Luck has his sights on more changes. He wants to broaden Luck Stone's business nationally - it now operates mainly in Virginia, North Carolina and Maryland. He's also launched a five-year plan called Vision 2005. That means a new focus on brains over brawn and a plan to offer more Internet-based services. But Luck says the company was one of the first to convert its crushing operations to electricity decades ago.
Luck also wants to carry on the company's tradition of community service.
Always a supporter of schools and local fire and rescue squads, Luck Stone recently launched its most ambitious public service project yet. When Gov. Jim Gilmore challenged industries and businesses around the state to get involved in helping public school students pass the Standards of Learning tests, Luck Stone sent employees across the state to dig up thousands of rocks of all varieties. The rock kits eventually will go to 1,200 fourthand fifth-grade schools. This is the biggest thing we've ever done from a community involvement standpoint. But he'd be proud of what the younger two generations have accomplished.