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11 VINYL SURVEY Neon History Dimensional Signs Design Basics

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JANUARY 2011 Vo lu m e 233, N u m b e r 1 About the cover: Art Display Co. (Capitol Heights, MD) designed, fabricated and helped install exposed-neon signage at this Uncle Julio’s Woodbrigde, VA location. For more details, see page 50.

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100 Years of Neon Signs

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The Matter of Design

The 2010 Vinyl Survey

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by Steve Aust View top-notch 3-D signs without special glasses. by Lawrin Rosen Integrating software with classic, hand-rendering skills by Wade Swormstedt The use of this industry staple indicates optimism.

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ST Update by Susan Conner SGIA Expo breaks attendance record; a shiny tiara signals Queen City dreams; and a billboard burns clean flames. Letters Praising Mike Stevens’ book; questioning LED claims; and challenging code compliance Technology Update by Darek Johnson A new perspective Real World Vinyl by Rob Ivers Rough and tough, part two Strictly Commercial by Peter Moir Pirate invasion (Sign Depot) The Moving Message by Bob Klausmeier A decade can make a difference. Sign Museum News by Tod Swormstedt Celebrating the Chicago look, part II Technology Review by Chris and Kathi Morrison CET Color’s UV-cure printers and CNC routers New Products Product Showcase: Magnetic Media Industry News Advertising Index Editorially Speaking by Wade Swormstedt LA show and tell

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EDITORIAL Wade Swormstedt publisher/editor Susan Conner senior editor Darek Johnson senior technology editor/analyst Steve Aust senior associate editor Louis Brill technology contributor DESIGN & PRODUCTION Jeff Russ senior art director Linda Volz production supervisor SALES/MARKETING Steve Duccilli group publisher, signage and graphics group Sandi Luppert marketing manager Louis Arneberg account manager Ben Stauss account manager Lisa Zurick account manager Victoria Wells directory & classified ad coordinator

CORPORATE Tedd Swormstedt president Tod Swormstedt American Sign Museum Christine Baloga audience development director Mark Kissling director, book div. CUSTOMER SERVICE Call: (800) 925-1110 www.stmediagroup.com/customer.html

ST Editorial Advisory Board Glenn Carroll is the president of media-

Sparky Potter, proprietor of Wood & Wood

measurement company Carroll Media Services (Alpharetta, GA).

Signs (Waitsfield, VT), founded his shop in 1972.

Bill Dundas, a former ST technical editor, currently serves as the Director of Technical Affairs for the Intl. Sign Assn. (ISA).

Lawrin Rosen founded his shop, ARTfx

Brigitte Hunt has served as the exhibi-

Jared Smith is the president of bluemedia

tion director for Reed Exhibitions’ Visual Communication Italy show for decades.

(Tempe, AZ), a graphics provider that specializes in vehicle and environmental graphics.

Rob Ivers, the certification director for

Kevin Stotmeister is president and

the Professional Decal Application Assn. Inc., writes ST's "Real World Vinyl" column.

CEO of Federal Heath Sign LLC (Oceanside, CA).

John Johnson, a former ISA president

Professor Alan Weinstein holds a joint-faculty

of the board, has more than 30 years of sign-association experience.

appointment at Cleveland (OH) State University’s Cleveland-Marshall College of Law and the Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs.

Jan Lorenc is a partner in Lorenc + Yoo

Noel Yarger is the president of North

(Roswell, GA), an environmental-graphic design firm.

American Signs (South Bend, IN) and the Signage Foundation for Communication Excellence.

Signs (Bloomfield, CT), in 1983 with a commitment to artistry and innovation.

SIGNS OF THE TIMES (ISSN 0037-5063) is published monthly, except semi-monthly in January, by ST Media Group International Inc., 11262 Cornell Park Dr., Cincinnati, OH 45242. Phones: (513) 421-2050, 421-2051, 421-2052 and circulation (800) 421-1321, 421-2053. E-mail: signs@stmediagroup.com; Internet: www.signweb. com/st. Subscription price in the US and US possessions is $39 a year, single copies $5 plus postage; Canada $59 a year, single copies $7 plus postage; all other countries $62 a year, single copies $7 plus postage. Periodical postage paid at Cincinnati and other mailing offices. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to SIGNS OF THE TIMES, 11262 Cornell Park Dr., Cincinnati, OH 45242. © ST Media Group International Inc. 2010. All rights reserved. No part contained herein may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording or by any information storage and retrieval system, without the expressed, written permission of the publisher. The claims and statements made in the advertisements and articles that appear in Signs of the Times magazine are those of the advertiser and authors and are in no way endorsed or independently verified by ST Media Group International Inc. Memberships: Intl. Sign Assn., Audit Bureau of Circulation, American Business Press, Inc.

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News for a broader perspective

SGIA’s 2010 Expo Sets Attendance Records The 2010 SGIA Expo, held in Las Vegas, October 13-15, set attendance records, having attracted 21,956 people. The association had forecast a 20% increase, compared to 2009, based on pre-registration. The 184,060-sq.-ft. tradeshow floor – an increase of 30,000 sq. ft. over last year – housed 487 company displays that offered new or updated products to print, image and signmakers. SGIA reported 39.8% of attendees were first-time visitors; 82.5% (of the total registrants) were from the U.S.; Canada tallied 5.3%; and the international count came to 17.5%. The 2011 SGIA Expo will be held at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans, October 19-21.

Queen City Topper Cincinnati’s designation as the Queen City was recently crowned by a tiara. After nearly three months of construction, the final keystone section of the tiara atop Great American Tower at Queen City Square was completed, making the skyscraper the city’s tallest building at 665 ft. The self-supporting, arched structure comprises a series of nine, interconnected arches, which form the larger, arched tiara shape. With the completion of the 130-ft. (13-story) tiara, construction shifted to the tower’s interior. The 41-story Great American Tower at Queen City Square was designed by Gyo Obata, founding partner of Hellmuth, Obata+Kassabaum. Gold pre-certified under the LEED-Core and Shell program, the building will be the most environmentally sensitive building downtown. John F. Barrett, president and chief executive officer of Western & Southern Financial Group, whose real-estate investment subsidiary, Eagle Realty Group, commissioned the project, said, “The tower is now the tallest building in Cincinnati, and Western & Southern is proud to play a role in revitalizing the city through the commercial and economic opportunities it creates.”

Clean Flames MMT, a visual-communications company that specializes in billboard printing, banners and building wraps, and stadium and arena graphics, helped flame a Honda Civic with LEDs. Honda wanted to spotlight the natural-gas aspect of their campaign. Agency Rubin Postaer & Associates initially sought suggestions to make the I’s in the Civic look

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like flames to make their board come to life at night on the 405 Freeway in Carson, CA, near Los Angeles, and to promote the 100% natural-gas Honda vehicle. To mimic natural-gas flames, the main billboard was printed using MMT’s drum technology, which utilizes custom acrylic paints. As for the flames, with the help from CBS Outdoor in Los Angeles on zoning and engineering possibilities and RPA, an MMT Southern California print partner, MMT engineered a concept that utilizes LED technology and the custom creation of specially designed and shaped cabinets that, when illuminated, would look like natural-gas flames at night. First, MMT created a scaled-down prototype of the 8-ft. flames. The LED manufacturer custom-created a 2.5-ft.-tall cabinet. MMT imaged the flames on 3M stock with an overlaminate, then mounted it to a rigid clear surface, and incorporated to the miniature test can for the client to approve. After having received client approval, MMT discovered the due date had been moved up by a week. The can manufacturer completed the two flames in an expedited timeframe. Natural gas, which emits fewer harmful chemicals into the atmosphere than other fossil fuels, can help to mitigate some environmental issues.

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LETTERS

Letters should be sent to signs@stmediagroup.com.

Praising Mastering Layout I wanted to let ST know how much I appreciate you folks. I’m utilizing a book you published a while back, Mastering Layout, by Mike Stevens. I had the privilege of meeting Mike shortly before he passed and found him to be a fascinating character. I’ve used Mastering Layout as a teaching book for years. First, I was at a billboard company, teaching salespeople the fundamentals of sign design as to better prepare them for communicating with their customers as well as the art department. I further utilized the book in my own sign company in daily, morning meetings. The intent was to bring the level of design awareness up above the crowd and make each employee better

equipped to discern right from wrong in design. It’s amazing how profound the principles laid out in the book actually are. Much of the same lessons in design can be applied to our personal lives, and, at the very least, they can provide a sound understanding of what we

LED Replaces Common Sense….Again! Going broke saving money! Seems a little illogical to most folks, but maybe it’s just those of us that don’t have big corporate budgets or a need to make our conscience feel better by “going green.” Evidently, that’s not the case in Corporate America, where the specifiers and designers of signage, corporate purchasers and greedy salesmen create their feel-good “magic” regardless of real-world return on investment. As an example, let’s look at the real-world, actual numbers on the Citgo Sign at Boston’s Kenmore Square, now undergoing its second retrofit with LED (see ST, October 2010, page 10). The animated neon sign, from 1965 to 2005, illuminates the Boston skyline as a landmark. The cost of the neon in today’s market would be $324,000 – $8,100 per year. In 1982, the Citgo Co. was set to retire the sign until they were persuaded by many local groups to leave the sign in place because of its historical significance. In 2005, Citgo decided, at the urging of the Venezuelan Product Type LED Neon

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see all around us. The latest use of the study is actually being done at my church. We attend a large church that has a wide variety of outreach programs offered to the community. One is the Art Alliance Ministry. It involves mostly music but has now added this course in design basics. I’ve enclosed a sample of the flier being circulated. It will give you a good idea of where this thing is headed. Again, thank you for your efforts and for the continued quality of work that you do. Our jobs as information handlers, lifestyle decorators and “my dog’s bigger than your dog” experts puts us in a position of great responsibility. Responsible advertising starts with solid and reliable design. – Larry Williams

government/the home office, to rework the sign using LED technology. This initial retrofit cost $1.5 million, and it operated from 2005-2010 when it was decided the sign was failing so badly it needed another retrofit. That was a whopping $300,000 per year in initial product cost. Compare that to neon. However, Citgo was very proud to have saved $18,000 per year over five years. But what about the net, extraproduct cost expense of $283,800 per year over a fiveyear period? Citgo must have some magic, super, greenenergy source that makes up the financial shortfall. If this seems like fuzzy math, check the math on that “savings” of $18,000. It appears the sign was generating its own electricity. In side-by-side tests with comparable product and equal light outputs, those “savings” numbers just aren’t there. Most of the time, the products are compared at worst-case vs. best-case technology, and light-level outputs are not considered. But with big budgets and marketing schemes, the truth somehow becomes an unimportant, omitted detail. The second LED retrofit (re-retrofit) is currently underway at an undisclosed cost. Perhaps this one will work out more favorably mathematically for Citgo, but with the LED-market trends of shorter warranty periods and unproven performance, that may be fiscally impossible. Check back in a few years for the story of the retro of the retro, retrofit. Who knows, maybe common sense will be back in fashion by then. – Loren Hudson, president Hudson & Hudson Neon, Houston, TX

LETTERS Misleading LED Claims Having been involved in the neon and cold-cathode industry for almost 35 years, I am appalled at the amount of misleading information that is being forced down the throats of lighting designers and architects in the form of advertising. The sign-industry shows are now LED shows. Even our industry publication, Signs of the Times, has sold out to the LED industry. Rarely do you see any comments or editorials regarding the use of linear, cold-cathode as a costeffective lighting technology with almost a century of testing and proven use behind it. Nor do you see the LED industry being taken to task or class-action suits being filed against them for their lies regarding efficacy, longevity, light output, or true, apples-tooranges costs to purchase, install and operate at equal lumens output. Maybe you’ve forgotten the years of support your publication received from the neon and cold-cathode industry, or the positive points that put the value of cathode linear lighting head and shoulders above LEDs. Allow me to elucidate: • Instant on: no flicker, no noise and no starters • Flexibility: made to order, any shape or size • Long lamp life: up to 100,000 functional hours

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•C ontinuous: shadowless cove lighting without dark ends or hot spots • Energy efficient: as little as 3.5 watts per linear foot makes it invaluable on LEED-certified projects • High light output: 105 to 124 lumens per watt. Efficacy is 40% higher than fluorescent tubes. • Lumens maintenance: less than 0.2% loss per 1,000 hours • Low maintenance: ideal for hard-to-access areas • Dimming to 10% of total light output using readily available and inexpensive dimming controls • Dimming on/off cycles have no effect on lamp lifespan. • Wide range of colors: white from 1,900K to 8,300K with high CRI values • No generated heat adds to concurrent energy savings on air-conditioning costs. • UL-approved and listed for interior and exposed outdoor applications. It’s my hope that you and the rest of the editorial staff will take another look at linear, cold-cathode lighting and not continue to follow the Pied Piper’s call to jump over the cliff with LEDs. – Robert S. Costs, president Cathode Systems of America LLC, Carnegie, PA

LETTERS Code Violations? In examining the article, “Strictly Electric,” by Jamie Nelligan (see ST, October 2010, page 30), the first thing my colleagues and I noticed was the fact that there doesn’t appear to be any electrical enclosure for much of the LEDs in the Gridiron sign. The side-view photo clearly shows exposed electrical components, which, to my knowledge, none exist that can be exposed in any way legally. The last couple of years in the electric-sign industry have been interesting with the advent of LED technology, and our company has seen more and more commercial signshops with no electric-sign experience

Editorial Plaudits I was catching up on some reading over the weekend and ran across your editorial (see ST, November 2010, page 128, “To Our Coy Congress”). I’ve been reading the magazine since the early ’80s. That was probably one of the best damn editorials I can ever remember reading. Great job! – Jack Muldoon, president Accent Graphics Inc., Grand Prairie, TX

outsourcing all the components of a job and simply assembling the parts with no knowledge of the National Electric Code requirements for electric signs. I can tell you, from the photos in the article, that this sign, as shown, wouldn’t pass an inspection by Underwriter’s Laboratories or a local inspection by an electrical inspector with knowledge of the code. We run into challenges every week from clients who are looking for a certain look like the Gridiron sign delivers, but are either impossible to achieve from a design standpoint because of the electrical-code restrictions or become too cost prohibitive because of all the additional components required to make an electric sign like this legal. We see small companies like this trying to take advantage of the opportunity to sell a product that has not been properly designed and is in violation of state, local and national codes. This makes it very difficult for legitimate companies who are doing everything by the book to compete. The state of Oregon and other states are currently considering legislation that electric-sign designers possess electrical-sign licenses themselves, and this may be good reason for it. – Eric Scharer, design department Salem Sign Co. Inc., Salem, OR

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TECHNOLOGY UPDATE

Darek Johnson is ST’s Senior Technology Editor/Analyst. Email him at darek.johnson@stmediagroup.com

By Darek Johnson

A New Perspective Adobe’s Lightroom 3 offers perspective control and other nifty apparatus. graphs of Yosemite National Park. Until recently, such effects required specialized camera gear. Today, most photo software – and this includes Lightroom – easily performs the job.

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perspective-control devices that correct the “fall-away” effect in photos of tall buildings, signs or structures. Eliminating the perspective effect gives more presence, boldness, to the image. Classic examples are found in Julius Shulman’s architectural photographs or Ansel Adams’ photo-

How to Shoot Night Photos that Include Streaked Car Lights Because they’re dramatic, nighttime photos are more memorable. Here’s an easy lesson on how to include streaked car headlights in your nocturnal sign photos. Camera type: Select a camera that will shoot in manual or shutter-priority mode, so you can make long-exposure shots. (Many pocket cameras have such selections.) If your camera doesn’t permit manual settings, choose the aperture-priority mode, then select the highest aperture number (the numbers correlate to aperture openings, and higher numbers represent smaller openings; thus, less light enters the camera). Smaller apertures entail longer exposures, such as those that capture the moving car lights (streaks). Other gear: Take a tripod or find some way to stabilize the camera (brace it on something steady with a cushion underneath – a car hood, if the motor is off). Keep it still for the long-exposure shots. Location: Find an interesting location that frames the 14 SIGNS OF THE TIMES / JANUARY 2011

numerous features signmakers will find useful, but my favorite is the perspective-control tool, because it allows you to correct the “fallaway” (or “keystone”) effect that you see in ordinary photographs of such tall objects as monument signs or the Empire State Building. With some exceptions, wellformulated camera lenses – a mechanical/optical device, essentially – record a world that’s similar to our vision. Thus, highways and train tracks retreat in size when photographed from across a level plain, as do tall buildings – and signs – when shot from below. Lightroom’s perspective-control tool Photo credit: Ligia Cuevas

God, or nature, whichever you prefer, designed our perspective vision so we could determine distances, even at close range. Otherwise, we’d drink out of the wrong beer bottle or, when driving, turn left into Burger King instead of Sears. Essentially, perspective vision is a survival mechanism. It allows you to see and judge the size and distance of objects. You can’t hunt, drive – or know when to leap aside – without it. Interestingly, perspective vision is almost an optical illusion. It’s the ability to perceive three dimensions while your retinas distinguish, then coalesce, two. Because of the perspective phenomenon, when you photograph a tall sign, the highest point, the top, appears to fall away, or diminish in size, just as railroad tracks reach a vanishing point when viewed across a level plane. To skirt this effect, architectural (and landscape) photographers employ various camera and lens

sign next to a street or highway, so you can record passing cars’ light trails with the sign. A high point often affords the best view, but a low point can establish drama. Also, perspective road views produce the most interesting light streaks. Shooting after dark is okay, but also try shooting soon after sundown, so your photo incorporates the sunset sky.

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Remember, this is a creative process, so plan on spending some time on it. No hard and fast rules exist. In such creative processes, every scene – and every photograph – is different. Experiment extensively, with shutter speeds, f-stops, ISO and locations. Camera settings: If possible, use manual focus. If you can’t, press and hold the shutter-release button halfway down, so the camera can focus before you shoot. Try your first shot at a shutter speed of one second at an aperture setting of f/8. Experiment with the aperture and shutter-speed settings, but remember that longer shutter speeds (or faster cars) result in longer light streaks, the most dramatic shots. Set a smaller aperture and longer exposure for your second shot to see how the change affected the picture. Exposures up to 10 seconds are reasonable. Don’t overlook your real purpose – the signface must be properly exposed. Troubleshooting: If the photo is too light, close down the shutter and check your ISO (light sensitivity) setting. It should be at the lowest number, say 100. A low ISO number reduces the image receptor’s light sensitivity and allows you to shoot at slower shutter speeds. Low ISO settings also helps minimize artifacts and graininess. allows you to undo this distortion. With it, you can present tall and tapered items as square again, as if seen from a central viewpoint. The final photograph becomes a bolder, more visually pleasing image. It isn’t all peaches and cream, however. With perspective control software, you use a variable tool to line up the visual axes of a threedimensional image on a two-dimensional screen. Everything changes when you modify the image – other inclusive shapes and the corners’ proportions, for example. Thankfully, Adobe’s Lightroom engineers incorporated ancillary, perspective-control tools. One robotically crops the image to fit the new look. The perspective-control process also affects (stretches or condenses) the photo’s individual pixel shapes, so complete your editing work at full size, then shrink the image to your planned finish size. As usual, save any sharpening commands until last. 16 SIGNS OF THE TIMES / JANUARY 2011

Is the photo too dark? Open the shutter or increase the exposure time. If the camera processing takes a long time (the viewing screen remains dark), open the shutter several more stops and try again. (You may have to switch the camera off and on again.) After this, open the shutter further or diminish the exposure time. Lastly, stay out of harm’s way – and take a friend to watch your back.

Taking its cue from auto manufacturers, perhaps, Adobe has enlarged Lightroom’s size and technical capability with each new edition. In addition to the perspective control, here are edition 3’s most notable news tools: A new Import Interface, the new, camera-to-Lightroom (download) interface, provides “clear indications” of where your photos will be placed and how they’ll be organized. Meaning, no more rummaging about to find your photo files. Also, via a dialog box, Lightroom allows you to insert such personal metadata annotations as model release and copyright records. DSLR file support permits you to manage and organize both digital video (from DSLR cameras) and still photos. An improved Watermarking tool lets you imbed text and/or a graphic into your photo, to hinder unauthorized use. Additionally, you can now size and position the watermark, as well as fine-tune its

opacity. Lens correction allows you to automatically lessen lens defects, even those you don’t realize exist. Noise reduction, the company says, is “state-of-the-art,” and you can use it to mollify high-ISO images that, characteristically, are noisy (coarse textures, artifacts). The claim appears to be true. Direct, online image sharing is the ability to upload images to such websites as Facebook or Flickr. Slideshows lets you create and export high-resolution slideshows, with music and titles, as video files. Finally, don’t compare Adobe Photoshop or Corel’s PaintShop Photo Pro X3 to Lightroom, because they’re in-depth, photomanipulation software. Lightroom is for photographers and designers who want to quickly manage numerous photographs for various placements – print, web or CD. They can moderately edit the images in the process. It does the job very well. n

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REAL WORLD VINYL

Rob Ivers owns Rob Ivers Inc. (Raymore, MO), a vehicle graphics and installation company. He’s installed vinyl since 1978 and taught vinyl-graphics installation since 1993. For more information, visit www.robivers.com

By Rob Ivers

Rough and Tough, Part Two This month, Rob reviews media designs to conform to complex surfaces. Last month, Rob discussed the proper application of films designed for rough, textured surfaces.

W hen talking tough about vinyl, I’m referring to challenging shapes, primarily vehicles’ channels and indentations, or trailer and bus corrugations. Failures are so common: Dodge Sprinter vans are a common culprit, and even the smaller indentations on Fords and Chevrolets can prove challenging. Honestly, I’m surprised clients still allow us to wrap them. Why do these shapes fail? Several key reasons include overstretching, using the wrong material, inexperienced installers and adhesive weakened by solvent-ink retention. Tough customers Improved tools, equipment and materials have created more opportunities for many vinyl-graphic providers. But, I think it’s necessary to debunk a few myths.

Myth #1: A good installer should be able to wrap any vehicle (or other surface, for that matter) with no seams, make it look perfect, and have it last without any lifting. Can a bowling ball (imagine no holes were drilled) be wrapped with one piece of vinyl, with no seams, wrinkles or flaws? Of course not! I’ve never heard anyone disagree. Vinyl has limits. The client who wanted the 10-ft.-diameter golf ball wrapped notwithstanding, most clients accept these limits. I believe our job as professional installers is to determine, through practice and experience, what exceeds sensible limits, and turn those jobs down … for our sake, and our customers’. When I say “wrong” material, I mean a material not intended for a given application. I formerly said shops should never use calendared films for vehicle wraps. Today, MACtac offers a fine, vehicle-wrap material, JT5529 BFD. When printed and cured properly, and laminated with MACtac’s LF3648

Material, equipment and tool improvements have made wrapping vinyl over such complex surfaces as corrugations, rivets and curves much simpler. However, they still require considerable experience, skill and patience. Don’t undertake such challenging vinyl projects until you’re ready. Failures will ruin your reputation – not to mention those of your fellow vinyl-graphics installers. 20 SIGNS OF THE TIMES / JANUARY 2011

Rayzor, a 1.5-mil, optically clear, cast laminate, it performs like a quality cast media. However, not all calendared materials are intended for wraps. But, neither are all cast films. Choose products designed for wraps and complex curves. Test them. Evaluate their performance, print quality and installation properties to determine what’s best for you, your staff and your clients. Be warned: The best option may not be the least expensive. Myth #2: Anyone can learn to wrap cars in two or three days in a $900 workshop. Suppose a person who knew nothing about martial arts took lessons for three days from the world’s best karate instructor. Would it be possible for them to earn a black belt after those first three days? Of course not. Car wrapping is to vinyl installation as a black belt is to karate. Vehicle-graphic installation is a craft that utilizes skill, patience and hand-eye coordination. Like most crafts, wrapping skills develop over time. The more time and effort devoted to them, the better they become. There’s always room for improvement; I’m still getting better, and I’ve been installing since 1978. If you’re not currently good enough, admit it. Don’t take on jobs for which you’re unqualified and would perform so poorly that you’d give the rest of us a bad name. Practice on easier installs first, and gradually work your way up to the more challenging ones. Or get some quality, in-depth training that will shave years off the learning curve. But, remember, the curve is still there. I own a T-shirt I bought at NYC’s Carnegie Hall. It says, “How do you get to Carnegie Hall?” on the front. On the back? “Practice, practice, practice.” Amen.

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REAL WORLD VINYL

Myth #3: Any solvent-ink print can cure in one day. The character, Jack Bauer, from the TV show, 24, who fights crime in hour-long, real-time episodes, makes for great TV. But, 24 hours isn’t nearly enough time to cure most solvent prints; 24 days would be better. Or, you can buy or build a drying device and cure most jobs

well overnight. My friend Shane, who prints the vinyl-graphic jobs I install, and I have been evaluating a new dryer, the SOL-Vent, from Tm Trading, a Belgian company. It’s really improved our production. I’m pursuing the possibility of becoming its exclusive U.S. distributor. By the time you read this, I’ll know more. Stay tuned.

Notes from the SGIA Show Floor At SGIA, which took place October 13-15 in Las Vegas, I observed several new products, learned a few tricks and connected with old friends while making new ones. Attendance was the best I’ve seen in years. I’d describe the mood as cautiously optimistic. Those who are successful today have learned to do more with less. People were surprised by the sudden downturn two years ago, and it caused many shop owners to retreat and wait out the storm. Now, they’re tired of waiting for things to improve. They’re taking a proactive approach; the survival of their businesses depends on it. The Professional Decal Application Alliance’s (PDAA) Graphics Application Zone provided a perfect example of likeminded interests joining for mutual benefit. The Zone resulted from a cooperative effort between the PDAA, vinyl manufacturers and installers.

I served as a judge in the European Wrap Star competition, which took place in Milan in late October. Watching the tricks and techniques dozens of skilled wrap installers use always proves inspiring and informative. 22 SIGNS OF THE TIMES / JANUARY 2011

My last bit of advice follows my mantra for the last 17 years (when the “ban” on curved-surface application lifted): Stretch the vinyl the absolute minimum possible for the shape, and don’t wrap bowling balls or any other spherical shapes! n For related articles about this topic, visit www.signweb.com/vinyl.

3M, Avery, Clear Focus Imaging, FLEXcon, HP and MACtac sponsored the event and donated time, money and materials. Installers from PDAA-member companies performed the applications. Floors, walls, brick surfaces, mailboxes, motorcycle tanks, two Camaros and an RV provided installation surfaces. What was new this year? FLEXcon’s Taffeta walldecoration fabric adorned several surfaces. Clear Focus Imaging and FLEXcon products were used to create several second-surface, perforated window graphics. 3M used matte and gloss versions of its 1080 paintreplacement media to create a black-and-white Camaro wrap. This approximately 3-mil, solid-color, air-egress film is installed without premask or laminate. Avery supplied its MPI 6121 Street Graphics rough-surface film, which is engineered for when an authentic, paint-like finish is desired. Its unique, “micro-fracture” technology enables the film to fit the contours of rough surfaces. All graphics HP furnished were printed with its latex inks on HP vinyl. This was the first time latex-ink-printed graphics were used at a PDAA event. MACtac also made a splash with an awesome wall graphic that depicts a 30-ft.-wide, Grand Canyon scene. The graphic featured MACtac’s Permacolor Enhancers sparkle-laden laminates. I’d seen them used on vehicles, but never on a wall; the effect dazzles. I left Las Vegas inspired. Next, I traveled to Milan to serve as a judge for this year’s European Wrap Star car-wrap competition. This was my second trip to Europe this year and the third contest I’ve judged. As always, I learned even more tricks and techniques from the competitors. The past year, in which I went to industry events in Orlando, Las Vegas, Munich and Milan, provided ample learning and camaraderie. If you share my passion for vinyl applications, attend one of these events in 2011: the FESPA Wrap Cup Master Series, in Orlando, February 24-26; American Wrap Star, at ISA in Las Vegas, April 28-30; and SGIA’s PDAA Graphics Application Zone, October 19-21 in New Orleans.

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Peter Moir is founder and owner of Sign Depot Inc. (Kitchener, ON, Canada)

By Peter Moir

Pirate Invasion Sign Depot captains a 3-D spectacular.

S ign Depot’s reputation for creating unique, structural displays earned us a truly dynamic project. Owners of Niagara Falls, ON, Canada’s Captain Jack’s Mini-Putt wanted a singularly unique entry to captivate the throngs of tourists who visit the city. After several design and engineering meetings, we mutually decided a pirate display would yield the most branding buzz. It was to be equipped with a captain, his ship and a member of the pirate crew perched high above the street in a “crow’s nest.” We used three different processes to create this theme. This process not only allowed each structure to be “unique,” it also allowed us to work on all three in different areas of the shop simultaneously.

Sign Depot Inc. (Kitchener, ON, Canada) created this eye-grabbing, 3-D building spectacular for a miniature-golf course. The complex project required expanded-polystyrene (EPS) foam fabrication, epoxy sculpting, a stainless-steel armature and even boatbuilding expertise.

Got a little captain? We fabricated Captain Jack much differently than any other 3-D, inhouse piece we’ve made over the past 17 years. He originated from a diminutive, 4-in.-tall sculpture. Our pint-sized pirate traveled to California, where Next Engine created a 3-D

scan of him. As he traveled back to Canada, the scan provider emailed the 3-D file to us for production. The designers enlarged the scan to create a 20-in. model, which allowed us to inspect the scan’s accuracy. The result was impressive – a flawless replica of the original.

To create a hull worthy of Captain Jack, fabricators built a plywood bulkhead frame coated with Cetol wood stain.

To complete the hull, Sign Depot routed EPSfoam planks and “embossed” the foam with a wood texture by layering the planks with spruce bark on the shop floor and running over the materials with the shop’s forklift.

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Once we’d settled on its structure and design, we dissected the pirate into several parts and cut him out of EPS foam with our 4 x 8-ft. AXYZ Automation CNC router. Then, we sprayed the components with Smooth-On’s Styrocoat®, a polyurethane-spray coating that made the foam weatherproof. To accentuate Captain Jack’s character and facial features, we liberally used Magic Sculpt, a two-part, clay epoxy that hardens in approximately three hours. The compound helped us quickly accentuate the captain to make him more visible to street-level viewers. After Jack had taken shape, our finishing department made him look official. They used a limited palette of red, blue, black and flesh tones to block out key features on the coat, pants and head. Our finishers masterfully finessed shadows and highlights to create visual depth and make all elements pop. For a final note of detail, we accented the cloak buttons, belt buckle and hook with 23k goldleaf. What’s a pirate without a little bling?

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Anchors aweigh! Now, the captain required a ship. We constructed a ship’s front bow as a second showpiece. To help it take shape, we fashioned a plywoodbulkhead frame, which we coated with Cetol to protect it from moisture. Next, we skinned the frame with routed, EPS-foam planks. To make the planks look authentically wooden from street level, we had to be innovative. We heavily sandblasted a piece of spruce to highlight its grain. Then, we laid the foam on the shop floor face-down on top of the spruce. We slowly ran over the foam and spruce with our shop forklift, which embossed the foam with handsome texture. Voila – from foam to wood in minutes! We fastened the planks in traditional lapstrake fashion (the traditional boatbuilding method that uses overlapping planks) and hardcoated them with Styrocoat. Painting the ship created its own set of challenges. First, we primed it with brown paint. Next, we covered the brown with a diluted black wash, which seeped into the pattern’s cracks and helped the boat appear more aged. Then, we blotted all of the ship’s raised areas

(Left) The captain began humbly enough as a 4-in.-tall, model sculpture. Sign Depot sent the sculpture to Santa Monica, CA-based Next Engine, which scanned the sculpture and generated a large file with which the shop could create a 3-D sculpture. (Right) After having routed the figure’s basic form on the shop’s AXYZ Automation CNC router, Sign Depot created the captain’s features and details using Magic Sculpt epoxy putty before coating him with latex paint (and goldleaf on buttons and buckles for extra “bling”).

with a mix of beige, brown and black. Finally, we airbrushed the ship’s sides and between the planks with dark-brown paint to create shadows and dimension. Finally, we added a blend of white, green and yellow paint to make the ship appear more weathered, as well as to create foamy sea waves, which accent the ship’s hull. To impart more nautical flair, we made cannons, anchors and exterior flaps from EPS foam, and we coated them with an antique patina using Modern Masters rust-colored paint. We applied a black basecoat to

Equipment and Materials Artwork: Three-dimensional scanning, from Next Engine (Santa Monica, CA), (310) 883-1888 or www.nextengine.com Coatings: Styrocoat® polyurethane hardcoat, from Smooth-On (Easton, PA), (800) 762-0744 or www.smooth-on.com; Magic Sculpt epoxy, available from Abracadabra Signs (Ayr, ON, Canada), (877) 342-0847 or www.abracadabrasigns.com; Latex paint, available from home-improvement or building-supply stores; Cetol wood stain, from Sikkens, (866) 745-5367 or www.nam.sikkens.com; 23k goldleaf, from Sepp Leaf (NYC), (212) 683-2840 or www.seppleaf.com Crane: Skyhook 60-ft. crane, from Manitex (Georgetown, TX), (877) 314-3390 or www.manitex.com Router: Four- x 8-ft. CNC router, from AXYZ Automation (Burlington, ON, Canada), (800) 361-3408 or www.axyz.com Substrate: Expanded-polystyrene foam, available from packagingand plastics-material manufacturers, such as Benchmark Foam (Watertown, SD), (605) 886-8084 or www.benchmarkfoam.com Vinyl: Truck-tarp material, from Cambridge Canvas (Cambridge, ON, Canada), 800-265-8151 or www.cambridgecanvas.com 26 SIGNS OF THE TIMES / JANUARY 2011

cover the anchors, and then we added a topcoat with rust paint that, when sprayed with a rust activator, changed the paint to a rich rust color. To add to the illusion, we painted flaps hinges and other metal details with brass-colored paint. Once we assembled it all, we felt considerable pride that we’d successfully built a ship from which Captain Jack could survey his horizon. Land ho! The third piece of the project entailed fabricating a crew member situated in the crow’s nest to serve as a lookout. We chose an old-school technique and fabricated the pirate’s body and telescope from papier maché over an internal, stainless-steel armature. We again used Magic Sculpt to create a protruding facial expression. Then, we coated the handmade mannequin with Styrocoat prior to painting. Again, we used latex paint and embellished the pirate’s earring, telescope and a gold tooth with goldleaf. We attached the lookout to a crow’s nest constructed from EPS foam and painted it with a finish that matches the ship’s hull. Then, we created the sail from heavy-duty, truck-tarp material, which we obtained from Cambridge Canvas. With handlettered copy and a logo, this served as a key branding component. We transported the pieces via flatbed truck to their final destina-

STRICTLY COMMERCIAL tion. Under my supervision, Niagara Falls, ON-based Signature Signs installed pieces on the building wall using a bucket lift and a Manitex Skyhook crane. Although the process was very labor intensive, the results are beyond outstanding. We knew going into this project that the expectations would be high. We’re fortunate to have such an extraordinary group of signmakers, designers and artists working here. This collection of pieces changed the look of our shop. We’ve had many curious visitors stop by to observe our process and progress. So, the next time you’re visiting the Canadian side of Niagara Falls, make sure to see the Captain Jack display. I’m sure you will have no problem spotting it. Isn’t that how you define a great sign? n To read other related articles on this topic, visit www.signweb. com/fabrication

Niagara Falls (ON)-based Signature Signs handled the project’s installation, and Cambridge Canvas (Cambridge, MA) supplied the material for the handpainted sail. In a region whose economy depends heavily on tourist traffic, this prominent entry statement will certainly separate Captain Jack’s from other entertainment options.

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THE MOVING MESSAGE

Bob Klausmeier has been an active member of the moving-message community for 30 years.

By Bob Klausmeier

A Decade Can Make a Difference Over the 10 years I’ve written this column, digital-display hype has been legitimized. So, what’s next?

Tmyenfirstyears ago this month, I wrote “Moving Message” column.

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As I look back over that short timespan, I’m struck by LEDs’ signindustry impact. In 2000, high-brightness red- or amber-text displays still predominated the LED-sign industry. Fullcolor systems were considerably more expensive than could be justified for most applications. Then, my focus was to help develop largecluster, LED pixels that could be sold to replace 30- to 60W incandescentlamp displays. Energy costs played a huge role, as they still do. My struggle was to justify LED replacements’ high costs with LED displays’ energy and maintenance savings. Concerns remained about LEDs’ brightness and their ability to compete with outdoor light. Earlygeneration LED signs, particularly in full color, were a bit dim for many applications. An additional red or green diode typically bolstered pixel

pitches greater than 20mm. In 2001, I sold my first significant, full-color display to an auto mall in southern California. Each side of the double-faced display featured a 104 x 336-pixel matrix, spaced at 31mm. The viewing angle was only 70°. The sign’s total wattage was 44,029W at full illumination, with a 6,000-nit brightness and a 16.5-millioncolor palette. After steep discounting, the display cost $450,000. Today, the same-size display, 10 ft. 2 in. x 34 ft. 2 in., could be populated with 20mm-pitch, fullcolor pixels, with a 152 x 496-pixel matrix, with a 140° viewing angle, for only $225,000. The new technology would only utilize 16,586W at a full illumination of more than 9,000 nits. In nine years, we can now offer a display with a 216% increase in resolution, a 200% increase in viewing angle, only one-third the power draw, a 100-fold increase in available colors and 50% more

Signage, such as this three-sided spectacular at Toronto’s BMO Field, would have been cost-prohibitive until just a few years ago. 30 SIGNS OF THE TIMES / JANUARY 2011

brightness – at half the price. Dozens of other technological advantages make the technology more user-friendly and functional as a legitimate advertising and communications technology. In my first column, I discussed the digital display’s potential as an advertising medium. Those of us who sold the product were excited about the advantages LEDs brought to the display industry. Even at the cost and specifications of that time, the early LED display served as a quantum leap above incandescentlamp technology. Today, we’re in the midst of a digital-display explosion, accelerated in legitimacy by the outdoor-advertising community, which began to embrace the digital billboard as an enhanced medium in 2003. By the middle of the decade, hundreds of digital billboards were in use. At the time of this writing, at least 3,500 digital billboards are operating. Even the greatest economic downturn since the Great Depression didn’t significantly slow the growth of the digital, outdoor-advertising business. Billboard companies found that advertisers were willing to pay more for the ability to show frequently changing messages. New software developments allowed messages to self-create at specific times of the day by interfacing with the advertiser’s website. New advertisers to the outdoor-advertising industry came onboard, abandoning old standbys such as newspaper, radio and TV. Advertising rates for digital billboards dramatically dwarfed those of traditional outdoor. As LED-display costs dropped, billboard companies found they could recover their digital-billboard investment in less than 11 months. The digital-billboard proliferation provided a crossover between the advertising community and the

THE MOVING MESSAGE digital-display industry. The out-ofhome (OOH) advertising industry was already directly connected to advertising agencies, which did the heavy lifting for the display industry by dispelling advertisers’ concerns. The OOH industry taught agencies and their clients about the power of an intrusive, digital ad that featured timely information. Later in the decade, many placebased businesses copied the success of digital billboards by placing fullcolor, carefully choreographed message displays in front of their businesses. Restaurants led the way, with companies such as Sonic, Fazoli’s, McDonald’s and Burger King deploying digital advertising on pylon signs in many markets. Pharmacies such as Walgreens and CVS now place digital signs wherever zoning will allow them. Shopping-center giants are beginning to package outdoor-advertisingtype displays on their pylon signs.

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Convenience stores are adding digital-advertising components to their LED price-changer ads. In short, in the last decade, the hype regarding digital-sign advertising has been legitimized. So, what’s next? What technology will replace LEDs in outdoor advertising? Honestly, I don’t know, but it probably won’t be soon. The LED-display’s refinement has been a huge undertaking – and it’s still underway. I can’t imagine a new technology could emerge and outpace LEDs in the near future. It’s more likely that refinements will continue, just as the technology behind the television continued to be fine-tuned to make it an overwhelmingly popular commodity. I anticipate many more productperformance refinements. The premier digital-display manufacturers have increasingly minimized maintenance requirements. One manufacturer promoted a video of one of its

display modules operating in a fish tank. Today, a dozen or more manufacturers are prepared to make that same demonstration. I foresee great strides in calibration, both in the factory and the field. The best signs are fully calibrated when they’re installed – the colors are uniform from pixel to pixel and module to module. However, over time, every sign loses calibration, resulting in an uneven image. No manufacturer can guarantee a perfectly calibrated image over a display’s lifespan. That technology doesn’t exist. However, a few manufacturers can recalibrate the displays in the field. Expect this to become common and a part of a routine maintenance program in the foreseeable future. As LED displays’ costs and their corresponding operating expenses have decreased, the appetite for higher-resolution displays has increased. Today, many early

THE MOVING MESSAGE adopters – businesses that began utilizing LED advertising six to 10 years ago – are replacing their older technology with new, higher-resolution technology. The 31mm display sold in 2001 will soon be replaced with the 20mm option. The energy cost savings from the old to the new technology exceeds $10,000 a year. The maintenance savings, likewise,

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is significant. Today, a new, outdoor LED technology, formerly used only for indoor applications, is the surfacemount device (SMD). The SMD is capsule-shaped, usually white, but occasionally black. It accommodates three, small LEDs – one red, one blue and one green. Each SMD is typically utilized as a single pixel.

In SMDs’ earliest deployment stages, they were more commonly used for displays smaller than 150 sq. ft. Because the LEDs are mounted inside a transparent capsule, the three colors illuminate the capsule as one, single color. Therefore, even at close viewing distances, the overall display image seems much less pixilated. Because of their size, the SMD LED signs may be made in pixel pitches as tight as 4 in. SMDs’ close proximity to each other creates greater light density. Therefore, an LED display produced with a premium SMD product can operate at well below its maximum illumination, consequently extending the life of the display. However, the SMD can’t produce enough illumination for signs with pixel pitches beyond 13mm. As with the discrete, individually mounted LED pixels, the SMD product’s cost will decline as its production increases. I anticipate a greater proliferation of SMD products in larger signs in the near future. As of this writing, a new, SMD digital-billboard network is in production for Chicago’s streets. Current SMD, digital-outdoor deployments in London, Paris and elsewhere in Europe feature closer viewing distances and more robust pedestrian traffic. I predict most outdoor-advertising displays will become SMD products within the next five years. Will the last decade of growth in the LED-sign industry foreshadow developmental stagnation? Nothing could be further from the truth. Most manufacturers’ engineering pipelines are filled with a plethora of new refinements and advancements. I predict, within the next decade, digital signs could display photographic-quality images from reasonably short distances. Signs will be remotely serviceable. Diagnostic programs will notify users of pending failures, well in advance of an actual outage. The LED is likely to still be the outdoor-display medium of choice in 2020. I hope to still be writing this column at that time. We’ll see. n

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SIGN MUSEUM NEWS

Tod Swormstedt is the president/founder of the American Sign Museum (Cincinnati).

By Tod Swormstedt

Celebrating the Chicago Look, Part II Photos credits: Jeff Russ

A reunion of former Beverly Sign employees recounts their influence on sign design. This month’s column follows December’s recounting of how, and why, former Bevery Sign employees decided to stage a reunion to honor the Chicago Look made famous by the sign company.

B ob Behounek brought several pounce patterns by the late Dave

Shaughnessy and donated Shaughnessy’s signkit, which he had been given by Shaughnessy’s step-daughter, June Tomkins. Behounek also donated a box of additional patterns, which he had acquired from the late Jack Van Bruggen. Van Bruggen had saved the patterns he had acquired when he purchased Shaughnessy’s business. Others brought additional memorabilia, such as Beverly letterheads and business cards. Three separate tables were required to display the assembled Beverly Sign artifacts. Approximately two dozen former Beverly Sign staffers gathered that morning. The

A goldleaf sample piece that once hung in Beverly Sign’s offices was rescued from Local 830 by Bob Behounek and was loaned to Wes Lloyd, former business agent, until his passing. The Lloyd family donated it to the museum.

museum videotaped as much oral history as possible, beginning with Behounek recounting how the reunion had evolved. By 10 a.m.,

This signkit, which belonged to the late Dave Shaughnessy, was given to Behounek by Dave’s daughter, June Tompkins. Behounek, in turn, donated the kit to the museum. The “paint whacker,” which was used to knock loose paint off sheetmetal signs, was donated by Ron Kalafut. 36 SIGNS OF THE TIMES / JANUARY 2011

most had gathered, but we were still waiting for the guest of honor, Bob Hunniford, the 94-year-old, celebrated, “fourth employee” of Beverly Sign, who was driving from Michigan. He was to continue the formal festivities by re-telling the pre-World War II “early days” of Beverly, beginning in 1938. After a museum-hosted lunch, noted designer Ken Millar outlined the principles of the Beverly Sign, aka Chicago, look by discussing the Golden ratio and use of panels and custom colors. The taping concluded with a panel of ex-Beverly employees sharing their personal memories. That evening, a dinner gave all a chance to thank Behounek for all his efforts and say goodbyes. The museum spent the next morning searching for Beverly’s former shop sites on Halsted, on the west side of downtown Chicago. Both sites were leveled, with no hint of the original buildings. Efforts to locate original Beverly Sign walls in the western

A small sampling of more than two dozen original Beverly Sign sketches that were donated to the museum. Danny Colyer collected most of the designs and saved them for years. Five of the Ken Millar-created sketches were given by former Beverly Sign’s Harry Hagawara to Jeff Cahill of Colorado Springs, CO, who in turn sent them to Behounek to give to the museum.

suburbs were also fruitless. So, the museum will rely on personal accounts, photos and sign sketches to recount the Beverly legacy. The museum will continue to collect Beverly memorabilia and, eventually, create a display at the museum’s future and greatly expanded home. We have a good start on a documentary of Beverly Sign’s significance, but we’ll need more footage from other, involved

parties. As time passes, it will be more difficult to assemble the complete story, but perhaps more will be revealed. As we were packing up the following day for the trip back to Cincinnati, we received a call from Tim Lloyd, Mathews Paint’s national sales manager. He said he had something to give to the museum. When Behounek rescued the Beverly Sign sample piece from Local 830, he

loaned it to Tim’s father, Wes, who had originally worked at Beverly, but left to become the business agent for the Local. The piece had been displayed at Wes’ home until his passing earlier this year. Tim had spoken with his mother, and they agreed the piece belonged in the museum. The reverse-glass treasure will, together with the collected color sketches, be a focal point of the display-to-be. n SIGNS OF THE TIMES / JANUARY 2011 37

TECHNOLOGY REVIEW By Chris and Kathi Morrison

Chris and Kathi Morrison own and operate The Image Specialists, a full-service graphics company based in Clements, CA. Chris is also a Microsoft-certified systems engineer.

CET Color’s UV-Cure Printers and CNC Routers CET’s UV-cure line includes hybrids, flatbeds, a roll-to-roll printer plus two CNC routers. Key Information

C ET Color smartly focuses on two, complementary technologies: UV-cure printers and CNC routers that are specially designed for digital-print finish work. CET Color’s product line features a hybrid, UV-cure printer; two flatbed, UV-cure printers; a roll-to-roll UV-cure printer; and two CNC routers. Each printer’s type code is revealed in its name. For example: the “H” in the HK512 series name indicates a hybrid, UV-cure printer; the “F” in X-Press FK512 designates the flatbed, UV-cure printer line, and the “R” in the RK512 discloses the roll-to-roll, UV-cure printer’s category. The X-Press HK512/15 and HK512/33 The HK512 hybrid printer will process roll media up to 72 in. wide. The roll-media handling system accepts roll diameters up to 10 in., and the “hybrid” flatbed addition is via two, removable tables that can support and process rigid media up to 6 x 8 ft. The printers feature the Konica 512 nozzle heads that jet a 14 picoliter drop; the maximum print resolution is 1,440 x 720 dpi. The HK512/15 features four printheads and a CMYK ink set. The HK512/33 features six printheads and adds light cyan and light magenta – or white – to the color palette. All other specifications are identical. Both machines weigh 1,200 lbs.; they measure 9 ft. wide x 3.5 ft. deep x 5.5 ft. high. and require 220V, 30A, single-phase power. The operating temperature range is 59 to 86° with a relative humidity range of 4 to 75%. In the two-pass, draft mode, the HK512/15 and HK512/33 printers produce 340 sq. ft./hr. The highquality, eight-pass mode produces 85 sq. ft./hr. The four-pass production mode may become your day-today choice – it produces good-quality images at 170 sq. ft. per hr. Consider the X-Press HK512 line if roll media is your primarily substrate, but you also may occasionally need to print rigid media. The X-Press RK512 roll-to-roll UV-cure printer CET Color also offers its UV-cure X-Press RK512/33 roll-to-roll, UV-cure printer that features the same 38 SIGNS OF THE TIMES / JANUARY 2011

CET Color 4734 Frederick Dr. SW Atlanta, GA 30336 (404) 505-1800 www.cetcolor.com Company Profile: CET Color’s (Atlanta) owners are Ernest Chin and David Cich. Chin, a large-format, digital-printing pioneer, started (and continues to operate) Express Color, a large-format, digital-print provider firm, in 1990. Later, he helped establish the Digital Printing Imaging Assn., which has since merged with SGIA. In 2008, Chin founded Chin E Technologies – now CET Color – where he continues to tap his 20 years of industry experience to bring innovative products to digital-print providers. Cich joined CET Color in 2008, following 13 years as Océ North America’s national sales manager for display graphics. At a Glance: CET Color’s two product technologies – digitalprint machines and corresponding cutting routers – complement one another. The firm’s product line features the X-Press HK512 hybrid UV-cure printer; the X-Press FK512 flatbed, UVcure printer line and the X-Press K512 roll-to-roll, UV-cure printer. Each printer features Konica 512-nozzle printheads that can produce four different drop sizes (down to 14 picoliters); the maximum print resolution is 1,440 x 720 dpi. CET Color says its UV-cure ink is suitable for both rigid and flexible media. The ink’s outdoor print life is three years, with the standard caveats. The warranty is one year on parts (excluding printheads) and 90 days on labor. Also, CET Color recommends Onyx, SA International or Caldera RIPs for its printers. Contact: David Cich, VP sales and marketing (404) 505-1800, dcich@cetcolor.com Konica printheads as the HK512, but the eight printheads (two ink sets) that produce a 14-picoliter drop size. It’s strictly a CMYK printer built for production printing. The RK512/33 will image media up to 120 in. wide; its overall dimensions are 15 x 3.5 x 5.5 ft. The RK512 produces the same 1,440 x 720 maximum resolution as CET Color’s HK512 hybrid printer, but, because it applies the ink through a twin set of CMYK heads, it effectively doubles the HK512’s print speed. Its four-pass production mode produces good-quality images at 340 sq. ft./hr. The X-Press FK512 flatbed UV-cure printers CET Color offers two sizes of its X-Press FK512 flatbed, UV-cure printers, a 4 x 8 ft. and a 6 x 10 ft. The printers can be configured with six to 16 printheads (you can

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Fig. 1: The flatbed, UV-cure printer, proven here as a mapmaker, produces small, clean and crisp text.

