b' Member InformationASSOCIATE MEMBERS by Company This Quarter in History. February, March and AprilIf (As of February 1) Updates go to www.wpma.com/associate-member-search Clips from 100 years of historyB including snippets fromyou Alpha Transport Inc BB&A EnvironmentalAdam Lindsay Randy Boese WPMAs past Spring need alindsay@alphatransport.com rjboese@bbaenv.com news issues.ServicesPhone (801) 363-8222 Phone (503) 570-9484Truck Trailer Repair & Parts,Tank Removal/Installation, 10 Years Ago. Transporter, Truck & Transport Sales Environmental, PetroleumAlta Computer Services LLC Testing/Sampling 2011 [SPRING Western PetroleumRobert Michaelis BP Products North America Inc Marketer News (WPMN)] WPMA2011 WPMN Cover Clip A altaram@aol.com Rocky Sida President Rob Franklin from Idaho: A&S Engineering Services Inc Phone (801) 233-0531 scott.sida@bp.com We discontinued winterizing Ahmad Ghaderi Accounting, Computer Software/ Phone (253) 862-9287 diesel this week, and the snow is ahmadg@asengineer.com Computers, Consultants Petroleum Products, blowing sideways across my office Phone (661) 250-9300 Altria Group Suppliers, Marketing window. I wonder if we made the right decision. INGEngineering, Architecture Distribution Company BestWorth Rommel I second-guess myself a lot lately. I cannot see a firm direction inPRSADD Systems Miguel Lopez-Vergara Traci Kerney our economy (or the weather), even though the Evening News tells me John Coyle miguel.r.lopez-vergaratkerney@bestworth.com the national economy is improving (and the weather is warming) . So I coylej@addsys.com @altria.com Phone (360) 435-2927 am doing what I can do. Locking in interest rates, making small acquisi-Phone (469) 952-0098 C-Store Co Branding, Canopies, Phone (800) 922-0972 Construction tions that are in my market and working to keep our facilities and vehicles C-Store Automation, ComputerTobacco in good conditionIt is kind of the lemonade out of lemons theory . Software/Computers, Altria Group Distribution Co BestWorth RommelFuel Distributor Automation James Duke Steve Quigg WPMA is starting to crunch the numbers from our February convention ADD Systems james.duke@altria.com squigg@bestworth.comAlmost everyone enjoyed Dennis Miller! It was nice to be able to Ryan Hanson Phone (804) 484-8151 Phone (425) 391-6783 laugh. Things have been too serious too long.hansonr@addsys.com Tobacco Canopies, Construction Craig Eerkes introduced Gerry Ramm as the Hall Phone (862) 219-0750 American Insurance Bickler Auto & Truck of Fame Recipient during the 2011 WPMAEXPO.Computer Software/Computers, Consultants, E-Commerce & Investment Robin Geck CEO Gene Inglesby (GI): Thanked Rob FranklinAce Tank Brian Johnson rrgeck@bresnan.net President, Robert Ogan1st Vice President,brian@american-ins.com Phone (406) 252-2058 Brett Adams2nd Vice President, Robert FungSPRING 2011 WPMN Clip & Fueling Equipment Phone (801) 364-3434 Auto Repair 3rd Vice President, Lary PoultonSenior PMAA Director, and Burton Black Jessica Barlett Insurance, Risk Management Big Rigs Tanker Service IncImmediate Past President, for their countless hours of preparation to jbartlett@acetank.com Anderson EnvironmentalAaron Smith make our (2011) convention successful. Phone (800) 426-2880Petroleum Equipment, Contracting LLC aaron@bigrigsts.com HPMA (HI): President Mark Leong Above Ground Storage Tanks, Steven Anderson Phone (253) 845-6657Underground Storage Tanks stevea@aecllc.net Transporter, Trucking, announced the election of Sayle Ace Tank Phone (360) 957-1771 Transportation/Terminals Hirashima as 1st VP and Edsel Eshima & Fueling Equipment Environmental Big Rigs Tanker Service Inc as 2nd VP. Legislative session was in Jay Peterson Anheuser-Busch Co Roger Smith full swing. In the works were a bill to jpeterson@acetank.com Peter Salatich krista@bigrigsts.com amend the fuel tax law to clarify that Phone (847) 364-1744 peter.salatichPhone (253) 845-6657 SPRING 2011 WPMN Clipthe entire fuel tax return was a public@anheuser-busch.com Transporter, Trucking, record available for public inspection. A bill allowed gasoline dealers to Acquisition & Phone (505) 986-2521 Transportation/Terminals enter into cooperative purchasing agreements to acquire discounts on Refinance Capital Inc Beer Blue Star Gas gasoline purchases. Another bill required Department of Agriculture to H Corey Henriksen Jr Aspect Consulting LLC Darren Engle adopt rules to require retail gas and diesel dealers to post the amount hchenriksen@acqrefcap.com Bob Hanford dengle@bluestargas.com of federal, state, and local taxes paid on each gallon of fuel by 1/1/12. Phone (949) 481-8500 Phone (206) 762-2583Financial Services, Mergers & Acquisitions,bhanfordPetroleum Products, Suppliers IPM&CSA (ID): Executive Director (ED) Suzanne Budge (SB) asked C-Store Sales & Acquisitions @aspectconsulting.com Have We Hit Bottom Yet? That is the question as legislative budget Action for Eastern Montana Phone (206) 780-9370 Boise Cold Storage Co writers labor to squeeze a few more dollars out of the current years Consultants, Geotechnical Kent JohnsonClint Wynne Engineering, Environmental kj@boisecold.com budget and guess about the future of the Idaho economy . Governors c.wynne@aemt.org Auto Mate Phone (208) 344-8477 Transportation Task Force: Lots of Ideas, No Legislative Proposals2011 Phone (406) 377-3564 Warehousing, Frozen Beverages,Legislative Issues . Some Say it is Time for New Taxes, but Most Lawmak-Consultants, Other Services Wade Souza Food/Ice ers Just Say No. Yet Afton Chemical Corporation wsouza@automateusa.com to emerge were Phone (801) 337-5057 Brugg Pipesystems LLCMatthew Roberts Car Wash Equipment & Supplies,Kelly Crellin tobacco, beer and matthew.robertsChemical Supplies, Car Wash Supplies kelly.crellin@brugg.com wine tax increases, @aftonchemical.com Phone (706) 346-0972 transportation Phone (801) 698-1058 Petroleum Equipment, Service Stationfunding, and sales Chemical Supplies, Oils,Equipment, Equipment Manufacturer Additives & Chemicals, taxes extending to Additives & Chemicals Supply labor and services. SPRING 2011 WPMN Clip 36 www.wpma.com / Spring 2021'