b' 100 Years: 1919-2019 This Quarter in Historycontinued . February, March and April Events to Remembersentative on the Advisory CommitteeNV: A culinary strike/walk out was affecting all the hotels inpresented by John Touhey, Executive Vice President of the of the Department of Agriculture,Nevada. Marketers experienced spot shortages at the terminalsInternational Service Station Associationand and getting support at NOJC (PMAA)for diesel and gasoline. Texaco was building its 2000 direct selfPublisher of the Petroleum Express, activities. service station. CitiCorp was working with the State to relax theto name a few presenters. The IOMA UT: A special session was called forStates usery laws for its processing center that would employConvention included a Thursday night five issues. It was the feeling of theabout 1,000 people. dinner show featuring young Dinah members present that our State As- UT: Governors special session proclamation initially listed twentyShore, also from the television circuit. Apr 1984 sociation should support an end to thesubjects, which grew to thirty-three. After July 1, removal of theExecutive Director Jim A. Murray (JM) OMN Cliptax credits on ethanol/methanol fuel. five cent credit for fuel containing 10% ethanol, and continuationWhose Bread I Eat, His Song I sing. WA: (RR) Membership campaign was under way. Seven bills wereof the credit until 1992 for fuel blended with 10% Methanol. . The word association itself means briefly outlined1. B&O Tax; 2. Disabled drivers refuel service; 3.WA: (RR) Five meetings were in Eastern Washington. First in Spokane,that you have joined a group with a Energy Account; 4. Vehicle fuel/dispensing device; 5. Motor Vehiclethen Okanogan, Wenatchee, Yakima and the fifth in Tri Cities.common interest and as individuals and Special Fuel Tax; 6. Motor Vehicle Fuel Tax; 7. Heating utilityThe IOMA Employee Health Trust insured 2,300 families.have had varying degrees of success.Feb 1969IOMN Clip termination. That is why you go to conventions, to 1984 (APR OMN) President (DD) Pleaded with the membership50 Years Ago get a broader view of the industry and to learn how you might to get more politically active and search for good people to run for1969 [FEB Intermountain Oil Marketers News (IOMN)] Theimprove your little sphere of operation . as I move through those office, particularly those who were acquainted with the problemsChallenge of Change President Joe Clements (JC) of Twin Falls,old, historical halls of the State Capitols, I see communications at of small business and the petroleum industry.Idaho, hoped all came away from the Las Vegas convention withwork in a most masterful manner. Of course I refer to the lobbyists (GT) PoliticsPolitics It is always amazing to me how some piecesmany new ideas and their pockets full of money. . They are working on the man you elected, and it is well that they of legislation become law . I am sure someone has good reasonsThe ladies brunch hosted by San Franciscos Holiday Models held aare. Many of the members of a State Legislature have worked on for all the laws that are passed. However, I must admit that when IHoliday Fashion clinic, sponsored by the Pepsi Cola Company. one job or have been in one business all of their working lives. They look at the petroleum marketer I am amazed. Jobbers are the largestFord Motor sponsored IOMA Convention Keynote Dr. Heartsillknow their businesses well, but their information on other problems non-compensated tax collectors I know. There is no group that sells aWilson from the television industry, who spoke on Destiny Hasis only general . The oil industry, of course is well represented in the more competitive product on smaller margins than the jobber. TheyThree Faces. Other topics were Associations and thelobbying category . but it is not enough, Mr. marketer, you must are innovators in the industry, and in spite of the unfavorable treat- Oil Marketer, presented by William S. Jones, owner ofkeep in touch with the legislator you voted for ment by the legislators, they stay tough and resilient, and continueJones Oil Company in Kennett Missouri, The Jobber toFeb 1969 . It was YOUR vote he asked for last November. to be the examples which other businessmen will follow. the Petroleum IndustryWhat Namath is to the Jets,IOMN ClipIts your money and your welfare he should be presented by John Getgood, Vice President of Salesconsidering now!ID: (FS) Underground storage, Hazardous materials, elimination ofA golf ball is a small sphere made of rubber the Ton Mile Tax and replacing it with a flat registration, and stateand Director for Phillips Petroleum Company, Profitsbands wound up about half as tensely as the sales tax were reviewed. and Return on Investment presented by Joseph Byrne,man trying to hit it.MT: (JB) Aprils Board of Directors meeting was set for Lewiston,Vice President of Marketing at the Union Oil Company, along with a State Fire Marshals Bureau meeting in Helena. and The Problems of the Independent Oil Marketercontinued on page 42In The Weekly Update (Winter Quarter - November, December 2018 & January 2019 topic review) continuedPASSING OF JERRY HERBST, NEVADA MENU LABELING ONLINE COURSE AND INFORMATION December 21, 2018WPMA and the Nevada PetroleumTO HELP COMPLY WITH LABELING REQUIREMENTS WPMA OFFICES CLOSED FOR THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYMarketers and Convenience StoreGOVERNMENT FUNDING EXTENDED TWO WEEKS CONGRESS SET TO LEAVEAssociation are saddened to announce the passing of Jerry Herbst, founder andHERE WE GO AGAIN: STATE DEPARTMENT TO PREPARE ATOWN WITHOUT ADDRESSING TAX EXTENDERS chairman of the Terrible Herbst gas stationNEW REVIEW OF THE KEYSTONE XL PIPELINE Government Shutdown Likelychain throughout Nevada. Jerry passed onPRESIDENT TRUMP SIGNS FARM BILL WITH 10-YEAR NORA Tuesday, November 27th in his home, at the age of 80. 116TH CONGRESS COMMITTEE LEADERSHIP POSITIONS REAUTHORIZATION: SNAP also Reauthorized for Five YearsJerry was a pioneer in petroleum marketing in Nevada for moreREP. DEFAZIO PLANS TO PROPOSE A NATIONAL VMT PILOTthan 60 years, said NPM&CSA President Jeremy Bautista. JerryNORTHEAST STATES INTRODUCEfounded Terrible Herbst in 1959, and helped his family grow theDecember 14, 2018 TRANSPORTATION PLAN TO REDUCE EMISSIONSTerrible Herbst company into 160-plus convenience stores, car washes and lube locations throughout Southern Nevada. ThisNEVADA PETROLEUM MARKETER December 28, 2018summer, the company opened Terribles Road House in Jean,PAUL ANDERSON APPOINTED SPARKS CITY COUNCIL PASSING OF KEN BETTRIDGE, UTAHNevada, with a 50,000-square-foot convenience store and theNevada Petroleum MarketerWe are saddened to announce that UPMRA worlds largest Chevron with 96 pumps, that now stands as aPaul Anderson, Pilot Thomasand WPMA marketer member Kenneth Elmer capstone to Jerrys remarkable career. He branched into moreLogistics, was appointed toBettridge, fondly known as KB by friends than fueling, for he also had businesses in gaming, and wasthe Sparks City Council. Pauland family, passed away Friday, December 7, considered the patriarch of the first family of desert racing. Awas selected by the newly2018 in Cedar City, Utah at the age of 75. Ken pioneer in the sport of desert racing, Jerry was inducted intoelected Mayor Ron Smith towas born in Cedar City, Utah, and grew up in Parowan, Utah. both the Off-Road Motorsports Hall of Fame and the Southernfill Mayor Smiths unexpiredHe married Georgia Jean Rowley in St. George. Following Nevada Sports Hall of Fame. Jerry was much more than a fuelterm as Ward 3 councilman.graduation from Parowan High, Ken went to work for Don Draper guy, Nevada has lost an iconic businessman with a passionCONGRESS PASSES FARM BILL WITH 10 YEAR NORAin Cedar City, Utah. In 1969, Don retired, and Ken took over for all things Nevada. We will miss him, said Peter Krueger,REAUTHORIZATION: SNAP also Reauthorized for Five Years Dons position at American Oil as a jobber, where he continued NPM&CSA Executive Director.until June of 1976. At that time, American Oil was selling to their ADMINISTRATION RELEASES NEW PROPOSED WOTUS jobbers, and Ken and Georgia took the opportunity to purchase December 7, 2018 HOUSE SUBCOMMITTEE the jobbership, establishing Ken Bettridge Distributing. They PRESIDENT TRUMP CONSIDERING HOLDS HEARING ON RFS REFORM DRAFT joined the Intermountain Oil Marketers Association (now WPMA) ENDING ALL SUBSIDIES FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLES and the Utah Petroleum Marketers Association (now UPMRA) EPA RULES UPWIND STATES that same year. They continued to operate the business until it Mar 1984OMN ClipEPA RELEASES 2019 RFS RVOSHAVE MET THEIR OZONE GOOD NEIGHBOR OBLIGATIONS sold to their sons in 2006. continued on page 43WPMA News / Spring 201939WN19 Spring 17-48.indd 39 3/27/19 10:42 AM'