Ink and other questions All CET Color printers use the same printheads, and the firm’s tech people say its UV-cure ink is suitable for both rigid and flexible media. Also, because the printers use UV-cure ink, standard workshop ventilation requirements suffice. Outdoor-print durability is rated at three years with the caveat that environment and application variances may reduce the expected lifespan. The printer packages don’t include RIPs, but the printers are compatible with Onyx, SA International or Caldera systems. The machines include a one-year parts warranty (excluding printheads) and 90 days’ labor.

The X-Press CNC router In addition, the CET Color line includes the X-Press CNC HRM48e cutting router that handles media up to 4 x 8 ft. and the X-Press CNC HRM510e, which accepts media up to 5 x 10 ft. Both routers are compatible with iCut, Onyx PosterShop and Enroute softFig. 2: The CET Color CNC router is well finished and robust; we were impressed with the gantry structure. ware; they require 220/380V, 50-60 Hz power and, other than field upgrade at any time). The FK512/6 features six table sizes, share the same specifications (Fig. 2). The printheads, and the FK512/12 features 12 printheads. The vacuum table is built from 1-in.-thick aluminum and the six inkset printer offers CMYKLcLm or CMYK white; the gantry will clear media up to 6 in. thick. 12 inkset system offers CMYK x 2, CMYKLcLm x 2 or CMYK x 2 + white, clear or spot color. Conclusion Both printers image at 1,440 x 720 dpi with, again, CET Color offers a well-thought-out line of products Konica 512 printheads that produce a 14-picoliter drop that address digital-print providers’ needs. The product size. Print speeds vary with ink choices, but, for a line suits shops that print rigid, roll-to-roll or a mix comparative view, the 12 inkset printer’s four-pass of both. The matching CNC router is a good finishing production speed is 360 sq. ft./hr. Print quality is excelchoice, so, if you’re shopping for a new system, or lent, and text down to 4 points is easily achieved (Fig. 1). upgrading or expanding an existing production line, Both sizes are configurable at the time of purchase, give CET Color a look. n 40 SIGNS OF THE TIMES / JANUARY 2011

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Product Showcase: MAGNETIC MEDIA Magnum Magnetics (Marietta, OH) specializes in rubber, acrylic and foam, pressure-sensitive adhesives. DigiMag® vinyl magnetic sheeting is suitable for solvent-inkjet printing. NatureMag magnets can be manufactured using up to 85% pre-consumer, recycled materials and delivered without a laminate. (800) 258-0991, (740) 373-7770; www. magnummagnetics.com New Force Magnetics Inc. (Elbert, CO) is offering magnetic sheeting available in widths up to 40 in., with or without adhesive, or in white. Offered in plain surfaces or with laminates, the sheeting can be UV screenprinted, or eco-solvent or solvent-inkjet printed. Flexible magnetic strips are available with or without adhesive, or white vinyl, and they can be cut to length, scored or cut through to the liner. (303) 565-3760; www.newforcemagnetics.com

USA Signs (Holland, PA) is offering its patented Magnetic Banner System (MBS) for pole-banner installations. According to the company, the magnetic-attachment system allows easy installation of any size pole banner while promoting safety, eliminating dropped-hardware occurrences and reducing installation time. Each kit, which is designed for a single installation, includes two, fiberglass banner arms; four, 40-in., stainless-steel bands with an aluminum finish; two, magnetic brackets; two end caps; and two, pin-and-ring, hardware sets. (215) 322-8116; www.magneticbanner.com Flexmag Industries Inc. (Marietta, OH) is offering FlexCoat-EZ™, a printable, flexible, magnetic sheet that’s engineered to eliminate curling, rough edges and adhesive residue. Its printable surface is coated to be compatible with digital, screen, flexo and offset printing. The 100%-recyclable product contains no phthalates, the company reports. (800) 543-3326; www.flexmag.com

Master Magnetics Inc. (The Magnet Source™), Castle Rock, CO, is presenting the Vehicle Wrap Magnet for positioning vehicle graphics during installation. Strong neodymium magnets with 25-lb. pull firmly affix graphics, while the easygrip patented design allows you to reposition and hold graphics in place throughout the application process. An accompanying Magnetic Shield™ blocks unwanted magnetism during storage. (800) 525-3536, (303) 888-3966; www. magnetsource.com 42 SIGNS OF THE TIMES / JANUARY 2011

North Light Color (New Hope, MN), a digital-printing-solutions supplier, is introducing a matte, 0.030-in.-thick white, magnet for solvent- and UV-curable-ink printing. A special, matte coating on the back helps reduce blocking and migration. Other widths and thicknesses are available for special order. (866) 922-4700, www.northlightcolor.com MagX America (Cincinnati) is providing its flexible, magnetic sheeting for advertising specialties, screenprinting, signage and digital imaging. The company developed the flexible magnet in 1965. (800) 979-1150; www.magxamerica.com

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Avery Dennison Opaque Films Avery Dennison Graphics and Reflective-Products Div. (Painesville, OH) is announcing Avery 900 Supercast opaque films. The cast material features high conformability and lay-flat characteristics over deep channels, complex curves and rivets without primer. Recommended for fleet graphics, wraps and 3-D, architectural signage, the 2.1-mil, glossy film offers 10- to 12-year durability, the company reports. Avery offers several adhesive options – permanent, high-tack or permanent, long-term adhesives. The media’s Easy Apply air-egress technology reportedly helps eliminate wrinkles and bubbles and decreases vehicle-wrap and decal installation time. The materials, which readily cut and weed for drum or flatbed processing, include an 83-lb., kraft release liner for cut graphics with a smooth underside that retains film gloss. (800) 282-8379; www.averygraphics.com

Roland’s UV-LED Inkjet Printer/Cutter Roland DGA Corporation (Irvine, CA) is introducing its 54-in.-wide, VersaUV LEC-540 UV-LED inkjet printer/cutter that prints CMYK and white inks (plus a clear varnish) on media up to 0.04 in. thick. Roland said its new 540 UV, which has built-in front and back tables to ease rigidsubstrate processing, will print on an unprecedented range of materials, including popular large-format media. The Eco Label and Energy Star-certified LEC-540 is offered in three ink configurations: the standard CMYK, white, clear configuration; CMYK, white plus white for high-opacity white printing on transparent films; and CMYK, clear plus clear for such thick, dimensional effects as embossing. Clear ink can be layered into both gloss and matte finishes, including 72, ready-to-apply patterns from the Roland Texture Library included in Roland’s VersaWorks RIP software. In addition to its print-and-cut functions, the VersaUV LEC-540 can crease and perforate substrates, and this versatility allows applications that range from packaging prototypes, short-run labels and membrane panels to interior décor items, point of purchase (POP) displays and large-format window graphics. (800) 542-2307; www.rolanddga.com.

Ultraflex Luminescent Mesh Media Vista System Wall-Bracket Connector Vista System (Sarasota, FL) is announcing a connector that’s designed for mounting projecting wall brackets on such right-angle spots as corridor corners and edge walls. The connector comprises a bent, colored-tin bar that’s soldered to a screwing bar concealed within a decorative-aluminum pipe. The connector, which mounts to corners using four screws, supports the company’s projecting-wallbracket product line. Using more connectors as required, the sign may be of any length, with a projected area up to 27.5 in. wide. (800) 468-4782; www.vistasystem.com

TRISBS Panel Maps Tooling Research Inc. Sign Builder Services (TRISBS), Walpole, MA, is offering panel-sign maps. The maps comprise brushed-finish, stainless-steel borders and path, with bead-blasted, matte-finish surrounds. A screenprinted display outlines the floor’s layout and indentifies emergency exits and features. (508) 668-1950; www.tooling-research.com 44 SIGNS OF THE TIMES / JANUARY 2011

Ultraflex (Randolph, NJ) is unveiling Glow Mesh, a 7.5-oz. material, made from the company’s Mesh Xcel, with a low-VOC, photoluminescent coating that enables the material to glow in the dark. Glow Mesh, which may be printed with UV-cure, solvent, latex or screenprinting inks, is designed for banner, building wrap and billboard applications. The 1,000 x 500denier, RF-weldable media provides tensile strength of 123 x 101 lbs./in. and crack resistance to -22° F. Ultraflex sells the material in 72-, 126- and 196-in. widths. (973) 627-8608; www.ultraflexx.com

Excel Displays Fabric Table Covers Excel Displays (Orlando) is offering 6- and 8-ft.long, digitally printed, fabric table covers produced from customer-supplied artwork. The standard printed area entails a 16 x 20-in., one-color print, or a 20-in.-sq., full-color print. A 40-in.-wide printed area is available for an additional charge. Excel Displays offers white, black or blue table covers. (877) 800-0024; www.exceldisplays.com

Seal Wide-Format Laminator Neschen Americas (Elkridge, MD) is introducing its Seal速 54EL, an economical, lightweight, 54-in.-wide, pressure laminator. Reported features include high-tensile-strength supply shafts, which simplify adhesive and roll loading; a flipup, in-feed table; constant pressure capability and 1-in. nips. The company is also introducing the Seal速 OptiMount速 face-mounting adhesive that works with inkjet or photographic media when bonding to acrylics, plastics and glass. The double-sided, pressure-sensitive, waterbased adhesive with a 1-mil carrier thickness creates a permanent graphic or substrate bond, the company reports. Neschen Americas offers the media in 200ft.-long, 41- and 51-in.-wide materials. (410) 540-8900; www.neschenamericas.com

Roland/FLEXcon Pressure-Sensitive Media Roland DGA Corp. (Irvine, CA) and FLEXcon (Spencer, MA) are introducing a pressuresensitive, polypropylene media for label production. The facestock is joined with a customized, stay-flat release liner that allows it to be die-cut and perforated. According to Roland, designs can be produced on a Roland VersaUV LEC UV-LED wide-format, inkjet printer/cutter without other finishing equipment. Options include 2-mil, clear media; 2.3-mil white; and 2-mil, metalized-silver media. All materials are offered in 30-in.-wide, 150-ft.-long rolls that fit all VersaUV models. The material is available from FLEXcon. (508) 885-8370; www. flexcon.com SIGNS OF THE TIMES / JANUARY 2011 45

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Aurora Specialty Textiles Knit Fabric Aurora Specialty Textiles (Aurora, IL) is introducing six, knit-fabric styles designed for UV-cure and sublimation-transfer printing. The additions to the company’s Northern Lights Printable Textiles™ line include Heavy Knit 9 FR, Stretch Knit 5 FR, Soft Satin Knit FR, Ultimate Knit FR, Durable Flag FR, and Universal Flag. The fire-retardant media comprises 100% polyester, which is offered for window graphics, tradeshow exhibits and outdoor banners, and meets NFPA 701 small-scaleflammability standards. The company offers the material up to 126 in. wide, in standard, 100-yd.-long rolls. The company is also presenting Encore FR as part of its Weaves of Green™ line of 100% recycled, polyester fabric designed for indoor or shortterm, outdoor use. Aurora states the material is the most substantial in the product line. It comprises spun yarn that provides the drape and handling of natural fabric, but the durability of polyester. The material meets the NFPA 701 small-scale-flammability standard, and is compatible with sublimation-transfer and UV-cure-ink printing, the company states. Aurora sells the material in 58-in.-wide, 100-yd. long rolls. (800) 864-0303; www.auroratextile.com

Corel Designer Technical Suite X5 Corel Corp. (Ottawa, ON, Canada) is presenting its Technical Suite X5 for businesses that need to effectively convey illustrations and diagrams. Features include superior file compatibility, industry-standard compliance and file-format support, 3-D repurposing and tools and support that enables single-source publishing. According to the company, this version focuses on technical-illustration workflow. www.corel.com

HP’s Digital Signage for SMBs HP (Palo Alto, CA) is unveiling the HP SignagePlayer mp8000s and HP SignagePlayer mp8000r, the company’s new, digital-signage offering designed for small- to mid-sized businesses that want to deploy full-feature digital signage at a single location or across a small network. The digital-signage players come pre-installed with Scala® QuickStart™ software, which features a simple visual interface for creating, managing and scheduling information. Beyond simple slideshows and video looping, the player enables sophisticated layouts with images, text, Adobe® Flash animations, RSS feeds and interactive content. Built-in templates enable users to such create visuals as menuboards, instore promotions, lobby signage and infotainment. The system can provide health and insurance updates in doctor’s-office waiting rooms and menuboard promotion changes at quick-service restaurants. For businesses with space limitations, the HP SignagePlayer mp8000s supports content up to 720p in a small-device design that can be mounted behind the display. The HP SignagePlayer mp8000r features NVIDIA discrete graphics for the demanding 1,080p content requirements. www.hp.com/go/digitalsignage 46 SIGNS OF THE TIMES / JANUARY 2011

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Ritrama Carbon-Fiber Cast Vinyl Ritrama (Minneapolis) is debuting its black, carbonfiber, cast vinyl. The 5-mil, flexible material offers a positionable adhesive that builds to a high-tack, permanent adhesive. Designed for full or partial vehicle wraps, as well as irregular-surface applications, the media pairs with the companyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 90-lb., patterned Air Flow release liner, which facilitates handling and installation. Ritrama offers the media in 30-, 54- and 60-in.-wide rolls. (800) 328-5071; www.ritrama.com

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100 Years of Neon Signs Or is 160 years more correct? By Marcus Thielen

Ineon ’m writing these lines on the sign‘s 100 birthday. I’m th

standing on historical soil, where the father of the first luminous sign was born. No, I‘m not sitting under the Eiffel Tower in Paris, as most readers would expect, but on the heights of the Rennsteig, a former medieval trade road that’s now a hiking trail in the Thuringian Forest in Germany. But let‘s go back a few hundred years further and start from the beginning. Glassmaking was perfected in Roman times. In fact, the ancient products and techniques couldn’t be replicated until the late 20th Century. Slightly later, alchemists appreciated glass because it withstood not only the aggressive action of acids, heat and other experimental conditions, but, also, its transparency permitted the experimenter to view what was going on inside. Glassmaking consumed more wood than even Roman shipyards. After the decline of the Roman Empire in the Middle Ages, glassmaking businesses would repeatedly deplete surrounding forests, then move to the next wooded area. In 1597, when the Thuringian Forest was untouched and impassable, Johann Casimir, the Duke of Saxony-Meiningen, wanted to convert forest into agricultural areas to feed his starving populace. So, he invited glassmakers to settle at the Lauscha Creek, and he bestowed honors for each acre of forest that was logged and converted. Lauscha’s glass industry prospered, and the region’s population exploded (winter is bitterly cold there). Thus, the next generations were forced to spread out and establish more glass factories nearby. Rapid population growth also 50 SIGNS OF THE TIMES / JANUARY 2011

meant more sons shared ownership of a family’s glass business, which meant the business couldn’t provide a decent living for everyone. This spawned a cottage industry of workers who “worked at the oillamp” to manufacture tiny glass beads and toys. Besides this, the lampworkers and glassmakers in the Thuringian Forest perfected the technique of manufacturing delicate apparati for scientists. Most glassworkers in the renowned universities came from the Thuringian Forest. Elsewhere, at the time, the Italian scientist Evangelista Torricelli observed, when a 4-ft.-long glass tube was closed at one end, filled with mercury, stood upright (closed end up!) and shaken slightly, a faint light appeared – the first electric

mercury vapor “lamp.” Later, scientists such as Benjamin Franklin, Joseph Priestley and Humphrey Davy investigated “the passage of electrical fluid through different kinds of air” using glass vessels and electrostatic machinery. But, their experiments were rarely repeatable due to unavailability of proper vacuum pumps, pressure gauges or gas analytics. They couldn’t contain the gas inside the glass vessel for long – the electrical wires that fed the current in and out couldn’t be passed through the glass wall tightly. To further seal the tubes, they applied beeswax and rosin, which added gaseous components, and, in the process, air leaked in. Back in Germany, we leap to 1814. In Neuhaus am Rennsteig (the

Georges Claude (previous page) and an assistant in Claude’s Paris laboratory (from Rudi Stern, The New Let There Be Neon, page 17, ST Media) Heinrich Geissler (bottom left) is the German physicist and glassblower for whom the Geissler (mercury) pump (1855) and the Geissler tube (1857) are named. (Upper left) Geissler’s birth home, in Neuhaus, Thuringia. His grandfather was an accomplished glassmaker; his father made glass jewelry, and his brothers were glassblowers in Berlin and Amsterdam. A Geissler tube (bottom) was originally used for spectral analysis.

town next to Lauscha), a boy named Heinrich Geissler was born and then raised as a glassblower. He found that the common Thuringian glass could be sealed, vacuum tight, with platinum wire to trap the gas inside the electrical egg indefinitely. He also found that reducing the crosssection between electrical connections intensified the light effect. Hence, he made the first discharge tubes, with a capillary part between rather wide electrode vessels. In 1851, Geissler bent such capillary tubes into letters and spelled a word in glass. When he placed this tube in his shop window in Bonn, Germany, he created a stir, even though the tube lasted only a few hours. Later, while working as a scientific glassblower at the University of

Bonn, circa 1875, he perfected Toepler’s mercury vacuum pump, using mercury to displace air, and created pressures of roughly 1 micron, or enough to sufficiently clean the spectral tubes and obtain repeatable results. But Geissler (he had since become famous, and his tubes were already named “Geissler tubes,” as they are today) could use only gases that were known at that time, such as nitrogen, oxygen, carbon dioxide and hydrogen. All these gases undergo chemical reactions with the electrode metal, which consumes the gas, thus limiting the lifetime of the Geissler tubes to a few hours of operation. In 1893, John McFarlan Moore used large Geissler tubes for lighting. They were still filled with common gases and had a short

lifetime, but their warm, pinkyellowish, soft-white light, their continuous line of light (no “spots” like incandescents) and their ability to match the architectural shape made them commercially successful. To extend their lifetime, an automatic refill mechanism was invented. It replenished the amount of gas used up by the chemical reactions. Due to their large diameters (2.5 to 3 in.) and lengths (up to 60 ft.), these tubes were difficult to bend into shape, but Moore tubes have reportedly been used in signs. At the turn of the 20th Century, Parisian Georges Claude developed a process for producing liquified air in quantity, using the Callaitet principle of one-step liquification without a prior heat exchange SIGNS OF THE TIMES / JANUARY 2011 51

Neon Gets a Swirl More of Uncle Julio’s signature Swirls are more than likely consumed thanks to the restaurant’s use of neon. Neon’s inviting glow helps attract Tex-Mex lovers to several Uncle Julio’s restaurants. For this Woodbridge, VA location, in the Stonebridge Shopping Center, Uncle Julio’s contacted Art Display Co. (Capitol Heights, MD), whose account manager, Jimmie Jones, had worked with the chain at five previous locations. Art Display set up both LED and neon samples, but the restaurant team opted for neon’s extra intensity and depth of color. Doug Kilshmeier, Art Display’s president, said, “They felt the neon looked far more ‘western’ and more authentic because of its ‘reference to the past,’ basically a tie-in with a yesteryear cantina. However, they liked the specific green color of one of the LED samples, and they asked us to use green LED on the barrel sign.” (contrary to the Linde-process) to fill the growing demand of oxygen for medical and gas-welding purposes. During the liquification of air, Claude always found a bit of “permanent gas” withstood liquification. In 1898, British scientist Sir William Ramsay had discovered/ separated a new gas in these remnants and named it “neon” (Greek for “new”). Ramsay identified it by a bright red glow when it was energized with electricity. Claude, who was a businessman rather than an inventor, wanted to monetize this “waste” product. Having known neon’s inert properties (that it won’t undergo any chemical reaction), he tried to fill a Moore light tube with this gas to extend the lifetime without using 52 SIGNS OF THE TIMES / JANUARY 2011

The 1,100 ft. of exposed neon entails clear red, ruby red, clear gold and bromo-blue tubing, with an argon/ neon mix. Transco transformers supplied the power. With the oversight of the general contractor, RCC Associates (Deerfield Beach, FL), and Uncle Julio’s support, four, experienced Art Display installers, smoothly installed all the signage components with a crane and a bucket truck. Arthur Goldberg, Art Display’s executive VP said, “A number of us at Art Display grew up with neon, and we have a full-service neon plant in our shop. Having this opportunity to exploit the full range of neon, in signage and architectural detail, really gave us a connection to our past and to the fundamental beauty of neon. The result speaks to Uncle Julio’s success: They’ve created a bold, eye-catching image that attracts customers.” — Susan Conner

a refill valve. He also knew neon, when ionized by high-voltage electricity, lights up bright red, which isn’t desirable for general lighting purposes, but does penetrate foggy skies better than other colors. Because of its visibility over long distances, Claude thought it would create attention – after all, color for a shop sign wasn’t so important. At that point, Geissler’s shaped advertising tubes had been forgotten, and luminous signs exclusively employed incandescents. Systematic experiments by Claude’s staff led to the primary claim of his patent application – that the electrode size per given electrical current “must exceed a size of 1.5 square decimeters [approximately 23 sq. in.] per Ampere,” or, otherwise, the electrode will be depleted rather shortly.

The use of neon and the electrode size permitted Claude’s tubes to last for 80,000 to 100,000 operating hours. Claude filed his French patent application on March 7, 1910, and his U.S. application on November 9, 1910. The U.S. Patent Office examined it for (only!) four years before granting the patent. Interestingly, the patent is countersigned as witnessed by Dean Mason, the founder of the British neon company Masonlite, which was in business until 2005. Next, Claude focused on commercially exploiting his invention. His company began to publish periodicals, the “Claude Neon News.” Claude’s business grew. Because neon signs were difficult to transport (all roads weren’t paved),

Festive Neon Neon Nieto (San Jose, Costa Rica) crafted this 28 x 24-ft. (8.6 x 7.35-meter) sign for the Las Vegas-style Fiesta Casino (left) in San Jose. Channel letters with acrylic fronts and aluminum sides are internally illuminated by a neon/argon mix and EGL neon tubes. Other figures comprise exposed, 15mm EGL neon tubes. Neon Nieto crafted electronic flashers to coordinate the animation. France transformers supply the power. Arnoldo Nieto of Neon Nieto celebrated the holiday season with a rooftop neon Santa sleigh (above), installed atop the company headquarters. Exposed, 15mm EGL neon tubing, powered by France transformers, outlined the 16 x 33-ft. Santa and his reindeer. — Nancy Bottoms Claude set up new branches as franchisees. To become a neon-sign fabricator, you not only had to buy the equipment from the Claude company, but pay $100,000 royalties to know “the secrets.” You were also obliged to buy all materials from the Claude monopoly. On the other hand, Claude’s big company was financially strong enough to enforce the patent up to the maximum, legal extent against infringements, and so they did. In 1923, the first neon sign was shipped to the U.S. and installed at a Packard dealership on Hope St. in Los Angeles. The sign was still operative in 1974, after more than 50 years of use! Sadly, not a single piece of the original was preserved, but a replica owned by the City of Los Angeles art collection is periodi-

cally displayed in the Museum of Neon Art in Los Angeles. The neon sign’s impact caused traffic to stop because everybody wanted to see the “new light.” Claude Neon’s strict enforcement policy caused bootlegging attempts. The electrode-size claim was the most difficult to circumvent. In the late 1920’s, the Cortese brothers, Italian immigrants, and scientific glassblower Ben Kresge remembered that, in 1908, the German physicist Wehnelt had found that cold-cathode X-ray tubes can be loaded to much higher currents when the negative electrode is coated with earth-alkali oxides (he used calcium oxide that contained a bit of barium). By coating neon electrodes with these oxides, the current load per surface could be

extended far beyond the level claimed by Claude without creating electrode decomposition. So, the Cortese/Kresge electrode legally circumvented Claude’s monopoly, opening doors to neon’s widespread use. In Miller/Fink’s famous book, Neon Signs, published in 1934, he wrote (page 49), “The patented electrode now fully available,” which referred to the fall of Claude’s monopoly. The Cortese family still is in the neon business as EGL, while Kresge’s National Vacuum Laboratories closed with the master’s death in 1999. Interestingly, many neon companies that began as Claude franchise subsidiaries are still in business (some still use Claude’s name), and the parent Claude business still operSIGNS OF THE TIMES / JANUARY 2011 53

Neon Visions Bernd Weinmayer, whose purpose-built workshop is located in Mariastein, Austria, is a scientific glassblower and artist who works in various glasses in many styles – from lampwork to studio glassblowing. Weinmayer says he doesn’t like to overload his work with color and, instead, opts for color highlights. The examples shown here are filled with a neon/xenon mixture, except for the octopus, which is a neon/nitrogen mixture. He uses only borosilicate glass, which he forms by hand or, occasionally, on the lathe. — Susan Conner ates under the name Sofelem France in Paris. During the late 1930s, neon-tube colors multiplied with the development of fluorescent materials for TV screens – uncoated tubes were previously used. Some of today’s common colors, such as standard sign green and sign blue (as well as orange as green pumped red and hot pink [aka blue pumped red]) date back to these times and are produced with the same chemicals. The “American Streamline” design boosted the use of neon as an integral part of modern architecture, and, thus, neon became an irrevocable part of the “American way of life” (from American Streamline, by Philip DiLemme, published by Van Nostrand-Reinhold). As Rudi Stern said in his foreword to American Streamline: “Since these designs were still being used in the 1950s, they have become part of our nostalgia in the ’80s. The dubious glories of the 1950s include neon echoes from 54 SIGNS OF THE TIMES / JANUARY 2011

the 1930s, the true heyday of the medium.” In the late 1950s, plastic materials were promoted in the sign business as ideal, modern and easy to use. In the late ’60s, plastics proliferated with the introduction of acrylic-face channel letters and fluorescent lamps in box signs. During this time, most neon tubes were hidden behind plastic. Signs looked more and more uniform, and individualism was ruled out by “standards.” This was neon’s Depression period. Rudi Stern was a major voice in re-establishing the beauty of welldesigned, open and glass-only neon signage. He founded the Let There Be Neon gallery in NYC in the mid1970s – and it’s still operating. (See ST, November 2006, page 120, for an update on the gallery, and October 2006, page 176, for Stern’s influence on neon’s renaissance.) Since the 1960s, neon has been recognized as a fine-art medium. Pop Art transformed neon from an advertising form into fine art, and

it’s maintained a separate, wellaccepted role in the artistic world. With development of the color TV in the late ’60s, and the improvements in fluorescent lamps, many new fluorescent materials were developed. One prominent color is “coral rose,” europium-doped yttrium vanadate, a material developed by the RCA labs in Princeton, NJ (now it’s the Sarnoff Institute) in the early 1960s as the red component for color-TV screens. With these new materials, neon suppliers massively enlarged the available color palette to roughly 50 colors in the 1970s. But the general ’70s trend in “modern graphics” towards large, uniformly colored surfaces (a posterized style) didn’t favor the linear look of a neon tube. In a parallel development, “new” materials such as plastics were vacuum molded into three-dimensional signs. The first types of vinyl (hand-cut, because computers or plotters weren’t available to signshops) were considered “modern

Neon-related Manufacturers advertising.” The proliferation of the fluorescent-lamp, backlit, plastic box sign forced many small neon shops out of business, not only in the U.S. but in Europe. Dusty Sprengnagel, in his book Neon World, commented about Vienna: “As in many other cities, neon almost vanished in the 1970s, due to the predominance of illuminated Plexiglas fronts.” The demise of the neon industry, and the reduced demand that resulted, led to the ceaesure/ discontinuation in production of materials, foremost colored-glass tubing, like the famous “ruby red” manufactured by Corning glass. Also, many smaller electrode manufacturers stopped production. Germany’s largest glass manufacturer, Schott, stopped making colored-glass tubing (still handdrawn at that time) in 1989, while Venetian glassmakers started producing machine-made, coloredglass tubing for neon circa 1987. This source now supplies more than 80% of the world market in colored-glass tubing for different neon suppliers. In the late ’80s and ’90s, neon experienced a revival, along with the “American way of life” being trendy in most parts of the world. Again, due to the development of new “rare-earth” fluorescent materials in the lighting industry, even more colors became available for the sign business. Currently, the neon customer can choose from more than 100 colors. At the same time, the use of colored-glass tubing (from the Venetian source) became so popular that its production at turn of the millennium, just for red glass, was more than 240 tons per year. Even with neon’s ubiquitous use and recognition, its widespread request and market, in combination with increasing globalization, led to a cut-throat price war between sign companies. Neon was not only outsourced to local, wholesale, glass shops, but imported worldwide. When national retail chains

(Also please refer to ST’s Buyers’ Guide and www.signweb.com for other manufacturers and distributors of neon-related transformers and components.) Allanson Lighting Electrics Toronto, ON, Canada (416) 288-3201 www.allanson.com Neon power supplies

Heico Lighting Saint-Eustache, QC, Canada (450) 491-5671 www.heicolighting.com Octopus neon system

Brollo Siet Caerano San Marco, Italy 39-423-657602 www.brollosiet.com Neon transformers and accessories

LightingLux-Electrobits Montreal, QC, Canada (514) 845-2487 www.luxandbits.com Neon components

EGL Co. Inc. Berkeley Heights, NJ (908) 508-1111 www.egl-neon.com Neon components

Tecnolux Inc. Brooklyn, NY (718) 369-3900 www.tecnoloux.com Neon components

Einsteck Enterprise Los Angeles, CA (323) 535-1598 www.einsteck.com Neon accessories and tubing

Ventex Technology Inc. Jupiter, FL (561) 840-8400 www.ventextech.com Neon power supplies

Eurocom Inc. Irving, TX (972) 791-4401 www.eurocom-inc.com Neon components and accessories

Voltarc Orange, CT (203) 578-4600 www.voltarc.com Neon components

France Fairview, TN (615) 799-0551 www.franceformer.com Neon transformers and magnetic and electronic ballasts

Zhuhai Jinbo Kechuang Electronics Co. Ltd. Suzhou, Jiangsu, China 67620302 www.zhjb.com Neon transformers — Susan Conner

started to sell “Open” signs for less than $99.99, many neon shops were facing economic crisis. Beer signs were mostly imported. In the first years of the new millennium, LEDs were marketed in the sign industry as neon replacements. Today, LEDs, as semiconductors, aren’t well suited to most outdoor applications in the sign business, except in some small niches. At first, some large, national retail chains converted their outdoor signage to LED lighting, but several reverted to neon after a

few years due to the high failure rate of poor-quality LED products and/or poor installation practices. The beauty of a well-designed, handmade neon sign is still unsurpassed and will ever be. There is no replacement, and there won’t be. After more than 160 years, the glow of energized gas in (transparent) glass tubing -- and after 100 years in the form of Claude’s neon signs -- has established it as an important part in our way of civilized life. Neon signs, with their economy and beauty, are living history. n SIGNS OF THE TIMES / JANUARY 2011 55

Rising Above A look at top-flight dimensional signage By Steve Aust

A lthough handpainted banners and flat-sign placards likely come to most people’s minds when considering traditional signage, the simple, 3-D sign has long provided tremendous versatility. Whether identifying a business or residential enclave to passersby, providing a graphic identity for a downtown establishment, or creating a harbinger of cozy ambience for guests at an inn or hotel, the dimensional sign has provided a stalwart, on-premise-sign presence. According to ST’s 2009 Commercial State of the Industry (SOI) Report (see ST, August 2010, page 62), the dimensional-sign market has taken a moderate tumble amidst tough economic times. The SOI states, from 2007 to 2009, the sales-volume percentage of signs made from wood and synthetic-wood materials, dimensional-sign fabrication staples, declined nearly a percentage point, from 12.4 to 11.5%. However, perhaps economic Darwinism that inevitably follows such a downturn eliminated poorly qualified shops or those that merely dabbled in dimensional-signage fabrication. Effective design and fabrication of 3-D signage requires extensive material, process and equipment knowledge – to say nothing of an ironclad commitment to fulfilling your customer’s needs and vision. Whether it’s a stately entry monument that provides an immediate identity for your costumer, or whimsical, building-mounted letters and sculptural elements, 3-D signage provides unparalleled, distinctive branding. Dimensional signage’s capabilities are limited only by a fabricator’s knowledge and creativity. Let the handiwork of the following highly skilled, 3-D-sign practitioners provide some inspiration. 56 SIGNS OF THE TIMES / JANUARY 2011

Big-Screen 3-D Melissa Jones began her career handcarving art for her husband, Jason, in 2006. She created these first pieces on a handheld, rotary tool. Jones posted the first photos online and, when she received positive feedback, decided to create her own company, Nice Carvings, in Brainerd, MN, which solicits business through its self-titled website. She recalled, “My first jobs were for all kinds of off-the-wall requests, like video-game art and college mascots. Eventually, I primarily settled into dimensional signage, and business has snowballed ever since.” Jones still works in her garage basement, although her space has grown from 400 to approximately 1,400 sq. ft. – 600 for fabrication and 800 for painting – inside a larger house. She also plans to launch a dimensionalsign discussion group on the company’s site, signforum.

Melissa Jones and her husband, Jason, founded Nice Carvings (Brainerd, MN) in 2006. She upgraded the shop’s capabilities considerably when she purchased a CNC router two years later. Nice Carvings almost exclusively receives all of its jobs through its website. (Preceding page) Melissa was a bit surprised when she discovered she was producing a six-sign package for The Green Hornet, a movie to be released January 14 that stars Seth Rogen as the eponymous crime-fighter. This sign comprises 18-lb. Sign•Foam® HDU with an MDF backer. (Left) Almost all of the shop’s orders arrive through its website, www.nicecarvings.com. The 3-D modeling software, Vectric’s ASPire, helps the shop produce such layered, distinctive signs as this piece that identifies a children’s museum. (Below) To create an aged appearance, Nice Carvings sometimes uses lettering enamels.

nicecarvings.com. Jones said, “Because I generate almost all of my sales online, it was a challenge getting potential clients to trust my ability. That problem still exists, although the portfolio I’ve built has eased it.” A major equipment purchase also spurred Nice Carvings’ growth. In 2008, the purchased of a pre-owned, 4 x 8-ft. ShopBot CNC router exponentially boosted Melissa’s production capability. She said, “With a CNC router, I can produce four times as much work, twice as fast. ”Having a CNC router has enabled Nice Carvings to wholesale HDU signage to other shops. She estimates a standard, two-week turnaround time for a 4 x 8-ft. sign. However, a recent rush job will soon help her gain big-screen recognition. Jones recalled, “The order form just said it was for a film project, and they sent specs that required six signs to be completed in four days. I didn’t think a lot of it at that time. Then, I received the shipping address and noticed it was for Sony Pictures.” She discovered her handiwork would be filmed for The Green Hornet, a Columbia Pictures $100-millionbudget blockbuster that will premiere January 14, with Seth Rogen as the title character and Cameron Diaz as his romantic interest. Her work includes a logo for the movie’s fictitious newspaper, The Daily Sentinel, and replicas of a Pulitzer Prize medal and National Press Club awards. The centerpiece comprises a seal for the Los Angeles District Attorney’s office. Jones said, “We were told to make subtle changes to the actual seal so that it couldn’t be construed as copyright infringement for the actual seal. Using our 3-D modeling software [Vectric’s ASPire], it was a pretty

simple process, although I still enhance machine-carved objects with hand-done undercuts and fine detail.” To fashion the signs and accent pieces, Jones primarily used 18-lb. Sign•Foam® 3 HDU (she incorporated some redwood for the Daily Sentinel logo). To create the District Attorney seal, she bonded the Sign•Foam seal to Trupan MDF using a two-part epoxy that provided extra thickness and rigidity. Had the sign been intended for long-term use, rather than a movie set, Jones noted she probably would’ve bonded the HDU to PVC or thicker HDU for more durability. To make some elements appear aged, such as the Journalist’s Creed placard installed on the Daily Sentinel set, she applied various layers of lettering enamels. For the District Attorney seal, she used artists’ acrylics – because the film crew didn’t want light to reflect from it back to the cameras, she used flat-finish paint. Flat-finish paint also fit the project well because it dries the fastest and helped meet the deadline, Jones said. She hasn’t been informed about the scenes in which her signs will appear, but Jones is eager to see the movie and find out how her creations integrate into the scenery. SIGNS OF THE TIMES / JANUARY 2011 57

One Juicy Sign Great Big Signs (Kyle, TX) operates a relatively spartan signshop. Inside its cavernous environs, coowners Lynn Wilkerson and Mario Munoz ply their trade with a well-worn computer, a cutting plotter and a vast array of handheld tools. Yet, their creativity and fabrication know-how have earned the shop several awards, including three consecutive Best of Show honors for its production of 3-D vehicle graphics for Freebirds World Burritos and the Austin (TX) Ice Cream Festival. He also produces on-premise signage and graphics for Freebirds, which operates quickservice, Mexican restaurants from California to Texas. Complementing its accolades for vehicle and interior graphics, building signs remain a shop fixture. Kelly Allen, the owner of Luling, TX’s The Watermelon Shop, noted the sign spectacular Wilkerson’s team had created for Kyle’s Texas Pie Co. and was referred to Great Big Signs. She wanted an eye-popping icon for her store’s façade, which sells the “all things watermelon,” Wilkerson said, and serves as a central gathering place for Luling’s “Watermelon Thump,” which has occurred every June since 1954. It features a parade, live music and, naturally, melon-eating and seed-spitting contests. Wilkerson began his design process with a pen-andpaper sketch before synthesizing his vision using CorelDraw 13. He said, “Watermelons have been such an important crop in that area for a long time, and I wanted to pay tribute to that history with typeface that 58 SIGNS OF THE TIMES / JANUARY 2011

Great Big Signs (Kyle, TX) constructed a building sign for Luling, TX’s The Watermelon Shop, a key gathering place for the town’s traditional ‘Watermelon Thump.” The sign comprises coated-EPS foam for the melon, and MDObacked, HDU letters. Fabricator Jay Gordon built the sign’s armature and winding vines.

would’ve belonged in an old-fashioned seed catalog.” With the design in place, he fabricated the 13-ft.-tall sign using EPS foam to craft the juicy watermelon slices, and 2-in.-thick, 15-lb. HDU and MDO for the letters. The sign weighs approximately 400 lbs. Fabricator Marcario Delarosa produced the letters by hand using a welder, foamcutter and a surform – a perforated-metal tool that resembles a cheese grater. To fortify the EPS foam for external conditions, Great Big Signs sprayed on a polyurea hardcoat. Jay Gordon, a freelance steel fabricator, built the armature that supports the sign – as well as the winding leaves and vines that add authenticity to Wilkerson’s work – using welded-steel, square tubing. To decorate the signs, Gordon used 1Shot® lettering enamels, which he mixed with hardener to promote adhesion, and automotive-grade clearcoat to allow the watermelon to withstand torturous Texas heat. Wilkerson recounted Allen’s rave reviews for her sign: “She said that not only had the sign helped sales for her shop, but also for shops on that end of Luling’s town square. Tour buses stop there to visit the Watermelon Thump, and the store’s sign helps draw out-of-town visitors. So, yes, they’re very pleased.”

The Confederate Craft Keeper Brother Zank, who runs Custom Craftsman Signs (Sevierville, TN) with his wife, Vicki, opened his shop in 1988 after several years of having worked in various signshops. Situated near Tennessee’s Smoky Mountains, near Gatlinburg, Pigeon Forge and their rustic environs, Zank enjoys fertile ground for entry monuments, building signs and other dimensional graphics that reflect the area’s homespun character. Tourism provides a key cog in east Tennessee’s economic engine, and establishments that cater to the region’s visitors provide a large chunk of Custom Craftsman’s business. Zank and his team recently fabricated a supersized entry statement for Auntie Belham’s, a company that provides cabin rentals in Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge. (“Auntie Belham’s” is a clever play on “antebellum,” a term commonly used in reference to the pre-Civil War South.) The whimsical, 14-ft.-tall monument incorporates a faux-rock, stucco-on-cement backdrop, which upscale homebuilder Bush Builders constructed (Bush also produced the stonework and foundation). After having formulated the design using CorelDraw 4 and Adobe Photoshop®, Custom Craftsman crafted the faux logs and text from 15-lb. Sign*Foam, and outlined the letters with ¼- and 3⁄8-in.-thick, aluminum sheet. The window comprises PVC and frosted acrylic, and the bear who meanders up the monument’s side was chainsaw-cut from a single, 900-lb. sycamore log and pin-mounted

Custom Craftsman Signs (Sevierville, TN) built this sign for a Gatlinburg, TN cabin-rental company. The 14-ft.-tall monument features a stucco-on-cement, rocky backdrop, logs and letters fabricated from HDU, a window that comprises PVC and frosted acrylic, and a bear cut from a single sycamore trunk. The tenant sign features a Foam Visions textured, cast-urethane panel.

to the slab through a custom, steel plate. The log gable caps onto the slab and was attached with adhesive. Zank siliconed the letters into the slab surfaces with copper sleeves to conceal any exposed studs. The tenant sign features a Foam Visions (Ronkonkoma, NY) bark-textured, cast-urethane panel that’s laminated to a treated-plywood sheet with strapsteel brackets. Zank and his team painted the letters with oil-based lettering enamels and coated the remaining elements with Sikkens wood finishes. SIGNS OF THE TIMES / JANUARY 2011 59

Eye Candy Stoner Graphix (Hummelstown, PA), which has produced 3-D signage, vehicle graphics and electric signs since 1988, earned this sign project through a referral. Owner Kurt Stoner and his staff had previously produced signs for the client while he worked for a local amusement park. When the client retired to embark on a longtime dream of restoring and detailing classic cars, they hired Stoner to create a simple, yet memorable, sign. The two-sided sign measures 5 ft. in diameter and 8 ft. tall, and comprises Duna’s 15-lb. HDU. It’s mounted atop a base layer of Extira® treated, composite wood, with ¼-in.-thick acrylic on its face. One-in.-thick, half-round, stainless-steel barstock and polished, stainless steel serve as pole 60 SIGNS OF THE TIMES / JANUARY 2011

Stoner Graphix (Hummelstown, PA) produced this 5 x 8-ft. sign with a 15-lb., HDU slab that’s mounted on an acrylic face and Extira® treated-wood base. The sign’s pole cladding and edgecap comprise stainless steel.

cladding and the sign’s edgecap. “We wanted to keep the sign as cost-effective as possible, while creating a feel that made potential customers think of vintage cars,” Stoner said. After having devised the sign design using Gerber Scientific Products’ Omega software, Stoner Graphix produced all parts on its Gerber Sabre 408, 4 x 8-ft., CNC router. Stainless-steel bolts affix the panel to the aluminum posts, which Stoner wrapped with stainless steel to match the edgecap.

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The Matter of Design An industry veteran describes his pen-to-sign process. By Lawrin D. Rosen

W hen I entered the sign business in the mid-1970s, industry technology had evolved little from the days of medieval guilds. As a designer and patternmaker, I turned out many hand renderings and used the available primitive machines to prepare art for production. I relied primarily on a circa-1950, hooded device known by the old-timers as a “Lucy.” Its hand cranks controlled a bellowed lens, which projected, enlarged or reduced art onto a glass screen for tracing. The completed art, usually prepared in ½-, 5⁄8- or ¾-in. to 1-ft. scale, was brought into a darkroom and placed on an overhead projector for projection onto 4-ft.- wide rolls of gridded, brown pattern paper. I traced the projection with an ultra-bright, electricarc carbon pencil, which burned holes into pattern paper for pouncing by hand with a chalk or charcoal pounce bag.

Often, a deal is sealed as the customer watches a concept materialize on the spot. Such was the case with Maz Media, the advertising firm for this New Britain, CT restaurant. Pete Stockmal, a staff designer, produced this rendering (center) using Corel Draw. The metal components, including the bracket, comprise layered and glued, ½-in.-thick, aluminum plate that’s manufactured with a Gerber AR 600 router. We fabricated all acrylic and PVC components using our shop’s Gerber Sabre 408 CNC router. 62 SIGNS OF THE TIMES / JANUARY 2011

Logos or type required printing black-and-white “photostats,” which were typically secured with rubber cement onto high-grade posterboard. Or, with a very steady hand, I used an X-Acto swivel knife to cut images out of red film on an acetate backer, known as Rubylith®. Without computer imagery, meticulous, mechanical work was required for photographic reproduction. In 1983, Gerber Scientific Products’ Signmaker, despite its crude, one-line, red-pixel readout, ushered in design mechanization. Now, more than a quarter-century and thousands of technological advancements later, ARTfx, like most other signshops, employs

such sophisticated programs as CorelDraw® and Adobe Illustrator® and PhotoShop®. But, unlike most others, our conceptual work is still born at the end of a pencil. I believe hand rendering still provides many design positives, and that computer renderings ultimately benefit when preceded by doodles. Ideas emerge instantly in a stream of consciousness, whereas fluidity may suffer during the mechanical process of clicking a computer mouse. Conversely, hand renderings past the initial idea stage hinder progress. Gears invariably shift, and CAS designs must proceed quickly. When clients so dictate, software enables swift changes in colors, dimension, shape, etc. Images can be filed and stored for records, conversion or production. In design’s latter phases, the guy working with a pencil may waste hours. CorelDraw offers sign-design flexibility because it very intuitively produces shapes, fills and shadows.

The customer brought in a photo of his existing sign and asked how I could improve his branding. He sat at my desk and watched me doodle. I began with a black, felt-tip marker, and then used an enhanced pen and Prismacolor color-pencil sketch. Because I was confident the sale was fairly secure, we progressed to a shop PC, where Stockmal catalyzed the look with a computer rendering completed with Corel Draw 13. Once approved, fabricators moved into action and created this sign, which helped sweeten Smyth’s business.

Adobe programs have proven advantageous for composing type because they feature quick editing and rapid letter refinements. CorelDraw tends to be cumbersome when fine-tuning type. Photoshop offers terrific in-situ renderings; there’s no better way to superimpose a design on its planned environment. We operate our plotters and routers with Gerber’s Graphix Advantage. We have Gerber’s Omega™ software, but our veteran production staff has resisted the changeover. Gerber software creates art files that are productiongrade, but, in our experience, doesn’t provide the flexibility in producing time-effective or efficient presentations. Once we’ve secured approval, the art requires cleanup to ensure all shapes and converted fonts maintain straight lines and smooth curves when adapted to full-size scale. After using CorelDraw and Adobe Illustrator to reduce the file to its basic shapes and types, we use Gerber’s Composer software to enlarge the file to full size and correct any erratic shapes. The portfolio of photos underscores my design process. Hand renderings have been interpreted by designers using CAD software. Using this tandem approach, I believe the traditional design fundamentals I learned,

when merged with current technological amenities, optimize design aesthetics and efficiency and create the best possible final product. ■ Lawrin D. Rosen is the founder of Bloomfield, CT-based ARTfx Signs.

This illuminated pylon sign, which identifies a South Windsor, CT, children’s arcade, began with an original logo that four ARTfx designers and I created. The relatively crude pencil sketch was sufficient to sell the concept. As the process progressed, we made several refinements. A messageboard was considered, but ultimately nixed due to the $12,000 to $16,000 projected pricetag. The finished product earned a first-place award in the Electric Pole/Pylon category of ST’s 2008 International Sign Design Contest (see ST, March 2008, page 126). SIGNS OF THE TIMES / JANUARY 2011 63

The 2010 Vinyl Survey The improvements outnumber factors that continue to decline. By Wade Swormstedt

Iourn lastanticipation year’s report, we compared of the results to cutting oneself while shaving – you knew it was going to bleed, but you didn’t how badly. To continue the metaphor this year, for results from 2010, the bleeding hasn’t stopped, but it’s abated. In most cases, the outlook has improved. Some aspects worsened, but the rate at which they deteriorated has slowed. Companies still may not be headed in the right direction, but the brakes are being applied in preparation for

an about-face. Response to this survey was the lowest ever, in 16 years, even though the survey was posted on the home page of www.signweb.com for several days. When the news isn’t very good, people are reticent to be reminded about it. Especially when asked to document it. Surprisingly, however, in many cases, despite having received only a third as many responses as last year (when the 175 were the thirdhighest total ever), the results are quite similar. Apparently, the

Table 1: Respondent Profile: Longevity and Employees Year

Respondents

Average Years In Business

Average Number of Employees

2010

24.9

6.4

2009

175

18.7

6.3

2008

223

17.5

5.9

2007

342

15.1

5.0

2006

103

17.2

6.2

2005

104

13.4

4.9

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economic climate hasn’t appreciably changed vinyl’s impact on the sign industry. Here are some of the highlights: • Overall, respondents reported their sales fell 8% from 2009 to 2010 (Table 4). • Their vinyl usage dropped by 3% from 2009 to 2010 (Table 6). • However, the total amount of vinyl kept in stock (Table 8), and the number of colors stocked (Table 9), are the highest in four years. • Similarly, planned equipment investment in 2011 is the highest in four years (Table 13). • More than four of every five respondents achieved sales via some type of non-sign work, the highest percentage this study has ever seen (Table 3). • Decoration of vinyl via eradication matches last year’s high of 11%, and usage of digital imaging (89%) and paint (32%) is the highest in seven years (Table 7). • Our respondents are by far the most veteran group to ever respond, with an average of nearly 25 years in business (Table 1). Similarly, the average number of employees is the highest ever.

