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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE	CONTACT: JEFF JARVIS
FEBRUARY 2008	(800) 323-9545, ext. 7512
	jjarvis@nrca.net
NRCA ANNOUNCES CHARLIE RAYMOND AWARD WINNERS Las Vegas—During the National Roofing Contractors Association's (NRCA's) 121st Annual Convention Feb. 19-23, NRCA presented its Charlie Raymond Award to Zachary L. Ellis, owner of The Ellis Co. Inc, Kenner, La., and GAF Materials Corp., Wayne, N.J. The Charlie Raymond Award is the most prestigious membership recruitment award NRCA bestows. The award annually honors a manufacturer and an individual for their extraordinary effort to recruit new members to NRCA. The Charlie Raymond Award is named for former NRCA President and J.A. Piper Award winner Charlie Raymond, who first became chairman of NRCA's Membership Committee when the association had only 328 members and is responsible for recruiting many more. Raymond recruited the 1,000th member for NRCA in 1973. ###