About The Slippery Rock Gazette

Circulation & February 2012 Distribution: 10,500

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