The respondents Previously, we have presented results separately for independent and franchise sign companies, and then for both combined, but we didn’t receive enough responses from the franchise sign companies this year to make separate results noteworthy. Even though the 54 responses are slightly less than any received in the past 16 years, at least most of the respondents answered all of the questions (Table 1). Officially, the average number of employees, 6.4, is the highest total ever, although last year, it was 6.3 (Table 1). The average sales volume of $634,496 is the lowest in the past four years (Table 2). However, four years ago, it would have been the highest ever. The same holds true for average sales per employee. At just under $100,000, it’s the lowest in the past four years, but, four years ago, it would have been the highest ever. Tough times typically cause companies to react in one of two diametrically opposed ways. They either scale back on the breadth of their products/services, to concentrate on core competencies or those endeavors with the highest profit margins, or, in order to simply increase sales, they enlarge their product line. This year’s respondents have chosen the latter. More than four of every five respondents (81%, Table 3) performed some type of non-sign work in 2010. The previous high had been 77%, with each of the past three years having exceeded 70%. Last year, we added a corollary question -- non-sign work’s percentage of the overall sales volume. This year’s 4.8% is significantly lower than last year’s 7.9%. So, perhaps more companies tried this route, but it didn’t work too well. Sales results Well, at least these results aren’t as dire as last year. Average sales still

Table 2: Sales Volume Year

Respondents

Total Sales

Average Sales

Average Sales Per Employee

2010

$29,821,335

$634,497

$99,140

2009

155

$109,807,165

$703,892

$107,338

2008

198

$188,871,203

$958,737

$143,738

2007

267

$286,958,214

$1,075,750

$215,149

2006

$53,938,700

$586,290

$92,301

2005

$36,177,170

$384,864

$82,785

Table 3: Non-sign Work Year

Respondents

Perform Non-sign Work

% of Total Sales Volume

2010

42 (81%)

4.8%

2009

164

118 (72%)

7.9%

2008

226

174 (77%)

2007

337

245 (73%)

2006

43 (44%)

2005

50 (52%)

Table 4: Changes in Sales Volume (2009 to 2010) Year

Respondents

More (%)

Less (%)

Same

Net (%)

2010

21 (18%)

24 (34%)

-8.0%

2009

170

31 (21.5%)

120 (32.7%)

-18.5%

2008

212

108 (13.9%)

83 (15.4%)

1.1%

2007

303

205 (16.9%)

70 (15.2%)

7.8%

2006

67 (23.3%)

8 (14.6%)

14.3%

2005

55 (17.0%)

11 (12.0%)

9.0%

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The 2010 Vinyl Survey Table 5: Average Annual Amount Spent on Vinyl Year

Respondents

Average Amount Spent on Vinyl

2010

$38,083

2009

132

$40,951

2008

214

$14,230

2007

325

2006 2005

Table 6: Vinyl Usage Year

Respondents

More (%)

Less (%)

Same

Net %

2010

18 (12.8%)

18 (21.2%)

-3.1%

2009

147

26 (17.6%)

93 (21.8%)

-11.6%

2008

223

81 (14.5%)

70 (17.6%)

-2.6%

$20,762

2007

311

139 (15.2%)

88 (15.0%)

2.6%

$27,886

2006

100

48 (23.3%)

26 (24.7%)

4.3%

$24,813

2005

40 (23.0%)

16 (16.0%)

5.0%

Table 7: Decoration of Vinyl Year

Respondents

Vinyl

Paint

Screenprinting

Eradication

Digital Imaging

2010

74% (35)

32% (15)

13% (6)

11% (5)

89% (42)

2009

169

76% (129)

28% (48)

18% (31)

11% (18)

85% (144)

2008

229

64% (147)

26% (59)

10% (22)

5% (12)

70% (160)

2007

326

68% (222)

26% (85)

12% (39)

5% (15)

75% (243)

2006

102

69% (70)

25% (25)

9% (9)

0% (0)

82% (84)

2005

100

86% (86)

29% (29)

17% (17)

4% (4)

70% (70)

fell 8% from 2009 to 2010, but it wasn’t as bad as the average salesvolume loss of 18.5% from 2008 to 2009 (Table 4). But it still suggests a sales decline of 27% over the past two years. Also, on the less-negative side, the number of respondents whose sales volume increased in 2010 (21) was only slightly less than the number whose sales dropped (24). Last year, those who suffered a decline in sales outnumbered those 66 SIGNS OF THE TIMES / JANUARY 2011

who achieved gains by a 4:1 margin. However, up until 2007, the average change in sales volume had never fallen below a positive 7%. But the poor became poorer. Among those whose sales declined, the average drop of 34% was a bit worse than last year’s 33%. But among those whose sales increased, the 18% average, although less than last year’s 22%, is the third-best percentage in the past eight years.

Vinyl usage All things considered, vinyl usage increased in 2010. A return to basic sign work? Customers’ desire for more economical signage? Hard to say. But the average amount spent on vinyl ($38,083, Table 5), although less than last year’s benchmark of $40,000+, is the second-highest dollar figure ever. (We deleted two responses which reported vinyl purchases of $2 million. Collectively, they would have raised the Table 5

Table 8: Vinyl Inventory (Rolls)

Table 9: Vinyl Inventory (Colors) Year

Respondents

Total Average Colors

2010

59% (38.4) 41% (15.9)

2009

166

55% (17.3) 45% (14.2)

2008

219

50% (16.3) 50% (16.1)

2007

320

41% (28.1)

2006

54% (24.1) 46% (20.4)

41% (26.0)

2005

57% (27.0) 43% (20.3)

Year

Respondents

Cast Rolls

Calendered Rolls

2010

56% (27.9)

44% (21.7)

2009

167

57% (23.7)

43% (17.9)

2008

225

51% (21)

49% (20)

2007

333

49% (20)

51% (21)

2006

59% (40.6)

2005

59% (37.9)

Respondents

48% (15)

Calendered Colors

52% (16)

Table 11: Outsourcing of Digitally Printed Signs

Table 10: Quantity of Signs Digitally Printed Year

Cast Colors

Own Digital Equipment

Percentage of Signs Digitally Printed

Outsource Digital? Year

Overall % Outsourced

Yes

2010

43 (81%)

10 (19%)

26%

32.5%

2009

145 (90%)

17 (10%)

26%

64% (217)

27.4%

2008

128 (63%)

76 (37%)

31%

103

74% (76)

36.2%

2007

203 (62%)

127 (38%)

36%

104

55% (58)

23.4%

2006

71 (72%)

27 (28%)

46%

2010

72% (38)

41.0%

2009

165

75% (123)

42.4%)

2008

222

72% (160)

2007

338

2006 2005

figure to $125,000.) Those who said they used more vinyl in 2010 exactly matched the number who reported using less (Table 6). But you can look at the 3.1% decline in vinyl usage two ways. Is it really less usage, or, because of the 8% sales decline, does it indicate more vinyl use as a percentage of sales? Tables 8 and 9 suggest the latter. If you add the average inventories of cast and calendered vinyl together

(Table 8), the nearly 50 rolls is the highest figure in four years. Similarly, via the same calculations for Table 9, the average of stocking 38 colors is the highest in four years. Cast rolls outnumber calendered rolls slightly, both in terms of colors stocked and in the overall number of rolls. As to vinylâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s subsequent decoration, the numbers remain relatively close. Digital imaging remains the preferred choice for

vinyl decoration, and the 89% figure is the highest since 2001 (Table 7). Ditto for paint (32%), with its highest percentage since 2003. More vinyl (74%) remained the second most-popular method, with a significant gap before we get to paint, screenprinting (13%) and eradication (11%). Digital imaging Nothing can decrease digital imagingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s influence on the sign industry. SIGNS OF THE TIMES / JANUARY 2011 67

The 2010 Vinyl Survey Table 12: Types of Digitally Printed Signs Year

Respondents

Banners

Vehicle Graphics

Window Graphics

Fascia Signs

Posters

Labels

2010

2009

163

145

134

135

113

2008

212

190

183

164

103

140

142

2007

312

276

260

231

146

193

2006

2005

Table 13: Anticipated Annual Equipment Investment Year

Respondents

2011 Average Investment

2011*

$27,002

2010

149

$19,680

2009

222

$22,548

2008

335

$20,669

2007

103

$39,418

2006

103

$32,040 *Estimates made in prior year

From formal research in our State of the Industry reports, to lessformal surveys such as this one, digital imaging’s omnipresence refuses to subside. Even though Table 10’s results are slightly below last year’s (72% own digital-printing equipment versus last year’s 75%, and 41% of respondents’ signs included digital imaging versus last year’s 42%), the figures have continued to rise over the past decade. Similarly, even though the 81% of respondents who outsource some digital imaging falls well below last 68 SIGNS OF THE TIMES / JANUARY 2011

year’s 90%, it remains the secondhighest total for a relatively new survey question (Table 11). The percentage of digital imaging that’s outsourced, 26%, matches last year’s low, which indicates more companies perform such work inhouse, rather than suggesting an overall decline in digital imaging. Combined, these numbers indicate more companies are outsourcing some digital imaging, but they’re also handling more of it inhouse. As for the types of signs that receive digital imaging, banners

remain the most popular by a small margin, while vehicle and window graphics are neck and neck, and close behind (Table 12). But even posters, the sign genre least likely to receive digital imaging, are so decorated by more than 60% of all respondents. Company confidence Companies’ willingness to invest in equipment provides an excellent barometer for their confidence in the economic climate. The huge turnout at the SGIA show last October strongly suggests an explosion of pent-up demand for new technology. Table 13 suggests this as well. The average equipment budget earmarked for 2011 crept just past $27,000, the highest figure in four years. And this occurs despite nearly a third of the respondents (17) stating their intent to purchase no new equipment. The remaining 36 anticipate investing an average of $39,753. Last year, 40% of the respondents planned to not purchase any equipment, and those who did specified an average of $32,581. So on both counts, attitudes have improved. ■

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Chairman’s Message By John Allen, ISA Chairman

I have always had the highest respect for sign installers. In fact, when I was in high school, I thought that I wanted to be an installer. I worked in our family business in the summers and in the afternoons after school. Every Friday, I’d listen to the installers who were back from a week on the road talk about their adventures. Of course, much of the excitement came from what happened in the watering holes after work, not from the digging and pouring of concrete in the heat and the cold. While I knew I wanted to go to college eventually, a year on the road as an installer sounded like a lot of fun. My dad, having been an installer himself before joining his father in the office, agreed to put me on a local install crew for a summer. (Unfortunately, the watering hole fun was not part of the assignment.) I learned that working as an installer is hard work, which in itself was not a problem. However, climbing up on a crane 40 or 50 feet in the air was a problem. Every move I made, the crane made. I couldn’t see myself ever getting comfortable bouncing around on this platform. I had a tremendous respect for the guys who did it every day, but it wasn’t the thing for me. After that summer, I went straight to college. Cranes are an important, but dangerous aspect of our business. Like most, I don’t favor increased regulation in our industry. While the new OSHA crane certification rules may seem overwhelming, I believe there are many positives that can come from this, especially with the ISA’s leadership. Today, my company contracts out most of our installation work. In our industry, there are good installers and bad installers—and most of them are good. The new certification requirement should help to improve those that are bad. Our project managers have told me that they like the idea that crane operators must be certified. This will help them identify the best crews from companies that can prove their operators have this certification. ISA is taking a leadership role in helping companies in the sign industry prepare for the certification process with an updated Mobile Crane Safety Operator training course. The course will be offered throughout 2011 in 40 cities around the country. (You can read more about where and when these courses will be held on page 73). I know a lot of folks in our industry were concerned when they first heard about the new operator certification requirements. But I also had many tell me how relieved they were when they learned that ISA is involved in the training. Providing this type of needed education for our industry is the essence of the ISA mission. ISA understands the knowledge level of the crane operators in the sign industry and what training is needed to prepare them for certification. And while I’m sure there are other companies out there that are offering general crane training, none will be aimed as specifically at the sign industry as ISA’s training. A general certification training program will not understand the needs specific to our industry. Many in our industry will be proactive and get their employees through this training this year to gauge how challenging the process will be. As I become chairman of the board of the ISA, I know that this crane safety certification will certainly be one of the key initiatives of the year. Getting all crane operators in our industry certified by 2014 will be a difficult journey. I’m proud that ISA is already several steps ahead in providing this critical education to our industry. |

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The International Sign Association

report January 2011

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Dynamic Digital Signage narrowcasting is expected to draw $3.7 bill. in advertising in 2011, up from $102.5 mill. just seven years earlier. (Digitalsignage.com) •

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Some Aspects of OSHA Rule Are Already in Effect By Darrell Wilkerson, Jr. • Wilkie Mfg. LLC OSHA has implemented the biggest change for regulation of cranes since the original inception of OSHA: the new Crane and Derricks in Construction Standards 1926.1400 – 1926.1442. The most talked about portion of these new standards is the requirement for crane operator certification for cranes with rated capacity over 2,000 pounds. Operator certification has a four-year phase in period and ISA is taking initiative action to bring crane operator training to the sign industry.

During the phase-in period for crane operator certification, each employer who has cranes must ensure that crane operators covered by the OSHA standard are “competent” to operate the equipment safely. When an employee assigned to operate a crane does not have knowledge or ability to operate the equipment safely, the employer must train the employee prior to operating the crane and be evaluated to confirm that the employee understands the training he has been given.

Boom Stops for telescoping cranes (except for hydraulic booms).

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Horn must be either built into the equipment or on the equipment immediately available to the operator. A compressed air, boat type horn (small can) could be used or an automotive horn if electrical power is available.

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Boom Hoist Limiting Device or a temporary alternative such as boom angle indicator and clearly marked boom hoist cable.

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Anti Two-Blocking Device or a temporary alternative to mark the cable, giving the operator time to prevent two-blocking and use a spotter when extending the boom.

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Boom Angle or Radius Indicator or physically measure the radii or boom angle.

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Boom Length Indicator or a temporary alternative of marking the boom to calculate boom length.

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Load Weighing Device, Load Moment (or rated capacity) Indicator or Load Moment (or rated capacity) limiter.

Standardized hand signals (when hand signals are to be used) must be used, and a hand signal chart must be either posted on the equipment or posted in the vicinity of the hoist operations.

Cranes are now required to have specific safety devices, which includes:

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Cranes over 6,000 lb. capacity must have the following additional features:

But some of the requirements have already taken effect.

Crane Level Indicator either built in or available on the equipment. A magnetic mount type bulb level indicator could easily be used for cranes that don’t already have them.

Holding Devices/Check Valve must be an integral part of hydraulic outriggers/ stabilizers.

Cranes are now required to have operation aids which include:

OSHA has implemented the biggest change for regulation of cranes since the original inception of OSHA: the new Crane and Derricks in Construction Standards 1926.1400 – 1926.1442.

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There is not enough space here to review all the changes, so I would recommend that everyone who has cranes or works with or around cranes go to the OSHA web site (www.osha.gov) and read the new regulations. It will take some time and expense to comply with them, but the regulations are there to create a safer work place for everyone. Isn’t that our goal, that at the end of the day we all go home? |

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Energy efficient lighting currently makes up only about two percent of the total U.S. market. But demand for LED lighting is expected to grow

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Mobile Crane Operator Training Safety Training Schedule Requirements One of the widest requirements of the new OSHA crane rules is a lengthy certification process for every crane operator. While this requirement is phased in over the next four years, the underlying the certification— and the remainder of the new OSHA requirements—are safety considerations. Each year, some 89 workers are killed in crane-related accidents. The main causes are electrocution, being crushed by equipment, being struck by the equipment or a load, or a fall. Here’s a quick overview of the certification requirements: What equipment is covered: The rules apply broadly to any piece of equipment that raises, lowers, or horizontally moves a load. Power shovels, backhoes, and excavators are exempt. Who must be certified: Only the crane operator is required to be certified; the rigger and the signal person must be qualified for the position but are not required to participate in the training program if they don’t operate the crane. What certification entails: The operator must pass a written exam and practical test that includes proof he or she understands the unit’s controls, knows where safety manuals are located, and works to prevent contact with power lines among other proficiencies. The test must be conducted by a national accrediting organization, such as The National Commission for the Certification of Crane Operators (NCCCO).

International Sign Association will host more than 40 Mobile Crane Safety Operator Training programs around the country in 2011. NCCCO will conduct the written and practical exams onsite the day after each training program completes. Note that courses are filling quickly and space is limited. Some of these courses may be filled already. To learn more, visit www.isa.org. ALABAMA ARIZONA ARKANSAS CALIFORNIA COLORADO CONNECTICUT FLORIDA GEORGIA IDAHO ILLINOIS

Length and transferability of certification: Certification lasts for five years. If an employee changes jobs, the certification will transfer, if he or she was accredited by an outside organization. In some rare instances, employers may audit the training certification; in these cases, the certification will not transfer. Military certification also may transfer, but only if the certification was conducted by an outside agency.

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Requirements for testing through the NCCCO: A person must be 18 years old, meet NCCCO’s medical requirements, agree to the substance abuse policy and ethics code, and pass a written and practical exam. The written exam includes a core exam and at least one specialty.

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Companies are required to pay: The OSHA rule requires companies to pay for the testing for their employees—not the employees. Additional benefits: Because the aim of the certification is to improve job safety, it may provide discounts on a company’s Workers’ Compensation. Check with your provider to find out more. Preparing for the certification exam: International Sign Association has updated its Mobile Crane Operator Safety Certification Training program, which will provide more than 40 opportunities for preparation and the exam around the country. See the accompanying list for more information. Taking the certification exam: ISA has partnered with NCCCO to conduct the examination one day after each training is conducted. The exam and the training will occur in the same locations. Costs: ISA’s three-day training program is $349 for members and $549 for non-members. Non-members who complete the course also receive a one-year membership in ISA. NCCCO certification is $195 for the written exam and $60 for the practical. The NCCCO requires that the written and practical exam be successfully completed within one year of each other. Learn more: Sign up for the training courses and certification at www.signs.org. Read the complete OSHA rules at http://osha.gov/FedReg_osha_pdf/FED20100809.pdf |

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Birmingham . . . . . . Feb 23 - 26 Mobile . . . . . . . Nov 30 - Dec 3 Phoenix . . . . . . . . . . . . Feb 2 - 5 Little Rock . . . . . . . Aug 24 - 27 San Diego . . . . . . . . Jan 26 - 29 San Francisco . . . . May 11 - 14 Colorado Springs . June 22 - 25 Hartford . . . . . . Aug 31 - Sep 3 Miami . . . . . . . . . . . . Nov 2 - 5 Tampa . . . . . . . . . . . Feb 16 - 19 Atlanta . . . . . . . . . . Mar 23 - 26 Boise . . . . . . . . . . . Nov 16 - 19 Chicago . . . . . . . . . . . Aug 3 - 6 Libertyville . . . . . . . Jan 19 - 22 Indianapolis . . . . . . Aug 17 - 20 Des Moines . . . . . . Aug 10 - 13 Kansas City . . . . . . May 25 - 28 Baton Rouge . . . . . . . Mar 2 - 5 Bunkie . . . . . . . . . . . . Mar 2 - 5 Bangor . . . . . . . . . . . . Oct 5 - 8 Baltimore . . . . . . . . Mar 16 - 19 New Bedford . . . . . . . May 4 - 7 Lansing . . . . . . . . . . . Dec 7 - 10 St. Cloud . . . . . . . . July 20 - 23 Jackson . . . . . . . . . . . Mar 9 - 12 St. Louis . . . . . . . . . Oct 26 - 29 Billings . . . . . . . . . May 18 - 21 Lincoln . . . . . . . . . Sept 14 - 17 Las Vegas . . . . . . . . Apr 27 - 30 Reno . . . . . . . . . . . . Oct 19 - 22 Albuquerque . . . . . Dec 14 - 17 Syracuse . . . . . . . . . . . June 1 - 4 Greensboro . . . . . . June 15 - 18 Columbus . . . . . . . . . . Apr 6 - 9 Oklahoma City . . . . Sept 7 - 10 Portland . . . . . . . . . July 13 - 16 Pittsburgh . . . . . . . . Apr 20 - 23 Greenville . . . . . . . . Apr 13 - 16 Pierre . . . . . . . . . Mar 30 - Apr 2 Nashville . . . . . . . . . June 8 - 11 Austin . . . . . . . . . . . . Feb 9 - 12 Dallas . . . . . . . . . . . Sept 21 - 24 Charlottesville . . . . Oct 12 - 15 Seattle . . . . . . . . June 29 - July 2 Madison . . . . . . . . July 27 – 30

at a compound annual growth of 35 % through 2012, compared to a growth of four percent for the total lighting market. (Baird Research Group) •

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Mobile Crane Operator Safety Certification Program Program Registration Form The International Sign Academy Mobile Crane Operator Safety Certification Training program and certification testing will allow companies to comply with new requirements in OSHA’s Cranes and Derricks in Construction Rule 29 CFR Part 1926. Among other initiatives, the OSHA rules mandate that every crane operator be certified within four years. Types of equipment covered under the new rule include any piece having a maximum (rated) capacity greater than 2,000 lbs. and used to hoist, lower, or horizontally move a load. For the sign industry specifically, this is most likely a mobile truck crane or articulating crane. Crane safety training will enhance your knowledge of safety procedures, site inspection, load handling, signaling and proper maintenance while operating a crane/boom truck. This course is divided into three components: (1) 24 hours (three days) of classroom training, followed by a day for (2) a written certification exam and (3) a hands-on practical exam (four total days). Classroom size is limited to 20 participants per training event, so be sure to register early to ensure your placement in the class of your choice. Limit 20 attendees per training event. Member Rate: $349.00 Non-Member Rate: $549.00 (Includes 1 year ISA Membership. Call for details.) Additional Fees: NCCCO administered written exam: $195.00 and practical exam: $60.00

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Introducing... Joseph Johnston Owner, FASTSIGNS, Denton, Texas After college, Joseph Johnston got another education, working for a small family-owned sign company in Arkansas. Now that he’s running his own FASTSIGNS franchise in Denton, Texas, he’s applying a lot of what he learned there. “They really pushed technology and reinvesting back in the business,” Johnston said. “That provides more sales and products to our customers. That’s what I wanted to do.”

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“Our name alone requires us to be able to produce signs quickly,” he said. “My competitors don’t have the technology that we have. They’re behind the curve and that’s why we’re able to grow, because we can take care of our customers.”

So when the doors of his FASTSIGNS business opened five years ago, he had two solvent printers and a UV printer on hand. He’s nearly doubling the size of his business, moving into a 4,000-square-foot facility and continues to invest in equipment. He was on track to reach the $1 million sales mark in late 2010. “Our name alone requires us to be able to produce signs quickly,” he said. “My competitors don’t have the technology that we have. They’re behind the curve and that’s why we’re able to grow, because we can take care of our customers.” Granted, the Dallas market—Denton is northwest of Dallas and northeast of Fort Worth—has survived the economic downturn better than the rest of the country. Still, “I’ve had to sharpen my pencil a little more for some of my larger customers to stay within budget. I have a lot of customers shopping around and getting more estimates from me and my competitors. I’ve always thought people need signs no matter what stage their business is in.”

Consequently, he’s replaced the signs on the same retail location three times in the past three years. “It’s good for me, but horrible to see people do what I’ve done—invest their life savings in a business—and fail.” One of the keys to his success has come through the networking and professional credibility that membership in the International Sign Association has brought. “I’ve built relationships with other sign companies that I do work for who are members of ISA,” he said. “It also shows stability. One of the things we get being a part of FASTSIGNS is name recognition that comes from a franchise. Being a member of ISA adds more to our capabilities. It shows we’re a stable, growing company, not a mom and pop working out of a garage.” Johnston’s relationship with FASTSIGNS preceded his business ownership. After leaving Arkansas, he worked at the corporate office in national sales for about five years, then spent another year as a corporate trainer. When the franchise in Denton became available, he jumped into business for himself. Now, “everything means a little more. Every penny counts a little more. Every sale means more. Being the owner and seeing things on all different levels. It makes things more challenging, you want the sales, you want to be profitable.” He’d like to see improvements in operating margins, but doesn’t want his business to get too much larger. That’s in keeping with his ideas of a family owned—and family oriented—business. His wife and father work there, along with three other employees. His five-year-old daughter might be his best public relations person. “My daughter is all about signs. She’s always asking, ‘Daddy, did you make that sign over there?’ and telling her friends, ‘My mom and dad make signs.’” She also likes to color, paint and make collages on acrylic leftovers and when necessary, wipe down the counters. “I can see her taking part in the business as she gets older.” A college-age son is working on a degree in biomedical engineering at the University of Memphis and another son is, at 18 months, too young to have shown much of an interest. But Joseph’s contagious attitude about signage may infect his youngest son one day. “I love the sign industry, I love what we do. I love being able to produce something I can be proud of. That’s rubbing off my family and my employees. It’s a good honest business. I know the demand for our product is there. I enjoy building the relationships with my customers and taking care of them like we should.” |

largest 50 companies only account for about 30 percent of revenue. (First Research Industry Profile) •

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Inside ISA - December 2010 Summary of Accomplishments and Activities at ISA ISA is hard at work to protect and promote the on-premise sign and visual communications industry. As we enter 2011, we are excited with the progress of the association and look forward to continued advocacy and work on behalf of the ISA membership. Below are just some of the activities from the third and fourth quarters of 2010.

Advocacy & Issues Management:

Top News: • The ISA Board of Directors expressed unanimous agreement November 10 to begin a dialogue with industry stakeholders about developing a more effective and representative governance structure for the association. The board will utilize an inclusive discovery process and vet its various options within the coming year. ISA recognizes that its organizational structure must be nimble and suited to deliver distinguishing value to the industry, while meeting the ever-changing and growing needs of its members. It is the hope of the ISA board that during the next year, this conversation results in the development of an efficient and responsive governance structure that better serves its members.

have struck gold, there are more than 60 companies that have reached the Bronze Level and more than 20 that have reached the Silver Level. These companies are now able to include their educational accomplishments in their company profile, in bids for work, in marketing literature, on their websites and more. • On November 10, the ISA Board of Directors approved the creation of the ISA Sign Luminance Task Force. This group will develop ISA’s path forward in addressing increasingly stricter federal and state energy requirements, in addition to efforts by the International Dark-Sky Association to curtail various forms of nighttime illumination, and the effect of these initiatives on sign brightness.

• The International Sign Academy has issued over 5,000 Professional Development Units (PDUs) in 2010. Congratulations to the following companies for achieving the Gold Level for Excellence in Education: CNP Signs & Graphics, Color-Ad, Sure Light Sign Company, Canedy Sign & Graphics and Young Electric Sign Company. To achieve the Gold Level for Excellence in Education, company employees must earn between 51 and 75 PDUs through participation in International Sign Academy educational programming. In addition to the five companies that

• ISA continues to move forward on the sign structures research project at the University of California at San Diego (UCSD). At this stage, all of the original design alternatives proposed by ISA and UCSD have undergone testing and phase two of the research is now beginning. During this phase, UCSD will test further refinements of the originally tested concepts as recommended by the ISA Mechanical & Structural Subcommittee. ISA anticipates this project will reach completion by April 2011.

The ISA Board of Directors expressed unanimous agreement November 10 to begin a dialogue with industry stakeholders about developing a more effective and representative governance structure for the association.

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• Mercury Bill Becomes Law in Rhode Island – The sign industry scored a major victory when the initiative to exempt mercuryadded neon tubes from Rhode Island’s mercury phase-down became law in August, permanently allowing neon lamps with 100 milligrams of mercury to be manufactured and sold in the state. Under prior law, the sign industry would have had to manufacture and sell neon lighting with no more than 10 mg of mercury. Rhode Island is – along with 13 other states – a member of IMERC, the Interstate Mercury and Education Resource Clearinghouse, an organization that is working to reduce mercury in products and waste. ISA will be working with the IMERC states and any other jurisdictions that are considering similar phase-downs or de facto bans on mercury-added neon tubes in order to keep mercury in these lamps at a safe and workable level. • Code-Tracking & Rapid Response Efforts – Since the last Inside ISA, ISA staff has made in-person visits to 11 states to organize opposition to restrictive sign codes on issues such as sign size, illumination, amortization, and EMC permitting. The visits included Albuquerque, N.M., Denver, Colo., Virginia Beach, Va., Greenville, S.C., Pittsburgh, Pa., Clearwater, Fla., and several other locations. In all of 2010, ISA staff made 25 in-person visits to cities where ISA members needed assistance. • Educating Planners on the Value of Signs – On September 29th, ISA and the Northeast States Sign Association presented a sign code seminar for 70 Maryland planners. Topics included the value of a sign to small business, introduction to sign construction and electric technology, and sign codes and legal issues. ISA plans to expand this pilot program to other states in 2011.

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Inside ISA - December 2010 [continued] • ISA met with dozens of state Department of Transportation and Federal Highway Administration officials at the annual National Alliance of Highway Beautification Agencies (NAHBA) conference in July. ISA also participated in a panel presentation on the differences between on-premise and off-premise digital signs. In October, ISA staff participated in the International Code Council annual meeting in North Carolina. • In July, ISA unveiled its online Sign Code Hot Spot Database on www.signs.org, a one-stop collection of resources assembled to help ISA member sign companies contend with difficult ordinances and sign regulations. The database contains fourteen of the most important issues that ISA’s government relations staff and ISA member sign companies have confronted recently, and linked to each issue are several resources that ISA developed and used in that local situation.

• ISA Announces Training Program for Crane Operator Certification – ISA is gearing up to offer education courses in over 40 locations to help members get properly trained and certified under new OSHA requirements. On July 28th, OSHA announced a new rule addressing the use of cranes and derricks in construction. Sign companies that use many types of mobile cranes (such as boom truck cranes) in their operations fall under the jurisdiction of this new rule. Key components of the rule include required certification for operators of cranes having maximum load capacities greater than 2,000 pounds, that employers must provide certification at no cost to operators, and that certification is valid for five years. The new rule took effect on November 8, 2010. • ISA’s Signals is a new monthly electronic newsletter that delivers timely and news-

In July, ISA unveiled its online Sign Code Hot Spot Database on www.signs.org, a one-stop collection of resources assembled to help ISA member sign companies contend with difficult ordinances and sign regulations. • SCE launches development program for interior electric signs - As part of its efforts to develop the 2014 efficiency standards for electrical products, Southern California Edison has announced a new program to assist manufacturers in development of new, energy-efficient lighting systems for all types of interior electric signs. Acceptable products must provide measured luminance values equal to or better than existing (conventional-type) electric signs, use less energy and be practical for replacement or retrofitting of existing, interior signs. Sign manufacturers can submit prototype products for testing at the SCE laboratory. Products successful in testing that also meet the primary criteria of performance, efficiency and practicality might be eligible for certain developmental incentives offered by the California Energy Commission. ISA plans to work closely with SCE to represent the best interests of the sign industry.

worthy legislative, legal and regulatory information that affects the on-premise sign industry. This newsletter is available to ISA members only. • EPA Surface Coating/Paint Stripping Rule (NESHAP 6h) – ISA has collaborated with an EPA Certified Green Partner (GRC-Pirk) and with regional sign associations to ensure compliance with the EPA regulations on spray painting and paint stripping operations. ISA has held monthly web-based training courses since July to certify 270 spray paint technicians and sign professionals on the new rule. The EPA requires sign company compliance and training by January 10, 2011. ISA will continue these trainings for the next three months to ensure that all companies receive the opportunity to complete their certification.

• ISA and the IGCC – In late August, ISA proposed three changes to the new International Green Construction Code. Though only 25 percent of the nearly 1,400 proposals for modification were approved in this round of hearings, one of ISA's three proposals was approved. Now a part of the IGCC, this ISA-written language creates an exemption for some signs from automated demand response controls designed to protect the power grid in times of peak demand. ISA plans to continue attempts to modify additional IGCC language in the next round of hearings in early 2011. • In 2010, the ISA Sustainability Committee created a strong foundation and framework for future work. The committee will be gathering articles, case studies, environmental regulations, and links to create a rich online repository. The committee also conducted the first sustainability survey of ISA members that showed that 72 percent of respondents think that environmental issues are “Important” or “Very Important” to their business. The majority of sign companies stated that their customers only requested green products 20 percent of the time, but they themselves request green materials from their suppliers 65 percent of the time. The committee will be focusing on publishing “cradle to cradle” case studies of sign companies in 2011, along with the continued mission of collaborative partnerships with other industry organizations.

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signage was a priority. Companies there also expected to grow substantially through 2014, with Brazil at the top. (InfoTrends Research) •

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Upcoming Events:

Other News:

• ISA International Sign Expo – The 65th ISA International Sign Expo is staging in Las Vegas, Nevada April 27-30, 2011. This year’s event is packed with new opportunities for exhibitors and attendees.

• ISA welcomes two new staff members to its team. In October, Kelly Maguire joined ISA as meetings coordinator and Sara Spangler signed on as marketing specialist. Kelly joins us after spending almost two years at the Gaylord National as an executive meetings manager. Sara recently earned two bachelors’ degrees from Virginia Tech and brings two years of design, communication and social media experience to ISA.

** New this year! Opening General Session, 8:00 a.m., Thursday, April 28 – General Stanley McChrystal – A dynamic, powerful speaker, McChrystal impresses audiences with leadership lessons from the field. McChrystal reveals a four-star management strategy, stressing openness, teamwork and forward thinking. ** ISA and IRgA co-locate in Las Vegas – The International Sign Association (ISA) has partnered with the International Reprographic Association (IRGA) to provide its attendees and exhibitors increased value in one central location. The co-location will provide exposure to vertical markets that have historically not integrated. ** Harley Davidson Fatboy – ISA will be giving away a Harley Fatboy to one lucky attendee live on the show floor. ** Wrap Off Competition – For the 3rd year, attendees will see the best in the industry compete for the highest honor of 2011 Wrap Star Champion. ** Increased Education Opportunities – Educational opportunities are increasing again this year with over 70 sessions offered on a wide variety of sign-industry and small business related topics. • The 2011 ISA Supplier/Distributor Conference will take place at the Hilton Chicago/Indian Lakes Resort, June 7-9. For the first time ever, National Sign Companies will join sign industry suppliers and distributors for a strategic look at the industry.

• New ISA Membership Directory – In August, ISA unveiled a completely new membership directory on www.signs.org, powered by Signsearch, a leader in sign industry online search engines. ISA proudly displays its members’ information on this dynamic and robust online search engine. • ISA partnered with the Specialty Graphics Imaging Association (SGIA) to finalize an expo attendee research report. The report compared four trade shows over a twoyear period and revealed that there is only a 15.4 percent overlap in attendees between the two events. |

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INDUSTRY NEWS

Industry news should be sent to signs@stmediagroup.com.

Noteworthy Mutoh Adds Pugh Mutoh America (Phoenix) is adding Michelle Pugh to its marketing staff to coordinate tradeshows and Mutoh’s HandsPugh On School of Wrap under the guidance of Brian Phipps, GM, and Hiro Futsukaichi, the director of marketing. She’ll also support business growth with her public relations, writing and design skills. She previously worked in retail marketing, entertainment media and public relations.

3M Announces SGIA Bumper Wrap Contest Winner 3M Corp. (St. Paul, MN) is announcing that Keoni Denison, who works for Washington, D.C.based Capital Wraps, earned the top prize in the company’s Bumper Wrap Contest. Thirty-eight participants vied for the prize by installed a 2 x 2-ft. graphic to the bumper of a Chevrolet HHR – notoriously one of the most challenging cars to wrap. For his efforts, Denison won an $800 discount on training, testing and 3M installation tools. All participants received prizes. Other finalists included: Kenny Miller, Thumb Print; Zigis Tijunelis, Massive Impact Media Ltd.; Justin Pate, Netherlands; Ryan Farquharson, JD Inc.; Noli Hipolito, Art Signs; Jeffery Merreell, Traffic Graphics NW Inc.; Susanne Stoddard, Icon Image; Sam Twomey, the Mad Striper; and Oswaldo Gutierrez, Multipass.

DisplaySearch, InfoComm Co-locate Conference DisplaySearch (Santa Clara, CA), a leader in display-market research, is partnering with InfoComm, the international trade association of

Cooley, Formetco Form CF Solar Cooley Group (Pawtucket, RI) and Formetco Inc. (Duluth, GA) are forming a joint venture, CF Solar LLC. The new company will combine flexible composites with thin-film, flexible, photovoltaic solar panels, EcoSeries LED lighting systems and Smart Link controllers to create an energy-saving system that includes all the equipment required for integration into an electrical grid for billboards, signs, awnings and transitshelter applications. In addition, CF Solar will provide complete battery systems for areas that don’t have electrical-power access. Excess electricity can be sold back to local utility companies through net metering or feed-in tariff programs. CF Solar will design and develop systems to meet customer’s specific applications. For more information, contact Bryan Rose with Cooley Group at roseb@cooleygroup.com, or Jock Gibb with Formetco at jockg@ formetco.com. the professional audiovisual and information-communications industries, to co-locate its fourth annual Digital Signage Conference with InfoComm 2011 in Orlando, FL. The annual conference, which focuses on the digital-signage business and advanced-display technologies, will be held on June 14 during InfoComm 2011 at the Orange County Convention Center.

Roland Launches Spanish-Language Website Roland DGA Corporation (Irvine, CA) is launching a Spanish-language version of its consumer website. The site, which parallels Roland’s English-language site, features more than 400 information pages that include product overviews, applications, company news and casestudy articles. Roland said the Spanish-language site was developed to accommodate the growing segment within Roland DGA’s sales territory, which spans the U.S., Mexico, Central and South America, and Canada. You can access the site from www.rolanddga.com.

communications industry and, most recently, served as president of the Pitman Co. He began his career with Pitman in 1991 and held various positions, including operations manager-New York district, regional operations manager/northeast and executive VP. He was a member of the Pitman board of directors for more than three years.

Onyx Promotes Mattiussi, Derhak ONYX Graphics Inc. (Salt Lake City) is promoting Danielle Mattiussi to director of product portfolio and business development. With the company since 2009, she previously served as director of partnerships and new business development. Also, Dean Derhak is now director of marketing. He has been with the company since 1995. He previously served as Onyx’s product director.

Agfa Expands Senior Management Team Agfa Graphics (Ridgefield Park, NJ) is appointing Jim Sause executive VP of business development and marketing. He has more than 25 years of experience in the graphic-

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NEON DIRECTORY W h o l e s a l e

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1 Firms offering custom wholesale neon. 2 Firms offering quantity/production wholesale neon. 3 Firms offering neon repair and maintenance.

LISTINGS/ADVERTISEMENTS — to appear for one year, Payable in advance. The deadline is the 25th of the month, 2 months prior to mailing date. (Example: Jan. 25th is the deadline for the March issue.) 1” and 2” ads require digital art.

For Directory Rates or Information, Contact: Victoria Wells E-Mail: victoria.wells@stmediagroup.com Phone: (800) 925-1110 ext. 393 Phone: (513) 263-9393 Fax: (513) 744-6993

RATE INFORMATION — All ads/listings are pre-paid annually. Listing (name, address, etc.) only: $125/year Listing plus 1-inch ad: $1,250/year Add four-color for $360/year! Listing plus 2-inch ad: $2,250/year Add four-color for $600/year!

ALASKA

MICHIGAN

NORTH DAKOTA

ANCHORAGE

DETROIT

MINOT

Neon of Alaska, P.O. Box 242062, Anchorage, AL (99524). 907-248-0185. E-mail: neonman@ ptialaska.net. 1-2-3.

Spectrum Neon Co., 3750 E. Outer Dr., Detroit, MI (48234). 313-366-7333. Fax: 313-366-8328. Website: spectrumneon.com. 1-2-3.

ARIZONA

NEBRASKA

MESA

OMAHA

Graham's Neon. 456 N. Country Club (85201). 480-962-NEON (6366). Fax: 480-962-6300. 1-2-3. PHOENIX

Neon Nightscapes Inc., 2008 N. 25th Dr. (85009). 602-470-0201. 800-788-6366. Fax: 602-4700824. Website: www.neonnow.com. 1-2-3.

CONNECTICUT MONTVILLE

Burke Enterprise LLC, 1531 Bozrah Rd., Oakdale, Connecticut (06370). 860-859-3395. Fax: 860887-9780. E-mail: Burkeenterprise@aol.com. Website: www.burkeenterprise.com. 1-2-3.

FLORIDA FORT LAUDERDALE

Art Sign Co., 835 NW 6th Ave., Ft. Lauderdale, FL (33311). 954-763-4410. 888-763-4410. Fax: 954-763-2736. E-mail: sales@artsignfl.com. 1-2-3.

INDIANA INDIANAPOLIS

Sheets Wholesale Neon, 6855 South Ford Road, Zionsville, IN. (46077-8507). 317-873-3178. Email: d.s@sbcglobal.net. 1-2-3.

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Midwest Sign Crafters & Electric Co., 6969 S. 107th St., Lavista, NE (68128). 402-345-7868. Fax: 402-345-6140. E-mail: pweeks@mdwst. com. 1-2-3.

NEW JERSEY LODI

Neverending Neon, 91-Dell Glen Ave., Lodi, NJ (07644). 973-772-4840. Fax: 973-772-4840. Email: neverendingneon@aol.com. Website: NeverendingNeon.com. 1-2-3.

NEW YORK MIDDLETOWN

Lite Brite Signs Inc., 51 Montgomery St., (10940). 845-343-7446. Fax: 845-343-3492. E-mail: litebritesigns@frontiernet.net. 1-2-3. ROCHESTER

Clinton Signs, Inc., 1407 Empire Blvd., Webster, NY (14580). 585-482-1620. Fax: 585-4823384. 1-2-3.

NORTH CAROLINA WINSTON-SALEM

A&B/Burchette Sign Corp., P.O. Box 2381, Kernersville, NC (27285). 336-996-6501. Fax: 336-996-0123. Website: www.burchettesign. com. 1-2-3. Jantec Neon Products, 332 Sexton Road, Mount Airy, NC (27030). 336-352-5478, 888-5268321. Fax: 336-352-5479. Email: salesdept@ jantecneon.com. Website: www.jantecneon. com. 1-2-3.

Bacon Signs Inc., 629 20th Ave. SE., PO Box 3, (58702), 701-852-0331. 800-437-2058. Fax: 701-852-2261. E-mail: baconsgn@ndak. net. 1-2-3.

OHIO .CLEVELAND

NavCour Glassware, LLC. 605-Clague Pkwy. Bay Village, OH (44140). 440-409-0085, 866-409-0085. Fax: 440-409-0086. Email: dn@navcour.com. Website: www.navcour. com. 1-2-3. COLUMBUS

P.R. Signs and Service. 2501 Englewood Dr. Columbus, OH (43230). 614-4756788. Fax: 614-475-6788. Email: orders@ prsignsandservice.com. 1-2-3.

PENNSYLVANIA PITTSBURGH

Shamrock Signs, 535 Forest Ave., Carnegie, PA (15106). 412-279-2800. Fax: 412279-2848. E-mail: info@shamrocksigns. net. 1-2-3.

TEXAS CORPUS CHRISTI

Hardy's Neon, 9014 Agnes St., Corpus Christi, TX (78406). 361-288-6911. E-mail: hardysneon@aol.com., Website: www. hardysneon.com. 1-2-3.

WISCONSIN ANTIGO

Northern Advertising Inc., N. 4220 Neva Rd., Box 92, (54409). 715-623-3000. Fax: 715623-4738. Website: www.northernadvertising. net. Email: northadv@frontier.com. 1-2-3.

SUPPLY DIRECTORY Sign Supply Directory The code number at the end of each listing indicate the type of materials, equipment & supplies these firms are in position to furnish. 1 — Electric Sign & Neon Equipment & Supplies 2 — Commercial Sign Equipment & Supplies 3 — Screen Printing Equipment & Supplies 4 — Graphic Arts Equipment & Supplies

5 — Plastics Equipment & Supplies 6 — Magnetic Equipment & Supplies 7 — Engraving Equipment & Supplies 8 — CAD/CAM Equipment & Supplies

CALIFORNIA

For Directory Rates or Information, or to change your current information, contact:

RATE INFORMATION — All ads/listings are pre-paid annually.

Victoria Wells E-Mail: victoria.wells@stmediagroup.com Phone: (800) 925-1110 ext. 393

Listing (name, address, etc.) only: $125/year Listing plus 1-inch ad: $1,250/year Add four-color for $360/year! Listing plus 2-inch ad: $2,250/year Add four-color for $600/year!

Phone: (513) 263-9393 Fax: (513) 744-6993

ILLINOIS

MISSOURI KANSAS CITY

LOS ANGELES

NuSign Supply, Inc., 1365 Darius Ct., City of Industrry, CA (91745). 626-961-7688. Toll Free: 1-877-6NU-SIGN. Fax: 626-961-7225. E-mail: stmag@nusignsupply. com. Website: www.nusignsupply.com. 2

SAN FRANCISCO

Midwest Sign & Screen Printing Supply Co., 21054 Alexander Court, Hayward, CA (94545) 510-7325800. 800-824-2468. Fax: 800-332-3820. Fax: 510-732-7624. Email: midwest@midwestsign.com. 1-2-3-4-5-7-8.

COLORADO DENVER

Midwest Sign & Screen Printing Supply Co., 5301 Peoria St. Unit F. (80239). 303-373-9800. 800-332-3819. Fax: 303-373-9700. Email: midwest@midwestsign. com. 1-2-3-4-5-7-8.

CONNECTICUT HARTFORD

Garston Sign Supplies, Inc., 570 Tolland St., East Hartford, CT (06108). 860-289-3040. 800-966-9626. Fax: 860-289-3005. E-mail: www.garston.com. 1-23-4-5-6-7-8.

FLORIDA

NMSign Supply, Inc., 717 North Industrial Drive, Elmhurst (60126). 630-333-4440. Fax: 630-3334320. E-mail: sales@nmsignsupply.com. Website: www.nmsignsupply.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8. SPRINGFIELD

Neon & Fluorescent Supply Co., 2505 N. Dirksen Pkwy. (62702). 314-533-0744. 800-325-8570. Fax: 314533-7366. 1-2-4-5-6-8.

INDIANA Cincinnati Sign Supplies Inc., 800-755-0526. 1-2-4-5-6.

KENTUCKY Cincinnati Sign Supplies Inc., 800-755-0526. 1-2-4-5-6.

LOUISIANA NEW ORLEANS

Reece Supply Co. of Louisiana, Inc., 1017 Dealers Ave., Harahan (70123). 504-733-7799. 800-776-0130. Fax: 504-736-0056. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7.

MICHIGAN Cincinnati Sign Supplies Inc., 800-755-0526. 1-2-4-5-6.

CLEARWATER

Florida Graphic Supply, 2060 Calumet St. (33765). 727-461-7600. 800-582-0049. Fax: 727-461-7999. Email: sales@fgsi.com. Website: www.fgsi.com. 2-34-5-6-7-8.

MIAMI

Pan Am Sign Products, 2525 N.W. 75th St., (33147). 305-691-0581. 800-466-0581. Fax: 305-691-0587. Email: panam@bellsouth.net. 1-2-3-4-5-6.

GEORGIA ATLANTA

NEI Sign Supplies, 4660-D North Royal Atlanta Dr., (30084). 770-939-6366. 800-241-9281. E-mail: Atlanta@NEIsignsupplies.com. 1-2-4-5-6-7-8. Reece Supply Co. of Georgia, Inc., 5755 Oakbrook Pkwy. (30093). 770-326-7920. Fax: 770-326-7927. 800776-0115. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8.

Midwest Sign & Screen Printing Supply Co., 1806 Vernon St. North Kansas City, MO (64116). 816-333-5224. 800-233-3770. Fax: 816-333-5446. 800-233-3770. Fax: 800-233-3771. E-mail: midwest@midwestsign. com. 1-2-3-4-5-7-8.

ST. LOUIS

Neon & Fluorescent Supply Co., 4145 Papin St., (63110). 314-533-0744. Fax: 314-533-7366. 1-24-5-6-8.

SPRINGFIELD

N&F Supply Co., 715 N. West Bypass, Box 11, (65902) 417-863-6551. Fax: 417-863-6659. 1-2-4-5-6-8.

NEBRASKA OMAHA

Midwest Sign & Screen Printing Supply Co., 9313 “J” St., (68127). 402-592-7555. 800-228-3839. Email: midwest@midwestsign.com. Fax: 800-228-3886. Fax: 402-592-5267. 1-2-3-4-5-7-8.

NEW MEXICO ALBUQUERQUE

New Mexico Sign Supply, Inc., 125 Veranda N.W., (87107). 800-582-8269. 505-344-2869. Fax: 505345-3908. 1-2-3-5-6.

NEW YORK BROOKLYN

MINNESOTA

S&F Supplies Inc., 93 Emerson Pl. (11205). 718399-3333. 800-246-8233. Fax: 718-399-3375. 1-2-4-5-6-8.

HASTINGS

Midwest Products Company, 2939 Enterprise Ave. Suite B, Hastings, MN (55033). 651-480-8155. 866662-4082. Fax: 651-480-8478. Email: midwest@ midwestsign.com. Website: www.midwestprodco. com. 2-3-4-5-6-8.

ST. PAUL

Viking Sign Supply, 293 Front Ave., (55117). 612-4899477. 1-2. Midwest Sign & Screen, 45 E. Maryland Ave., St. Paul, MN (55117). 651-489-9999, Toll Free: 800-3286592, Toll Free Fax: 800-328-6599. Email: midwest @midwestsigns.com. 1-2-3-4-5-7-8.

NEW HARTFORD

Reich Supply Co., 2 Campion Rd., (13413). 315-7326126. 800-338-3322. Fax: 315-732-7841. E-mail: sales@reichsupply.com. Website: www.reichsupply. com 2-3-4-5-6-8.

ROCHESTER

Garston Sign Supplies, Inc., 180 Commerce Dr., Henrietta, NY (14467). 585-321-1610. 800-8258808. Fax: 585-321-1665. E-mail: www.garston.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8.

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NORTH DAKOTA

RHODE ISLAND

UTAH

FARGO

PROVIDENCE

SALT LAKE CITY

Far From Normal Supply, 1318 39th St. N.W., Fargo, ND (58102). 701-235-1089. Fax: 701-235-1174. Website: www.far-from-normal.com. 2-4-6-7-8.

OHIO CINCINNATI

Cincinnati Sign Supplies, Inc., 1111 Meta Dr., (45237). 513-242-1500. 800-755-0526. Fax: 513-482-4589. 1-2-4-5-6.

Garston Sign Supplies, Inc., 570 Tolland St., East Hartford, CT (06108). 860-289-3040. 800-9669626. Fax: 860-289-3005. E-mail: www.garston.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8.

TENNESSEE Cincinnati Sign Supplies Inc., 800-755-0526. 1-2-4-5-6.

TEXAS DALLAS

Reece Supply Co. of Dallas, Inc., P.O. Box 565545, (75356-5545). 972-438-3131. 800-776-7448. Fax: 972-721-1758. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8.

EL PASO

NEI Sign Supplies, 1425 Spring Lawn Ave., (45223). 513-681-3300. 800-582-9024. E-mail: Cincinnati@ NEIsignsupplies.com. 1-2-4-5-6-7-8.

