b'Events to Remember2020 This Quarter in History25 Years AgocontinuedEXPO ID: (DM) UST Insurance Lawsuit, UST Insurance Fund director Monroe Schedule -at-Glance February 17-20 Gollaher who drafted the original legislation retired, Registration Fees for Air Emission and State of Idaho Revenues were top topics.MT: (RA) Senator Baucus introduced the National Highway System (NHS) Designation Act of 1994. Environmental Quality Council and You Cant Take It With Youstory of the Sharps of Havre, MT won $47 million in the state The DATE! lottery in 1991, theyd receive payments of $2.35 million a year for the next twenty-years. After 1991, they moved to Spokane, WA. The Lottery was presented to Montana voters as a way to raise revenue to reduce county MONDAY, February 17 property tax levies for teachers retirement. As a government revenue system it is inefficient. The administrative costs of the lottery have exceeded the net 8 a.m. - 5 p.mTrade Show set up return to the state in every year except 1988, the first year of the lotterys 12 p.mSilent Auction OPENS operation. In 1993, total administrative costs to run the lottery were $10.3 12 - 5 p.mRegistration OPEN million. After prizes were paid out, $8.1 million was returned to the school equalization account and $800,00 went to the board of Crime Control. As TUESDAY, February 18 researched, Montana is the only state that spends more to run the Lottery than it returns to state government in revenue. 7 - 9 a.m. "Get Up & Go" Buffet Breakfast NV: (PK) Associate members have been busy testifying on behalf of NPMA 7 a.m. - 6 p.mRegistration OPEN before interim legislative study committees, state and local regulatory 8 a.m. - 12 p.mTrade Show set up agencies since January. At the state level, one committee is looking for ways 8 a.m . Scholarship Golf Tournament to increase highway funding and another is considering a request from the State Fire Marshall to increase fees and still another wants to write a state 8 a.m. - 1 p.m.EDUCATIONAL SESSIONS energy policy. Action by any of these committees will cost marketers money.2 - 6 p.mTRADE SHOW OPEN NM: (EM) PMAAs Day on the Hill in Washington DC was a great success, 5 - 6 p.mWelcome Receptionresolution concerning Cargo Tank testing for small tanks, and the queen of on Trade Show Floor New Mexico Petroleum Marketing was Dorothy Queen president of Queen Oil & Gas Company, an active board member of NMPMA and chairman Evening OpenSuppliers Hospitality of the 1994 NMPMA State Convention and Trade Show committee, was honored as one of the top 25 women business owners in NM. WEDNESDAY, February 19 UT: (GS) The Customer is KingTo be successful, stores should first have 7 a.mCardlock Meeting an employee empowerment plan. Second, encourage employee loyalty, 7 - 9 a.m. "Get Up & Go" Buffet Breakfast and third ask customers to buy just one more item, increasing sales by several million dollars per month.7 a.m. - 4 p.mRegistration OPEN WA: (MS) Vancouver was WOMAs site for the 1994 June convention. The 8:30 - 10 a.m.KEYNOTE SESSIONtop topic was Stage II. DOE and at least two local air pollution control 10 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.TRADE SHOW OPENagencies had required Stage II on new and modified gasoline stations in with Buffet Lunch eastern Washington, so west and east Washington were being affected. Work Horses and Show Horses in Circus City was another topicRepre-12 - 2 p.mLadies Luncheon sentative Al Swift, long-time Congressman from Everett stated, in politics 3:30 p.m. . Brand Meetings and life there are two kinds of people, work horses and show horses. (MS), 5 p.mCardlock Meeting WOMA members dont seem particularly show horsy to me, at least none Ive met so far, but four WOMA members recently demonstrated that they Evening OpenSuppliers Hospitality are work horses by attending PMAAs annual Washington conference . They talked about tax refunds (or rather the lack thereof), about EPAs RCRA THURSDAY, February 20 lender liability rule, and about expensing versus amortizing cleanup costs 7 - 9 a.m. "Get Up & Go" Buffet Breakfast . A special word of thanks is due to Norm Sather, who made us all proud as chairman of PMAAs Legislative Committee, the arm of PMAA that organizes 7 a.m. - 12 p.mRegistration OPEN the Washington meetings. Mary Jacobsen of Washington8 - 9 a.mEDUCATIONAL SESSION OHI was with us, too. Work horses, one and all. 9 a.m. - 12 p.mTRADE SHOW OPEN 1994 (JUL WPMN) New WPMA President Norm 11 a.m.Silent Auction CLOSES Sather wrote, (Riley) is a clever negotiator and had the interests of all eight state associations at heart. During Subject to change, go to WPMA website for updates or more information at his tenure from Treasurer to President and now Past www.wpmaexpo.com or www.wpma.com/national-convention President, he participated in and was responsible for many of the changes that will occur in our trade REGISTER ON-LINE at www.wpmaexpo.com association management and programs over the next few years . Working with Riley was not only aJUL 1994 WPMN Ccontinued on page 38 over Clip 34 www.wpma.com / Summer 2019'