About The Slippery Rock Gazette

The Slippery Rock has become the most widely read stone trades newspaper in the United States, mailed directly to businesses and individuals working in the stone and associated trades.

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Rich Hassert............................ Publisher
Larry M. Hood......................... Editor/Design Director
G. William Brown..................... Graphic Designer
Steve Bussell........................... Technical Advisor
Liz McGeachy.............................. Feature Contributor
Aaron J. Crowley...................... Stone Industry Consultant
Carmen Ghia........................... Foreign Desk
Rufus Leakin............................ Guru of Folklore
Peter J. Marcucci....................... Special Correspondent
Torin Dixon.............................. Special Correspondent
Joel Davis.............................. Special Correspondent
Sean McCool ............................ Direct Marketing Contributor
Tom McNall.............................. Floor Restoration Consultant
Ida Mae Nowes.......................... Nubbins Correspondent
Anne Tenna............................... Human Resources & Grandmother Dept.
Richard Pierce Thomas................ Leadership and Small Business Consultant
Boomer Winfrey.......................... Varmint County Correspondent