OKLAHOMA TULSA

N. Glantz & Son, 11408 East 19th Street. (74128). 918-438-7447 or toll-free 866-NGLANTZ. Fax: 918438-6708. E-mail: tulsa@nglantz.com. Web: www. nglantz.com. 1-2-4-5-6-7-8. Reece Supply Company of Oklahoma, 3148 South 108th East Avenue, Suite 130, Tulsa, OK (74146). 918-556-5000. 800-520-2300. Fax: 918-556-5001. Website: www.reecesupply.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8.

Reece Supply Co. of El Paso, 1530 Goodyear Dr., Suite J, El Paso, TX (79936). 915-592-9600. 877776-0128. Fax: 915-592-9050. Website: www. reecesupply.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8.

HOUSTON

Herring Sales, Inc., 18207 Chisholm Trail, Ste. 200 (77060). 281-443-4694. 800-440-4694. Fax: 281443-4698. 1-2-5-6-8. Reece Supply Co. of Houston, Inc., P.O. Box 1753, (77251). 713-228-9496. 800-776-0113. Fax: 713228-9499. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8. Wilson Sign Supply, 1110 Paige St. (77003). 713-2244946. 800-535-8743. Fax: 713-228-1768. 1-2-34-5-6-8.

SAN ANTONIO

Reece Supply Co. of San Antonio, Inc., P.O. Box 200081 (78220-0081). 210-662-6898. 800-7760224. Fax: 210-662-6945. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8.

Midwest Sign & Screen Printing Supply Co. Inc., 1160 S. Pioneer Rd. Ste. 2 (84104-3743). 801-974-9449. 800497-6690. Fax: 801-974-9442. Fax: 800-497-6691. Email: midwest@midwestsign.com. 1-2-3-4-5-7-8.

VIRGINIA BRISTOL

Mumpower Sign Supply, Inc., 3739 Gate City Highway, (24202). 540-466-5943. 800-368-5420. Fax: 540466-5796. 1-2-3.

WASHINGTON SEATTLE

Midwest Sign & Screen Printing Supply Co., 401 Evans Black Dr., (98188) 206-433-8080. 800-426-4938. Fax: 206-433-8021. Toll Free Fax: 800-426-4950. Email: midwest@midwestsign.com. 1-2-3-4-5-7-8.

WEST VIRGINIA Cincinnati Sign Supplies Inc., 800-755-0526. 1-2-4-5-6.

WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE

Midwest Sign & Screen Printing Supply Co. 16405 W. Lincoln Avenue, New Berlin, WI. (53151-2849). 262641-8550. 800-242-7430. Fax: 262-641-8555. Fax: 800-242-7439. Email: midwest@midwestsign.com. 1-2-3-4-5-7-8.

OREGON PORTLAND

Midwest Sign & Screen Printing Supply Co., 5035 N.W. Front Ave., (97210). 503-224-1400. 800-228-0596. Fax; 503-224-6400. Toll Free Fax: 800-278-0596. Email: midwest@midwestsign.com. 1-2-3-4-5-7-8.

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SERVICES DIRECTORY Sign Er ection and Maintenance

A Service for National Advertisers and Sign Manufacturers 1 Firms equipped to secure space for and place in their city advertising signs furnished by national concerns. 2 Firms equipped to service such signs. 3 Firms equipped to secure space for and place outside their city advertising signs furnished by national concerns. 4 Firms equipped to service such signs. 5 Firms interested in orders to erect commercial

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and electric signs in their city and territory from concerns outside their city. Firms operating an electric sign maintenance service. Firms operating a neon sign maintenance service. Firms that do sign erecting exclusively. Firms carrying Property Damage and Liability insurance.

ALABAMA BNB Sign & Lighting Maintenance, P.O. Box 1828, Huntsville, AL. (35807). 256-534-6925, 866-534-6925. Fax: 256-534-6925. E-mail: bnb@aol.com. Website: bnbsign.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9 ANNISTON Noble Signs, 1850 Hillyer Robinson Parkway, (36201). 256831-8136. Fax: 256-831-5143. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. ATHENS Cox Trav-Ad Signs, Inc., 2450 Branhan Ave. Huntsville, AL (35805-3002). 256-536-4232. Fax: 256-534-2702. 12-3-4-5-6-7-9. AUBURN-OPELIKA Effective Signs, 1978 South College Street, Auburn, AL (36830). 334-749-0001, 866-744-6789. Fax: 866244-3955. Email: billboard.sign@gmail.com. Website: effectivesigncompany.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Jones Sign Shop, LLC, 1585 Dark Corners Rd., Tallassee, AL (36078). 334-283-2060. Fax: 334-252-0863. E-mail: jonessignshop@aol.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. River Sign Systems, 4626 Miller Rd., Unit C, Columbus, GA (31909). 706-507-4488. Fax: 706-568-6459. E-mail: riversigns@knology.net. Website: riversignsystems.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9.\ Signs Inc., 6100 Coca Cola Blvd., P.O. Box 8609, Columbus GA (31908-8609). 706-569-9952. 888-342-5824. Fax: 706-569-0797. E-mail: signsinc@att.net. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. BIRMINGHAM Commander Board Signs, Inc., 201 50th St., Fairfield, AL (35064). 205-787-1734. Fax: 205-787-7446. 1-2-3-45-6-7-9. Florida Certified Sign Erectors, 2824 Horace Shepard Dr., Dothan, AL (36303). 334-984-0194. Fax: 334-984-0196. Email: cmckernan@fc-se.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. CENTRE Coosa Valley Signs, 307 Cedar Ave., Rome, GA (30161). 706-234-6225. 706-234-3024. E-mail: coosasigns@ comcast.net. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. CULLMAN Cox Trav-Ad Signs, Inc., 2450 Branhan Ave. Huntsville, AL (35805-3002). 256-536-4232. Fax: 256-534-2702. 12-3-4-5-6-7-9. DECATUR Cox Trav-Ad Signs, Inc., 2450 Branhan Ave. Huntsville, AL (35805-3002). 256-536-4232. Fax: 256-534-2702. 12-3-4-5-6-7-9. DOTHAN Florida Certified Sign Erectors, 2824 Horace Shepard Dr., Dothan, AL (36303). 334-984-0194. Fax: 334-984-0196. Email: cmckernan@fc-se.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. EUFAULA River Sign Systems, 4626 Miller Rd., Unit C, Columbus, GA (31909). 706-507-4488. Fax: 706-568-6459. E-mail: riversigns@knology.net. Website: riversignsystems.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Signs, Inc., 6100 Coca Cola Blvd., Columbus, GA (31909). 706-569-9952. 888-342-5824. Fax: 706-569-0797. Email: signsinc@att.net. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. FLORENCE General Sign Co., 2733 Jackson Hwy., Sheffield, AL (35660). 256-383-3176. Fax: 256-383-3170. E-mail: gensign@hiwaay.net. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9.

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FOLEY C & S Signs, 5859 Commerce Rd., Milton, FL (32583). 850983-9540. 800-879-6577. Fax: 850-983-0707. E-mail: cs_signs@bellsouth.net 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Victor Sign & Advertising, 5000 Whitworth Ln., Mobile, AL (36619). 251-653-7143. Fax: 251-653-8281. E-mail: ojr@victorsign.com. Website: www.victorsign.com. 1-23-4-5-6-7-9. Wrico Signs, Inc., 3345 Halls Mill Rd. Mobile, AL, (36606). 800-489-7426. 251-478-8020. Fax: 251-478-8142. E-mail: signs@wricosigns.com. Website: www.wricosigns. com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. GUNTERSVILLE Cox Trav-Ad Signs, Inc., 2450 Branhan Ave. Huntsville, AL (35805-3002). 256-536-4232. Fax: 256-534-2702. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. HUNTSVILLE BNB Sign & Lighting Maintenance, P.O. Box 1828, Huntsville, AL. (35807). 256-534-6925, 866-534-6925. Fax: 256-534-6925. E-mail: bnb@aol.com. Website: bnbsign.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9 Huntsville, AL. (35807). 256-534-6925, 866-534-6925. Fax: 256-534-6925. E-mail: bnb@aol.com. Website: bnbsign.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9 Cox Trav-Ad Signs, Inc., 2450 Branhan Ave. Huntsville, AL (35805-3002). 256-536-4232. Fax: 256-534-2702. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. J & L Electric Signs, 1312 Washington St. NW (35801). 256534-0820. Fax: 256-564-7532. E-mail: jlelectricsigns@ bellsouth.net. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. MOBILE Kojis Signs, LLC. 800-259-7446. Fax: 318-346-6751. Email: kojissigns@bellsouth.net. Website: www.kojissigns. com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Victor Sign & Advertising, 5000 Whitworth Ln., Mobile, AL (36619). 251-653-7143. FAX: 251-653-8281. E-mail: ojr@victorsign.com. Website: www.victorsign.com. 1-23-4-5-6-7-9. Wrico Signs, Inc., 3345 Halls Mill Rd. Mobile, AL, (36606). 800-489-7426. 251-478-8020. Fax: 251-478-8142. Email: signs@wricosigns.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. MONTGOMERY Eagle Sign Studio, 1834 I-65 Service Road, Millbrook, AL (36054). 334-832-4000, 800-832-5167. Fax: 334832-4005. Email: mac@eaglesigns.com. Website: www. eaglesigns.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Florida Certified Sign Erectors, 2824 Horace Shepard Dr., Dothan, AL (36303). 334-984-0194. Fax: 334-9840196. Email: cmckernan@fc-se.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Jones Sign Shop, LLC, 1585 Dark Corners Rd., Tallassee, AL (36078). 334-283-2060. Fax: 334-252-0863. E-mail: jonessignshop@aol.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Mid State Adv. & Signs, 1212 Adams Ave. (36104). 334262-6340. 877-210-8402. Fax: 334-265-1287. E-mail: midstateadvertising@yahoo.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. MUSCLE SHOALS General Sign Co., 2723 Jackson Hwy., Sheffield, AL (35660). 256-383-3176. Fax: 256-383-3170. E-mail: gensign@hiwaay.net. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Mid-South Signs, Inc., 15 Plant St., Sheffield, AL (35660) 256-383-1941. 800-255-5213.Fax: 256-383-0017. Email: rice-mss@cableone.net. stan-mss@cableone.net. Website: www.midsouthsigns.com 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9.

Listing (name, address, etc.) only: $135/year Listing plus 1-inch ad: $1,250/year Add four-color for $360/year! Listing plus 2-inch ad: $2,250/year Add four-color for $600/year!

PHENIX CITY Bishop-Tadlock Signs, 1224 12th Ave., Phenix City, AL (36867). 334-297-1808. Fax: 334-298-1269. 1-2-3-45-6-7-9. River Signs Systems, 4626 Miller Rd., Unit C, Columbus, GA (31909). 706-507-4488. Fax: 706-568-6459. E-mail: riversigns@knology.net. Website: riversignsystems.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Signs, Inc., 6100 Coca Cola Blvd., P.O. Box 8609,. Columbus, GA (31908). 706-569-9952. 888-342-5824. Fax: 706-569-0797. E-mail: signsinc@att.net. 1-2-3-45-6-7-9. PRATTVILLE Eagle Sign Studio, 1834 I-65 Service Road, Millbrook, AL (36054). 334-832-4000, 800-832-5167. Fax: 334832-4005. Email: mac@eaglesigns.com. Website: www. eaglesigns.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Jones Sign Shop, LLC, 1585 Dark Corners Rd., Tallassee, AL (36078). 334-283-2060. Fax: 334-252-0863. E-mail: jonessignshop@aol.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. SCOTTSBORO Cox Trav-Ad Signs, Inc., 2450 Branhan Ave. Huntsville, AL (35805-3002). 256-536-4232. Fax: 256-534-2702. 12-3-4-5-6-7-9. SHEFFIELD General Sign Co., 2723 Jackson Hwy., Sheffield, AL (35660). 256-383-3176. Fax: 256-383-3170. E-mail: gensign@hiwaay.net. 1-2-3-5-6-7-9. SPANISH FORT Victor Sign & Advertising, 5000 Whitworth Ln., Mobile, AL (36619). 251-653-7143. Fax: 251-653-8281. E-mail: ojr@victorsign.com. Website: www.victorsign.com. 1-23-4-5-6-7-9. Wrico Signs, Inc., 3345 Halls Mill Rd. Mobile, AL, (36606). 800-489-7426. 251-478-8020. Fax: 251-478-8142. E-mail: signs@wricosigns.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9.

ALASKA ANCHORAGE Glacier Sign & Lighting, 1720 E. 59th (99507). 907-5613515. Fax: 907-561-3580. E-mail: glaciersigns@gci. net. Website: www.glaciersignandlighting.com. 1-2-34-5-6-7-9. Lighting Alaska. 855 Norman St. (99504). 907-529-8076. Fax: 907-339-8905. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Mini-Brute Service Co. Inc., P.O. Box 202088. (995202088). 907-297-6656. Fax: 907-279-5799. Email: minibrute@clearwire.net. Web: www.minibrute.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Universal Sign & Lighting, AK. 907-278-7446. Fax: 907694-5130. Email: universalsign@gci.net. Website: www.signsof alaska.com. FAIRBANKS Power Comm Signs, 195 Alta Way, (99701). 907-4577446. 907-479-6964. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9.

ARIZONA Graham’s Neon 456 N County Club (85201). 480-962NEON (6366). Fax: 480-962-6300. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Superior Electrical Adv., Inc. 1700 West Anaheim St., Long Beach, CA (90813). 562-495-3808. 800-9959099. Fax: 562-435-1867. Website: www.superiorsigns. com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. BULLHEAD CITY Young Electric Sign Company, 1140 Interstate Place, (86442). 928-763-8887. Fax: 928-763-1898. 1-2-34-5-6-7-9.

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FLAGSTAFF Fluoresco Lighting & Sign Maintenance Corp., 501 N. Grant St., Ste 1A, Flagstaff, AZ (86004). 928-773-1507. Fax: 928-773-1518. Website: www.fluoresco.com. 1-2-3-45-6-7-9. Northern Arizona Signs, 1214 W. Kaibab Ln. (86001). 928779-2008. Fax: 928-779-2038. E-mail: email@noaz.com. Website: www. noaz.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Young Electric Sign Company 5702 E. Railhead Ave., (86004). 928-526-2028. Fax: 928-526-1668. 1-2-3-45-6-7-9. MESA Guerrero-Lindsey Sign Co., 525 W. 3rd Ave., Mesa, AZ (85210-1246). 480-964-2404. Fax: 480-964-2408.1-23-4-5-6-7-9. PHOENIX Bootz & Duke Sign Company, 4028 W. Whitton Ave. (85019). 602-272-9356. Fax: 602-272-4608. www.bootzandduke. com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Christy Signs, 1825 S. Black Canyon Hwy., Phoenix, AZ (85009). 602-242-4488. Website: christysigns.com. 12-3-4-5-6-7-9Craft Master Sign Corporation, 1756 N.W. Grand Ave., (85007). 602-484-9588. Fax: 602-484-0530. E-mail: craftmastersign@qwest.net. Website: www. craftmastersign.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Fluoresco Lighting &Sign Maintenance Corp., 3000 E. Chambers St., Phoenix, AZ (85040). 602-276-0600. Fax: 602-470-1313. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9.

Identity Sign Group, Inc., 10027 N. 12th St. Phoenix, AZ (85020). 602-279-9268. Fax: 602-266-1289. E-mail: scottmehlhoff@cox.net. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Pearson’s Sign Co., 1904 N. Black Canyon Hwy. (85009). 602-272-9461. Fax: 602-272-1163. E-mail: nicole@ pearsonsigns.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Precise Sign, 3914 W. Maricopa St. Suite Z (85009). 602278-2906. Fax: 602-278-2523. E-mail: precisesigninc@ aol.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Royal Sign Co., Inc., 2631 N. 31st Ave., P.O. Box 11329. (85061). 602-278-6286. Fax: 602-278-0234. Email: royalsign@royalsign.net. Website: www.royalsign.net. 12-3-4-5-6-7-9. Sign Tec LLC, 2515 W. Cypress St. (85009). 602-269-9773. Fax: 602-442-5180. E-mail: ed@signtecaz.com. Website: www.signtecaz.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9 Young Electric Sign Company, 6725 West Chicago St., Chandler, AZ (85226-3335). 480-449-3726. Fax: 480961-5923. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. TUCSON Addisigns, 3808 East 38th St. (85713). 520-748-1540. Fax: 520-571-9120. Website: www.addisigns.com. 1-2-3-45-6-7-9.

Cook & Company Signmakers, Inc., 134 S. Tucson Blvd., Tucson, AZ (85716). 520-622-2868, Fax: 520-622-2959. Email: jude@cooksigns.com. Website: www.cooksigns. com. 1-2-5-6-7-9. Fluoresco Lighting & Sign Maintenance Corp., 5505 S. Nogales Hwy. (85708). 520-623-7953. Fax: 520-8840161. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Palo Verde Signs Inc., 3302 S. Palo Verde Rd. (85713). 520-884-4322. 800-584-8069. Fax: 520-884-5060. 12-3-4-5-6-7-9. Rainbow Signs 3231 E. 46th Street, Tucson, AZ. (857135216). 520-624-3841, 866-282-7290. Fax: 520-7929797. E-mail: info@rainbowsignstucson.com. Website: www.rainbowsignstucson.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. YESCO, 3782 E 43rd Place, Tucson, AZ. (85713). 520-5120062. Fax: 520-512-0155. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. YUMA Penn Sign Co., 707 8th St. (85364). 928-782-2501. Fax: 928-343-4076. E-mail: sales@pennsigns.com. 1-2-3-45-6-7-9. Signmasters Inc., 1165 S. 4th Ave. (85364). 928-782-7497. Fax: 928-782-1515. E-mail: yuma@signmasters.com. Website: www.yumasignmasters.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9.

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ARKANSAS BLYTHEVILLE Hinson Display Signs, Inc., 310 E. Ash, P.O. Box 1617. (72316). 870-763-4100. Fax: 870-763-8660. 1-2-3-45-6-7-9. FORT SMITH Mack Thompson & Son Signs, 6208 South 29th St., (72908). 479-648-1061. Fax: 479-648-1068. E-mail: mack@mtssigns.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. SignArt Adv., Inc., 501 Access Rd., Van Buren, AR (72956). 479-474-8581. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9. JONESBORO SignSystems, Inc., P.O. Box 6064, 301 Burke Ave., Jonesboro, AR (72401). 870-931-1761. 800-416-4458. Fax: 870-931-7920. E-mail: bgatlin@signsystems1.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. LITTLE ROCK Arkansas Sign & Neon, 8525 Distribution Dr., (72209) 501562-3942. Fax: 501-562-6651. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. SPRINGDALE Acura Neon of Arkansas, 1801 N. WIllow Ave., Broken Arrow, OK (74012). 918-252-2258. 800-918-6366. 918-252-3738. Website: www.acuraneon.com. 1-2-3-45-6-7-9. TEXAKRKANA Hightech Signs, 3502 New Boston, Texarkana, TX (75501). 903-838-8999. 800-925-6560. Fax: 903-831-5042. Website: www.hightechsign.com. E-mail: mda@ hightechsign.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Whatley Sign Co., 1109 E. 51st St., Texarkana, TX (71854). 870-773-2139. Toll Free: 877-255-7446. Fax: 870-7725703. E-mail: dwhatley@whatleysign.com. website: www. whatleysign.com 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. VAN BUREN SignArt Adv., Inc., 501 Access Rd., Van Buren, AR (72956). 479-474-8581. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9.

CALIFORNIA Superior Electrical Adv., Inc. 1700 West Anaheim St., Long Beach, CA (90813). 562-495-3808. 800-995-9099. Fax: 562-435-1867. Website: www.superiorsigns.com. 1-2-34-5-6-7-9. BAKERSFIELD Center Neon Co. Inc., 430 East 21st St. (93305). 661-3279696. 800-784-3419. Fax: 661-323-5657. Email: sales@ centerneon.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. CHICO Hupp Neon, 70 Loren Ave., (95928). 530-345-7078. 800693-6366. Fax: 530-345-0424. E-mail: joe@huppneon .com. Website: www.huppneon.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. EUREKA Paramount Sign Contractors, 2701 Road I, Redwood Valley, CA (95470). 707-485-7555. 800-675-3343. Fax: 707485-5081. E-mail: butch@paramountsigncontractors. com. Website: www:paramountsigncontractors.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. FAIRFIELD A-Active Sign Co., 24850 Main St., Capay, CA (95607). 530796-4400. Fax: 530-796-4403. E-mail: active8948@aol. com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Solano Signs, 1331 Oliver Rd., (94533). 707-427-0400. 800-427-6126. Fax: 707-427-6622. Website: www. solanosigns.com E-mail: pam@solanosigns.com. 1-2-34-5-6-7-9. Western Sign Company Inc., 6221 A Enterprise Dr., Diamond Springs, CA. (95619). 530-622-1420. Fax: 530-6229367. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. FRESNO A-Plus Signs Inc., 4379 N. Brawley Ave. (93722). 559-2750700. Fax: 559-275-7482. E-mail: design@a-plussigns. com. Website: www.a-plussigns.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Fluoresco Lighting & Sign Maintenance Corp., 3484 W. Gettysburg Ave., Ste. 102 (93722). 559-221-7273. Fax: 559-221-7274. Website: www.fluoresco.com. 1-2-3-45-6-7-9. Fresno Neon Sign Co. 5901 E. Clinton (93727). 559-2922944. Fax: 559-292-2944. Fax: 559-292-2980. Website: www.fresnoneon.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Gleason Signs. 9732 W. Grove Ave., Visalia, CA. (93291). 559-625-4092. Fax: 559-625-4093. Email: chuck @ gleasonsigns.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. HAYWARD A-Ace Sign Co. 4546 B-10 El Camino Real Ste. 272. Los Altos, CA (94022). 650-969-9258. 800-391-4443. Fax: 650-969-9302. E-mail: signforu@earthlink.net. Website: www.A-Acesignco.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9

LOS ANGELES ABL Signs, Inc. 6518 E. Via Corral, Anaheim, CA (92807). 714-381-3442. Fax: 714-281-2092. Website: ablesignsinc.com. Email: robertabl@sbcglobal.net. 1-23-4-5-6-7-8-9. Absolute Sign & Lighting Maintenance, 4652 Katella Ave., Los Alamitos, CA (90720). 562-592-5838. 800-8985444. Fax: 562-592-6198. E-mail: service@absolutesign. com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9.

B.K. Signs, 1028 Kirkwall Rd., Azusa, CA (91702) 626-3345600. Fax: 626-334-5611. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9.

Diversified Arts Corp., 20117 Romar St. Chatsworth, CA (91311). 818-885-7700. Fax: 818-885-7771. Email: diversarts@sbcglobal.net. Website: www.divartscorp.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Downey Sign & Lighting, 12037 Regentview Ave., Downey, CA (90241). 562-923-0357. Fax: 562-869-2488. E-mail: downeysign@earthlink.net. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Fluoresco Lighting & Sign Maintenance Corp., 2778 Pomona Blvd., Pomona, CA (91768). 909-592-0870. Fax: 909592-0493. Website: www.fluoresco.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Flynn Signs & Graphics, 1345 Coronado Ave., Long Beach, CA (90804). 562-498-6655. 800-458-2784. Fax: 562-985-0843. E-mail: info@flynnsigns.com. 1-2-3-45-6-7-8-9. Mall Signs & Service, N. Hollywood, CA (91607). 818764-1909. 818-470-4228. Fax: 805-522-7000. E-mail: mallsgnsvc@aol.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9 O’Connor Electric, 604 Celis St., San Fernando, CA (91340). 818-361-6118. Fax: 818-361-5868. 5-6-7-9. Sign Industries, Inc., 2101 Carrillo Privado, Ontario, CA (91761). 909-930-0303. 888-999-7446. Fax: 909-9300308. E-mail: maria@signindustries.tv. Website: www. signindustries.tv. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9.

Young Electric Sign Company, 5405 Industrial Parkway, San Bernadino, CA (92407). 909-923-7668. Fax: 909-9235015. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. long beach Pacific Coast Neon and Electric, 1411 W. 15th St., Long Beach, CA (90813). 562-208-8322, 562-216-7965. Fax: 562-432-1024. Email: dlock11692@aol.com. Website: pacificcoastneonelectric.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-8-9. MODESTO Gary’s Signs & Screen Printing, 1620 S Ackerman Dr., Lodi, CA (95240) 209-369-8592. 800-359-8592. Fax: 209369-8681. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Sign Designs Inc., 204 Campus Way, Modesto, CA (95350). 209-524-4484. 800-421-7446. Fax: 209-521-0272. Website: www.signdesigns.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Western Sign Company, Inc., 6221 A Enterprise Drive, Diamond Springs, CA (95619). 530-622-1420. Fax: 530622-9367. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9.

OAKLAND Arrow Sign Company, 1051 46th Ave., (94601). 510-5337693. Fax: 510-533-0815. Website: arrowsigncompany. com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Golden Gate Sign Co. Inc., 711 Independent Rd., Oakland, CA (94621). 510-336-3838. Fax: 510-336-3830. 1-2-34-5-6-7-9.

ONTARIO Encore Image. 303 W. Main St. Ontario, CA (91762). 909-230-5582. Fax: 909-230-6488. Email: m.haist@ encoreimage.com. Website: www.encoreimage.com. 12-3-4-5-6-7-9. Sign Industries, Inc., 2101 Carrillo Privado, Ontario, CA (91761). 909-930-0303. 888-999-7446. Fax: 909-9300308. E-mail: maria@signindustries.tv. Website: www. signindustries.tv. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. ORANGE COUNTY ABL Signs, Inc. 6518 E. Via Corral, Anaheim, CA (92807). 714-381-3442. Fax: 714-281-2092. Website: ablesignsinc.com. Email: robertabl@sbcglobal.net. 1-23-4-5-6-7-8-9. Absolute Sign & Lighting Maintenance, 4652 Katella Ave., Los Alamitos, CA (90720). 562-592-5838. 800-8985444. Fax: 562-592-6198. E-mail: service@absolutesign. com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9 Downey Sign & Lighting, 12037 Regentview Ave., Downey, CA (90241). 562-923-0357. Fax: 562-869-2488. E-mail: downeysign@earthlink.net. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Flynn Signs & Graphics, 1345 Coronado Ave., Long Beach, CA (90804). 562-498-6655. 800-458-2784. Fax: 562985-0843. E-mail: info@flynnsigns.com. 1-2-3-4-5-67-8-9. PALM SPRINGS Riofine Neon a Sign Co., 68895 Perez Rd. I-18, Cathedral City, CA (92262) 760-322-6366. Fax: 760-321-2682. Email: riotineneon@aol.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Sign-A-Rama, 41945 Boardwalk Suite L, Palm Desert, CA (92211). 760-776-9907. Fax: 760-776-9844. Website: www.pdsignarama.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9. REDDING McHale Sign Co., Inc., 3707 Electro Way, (96002). 530-2232030. 800-696-3662 Fax: 530-223-2060. E-mail: pat. corey@mchalesign.com. Web: www.mchalesign.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Western Sign Company, Inc., 6221 A Enterprise Drive, Diamond Springs, CA (95619). 530-622-1420. Fax: 530622-9367. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. RIVERSIDE COUNTY Certified Sign Co., P.O. Box 45, 29215 Calle De Caballos, Sun City, CA (92586). 951-928-2484. Fax: 951-9284604. E-mail: mail@certifiedsign.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Quiel Bros. Electric Sign Service Co., Inc. W.S.A. Member. 272 South ‘I’ St., San Bernardino, CA. (92410). 909-8854476. Fax: 909-888-2239. Website: www.quielsigns.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Sign Industries, Inc., 2101 Carrillo Privado, Ontario, CA (91761). 909-930-0303. 888-999-7446. Fax: 909-9300308. E-mail: maria@signindustries.tv. Website: www. signindustries.tv. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. ROCKLIN/ROSEVILLE Ainor Signs, 3868 Cincinnati Ave, Rocklin, CA (95765). 916408-1300. Fax: 916-408-1385. Email: info@ainorsigns. com. Website: www.ainorsigns.com. 1-2-3-4-5-7-8-9. Gary’s Signs & Screen Printing, 1620 S. Ackerman Dr., Lodi, CA (95240). 209-369-8592. 800-359-8592. Fax: 209369-8681. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. SACRAMENTO Ainor Signs, 3868 Cincinnati Ave, Rocklin, CA (95765). 916408-1300. Fax: 916-408-1385. Email: info@ainorsigns. com. Website: www.ainorsigns.com. 1-2-3-4-5-7-8-9. Capitol Neon, 5920 Rosebud Ln. (95841). 916-349-1800. Fax: 916-349-0184. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9.

Fluoresco Lighting & Sign Maintenance Corp., 545 Jefferson Blvd., Unit #8, W. Sacramento, CA (95605). 916-3748023. Fax: 916-374-8022. Website: www.fluoresco.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9.

Gary’s Signs & Screen Printing, 1620 S. Ackerman Dr., Lodi, CA (95240). 209-369-8592. 800-359-8592. Fax: 209369-8681. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Western Sign Company Inc., 6221 A Enterprise Drive. Diamond Springs, CA (95619). 530-622-1420. Fax: 530622-9367. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9.

YESCO, 875 National Drive, Ste. 107, Sacramento, CA (95834). 916-419-8101. Fax: 916-419-8108. 1-2-3-45-6-7-9. SALINAS Northwest Signs, 120 Encinal St., Santa Cruz, CA (95060). 831-469-8208. 888-788-8614. Fax: 831-469-8172. Email: jeff@northwestsigns.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY Quiel Bros. Electric Sign Service Co., Inc. W.S.A. Member. 272 South ‘I’ St., San Bernardino, CA. (92410). 909-8854476. Fax: 909-888-2239. Website: www.quielsigns.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Swain Sign, Inc., 1384 E 5th Street, Ontario CA (91764). 909-460-2530. Fax: 909-460-2533. Email: Lee@ swainsign.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9. SAN DIEGO Clear Sign & Design, Inc., 170 Navajo St., San Marcos, CA (92078). 760-736-8111. Fax: 760-736-8121. E-mail: sjw@clearsigns.com. Website: www.clearsigns.com. 1-23-4-5-6-7-9. Fluoresco Lighting & Sign Maintenance Corp., 2758 Via Orange Way, Spring Valley, CA (91978). 619-444-9000. Fax: 619-444-9004. Website: www.fluoresco.com. 1-23-4-5-6-7-9. Mr. Neon Inc., 3106 Main St. (92113). 619-233-3373. Fax: 619-233-6611. Website: www.mrneon.com. 1-2-3-4-56-7-9. San Diego Electric Sign, Inc. 871 Harold Place Suite #312. Chula Vista, CA (91914). 619-216-0213. 888-518-7337. Fax: 619-216-0334. Email: general@sdelectricsign.com. Website: www.electricsign.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Western Sign Systems, 1020 Linda Vista Drive, San Marcos, CA (92078). 760-736-6070. Fax: 760-736-6073. E-mail: sales@westrnsign.com. Website: www.westrnsign.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. YESCO, 6965 El Camino Real 105-681, Carlsbad, CA (92009). 760-696-9035. Fax: 760-696-9036. 1-2-3-45-6-7-9. SAN FRANCISCO Fluoresco Lighting & Sign Maintenance Corp., 8469 Pardee Dr., Oakland, CA (94621). 510-633-4153. Fax: 510-6334171. Website: www.fluoresco.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Golden Gate Sign Co. Inc., 711 Independent Rd., Oakland, CA (94621). 510-336-3838. Fax: 510-336-3830. 1-2-34-5-6-7-9. Johnston Sign Company Inc., 3595 Gravenstein Highway South, Sebastopol, CA (95472). 707-829-7332. Fax: 707829-9059. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. SAN JOSE Gary’s Signs & Screen Printing, 1620 S. Ackerman Dr., Lodi, CA (95240). 209-369-8592. 800-359-8592. Fax: 209369-8681. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Northwest Signs, 120 Encinal St., Santa Cruz, CA (95060). 831-469-8208. 888-788-8614. Fax: 831-469-8172. Email: jeff@northwestsigns.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. SANTA CRUZ Northwest Signs, 120 Encinal St., Santa Cruz, CA (95060). 831-469-8208. 888-788-8614. Fax: 831-469-8172. Email: jeff@northwestsigns.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. SANTA ROSA Johnston Sign Company Inc., 3595 Gravenstein Highway South. Sebastopol, CA (95472). 707-829-7332. Fax: 707829-9059. 1-2-3-4-5-6-79. Paramount Sign Contractors, 2701 Road I, Redwood Valley, CA (95470). 707-485-7555. 800-675-3343. Fax: 707485-5081. E-mail: butch@paramountsigncontractors. com. Website: www.paramountsigncontractors.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Western Sign Company Inc., 6221 A Enterprise Drive. Diamond Springs, CA (95619). 530-622-1420. Fax: 530622-9367. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. SIMI VALLEY Mall Signs & Service, Simi Valley, CA (93065). 805-5227000. 818-470-4228. Fax: 805-522-7000. E-mail: mallsgnsvc@aol.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. SOUTH LAKE TAHOE Western Sign Company, Inc., 6221 A Enterprise Drive, Diamond Springs, CA (95619). 530-622-1420. Fax: 530622-9367. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9.

STOCKTON Ainor Signs, 3868 Cincinnati Ave, Rocklin, CA (95765). 916408-1300. Fax: 916-408-1385. Email: info@ainorsigns. com. Website: www.ainorsigns.com. 1-2-3-4-5-7-8-9. Gary’s Signs & Screen Printing, 1620 S. Ackerman Dr., Lodi, CA (95240). 209-369-8592. 800-359-8592. Fax: 209369-8681. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Western Sign Company, Inc., 6221 A Enterprise Drive, Diamond Springs, CA (95619). 530-622-1420. Fax: 530622-9367. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. TEMECULA Certified Sign Co., P.O. Box 45, 29215 Calle De Caballos, Sun City, CA (92586). 951-928-2484. Fax: 951-9284604. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. TRACY Gary’s Signs & Screen Printing, 1620 S. Ackerman Dr., Lodi, CA (95240). 209-369-8592. 800-359-8592. Fax: 209369-8681. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. UKIAH Paramount Sign Contractors, 2701 Road I, Redwood Valley, CA (95470). 707-485-7555. 800-675-3343. Fax: 707485-5081. E-mail: butch@paramountsigncontractors. com. Website: www.paramountsigncontractors.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. VACAVILLE Solano Signs, 1331 Oliver Rd., (94533). 707-427-0400. 800-427-6126. Fax: 707-427-6622. Website: www. solanosigns.com E-mail: Pam@solanosigns.com. 1-2-34-5-6-7-9. Western Sign Company, Inc., 6221 A Enterprise Drive, Diamond Springs, CA (95619). 530-622-1420. Fax: 530622-9367. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. VENTURA COUNTY Mall Signs & Service, Simi Valley, CA (93065). 805-5227000. 818-470-4228. Fax: 805-522-7000. E-mail: mallsgnsvc@aol.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. YUBA CITY Western Sign Company, Inc., 6221 A Enterprise Drive, Diamond Springs, CA (95619). 530-622-1420. Fax: 530622-9367. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9.

COLORADO COLORADO SPRINGS Rusch Signs & Graphics, Inc., 3030 W. Hampden Ave. Sheridan, CO (80110). 303-972-3016. 800-336-SIGN. Fax: 303-972-9165. Email: ruschsigns@comcast.net. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Sign Masters, 4137 Sinton Rd., Colorado Springs, CO (80909) 719-534-9910. Fax: 719-534-9920. Email: sales@signmastersco.com. Website: www.signmastersco. com 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Sign Shop Illuminated, LLC, 3505 E. Platte Ave., (80909). 719-573-1567. Fax: 719-573-1640. E-mail: kim@sign shopilluminated.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Young Electric Sign Company, 3626 North Stone Ave., (80907). 719-385-0103. Fax: 719-385-0106. 1-2-3-45-6-7-9. DENVER AAA Signs/ Precision Sign Company, 402 Violet St. Golden, CO (80401). 303-279-5977. Fax: 303-279-6236. Email: aaasigns@usa.net. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Ad Light + Sign, 4150 Elati St., Denver, CO. (80216). 303399-3334. Fax: 303-399-3395. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9.

Advantage Sign Co., 2500 S. Raritan, Englewood, CO (80110). 888-975-1772. 303-975-1772. Fax: 303975-1502. E-mail: galen@advantagesigncompany.com. Website: www.advantagesigncompany.com. 1-2-3-4-56-7-9.

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Artcraft Signs 1717 Sa Acoma St., Denver, CO (80223). 303777-7771. 800-278-7771, Fax: 303-778-7175. Email: gary@artcraftsign.com. Website: www.artcraftsign.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Colorado Sign Helpers Inc., P.O. Box 33388 (80233). 303380-2020. Fax: 303-380-1920. E-mail: signhelpers @aol.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Colorado Signworks, Inc. 1390 East 64th Avenue, Denver, CO. (80229). 303-286-9688, 1-800-429-8364. Fax: 303-286-9682. Email: sgerman@coloradosignworks.com. Website: www.coloradosignworks.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Freeman Signs Inc., 3883 Moneco Parkway, Denver, CO (80207). 303-781-0106. 800-481-9818. Fax: 303-7628293. E-mail: cindypeters@freemansigns.net. Website: www.freemansigns.net. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Gordon Sign, 2930 W. 9th Ave., Denver, CO. (80204). 303629-6121. Fax: 303-629-1024. Website: www.gordonsign. com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Rusch Signs & Graphics, Inc., 3030 W. Hampden Ave. Sheridan, CO (80110). 303-972-3016. 800-336-SIGN. Fax: 303-972-9165. Email: ruschsigns@comcast.net. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9.

Schlosser Signs, Inc., 3597 DraftHorse Ct. Loveland, CO. (80538). 970-593-1334. 888-309-5571. Fax: 970-5930443. E-mail: info@schlossersigns.com. Website: www. schlossersigns.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Sign Shop Illuminated, LLC, 3505 E. Platte Ave., (80909). 719-573-1567. Fax: 719-573-1640. E-mail: kim@sign shopilluminated.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Young Electric Sign Company, 3770 Joliet St. (80239). 303375-9933. Fax: 303-375-9111. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. DURANGO San Juan Signs, Inc., 736 E. Main St., Farmington, NM. (87401). 505-326-5511. Fax: 505-326-5513. 800-2175511. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. FORT COLLINS Rusch Signs & Graphics, Inc., 3030 W. Hampden Ave. Sheridan, CO (80110). 303-972-3016. 800-336-SIGN. Fax: 303-972-9165. Email: ruschsigns@comcast.net. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Schlosser Signs, Inc., 3597 DraftHorse Ct. Loveland, CO. (80538). 970-593-1334. 888-309-5571. Fax: 970-5930443. E-mail: info@schlossersigns.com. Website: www. schlossersigns.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Young Electric Sign Company. 4562 Denrose Court #4, Ft. Collins, CO (80524). 970-472-5466. Fax: 970-472-5964. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. GRAND JUNCTION Young Electric Sign Company, Grand Junction Branch, 2244 Colex Dr., Suite D (81505). 970-242-7880. Fax: 970-2427959. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. GREELEY Biltrite Sign Service, 4315 Industrial Parkway, Evans, CO. (80620). 970-353-3811. Fax: 970-353-0318 1-2-3-45-6-7-9. Rusch Signs & Graphics, Inc., 3030 W. Hampden Ave. Sheridan, CO (80110). 303-972-3016. 800-336-SIGN. Fax: 303-972-9165. Email: ruschsigns@comcast.net. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Schlosser Signs, Inc., 3597 DraftHorse Ct. Loveland, CO. (80538). 970-593-1334. 888-309-5571. Fax: 970-5930443. E-mail: info@schlossersigns.com. Website: www. schlossersigns.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. LONGMONT Schlosser Signs, Inc., 3597 DraftHorse Ct. Loveland, CO. (80538). 970-593-1334. 888-309-5571. Fax: 970-5930443. E-mail: info@schlossersigns.com. Website: www. schlossersigns.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. LOVELAND Rusch Signs & Graphics, Inc., 3030 W. Hampden Ave. Sheridan, CO (80110). 303-972-3016. 800-336-SIGN. Fax: 303-972-9165. Email: ruschsigns@comcast.net. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Schlosser Signs, Inc., 3597 DraftHorse Ct. Loveland, CO. (80538). 970-593-1334. 888-309-5571. Fax: 970-5930443. E-mail: info@schlossersigns.com. Website: www. schlossersigns.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9.

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PUEBLO Ralphâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Neon & Electric, Inc., P.O. Box 1467, (81002). 719564-9120. Fax: 719-566-8369. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Rusch Signs & Graphics, Inc., 3030 W. Hampden Ave. Sheridan, CO (80110). 303-972-3016. 800-336-SIGN. Fax: 303-972-9165. Email: ruschsigns@comcast.net. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Sign Shop Illuminated, LLC, 3505 E. Platte Ave., (80909). 719-573-1567. Fax: 719-573-1640. E-mail: kim@sign shopilluminated.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9.

CONNECTICUT danbury Bursco Signs Inc., 9 Beaver St. Danbury CT. (06810). 203798-7296. Fax: 203-798-9708. Email: bursco@bai-net. com. 5-6-7-9. HARTFORD D&G Sign Services, 130 Hoffman Rd., Ellington, CT (06029). 860-454-0127. Fax: 860-454-0127. Email: dgsign@ comcast.net. 1-2-3-5-6-7-8-9. Saxton Sign Corp., P.O. Box 163, East Greenbush, NY (12061). 518-732-7704. Fax: 518-732-7716. E-mail: mike@saxtonsign.com. Website: www.saxtonsign.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7. NEW HAVEN American Sign Inc., 614 Ferry St. (06513). 203-624-2991. 800-550-2991. Fax: 203-789-1563. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. NORWALK Bursco Signs Inc., 9 Beaver St. Danbury CT. (06810). 203798-7296. Fax: 203-798-9708. Email: bursco@bai-net. com. 5-6-7-9. STAMFORD Acme Sign Company, 33 Taylor Reed Place (06906). 203324-2263. 800-426-2263. Fax: 203-324-5181. E-mail: info@acmesignco.com. Website: www.acmesignco.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Stamford Signs & Graphics Inc., 863 East Main St., Stamford, CT (06902). 203-323-7033. Fax: 203-9750155. E-mail: sign130@aol.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9.

DELAWARE Eastern Sign Tech, PO Box 564, Burlington, NJ (08016). 112 Connecticut Dr.. Burlington, NJ (08016). 609-261-2805. Fax: 609-518-3575. E-mail: info@easternsigntech.com. Website: www.easternsigntech.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. MILTON/REHOBOTH Rogers Sign Co., Inc., 110 Lavinia St., (19968). 302-6848338. Fax: 302-684-0700. Website: www.rogerssign.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. NEW CASTLE Tupp Signs, 457 E. New Churchmans Rd., New Castle, DE (19720) 302-322-1600. Fax: 302-322-2715. 1-2-3-45-6-7-9. WILMINGTON Tupp Signs, 457 E. New Churchmans Rd., New Castle, DE (19720) 302-322-1600. Fax: 302-322-2715. 1-2-3-45-6-7-9.

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA WASHINGTON ARK Sign Services, Inc., 3622 East St., Hyattsville, MD (20785). 301-384-1300. 888-275-SIGN(7446). Fax: 301384-1304. E-mail: info@ARKsigns.com. Website: www. ARKsigns.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Gable Signs & Graphics Inc., 7440 Fort Smallwood Rd., Baltimore, MD (21226). 410-255-6400. Fax: 410-4375336. Website: www.gablesigns.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. J and M Services, Inc. 12055-B Tech Rd. Silver Spring, MD. (20904). 301-622-4290. Fax: 301-622-7011. Email: jon@ jandmservicesinc.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Sterico Signs, Inc., 16159 Shady Grove Road, Gaithersburg, MD (20877). 301-948-8088, Fax: 301-948-8244. Email: sterico@stericosigns.com. Website: www.stericosigns. com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9.

FLORIDA Dixie Signs, Inc. 2930 Drane Field Road, Lakeland, FL (33811-1329). 863-644-3521, 877-644-3521. Fax: 863-644-3524. tld@dixiesignsinc.com. Website: www. dixiesignsinc.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Altamonte Springs Capital Sign, 2682 Pemberton Dr., Apopka, FL. (32703). 407-578-1132, 866-610-9986. Fax: 407-297-1251. Email: signs@mpinet.net. Website: www.capitalsigndesign. com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9.

BRADENTON Florida Sign Co., Inc., 1101 29th Ave., W., (34205). 941747-1000. Fax: 941-746-5689. Website: floridasign.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Gulf Coast Signs of Sarasota, Inc., 1713 Northgate Blvd. (34234). 941-355-8841. 800-741-1916. Fax: 941-3513154. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. BREVARD Kendal Sign Co., 446 Gus Hipp Blvd., Rockledge, Fl (32955). 321-636-5116. 877-497-8488. Fax: 321-6360402. www.kendalsign.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. CAPE CORAL Saxton Signcorp-Florida-New York-New England, 917 SE 15th Ave., Cape Coral FL. (33990). 239-458-0845, fax 239-458-6642. Email: julie@saxtonsign.com, Website: www.saxtonsign.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. CLEARWATER A.D.S. Signs Inc., 1497 Main St., #317, Dunedin, FL (34698). 727-441-8989. 727-441-8889. E-mail: ncernak@adssigns.com. Website: www.adssigns.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Davidson Sign Services Inc.,1201 Cedar St. Unit B Safety Harbor, FL. (34695). 727-726-3555. Fax: 727-7263556. E-mail: davidsonsigns@aol.com. Website: www. davidsonsigns.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Gulf Coast Signs of Sarasota, Inc., 1713 Northgate Blvd. (34234). 941-355-8841. 800-741-1916. Fax: 941-3513154. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Sign X-Press 10821 Canal Street, Largo FL. (33777). 239229-7453. Fax: 941-429-9492. Email: rsheldon@signxpress.com 1-2-4-5-6-7-9. DAYTONA BEACH B&C Signs, 2225 Guava Dr., Edgewater, FL (32141). 386426-2373. Fax: 386-426-2789. E-mail: bcsigns@cfl.rr .com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Capital Sign, 2682 Pemberton Dr., Apopka, FL. (32703). 407-578-1132, 866-610-9986. Fax: 407-297-1251. Email: signs@mpinet.net. Website: www.capitalsigndesign. com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Don Bell Signs, 365 Oak Place, Port Orange, FL (32127). 800-824-0080. Fax: 386-763-4762. E-mail: cward@ donbellsigns.com. Website: www.donbellsigns.com. 1-23-4-5-6-7-9. Marion Sign and Lighting. 3731 NE 25th St. Ocala, FL (34470). 352-236-0936. 800-522-2934. Fax: 352-3690936. Email: info@marionsigns.com. Website: www. marionsigns.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9 McNeill Signs, Inc., P.O. Box 1093. Bunnell, FL. (32110-1093) 386-586-7100. Fax: 386-586-0073. E-mail: cscroggins@mcneillsigns.com. Website: www. mcneillsigns.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. FORT LAUDERDALE Art Sign Co., 835 NW 6th Ave. (33311). 954-763-4410. Fax: 954-763-2736. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9. McNeill Signs, Inc., 555 S. Dixie Hwy. E., Pompano Beach, FL (33060). 954-946-3474. Fax: 954-946-8051. 1-2-34-5-6-7-9. FORT MYERS Gulf Coast Signs of Sarasota, Inc., 1713 Northgate Blvd. (34234). 941-355-8841. 800-741-1916. Fax: 941-3513154. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Highway Star Sign & Lighting Service, Inc., P.O. Box 7152 (33911). 239-282-2123. Fax: 239-282-5889. 2-4-6-7-9. Images Graphic Specialities Inc., 11803 Metro Pkwy. (33912). 239-561-6406. Fax: 239-561-6407. E-mail: sales@imagesgs.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9.. Saxton Signcorp-Florida-New York-New England, 917 SE 15th Ave., Cape Coral FL. (33990). 239-458-0845, fax 239-458-6642. Email: julie@saxtonsign.com, Website: www.saxtonsign.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. FORT PIERCE Art Sign Co., 835 NW 6th Ave. (33311). 954-763-4410. Fax: 954-763-2736. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9. Glomaster Sign Co. Inc., 3311 Industrial 25th St. (34946). 772-464-0718. Fax:772-464-2157. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. FORT WALTON BEACH Southern Sign, Industires, 632-B N. Beal Pkwy., (32548). 850-863-3436. Fax: 850-863-3479. Website: www. signsearch.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. GAINESVILLE Action Signs & Graphics, Inc., 4180 S. US Hwy 441, Lake City, FL. (32025). 386-752-0121. Fax: 386-752-8765. Email: larry@actionsignsandgraphics.net. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Marion Sign and Lighting. 3731 NE 25th St. Ocala, FL (34470). 352-236-0936. 800-522-2934. Fax: 352-3690936. Email: info@marionsigns.com. Website: www. marionsigns.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9 JACKSONVILLE Atlantic Signs, 107 Mott St. (32254) 904-388-1234. Fax: 904-389-7487. Email: atlanticsigns12@bellsouth.net. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Beach Neon and Sign Co., 1940 Spearing St., (32206). 904-246-1106. Fax: 904-246-1673. E-mail: beachneonandsign@bellsouth.net. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Brite-Lite Service Co., 3633 St. Augustine Road (322075526). 904-398-5305. Fax: 904-396-9594. 1-2-3-4-56-7-9. D&R Signs, Inc., 133 Thomasson Ave., Daytona Beach, FL (32117). 386-252-2777. Fax; 386-252-5006. E-mail: drsigns@bellsouth.net. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9.

