Making noise in Illinois

At the NSSGA convention in San Francisco, The Illinois Association of Aggregate Producers, headquartered in Springfield, was honored as NSSGA's State Association of the Year for 2006. "This recognition is NSSGA's way of displaying how highly we value and respect the work of our state counterparts and to reaffirm that we can achieve much more for the aggregates industry and the American public by working together than we can by working alone," said NSSGA President and CEO Joy Wilson. The Illinois association, I can attest, does a great job serving its members, many of whom have been highlighted in Pit & Quarry, and they do a great job keeping us informed of their activities. Congratulations to them on this award. Your comment?