b"Marketer Member NewsThis Quarter in History . February, March and AprilIPM&CSA (ID): State Executive Director(Feb 7) The Lego Movie was released in theaters.Clips from 100 years of world(ED) Suzi Budge (SB) gave a State Legislative(Feb 7Feb 23) The US competed at the Winterand US history including update, with by-the-numbershow muchOlympics in Sochi, Russia and won 9 gold,money do we have and where snippets from WPMAs pastshould we spend it. 7 silver, and 12 bronze medals. (Feb 10) The Obama Administration delayed the employer Post WPMAEXPO magazines. MPMCSA (MT): ED Ronna Alexander (RA)mandate of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act 10 Years Ago Petro Polly, Obstacles are the things you seefor the second time. when you take your eye off the goal. Business equipment(Feb 12) President Obama signed an executive order raising 2014 [Spring Westernreports, and the Bakken boom were big headlines.Petroleum Marketersthe minimum wage for federal contract workers from INSIDE NPM&CSA (NV): President John Saxon an- $7.25 to $10.10. 2014 POST News (WPMN)] WPMA CONVENTION nounced that during Mays Big Dogs, Rick &(Feb 13) A federal judge ruled that CAs gun law restricting PHOTOS President Robert Fung of Hawaii I am pleasedKelly Dale of Ricks Restoration, a popular concealed weapons was unconstitutional because it History Channel reality TV show,violated the Second Amendment. to report that we hadwould be the speakers. 2014 Olympics: Meryl Davis & Charlie White were the first another successful (WPMAEXPO) in NMPMA (NM): ED Ruben Baca (RB) Snowfallcouple from the USA to win the ice dancing gold.Mike WalshFebruary!Manywas far below what it should be, drought(Feb 19) A NE judge ruled that allowing the governor to 2014 Keynote Speaker continued in NM. The November Election, minimum wage of you may notincrease, and 2014s convention at the Marriott Pyramiddirectly approve the Keystone XL pipeline and bypass realize the degreeHotel in Albuquerque were closing topics. legislative commissions was unconstitutional, further of effort that goescomplicating the widely publicized project to connect into fundraising inUPMRA (UT): ED John Hill (JH) discussedthe Canadian oil sands to the Gulf of Mexico. 3/19/14 1:15 PMconjunction with the convention tosubjects for UPMRAs Day on the Hill, and(Feb 23) In NASCAR, Dale Earnhardt Jr. eventually won Spring 2014 WPMN Cover Clipupcoming eventsJune's Summer Golf Classic Spr14 1cvr-48.indd 1 benefit the WPMA Scholarship Founda- the Daytona 500, ending a winless 55-race streak in tion and our kids. Since its inception in 1990, the WPMAat Davis Park and Septembers Convention andthe Sprint Cup Series after the race was red-flagged for Scholarship Foundation has awarded close to $600,000 inTrade Show in Park City. several hours due to heavy rain and a tornado warning scholarships to more than 180 deserving students. I am alsoWIDE Association (WA): ED Lea McCullough (LM), put into effect for the area. pleased to report that our various fundraising efforts at theWA priorities were transportation (revenue,(Feb 28) Seth Meyers took over as host of the convention were a huge success. In addition to the almostcommercial and oil safety), capping green- Late Night show, with his premiered guestssold-out scholarship golf tournament, we had a successfulhouse gas, Legacy stewardship program, and aAmy Poehler, Vice-President Joe Biden, and A Great premier donors reception, raffle ticket promotion, and silentreminder of Junes convention and trade show Big World. Meyers was the third consecutive Saturday auction at the convention. Thank you all for supporting theat Suncadia in Cle Elum. Night Live (SNL) alumnus (after WPMA Scholarship Foundation.WPMAWMI MutualJimmy Fallon and Conan OBrien) President Fung congratulated DennisInsuranceWOMA MPMCSA to host the show. The shows new Baird of ID for his Hall of Fame recognition(WMI): Presidentbandleader, Fred Armisen, was IPM&CSAand thanked him for his warm-up act forDavid Leo (DL)NPM&CSA UPMRA also an SNL veteran. keynote speaker Mike Walsh. shared information on theNMPMA 2014 (Mar 2) The 86th Academy WPMA CEO Gene Inglesby (GI) The next generation willACAs Employer Play or PayAwards: The ceremony, was be challenged with many of the samemandate with a chart. hosted by Ellen DeGeneres, andissues we are2014 (Feb 2) SuperHPMA was held at Dolby Theatre in currently fac- Bowl XLVIIIHollywood. The telecast garnered ing, due to nowas played atover 43.7 million viewers, the true leadershipMetLife Stadiummost-watched Oscar broadcast in government. at the Meadowlands Sports Complex in Eastsince 2000. Steve McQueens 12 Years a Slave won the Rutherford, New Jersey. The Seattle SeahawksAcademy Award for Best Picture. won their first Super Bowl by defeating theThe Great Beauty, an Italian film, won the Academy AwardDenver Broncos by a score of 438. for Best Foreign Language Film. (Feb 3) Janet Yellen succeeded Ben Bernanke to Alfonso Cuarns Gravity won seven awards, including the A couple ofcharts on energybecome the 15th Chairperson of the FederalAcademy Award for Best Director. The film also co-ledwith consumption andReserve as well as the first woman to holdten nominations, next to David O. Russells American Hustle. the position.Matthew McConaughey won the Academy Award for Best hydrocarbon production Actor for his performance in Dallas Buyers Club. (Feb 4) Sixteen missing children were rescued from Super were shared. Bowl-associated sex-trade slavery in an FBI sting. Cate Blanchett won the Academy Award for Best Actress forAmerican science educator and engineer Bill Nye HEMA (HI): HEMA President Edsel Eshimaher performance in Blue Jasmine. from Garlow Petroleum in Honolulu, reviewed(popularly known as Bill Nye the Science Guy) defended evolution in the classroom in a debate withFrozen won the Academy Award the 2014 State Legislative Session, Hawaiiscreationist Ken Ham on the topic of whether creation wasfor Best Animated Feature. economy and pitching pellets for electricity. a viable model of origins in the modern, scientific era.26 www.wpma.com / Spring 2024"