Don Bell Signs, 365 Oak Place, Port Orange, FL (32127). 800-824-0080. Fax: 386-763-4762. E-mail: cward@ donbellsigns.com. Website: www.donbellsigns.com. 1-23-4-5-6-7-9. General Sign Service, 1940 Spearing St. (32206). 904-3555630. Fax: 904-355-5632. E-mail: gensignjax@bellsouth. net. Website: www.generalsignservice.com. 1-2-3-4-56-7-9. Heritage Signs Inc., 1001 Washington Ave., Green Cove, FL (30243). 904-529-7446. Fax: 904-529-1567. E-mail: heritagesigns@bellsouth.net. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. McNeill Signs, Inc., P.O. Box 1093. Bunnell, FL. (32110-1093) 386-586-7100. Fax: 386-586-0073. E-mail: cscroggins@mcneillsigns.com. Website: www. mcneillsigns.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Quality Sign Co., P.O. Box 57280, (32241-7280). 904-2684681. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. KEY WEST Marathon Electric Sign & Light, 10690 Aviation Blvd., Marathon, FL (33050) 800-749-0922. Fax: 305-7430922. E-mail: dpmthelectric@aol.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Southernmost Sign Service, Inc. 913 Eaton St. Key West, FL. (33040). 305-294-1877. Fax: 305-295-6699. Email: smsigns@bellsouth.net. Website: www.southernmostsigns. com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. kissimmee Capital Sign, 2682 Pemberton Dr., Apopka, FL. (32703). 407-578-1132, 866-610-9986. Fax: 407-297-1251. Email: signs@mpinet.net. Website: www.capitalsigndesign. com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9.. lakecity Action Signs & Graphics, Inc., 4180 S. US Hwy 441, Lake City, FL. (32025). 386-752-0121. Fax: 386-752-8765. Email: larry@actionsignsandgraphics.net. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. LAKELAND Public Imagery 7704c Industrial Lane, Tampa, FL (33636). 813-985-9000. 800-455-3393. Fax: 813-9859006. Email: service@publicimagery.com. Website: publicimagery.com.1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. LEESBURG Marion Sign and Lighting. 3731 NE 25th St. Ocala, FL (34470). 352-236-0936. 800-522-2934. Fax: 352-3690936. Email: info@marionsigns.com. Website: www. marionsigns.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9 Capital Sign, 2682 Pemberton Dr., Apopka, FL. (32703). 407-578-1132, 866-610-9986. Fax: 407-297-1251. Email: signs@mpinet.net. Website: www.capitalsigndesign. com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Kenco 2000, Inc., 1539 Garden Ave., Holly Hill, FL (32117). 386-672-1590. 800-526-3291. 386-677-2910. E-mail: kenco@kenco2000inc.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. LIGHTHOUSE POINT J.W. Berry Signs, Inc., 4399 Cty Rd. 156. Wildwood, FL (34785). 352-728-1119. 800-443-0125. Fax: 352-7288669. E-mail: jberr1234@aol.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. MARATHON Marathon Electric Sign & Light, 10690 Aviation Blvd., Mara足 thon Shores, FL (33050). 800-749-0922. Fax: 305-7430922. E-mail: dpmthelectric@aol.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Southernmost Sign Service, Inc. 913 Eaton St. Key West, FL. (33040). 305-294-1877. Fax: 305-295-6699. Email: smsigns@bellsouth.net. Website: www.southernmostsigns. com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. MELBOURNE Kendal Sign Co., 446 Gus Hipp Blvd., Rockledge, Fl (32955). 321-636-5116. 877-497-8488. Fax: 321-6360402. www.kendalsigns.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. SignAccess, Inc., 7205 Waelti Dr., (32940). 321-752-9040. 800-930-5818. Fax: 321-752-1990. Website: www. sign-access.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. MIAMI Acolite Claude United Sign Co. Inc., P.O. Box 522517 (33152). 305-362-3333. Fax: 305-819-7777. E-mail: acusigns@netrox.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9. Art Sign Co., 835 NW 6th Ave. Ft. Lauderdale, FL (33311). 954-763-4410. 888-763-4410. Fax: 954-763-2736. Email: sales@artsignfl.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9. Bengis Signs & Service Inc., 7429 NW 48th St. (33166). 305-592-3860. Fax: 305-592-6937. E-mail: bengissigns@ bellsouth.net. Website: www.bengisigns.com. 1-2-3-4-56-7-9. Economy Sign Co., 7220 NW 1 Court, Miami, FL (33150). 305-633-4800, 800-883-9992, Fax: 305-633-4899. Email: info@economysignco.com, Website: www. economysignco.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. NAPLES Art Sign Co., 835 NW 6th Ave. (33311). 954-763-4410. Fax: 954-763-2736. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9. Gulf Coast Signs of Sarasota, Inc., 1713 Northgate Blvd. (34234). 941-355-8841. 800-741-1916. Fax: 941-3513154. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Images Graphic Specialities Inc., 11803 Metro Pkwy. (33912). 239-561-6406. Fax: 239-561-6407. E-mail: sales@imagesgs.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9..

Saxton Signcorp-Florida-New York-New England, 917 SE 15th Ave., Cape Coral FL. (33990). 239-458-0845, fax 239-458-6642. Email: julie@saxtonsign.com, Website: www.saxtonsign.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. SignCraft of Naples, Inc., 3661 Mercantile Ave., Naples, FL (34104). 239-643-1777. Fax: 239-643-2499. E-mail: www.signcraft@signcraftofnaples.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. OCALA J.W. Berry Signs, Inc., 4399 Cty Rd. 156. Wildwood, FL (34785). 352-728-1119. 800-443-0125. Fax: 352-7288669. E-mail: jberr1234@aol.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Marion Sign and Lighting. 3731 NE 25th St. Ocala, FL (34470). 352-236-0936. 800-522-2934. Fax: 352-3690936. Email: info@marionsigns.com. Website: www. marionsigns.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9

Pete Peterson Signs, Inc., 11094 N.E. C314, Silver Springs, FL (34488) 352-625-2307. 800-923-2307. Fax: 352-6257999. E-mail: petesigns@earthlink.net. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. ORLANDO AC Signs, LLC. 11609 S. Orange Blossom Tr. Suite #205. Orlando, FL. (32837). 407-857-5564. Fax: 407-8575565. Email: sales@myacsigns.com. Website: www. myacsigns.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9. Capital Sign, 2682 Pemberton Dr., Apopka, FL. (32703). 407-578-1132, 866-610-9986. Fax: 407-297-1251. Email: signs@mpinet.net. Website: www.capitalsigndesign. com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9.

Don Bell Signs, 365 Oak Place, Port Orange, FL (32127). 800-824-0080. Fax: 386-763-4762. E-mail: cward@ donbellsigns.com. Website: www.donbellsigns.com. 1-23-4-5-6-7-9. Gulf Coast Signs of Sarasota, Inc., 1713 Northgate Blvd. (34234). 941-355-8841. 800-741-1916. Fax: 941-3513154. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. J.W. Berry Signs, Inc., 4399 Cty Rd. 156. Wildwood, FL (34785). 352-728-1119. 800-443-0125. Fax: 352-7288669. E-mail: jberr1234@aol.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Jayco Signs, Inc., 149-151 Atlantic Dr. (32751). 407-3395252. Fax: 407-830-7575. Website: www.jaycosigns.com. E-mail: jaycosigns@yahoo.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Kendal Sign Co., 446 Gus Hipp Blvd., Rockledge, Fl (32955). 321-636-5116. 877-497-8488. Fax: 321-6360402. www.kendalsigns.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Kenco 2000, Inc., 1539 Garden Ave., Holly Hill, FL (32117). 386-672-1590. 800-526-3291. 386-677-2910. E-mail: kenco@kenco2000inc.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Marion Sign and Lighting. 3731 NE 25th St. Ocala, FL (34470). 352-236-0936. 800-522-2934. Fax: 352-3690936. Email: info@marionsigns.com. Website: www. marionsigns.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. McNeill Signs, Inc., P.O. Box 1093. Bunnell, FL. (32110-1093) 386-586-7100. Fax: 386-586-0073. E-mail: cscroggins@mcneillsigns.com. Website: www. mcneillsigns.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Public Imagery 7704c Industrial Lane, Tampa, FL (33636). 813-985-9000. 800-455-3393. Fax: 813-9859006. Email: service@publicimagery.com. Website: publicimagery.com.1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. WGM Signs 108 Commerce St., Suite 103, Lake Mary, FL. (32746), 321-363-3763. Fax: 321-363-4902. Email: sales@wgmsigns.com. Website: www.wgmsigns.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-9. PANAMA CITY Florida Certified Sign Erectors, 2824 Horace Shepard Dr., Dothan, AL (36303). 334-984-0194. Fax: 334-984-0196. Email: cmckernan@fc-se.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Freeman Electric Co., Inc., 534 Oak Ave., P.O. Box 2267 (32401). 850-785-7448. Fax: 850-747-1162. 1-2-3-45-6-7-9..

PENSACOLA Built Rite Signs, Inc. 308 N. Davis Hwy., Pensacola, FL. (32501). 850-433-1018. Fax: 850-433-1916. Email: builtritesigns@juno.com. Website: www.builtritesignsinc. com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. C & S Signs, 5859 Commerce Rd., Milton, FL (32583). 850983-9540. 800-879-6577. Fax: 850-983-0707. E-mail: cs_signs@bellsouth.net 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9.

Florida Certified Sign Erectors, 2824 Horace Shepard Dr., Dothan, AL (36303). 334-984-0194. Fax: 334-984-0196. Email: cmckernan@fc-se.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Kojis Signs, LLC. 800-259-7446. Fax: 318-346-6751. E-mail: kojissigns@bellsouth.net. Website: www.kojissigns.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. McGrail Signs & Graphics, 1011 North P. St. (32505) 877862-7446. Fax: 866-628-7446. E-mail: mcgrailsigns@ bellsouth.net. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Plastic Arts Sign Co., 3931 Navy Blvd. (32507). 850-4554114. Fax: 850-455-5033. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Southern Sign Industries, 632-B N. Beal Pkwy., (32548). 850-478-6884. Fax: 850-863-3479. Website: www.sign search.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. POMPANO BEACH McNeill Signs, Inc., 555 S. Dixie Hwy. E., Pompano Beach, FL (33060). 954-946-3474. Fax: 954-946-8051. 1-2-34-5-6-7-9. PORT CHARLOTTE Berlin Sign Co., 264 Bahama St. (34285) 941-488-1314. Fax: 941-485-8328. E-mail: lynne@berlinsign.com. Website: www.berlinsign.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Saxton Signcorp-Florida-New York-New England, 917 SE 15th Ave., Cape Coral FL. (33990). 239-458-0845, fax 239-458-6642. Email: julie@saxtonsign.com, Website: www.saxtonsign.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. ST. AUGUSTINE B&S Signs, Inc., 2764 S. Collins Ave. St. Augustine, FL (32084). 904-824-3323. Fax: 904-829-0216. E-mail: sales@bnssigns.com. Website: www.bnssigns.com. 5-6-7-9. McNeill Signs, Inc., P.O. Box 1093. Bunnell, FL. (32110-1093) 386-586-7100. Fax: 386-586-0073. E-mail: cscroggins@mcneillsigns.com. Website: www. mcneillsigns.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. ST. PETERSBURG Coastal Sign Installation, LLC., 8725 66th Court, Pinellas Park, FL (33782). 727-209-2571. Fax: 727-209-2584. Email: install@coastalsign.com. Website: www.coastalsign. com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9. C. Georges & Company Inc. 4907 8th Avenue South, Gulfport, FL (33707). 727-322-2617. 866-422-2617. Fax: 727-322-5617. Email: georges9551@aol.com. 1-23-4-5-6-7-9. Davidson Sign Services Inc.,1201 Cedar St. Unit B. Safety Harbor, FL (34695). 727-726-3555. Fax: 727-7263556. E-mail: davidsonsigns@aol.com. Website: www. davidsonsigns.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. International Sign and Design, 10831 Canal Street, 10831 Canal Street, Largo, FL (33777). 727-541-5573, Fax: 727-544-7745. Email: wgriffin@intlsign.com. Website: www.intlsign.com. 1-2-4-5-6-7-9. Public Imagery 7704c Industrial Lane, Tampa, FL (33636). 813-985-9000. 800-455-3393. Fax: 813-9859006. Email: service@publicimagery.com. Website: publicimagery.com.1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Sanford Capital Sign, 2682 Pemberton Dr., Apopka, FL. (32703). 407-578-1132, 866-610-9986. Fax: 407-297-1251. Email: signs@mpinet.net. Website: www.capitalsigndesign. com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. SARASOTA Berlin Sign Co., 264 Bahama St. (34285) 941-488-1314. Fax: 941-485-8328. E-mail: lynne@berlinsign.com. Website: www.berlinsign.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Gulf Coast Signs of Sarasota, Inc., 1713 Northgate Blvd. (34234). 941-355-8841. 800-741-1916. Fax: 941-3513154. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. International Sign and Design, 10831 Canal Street, 10831 Canal Street, Largo, FL (33777). 727-541-5573, Fax: 727-544-7745. Email: wgriffin@intlsign.com. Website: www.intlsign.com. 1-2-4-5-6-7-9. Saxton Signcorp-Florida-New York-New England, 917 SE 15th Ave., Cape Coral FL. (33990). 239-458-0845, fax 239-458-6642. Email: julie@saxtonsign.com, Website: www.saxtonsign.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. STUART Glomaster Sign Co. Inc., 3311 Industrial 25th St. (34946). 772-464-0718. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9.

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TALLAHASSEE Bill’s Signs & Service, Inc., 5765 Mandy Lane (323049350). 850-576-6847. Fax: 850-574-6290. E-mail: billssigns@gmail.com. Website: www.billssigns.com. (Lic#ES12000087). 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. The Sign Company of Tallahassee, 3712 Crawfordville Hwy., Tallahassee, FL (32305). 850-222-1345. Fax: 850-9420277. E-mail: matt@signsoftally.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. TAMPA Apple Sign & Awning, LLC, 1635 N. Dale Mabry Hwy., Suite 7, Lutz, FL: (33548). 813-948-2220. 813-948-2403. E-mail: apple.signs1@verizon.net. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Coastal Sign Installation, LLC., 8725 66th Court, Pinellas Park, FL (33782). 727-209-2571. Fax: 727-2092584. Email: install@coastalsign.com. Website: www. coastalsign.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9. DTI Sign Group Inc. 1936 Bruce B. Downs Blvd. #302. Wesley Chapel, FL (33543). 813-907-6777. Fax: 813907-9774. Email: tim@dtisigngroup.com. 1-2-3-4-5-67-9. Gulf Coast Signs of Sarasota, Inc., 1713 Northgate Blvd. (34234). 941-355-8841. 800-741-1916. Fax: 941-3513154. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Public Imagery 7704c Industrial Lane, Tampa, FL (33636). 813-985-9000. 800-455-3393. Fax: 813-9859006. Email: service@publicimagery.com. Website: publicimagery.com.1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Sign X-Press 10821 Canal Street, Largo FL. (33777). 239229-7453. Fax: 941-429-9492. Email: rsheldon@signxpress.com 1-2-4-5-6-7-9. Willett Signs & Service, 24420 State Rd 54, Lutz, FL. (33549). 813-731-1516. Fax: 813-948-9379. Email: willettsigns @ yahoo.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. TAVARES A Sign Company. 15601 Old Hwy 441, Tavares, FL (32778). 352-343-3338. Fax: 352-343-9094. Email: american66@ aol.com. State Electrical contractor #ET0000645. 1-2-34-5-6-7-9 VENICE Berlin Sign Co., 264 Bahama St. (34285) 941-488-1314. Fax: 941-485-8328. E-mail: lynne@berlinsign.com. Website: www.berlinsign.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Gulf Coast Signs of Sarasota, Inc., 1713 Northgate Blvd. (34234). 941-355-8841. 800-741-1916. Fax: 941-3513154. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. VERO BEACH Glomaster Sign Co. Inc., 3311 Industrial 25th St. (34946). 772-464-0718. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. SignAccess, Inc., 7205 Waelti Dr., (32940). 321-752-9040. 800-930-5818. Fax: 321-752-1990. Website: www. sign-access.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. WEST PALM BEACH Absolute Signs “SERVICE” Inc., 1311 Commerce Lane Suite 10, Jupiter, FL (33458). 561-744-8030. Fax: 561-7442004. Website: absolutesign@comcast.net. 1-2-3-4-56-7-9. Art Sign Co., 835 NW 6th Ave. Ft. Lauderdale, FL (33311). 954-763-4410. 888-763-4410. Fax: 954-763-2736. Email: sales@artsignfl.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9. Ferrin Signs Inc., 945 26th St. (33407). 561-802-4242. Fax: 561-802-4340. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. WINTER HAVEN Cypress Signs, 160 Spirit Lake Rd. (33880). 863-294-1683. 800-321-1683. Fax: 863-293-4614. E-mail: sales@ cypresssigns.com. Website: www.cypresssigns.com. 1-23-4-5-6-7-9. Gulf State Signs, Inc., 1305 42nd St. N.W. (33881). 863967-0659. 866-967-0659. Fax: 863-967-7235. E-mail: signman@gulfstatesigns.net. Website: www.gulfstatesigns. net. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9.

GEORGIA ATHENS AAA Sign Company, Inc., P.O. Box 211410, Augusta, GA., (30917). 706-860-6890. Toll Free: 1-800-860-6890. Fax: 706-860-6894. Email: signs@AAASignco.Com. Wedsite: www.AAASignCo.com. 3-4-5-6-7-9. ATLANTA Commercial Signs Inc., 3548 Atlanta Rd., Smyrna, GA (30080). 770-431-0807. 888-609-2337. Fax: 770-4311611. E-mail: charlie@comsigns.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. DeNyse Signs, Inc. 4521 Industrial Access Rd. Douglasville, GA (30134). 770-942-0688. 800-941-SIGN. Fax: 770489-0934. Email: jbloodworth@denyseco.com. Web: www.denyseco.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. SAMS Signs, Inc., 2750 Amweiler Rd., (30360). 770-9879898. 800-451-9878. Fax: 800-987-5131. Email: info@ samsign.com. Website: www.samsign.com. 1-2-3-4-56-7-9. AUGUSTA American Signage, Inc., 1847 W. Martintown Rd., N. Augusta, SC (29860). 803-442-7541. 800-889-7315. Fax: 803-279-5637. E-mail: americansignage@comcast. net. Website: wwwamericansignageinc.com. 1-2-3-4-56-7-9. Finuf Sign Co., Inc., P.O. Box 211570. (30917). 706-8637327. Fax: 706-863-1327. 5-6-7-9.

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CALHOUN Coosa Valley Signs, 307 Cedar Ave., Rome, GA (30161). 706-234-6225. Fax: 706-234-3024. E-mail: coosasigns @comcast.net. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. CARTERSVILLE Coosa Valley Signs, 307 Cedar Ave., Rome, GA (30161). 706-234-6225. Fax: 706-234-3024. E-mail: coosasigns @comcast.net. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. CEDARTOWN Coosa Valley Signs, 307 Cedar Ave., Rome, GA (30161). 706-234-6225. Fax: 706-234-3024. E-mail: coosasigns @comcast.net. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. COLUMBUS Bishop-Tadlock Signs, 1224 12th Ave., Phenix City, AL. (36867). 334-297-1808. Fax: 334-298-1269. 1-2-3-45-6-7-9. Columbus Signs and Lighting, 2717 Warm Springs Rd Suite 4, Columbus Georgia (31904), 706-601-9466, Fax: 706-648-2956. Columbussigns@windstream.net. 1-2-34-5-6-7-9. River Sign Systems, 4626 Miller Rd., Unit-C, Columbus, GA (31909). 706-507-4488. Fax: 706-568-6459. E-mail riversigns@knology.net. Website: www.riversignsystems. com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Signs Inc., P.O. Box 8609., Columbus, GA (31908) 706569-9952. 888-342-5824. Fax: 706-569-0797. E-mail: signsinc@att.net. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Sign Makers, Inc., 5019 Armour Rd., Columbus, GA (31904). 706-653-8827. Fax: 706-653-7512. E-mail: mysignmakers@msn.com Website: www.mysignmakers. com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9. LA GRANGE River Sign Systems, 4626 Miller Rd., Unit-C, Columbus, GA (31909). 706-507-4488. Fax: 706-568-6459. E-mail riversigns@knology.net. Website: www.riversignsystems. com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Signs, Inc., 6100 Coca Cola Blvd., P.O. Box 8609, Columbus GA (31908). 706-569-9952. 888-342-5824. Fax: 706569-0797. E-mail: signsinc@att.net. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. MACON Columbus Signs and Lighting, 2717 Warm Springs Rd Suite 4, Columbus Georgia (31904), 706-601-9466, Fax: 706-648-2956. Columbussigns@windstream.net. 1-2-34-5-6-7-9. Macon Signs Inc., P.O. Box 6584. Macon, GA. (31208). 478-745-5103. Fax: 478-745-6591. E-mail: martha@ maconsigns.com. Website: www.maconsigns.com. 1-23-4-5-6-7-9. Rosson Signs, 3071 Broadway (31206). 478-788-3905. Fax: 478-788-8020. Website: www.rossonsign.com. Email: sbombard@rossonsign.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. MARIETTA Commercial Signs Inc., 3548 Atlanta Rd., Smyrna, GA (30080). 770-431-0807. 888-609-2337. Fax: 770-4311611. E-mail: charlie@comsigns.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. ROCKMART Coosa Valley Signs, 307 Cedar Ave., Rome, GA (30161). 706-234-6225. Fax: 706-234-3024. E-mail: coosasigns@ comcast.net. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. ROME Coosa Valley Signs, 307 Cedar Ave., (30161). 706-2346225. Fax: 706-234-3024. E-mail: coosasigns@com cast.net. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. SAVANNAH Coastal Signs, 2583 Bengal St., N. Charleston, SC (294069771). 843-747-6046. Fax: 843-797-5722. E-mail: coastalsigns@bellsouth.net. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Electric Sign Service. 4200 Dorchester Rd. Charleston, SC (29405). 843-554-3116. 866-529-1413. Fax: 843-5291485. Email: joe@electricsign.net. Web: www.electricsign. net. 2-3-4-5-6-7 SUMMERVILLE Coosa Valley Signs, 307 Cedar Ave., Rome, GA (30161). 706-234-6225. Fax: 706-234-3024. E-mail: coosasigns @comcast.net. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. SMYRNA Commercial Signs Inc., 3548 Atlanta Rd., Smyrna, GA (30080). 770-431-0807. 888-609-2337. Fax: 770-4311611. E-mail: charlie@comsigns.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. VALDOSTA Valdosta AAA Signs. 3302 Woodmen Cir., Valdosta, GA (31602). 229-247-0584. Fax: 229-247-8495. Email: matt@valaaasigns.com. Website: www.valaaasigns.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9.

HAWAII MAUI Pacific Sign & Design. 325 Hukilike St., Kahului, (96732). 808-877-2141. Fax: 808-877-0694. E-mail: pacsignmaui @yahoo.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9.

IDAHO BOISE Idaho Electric Signs, Inc., 6528 Supply Way, (83716). 208338-9401. Fax: 208-338-9409. E-mail: support@ iesign.com. Website: www.iesign.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Image National Signs Inc. 16265 Star Rd. Nampa, ID (83687). 208-345-4020. 800-592-8058. Fax: 208-3369886. E-mail: install@imagenational.com. Website: www. imagenational.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Lytle Signs Inc., 2070 E. Commercial St., Meridian, ID (83642). 208-388-1739. E-mail: info@lytlesigns.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9. Sign Pro Service and Installation. 1792 So. Yellowstone Hwy. Idaho Falls, ID. (83402). 208-523-8540, 800-939-8540. Fax: 208-523-8948. Email service@gosignpro.com. Website: wwwgosignpro.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Young Electric Sign Company, 416 East 41st Street, (83714). 208-345-2982. Fax: 208-345-3064. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. COEUR d’ ALENE Sign Service & Mfg. Inc., 10014 N. Government Way, Hayden, ID (83835-9229). 208-772-8571. 800-2251014. Fax: 208-772-8572. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Young Electric Sign Company, 5000 E. Seltice Way, Post Falls, ID (83854). 208-773-4718. Fax: 208-773-2739. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. IDAHO FALLS A/K Sign Co., Inc., 2294 Iona Rd., (83401). 208-524-4458. Fax: 208-524-5119. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Signature Signs. 2349 N. Woodruff Ave. Idaho Falls, ID (83401). 208-523-7446., Fax: 208-523-7456. E-mail: signature@ida.net. 5-6-7-8-9. YESCO, 1530 W. Sunnyside, (83402). 208-522-7558. Fax: 208-524-3840. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. POCATELLO YESCO, 275 South 5th Ave., Ste. 100, Pocatello, ID (832013072). 208-234-2121. Fax: 208-232-9410. 1-2-3-4-56-7-9. TWIN FALLS Lytle Signs, Inc., 1925 Kimberly Rd., P.O. Box 305 (83303). 208-733-1739. Fax: 208-736-8653. E-mail: info@ lytlesigns.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Young Electric Sign Company, 254 Highland Ave., (83301). 208-733-1433. Fax: 208-736-1906. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9.

ILLINOIS Ace Sign Co., 402 North 4th St., (62702). 217-522-8417. Fax: 217-522-6842. Email: info@acesignco.com. Website: acesignco.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Cook Fabrication Signs Graphics Inc. 1110 County Rd 325 N, Deer Creek, IL (61733). 309-360-3805. Fax: 309-447-6413. Email: cookfabrications@hotmail.com. Website: www.cookfabsign.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Doyle Signs, Inc., 232 Interstate P.O. Box 1068, Addison, IL (60101). 630-543-9490. Fax: 630-543-9493. Email: sales@doylesigns.com. Website: www.doylesigns.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9.

NSI Signs Inc., 100-110 W. Fay Ave., Addison, IL (60101). 866-NSI-SIGN. 866-(674-7446). 630-350-2333. Fax: 630-760-0777. E-mail: info@nsisign.com. Website: www.nsisign.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. ALTON Arrow Signs & Outdoor Advertising, Inc., 4545 N. Alby St., PO Box 163. Godfrey, IL (62035). 618-466-0818. Fax: 618-466-3476. Website: www.arrowsigns.com. 1-2-3-45-6-7-9. Piros Signs, Inc., 1818 Hwy. M., Barnhart, MO (63012). 636-464-0200. Fax: 636-464-9990. E-mail: dbrand@ pirossigns.com. Website: www.pirossigns.com. 1-2-34-5-6-7-9. AURORA Neon Prism Electric Sign Co., Inc., 1213 Paramount Pkwy., Batavia, IL (60510). 630-879-1010. Fax: 630-879-1018. Email: neonprism@sbcglobal.net. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. BELLEVILLE . DeMond Signs, 93 Betty Lane, P.O. Box 414, O’Fallon, IL (62269). 618-624-7260. Fax: 618-624-8240. 1-2-3-45-6-7-9. Piros Signs, Inc., 1818 Hwy. M., Barnhart, MO (63012). 636-464-0200. Fax: 636-464-9990. E-mail: dbrand@ pirossigns.com. Website: www.pirossigns.com. 1-2-34-5-6-7-9.

BLOOMINGTON All-Brite Sign Co., 908 White Oak Rd. (61701). 309-8291551. 888-829-1551. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9.

Cook Fabrication Signs Graphics Inc. 1110 County Rd 325 N, Deer Creek, IL (61733). 309-360-3805. Fax: 309-447-6413. Email: cookfabrications@hotmail.com. Website: www.cookfabsign.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Prairie Signs, 1215 Warriner St., Normal, IL (61761). 309452-0463. 800-611-9090. Fax: 309-454-8741. E-mail: acarby@prairiesigns.com. Website: www.prairiesigns.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. CARBONDALE Piros Signs, Inc., 1818 Hwy. M., Barnhart, MO (63012). 636-464-0200. Fax: 636-464-9990. E-mail: dbrand@ pirossigns.com. Website: www.pirossigns.com. 1-2-34-5-6-7-9. Roth Sign Co., 1100 N. 13th, Herrin, IL (62948) 618-9424800. E-mail: rothsigns@yahoo.com. Fax: 618-988-8850. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. T. Ham Sign Co., P.O. Box 155, (62864) 618-242-2010. Fax: 618-242-2016. E-mail: todd@thamsign.com., Website: www.thamsign.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Weatherford Sign Co. 219 Weatherford Lane, Carbondale, IL (62902). 618-529-2000. Fax: 618-549-7446. Email: signgang@verizon.net. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. CHAMPAIGN/URBANA American Dowell Sign Co., 1712 W. Hensley Rd., P. O. Box 3788 (61826-3788). 217-359-6696. Fax: 217-359-0803. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Prairie Signs, 1215 Warriner St., Normal, IL (61761). 309452-0463. 800-611-9090. Fax: 309-454-8741. E-mail: acarby@prairiesigns.com. Website: www.prairiesigns.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. CHICAGO Best Neon Sign Co., 6025 S. New England, (60638). 773586-2700. Fax: 773-586-7587. Website: www.best neonsign.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9.

Identity Sign & Lighting, Chicagi, IL, (60194). 847-409-4419. Fax: 847-798-9005. E-mail: major1051@aol.com. 2-45-6-7-9. Landmark Sign Group. 7424 Industrial Ave., Chesterton, IN (46304). 219-762-9577. 877-762-9577. Fax: 219-7624259. Email: info@landmarksign.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. NSI Signs Inc., 100-110 W. Fay Ave., Addison, IL (60101). 866-NSI-SIGN. 866-(674-7446). 630-350-2333. Fax: 630-760-0777. E-mail: info@nsisign.com. Website: www.nsisign.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Neon Prism Electric Sign Co., Inc., 1213 Paramount Pkwy., Batavia, IL (60510). 630-879-1010. Fax: 630-879-1018. Email: neonprism@sbcglobal.net. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9.

Olympic Signs, Inc., 1130 N. Garfield, Lombard, IL (60148). 630-424-6100. Fax: 630-424-6120. Website: www. olysigns.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9.

CHICAGO HEIGHTS All Right Sign Inc., 3628 Union Ave., Steger, IL (60475). 708-754-6366. Fax: 708-754-6066. E-mail: allrightsign@ comcast.net. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9 COLLINSVILLE American Signs & Electric, 6767 N. Hanley Road, St. Louis, MO (63134). 314-344-1960. Fax: 314-344-3132. E-mail: sales@americansigns-electric.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Arrow Signs & Outdoor Advertising, Inc., 4545 N. Alby St., PO Box 163. Godfrey, IL (62035). 618-466-0818. Fax: 618-466-3476. Website: www.arrowsigns.com. 1-2-3-45-6-7-9. DeMond Signs, 93 Betty Lane, P.O. Box 414, O’Fallon, IL. (62269). 618-624-7260. Fax: 618-624-8240. 1-2-3-45-6-7-9. Piros Signs, Inc., 1818 Hwy. M., Barnhart, MO (63012). 636-464-0200. Fax: 636-464-9990. E-mail: dbrand@ pirossigns.com. Website: www.pirossigns.com. 1-2-34-5-6-7-9. DECATUR Bodine Signs. 1845 N. 22nd St. Decatur, IL. (62526). 217429-6868. 800-252-3369. Fax: 217-420-4291. Email: bodinesigns@bodinemail.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Prairie Signs, 1215 Warriner St., Normal, IL (61761). 309452-0463. 800-611-9090. Fax: 309-454-8741. E-mail: acarby@prairiesigns.com. Website: www.prairiesigns.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. DEKALB Doe Signs Inc., 1218 University Dr., Dekalb, IL (60115) 815-762-5505. Email: doesigns@hotmail.com. 1-2-3-45-6-7-8-9. Neon Prism Electric Sign Co., Inc., 1213 Paramount Pkwy., Batavia, IL (60510). 630-879-1010. Fax: 630-879-1018. Email: neonprism@sbcglobal.net. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. EDWARDSVILLE . American Signs & Electric, 6767 N. Hanley Road, St. Louis, MO (63134). 314-344-1960. Fax: 314-344-3132. E-mail: sales@americansigns-electric.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Arrow Signs & Outdoor Advertising, Inc., 4545 N. Alby St., PO Box 163. Godfrey, IL (62035). 618-466-0818. Fax: 618-466-3476. Website: www.arrowsigns.com. 1-2-3-45-6-7-9. DeMond Signs, 93 Betty Lane, P.O. Box 414, O’Fallon, IL. (62269). 618-624-7260. Fax: 618-624-8240. 1-2-3-45-6-7-9. Piros Signs, Inc., 1818 Hwy. M., Barnhart, MO (63012). 636-464-0200. Fax: 636-464-9990. E-mail: dbrand@ pirossigns.com. Website: www.pirossigns.com. 1-2-34-5-6-7-9. EFFINGHAM Effingham Signs & Graphics, 1009 S. Oak St. (62401). 217347-8711. Fax: 217-347-8715. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Piros Signs, Inc., 1818 Hwy. M., Barnhart, MO (63012). 636-464-0200. Fax: 636-464-9990. E-mail: dbrand@ pirossigns.com. Website: www.pirossigns.com. 1-2-34-5-6-7-9. FAIRVIEW HEIGHTS . American Signs & Electric, 6767 N. Hanley Road, St. Louis, MO (63134). 314-344-1960. Fax: 314-344-3132. E-mail: sales@americansigns-electric.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. DeMond Signs, 93 Betty Lane, P.O. Box 414, O’Fallon, IL. (62269). 618-624-7260. Fax: 618-624-8240. 1-2-3-45-6-7-9. Midwest-Sunray Lighting & Sign Maint. Co., Inc., P.O. Box 984. Nameoki Station, Granite City, IL (62040). 618-6562884. Fax: 618-656-3764. Website: www. midwest sunray.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Piros Signs, Inc., 1818 Hwy. M., Barnhart, MO (63012). 636-464-0200. Fax: 636-464-9990. E-mail: dbrand@ pirossigns.com. Website: www.pirossigns.com. 1-2-34-5-6-7-9. GALESBURG Galesburg Sign & Lighting Inc., 1518 Henderson St., Galesburg, IL (61401). 309-342-9798. Fax: 309-3425799. Website: www.gslsigns@galesburg.net. 1-2-3-45-6-7-9. JACKSONVILLE Quincy Electric & Sign Co., 1229 Spring Lake Hills, Quincy, IL (62301). 217-223-8404. Fax: 217-223-0735. 1-2-34-5-6-7-9. KANKAKEE Friendly Signs, 1281 N. Schuyler Ave. (60901). 815-9337070. Fax: 815-933-4325. Email: fsidesign@yahoo.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9.

KEWANEE Galesburg Sign & Lighting Inc., 1518 Henderson St., Galesburg, IL (61401). 309-342-9798. Fax: 309-3425799. Website: www.gslsigns@galesburg.net. 1-2-3-45-6-7-9. LAKE ZURICH Bright Light Sign Company, 310 Telser Rd., Lake Zurich, IL (60047). 847-550-8902. Fax: 847-550-6383. 1-2-3-45-6-7-9. LITCHFIELD Piros Signs, Inc., 1818 Hwy. M., Barnhart, MO (63012). 636-464-0200. Fax: 636-464-9990. E-mail: dbrand@ pirossigns.com. Website: www.pirossigns.com. 1-2-34-5-6-7-9. MACOMB Galesburg Sign & Lighting Inc., 1518 Henderson St., Galesburg, IL (61401). 309-342-9798. Fax: 309-3425799. Website: www.gslsigns@galesburg.net. 1-2-3-45-6-7-9. Quincy Electric & Sign Co., 1229 Spring Lake Hills, Quincy, IL (62301). 217-223-8404. Fax: 217-223-0735. 1-2-34-5-6-7-9. MARION Piros Signs, Inc., 1818 Hwy. M., Barnhart, MO (63012). 636-464-0200. Fax: 636-464-9990. E-mail: dbrand@ pirossigns.com. Website: www.pirossigns.com. 1-2-34-5-6-7-9. Roth Sign Co., 1100 N. 13th, Herrin, IL (62948) 618-9424800. E-mail: rothsigns@yahoo.com. Fax: 618-988-8850. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. T. Ham Sign Co., P.O. Box 155, (62864) 618-242-2010. Fax: 618-242-2016. E-mail: todd@thamsign.com., Website: www.thamsign.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. MT. VERNON Herrmann Signs & Service, 12436 E. Lakewood Dr., State Rt. 37 North (62864). 618-244-3681. Fax: 618-244-9601. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Piros Signs, Inc., 1818 Hwy. M., Barnhart, MO (63012). 636-464-0200. Fax: 636-464-9990. E-mail: dbrand@ pirossigns.com. Website: www.pirossigns.com. 1-2-34-5-6-7-9. T. Ham Sign Co., P.O. Box 155, (62864) 618-242-2010. Fax: 618-242-2016. E-mail: todd@thamsign.com., Website: www.thamsign.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. NAPERVILLE Landmark Sign Group. 7424 Industrial Ave., Chesterton, IN (46304). 219-762-9577. 877-762-9577. Fax: 219-7624259. Email: info@landmarksign.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. ORLAND PARK LaGrange Sign Co., P.O. Box 1119, LaGrange Park, IL (60526). 708-839-9700. Fax: 708-839-9709. E-mail: lagrangesign@comcast.net. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. OTTAWA Designs & Signs By Anderson, 104 W.Madison. St., (61350). 815-434-7340. 888-457-4467. Fax: 815-434-2542. Email: bean2@udnet.net. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. PEORIA Cook Fabrication Signs Graphics Inc. 1110 County Rd 325 N, Deer Creek, IL (61733). 309-360-3805. Fax: 309-447-6413. Email: cookfabrications@hotmail.com. Website: www.cookfabsign.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Hardin Signs, Inc., 3663 Meadowbrook (61604). 309-6884111. Fax: 309-688-3217. Email: sales@hardinsigns. com. Website: www.hardinsigns.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Prairie Signs, 1215 Warriner, Normal, IL (61761). 309452-0463. 800-611-9090. Fax: 309-454-8741. E-mail: acarby@prairiesigns.com. Website: www.prairiesigns.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Schwartz Electric Co., 2627 Allentown Rd., Pekin, IL (61554). 309-347-2196. Fax: 309-347-6460. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. PERU Designs & Signs by Anderson, 421 5th St. (61354). 815223-6087. 888-457-4467. Fax: 815-434-2542. E-mail: bean2@udnet.net. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. QUINCY Quincy Electric & Sign Co., 1229 Spring Lake Hills, Quincy, IL (62301). 217-223-8404. Fax: 217-223-0735. 1-2-34-5-6-7-9. ROCKFORD Harder Sign Co., Inc., 4695 Stenstrom Rd., (61109). 815874-7777. Fax: 815-874-7711. E-mail: johna@harder signs.com. Website: www.hardersigns.com. 1-2-3-4-56-7-9. Image Signs, 7323 N. Alpine Rd., Loves Park, IL (61111). 815-282-4141. Fax: 815-282-4157. Website: www. imagesigns.com E-mail: sales@imagesigns.com. 1-2-34-5-6-9. SCHAUMBURG Best Neon Sign Co., 6025 S. New England, (60638). 773586-2700. Fax: 773-586-7587. Website: www.best neonsign.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Landmark Sign Group. 7424 Industrial Ave., Chesterton, IN (46304). 219-762-9577. 877-762-9577. Fax: 219-7624259. Email: info@landmarksign.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9.

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SPRINGFIELD Cook Fabrication Signs Graphics Inc. 1110 County Rd 325 N, Deer Creek, IL (61733). 309-360-3805. Fax: 309-447-6413. Email: cookfabrications@hotmail.com. Website: www.cookfabsigns.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. I.D. Signs, 3555 Ogden Rd., (62711). 217-793-2200. Fax: 217-793-2258. E-mail: sales@idsignsil.com. Website: www.idsignsil.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Piros Signs, Inc., 1818 Hwy. M., Barnhart, MO (63012). 636-464-0200. Fax: 636-464-9990. E-mail: dbrand@ pirossigns.com. Website: www.pirossigns.com. 1-2-34-5-6-7-9. Prairie Signs, 1215 Warriner, Normal, IL (61761). 309-4520463. 800-611-9090. Fax: 309-454-8741. 1-2-3-4-56-7-9.E-mail: acarby@prairiesigns.com. Website: www. prairiesigns.com. Quincy Electric & Sign Co., 1229 Spring Lake Hills, Quincy, IL (62301). 217-223-8404. Fax: 217-223-0735. 1-2-34-5-6-7-9. STERLING-ROCK FALLS Turnroth Sign Co., 1207 East Rock Falls Road (61071). 815625-1155. Fax: 815-625-1158. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9.

INDIANA ANDERSON Advanced Signs & Graphics, Inc., 3939 E. McGalliard Rd., Muncie, IN (47303). 800-665-8260. Fax: 765-286-7281. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Sign Pros, 2102 Broadway (46012). 765-642-1175. Fax: 765-642-1175. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. ANGOLA Premiere Signs, 400 N. Main St., Goshen, IN (46528). 800487-8180. 574-533-4575. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. benton harbor North American Signs, P.O. Box 30, South Bend, IN. (46624). 574-234-5252. 800-348-5000. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. BLOOMINGTON Everywhere Signs, 2630 N. Walnut St. (47404). 812-3231471. 888-919-0005. Fax: 812-323-1472. E-mail: everywheresigns@gmail.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. CLARKSVILLE ABC Neon & Sign Co., 4610 Bittersweet Rd., Louisville, KY. (40218). 502-964-6930. Fax: 502-966-4438. Email: abcneonsigncoinc@bellsouth.net. Website: www. abcneonsignco.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Sneed Sign & Electric Inc., 1020 Charles St., New Albany, IN (47150). 812-945-4508. Fax: 812-945-5991. Email: sneedsign@sbcglobal.net. sales@sneedsign.com. Website: www.sneedsign.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. ELKHART North American Signs, P.O. Box 30, South Bend, IN. (46624). 574-234-5252. 800-348-5000. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. US Signcrafters, 216 Lincoln Way East, Osceola, IN (46561). 219-674-5055. 800-659-6319. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. EVANSVILLE Hankâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Neon & Plastic Service, Inc., P.O. Box 4246. (47724). 812-423-7447. Fax: 812-423-7455. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Husk Signs, 1115 Indy Ct., Evansville, IN. (47725). 812473-2000, 800-909-HUSK. Fax: 812-867-0848. Email: kip@husksigns.com. Website: www.husksigns.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Sign Crafters, 1508 Stringtown Rd., (47711). 812-424-9011. 800-742-3655. Website: www.signcrafters-inc.com. 1-23-4-5-6-7-9. FORT WAYNE Premiere Signs, 400 N. Main St., Goshen, IN (46528). 800487-8180. 574-533-4575. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. GARY Landmark Sign Group. 7424 Industrial Ave., Chesterton, IN (46304). 219-762-9577. 877-762-9577. Fax: 219-7624259. Email: info@landmarksign.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. goshen North American Signs, P.O. Box 30, South Bend, IN. (46624). 574-234-5252. 800-348-5000. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. INDIANAPOLIS A-Sign-By-Design Inc., 4725 W. 106th St., Zionsville, IN (46077). PO Box 691 (46077-0691). 317-876-7900. Fax: 317-802-5670. E-mail: sbd@asignbydesign.com. Website: www.asignbydesign.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9.

Green Sign Co. Inc., 1045 E. Freeland Rd., (47240) 812663-2550. 800-900-2100. Fax: 812-663-6563. Email: rose@greensignco.com. Website: www.greensignco.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Sign Craft Industries, 8816 Corporation Dr. Indianapolis, IN (46256). 317-842-8664. Fax: 317-842-3015. Website: www.signcraftind.com. Email: pshiengold@signcraftind. com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9.

KOKOMO Huston Sign Group, a division of Huston Electric, 1915 East North St. Kokomo, IN (46902). 765-457-9137. Fax: 765-459-4116. E-mail: mattb@hustonelectric.com. 1-23-4-5-6-7-9. LAFAYETTE Huston Sign Group, a division of Huston Electric, 2723 Old Romney Rd., P.O. Box 4491 (47903). 765-474-6115. Fax: 765-474-6071. E-mail: corkyh@hustonelectric.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. MERRILLVILLE Gary Sign Co., Inc., 3289 E. 83rd. Place, (46410). 219-8847587/942-3191. Fax: 219-942-3077. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Great Lakes Ltd., 1175 Rak Rd., Burns Harbor, IN (46304). 219-787-9341. Fax: 219-787-9114. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Landmark Sign Group. 7424 Industrial Ave., Chesterton, IN (46304). 219-762-9577. 877-762-9577. Fax: 219-7624259. Email: info@landmarksign.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. North American Signs, P.O. Box 30, South Bend, IN. (46624). 574-234-5252. 800-348-5000. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. michigan city North American Signs, P.O. Box 30, South Bend, IN. (46624). 574-234-5252. 800-348-5000. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. MISHAWAKA . North American Signs, P.O. Box 30, South Bend, IN. (46624). 574-234-5252. 800-348-5000. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Premiere Signs, 400 N. Main St., Goshen, IN (46528). 800487-8180. 574-533-4575. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. US Signcrafters, 216 Lincolnway East, Osceola, IN (46561). 219-674-5055. 800-659-6319. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. MUNCIE Advanced Sign & Graphics, Inc., 3939 E. McGalliard Rd., Muncie, IN (47303). 800-665-8260. Fax: 765-286-7281. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9 NEW ALBANY Sneed Sign & Electric Inc., 1020 Charles St., New Albany, IN (47150). 812-945-4508. Fax: 812-945-5991. Email: sneedsign@sbcglobal.net. sales@sneedsign.com. Website: www.sneedsign.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. NEW CASTLE Advanced Sign & Graphics, Inc., 3939 E. McGalliard Rd., Muncie, IN (47303). 800-665-8260. Fax: 765-286-7281. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9 PLYMOUTH Vanadco Signs, 10625 St Rd. 10, Argos, IN. (46501). 574892-5000. Fax: 574-892-5170. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. RICHMOND Waltenburg Sign Co., 126 N. 6th St. (47374). 765-9664635. Fax: 765-966-4635. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. SOUTH BEND North American Signs, P.O. Box 30, South Bend, IN. (46624). 574-234-5252. 800-348-5000. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9.

Burkhart Adv., 1247 Mishawaka Ave. P.O. Box 536 (46624). 800-777-8122. 574-234-4444. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9.. Premiere Signs, 400 N. Main St., Goshen, IN (46528). 800487-8180. 574-533-4575. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. US Signcrafters, 216 Lincolnway East, Osceola, IN (46561). 219-674-5055. 800-659-6319. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9.

B&J Business Services LLC. Sign Hangers. 3108 Gerrard Ave. Indianapolis, IN (46224). 317-328-7035. Fax: 317328-8955. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9.

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IOWA Eagle Sign Co., 5130 Park Ave. (50321). 800-307-8186. Fax: 515-243-5313. E-mail: jeffn@eaglesign.net. Website: www.eaglesign.net. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9. BURLINGTON Sherwood Company, Inc., 1302 Broadway, West Burlington, IA (52655). 319-754-6410. 800-283-1237. Fax: 319752-7102. Website: www.sherwoodcompany.net. 1-23-4-5-6-7-9. CEDAR FALLS Signs & Designs Inc., 5600 Nordic Dr. (50513). 319-2778829. 800-326-8929. Fax: 319-268-2298. E-mail: dave@thesignpeople.net. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. CEDAR RAPIDS Nesper Sign Advertising, Inc., 4620 J St. S.W. (52404). 319-366-5312. 800-332-8403. Fax: 319-366-6493. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. CLINTON Hansen Sign Co., 1721 13th Ave. S. (52732). 563-2427415. Fax: 563-242-0137. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. COUNCIL BLUFFS Superior Lighting Inc. 2121 South 24th st., (68108). 402-345-0800, 800-994-5267, Fax: 402-345-0815. Email: bswarbrick@superiorlight.com. Website: www. superiorlight.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9 DAVENPORT Acme Sign Company, Inc., 1504/1508 West 4 St. (528021203). 563-322-7947. Fax: 563-322-7948. 1-2-3-45-6-7-9.

Lange Sign Group, 5569 Carey Avenue, Davenport, IA (52807). 563-388-6650. 800-804-8025. Fax: 563-3886654. E-mail: dan@langesign.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9. DES MOINES Eagle Sign Co., 5130 Park Ave. (50321). 800-307-8186. Fax: 515-243-5313. E-mail: jeffn@eaglesign.net. Website: www.eaglesign.net. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9.

Signs Plus Inc., 1410 SE Diehl Ave. (50320). 515-2858700. 800-897-4467. 515-285-3379. E-mail: signs@ signsplusamerica.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Superior Lighting Inc. 2121 South 24th st., (68108). 402-345-0800, 800-994-5267, Fax: 402-345-0815. Email: bswarbrick@superiorlight.com. Website: www. superiorlight.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9 DUBUQUE Lange Sign Group, 1780 IL Route 35N., East Dubuque, IL (61025). 815-747-2448. 888-582-6979. Fax: 815-7473049. E-mail: dan@langesign.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9. FORT DODGE Mid-Iowa Sign Co., Inc., 103 S. 21st. St., (50501). 515-5763074. Fax: 515-576-3380. E-mail: midiasign@frontiernet .net. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. IOWA CITY Nesper Sign, 4620-J. St. SW, Cedar Rapids, IA (52402). 319-366-5312. 800-332-8403. Fax: 319-366-6492. E-mail: pgarland@nespersign.com. Website: www. nespersign.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. MARSHALLTOWN Nagle Signs, Inc., 605 Iowa Ave. (50158). 888-656-7446. Fax: 641-752-6968. E-mail: gordon@naglesigns.com. Website: www.naglesigns.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. MASON CITY Johnson Sign Service, 1028 17th St. N.E. (50401). 641423-1487. Fax: 641-423-0256. E-mail: johnsonsign@ netconx.net. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. OTTUMWA Cobler Signs & Graphics. 635 W. Second St. (52501). 641684-4274. Fax: 641-682-4357. Email: mikeswallow@ ottumwatentandawning.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. SIOUX CITY ACE Sign Displays, P.O. Box 1593 (51102). 402-494-4555. Fax: 402-494-1490. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Tri City Sign, 1702 3rd St., Sioux City. Iowa (51101). 712255-8859, 1-800-678-8859. Fax: 712255-8850. Email: tim@tricitysign.com, bev@tricitysign.com. Website: www. tricitysign.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9.

WATERLOO Nagle Sign Inc., 1020 Wilbur Ave., P.O. Box 2098. (50704). 800-728-4604. Fax: 319-233-7514. E-mail: jan@ naglesigns.com. Website: www.naglesigns.com. 1-2-34-5-6-7-9.

Signs & Designs Inc., 5600 Nordic Dr. (50513). 319-2778829. 800-326-8929. Fax: 319-268-2298. E-mail: dave@ thesignpeople.net. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9.

