Newsletter - Apr 2008
From Dave’s Desk:

In last month’s article, we let you know about J.W. Knapen’s story and the construction of the JW House. Although this is a large project, donating our labor for this good cause is the right thing to do and will benefit the South Bay community for many years to come.

Thank you to all the volunteers who worked at the JW House, including Hector Barrera, Gino Gianelli, Mason Coit, David Salas, Arsenio Rodriguez, Francisco Cazarez, Jaime Espinoza, Larry Stokes, Manuel Cazarez, Mario Martinez, Elidio Sandoval, Abel Avila, Chris Boozer, Marcos Chavez, Darryl Vegas, Matthew Vick, Matt Arwick, Jose Miguel Morales, Clarence Hanson, Juan Carlos Perez, Arnulfo Crespo, Bryan Pritchett, Rafael Tavake, Charlie Woodard, Dossy Monroe, Garrett Jackson, Manny Sears, Efrain Rodriguez, Raquel Gomez, Jesus Perez, Eric Collison, Genaro Reynoso, Martin Espinoza, Michael Lumley, Cesar Estrada, Fausto Rodriguez, Vicente Goizon, Daniel Gonzales, Antonio Gonzales, Jose Morales, Joe Navarro, Manuel Bautista Alvarez, Ricardo Abella, Fernando Barajas, Rey Francisco Barrios, Francisco Carranza, Edith Meagher, Ciro Morales, Francisco Morales, Rodrigo Morales, Joseph Navarro, Cruz Orozco, David Carr, Justin Garland, Lupe Ortiz, Gary Mitzel, John Rodriguez, Larry Smith, Phil Weltman, Tom Spear, Troy Garland, Gary Piefer, Steve Kantoniemi, Dave Danner, Tony Santos, Dave Jackson, Manny Sears, and Randy Smith.

If we have not listed you, please call so we may acknowledge your contribution.

On Saturday April 5, the local Tilelayer apprentice contest was held at the Hayward school. Eligible apprentices competed for three spots and an alternate spot to represent BAC 3 CA in the 2008 Western States Brick and Tile Contest to be held in San Diego on May 31.

Congratulations to 1st place winner Fernando Barajas, 2nd place winner Kenny Webster, 3rd place winner Joshua Pudlak, 4th place winner, alternate Mike Mitzel. Thank you to all the contestants, all apprentices who helped with the contest, Tile Apprentice Coordinator Lupe Ortiz, Judges Jim Bare, Ben Spear, Rick Papapietro and BAC 3 staff for providing lunch. Thanks to Clayton Peck from Custom Building Products for donating prizes to the winners and Stan Young at the Tile Setters Toy Store for donating equipment and a discount on materials.

Congratulations to all Tilelayer and Tile Finisher apprentices that graduated from 3-1-07 to 3-1-08. The following newly Certified Journeymen attended the contest and were presented jackets from the NCTI Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee;

Tilelayers Alfredo Cholico, Gerardo Lopez, Heung Chun Liu, and Tile Finishers Miguel Castellanos, Jose Corona, John Ferry, Dionicio Guiterrez, Luis Hernandez, Hao Wen Liang, Qi Liu, Asecencion Lomeli-Villa, Miguel Lopez-Berber, Jaime Maciel, Miguel Mendoza, Guadalupe Ortega.

The local Bricklayer contest results will be included in next months article.

We are pleased to announce that the new BAC 3 and NCTI participant benefits websites are officially live! Here are the site addresses:

www.brickbenefits.com
www.tilebenefits.com

BAC 3 is committed to providing its members and plan participants with convenient, easily accessible benefit information. This newly developed site was designed with this goal in mind, to give participants another resource for accessing current benefit information. A member’s only section will be available in July.

Work Safe and Honor all Pickets, Dave Jackson