to the old, yel- lowed marble. He told me that the contract specifically stated not to disturb the existing marble, and to attempt to match the new marble to the old. This is a requirement we often see in a lot of historic proj- ects. In effect, they wanted to per- severe the history of the effects of smoking inside a building! I know it sounds strange, but welcome to the world of Historic Preservation.
“So how do we make the new look old again?” he asked. I told him he needed to get a bunch of smokers and have them blow smoke on the walls for a few years, but he didn’t find it funny. I laughed and told him that the typical color enhancers wouldn’t
work. I’ve tried it before.
I was racking my brain for a good
way to tell him that it couldn’t be done, and remembered the home improvement show I was watch- ing earlier in the week–the old guy who was restoring the dresser. He made his own stain consisting of chewing tobacco and alcohol.
With a grin, I told my friend to go let Prince Albert out of the can, and dunk him in jar of alcohol for a week. My hope was that the nic- otine in the tobacco would work as a stain, like it did for the guy on TV. To make a long story short ... a week later he tested a spot, and it was a very close match. Another Case solved. I think I’ll start DVR- ing those home improvement shows and saving it as “research”.
The Stone Detective is a fictional character created by Dr. Frederick M. Hueston, PhD, written to enter- tain and educate. Dr. Fred has writ- ten over 33 books on stone and tile installations, fabrication and resto- ration and also serves as an expert for many legal cases across the world. Send your email comments to fhueston@stoneforensics.com.