KANSAS DODGE CITY Luminous Neon Art & Sign Systems, 2300 E. Wyatt Earp. (67801). 620-227-2307. Fax: 620-227-2394. E-mail: signs@luminousneon.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. HUTCHINSON Luminous Neon Art & Sign Systems, 1429 W. 4th St., P.O. Box 916 (67504). 620-662-2363. Fax: 620-665-7006. Email: signs@luminousneon.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. KANSAS CITY Infinity Sign Systems, Inc., 1551 N. Courtney Road, Suite B-4, Independence, MO (64050). 816-252-3337. Fax: 816-252-3351. E-mail: sales@infinitysignsystems.com. Website: www.infinitysignsystems.com. 1-2-5-6-7. KC Sign Express Inc., 5033 MacKey Overland Park, KS (66203). 913-432-2500. Fax: 913-432-2882. 1-2-3-45-6-7-9. Roderick Sign Inc., 1621 Frederick Ave., St. Joseph, MO (64501). 816-232-7005. 816-232-1780. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9 LAWRENCE Luminous Neon Art & Sign Systems, , 615 Vermont St., (66044). 785-842-4930. Fax: 785-842-6097. E-mail: signs@luminousneon.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Schurle Signs Inc., 1219 A East 23rd St. (66046). 785-8329897. Fax: 785-842-1772. E-mail: ryan@schurlesigns. com. Web: www.schurlesigns.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. LEAVENWORTH Young Sign Company, Inc, 326 Choctaw, (66048). 913-6515432. Fax: 913-651-5435. 2-4-5-6-7-9. LIBERAL Visual Signs Corp., 426 South Virginia Ave. (67901). 620624-2144. Fax: 620-624-2144. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. MANHATTAN Schurle Signs Inc., 7555 Falcon Rd., Riley, KS (66531). 800-779-7446. Fax: 785-485-2790. E-mail: sales@ schurlesigns.com. Web: www.schurlesigns.com. 1-2-34-5-6-7-9. OLATHE Luminous Neon Art & Sign Systems, 1255 N. Winchester (66061). 913-780-3330. Fax: 913-780-3353. E-mail: signs@luminousneon.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Schurle Signs Inc., 1219 A East 23rd St. (66046). 785-8329897. Fax: 785-842-1772. E-mail: ryan@schurlesigns. com. Web: www.schurlesigns.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. PITTSBURG CDL - Electric. 201 N. Joplin. (66762). 620-231-6420. Fax: 620-231-6421. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9. SALINA Luminous Neon Art & Sign Systems, P.O. Box 392, 1500 W. Schilling Rd. (67402). 785-823-1789. Fax: 785823-2335. E-mail: signs@luminousneon.com. 1-2-34-5-6-7-9. TOPEKA Luminous Neon Art & Sign Systems., 1510 S.W. 41st. (66609). 785-267-2625. Fax: 785-267-2639. E-mail: signs@luminousneon.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Schurle Signs Inc., 7555 Falcon Rd., Riley, KS (66531). 800-779-7446. Fax: 785-485-2790. E-mail: sales@ schurlesigns.com. Web: www.schurlesigns.com. 1-2-34-5-6-7-9. WICHITA Allens Signs & Lighting Service, 11151â &#x201E;2 E. Harry St. (67211). 316-265-1297. Fax: 316-267-1148. allensigns@ swbell.net. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. George Lay Signs Inc., 1016 North Waco. (67203). 316262-0433. 800-888-0433. Fax: 316-262-3306. E-mail: laysigns@laysigns.com. Website: www.laysigns.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Miracle Signs Inc., 3611 N. Broadway, Wichita, KS (67219). 316-832-1177. E-mail: joe@miraclesigns.biz. brian@ miraclesigns.biz. Website: www.miraclesigns.biz. 1-2-34-5-6-7-9. Tri Mark Signworks Inc., 319 S. Oak (67213). 316-2632224. 866-263-2224. Fax: 316-263-1463. E-mail: sales@ trimarksignworks.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9.

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ASHLAND Advertising Art Sign Co., 915 Sixth Ave., Huntington, WV. (25701). 304-525-6188. Fax: 304-697-5258. E-mail: advrart@frontier.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Paris Signs, 2400 5th Street Rd., Huntington, WV (25701). 800-863-0107. 304-522-7505. E-mail: tony@parissigns .com. Website: www.parissigns.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. BOWLING GREEN WAKY Sign Inc., 1530 Mudd Ave. (42101). 270-781-6834. Fax: 270-842-7488. E-mail: wakyinc@aol.com 1-2-3-45-6-7-9. ELIZABETHTOWN Rodgers Sign Service, Inc., 4544 Shepherdsville Rd., (42701). 270-737-7355. Fax: 270-737-4535. 1-2-3-45-6-7-9. Signmakers of Hardin Co. Inc., 326 East Dixie (42701). 270737-0835. Fax: 270-737-2645. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. FLORENCE ABC Sign Inc., 38 W. McMicken Ave., Cincinnati, OH (45202) 513-241-8884. 888-335 NEON (6366). Fax: 513-241-8978. Website: abcsign.com. E-mail: tom@ abcsign.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Quality Signs & Service, 1530 Production Dr., Burlington, KY (41005). 859-525-9966. Fax: 859-525-0304. 1-2-34-5-6-7-9. HOPKINSVILLE A & B Sign Co., 480 Industrial Ct., Madisonville, KY (42431) 270-821-6521. Fax: 270-821-6573. E-mail: absignsinc@ newwavecomm.net. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Hopkinsville Sign Services, 1107 East Ninth St., Hopkinsville, KY (42240). 270-885-3700. Fax: 270-885-3700. 1-2-34-5-6-7-9. LEXINGTON Popeye Sign Co., 2292 Danforth Dr. (40511). 859-2331493. Fax: 859-233-1850. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Ruggles Sign Co., 308 Crossfield Dr., Versailles, KY (40383). 859-879-1199. Fax: 859-879-8683. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Sebastian Sign & Crane Inc., 105 Cisco Rd., (40504-1008). 859-254-0472. Fax: 859-254-0472. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9.

ALEXANDRIA Action Sign Company, 1541 McGinnis St., (71301). 318487-0890. Fax: 318-487-0676. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. ARK-LA-TEX Superior Signs, 149 N. Thomas, Shreveport, LA (71107). 318-674-2850. 877-787-7446. Fax: 318-6742899. Website: www.arklatexsigns.com. E-mail: randall@ arklatexsigns.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Kojis Signs, LLC. 800-259-7446. Fax: 318-346-6751. E-mail: kojissigns@bellsouth.net. Website: www.kojissigns.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. BATON ROUGE A-1 Signs, 3950 Metropolitan St., New Orleans, LA (70126). 800-486-8381. Fax: 504-947-8790. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. AAA Signs, Inc., 3200 Cameron St. Lafayette, LA (70506). 800-880-5686, 337-233-5686. Fax: 337-261-0533. Email: signmaker@aaasigns.com. Web: www.aaasigns. com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Advantage Signs & Contractors, LLC., 5510 Lavey Lane #70, Baker, LA (70714). 225-324-7650. Fax: 225-615-8168. E-mail: AdvantageContractorsLLC@yahoo.com.1-2-3-45-6-7-9. Kojis Signs, LLC. 800-259-7446. Fax: 318-346-6751. E-mail: kojissigns@bellsouth.net. Website: www.kojissigns.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. BOSSIER CITY Ad Sign Service, Inc., 202 Parkway St., Minden, LA (71055). 800-289-0426. 318-377-4899. Fax: 318-371-9140. 2-4-5-6-7-9. ARK-LA-TEX Superior Signs, 149 N. Thomas, Shreveport, LA (71107). 318-674-2850. 877-787-7446. Fax: 318-6742899. Website: www.arklatexsigns.com. E-mail: randall@ arklatexsigns.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. HAMMOND A-1 Signs, 3950 Metropolitan St., New Orleans, LA (70126). 800-486-8381. Fax: 504-947-8790. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. ARMS Inc., 2200 N. Morrison Blvd., (70401). 985-9851690. Fax: 985-345-5855. E-mail: armsinc@charter.net. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. HOUMA A-1 Signs, 3950 Metropolitan St., New Orleans, LA (70126). 800-486-8381. Fax: 504-947-8790. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. LAFAYETTE Kojis Signs, LLC. 800-259-7446. Fax: 318-346-6751. E-mail: kojissigns@bellsouth.net. Website: www.kojissigns.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Universal Mfg. & Sign Co., Inc., P.O. Box 61947, (705961947). 337-234-1466. Fax: 337-234-2180. 1-2-3-4-56-7-9. LAKE CHARLES Kojis Signs, LLC. 800-259-7446. Fax: 318-346-6751. E-mail: kojissigns@bellsouth.net. Website: www.kojissigns.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. METAIRIE A-1 Signs, Inc., 3950 Metropolitan St., (70126). 504-9478381. 800-486-8381. Fax: 504-947-8790. 1-2-3-4-56-7-9. MINDEN Ad Sign Service, Inc. 202 Park Street, (71055). 318-3774899. Fax: 318-371-9140. 2-4-5-6-7-9. MONROE Agnew Sign & Awning, Inc., 351 Exchange St., West Monroe, LA (71292). 318-323-2202. 888-280-4208. Fax: 318323-2215. E-mail: tpulliam@agnew-signs.com. Website: www.agnew-signs.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. NEW ORLEANS A-1 Signs, Inc., 3950 Metropolitan St., (70126). 504-9478381. 800-486-8381. Fax: 504-947-8790. E-mail: sales@ a-1signsinc.com. Website: www.a-1signsinc.com. 1-2-34-5-6-7-9.

LOUISVILLE ABC Neon & Sign Co., Inc., 4610 Bittersweet Rd. (40218). 502-964-6930. Fax: 502-966-4438. Email: abcneonsigncoinc@bellsouth.net. Website: www. abcneonsignco.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Commonwealth Signs, 1824 Berry Blvd., (40215). 502-3687554. Fax: 502-361-4490. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Cummings Sign Co., P.O. Box 9008 (40209). 502-361-9226. Fax: 502-361-9229. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Derby City Sign & Electric, Inc., 1427 Hugh Ave. (40213). 502-454-9512. Fax: 502-454-9495. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Louisville Sign Co., Inc., 270 Ranch Rd., (40047) 502-9572161. Fax: 502-957-4161. E-mail: info@louisvillesign. com. Website: louisvillesign.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9. Rueff Signs, 1530 E. Washington St. (40206). 502-5821714. Fax: 502-584-6427. Email: julie@rueffsigns.com. Web: www.rueffsigns.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Sneed Sign & Electric Inc., 1020 Charles St., New Albany, IN (47150). 812-945-4508. Fax: 812-945-5991. Email: sneedsign@sbcglobal.net. sales@sneedsign.com. Website: www.sneedsign.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. MADISONVILLE A & B Sign Co., Inc., 480 Industrial Ct. (42431). 270821-6521. Fax: 270-821-6573. E-mail: absignsinc@ newwavecomm.net 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. JUNEFIELD Greer Neon Co., 325 W. Broadway (42066). 270-247-4682. Fax: 270-247-4681. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Signco, 1325 S. 3rd. St., P.O. Box 2254, Paducah, KY (42002). 270-442-1126. Fax: 270-443-1940. 1-2-3-45-6-7-9. MURRAY Greer Neon Co., 325 W. Broadway (42066). 270-247-4682. Fax: 270-247-4681. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Signco, 1325 S. 3rd. St., P.O. Box 2254, Paducah, KY (42002). 270-442-1126. Fax: 270-443-1940. 1-2-3-45-6-7-9. OWENSBORO Brite-Way Sign Company, 1820 W. 2nd St., (42301).270683-0914. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. PADUCAH Greer Neon Co., 325 W. Broadway (42066). 270-247-4682. Fax: 270-247-4681. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Signco, 1325 S. 3rd. St., P.O. Box 2254, Paducah, KY (42002). 270-442-1126. Fax: 270-443-1940. 1-2-3-45-6-7-9.

Advantage Signs & Contractors, LLC., 5510 Lavey Lane #70, Baker, LA (70714). 225-324-7650. Fax: 225-615-8168. E-mail: AdvantageContractorsLLC@yahoo.com.1-2-3-45-6-7-9. Kojis Signs, LLC. 800-259-7446. Fax: 318-346-6751. E-mail: kojissigns@bellsouth.net. Website: www.kojissigns.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9.

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SHREVEPORT Kojis Signs, LLC. 800-259-7446. Fax: 318-346-6751. E-mail: kojissigns@bellsouth.net. Website: www.kojissigns.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Super Neon Aav., Inc., 4203 Pro St., P.O. Box 3931, Shreveport, LA, (71133-3931). 318-635-1312. Fax: 318635-1390. 2-4-5-6-7-9. YESCO., 3060 Knolin Dr. Unit 1. Bossier city, LA (71111). 800-775-4243. Fax: 318-741-3517. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. SLIDELL A-1 Signs, Inc., 3950 Metropolitan St., New Orleans, LA (70126). 800-486-8381. Fax: 504-947-8790. 1-2-3-45-6-7-9. Kojis Signs - Signlite. 800-869-3804. Fax: 985-643-3758. Email: info@signlite.com. Website: www.kojissigns.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9.

MAINE BANGOR Bangor Neon, 1567 Hammond St. (04401). 207-947-2766. Fax: 207-942-5931.1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Sign Services, 512 Wolfboro Rd., Stetson, ME (04488). 207296-2400. Fax: 207-296-2401. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. CARIBOU Lee Merchant Signs, P.O. Box 634 (04736). 207-498-2475. Fax: 207-498-3359. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. LEWISTON Neokraft Signs Inc., 686 Main St., (04240). 207-782-9654. 800-339-2258. Fax: 207-782-0009. E-mail: info@neokraft .com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. PORTLAND Bailey Signs, Inc., 9 Thomas Dr., Westbrook, ME. (040923825). 207-774-2843. Fax: 207-774-1193. E-mail: sales@baileysign.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Sign Concepts, 75 Bishop St., Portland, ME (04103). 207-699-2920. Fax: 207-878-7790. Email: inbox@ signconceptsmaine.com.1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9 Sign Design, Inc. 306 Warren Ave., Portland, ME. (04103). 207-856-2600. Fax: 207-856-7600. E-mail: signdesi@ maine.rr.com. Website: www.signsinmaine.com. 1-2-34-5-6-7-9.

MARYLAND ARK Sign Services, Inc., 3622 East St., Hyattsville, MD (20785). 301-384-1300. 888-275-SIGN(7446). Fax: 301384-1304. E-mail: info@ARKsigns.com. Website: www. ARKsigns.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9.

Eastern Sign Tech, 1899 Rouite 38, Southampton, NJ (08088). 2406 Island Ave., Atlantic City, NJ (08401). 609261-2805. Fax: 609-518-3575. E-mail: info@ easternsigntech.com. Website: www.easternsign tech.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. J and M Services, Inc. 12055-B Tech Rd. Silver Spring, MD. (20904). 301-622-4290. Fax: 301-622-7011. Email: jon@ jandmservicesinc.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. ABERDEEN Pollitt Signs, P.O. Box 368, Havre de Grace, MD. (21078). 410-939-4050. Fax: 410-939-3255. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. ANNE ARUNDEL Gable Signs & Graphics, Inc., 7440 Fort Smallwood Rd., Baltimore, MD (21226). 410-255-6400. Fax: 410-4375336. Website: www.gablesigns.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. BALTIMORE Affordable Signs & Neon, Inc., 5915 Urbana Pike, Ste. E., Frederick, MD (21704). 301-682-8833. Fax: 301-6824242. E-mail: iwantsigns@xecu.net. Website: www. signs andneon.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Gable Signs & Graphics, Inc., 7440 Fort Smallwood Rd., Baltimore, MD (21226). 410-255-6400. Fax: 410-4375336. Website: www.gablesigns.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9.

H&M Signs, Inc., 700 N. Hammonds Ferry Rd., Linthicum, MD (21090). 410-789-1640. Fax: 410-789-2790. 1-23-4-5-6-7-9.Robert’s Signs & Services Inc., 3207 Dublin Rd., Street, MD (21154). 410-879-6240. Fax: 410-4574966. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9.

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Triangle Sign & Service, P.O. Box 24186. (21227). 410-2475300. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9.

BEL AIR Pollitt Signs, P.O. Box 368, Havre de Grace, MD. (21078). 410-939-4050. Fax: 410-939-3255. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. CAPITAL HEIGHTS Capital Sign, 1219 Marblewood Ave., Capitol Heights, MD (20743). 240-441-4401. Fax: 301-572-2948. E-mail: capitalneon@yahoo.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9. CUMBERLAND Kenney Signs, Inc., 11307 Hopewell Rd., Hagerstown, MD (21740). 800-358-8004. Fax: 301-689-8335. 1-2-3-45-6-7-9. FREDERICK A-Northcraft Signs, P.O. Box 570, Myersville, MD (21773). 301-473-5600. Fax: 301-473-5601. Email: northcraftsigns@comcast.net. Website: www. northcraftsigns.net. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Affordable Signs & Neon, Inc., 5915 Urbana Pike, Ste. E., Frederick, MD (21704). 301-682-8833. Fax: 301682-4242. E-mail: iwantsigns@xecu.net. Website: www. signsandneon.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Sterico Signs, Inc., 16159 Shady Grove Road, Gaithersburg, MD (20877). 301-948-8088, Fax: 301-948-8244. Email: sterico@stericosigns.com. Website: www.stericosigns. com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. gaithersburg Sterico Signs, Inc., 16159 Shady Grove Road, Gaithersburg, MD (20877). 301-948-8088, Fax: 301-948-8244. Email: sterico@stericosigns.com. Website: www.stericosigns. com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. HAGERSTOWN A-Northcraft Signs, P.O. Box 570, Myersville, MD (21773). 301-473-5600. Fax: 301-473-5601. Email: northcraftsigns@comcast.net. Website: www. northcraftsigns.net. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Affordable Signs & Neon, Inc., 5915 Urbana Pike, Ste. E., Frederick, MD (21704). 301-682-8833. Fax: 301682-4242. E-mail: iwantsigns@xecu.net. Website: www. signsandneon.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Baer’s Sign Service, 5307 Wayne Rd., (17201). 717-2631686. Fax: 717-263-7914. E-mail: baersign@innernet.net. Website: www.baersign.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Kenney Signs, Inc., 11307 Hopewell Rd., Hagerstown, MD (21740). 800-358-8004. Fax: 301-689-8335. 1-2-3-45-6-7-9. W.J. Strickler Signs, 16803 S. Notley Rd. (21740). 800-2220387 Fax: 717-624-7151. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9.

SALISBURY Selby Sign Co., Inc., P.O. Box 127. Pocomoke City, MD (21851). 410-957-1541. Fax: 410-957-1074. 1-2-3-45-6-7-9. silver spring Sterico Signs, Inc., 16159 Shady Grove Road, Gaithersburg, MD (20877). 301-948-8088, Fax: 301-948-8244. Email: sterico@stericosigns.com. Website: www.stericosigns. com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9.

MASSACHUSETTS Ace Signs Inc., P.O. Box 3374, (01101-3374). 413-7393814. Fax: 413-732-5653. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Acme Sign Corporation, 3 Lakeland Park, Peabody, MA (01960). 978-535-6600, Fax: 978-536-5051. Email: info@acmesigncorp.com. Website: www.acmesigncorp. com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. ViewPoint Sign and Awning, 40 Locke Dr., (01752) 800-6363430. Fax: 508-303-8480. E-mail: service@viewpointsign .com. Website: www.viewpointsign.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. BOSTON Back Bay Sign. 425 Riverside Ave., Medford, MA. (02155). 781-475-1001. Fax: 781-475-1002. Email: info@ backbaysign.com. Website: www.backbaysign.com. 24-5-6-7-9. Batten Bros Inc. 893 Main St. Wakefield, MA (01880). 781-245-4800. Fax: 781-246-4798. Email: richard@ battensign.com. Website: www.battensign.com. 1-2-34-5-6-7-9. Divine Signs Inc. 6 Norman Street, Everett, MA (02149). 617-387-2100. Fax: 617-387-3334. TF 1-8884SIGNSNOW. Email: signs@divine-sign.com. 5-6-7-9. Ford Sign Service, Inc., 36 Finnell Drive #3-5. Weymouth, MA (02188). 781-982-1466. 888-245-FORD. Fax: 781982-9726. E-mail: fordsignservice@aol.com. Website: www.fordsign.com. 2-4-5-6-7-9. Mass. Sign, 443 Webster St., Rockland, MA (02370). 781878-7446. Fax: 781-878-0007. E-mail: design@ masssign.com. Website: www.masssign.com. 2-4-5-6-7-9. Saxton Sign Corp., P.O. Box 163, East Greenbush, NY (12061). 518-732-7704. Fax: 518-732-7716. E-mail: mike@saxtonsign.com. Website: www.saxtonsign.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7. Framingham Gemini Sign Corporation, 128 South Bolton Street, Marlborough, MA (01752). 800- 270-3343, Fax: 508-485-9972. Website: geminisigns.com., Email: geminisigns@aol.com PITTSFIELD Boni Sign Co., A Saxton Company, 1320 Rt. 9, Schodack, NY (12033). 800-942-6366. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Callahan Sign Company, LLC, 117 Union St. (01202). 800-285-7446. Fax: 413-448-2251. Website: www. callahansign.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9.

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Western Maryland Sign Service Inc., 14 Village Parkway, Frostburg, MD (21532). 301-777-3333. 888-538-3330. Fax: 301-777-3358. 1-2-3-4-5-6-9. MONTGOMERY COUNTY Affordable Signs & Neon, Inc., 5915 Urbana Pike, Ste. E., Frederick, MD (21704). 301-682-8833. Fax: 301-6824242. E-mail: iwantsigns@xecu.net. Website: www.signs andneon.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Gable Signs & Graphics, Inc., 7440 Fort Smallwood Rd., Baltimore, MD (21226). 410-255-6400. Fax: 410-4375336. Website: www.gablesigns.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Sterico Signs, Inc., 16159 Shady Grove Road, Gaithersburg, MD (20877). 301-948-8088, Fax: 301-948-8244. Email: sterico@stericosigns.com. Website: www.stericosigns. com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY Gable Signs & Graphics, Inc., 7440 Fort Smallwood Rd., Baltimore, MD (21226). 410-255-6400. Fax: 410-4375336. Website: www.gablesigns.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. ROCKVILLE Affordable Signs & Neon, Inc., 5915 Urbana Pike, Ste. E., Frederick, MD (21704). 301-682-8833. Fax: 301-6824242. E-mail: iwantsigns@xecu.net. Website: www. signs andneon.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Gable Signs & Graphics, Inc., 7440 Fort Smallwood Rd., Baltimore, MD (21226). 410-255-6400. Fax: 410-4375336. Website: www.gablesigns.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9.

QUINCY Ford Sign Service, Inc., 36 Finnell Drive #3-5. Weymouth, MA (02188). 781-982-1466. 888-245-FORD. Fax: 781982-9726. E-mail: fordsignservice@aol.com. Website: www.fordsign.com. 2-4-5-6-7-9. ROCKLAND Mass. Sign, 443 Webster St., Rockland, MA (02370). 781878-7446. Fax: 781-878-0007. E-mail: design@ masssign.com. Website: www.masssign.com. 2-4-5-6-7-9. SPRINGFIELD Ace Signs Inc., P.O. Box 3374, (01101-3374). 413-7393814. Fax: 413-732-5653. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. WORCESTER MacKoul Sign & Lighting, 28 Wales St., Milbury, MA (01527). 508-753-5793. 508-831-9644. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9.

MICHIGAN ANN ARBOR Allied Signs Inc., 33650 Giftos Dr., Clinton Twp., MI (48035). 586-791-7900. Fax: 586-791-7788. E-mail: alliedsigns @alliedsignsinc.com. Website: www.alliedsignsinc.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Fritz Advertising Company, 8032 Spring Arbor Rd., Spring Arbor, MI (49283). 517-750-1990. 517-750-9226. Email: fritzsign@yahoo.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Huron Sign Co., Box 980423, 663 S Mansfield, (48198). Ypsilanti, MI. (48197). 734-483-2000. Fax: 734-4835164. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Michigan Signs Inc., 4101 Jackson Rd., Ann Arbor, MI (48103). 734-662-1503. Fax: 734-662-4134. michigansign@sbcglobal.net. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. AUBURN HILLS Allied Signs Inc., 33650 Giftos Dr., Clinton Twp., MI (48035). 586-791-7900. Fax: 586-791-7788. E-mail: alliedsigns @alliedsignsinc.com. Website: www.alliedsignsinc.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Northern Sign Co. Inc. 101 E. Walton, Pontiac, MI (48340). 248-333-7938. Fax: 248-333-7684. Email: sales@ northernsignco.com. Website: www.northernsignco.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. BATTLE CREEK Fritz Advertising Company, 8032 Spring Arbor Rd., Spring Arbor, MI (49283). 517-750-1990. 517-750-9226. Email: fritzsign@yahoo.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. BAY CITY Midway Signs Inc., 3220 Commerce Centre Dr., Saginaw, MI (48601). 989-754-0467. Fax: 989-754-0469. 1-2-34-5-6-7-9. BENTON HARBOR Hicks Sign Co., P.O. Box 907, 3536 Niles Rd., St. Joseph, MI (49085). 269-429-4846. Fax: 269-429-0020. 1-2-34-5-6-7-9. BRIGHTON Allied Signs Inc., 33650 Giftos Dr., Clinton Twp., MI (48035). 586-791-7900. Fax: 586-791-7788. E-mail: alliedsigns@ alliedsignsinc.com. Website: www.alliedsignsinc.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. CADILLAC Midway Signs Inc., 3220 Commerce Centre Dr., Saginaw, MI (48601). 989-754-0467. Fax: 989-754-0469. 1-2-34-5-6-7-9. CLINTON TOWNSHIP Allied Signs Inc., 33650 Giftos Dr., Clinton Twp., MI (48035). 586-791-7900. Fax: 586-791-7788. E-mail: alliedsigns@ alliedsignsinc.com. Website: www.alliedsignsinc.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. DETROIT Allied Signs Inc., 33650 Giftos Dr., Clinton Twp., MI (48035). 586-791-7900. Fax: 586-791-7788. E-mail: alliedsigns @alliedsignsinc.com. Website: www.alliedsignsinc.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9.

Araneae, Inc., 29350 Wall St., Wixom, MI (48393) 248-3448840. Fax: 248-344-8841. E-mail: jcarroll@araneae group.com. Website: www.araneaegroup.com.1-2-3-45-6-7-9. Gardner Signs Inc., 1095 Naughton Dr., Troy, MI (48083). 248-689-9100. Fax: 248-689-9101. E-mail: scott@ gardnersigns.com. Website: www.gardnersigns.com. 1-23-4-5-6-7-8-9.

Great Lakes Electrical Sign, 13506 helen St., (48212). 313-365-2500. Fax: 313-365-0521. E-mail: service@ greatlakesdetroit.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9.

Harmon Sign, 46593 Grand River, Novi, MI (48374). 248348-8150. Fax: 248-348-4317. sales@harmonsign.com. www.harmonsign.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Huron Sign Co., Box 980423, 663 S. Mansfield, Ypsilanti, MI (48198). 734-483-2000. Fax: 734-483-5164. 1-2-34-5-6-7-9. Intercity Neon, Inc., P.O. Box 3762, Center Line, MI (48015). 586-754-6020. Fax: 586-754-7436. E-mail: info@ intercityneon.com. Website: www.intercityneon.com. 1-23-4-5-6-7-9. MLS Signs, Inc., 25733 D’Hondt, Chesterfield Township, MI (48051) 586-948-0200. Fax: 586-948-0300. 1-2-34-5-6-7-9. Universal Sign Service, 27878 Bohn, Roseville, MI (48066). 248-353-1110. E-mail: universalsigncompany@hotmail. com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. FLINT Allied Signs Inc., 33650 Giftos Dr., Clinton Twp., MI (48035). 586-791-7900. Fax: 586-791-7788. E-mail: alliedsigns@ alliedsignsinc.com. Website: www.alliedsignsinc.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Bill Carr Signs Inc., 719 W. 12th St., (48503). 810-2321569. Fax: 810-232-9317. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Earl Daup Signs Ltd., 6060 Birch Dr. (48507). 810-7672020. 800-968-7446. Fax: 810-767-2004. E-mail: gdaup@aol.com. Website: www.earldaupsigns.com. 1-23-4-5-6-7-9. Midway Signs Inc., 3220 Commerce Centre Dr., Saginaw, MI (48601). 989-754-0467. Fax: 989-754-0469. 1-2-34-5-6-7-9.

Signs By Crannie, Inc., 4160 Commerce Dr., Flushing, MI (48433). 810-487-0000. Fax: 810-487-0711. Email sales@signsbycrannie.com. Website: www.signsbycrannie. com. GRAND HAVEN Advanced Signs, 401 Second St., Ferrysburg, MI (49409). 800-755-2575. Fax: 616-846-3263. E-mail: info@ adsigns.com. Website: www.adsigns.com. 1-2-3-4-56-7-9. GRAND RAPIDS 2/90 Sign Systems, Inc., 5350 Corporate Grove Blvd., SE, Grand Rapids, MI (49512). 616-656-4310. 800-7774310. Fax: 616-656-4300. E-mail: info@290signs.com. Website: www.290signs.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Advanced Signs, 401 Second St., Ferrysburg, MI (49409). 800-755-2575. Fax: 616-846-3263. E-mail: info@ adsigns.com. Website: www.adsigns.com. 1-2-3-4-56-7-9. Higgins Electric Sign Co., 4100-A Hunsaker St., East Lansing, MI (48823). 517-351-5255. Fax: 517-351-5233. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. RWL Sign Company, LLC, 6185 West KL Avenue, Kalamazoo, MI (49009). 269-372-3629. Fax: 269-372-9690. E-mail: mark@rwlsign.com / tim@rwlsign.com. 1-2-4-5-6-7-8-9.. HOLLAND Advanced Signs, 401 Second St., Ferrysburg, MI (49409). 800-755-2575. Fax: 616-846-3263. E-mail: info@ adsigns.com. Website: www.adsigns.com. 1-2-3-4-56-7-9.

JACKSON Allied Signs Inc., 33650 Giftos Dr., Clinton Twp., MI (48035). 586-791-7900. Fax: 586-791-7788. E-mail: alliedsigns@ alliedsignsinc.com. Website: www.alliedsignsinc.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Fritz Advertising Company, 8032 Spring Arbor Rd., Spring Arbor, MI (49283). 517-750-1990. 517-750-9226. Email: fritzsign@yahoo.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Higgins Electric Sign Co., 4100-A Hunsaker St., East Lansing, MI (48823). 517-351-5255. Fax: 517-351-5233. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. KALAMAZOO RWL Sign Company, LLC, 6185 West KL Avenue, Kalamazoo, MI (49009). 269-372-3629. Fax: 269-372-9690. E-mail: mark@rwlsign.com / tim@rwlsign.com. 1-2-4-5-6-7-8-9. LANSING Allied Signs Inc., 33650 Giftos Dr., Clinton Twp., MI (48035). 586-791-7900. Fax: 586-791-7788. E-mail: alliedsigns@ alliedsignsinc.com. Website: www.alliedsignsinc.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Fritz Advertising Company, 8032 Spring Arbor Rd., Spring Arbor, MI (49283). 517-750-1990. 517-750-9226. Email: fritzsign@yahoo.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Higgins Electric Sign Co., 4100-A Hunsaker St., East Lansing, MI (48823). 517-351-5255. Fax: 517-351-5233. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Midway Signs Inc., 3220 Commerce Centre Dr., Saginaw, MI (48601). 989-754-0467. Fax: 989-754-0469. 1-2-34-5-6-7-9. MLS Signs, Inc., 25733 D’Hondt, Chesterfield Township, MI (48051) 586-948-0200. Fax: 586-948-0300. 1-2-34-5-6-7-9. RWL Sign Company, LLC, 6185 West KL Avenue, Kalamazoo, MI (49009). 269-372-3629. Fax: 269-372-9690. E-mail: mark@rwlsign.com / dave@rwlsign.com. Website: www. rwlsign.com. 1-2-4-5-6-7-8-9. MARQUETTE Cook Sign Service, 105 Garfield, (49855). 906-228-8690. FAX: 906-228-8691. E-mail: cooksign@cooksign.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. MONROE Allied Signs Inc., 33650 Giftos Dr., Clinton Twp., MI (48035). 586-791-7900. Fax: 586-791-7788. E-mail: alliedsigns@ alliedsignsinc.com. Website: www.alliedsignsinc.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Toledo Sign Company, 2021 Adams, Toledo, OH (43624). 419-244-4444. Fax: 419-244-6546. E-mail: tsigns@ toledo.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. MUSKEGON Advanced Signs, 401 Second St., Ferrysburg, MI (49409). 800-755-2575. Fax: 616-846-3263. E-mail: info@ adsigns.com. Website: www.adsigns.com. 1-2-3-4-56-7-9. NOVI Allied Signs Inc., 33650 Giftos Dr., Clinton Twp., MI (48035). 586-791-7900. Fax: 586-791-7788. E-mail: alliedsigns@ alliedsignsinc.com. Website: www.alliedsignsinc.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. PONTIAC Allied Signs Inc., 33650 Giftos Dr., Clinton Twp., MI (48035). 586-791-7900. Fax: 586-791-7788. E-mail: alliedsigns@ alliedsignsinc.com. Website: www.alliedsignsinc.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. PORT HURON Allied Signs Inc., 33650 Giftos Dr., Clinton Twp., MI (48035). 586-791-7900. Fax: 586-791-7788. E-mail: alliedsigns@ alliedsignsinc.com. Website: www.alliedsignsinc.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. MLS Signs, Inc., 25733 D’Hondt, Chesterfield Township, MI (48051) 586-948-0200. Fax: 586-948-0300. 1-2-34-5-6-7-9. ROMULUS Allied Signs Inc., 33650 Giftos Dr., Clinton Twp., MI (48035). 586-791-7900. Fax: 586-791-7788. E-mail: alliedsigns@ alliedsignsinc.com. Website: www.alliedsignsinc.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. SAGINAW Allied Signs Inc., 33650 Giftos Dr., Clinton Twp., MI (48035). 586-791-7900. Fax: 586-791-7788. E-mail: alliedsigns@ alliedsignsinc.com. Website: www.alliedsignsinc.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9.. Midway Signs Inc., 3220 Commerce Centre Dr. (48601). 989-754-0467. Fax: 989-754-0469. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9.

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MINNESOTA Albrecht Sign Company, 12437 Magnolia Circle. Coon Rapids, MN. (55448). 763-754-2899. Fax: 763-7677316. Email: tom@albrechtsigncompany.com. Web: www. albrechtsigncompany.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Summit Signs, 5051 Miller Trunk Hwy., Duluth, MN (55811) 218-740-2754, Fax: 218-728-2163. Website: www. summit-signs.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. ALEXANDRIA Indigo Signworks, 4133 Iowa St., Alexandria, MN (56308). 320-846-9697. Fax: 320-846-9698. E-mail: erik@ indigosignworks.com. Website: www.indigosignworks.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. BRAINERD Indigo Signworks, 4133 Iowa St., Alexandria, MN (56308). 320-846-9697. Fax: 320-846-9698. E-mail: erik@ indigosignworks.com. Website: www.indigosignworks.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. DULUTH Lakehead Sign Co., Inc., 910 Hammond Ave., Superior, WI (54880). 715-394-6480. Fax: 715-395-7867. E-mail: signs@lakeheadsign.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Todd Signs, 5147 Miller Trunk Hwy. (55811). 218-729-6800. Fax: 218-729-6434. Email: info@toddsigns.com. 1-2-34-5-6-7-9. FERGUS FALLS Indigo Signworks, 4133 Iowa St., Alexandria, MN (56308). 320-846-9697. Fax: 320-846-9698. E-mail: erik@ indigosignworks.com. Website: www.indigosignworks.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. MANKATO M & M Signs, 160 Mohr Dr., P.O. Box 282 (56002). 507625-4265. Fax: 507-625-2051. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. MINNEAPOLIS Albrecht Sign Company, 12437 Magnolia Circle. Coon Rapids, MN. (55448). 763-754-2899. Fax: 763-7677316. Email: tom@albrechtsigncompany.com. Web: www. albrechtsigncompany.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. All-Brite Sign Co., Inc., 13325 Commerce Blvd., Rogers, MN (55374). 763-428-3553. Fax: 763-428-8969. Website: www.allbritesign.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Boo Doo Signs Inc., 29021 Feldspar St NW., Princeton, MN (55371). 763-444-0212, 888-265-7115, Fax: 763-4448305. Website: BooDooSigns.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Kaufman Sign Company, 2714 East 33rd St. (55406). 612788-6828. Fax: 612-788-6715. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Leroy Signs Inc., 6325 ‘Welcome’ Ave. N., (55429). 763535-0080. Fax: 763-533-2593. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Mathey Sign, 8862 Zealand Ave. N. Unit C., Brooklyn Park, MN (55445). 763-416-1423. 763-425-1835. Email: matheysign@aol.com. Website: www.matheysign.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Signart Co., 2933 Mondovi Rd., (54701). 800-235-5178. Fax: 715-834-0489. Website: www.sigartusa.com. 1-23-4-5-6-7-9. Signcrafters, 7775 Main St. NE, Minneapolis, MN (55432). 763-571-2995. Fax: 763-571-3588. Website: www.scout door.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Spectrum Sign Systems, Inc. 2025 Gateway Circle, (55038). 651-429-6100. Fax: 651-429-6190. Email: info@ spectrum-signs.com. Website: www.spectrum-signs.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9. MOORHEAD Indigo Signworks, 1622 Main Ave, Fargo, ND (58103). 701-297-9696. Fax: 701-297-9697. E-mail: tom@ indigosignworks.com. Website: www.indigosignworks.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. ROCHESTER La Crosse Sign Co., Inc., 1450 Oak Forest Dr., Onalaska, WI (54650). 608-781-1450. Fax: 608-781-1451. 1-2-34-5-6-7-9. Winkels Electric, Inc., 111 21st St. SE (55904). 507-2884515. Fax: 507-288-4841. E-mail: tim@winkelselectric .com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. ST. CLOUD Signcrafters, 7775 Main St. NE, Minneapolis, MN (55432). 763-571-2995. Fax: 763-571-3588. Website: www. scoutdoor.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. ST. PAUL Albrecht Sign Company, 12437 Magnolia Circle. Coon Rapids, MN. (55448). 763-754-2899. Fax: 763-7677316. Email: tom@albrechtsigncompany.com. Web: www. albrechtsigncompany.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Signart Co., 2933 Mondovi Rd., (54701). 800-235-5178. Fax: 715-834-0489. Website: www.sigartusa.com. 1-23-4-5-6-7-9. Signcrafters, 7775 Main St. NE, Minneapolis, MN (55432). 763-571-2995. Fax: 763-571-3588. Website: www. scoutdoor.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Spectrum Sign Systems, Inc. 2025 Gateway Circle, (55038). 651-429-6100. Fax: 651-429-6190. Email: info@ spectrum-signs.com. Website: www.spectrum-signs.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9. Universal Sign Company, 1033 Thomas Ave., (55104). 651645-0223. Fax: 651-645-2531. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9.

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VIRGINIA Mesabi Sign Co., 116 First Street North, MN (55792). 218749-2628. Fax: 218-749-2628. E-mail: synman50@2z. net. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9.

MISSISSIPPI BILOXI A-1 Signs, Inc., 3950 Metropolitian St., New Orleans, LA (70126). 800-486-8381. Fax: 604-947-8790. 1-2-3-45-6-7-9. Kojis Signs, LLC. 800-259-7446. Fax: 318-346-6751. E-mail: kojissigns@bellsouth.net. Website: www.kojissigns.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Victor Sign & Advertising, 5000 Whitworth Ln., Mobile, AL (36619). 251-653-7143. Fax: 251-653-8281. E-mail: ojr@victorsign.com. Website: www.victorsign.com. 1-23-4-5-6-7-9. YESCO. 10447 LeMoyne Blvd. D’Iberville, MS (39540). 228354-8008. Fax: 228-354-8009. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. cleveland Delta Sign Shop and Electrical Service, P.O. Box 4614, Greenville, MS (38704). 662-378-8394. 800-748-8920. (cell) 662-822-0888. Fax: 662-378-8217. E-mail: d_signs@bellsouth.net. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. COLUMBUS Mid-South Signs, Inc., 8643 Hwy., 182 East Columbus, MS (39702) 662-327-7807. 800-728-8869. Fax: 662327-7585. Email: rice-mss@cableone.net. stan-mss@ cableone.net. Website: www.midsouthsigns.com. 1-2-34-5-6-7-9. GREENVILLE Delta Sign Shop and Electrical Service, P.O. Box 4614, Greenville, MS (38704). 662-378-8394. 800-748-8920. (cell) 662-822-0888. Fax: 662-378-8217. E-mail: d_signs@bellsouth.net. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Vital Signs and Neon. PO Box 4561. Greenville, MS (387044561). 662-334-9620. Fax: 662-334-3590. Email: haynes.electric@att.net. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. GREENWOOD Delta Sign Shop and Electrical Service, P.O. Box 4614, Greenville, MS (38704). 662-378-8394. 800-748-8920. (cell) 662-822-0888. Fax: 662-378-8217. E-mail: d_signs@bellsouth.net. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Jones Signs, 2810 Highway 82 East, Greenwood, MS (38930). 662-453-2432. Fax: 662-453-2244. Email: jonessigns@msn.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9 GULFPORT Victor Sign & Advertising, 5000 Whitworth Ln., Mobile, AL (36619). 251-653-7143. Fax: 251-653-8281. E-mail: ojr@victorsign.com. Website: www.victorsign.com. 1-23-4-5-6-7-9. Young Electric Sign Company, 10447 Lemoyne Blvd., D’Iberville, MS (39540). 228-354-8008. Fax: 228-3548009. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. HATTIESBURG Image Signs & Neon, 310 South 25th Ave., (39401). 601-582-1642. Fax: 601-582-2025. E-mail: image@ imagesignsandneon.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. JACKSON Budget Signs Inc., 2358 Hwy. 80 W (39204). 601-3544977. Fax:601-354-4987. Email:budgetsigns@comcast. net . 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. FMS Llighting Management Systems Inc., 323 Commerce Park Dr. (39286-2901). 601-362-1533. 800-345-6986. Fax: 601-982-2901. E-mail: fms5555@aol.com. Website: www.fmslighting.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Mitchell Signs, 3200 Hwy. 45 North, Meridian, MS (39301) 1-800-467-7471. Fax: 601-482-7474. Email: audrey. grogan@mitchellcompanies.com. Website: www. mitchellcompanies.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Signs First, 5020 Hwy. 80E, Pearl, MS (39208). 601-9364490. 800-880-4491. Fax; 601-936-4497. E-mail: signs firstpearl@aol.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. PASCAGOULA WRICO Signs, Inc., 3345 Halls Mill Rd., Mobile, AL (36606). 251-478-8020. 800-489-7426. Fax: 251-478-8142. Email: signs@wricosigns.com. Web: www.wricosigns.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. SOUTHAVEN B.A. Balton Sign Co., 825 Crystal Springs Dr., Rossville, TN (38066). 901-355-4827. Fax: 901-854-7416. E-mail: bal2000@bellsouth.net. Website: www.baltonsignco.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. TUNICA Young Electric Sign Company, PO Box 669, Robinsonville, MS (38664). 228-354-8008. Fax: 228-354-8009. 1-23-4-5-6-7-9. VICKSBURG Signs First, 5020 Hwy. 80E, Pearl, MS (39208). 601-9364490. 800-880-4491. Fax; 601-936-4497. E-mail: signs firstpearl@aol.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9.

MISSOURI Canedy Sign & Graphics, 18023 US Hwy 61 S. (63801). 800-471-0121. Fax: 573-471-9462. E-mail:allsignspoint@ canedysign.com. Website: www.canedysign.com 1-2-34-5-6-7-8-9. Ziglin Signs Inc., 540 Vossbrink Dr., Washington, MO (63090). 636-390-8455. Fax: 636-390-8456. E-mail: sales@ziglinsigns.com. Website: www.ziglinsigns.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. BRANSON Henderson Sign & Neon, Inc., 1653 East State Hwy. 76, Branson, MO (65616). Mailing: P.O. Box 964 (656150964). 417-334-6528. Fax: 417-334-5418. E-mail: hendersonsigns@centurytel.net. Website: www.henderson sign.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Native Signs, 8203 State Hwy. 65, Branson, MO (65616). 417-337-8341. Fax: 417-337-8342. Email: sales@ nativesigns.com. Website: www.nativesigns.com. 1-2-34-5-6-7-8-9. Springfield Sign & Neon, 2531 N. Patterson, Springfield, MO (65803). 417-862-2454. Fax: 417-862-1887. E-mail: treyw@ssn-signs.com. Website: www.signhit.com. 1-2-34-5-6-7-9. CAPE GIRARDEAU Piros Signs, Inc., 1818 Hwy. M., Barnhart, MO (63012). 636-464-0200. Fax: 636-464-9990. E-mail: dbrand@ pirossigns.com. Website: www.pirossigns.com. 1-2-34-5-6-7-9. CHESTERFIELD Piros Signs, Inc., 1818 Hwy. M., Barnhart, MO (63012). 636-464-0200. Fax: 636-464-9990. E-mail: dbrand@ pirossigns.com. Website: www.pirossigns.com. 1-2-34-5-6-7-9. COLUMBIA Bee Seen Signs, Inc., 2000 Corporate Place. Columbia, MO (65202). 573-449-5404. Fax: 573-449-0304. E-mail: tomsign@tranquility.net. Web: www.beeseensigns.com 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Columbia Sign Service Inc., 3016 David Drive (65202). 573-474-8700. Fax: 573-474-8708. E-mail: sales@columbiasignservice.com. Website: www. columbiasignservice.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Impact Sign & Lighting Co., 22705 N. Hwy 65, Sedalia, MO (65301). 660-829-4800. 888-829-4801. Email: david@ impact4800.com. Web: www.impact4800.com. 1-2-34-5-6-7-9. Piros Signs, Inc., 1818 Hwy. M., Barnhart, MO (63012). 636-464-0200. Fax: 636-464-9990. E-mail: dbrand@ pirossigns.com. Website: www.pirossigns.com. 1-2-34-5-6-7-9. ELDON Piros Signs, Inc., 1818 Hwy. M., Barnhart, MO (63012). 636-464-0200. Fax: 636-464-9990. E-mail: dbrand@ pirossigns.com. Website: www.pirossigns.com. 1-2-34-5-6-7-9. HANNIBAL Quincy Electric & Sign Co., 1229 Spring Lake Hills, Quincy, IL (62301). 217-223-8404. Fax: 217-223-0735. 1-2-34-5-6-7-9. JEFFERSON CITY BEE Seen Signs Inc. 507 Babe Ruth Dr. (65109) 866-2782950. Fax: 573-893-6924. Email: jr@beeseensigns.com. Website: www.beeseensigns.com JOPLIN Sign Designs, 1720 W. 7th St., (64801). 417-624-8688. Fax: 417-624-0933. E-mail: johnjr@sign-designs.com. Website: www.sign-designs.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. KANSAS CITY ABC Sign & Lighting Inc., 915 W. 23 St., Independence, MO (64055). 816-252-4511. Fax: 816-252-3694. 2-45-6-7-9. Infinity Sign Systems, Inc., 1551 N. Courtney Road, Suite B4, Independence, MO (64050). Phone: 816-252-3337. Fax: 816-252-3351. E-mail: sales@infinitysignsystems. com. Website: www.infinitysignsystems.com 1-2-5-6-7.

KC Sign Express, Inc., 5033 Mackey Overland Park, KS (66203). 913-432-2500. Fax: 913-432-2882. 2-4-5-67-8-9.

Luminous Neon Art & Sign Systems, 1255 N. Winchester, Olathe, KS (66061). 913-780-3330. Fax: 913-780-3353. E-mail: signs@luminousneon.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Penn Street Signs, P.O. Box 6893, Lee’s Summit, MO (64064). 816-233-1500. 800-530-5909. Fax: 816-2330489. E-mail: twood@1ststreet.com. Website: http://www. 1ststreet.com./pennstreet/. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Roderick Sign Inc., 1621 Frederick Ave. (64501). 816-2327005. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Schurle Signs Inc., 1219 A East 23rd St. (66046). 785-8329897. Fax: 785-842-1772. E-mail: ryan@schurlesigns. com. Web: www.schurlesigns.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. KIRKSVILLE Quincy Electric & Sign Co., 1229 Spring Lake Hills, Quincy, IL (62301). 217-223-8404. Fax: 217-223-0735. 1-2-34-5-6-7-9. MARSHALL Impact Sign & Lighting Co., 22705 N. Hwy 65, Sedalia, MO (65301). 660-829-4800. 888-829-4801. Email: david@ impact4800.com. Web: www.impact4800.com. 1-2-34-5-6-7-9. MOBERLY Mattox Advertising Co.,LLC., 110 S. Williams, P.O. Box 97, (65270). 660-263-5282. Fax: 660-263-7794. E-mail: matadv@mcmsys.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. O’FALLON American Signs & Electric, 6767 N. Hanley Road, St. Louis, MO (63134). 314-344-1960. Fax: 314-344-3132. E-mail: sales@americansigns-electric.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Piros Signs, Inc., 1818 Hwy. M., Barnhart, MO (63012). 636-464-0200. Fax: 636-464-9990. E-mail: dbrand@ pirossigns.com. Website: www.pirossigns.com. 1-2-34-5-6-7-9. ROLLA Star Sign Company, 1383 S. Bishop Ave., US Hwy. 63, P.O. Box 1096. Rolla, MO (65402-1096). 573-364-3876. Fax: 573-364-9369. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. ST. CHARLES American Signs & Electric, 6767 N. Hanley Road, St. Louis, MO (63134). 314-344-1960. Fax: 314-344-3132. E-mail: sales@americansigns-electric.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Bill Yount Signs & Electric, Inc., 2002 Woodson Rd., St. Louis, MO (63114). 314-423-2933. Email: Pam@ billyountsigns.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Midwest Sunray Lighting & Sign Maint. Co., Inc., P.O. Box 984, Nameoki Station, Granite City, IL (62040). 314-2411999. Fax: 618-656-3764. Website: www.midwestsunray. com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Piros Signs, Inc., 1818 Hwy. M., Barnhart, MO (63012). 636-464-0200. Fax: 636-464-9990. E-mail: dbrand@ pirossigns.com. Website: www.pirossigns.com. 1-2-34-5-6-7-9. St. Charles Sign & Electric, Inc., 527 First.Capitol Dr. (63301). 636-946-6110. Fax: 636-724-4618. 1-2-3-45-6-7-9. ST. JOSEPH Penn Street Sign Co., 1205 S. 11th St. (64503). 816-2331500. Fax: 816-233-0489. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Roderick Sign Inc., 1621 Frederick Ave. (64501). 816-2327005. Fax: 816-232-1780. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. ST. LOUIS American Signs & Electric, 6767 N. Hanley Road, St. Louis, MO (63134). 314-344-1960. Fax: 314-344-3132. E-mail: sales@americansigns-electric.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Bill Yount Signs & Electric, Inc., 2002 Woodson Rd., St. Louis, MO (63114). 314-423-2933. Email: Pam@ billyountsigns.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. DeMond Signs, 93 Betty Ln., P.O. Box 414, O’Fallon, IL (62269). 618-624-7260. Fax; 618-624-8240. 1-2-3-45-6-7-9. Midwest Sunray Lighting & Sign Maint. Co., Inc., P.O. Box 984, Nameoki Station, Granite City, IL (62040). 314-2411999. Fax: 618-656-3764. Website: www.midwestsunray .com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Piros Signs, Inc., 1818 Hwy. M, Barnhart, MO (63012). 636-464-0200. Fax: 636-464-9990. E-mail: dbrand@ pirossigns.com. Website: www.pirossigns.com. 1-2-34-5-6-7-9.

