b'NTCA NEWSCallewaert accepts Tile Setter Craftsperson of the Year AwardBy Avia S. Haynes, Director of Marketing & CommunicationsDuring the Awards Lunch at theJanHohnofHohn&Hohn,Inc., 10thannualTotalSolutionsPlustalked about the Dragonfly appren-inNashville,Tenn.,theNationalticesnomination.Leedidnot TileContractorsAssociationknowthathebeennominatedfor (NTCA) awarded Lee Callewaert ofthisaward.Hisapprenticestook Dragonfly Tile & Stone Works, Inc.ituponthemselvestonominate the TileSetterCraftspersonofthehim,andtheyworkedwithhis Year Award. wife, Jane, to get the application in. As part of his award, CallewaertLee did not know until the phone receivedanall-expenses-paidtripcall came. Thats how dedicated his to Total Solutions Plus. He and hisapprentices are to him, the industry wife, Jane, were also recognized atand the craft that they took it upon the NTCA Annual Meeting. themselves [to nominate him].Over20candidateswerenomi- Callewaert,whohasbeenset-nated for the award. Requirementstingtileforover35years,isthe included a letter of nomination, aco-ownerandseniorcraftsmanof careersummary,anddescriptionsDragonfly TilelocatedinGrafton, of three to five projects the nomineeWis.Hebeganhiscareerasan hasworkedon.Nomineeswereapprenticein Tennessee.Later,he requiredtobeNTCAmembers,moved to Wisconsin and where he haveaminimumof15yearsofstarted as a journeyman tile setter installation experience, and still beand later became foreman. In 2003, active tile setters at time of nomina-tion.Judgesevaluatednominees basedontheirartistry,technical accuracy,problemsolvingskills, continuing education, and mentor-ship or leadership of others. In his nomination letter, Dragonfly customers and apprentices stressed Lees commitment to the next gen-erationoftilesetters,sayinghe leads by example and teaches his students the importance of continu-allyobtainingmoreknowledgein order to improve their skills. Lee Callewaert (l.) with Bart Bettiga at the During the NTCA Annual Meeting,Awards Lunch.100TileLetter | December 2019'