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Happy Holidays!
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December 2016 #09209 Page #79
The Last Word...
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Joe Kannapell - Senior VP MiTek Industries, Inc. www.mii.com
Holiday Favorites Contest The hustle and bustle of the holiday season keeps everyone busy from Thanksgiving to New Years, but it’s important to carve out a little time for trivial things too. To help you take a few moments out of your hectic day to think about silly little things, The Advertiser has designed the following poll. To make it even more interesting, a lucky winner will be chosen at random to receive a special little treat from Santa. To play along, simply send an e-mail with your preferences on the holiday favorites below. 1.
Holiday song: A. Jingle Bells
B.
Silver Bells
2. Decorations: A. Santas
B.
Snowmen
Christmas lights: A. White
B.
Multi-color
Opening presents: A. Christmas Eve
B.
Christmas Day
Spiced beverage: A. Hot cider
B.
Mulled wine
Sugar cookies
B.
Gingerbread men
Favorite Eve: A. Christmas Eve
B.
New Years’ Eve
3. 4. 5.
6. Cookies: A. 7.
To A More Fit Truss Industry! What does the 50 person turnout at this year’s BCMC 5k run/ walk say about our 50+ year old industry? Are we more fit, or just more conscious of the value of fitness? Or, are we just being social, enjoying the company of friends, and following the BCMC agenda? Going back to our first industry trade shows yields some perspective. Then we were captives in Chicago’s urban “jungle,” fighting for taxis to reach the mammoth McCormick Place Expo Center. Our most vigorous exercise was fighting for taxis, or struggling out of bed after late night, booze-soaked, cigarettestained, steak dinners. Not one of us thought of visiting an exercise facility, and we wouldn’t have found one, anyway, at the stately old Conrad Hilton where we stayed. Fast forward to 2016’s BCMC collegial setting, where we easily Uber-ed to venues, dined in the open air, and (many of us) enjoyed ambling along campus pathways and river bluffs. A few of us stalwarts also arrived early for a 50+ mile bike ride. Others availed themselves of the well-equipped fitness centers at hotels that prohibited smoking. That one out of four BCMC attendees participated in either the 5k run or the golf outing suggests a new fitness consciousness in our industry. Participants included SBCA leadership, new members, and industry veterans. Though the tenor of BCMC was upbeat, the uncertainty of the future is ever present, when “only the strong survive.” These 5k runs stand as a benchmark on how well we’re prepared, both physically and mentally.
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