St. Charles Sign & Electric, Inc., 527 First Capitol Dr., St. Charles, MO (63301). 636-946-6110. Fax: 636-7244618. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Signs Etc., 918 Weber Rd., Farmington, MO (63640). 573756-9000, 800-756-9006, Fax: 573-756-6206. Email: keven@signsetconline.com, Website: signsetconline.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9.

Simon Sign Erection Co., Inc., 2729-33 St. Louis Ave. (63106). 314-652-5900. Fax: 314-652-6311. 1-2-3-45-6-7-9. Warren Sign Co., Inc., 2955 Arnold Tenbrook Rd., Arnold, MO (63010). 636-282-1300. Fax: 636-282-3388. 1-23-4-5-6-7-9. Ziglin Signs Inc., 540 Vossbrink Dr., Washington, MO (63090). 636-390-8455. Fax: 636-390-8456. E-mail: sales@ziglinsigns.com. Website: www.ziglinsigns.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. ST. PETERS. Piros Signs, Inc., 1818 Hwy. M., Barnhart, MO (63012). 636-464-0200. Fax: 636-464-9990. E-mail: dbrand@ pirossigns.com. Website: www.pirossigns.com. 1-2-34-5-6-7-9. SEDALIA Impact Sign & Lighting Co., 22705 N. Hwy 65, Sedalia, MO (65301). 660-829-4800. 888-829-4801. Email: david@ impact4800.com. Web: www.impact4800.com. 1-2-34-5-6-7-9. SPRINGFIELD Missouri Neon Co., 3160 W. Kearney St. (65803). 417-8621778. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Springfield Sign & Neon, 2531 N. Patterson, Springfield, MO (65803). 417-862-2454. Fax: 417-862-1887. E-mail: treyw@ssn-signs.com. Website: www.signhit.com. 1-2-34-5-6-7-9. TROY Piros Signs, Inc., 1818 Hwy. M., Barnhart, MO (63012). 636-464-0200. Fax: 636-464-9990. E-mail: dbrand@ pirossigns.com. Website: www.pirossigns.com. 1-2-34-5-6-7-9. Quincy Electric & Sign Co., 1229 Spring Lake Hills, Quincy, IL (62301). 217-223-8404. Fax: 217-223-0735. 1-2-34-5-6-7-9. WARRENSBURG Impact Sign & Lighting Co., 22705 N. Hwy 65, Sedalia, MO (65301). 660-829-4800. 888-829-4801. Email: david@ impact4800.com. Web: www.impact4800.com. 1-2-34-5-6-7-9. WASHINGTON Piros Signs, Inc., 1818 Hwy. M., Barnhart, MO (63012). 636-464-0200. Fax: 636-464-9990. E-mail: dbrand@ pirossigns.com. Website: www.pirossigns.com. 1-2-34-5-6-7-9. Ziglin Signs Inc., 540 Vossbrink Dr., Washington, MO (63090). 636-390-8455. Fax: 636-390-8456. E-mail: sales@ziglinsigns.com. Website: www.ziglinsigns.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. WAYNESVILLE Star Sign Company, 1383 S. Bishop Ave., U.S. Hwy. 63, P.O. Box 1096, Rolla, MO (65402-1096). 573-364-3876. Fax: 573-364-9369. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. WENTZVILLE American Signs & Electric, 6767 N. Hanley Road, St. Louis, MO (63134). 314-344-1960. Fax: 314-344-3132. E-mail: sales@americansigns-electric.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Piros Signs, Inc., 1818 Hwy. M., Barnhart, MO (63012). 636-464-0200. Fax: 636-464-9990. E-mail: dbrand@ pirossigns.com. Website: www.pirossigns.com. 1-2-34-5-6-7-9.

MONTANA BILLINGS Sign Products Inc., 1425 Monad Rd., P.O. Box 20955, Billings, MT (59104). 406-252-6348. 800-532-4753. Fax: 406-252-6654. E-mail: sales@signproductsinc.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. BOZEMAN Gallatin Valley Signs, 400 Bryant Street, Bozeman, MT (59715). 406-586-5042. Fax: 406-585-9737. Email: bruce@signsofmontana.com. Website: www. signsofmontana.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Sign Products Inc., 1425 Monad Rd., P.O. Box 20955, Billings, MT (59104). 406-252-6348. Fax: 406-252-6654. E-mail: sales@signproductsinc.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. HELENA YESCO 2707 Broadwater Avenue. Helena, MT (59602). 406-443-4172. Fax: 406-443-3840. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. KALISPELL Kalispell Neon, P.O. Box 5261, (59903). 406-752-4231. Fax: 406-752-6356. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Western Neon Sign Crane & Awning, 20121⁄2 5th Avenue East (59901). 406-257-5737. Fax: 406-756-6829. E-mail: signs@aboutmontana.net. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. MILES CITY ABC Glass & Signs, 1415 Main St., (59301). 406-234-1234. Fax: 406-234-2510. E-mail: ABC@midrivers.com. 1-23-4-5-6-7-9.

NEBRASKA GRAND ISLAND Love Signs of Grand Island, LLC, 3030 W. Old Hwy. 30, P.O. Box 5791, Grand Island, NE (68802-5791). 308381-5525. 877-381-5530. Fax: 308-381-5528. E-mail: brianh@lovesigngroup.com. Website: www. lovesignco .com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Mayhew Signs, Inc., 4413 East Hwy. 30, P.O. Box 729, Grand Island, NE (68802). 308-382-7230. 800-7264092. Fax: 308-382-7100. E-mail: sales@JUNEhewsigns .com. Website: www.JUNEhewsigns.com. 2-4-6-8. Tri City Sign Co., 363 North Elm St., (68801). 308-384-6335. Fax: 308-384-0483. E-mail: bill@tricitysign.com. Website: www.tricitysign.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. KEARNEY A1 M&J Signs, 140 McComb St., Elm Creek, NE (68836). 308-293-0101. Fax: 308-856-0053. E-mail: mike@ mandjsigns.com. Website: www.mandjsigns.com. 1-2-34-5-6-7-9. Sign Center, Inc., 1806 Central Ave., (68847). 308-2372518. 866-724-7446. Fax: 308-236-5895. E-mail: sales@ signcenter-inc.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. LINCOLN Nebraska Neon Sign Co., 1140 No. 21 St., P.O. Box 80956 (68501). 402-476-6563. 800-326-8956. Fax: 402476-3461. E-mail: nesign@aol.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Superior Lighting Inc. 2121 South 24th st., (68108). 402-345-0800, 800-994-5267, Fax: 402-345-0815. Email: bswarbrick@superiorlight.com. Website: www. superiorlight.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9 NORFOLK Love Signs, Inc., 1805 S, 13th St., P.O. Box 807, (68701). 402-371-4674. Fax: 402-371-8831. Website: www. lovesignco.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Tri City Sign Co., 1206 W. Kaneb RD., (68701). 402-7502718. Fax: 308-384-0483. E-mail: bill@tricitysign.com. Website: www.tricitysign.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. NORTH PLATTE Condon’ Signs, 121 West 8th St, (69101). 308-532-8774. Fax: 308-532-8774. Email: condonsigns@yahoo.com. Website: www.lovesignco.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Tri City Sign Co., 219 S. Jeffers., (69101). 800-339-4779. Fax: 308-384-0483. E-mail: bill@tricitysign.com. Website: www.tricitysign.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. OGALLALA Andersen Sign Company, 116 East J. Street (69153). 308284-3175. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. OMAHA American Lift & Sign Service, 6958 N. 97th Circle, (68122). 402-572-1044. Fax: 402-572-7044. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Neon Products Company, Inc., 4713 F St. (68117). 402346-5447. Fax: 402-346-9250. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Superior Lighting Inc. 2121 South 24th st., (68108). 402-345-0800, 800-994-5267, Fax: 402-345-0815. Email: bswarbrick@superiorlight.com. Website: www. superiorlight.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9 SCOTTSBLUFF Ferguson Signs, Inc., 180652 Highway 26, (69361). 308632-8414. Fax: 308-632-6117. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9.

NEVADA Superior Electrical Adv., Inc., 1700 West Anaheim St., Long Beach, CA (90813). 562-495-3808. 800-995-9099. Fax: 562-435-1867. Website: www.superiorsigns.com. 1-2-34-5-6-7-9. CARSON CITY Ainor Signs, 3868 Cincinnati Ave, Rocklin, CA (95765). 916408-1300. Fax: 916-408-1385. Email: info@ainorsigns. com. Website: www.ainorsigns.com. 1-2-3-4-5-7-8-9. Custom Sign & Crane, 2222 Mouton Dr., Carson City, NV (89701). 775-884-1818. Fax: 775-884-4118. E-mail: custom.sign@sbcglobal.net. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Young Electric Sign Company, 2414 “A” Curry St., Carson City, NV (89703). 775-359-3131. Fax: 775-359-8738. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. ELKO Lytle Signs Inc., 1925 Kimberly Rd., Box 305, Twin Falls, ID (83303). 208-733-1739. Fax: 208-736-8653. E-mail: info@lytlesigns.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. YESCO, 1154 W. Main Street (89801). 775-738-5710. Fax: 775-753-7678. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. LAKE TAHOE Custom Sign & Crane, 2222 Mouton Dr., Carson City, NV (89701). 775-884-1818. Fax: 775-884-4118. E-mail: custom.sign@sbcglobal.net. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9.

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LAS VEGAS Allied Electric Sign & Awning Co., 1920 South 900 West, Salt Lake City, UT (84104). 801-972-5503. 801-972-5670. E-mail: chris@allied-sign.com. Website: www.allied-sign. com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Las Vegas Sign & Designs Inc., 1400 Industrial Rd., (89102). 702-388-1044. Fax: 702-388-4424. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Vision Sign, Inc. 6630 Arroyo Springs Street, #600, Las Vegas, NV (89113). 702-895-7474, Fax: 702-895-7444. Website: www.visionsigninc.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Young Electric Sign Company, 5119 S Cameron St. (89118). 702-876-8080. Fax: 702-944-4500. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. RENO Ainor Signs, 3868 Cincinnati Ave, Rocklin, CA (95765). 916408-1300. Fax: 916-408-1385. Email: info@ainorsigns. com. Website: www.ainorsigns.com. 1-2-3-4-5-7-8-9. American Sign & Crane Service, Inc. P.O.Box 4087 (89504). 775-322-0123. Fax: 775-322-0173. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Custom Sign & Crane, 2222 Mouton Dr., Carson City, NV (89701). 775-884-1818. Fax: 775-884-4118. E-mail: custom.sign@sbcglobal.net. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Western Sign Company, Inc., 6221 A Enterprise Drive, Diamond Springs, CA (95619). 530-622-1420. Fax: 530622-9367. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. YESCO, 775 E. Glendale Ave., Sparks, NV (89431). 775359-3131. Fax: 775-359-8738. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. WENDOVER Young Electric Sign Company, 550 Mesa St., Wendover, NV (89883). 775-664-4243. Fax: 775-664-3840. 1-2-3-45-6-7-9.

NEW HAMPSHIRE MANCHESTER Jutras Signs, Inc. 711 Mast Rd. (03102). 603-622-2344. 800-446-3524. Fax: 603-668-6571. Email: mail@ jutrassigns.com. Website: www.jutrassigns.com. 1-2-34-5-6-7-9 NASHUA Barlo Signs, 158 Greeley St., Hudson, NH (03063). 800227-5674. Fax: 603-882-7680. E-mail: your_image @barlosigns.com. Website: www.barlosigns.com. 1-2-34-5-6-7-9. Poyant Signs, Inc., 3 Bud way #19. Nashua, NH (03063). 603-546-2005. Fax: 603-546-2007. Website: www. poyantsigns.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. portsmouth Portsmouth Sign Co., 105 Gosling Rd., Newington, NH (03801). 603-436-0047. Fax: 603-431-1352. Email: service@portsmouthsignco.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9.

Eastern Sign Tech, PO Box 564, Burlington, NJ (08016). 112 Connecticut Dr.. Burlington, NJ (08016). 609-261-2805. Fax: 609-518-3575. E-mail: info@easternsigntech.com. Website: www.easternsigntech.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9.

Garden State Sign Co., P.O. Box 953, (08701). 732-3637645. Fax: 732-363-7655. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Manhattan Signs, 101 Thomas Street, Paterson, NJ (07503). 973-278-3603, 888-781-5087, Fax: 973-278-5798. Email: info@manhattansignco.com, Website: www. manhattansignsco.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. ATLANTIC CITY Eastern Sign Tech, PO Box 564, Burlington, NJ (08016). 112 Connecticut Dr.. Burlington, NJ (08016). 609-261-2805. Fax: 609-518-3575. E-mail: info@easternsigntech.com. Website: www.easternsigntech.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. AVENEL Michael Anthony Sign & Awning Co., 21 Randolf Ave., Avenel, NJ (07001). 201-333-8166. Fax: 732-453-6126. Email: sales@masign.com. Website: www.masign.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9.

NEW JERSEY

CARLSBAD Morahan Signs, 1403 Mission (88220). 505-885-5830. Fax: 505-885-5830. morahansigns@mywdo.com. 1-2-3-45-6-7-9. CLOVIS Clovis Sign Service, Inc., 1312 E. 1st, P.O. Box 789 (88101). 505-763-5623. Fax: 505-763-6365. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. DEMING Superior Sign & Lighting Inc., 2001 E. Lohman, Bldg. 110, #287, Las Cruces, NM (88001). 505-541-4595. 800530-8699. Fax: 915-629-9105. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. FARMINGTON Ram Studios, 1111 San Juan Blvd. (87401). 505-326-5801. 800-304-5801. Fax: 505-326-7585. E-mail: richard@ ramsigns.com. Website: www.ramsigns.com. 1-2-3-45-6-7-9. San Juan Signs, Inc. 736 E. Main St. (87401).800-217-5511. 505-326-5511. Fax: 505-326-5513. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. GALLUP Hinkley Signs, 403 Bortot Dr., (87301). 505-722-2341. Fax: 505-722-2677. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. HOBBS Auld Sign Co., Carlsbad Hwy., P.O. Box 326 (88240). 505393-3447. Fax: 505-397-7153. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. LAS CRUCES Fluorescent Signs, North Elks Dr., P.O. Box 1315. (88004). 505-524-3601. Fax: 505-524-3602. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Superior Sign & Lighting Inc., 2001 E. Lohman, Bldg. 110, #287, P.O. Box 286, Las Cruces, NM (88001). 505-5414595. 800-530-8699. Fax: 915-629-9105. 1-2-3-4-56-7-9. ROSWELL Superior Sign Crafts, P.O. Box 2844 (88202-2844). 505622-2238. Fax: 505-627-6972. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9.

NEW YORK Accurate Signs & Electrical Maintenance Inc., 166 2nd Avenue, Brooklyn, NY (11215). 718-788-0302, Fax: 718-788-0315. Email: accuratesignco@aol.com. 1-2-34-5-6-7-8-9. ALBANY Boni Sign Co., 1320 Rt. 9, Schodack, NY (12033) 518-7327704. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Callahan Sign Company, LLC, 117 Union St., Pittsfield, MA (01201). 800-285-7446. Fax: 413-448-2251. Website: www.callahansign.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Gloede Neon Signs. 97 North Clinton Street. Poughkeepsie, NY (12601). 845-471-4366. Fax: 845-471-0987. Email: bfitzgerald@gloedesigns.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Saxton Corp., Judge Sign Division, P.O. Box 163, East Greenbush, NY. (12061) 518-732-7704. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9.

Abco Signs, 7300 Rte. 130 N., Building 11, Pennsauken, NJ (08110). 856-663-6001. 215-634-6942. Fax: 856-6633816. E-mail: abcosigns@verizon.net. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Ace Sign Co., P.O. Box 66 (08862). 732-826-3858. Fax: 732-826-2612. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Brittain-Parnell Signs, Inc., 271 Whitehead Rd. Hamilton, NJ. (08619). 609-890-0300. Fax: 609-890-0301. E-mail: gcj@bpsigns.net. Website: www.bpsigns.net. 1-2-3-45-6-7-9. DCI-Signs & Awnings Inc., 191 Mt. Pleasant Ave. (07104). 973-350-0400. Fax: 973-350-0401. E-mail: danny@ signsandawnings.com. Website: www.dcisigns.com. 1-23-4-5-6-7-9.

CHERRY HILL S.T. Electric Inc., 829 Beechwood Ave., Cherry Hill, NJ (08002). 856-616-1231. Fax: 856-616-1250. E-mail: info@stelectricsigns.com Website: www.stelectricsigns. com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. TOMS RIVER Girtain Sign Company, LLC, 1765 Route 9, (08755). 732349-8499. 800-834-8499. Fax: 732-505-3673. E-mail: info@girtainsigns.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9.

NEW MEXICO ALAMOGORDO Fluorescent Signs Inc., P.O. Box 1315, 5215 N. Elks, Las Cruces, NM (88004). 505-524-3601. Fax: 505-5243602. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9. Superior Sign & Lighting Inc., 2001 E. Lohman, Bldg. 110, #287, P.O. Box 286, Las Cruces, NM (88001). 505-541-4595. 800-530-8699. Fax: 915-629-9105. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. ALBUQUERQUE AW Signs LLC, 10433 Ralph Ave NE, Albuquerque, NM (87112-5454). 505-228-2031. 866-746-2219. Fax: 505232-0070. E-mail: abqled@aol.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Sign Art of New Mexico, Inc., P.O. Box 6391, 117 Veranda, N.W., (87107). 505-344-0872/344-1054. Fax: 505-3453908. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Southwest Outdoor Electric, Inc., 1525 Candelaria NE (87107). 505-345-1269. Fax: 505-345-2268. 1-2-3-45-6-7-9.

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Snyder Signs and Neon Displays, 5 Highland Ave. (12205). 518-482-6366. Fax: 518-437-9285. 1-2-4-5-6-7-9 AMSTERDAM Saxton Signcorp., 1320 Rt. 9, Castleton, NY. (12033) 800942-6366. Fax: 518-732-7716. E-mail: mike@saxton sign.com. Website: www.saxtonsign.com. 1-2-3-4-56-7-9. BINGHAMTON Kassis Superior Sign Co., Inc., 6699 Old Thompson Rd., Syracuse, NY (13211). 315-463-7446. Fax: 315-4637449. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Matzo Electric Signs, Inc., 40 HOmer St., Binghampton, NY (13903). 607-724-1823. Fax: 607-724-1475. Email: matzosigns@verizon.net. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Rapp Signs Inc., 3979 NY Route 206, Greene, NY (137789416). 607-656-8167. Fax: 607-656-8677. 1-2-3-45-6-7-9.

BUFFALO Flexlume Sign Corporation, 1464 Main St. (14209). 716884-2020. Fax: 716-881-0361. E-mail: info@flexlume. com, Website: www.flexlume.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9.

National Sign & Lighting, 185 Sweet Hollow Rd., Old Bethpage, NY (11804). 516-249-8960. Fax: 516-2492433. E-mail: j.bragoli@nmisigns.com. Website: www. nmisigns.com. 5-6-7.

Ultimate Signs & Designs Corp., 86 Sewell St., Hempstead, NY (11550). 516-481-0800. Fax: 481-7480. 1-2-3-45-6-7-9.

North Shore Neon Sign Co., Inc., 295 Skidmore Rd., Deer Park, L.I., NY (11729). 631-667-2500. Fax: 631-6672509. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9.

Wilcox Brothers Sign, 317 Wheeler Street, Tonawanda, N.Y. (14150). 716-213-0797. Fax: 716-213-0798 Email: dennis@wilcoxsign.com. Website: www.wilcoxsign.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. CLIFTON PARK Saxton Signcorp., 1320 Rt. 9, Castleton, NY. (12033) 800942-6366. Fax: 518-732-7716. E-mail: mike@saxton sign.com. Website: www.saxtonsign.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. CORTLAND Kassis Superior Sign Co., Inc., 6699 Old Thompson Rd., Syracuse, NY (13211). 315-463-7446. Fax: 315-4637449. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. GLENS FALLS Saxton Signcorp., 1320 Rt. 9, Castleton, NY. (12033) 800942-6366. Fax: 518-732-7716. E-mail: mike@saxtonsign .com. Website: www.saxtonsign.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. HUDSON Saxton Signcorp., 1320 Rt. 9, Castleton, NY. (12033) 800942-6366. Fax: 518-732-7716. E-mail: mike@saxton sign.com. Website: www.saxtonsign.com. 1-2-3-4-56-7-9. HORNELL Maple City Electric & Signs, 67 Hubbard St. (14843). 607324-4544. Fax: 607-324-7971. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. KINGSTON Boni Sign Co., 1320 Rt. 9, Schodack, NY (12033) 518-7327704. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Gloede Neon Signs. 97 North Clinton Street. Poughkeepsie, NY (12601). 845-471-4366. Fax: 845-471-0987. Email: bfitzgerald@gloedesigns.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. LAKEWOOD Signs & Sales by Peterson, P.O. Box 234. Jamestown, NY (14702). 716-789-9014. Fax: 716-789-4402. E-mail: petersonsign@alltel.net. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. LONG ISLAND Alley Cat Signs, Inc., 506 Middle Country Rd., Middle Island, NY (11953). 631-924-7446. Fax: 631-924-9772 E-mail: alleycatsigns@optonline.net. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Going Sign Co., Inc. 140 Terminal Drive, Plainview, NY (11803). 516-349-7600, Fax: 516-349-8976. E-mail: jgoing@goingsign.net. Website: www.goingsign.org. 12-5-6-7-9.

MIDDLETOWN Gloede Neon Signs. 97 North Clinton Street. Poughkeepsie, NY (12601). 845-471-4366. Fax: 845-471-0987. Email: bfitzgerald@gloedesigns.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Lite Brite Signs Inc., 51 Montgomery St., (10940). 845-3437446. Fax: 845-343-3492. E-mail: litebritesigns@ frontiernet.net. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. NEWBURGH Gloede Neon Signs. 97 North Clinton Street. Poughkeepsie, NY (12601). 845-471-4366. Fax: 845-471-0987. Email: bfitzgerald@gloedesigns.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Lewis Sign Co. LLC., 26 Fluorescent Dr., Slate Hill, NY (10973). 845-355-2651. Fax: 845-355-8249. E-mail: lewissigns@citilink.net. Website: www.lewissigns.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Lite Brite Signs Inc., 51 Montgomery St., Middletown, NY (10940). 845-343-7446. Fax: 845-343-3492. E-mail: litebritesigns@frontiernet.net. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Mid-Hudson Neon Signs LLC., 1083 Little Britain Rd., New Windsor, NY. (12553) . 845-561-5561. Fax: 845-5658932. E-mail: midhudsonneoninc@aol.com. 1-2-3-4-56-7-9. NEW YORK CITY City Electrical Sign Erectors Inc., 46-49 54th Ave., Maspeth, NY (11378). 718-937-4848. Fax: 718-937-0546. 1-23-4-5-6-7-9.

M&G Services Sign Permit Expediters, 4250 Veterans Memorial Highway, Suite 170, Holbrook, NY (11741). 631-467-4700, Fax: 631-467-4190. E-mail: mregina@ mngservices.com.

Spectrum Signs, Inc., 111 Carolyn Blvd., Farmingdale, NY (11735). 631-756-1010. fax: 631-756-1890. E-mail: mikeg@spectrumsignsinc.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9.

Manhattan Signs, 224 West 30th St., Suite 913, NewYork, NewYork. (10001) 212-564-4400, 877-781-5087, Fax: 212-564-1270. Email: info@manhattansignco.com. Website: www.manhattansignsco.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. North Shore Neon Sign Co., Inc., 295 Skidmore Rd., Deer Park, L.I., NY. (11729). 631-667-2500. Fax: 631-6672509. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. ONEONTA Saxton Signcorp., 1320 Rt. 9, Castleton, NY. (12033) 800942-6366. Fax: 518-732-7716. E-mail: mike@saxton sign.com. Website: www.saxtonsign.com. 1-2-3-4-56-7-9. POUGHKEEPSIE Gloede Neon Signs. 97 North Clinton Street. Poughkeepsie, NY (12601). 845-471-4366. Fax: 845-471-0987. Email: bfitzgerald@gloedesigns.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Saxton Signcorp., 1320 Rt. 9, Castleton, NY. (12033) 800942-6366. Fax: 518-732-7716. E-mail: mike@saxton sign.com. Website: www.saxtonsign.com. 1-2-3-4-56-7-9. ROCHESTER Clinton Signs, Inc., 1407 Empire Blvd., (14580). 585-4821620. Fax: 585-482-3384. 4-5-6-7-9. Kassis Superior Sign Co., Inc., 6699 Old Thompson Rd., Syracuse, NY (13211). 315-463-7446. Fax: 315-4637449. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Premier Sign Systems, LLC, 111 Hollender Parkway., Rochester, NY (14615). 585-235-0390. Fax: 585-2350392. Email: info@premiersignsystems.com. Web: www. premiersignsystems.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Sign & Lighting Services LLC, 530 Rt. 104, Ontario, NY (14519). 585-265-4462. Fax: 585-265-4473. E-mail: kirk. signlighting@frontiernet.net. Website: www sign-lighting. com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Skylight Signs Inc., 35 Regency Oaks Blvd. (14624). 585594-2500. Fax: 585-594-2525. E-mail: sales@skylight signs.com. Website: www.skylightsigns.com. 1-2-3-4-56-7-9.

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ROTTERDAM Saxton Signcorp., 1320 Rt. 9, Castleton, NY. (12033) 800942-6366. Fax: 518-732-7716. E-mail: mike@saxton sign.com. Website: www.saxtonsign.com. 1-2-3-4-56-7-9. SARATOGA SPRINGS Saxton Signcorp., 1320 Rt. 9, Castleton, NY. (12033) 800942-6366. Fax: 518-732-7716. E-mail: mike@saxton sign.com. Website: www.saxtonsign.com. 1-2-3-4-56-7-9. SCHENECTADY Saxton Signcorp., 1320 Rt. 9, Castleton, NY. (12033) 800942-6366. Fax: 518-732-7716. E-mail: mike@saxton sign.com. Website: www.saxtonsign.com. 1-2-3-4-56-7-9. SYRACUSE Kassis Superior Sign Co., Inc., 6699 Old Thompson Rd., Syracuse, NY (13211). 315-463-7446. Fax: 315-4637449. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9.

Sign & Lighting Services LLC, 530 Rt. 104, Ontario, NY (14519). 585-265-4462. Fax: 585-265-4473. E-mail: kirk. signlighting@frontiernet.net. Website: www sign-lighting. com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. TROY Saxton Signcorp., 1320 Rt. 9, Castleton, NY. (12033) 800942-6366. Fax: 518-732-7716. E-mail: mike@saxton sign.com. Website: www.saxtonsign.com. 1-2-3-4-56-7-9. UTICA Kassis Superior Sign Co., Inc., 6699 Old Thompson Rd., Syracuse, NY (13211). 315-463-7446. Fax: 315-4637449. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. WATERTOWN Kassis Superior Sign Co., Inc., 6699 Old Thompson Rd., Syracuse, NY (13211). 315-463-7446. Fax: 315-4637449. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Northern Awnings & Signs Co., Inc. (NASCO), 22891 Murrock Circle, Watertown, NY (13601) 315-782-8515. Fax: 315-782-4859. E-mail: nasco@nnymail.com. Website: www.nascosigns.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. WILTON Saxton Signcorp., 1320 Rt. 9, Castleton, NY. (12033) 800942-6366. Fax: 518-732-7716. E-mail: mike@saxton sign.com. Website: www.saxtonsign.com. 1-2-3-4-56-7-9.

BOONE A&B/Burchette Sign Corp., P.O. Box 2381, Kernersville, NC (27285). 336-996-6501. Fax: 336-996-0123. Website: www.burchettesign.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Sign Systems of Boone LLC, 128 A Crocker Rd., Blowing Rock, NC (28605). 828-265-0322. Fax: 828-265-0342. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. BURLINGTON A&B/Burchette Sign Corp., P.O. Box 2381, Kernersville, NC (27285). 336-996-6501. Fax: 336-996-0123. Website: www.burchettesign.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Sign Technology of N.C., Inc., 311 Berkley, High Point, NC (27260). 336-887-3211. Fax: 336-887-5501. Email: signtechnology@triadbiz.rr.com. Website: www. signtechnologyofnc.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. CHARLOTTE A&B/Burchette Sign Corp., P.O. Box 2381, Kernersville, NC (27285). 336-996-6501. Fax: 336-996-0123. Website: www.burchettesign.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Casco Signs Inc., 1638 South Ridge Ave., Kannapolis, NC (28083). 704-788-9055. 877-521-2722. Fax: 704-9329072. E-mail: kevin@cascosigns.com. Website: www. cascosigns.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9.

Fletcherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Signs & Service, 3105 Cheek Rd, Durham, NC. (27704). 919-683-1902. 1-888-354-7446. Fax: 919-6886939. Website: www.fletchersign.net .1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. HI-Works, LLC, 213 Butterfield Circle, Statesville, NC (28625). 704-871-6209. Fax: 704-883-8938. E-mail: buddy@hi-works.biz. Website: www.hi-works.biz. 1-2-34-5-6-7-9. M&M Signs Inc., 1465 Ladonia Church Rd., Mt. Airy, NC (27030). 336-352-4300. 800-526-5391. Fax: 336-3523530. E-mail: mmsigns@surry.net. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Petrie Enterprises, Inc., P.O. Box 561207, Charlotte, NC (28256). 704-599-6977. Fax: 704-599-7089. E-mail: petriesigns@bellsouth.net. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9 RITE LITE SIGNS, INC., 1000 Biscayne Dr., Concord, NC, (28027). 800-784-5605. 704-788-7097. Fax: 704-7887091. E-mail: ritelitesigns@ritelitesigns.com. 1-2-3-4-56-7-9.

NORTH CAROLINA Advance Signs & Service, Inc., P.O. Box 1090, Angier, NC (27501). 919-639-4666. Fax: 919-639-0794. 1-2-3-45-6-7-9. ASHEVILLE A&B/Burchette Sign Corp., P.O. Box 2381, Kernersville, NC (27285). 336-996-6501. Fax: 336-996-0123. Website: www.burchettesign.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Moss Sign Company, Inc., 526 Swannanoa River Rd., Asheville, NC (28805). 828-299-7766, Fax: 828-2994779. Email: ronmoss@mosssigncompany.com. Website: mosssigncompany.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. RITE LITE SIGNS, INC., 1000 Biscayne Dr., Concord, NC, (28027). 800-784-5605. 704-788-7097. Fax: 704-7887091. E-mail: ritelitesigns@ritelitesigns.com. 1-2-3-4-56-7-9.

Sign Connection Inc., 1660 Pacolet Ct., Gastonia, NC (28052). 704-868-4500. 800-922-2447. Fax: 704-8684592. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9.

Sign Technology of N.C., Inc., 311 Berkley, High Point, NC (27260). 336-887-3211. Fax: 336-887-5501. Email: signtechnology@triadbiz.rr.com. Website: www. signtechnologyofnc.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Sign World Inc., 200 Foster Ave. (28203). 704-529-4440. Fax: 704-529-4449. E-mail: signworld@bellsouth.net. Website: www.signworldnc.com. 2-4-5-6-7-9.

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Signs Unlimited Of Charlotte, Inc., P.O. Box 7364, (28241). 704-376-0315. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9.

CONCORD A&B/Burchette Sign Corp., P.O. Box 2381, Kernersville, NC (27285). 336-996-6501. Fax: 336-996-0123. Website: www.burchettesign.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Casco Signs Inc., 1638 South Ridge Ave., Kannapolis, NC (28083). 704-788-9055. 877-521-2722. Fax: 704-9329072. E-mail: kevin@cascosigns.com. Website: www. cascosigns.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. RITE LITE SIGNS, INC., 1000 Biscayne Dr., Concord, NC, (28027). 800-784-5605. 704-788-7097. Fax: 704-7887091. E-mail: ritelitesigns@ritelitesigns.com. 1-2-3-4-56-7-9. Sign Technology of N.C., Inc., 311 Berkley, High Point, NC (27260). 336-887-3211. Fax: 336-887-5501. Email: signtechnology@triadbiz.rr.com. Website: www. signtechnologyofnc.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. CORNELIUS, DAVIDSON / LAKE NORMAN A&B/Burchette Sign Corp., P.O. Box 2381, Kernersville, NC (27285). 336-996-6501. Fax: 336-996-0123. Website: www.burchettesign.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. RITE LITE SIGNS, INC., 1000 Biscayne Dr., Concord, NC, (28027). 800-784-5605. 704-788-7097. Fax: 704-7887091. E-mail: ritelitesigns@ritelitesigns.com. 1-2-3-4-56-7-9. DURHAM A&B/Burchette Sign Corp., P.O. Box 2381, Kernersville, NC (27285). 336-996-6501. Fax: 336-996-0123. Website: www.burchettesign.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Advance Signs & Service, Inc., P.O. Box 1090, Angier, NC (27501). 919-639-4666. Fax: 919-639-0794. 1-2-3-45-6-7-9. Harlan Laws Corp., 304 Muldee St. (27703). 919-5962124. Fax: 919-596-0421. Website: www.harlanslaws. com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. McCorkle Sign company, Inc. 1107 E. Geer St., Durham, NC (27704). 919-687-7080. Toll Free: 800-781-7774. Fax: 919-687-4996. Email: mccorklesignman@aol.com. Website: mccorklesigns.com. 1-2-4-5-6-7-9. Reese Sign Service, P.O. Box 10593, Goldsboro, NC (275320593). 919-736-7883. Fax: 919-736-1287. E-mail: reesesign@aol.com. Website: www.reesesign.com. 1-23-4-5-6-7-9. Rite Lite Signs, INC., 1000 Biscayne Dr., Concord, NC, (28027). 800-784-5605. 704-788-7097. Fax: 704-7887091. E-mail: ritelitesigns@ritelitesigns.com. 1-2-3-4-56-7-9. Sign Technology of N.C., Inc., 311 Berkley, High Point, NC (27260). 336-887-3211. Fax: 336-887-5501. Email: signtechnology@triadbiz.rr.com. Website: www. signtechnologyofnc.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Sign Technology Inc., 311 Berkley St., High Point, NC (27260). 336-887-3211. 800-767-0892. Fax: 336-8875501. E-mail: signtechnology@triadbiz.rr.com. 1-2-3-45-6-7-9. FAYETTEVILLE A&B/Burchette Sign Corp., P.O. Box 2381, Kernersville, NC (27285). 336-996-6501. Fax: 336-996-0123. Website: www.burchettesign.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Advance Signs & Service, Inc., P.O. Box 1090, Angier, NC (27501). 919-639-4666. Fax: 919-639-0794. 1-2-3-45-6-7-9. Reese Sign Service, P.O. Box 10593, Goldsboro, NC (275320593). 919-736-7883. Fax: 919-736-1287. E-mail: reesesign@aol.com. Website: www.reesesign.com. 1-23-4-5-6-7-9. Sign Technology of N.C., Inc., 311 Berkley, High Point, NC (27260). 336-887-3211. Fax: 336-887-5501. Email: signtechnology@triadbiz.rr.com. Website: www. signtechnologyofnc.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. GASTONIA A&B/Burchette Sign Corp., P.O. Box 2381, Kernersville, NC (27285). 336-996-6501. Fax: 336-996-0123. Website: www.burchettesign.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Sign Connection, 1660 Pacolet Ct. (28052). 704-868-4500. 800-922-2447. Fax: 704-868-4592. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Sign Technology of N.C., Inc., 311 Berkley, High Point, NC (27260). 336-887-3211. Fax: 336-887-5501. Email: signtechnology@triadbiz.rr.com. Website: www. signtechnologyofnc.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9.

GOLDSBORO A&B/Burchette Sign Corp., P.O. Box 2381, Kernersville, NC (27285). 336-996-6501. Fax: 336-996-0123. Website: www.burchettesign.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Reese Sign Service, P.O. Box 10593, Goldsboro, NC (27532-0593). 919-736-7883. Fax: 919-736-1287. Email: reesesign@aol.com. Website: www.reesesign.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. GREENSBORO A&B/Burchette Sign Corp., P.O. Box 2381, Kernersville, NC (27285). 336-996-6501. Fax: 336-996-0123. Website: www.burchettesign.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Casco Signs Inc., 1638 South Ridge Ave., Kannapolis, NC (28083). 704-788-9055. 877-521-2722. Fax: 704-9329072. E-mail: kevin@cascosigns.com. Website: www. cascosigns.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. M&M Signs Inc., 1465 Ladonia Church Rd., Mt. Airy, NC (27030). 336-352-4300. 800-526-5391. Fax: 336-3523530. E-mail: mmsigns@surry.net. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. RITE LITE SIGNS, INC., 1000 Biscayne Dr., Concord, NC, (28027). 800-784-5605. 704-788-7097. Fax: 704-7887091. E-mail: ritelitesigns@ritelitesigns.com. 1-2-3-45-6-7-9. Sign Technology of N.C., Inc., 311 Berkley, High Point, NC (27260). 336-887-3211. Fax: 336-887-5501. Email: signtechnology@triadbiz.rr.com. Website: www. signtechnologyofnc.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Signworks of North Carolina, Inc., 373 Marco Blvd. Lexington, NC. (27295). 336-956-7446, 800-5292817, Fax: 336-956-7410. Email: customerservice@ signworksofnc.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. GREENVILLE A&B/Burchette Sign Corp., P.O. Box 2381, Kernersville, NC (27285). 336-996-6501. Fax: 336-996-0123. Website: www.burchettesign.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Reese Sign Service, P.O. Box 10593, Goldsboro, NC (27532-0593). 919-736-7883. Fax: 919-736-1287. Email: reesesign@aol.com. Website: www.reesesign.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. HICKORY A&B/Burchette Sign Corp., P.O. Box 2381, Kernersville, NC (27285). 336-996-6501. Fax: 336-996-0123. Website: www.burchettesign.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. HI-Works, LLC, 213 Butterfield Circle, Statesville, NC (28625). 704-871-6209. Fax: 704-883-8938. E-mail: buddy@hi-works.biz. Website: www.hi-works.biz. 1-2-34-5-6-7-9. RITE LITE SIGNS, INC., 1000 Biscayne Dr., Concord, NC, (28027). 800-784-5605. 704-788-7097. Fax: 704-7887091. E-mail: ritelitesigns@ritelitesigns.com. 1-2-3-45-6-7-9. Sign Technology of N.C., Inc., 311 Berkley, High Point, NC (27260). 336-887-3211. Fax: 336-887-5501. Email: signtechnology@triadbiz.rr.com. Website: www. signtechnologyofnc.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. SSI Sign Systems, Inc., P.O. Box 3767, 935 23rd St. S.W., (28603). 828-322-5622. Fax: 828-322-8652. 1-2-3-45-6-7-9. HIGH POINT A&B/Burchette Sign Corp., P.O. Box 2381, Kernersville, NC (27285). 336-996-6501. Fax: 336-996-0123. Website: www.burchettesign.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Sign Technology of N.C., Inc., 311 Berkley, High Point, NC (27260). 336-887-3211. Fax: 336-887-5501. Email: signtechnology@triadbiz.rr.com. Website: www. signtechnologyofnc.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. JACKSONVILLE Reese Sign Service, P.O. Box 10593, Goldsboro, NC (27532-0593). 919-736-7883. Fax: 919-736-1287. Email: reesesign@aol.com. Website: www.reesesign.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. KANNAPOLIS A&B/Burchette Sign Corp., P.O. Box 2381, Kernersville, NC (27285). 336-996-6501. Fax: 336-996-0123. Website: www.burchettesign.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Sign Technology of N.C., Inc., 311 Berkley, High Point, NC (27260). 336-887-3211. Fax: 336-887-5501. Email: signtechnology@triadbiz.rr.com. Website: www. signtechnologyofnc.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. KERNERSVILLE A&B/Burchette Sign Corp., P.O. Box 2381, Kernersville, NC (27285). 336-996-6501. Fax: 336-996-0123. Website: www.burchettesign.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Sign Technology of N.C., Inc., 311 Berkley, High Point, NC (27260). 336-887-3211. Fax: 336-887-5501. Email: signtechnology@triadbiz.rr.com. Website: www. signtechnologyofnc.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9.

MOORESVILLE/LAKE NORMAN. AAA/Ad Sign Corporation, 6100 Gun Club Rd., Winston Salem, NC (27103), 336-766-3000. 800-457-3701. Fax: 336-766-0698. Email: signs@adsigncorp.com. Website: www.adsigncorp.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. A&B/Burchette Sign Corp., P.O. Box 2381, Kernersville, NC (27285). 336-996-6501. Fax: 336-996-0123. Website: www.burchettesign.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. HI-Works, LLC, 213 Butterfield Circle, Statesville, NC (28625). 704-871-6209. Fax: 704-883-8938. E-mail: buddy@hi-works.biz. Website: www.hi-works.biz. 1-2-34-5-6-7-9. MT. AIRY A&B/Burchette Sign Corp., P.O. Box 2381, Kernersville, NC (27285). 336-996-6501. Fax: 336-996-0123. Website: www.burchettesign.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Sign Technology of N.C., Inc., 311 Berkley, High Point, NC (27260). 336-887-3211. Fax: 336-887-5501. Email: signtechnology@triadbiz.rr.com. Website: www. signtechnologyofnc.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. RALEIGH A&B/Burchette Sign Corp., P.O. Box 2381, Kernersville, NC (27285). 336-996-6501. Fax: 336-996-0123. Website: www.burchettesign.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Advance Signs & Service, Inc., P.O. Box 1090, Angier, NC (27501). 919-639-4666. Fax: 919-639-0794. 1-2-3-45-6-7-9.

Casco Signs Inc., 1638 South Ridge Ave., Kannapolis, NC (28083). 704-788-9055. 877-521-2722. Fax: 704-9329072. E-mail: kevin@cascosigns.com. Website: www. cascosigns.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Harrell Sign Co., 512 Pershing Rd., (27608). 919-832-6878. Fax: 919-832-4907. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. M&M Signs Inc., 1465 Ladonia Church Rd., Mt. Airy, NC (27030). 336-352-4300. 800-526-5391. Fax: 336-3523530. E-mail: mmsigns@surry.net. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Reese Sign Service, P.O. Box 10593, Goldsboro, NC (275320593). 919-736-7883. Fax: 919-736-1287. E-mail: reesesign@aol.com. Website: www.reesesign.com. 1-23-4-5-6-7-9. RITE LITE SIGNS, INC., 1000 Biscayne Dr., Concord, NC, (28027). 800-784-5605. 704-788-7097. Fax: 704-7887091. E-mail: ritelitesigns@ritelitesigns.com. 1-2-3-4-56-7-9. Sign Technology of N.C., Inc., 311 Berkley, High Point, NC (27260). 336-887-3211. Fax: 336-887-5501. Email: signtechnology@triadbiz.rr.com. Website: www. signtechnologyofnc.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. ROCKY MOUNT Reese Sign Service, P.O. Box 10593, Goldsboro, NC (275320593). 919-736-7883. Fax: 919-736-1287. E-mail: reesesign@aol.com. Website: www.reesesign.com. 1-23-4-5-6-7-9. Sign Technology of N.C., Inc., 311 Berkley, High Point, NC (27260). 336-887-3211. Fax: 336-887-5501. Email: signtechnology@triadbiz.rr.com. Website: www. signtechnologyofnc.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. STATESVILLE A&B/Burchette Sign Corp., P.O. Box 2381, Kernersville, NC (27285). 336-996-6501. Fax: 336-996-0123. Website: www.burchettesign.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Hi-Works, LLC, 213 Butterfield Circle, Statesville, NC (28625). 704-871-6209. Fax: 704-883-8938. E-mail: buddy@hi-works.biz. Website: www.hi-works.biz. 1-2-34-5-6-7-9. M&M Signs Inc., 1465 Ladonia Church Rd., Mt. Airy, NC (27030). 336-352-4300. 800-526-5391. Fax: 336-3523530. E-mail: mmsigns@surry.net. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. RITE LITE SIGNS, INC., 1000 Biscayne Dr., Concord, NC, (28027). 800-784-5605. 704-788-7097. Fax: 704-7887091. E-mail: ritelitesigns@ritelitesigns.com. 1-2-3-4-56-7-9. Sign Technology of N.C., Inc., 311 Berkley, High Point, NC (27260). 336-887-3211. Fax: 336-887-5501. Email: signtechnology@triadbiz.rr.com. Website: www. signtechnologyofnc.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9.

WILMINGTON AAA/Ad Sign Corporation, 6100 Gun Club Rd., Winston Salem, NC (27103), 336-766-3000. 800-457-3701. Fax: 336-766-0698. Email: signs@adsigncorp.com. Website: www.adsigncorp.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. A&B/Burchette Sign Corp., P.O. Box 2381, Kernersville, NC (27285). 336-996-6501. Fax: 336-996-0123. Website: www.burchettesign.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Casco Signs Inc., 1638 South Ridge Ave., Kannapolis, NC (28083). 704-788-9055. 877-521-2722. Fax: 704-9329072. E-mail: kevin@cascosigns.com. Website: www. cascosigns.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. September Signs & Graphics, 7213-E Market St., Wilmington, NC (28411). 910-686-1647. Fax: 910686-7787. E-mail: bob@septembersigns.com. 1-2-34-5-6-7-9. WINSTON SALEM AAA/Ad Sign Corporation, 6100 Gun Club Rd., Winston Salem, NC (27103), 336-766-3000. 800-457-3701. Fax: 336-766-0698. Email: signs@adsigncorp.com. Website: www.adsigncorp.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. A&B/Burchette Sign Corp., P.O. Box 2381, Kernersville, NC (27285). 336-996-6501. Fax: 336-996-0123. Website: www.burchettesign.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Casco Signs Inc., 1638 South Ridge Ave., Kannapolis, NC (28083). 704-788-9055. 877-521-2722. Fax: 704-9329072. E-mail: kevin@cascosigns.com. Website: www. cascosigns.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Davis Sign Company, 208 Regent Drive, (27103). 336-765-2990. Fax: 336-765-2997. Website: www. davissign co.com. E-mail: davissign@bellsouth.net. 1-2-3-4-56-7-9. M&M Signs Inc., 1465 Ladonia Church Rd., Mt. Airy, NC (27030). 336-352-4300. 800-526-5391. Fax: 336-3523530. E-mail: mmsigns@surry.net. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. RITE LITE SIGNS, INC., 1000 Biscayne Dr., Concord, NC, (28027). 800-784-5605. 704-788-7097. Fax: 704-7887091. E-mail: ritelitesigns@ritelitesigns.com. 1-2-3-45-6-7-9. Sign Technology of N.C., Inc., 311 Berkley, High Point, NC (27260). 336-887-3211. Fax: 336-887-5501. Email: signtechnology@triadbiz.rr.com. Website: www. signtechnologyofnc.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9.

NORTH DAKOTA BISMARCK Bacon Signs Inc., 629 20th Ave. S.E., P.O. Box 3. Minot, ND. (58702) 701-852-0331. 800-437-2058. Fax: 701-852-2261. E-mail: baconsigns@srt.com. 1-2-34-5-6-7-9. Indigo Signworks, 735 Airport Road, Bismarck, ND (58504). 701-250-9696. Fax: 701-250-8686. E-mail: wayne@ indigosignworks.com. Website: www.indigosignworks. com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. DEVILS LAKE Bacon Signs Inc., 629 20th Ave. S.E., P.O. Box 3. Minot, ND. (58702) 701-852-0331. 800-437-2058. Fax: 701-852-2261. E-mail: baconsigns@srt.com. 1-2-34-5-6-7-9. Indigo Signworks, 1622 Main Ave, Fargo, ND (58103). 701-297-9696. Fax: 701-297-9697. E-mail: tom@ indigosignworks.com. Website: www.indigosignworks. com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. DICKINSON Bacon Signs Inc., 629 20th Ave. S.E., P.O. Box 3. Minot, ND. (58702) 701-852-0331. 800-437-2058. Fax: 701-852-2261. E-mail: baconsigns@srt.com. 1-2-34-5-6-7-9. Indigo Signworks, 735 Airport Road, Bismarck, ND (58504). 701-250-9696. Fax: 701-250-8686. E-mail: wayne@ indigosignworks.com. Website: www.indigosignworks. com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Keith Signs, 1795 S. Main Dickinson, ND. (58601). Ph/Fax: 701-225-2057. Email: ksigns@ndsupernet.com. 1-2-34-5-6-7-9. FARGO Bacon Signs Inc., 629 20th Ave. S.E., P.O. Box 3. Minot, ND. (58702) 701-852-0331. 800-437-2058. Fax: 701-852-2261. E-mail: baconsigns@srt.com. 1-2-34-5-6-7-9. Custom Graphics Signs & Designs, 2501 3rd Ave. N., Box 9734, Fargo, ND (58106-9734). 701-237-5685. 800-959-0914. Fax: 701-237-4158. Email: signs@ customgraphx.com. Website: www.customgraphicsinc. com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Indigo Signworks, 1622 Main Ave, Fargo, ND (58103). 701-297-9696. Fax: 701-297-9697. E-mail: tom@ indigosignworks.com. Website: www.indigosignworks. com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9.

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GRAND FORKS Bacon Signs Inc., 629 20th Ave. S.E., P.O. Box 3. Minot, ND. (58702) 701-852-0331. 800-437-2058. Fax: 701-852-2261. E-mail: baconsigns@srt.com. 1-2-3-45-6-7-9. Custom Graphics Signs & Designs, 2501 3rd Ave. N., Box 9734, Fargo, ND (58106-9734). 701-237-5685. 800-959-0914. Fax: 701-237-4158. Email: signs@ customgraphx.com. Website: www.customgraphicsinc. com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Indigo Signworks, 1622 Main Ave, Fargo, ND (58103). 701-297-9696. Fax: 701-297-9697. E-mail: tom@ indigosignworks.com. Website: www.indigosignworks.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. JAMESTOWN Bacon Signs Inc., 629 20th Ave. S.E., P.O. Box 3. Minot, ND. (58702) 701-852-0331. 800-437-2058. Fax: 701-852-2261. E-mail: baconsigns@srt.com. 1-2-3-45-6-7-9. Custom Graphics Signs & Designs, 2501 3rd Ave. N., Box 9734, Fargo, ND (58106-9734). 701-237-5685. 800-959-0914. Fax: 701-237-4158. Email: signs@ customgraphx.com. Website: www.customgraphicsinc. com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Indigo Signworks, 735 Airport Road, Bismarck, ND (58504). 701-250-9696. Fax: 701-250-8686. E-mail: wayne@ indigosignworks.com. Website: www.indigosignworks.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. MINOT Bacon Signs Inc., 629 20th Ave. S.E., P.O. Box 3. Minot, ND. (58702) 701-852-0331. 800-437-2058. Fax: 701-852-2261. E-mail: baconsigns@srt.com. 1-2-3-45-6-7-9. Indigo Signworks, 735 Airport Road, Bismarck, ND (58504). 701-250-9696. Fax: 701-250-8686. E-mail: wayne@ indigosignworks.com. Website: www.indigosignworks.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. WILLISTON Bacon Signs Inc., 629 20th Ave. S.E., P.O. Box 3. Minot, ND. (58702) 701-852-0331. 800-437-2058. Fax: 701-852-2261. E-mail: baconsigns@srt.com. 1-2-3-45-6-7-9.

OHIO AKRON Adams Signs, 1100 Industrial Ave. SW. Massillion, OH (44647). 888-886-9911. Fax: 330-832-6999. Website: www.adamsigns.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Archer Sign Corporation, 1917 Henry Ave., SW, Canton, OH (44706). 330-455-9995. Fax: 330-455-9994. E-mail: jerry@archersign.com. Website: www.archersign.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Ellet Sign Company, 3041 E. Waterloo Rd., Akron OH (44312). 330-628-9907. 888-652-8607. Fax 330-6288347. Email: gpeters@elletneon.com. Website: www. elletneon.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9 ATHENS Kessler Sign Co., P.O. Box 785, Zanesville,OH (43702-0785). 740-453-0668. Fax: 740-453-5301. 800-686-1870. 12-3-4-5-6-7-9. CANTON Adams Signs, 1100 Industrial Ave. SW. Massillion, OH (44647). 888-886-9911. Fax: 330-832-6999. Website: www.adamsigns.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Archer Sign Corporation, 1917 Henry Ave., SW, Canton, OH (44706). 330-455-9995. Fax: 330-455-9994. E-mail: jerry@archersign.com. Website: www.archersign.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. CINCINNATI ABC Signs Inc., 38 W. McMicken Ave., (45202). 513-2418884. 888-335-NEON (6366). Fax: 513-241-8978. Website: abcsign.com. E-mail: tom@abcsign.com. 1-23-4-5-6-7-9. Accent Signs & Graphics, 6610 Corporate Dr., Cincinnati, OH (45242). 513-489-7744. 800-927-NEON. 513-4898552. E-mail: accentsigns@fuse.net. Website: www. cincinnatisigns.net. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Kessler Sign Co., P.O. Box 785, Zanesville,OH (43702-0785). 740-453-0668. Fax: 740-453-5301. 800-686-1870. 12-3-4-5-6-7-9. Quality Signs & Service Co., Inc., 1530 Production Dr. Burlington, KY (41005). 859-525-9966. Fax: 859-5250304. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Tri-State Signs Unlimited, Inc., 9077 Sutton Place, Hamilton, OH (45011). 513-942-7446. 877-724-6461. Fax: 513682-2302. E-mail: stevew@tri-statesigns.com. 1-2-3-45-6-7-9.

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United-Maier Signs, Inc., 1030 Straight St., Cincinnati, OH (45214). 513-681-6600. Fax: 513-681-0818. E-mail: amaier@united-maier.com. Website: www.united-maier. com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9.

CIRCLEVILLE Kessler Sign Co., P.O. Box 785, Zanesville, OH (437020785). 740-453-0668. Fax: 740-453-5301. 800-6861870. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. CLEVELAND Adams Signs, 1100 Industrial Ave. SW. Massillion, OH (44647). 888-886-9911. Fax: 330-832-6999. Website: www.adamsigns.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Archer Sign Corporation, 1917 Henry Ave., SW, Canton, OH (44706). 330-455-9995. Fax: 330-455-9994. E-mail: jerry@archersign.com. Website: www.archersign.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9.

Brady Sign Co. 1721 Hancock Street, Sandusky, OH (44870). 888-626-5112. Fax: 419-625-5985. 1-2-3-45-6-7-9. Ellet Sign Company, 3041 E. Waterloo Rd., Akron OH (44312). 330-628-9907. 888-652-8607. Fax 330-6288347. Email: gpeters@elletneon.com. Website: www. elletneon.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9

Branham Sign Co., Inc., 127 Cypress St., Reynoldsburg, OH (43068) 740-964-9550. 888-976-7446. Fax: 740964-9558. E-mail: tbranham@branhamsign.com. 1-2-34-5-6-7-9.

DaNite Sign Company, 1640 Harmon Ave., Columbus, OH (43223). 614-444-3333. 800-262-6171. Fax: 614-4443026. E-mail: jwaddell@danitesign.com. Website: www. danitesign.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9.

Ellet Sign Company, 3041 E. Waterloo Rd., Akron OH (44312). 330-628-9907. 888-652-8607. Fax 330-6288347. Email: gpeters@elletneon.com. Website: www. elletneon.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9 Hanover Signs, 1771 Progress Ave., (43207). 614-4438500. Fax: 614443-4809. Email: sales@hanoversigns. com. Web: www.hanoversigns.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Kessler Sign Co., P.O. Box 785, Zanesville, OH (437020785). 740-453-0668. Fax: 740-453-5301. 800-6861870. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Midwest Sign Solution, 5837 Karric Square Dr, Suite 173, Dublin, OH., (43016). 614-445-0646. 888-303-9636. Fax: 614-445-0636. E-mail: midwestsign@att.net. 1-23-4-5-6-7-9. P.R. Signs and Service, 2501 Englewood Dr., Columbus, OH (43230). 614-475-6788. Fax: 614-475-6788. Email: orders@prsignsandservice.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Sign Vision Co., Inc., 987 Claycraft Rd. Columbus, OH (43230). 614-475-5161. Fax: 614-864-0302. Email: sales@signvisionco.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9.

McQueen Sign Co., 2010 Vermilion Rd., Vermilion, OH (44089). 440-967-1137. 800-967-1137. Fax: 440-9673534. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9.

Signature Sign Company, Inc., 1776 East 43rd St., Cleveland, OH (44103). 216-426-1234. Fax: 216-4261261. E-mail: signaturesignco@sbcglobal.net. Website: www.signaturesigncompany.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Wagner Sign Service & Lighting, 7135 West Ridge Road, Elyria, OH (44035). 440-245-6540. 886-924-6370.Fax: 440-233-6455. E-mail: mark@wagnersign.com. Website: www.wagnersign.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. COLUMBUS Advance Sign Group,LLC 834 W. Third. Ave. Columbus, OH (43212). 614-429-2111. Fax: 614-429-2150. E-mail: jimw@advancesigngroup.com. Website: www. advancesigngroup.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. All Star Sign Co., 112 S. Glenwood Ave., Columbus, OH (43222). 614-461-9052. Fax: 614-461-0620. E-mail: allstar@rrohio.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Archer Sign Corporation, 1917 Henry Ave., SW, Canton, OH (44706). 330-455-9995. Fax: 330-455-9994. E-mail: jerry@archersign.com. Website: www.archersign.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9.

DAYTON DaNite Sign Company, 1640 Harmon Ave., Columbus, OH (43223). 614-444-3333. 800-262-6171. Fax: 614-4443026. E-mail: jwaddell@danitesign.com. Website: www. danitesign.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9. KAP Signs, 1608 Kuntz Rd., (45404). 937-223-2155 800-308-7446. Fax: 937-223-7603. E-mail: asnyder@ KAPsigns.com. Website: www.KAPsigns.com. 1-2-3-45-6-7-9. Kessler Sign Co., P.O. Box 785, Zanesville, OH (437020785). 740-453-0668. Fax: 740-453-5301. 800-6861870. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9.

Sign Dynamics, 2781 Thunderhawk Ct., (45414). 937-2642070. 800-298-7788. Fax: 937-264-2075. E-mail: jeffb@ signdynamics.com. Website: www.signdynamics.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. FINDLAY Toledo Sign Company, 2021 Adams, Toledo, OH (43624). 419-244-4444. Fax: 419-244-6546. E-mail: tsigns@ toledo.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9.

HAMILTON Kessler Sign Co., P.O. Box 785, Zanesville, OH (437020785). 740-453-0668. Fax: 740-453-5301. 800-6861870. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Triangle Sign Co., 221 North “B” St., (45013). 513-8632578. Fax: 513-863-8740. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. LANCASTER DaNite Sign Company, 1640 Harmon Ave., Columbus, OH (43223). 614-444-3333. 800-262-6171. Fax: 614-4443026. E-mail: jwaddell@danitesign.com. Website: www. danitesign.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9. Kessler Sign Co., P.O. Box 785, Zanesville, OH (43702-0785) 740-453-0668. Fax: 740-453-5301. 800-686-1870. 12-3-4-5-6-7-9. MARIETTA Kessler Sign Co., P.O. Box 785, Zanesville, OH. (437020785). 800-686-1870. 740-453-0668. Fax: 740-4535301. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. NEWARK DaNite Sign Company, 1640 Harmon Ave., Columbus, OH (43223). 614-444-3333. 800-262-6171. Fax: 614-4443026. E-mail: jwaddell@danitesign.com. Website: www. danitesign.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9. Kessler Sign Co., P.O. Box 785. Zanesville, OH (43702-0785) 800-686-1870. 740-453-0668. Fax: 740-453-5301. 12-3-4-5-6-7-9 NEW PHILADELPHIA Kessler Sign Co., P.O. Box 785, Zanesville, OH (437020785). 740-453-0668. Fax: 740-453-5301. 800-6861870. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. ST. CLAIRSVILLE Kessler Sign Co., P.O. Box 785, Zanesville, OH (437020785). 740-453-0668. Fax: 740-453-5301. 800-6861870. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. sandusky Brady Sign Co. 1721 Hancock Street, Sandusky, OH (44870). 888-626-5112. Fax: 419-625-5985. 1-2-3-45-6-7-9. SPRINGFIELD DaNite Sign Company, 1640 Harmon Ave., Columbus, OH (43223). 614-444-3333. 800-262-6171. Fax: 614-4443026. E-mail: jwaddell@danitesign.com. Website: www. danitesign.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9. Kessler Sign Co., P.O. Box 785, Zanesville, OH (437020785). 740-453-0668. Fax: 740-453-5301. 800-6861870. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. TOLEDO Gardner Signs Inc., P.O. Box 352680, 3800 Airport Hwy. (43635). 419-385-6669. 800-537-2236. Fax: 419-3857046. E-mail: gardnersign@aol.com. Website: www. gardnersigns.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9. Harmon Sign, 7844 West Central Ave., Toledo, OH (43617). 419-841-6656. Fax: 419-841-7160. Email: sales@ harmonsign.com. Website: www.harmonsign.com. 1-23-4-5-6-7-9. Metro-Detroit Signs, Inc., 23544 Hoover, Warren, MI. (48089-1945). 586-759-2700. Fax: 586-759-2703. Email: metrodetroitsigns.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Reason Sign Co. LLC. 2115 Loxley Rd. Toledo, OH (43613). 419-787-3223. Fax: 866-756-4016. Email: matt@ reasonsign.com. Website: www. reasonsign.com. 1-2-34-5-6-7-9. Toledo Sign Company, 2021 Adams, Toledo, OH (43624). 419-244-4444. Fax: 419-244-6546. E-mail: tsigns@ toledosign.com. Website: www.toledosign.com. 1-2-3-45-6-7-9. WARREN Mahoning Lighting & Maintenance Co., Inc., 848 Woodland St. (44483). P.O. Box 4209, Warren, OH. (44482-4209). 330-393-5970. Fax: 330-394-8738. E-mail: mlmsigns@ msn.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE DaNite Sign Company, 1640 Harmon Ave., Columbus, OH (43223). 614-444-3333. 800-262-6171. Fax: 614-4443026. E-mail: jwaddell@danitesign.com. Website: www. danitesign.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9. Kessler Sign Co., P.O. Box 785, Zanesville, OH (437020785). 740-453-0668. Fax: 740-453-5301. 800-6861870. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. YOUNGSTOWN Archer Sign Corporation, 1917 Henry Ave., SW, Canton, OH (44706). 330-455-9995. Fax: 330-455-9994. E-mail: jerry@archersign.com. Website: www.archersign.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Mahoning Lighting & Maintenance Co., Inc., 848 Woodland St. (44483). P.O. Box 4209, Warren, OH. (44482-4209). 330-393-5970. Fax: 330-394-8738. E-mail: mlmsigns@ msn.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Peskin Neon Sign Co., Inc., 3991 Simon Road (44512). 330783-2470. Fax: 330-783-9704. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. ZANESVILLE Kessler Sign Co., P.O. Box 785, Zanesville, OH (437020785). 740-453-0668. Fax: 740-453-5301. 800-6861870. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9.

OKLAHOMA CLINTON Johnson Signs Inc., 10057 N 2250 Rd., Arapaho, OK (73620). 580-323-6454. 800-259-3727. Fax: 580-3230798. E-mail: johnsonsignsok@gmail.com. 1-2-3-4-56-7-9. ELK CITY Signs Unllimited LC, Rt. 4, Box 7265 (73644). 580-2253121. 877-525-3121. Fax: 580-225-1033. E-mail: oksignsunlimited@yahoo.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. LAWTON Monkey Business, 212 SE Wallock, (73501). 580-357-1056. 800-357-1056. Fax: 580-357-1056. E-mail: signguy15@ sbcglobal.net. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. OKLAHOMA CITY General Lighting & Sign, 2701 N.W. 1st St., Oklahoma City, OK (73107). 405-235-3239. Fax: 405-235-3490. Website: www.generallighting.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9.

Superior Neon Co., 2515 N. Oklahoma St. (73105). 405528-5515. Fax: 405-528-5535. E-mail: sales@superior neon.com. Website: www.superiorneon.com. 1-2-3-45-6-7-9. STILLWATER IrwinCustom Sign Co.,LLC 415 East 14th St. (74074). 405372-0657. Fax: 405-743-0919. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. TULSA A-Max Signs, 9520 E. 55th Pl. (74145). 918-622-0651. Fax: 918-622-0659. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Acura Neon, Inc., 1801 N. Willow Ave., Broken Arrow, OK (74012). 918-252-2258. 918-252-3738. E-mail: pguthrie@acuraneon.com. Website: www.acuraneon.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Claude Neon Federal., 1225 N. Lansing Ave. (74106). 918587-7171. Fax: 918-587-7176. Email: james@cnfsigns. com. Website: www.cnfsigns.com.1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9.

OREGON ALBANY Foress Sign Company, 30255 Hwy. 34, (97321). 541-9285858. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. COOS BAY Art Signs, 63006 Hwy 101 S. (97420). 541-267-7894. Fax: 541-267-3514. Email: art.signs@verizon.net. 1-2-3-45-6-7-9. EUGENE ES&A Sign & Awning Co., 89975 Prairie Rd., Eugene, OR (97402). 541-485-5546. 800-285-3547. Fax: 541-4855813. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Ramsay Signs of Eugene, 204 Jefferson St., (97402). 541342-1769. 800-937-7446. Fax: 541-683-3291. Website: ramsaysigns.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. PORTLAND ES&A Sign & Awning Co., 89975 Prairie Rd., Eugene, OR (97402). 541-485-5546. 800-285-3547. Fax: 541-4855813. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Garrett Sign Company. 811 Harney St. Vancouver, WA. (98660). 360-693-9081. 800-994-1191. Fax: 360-6935948. Email: sales@garrettsign.com. Website: www. garrettsign.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Hannah Sign Systems, LLC. 5101 SE 17th Ave., Portland, OR (97202). 503-946-8373. Fax: 503-206-4900. Email: DaveL@HannahSignSystems.com. Website: www. hannasignsystemsllc.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9.

Ramsay Signs, 9160 SE 74th Ave. (97206). 503-7774555. 800-613-4555. Fax: 503-777-0220. Website: ramsaysigns.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9.

Rudnick Electric Signs, LLC. 1625 Washington St., Oregon City, OR (97045). 503-655-2610. Fax: 503-980-7919. Email: Steve@rudnickelectricsigns.com. Website: www. rudnickelectricsigns.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Security Signs, 2424 SE Holgate Blvd. (97202-4747). 503232-4172. Fax: 503-230-1861. E-mail: info@securitysigns .com. Website: www.securitysigns.com 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9.

YESCO, 20100 SW 112th Avenue, Tualatin, OR (97062). 503-612-6672. Fax: 503-612-0914. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. SALEM Cascade Signs & Neon, 2166 Wayside Terrace, N.E. (97303). 503-378-0012. Fax: 503-362-8154. 1-2-3-45-6-7-8-9. Ramsay Signs/Martin Bros. Signs, Inc., 204 Jefferson St., Eugene, OR (97402). 800-937-7446. 541-342-1769. Fax: 541-683-3291. E-mail: fsmith@mbsigns.com. 1-23-4-5-6-7-9. Salem Sign Co. Inc., 1825 Front St. N.E., (97303). 503-3716362. Fax: 503-371-0901. E-mail: signs@salemsign.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. THE DALLES Stein Sign, P.O. Box 410, Corbett, OR (97019). 503-6953220. Fax: 503-695-6154. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Columbia River Sign And Design, 5277 Cherry Heights Rd., (97058). 541-296-5694. Fax: 541-298-2962. E-mail: cre@gorge.net. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9.

PENNSYLVANIA Eastern Sign Tech, PO Box 564, Burlington, NJ (08016). 112 Connecticut Dr.. Burlington, NJ (08016). 609-261-2805. Fax: 609-518-3575. E-mail: info@easternsigntech.com. Website: www.easternsigntech.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. ALTOONA Altoona Neon & Sign Service, 809 S. 10th St. (16602). 800253-7446. 814-942-7488. Fax: 814-944-2198. E-mail: brad@altoonaneon.com. Website: www.altoonaneon.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Edmiston Signs, 809 N. 6th Street, Bellwood, PA (16617). 814-742-8930. Fax: 814-742-7321. edmistonsigns@ verizon.net. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Image Signs, Inc., 1720 B. Margaret Ave., (16602) 814-9464663. Fax: 814-944-9554. E-mail: image1990@aol.com. Website: www.imagesignsinc.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. BLOOMSBURG Fieseler Neon Sign Co., P.O. Box 699. Wilkes-Barre, PA. (18702). 570-655-2976. Fax: 570-655-8159. E-mail: ddourand@adelphia.net. Website: www.fieselerneons. com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. 21st Century Signs, 701 First St., Suite 101, Williamsport, PA (17701). 570-368-3327. 800-909-2611. Fax: 570-3688270. E-mail: bmiller@21stcenturysigns.com. Website: www.21stcenturysigns.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. BREEZEWOOD Weyand Sign & Neon, 4277 Lincoln Way, Stoystown, PA (15563). 814-893-5524. Fax: 814-893-5733. 1-2-3-45-6-7-9. CHAMBERSBURG Baer’s Sign Service, 5307 Wayne Rd., (17201). 717-2631686. Fax: 717-263-7914. E-mail: baersign@innernet.net. Website: www.baersign.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. CRANBERRY Custom Signs Inc., 1535 Millbrook Road (16127). 814-7867232. 800-698-9064. Fax: 814-786-7944. E-mail: signs@ customsignsinc.com. Website: www.customsignsinc.com 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. DuBOIS Sekula Sign Corp., 811-813 S. Brady St., P.O. Box 395 (15801). 814-371-4650. Fax: 814-371-8261. 1-2-3-45-6-7-9..

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EXTON Grid Sign Systems, 50 Senn Dr., Chester Springs, PA (19425). 610-458-7510. 888-641-2145. Fax: 610-4587560. E-mail: mrobinson@gridsignsystems.com. Website: www.gridsignsystems.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. GREENSBURG Shamrock Signs, 535 Forest Ave., Carnegie, PA (15106). 412-279-2800. Fax: 412-279-2848. E-mail: info@ shamrocksigns.net. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Weyand Sign & Neon, 4277 Lincoln Way, Stoystown, PA (15563). 814-893-5524. Fax: 814-893-5733. 1-2-3-45-6-7-9. GROVE CITY Custom Signs Inc., 1535 Millbrook Road (16127). 814-7867232. 800-698-9064. Fax: 814-786-7944. E-mail: signs@ customsignsinc.com. Website: www.customsigns inc.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. HANOVER W.J. Strickler Signs, Inc., 3999 Carlisle Pk., P.O. Box 175, New Oxford, PA (17350). E-mail: info@stricklersigns .com. 717-624-8450. 800-222-0387. Fax: 717-6247151. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. JOHNSTOWN Weyand Sign & Neon, 4277 Lincoln Way, Stoystown, PA (15563). 814-893-5524. Fax: 814-893-5733. 1-2-3-45-6-7-9. MONESSEN Pierre A. Luti Adv. Co., 24 Willow Dr. (15062). 724-6849030. Fax: 724-684-6368. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. PHILADELPHIA ABCO Signs, 7300 N. Crescent Blvd., Suite 11, Pennsauken, NJ (08110). 856-663-6001. Fax: 856663-3816. E-mail: roccoatabcosigns.com. Website: www.abcosigns.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Compass Sign Co., 3920 Nebraska St., Levittown, PA (19058-0830). 215-781-0430. Fax: 215-781-0433. Email:info@compass-sign.net. Website: www.compass-sign. net. 3-4-5-6-7-9. Eastern Sign Tech, PO Box 564, Burlington, NJ (08016). 112 Connecticut Dr.. Burlington, NJ (08016). 609-261-2805. Fax: 609-518-3575. E-mail: info@easternsigntech.com. Website: www.easternsigntech.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. KC Sign & Awnings. 142 Conchester Hwy. Aston, PA (19014) 610-497-0111. 888-651-SIGN. Fax: 610-497-0110. Email: kcsignco@msn.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. PITTSBURGH Accel Sign Group Inc., 5600 Harrison St. (15201). 412-781-7735. Fax: 412-781-7757. Website: www. accelsigngroup.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Atlas Sign Corp., 230 Northgate Drive, Warrendale, PA. (15086). 724-935-3620. 800-878-7446. Fax: 724-9358788. Website: www.atlassigncorp.com1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Bunting Graphics Inc., 20 River Rd. Verona, PA (15147). 412-820-2200. 800-735-0445. Fax: 412-820-4404. E-mail: sales@buntinggraphics.com. Website: www. buntinggraphics.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Clay Hardon Co., Box 7859, (15215). 412-963-0688. Fax: 412-963-7592. E-mail: clayhardon@aol.com. 1-2-3-45-6-7-9. Crest Adv. Co., 1529 Brodhead Rd., P.O. Box 209, Monaca, PA (15061). 724-774-4413. Fax: 724-774-3183. 1-2-34-5-6-7-9. Shamrock Signs, 535 Forest Ave., Carnegie, PA (15106). 412-279-2800. Fax: 412-279-2848. E-mail: info@ shamrocksigns.net. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9.

Sign Innovation, 514 German St., Harmony, PA (16037). 724-452-8699. Fax: 724-452-8629. Website: www. signinnovation.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Sign Stat, 412 Harrison Dr., Jeannette, PA (15644). 724-527-7475. Fax: 724-527-7477. E-mail: info@ signstatsigns.com. Website: www.signstatsigns.com. 1-23-4-5-6-7-9. READING B & R Signs, 523 Muhlenberg St. (19605-1720). 610-9293136. Fax: 610-929-2008. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. SCRANTON Creative Sign Services, 1315 Mt. Cobb Rd., Lake Ariel, PA (18436). 570-689-7030. Fax: 570-689-7031. 1-2-3-45-6-7-9. Fieseler Neon Sign Co., P.O. Box 699. Wilkes-Barre, PA. (18702). 570-655-2976. Fax: 570-655-8159. E-mail: ddourand@adelphia.net. Website: www.fieselerneons. com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9.

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STROUDSBURG Fieseler Neon Signs, P.O. Box 699, Wilkes-Barre, PA (18702). 570-655-2976. Fax: 570-655-8159. E-mail: ddourand@adelphia.net.. Website: www.fieselerneons. com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. SUNBURY 21st Century Signs, 701 First St., Suite 101, Williamsport, PA (17701). 570-368-3327. 800-909-2611. Fax: 570-368-8270. E-mail: bmiller@21stcenturysigns.com. Website: www.21stcenturysigns.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. WASHINGTON Shamrock Signs, 535 Forest Avenue. Carnegie, PA (15106). 412-279-2800. Fax: 412-279-2848. E-mail: info@ shamrocksigns.net. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. WILKES BARRE Fieseler Neon Signs, P.O. Box 699 (18702). 570-655-2976. Fax: 570-655-8159. E-mail: ddourand@adelphia.net. Website: www.fieselerneons.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. 21st Century Signs, 701 First St., Suite 101, Williamsport, PA (17701). 570-368-3327. 800-909-2611. Fax: 570-368-8270. E-mail: bmiller@21stcenturysigns.com. Website: www.21stcenturysigns.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. WILLIAMSPORT 21st Century Signs, 701 First St., Suite 101, Williamsport, PA (17701). 570-368-3327. 800-909-2611. Fax: 570-368-8270. E-mail: bmiller@21stcenturysigns.com. Website: www.21stcenturysigns.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9.

SOUTH CAROLINA BEAUFORT Coastal Signs, 2583 Bengal St., N. Charleston, SC (294069771). 843-747-6046. Fax: 843-797-5722. E-mail: coastalsigns@bellsouth.net. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Electric Sign Service. 4200 Dorchester Rd. Charleston, SC (29405). 843-554-3116. 866-529-1413. Fax: 843-5291485. Email: joe@electricsign.net. Web: www.electricsign. net. 2-3-4-5-6-7 CHARLESTON Coastal Signs, 2583 Bengal St., N. Charleston, SC (294069771). 843-813-5388. Fax: 843-797-5722. E-mail: tom@ coastalsigns.net. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. ElectricSign Service. 4200 Dorchester Rd. Charleston, SC (29405). 843-554-3116. 866-529-1413. Fax: 843-5291485. Email: joe@electricsign.net. Web: www.electricsign. net. 2-3-4-5-6-7 Miller Signs, 2302 Air Park Rd., (29406). 843-747-1920. 800-968-8543. Fax: 843-747-7151. E-mail: millersigns@ btitelecom.net. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9.

Murray Sign Inc., 7293 Peppermill Pkwy., N. Charleston, SC (29418). 843-760-0074. Fax: 843-760-0082. E-mail: murraysign@aol.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Roberts and Sons Signs, Inc. 3915 Savannah Hwy., Johns Island, SC. (29455). 843-571-3500, 1-800-571-3500. Fax: 843-571-3509. Email: sales@robsignco.com. Website: www.robsignco.com. COLUMBIA Carolina Custom Signs, 500 Greenwood Rd., 500 Greenwood Rd., W. Columbia, SC (29171) 803-7917504. 800-368-9909. Fax: 803-739-2344. 1-2-3-4-56-7-9. ElectricSign Service. 4200 Dorchester Rd. Charleston, SC (29405). 843-554-3116. 866-529-1413. Fax: 843-5291485. Email: joe@electricsign.net. Web: www.electricsign. net. 2-3-4-5-6-7

Magna Sign International, 224 Industrial Drive, Lexington, SC. (29072). 803-808-5600. Fax: 803-808-5684. Email: tdavis@magnasign.com. Website: www.MagnaSign.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9.

Signs Unlimited, 109 Wayside Dr., West Columbia, SC. (29169). 803-548-1303. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9.

FLORENCE Tyson Sign Company Inc., P.O. Box 50580, Myrtle Beach, SC (29579). 2487 Hwy. 501 E., Conway, SC (29526). 843448-5168. 843-448-0535. E-mail: service@tyson sign.com. Website: www.tysonsign.com 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. GREENVILLE Eckstein Signs, 1885 Nazareth Church Rd., Spartanburg, SC (29301). 864-439-1182. E-mail: ecksteinsigns @aol.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Gayson D. Pitts, 203 Ford St., Greer,SC (29650). 864-8480911. Cell 864-979-5295. Fax: 864-848-0903. Website: www.GarfieldSigns.com. E-mail: grayson@garfieldsigns .com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. GREENWOOD Rainbow Neon Sign Co., Inc., P.O Box 712, East Durst Ave. Ext. (29648). 803-223-8423. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. MYRTLE BEACH Tyson Sign Company Inc., P.O. Box 50580, Myrtle Beach, SC (29579). 2487 Hwy. 501 E., Conway, SC (29526). 843448-5168. 843-448-0535. E-mail: service@tyson sign.com. Website: www.tysonsign.com 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. ORANGEBURG ElectricSign Service. 4200 Dorchester Rd. Charleston, SC (29405). 843-554-3116. 866-529-1413. Fax: 843-5291485. Email: joe@electricsign.net. Web: www.electricsign. net. 2-3-4-5-6-7 ROCK HILL A&B/Burchette Sign Corp., P.O. Box 2381, Kernersville, NC (27285). 336-996-6501. Fax: 336-996-0123. Website: www.burchettesign.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. RITE LITE SIGNS, INC., 1000 Biscayne Dr., Concord, NC (28027). 800-784-5605. 704-788-7097. Fax: 704-7887091. E-mail: ritelitesigns@ritelitesigns.com. 1-2-3-4-56-7-9. SPARTANBURG Electric City Signs & Neon, Inc. 701 Hwy. 28 By Pass, P.O. Box 656. Anderson, SC (29622). 864-225-5351. Fax: 864-225-9050. Email: cridgeway@electricitysigns.com. Web: www.electriccitysigns.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Grayson D. Pitts, 203 Ford St., Greer,SC (29650). 864848-0911, Cell 864-979-5295. Fax: 864-848-0903. Website: www.GarfieldSigns.com. E-mail: grayson@ garfieldsigns .com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9..

SOUTH DAKOTA ABERDEEN Service Signs, 311 S. Roosevelt, P.O. Box 1172, (57401). 605-225-6845. 800-658-3317. Fax: 605-225-1643. Email: sersign@nrctv.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. MITCHELL Bruce Sign Company. 40535 254th St. (57301) 605996-5922. 800-654-1975. Fax: 605-996-8335. Email: bsigns@mitchell.net. Website: www.brucesignco.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. RAPID CITY Conrad’s Big C. Signs Inc., 1740 E. North Street, Rapid City, SD (57701). 605-348-8744. 800-456-5328. Fax: 605348-7730. E-mail: bigcsign@hills.net. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Rosenbaum’s Sign Co., 1650 Samco Rd. (57702). 605342-0481. 888-560-7446. Fax: 605-342-9474. EricF@ rosenbaumsigns.com / JimJ@rosenbaumsigns.com. Website: www.rosenbaumsigns.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9.

SIOUX FALLS Ace Neon Signs & Service, Inc., 403 N. Kiwanis Ave., (57104). 605-336-7031. Fax: 605-336-7054. E-mail: ace@aceneonsigns.com. Website: www.aceneonsigns. com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Creative Surfaces, Inc. 1701 F Avenue, Sioux Falls, SD (57104). 605-336-1572. Fax: 605-334-1376. Email: jud@creativesurfaces.com. Website: www. creativesurfaces.com.1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Pride Neon Signs, 3010 W 10th St., (57104). 605-3363563. Fax: 605-336-6938. Email: signs@prideneon.com. Website: www.prideneon.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. WATERTOWN Service Signs, 1005 21st st. SW, P.O. Box 433, (57201). 605-882-2413. 877-882-7446. Fax: 605-882-2863. Email: servsign2@dailypost.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Stein Sign Display, 2020 4th Ave. SW, P.O. Box1237, Watertown, SD (57201). 888-886-4616. Fax: 605-8827040. E-mail: ssd@escomfg.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9.

Signco Inc., 3101 Northwest Park Drive (37921). 865-9472086. 865-947-2087. 865-947-2088. Fax: 865-9472089. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. LEBANON Witt Sign Co. Inc., P.O. Drawer 784, Lebanon, TN (370880784). 615-444-3898. Fax: 615-444-3980. E-mail: sales@wittsign.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. MEMPHIS B.A. Balton Sign Co., 825 Crystal Springs Dr., Rossville, TN (38066). 901-355-4827. Fax: 901-854-7416. E-mail: bal2000@bellsouth.net. Website: www.baltonsignco.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Complete Lighting & Sign Service, Inc., 46 Mill Ave., (38105). 901-527-6580. Fax: 901-527-6532. E-mail: www. completelighting.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Frank Balton & Co., 5385 Pleasant View Rd. (38134). 901388-1212. Fax: 901-388-9485. E-mail: signs@fbalton .com. Website: www.fbalton.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9.

TENNESSEE BRISTOL Bristol Sign Co., P.O. Box 16938, Bristol, VA (24209-6938). 276-669-0811. 800-736-6180. Fax: 276-669-7120. 12-3-4-5-6-7-9. Snyder Signs Inc., P.O. Box 3647 CRS, Johnson City, TN (37602-3647). 423-282-6221. 800-282-7221. Fax: 423-282-6222. Website: www.snydersigns.com. 1-2-34-5-6-7-9. CLARKSVILLE Signs Now, 1537 Ft. Campbell Blvd. (37042). 931-5033030. Fax: 931-503-3035. E-mail: signsnow@clarksville .com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. COLUMBIA Columbia Neon Co., Inc., 102 Nashville Hwy. (38401). 931-388-2455. Fax: 931-388-2456. E-mail: info@ columbianeon.net. Website: www.columbianeon.net. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. DICKSON A-1 Signs Inc., Hwy. 96, P.O. Box 247, (37055). 615-4462856. 800-446-0066. Fax: 615-446-6616. 1-2-3-4-56-7-9. GREENEVILLE Snyder Signs Inc., P.O. Box 3647 CRS, Johnson City, TN (37602-3647). 423-282-6221. 800-282-7221. Fax: 423-282-6222. Website: www.snydersigns.com. 1-2-34-5-6-7-9. JACKSON Den Ray Signs Company, Inc. 1057 Whitehall St. (38301). 731-427-5466. 800-530-7291. Fax: 7314275473. Email: sales@denraysign.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. JOHNSON CITY Bristol Sign Co., P.O. Box 16938, Bristol, VA (24209-6938). 276-669-0811. 800-736-6180. Fax: 276-669-7120. 12-3-4-5-6-7-9. Snyder Signs, Inc., P.O. Box 3647, CRS (37601). 423-2826221. 800-282-7221. Fax: 423-282-6222. Website: www. snydersigns.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9.

KINGSPORT Bristol Sign Co., P.O. Box 16938, Bristol, VA (24209-6938). 276-669-0811. 800-736-6180. Fax: 276-669-7120. 12-3-4-5-6-7-9. Snyder Signs Inc., P.O. Box 3647 CRS, Johnson City, TN (37602-3647). 423-282-6221. 800-282-7221. Fax: 423282-6222. E-mail: rod@snydersigns.com. Website: www. snydersigns.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. KNOXVILLE BP Signs, Inc., 7112 Spurlin Lane, (37918). 865-687-5040. 800-233-4347. Fax: 865-281-7456. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Commercial Sign and Crane LLC, P.O.Box 1206, Seymour, TN (37865). 865-573-9292, Fax: 865-573-9298. Email: commercialsign@charter.net. Website: www. commercialsignandcrane.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Neon Service Co., Inc., 1007 May Ave., (37921). 865-5466251. Fax: 865-546-6253. E-mail: neonservice@att.net. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9.

Memphis Sign Erectors, Inc., 2234 Dunn Rd. (38114). P.O. Box 18944 (38181-0944). 901-365-9119. Fax: 901-3652730. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9.

Mid-South Signs, 3726 Getwell Cove, Memphis, TN (38118). 901-365-4379. Fax: 866-800-8441. Fax: 901-367-0661 Email: rice-mss@cableone.net. stan-mss@cableone.net. Website: www.midsouthsigns.com 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. YESCO PO Box 669, Robinsonville, MS (38664). 228-3548008. Fax: 228-354-8009. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. MORRISTOWN Scottyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Sign Service, 1962 Deer Ridge Dr., Morristown, TN (37814). 423-231-3433. Website: scottyssignservice. Email: scotty@scottyssignservice.com com. 2-4-6-7-9. MT. JULIET Witt Sign Co. Inc., P.O. Drawer 784, Lebanon, TN (370880784). 615-444-3898. Fax: 615-444-3980. E-mail: sales@wittsign.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. NASHVILLE August Enterprises, Inc., 5209 Pennsylvania Ave., Nashville, TN (37209). 615-463-2655. Fax: 615-463-2645. E-mail: tony@augustenterprises.net. Website: augustenterprises. net. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Boom Sign & Lighting, 184 Sharp Springs Rd., Smyrna, TN (37167). 615-355-5511. Fax: 615-459-0705. E-mail: boomsign@bellsouth.net. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Bozman Sign Co., Inc., 862 Easthagan Dr., Nashville, TN (37217). 615-331-0805. Fax: 615-831-9530. Email: sdenson@bozmansigns.com. Website: www.bozmansigns. com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Premier Sign Co. LLC, 1720 Ed Temple Blvd., (37208). 615687-4200. Fax: 615-242-5118. E-mail: ccombs@ tristartransport.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9.

Signs, Inc., 2705 Glenrose Ave., (37210). 615-831-1795. Fax: 615-333-9737. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9.

PIGEON FORGE Snyder Signs, Inc., P.O. Box 3647, CRS (37601). 423-2826221. 800-282-7221. Fax: 423-282-6222. Website: www. snydersigns.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9.

TEXAS ABILENE Acme Sign & Plastics Co., P.O. Box 2977, Abilene, TX (79604). 1225 Walnut, Abilene, TX (79601). 325-6779469. Fax: 325-677-3926. E-mail: acmesign@camalott .com. Website: www.acmesignandplastics.com. 1-2-34-5-6-7-9. Day Sign Co., P.O. Box 3416 (79604), 5050 East U.S. Hwy 80 (79601). 325-677-1201. Fax: 325-677-6115. E-mail: tcook@daysigncoinc.com. Website: www.daysigncoinc. com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9. ALLEN SIGNS MANUFACTURING & MAINTENANCE CORP. 4610 Mint Way (75236). 972-850-3446. 214-339-2227. 817-861-1234. 800-333-7137. Fax: 214-339-9987 or 972-850-3400. (State Lic. # TSCL 18015, TSCL 18016, TECL 17503). E-mail: sales@signsmanufacturing.com. Website: www.signsmanufacturing.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. AMARILLO AAA Signs of Amarillo, 6337 Canyon Dr. (79110). 806353-3536. 800-658-9775. Fax: 806-353-7365. E-mail: hiplainscanvas@sbcglobal.net.1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Hoarel Sign Co., 819 NE 7th (79107). P.O. Box 1832, (79105). 806-373-2175. 800-852-5859. Fax: 806-3732329. E-mail: linda@hoarelsign.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Wellborn Sign Co., 700 E. 10th (79101). 806-331-3563. Fax: 806-331-3569. E-mail: michael@wsignco.com. Website: www.wsignco.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. ARLINGTON SIGNS MANUFACTURING & MAINTENANCE CORP. 4610 Mint Way (75236). 817-861-1234. 972-850-3300. 214-339-2227. 800-333-7137. Fax: 214-339-9987 or 972-850-3400. (State Lic. # TSCL 18015, TSCL 18016, TECL 17503). E-mail: sales@signsmanufacturing.com. Website: www.signsmanufacturing.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. AUSTIN A-1 Signs-WSL, 20286 FM 2252 (78266). 830-609-6246 office, 830-609-2220 shop, Fax: 830-609-4660. 1-2-34-5-6-7-9. Keller Custom Signs & Designs, 1234 San Francisco, San Antonio, TX (78201). 210-695-8767. 877-695-8771. Fax: 210-695-8760. E-mail: darrell@kellercustomsigns.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Lewis Sign, PO Box 1665, 16910 S. IH35 (shipping address only), Buda, TX (78610). 512-312-4555. Fax: 512-3124551. E-mail: john@lewissign.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9.

Sign Crafters, Inc. 2401 I-35 S., San Marcos, TX. (78666). 512-392-0900, Fax: 512-392-3363. Email: info@ signcrafters.net. Website: www.signcrafters.net. 1-2-34-5-6-7-9. BAY CITY A-VMC Signs, Inc., 102 E. Mockingbird Lane, P.O. Box 3944, Victoria, TX (77903). 361-575-0548. Fax: 361-575-8464. E-mail: info@vmcsigns.com. Website: www.vmcsigns.com. 2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Sign Works, 105 E. Brazos (77901). 800-364-2249. 361- 578-6202. Fax: 361-572-0711. E-mail: sales@sign-works.net. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. BEAUMONT D&S Sign, 790 Chamberlin St., (77707). 800-627-7952. Fax: 409-842-0049. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. BEEVILLE A-VMC Signs, Inc., 102 E. Mockingbird Lane, P.O. Box 3944, Victoria, TX (77903). 361-575-0548. Fax: 361-575-8464. E-mail: info@vmcsigns.com. Website: www.vmcsigns.com. 2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Sign Works, 105 E. Brazos (77901). 800-364-2249. 361- 578-6202. Fax: 361-572-0711. E-mail: sales@sign-works.net. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9.

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BROWNSVILLE A-1 Skylite Signs, P.O. Box 1059, McAllen, TX (78505). 956588-4000. 866-659-1454. Fax: 956-588-4002. Email: info@A1skylitesigns.com. Website: www.A1skylitesigns. com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9. Godwin & Son Signs, 313 Hanmore Industrial Pkwy, Harlingen. (78550). 956-423-2689. 800-779-4635. Fax: 956-423-3914. E-mail: lindag@godwinsigns.com Website: www.godwinsigns.com 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Gulf Coast Sign Co., 951 Falcon Blvd., San Benito, TX (78586). 956-399-0755. Fax: 956-399-0757. gcs@gulfcoastsigncompany.com. Website: www. gulfcoastsigncompany.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Hiway Neon Sign Company, 1301 Maco Dr., Pharr, TX (78577). 956-702-0692. 888-658-6366. Fax: 956-7021759. E-mail: info@hiwayneonsigns.com. Website: www. hiwayneonsigns.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. BRYAN Wakefield Sign Service, 10187 State Highway 30, College Station, TX (77845). 979-776-5800. Fax: 979-776-5882. E-mail: wakefield@signsourcetx.com. Website: www. signsourcetx.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. COLLEGE STATION Lewis Sign, PO Box 1665, 16910 S. IH35 (shipping address only), Buda, TX (78610). 512-312-4555. Fax: 512-3124551. E-mail: john@lewissign.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Wakefield Sign Service, 10187 State Highway 30, College Station, TX (77845). 979-776-5800. Fax: 979-776-5882. E-mail: wakefield@signsourcetx.com. Website: www. signsourcetx.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. CORPUS CHRISTI A-VMC Signs, Inc., 102 E. Mockingbird Lane, P.O. Box 3944, Victoria, TX (77903). 361-575-0548. Fax: 361-575-8464. E-mail: info@vmcsigns.com. Website: www.vmcsigns.com 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Homeport Sign Service & Lighting Maint., Inc., 1702 Saratoga, P.O. Box 271074, (78427). 361-851-8735. Fax: 361-851-2692. E-mail: homeportsigns@aol.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Keller Custom Signs & Designs, 1234 San Francisco, San Antonio, TX (78201). 210-695-8767. 877-695-8771. Fax: 210-695-8760. E-mail: darrell@kellercustomsigns.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. S&G Signs, 2249 Lipan, Corpus Christi, TX. (78408).. 361883-7446. Fax: 361-883-7447. Email: info@signsand graphics.com. Website: www.signsandgraphics.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. CORSICANA Corsicana Sign & Crane Corp., 6173 S. I - 45 E., Corsicana, TX (75109) 903-872-7441. E-mail: corsigncrane@ sbcglobal.net. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. DALLAS Accent Graphics Inc., 523 E. Rock Island Rd., Grand Prairie, TX (75050). 800-810-3044. Fax: 800-810-3045. E-mail: jack@accentgraphicsinc.com. Website: accentgraphicsinc .com 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Beacon Sign & Lighting, 1234 S. Alexander Avenue, Duncanville, TX (75137). 972-298-2413, Fax: 972-2982453. Email: Chris.edwards@beaconsi.com. Website: www.beaconsi.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. City Sign Services, Inc., 3914 Elm St. (75226). 214-8264475. Fax: 214-826-4722. 2-4-5-6-7-9. Delta Signs, 1802 Hickory Drive. Fort Worth, TX (76117). 817-838-0213. Metro 866-643-3582. Fax: 817-6650167. E-mail: deltasigns@delta-sign.com. 1-2-3-4-56-7-9. SIGNS MANUFACTURING & MAINTENANCE CORP., 4610 Mint Way, Dallas, TX (75236). 214-339-2227. 972-8503300. 817-861-1234. 800-333-7137. Fax: 214-3399987 or 972-850-3400. (State Lic. # TSCL 18015, TSCL 18016, TECL 17503). E-mail: sales@signsmanufacturing. com. Website: www.signsmanufacturing.com. 1-2-3-45-6-7-9.

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DENTON SIGNS MANUFACTURING & MAINTENANCE CORP. 4610 Mint Way (75236). 972-365-3433, 972-8503302. 214-339-2227. 817-861-1234. 800-333-7137. Fax: 214-339-9987 or 972-850-3400. (State Lic. # TSCL 18015, TSCL 18016, TECL 17503). E-mail: sales@signsmanufacturing.com. Website: www. signsmanufacturing.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. EL CAMPO A-VMC Signs, Inc., 102 E. Mockingbird Lane, P.O. Box 3944, Victoria, TX (77903). 361-575-0548. Fax: 361-575-8464. E-mail: info@vmcsigns.com. Website: www.vmcsigns.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Sign Works, 105 E. Brazos (77901). 800-364-2249. 361- 578-6202. Fax: 361-572-0711. E-mail: sales@sign-works.net. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. EL PASO Rick’s Sign Shop, 534 Sandy Lane (79907). 915-872-9900. 877-9902. Fax: 915-872-9990. E-mail: rfrancis@ elp.rr.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9. Sunland Signs, P.O. Box 971093, (79997). 915-590-1901. 800-848-2676. Fax: 915-590-1903. E-mail: sunland signs@sbcglobal.net. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Superior Sign & Lighting, 11445 Cedar Oak. El Paso, TX (79936). 915-629-9100. Fax: 915-629-9105. 1-2-3-45-6-7-9 FORT WORTH Accent Graphics Inc., 523 E. Rock Island Rd., Grand Prairie, TX (75050). 972-399-0333. 800-810-3044. Fax: 800810-3045. E-mail: jack@accentgraphicsinc.com. Website: accentgraphisinc.com 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Advance Sign Company, 813 FM 917 West, Joshua, TX (76058). 817-558-9229. 817-645-6763. E-mail: asigns@ hpnc.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9. Advantage Signs Inc., 3100 Handley-Ederville Rd., Suite B. Rihland Hills, TX (76118). 817-589-8588. Fax: 817595-7510. Website: www.advantagecgssigns.com. 1-23-4-5-6-7-9.

Godwin & Son Signs, 313 Hanmore Industrial Pkwy, Harlingen. (78550). 956-423-2689. 800-779-4635. Fax: 956-423-3914. E-mail: lindag@godwinsigns.com Website: www.godwinsigns.com 1-2-3-4-5-6-7 9.

Gulf Coast Sign Co., 951 Falcon Blvd., San Benito, TX (78586). 956-399-0755. Fax: 956-3990757. angel@gulfcoastsigncompany.com or david@gulfcoastsigncompany.com. Web: www. gulfcoastsigncompany.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Hiway Neon Sign Company, 1301 Maco Dr., Pharr, TX (78577). 956-702-0692. 888-658-6366. Fax: 956-7021759. E-mail: info@hiwayneonsigns.com. Website: www. hiwayneonsigns.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. HOUSTON Ace Advertising Signs, 6211 W. 34th Street, Houston, TX (77092). 713-682-1678. 800-967-6668. Fax: 713-6821677. Email: sam@aceadvertisingsigns.com. Website: www.aceadvertisingsigns.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Ad Display Sign Systems, Inc., 27255 Katy Freeway. Katy, TX (77494). 281-392-2828. Fax: 281-392-7446. 1-2-34-5-6-7-9.

Bakers’ Sign & Lighting, Installation & Electrical, P.O. Box 8563, Grangerland, TX (77302). 936-446-1239. Fax: 936-231-1220.1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9

Delta Signs, 1802 Hickory Drive. Fort Worth, TX (76117). 817-838-0213. Metro 866-643-3582. Fax: 817-6650167. E-mail: deltasigns@delta-sign.com. 1-2-3-4-56-7-9. Shields Signs, Inc., 3201 S. Cravens Rd., P.O. Box 8432 (76112). 817-457-1140. Fax: 817-457-0719. 1-2-3-45-6-7-9. SIGNS MANUFACTURING & MAINTENANCE CORP., 4610 Mint Way, (75236) 817-861-1234. 214-339-2227. 972850-3300. 800-333-7137. Fax: 214-339-9987 or 972850-3400. (State Lic. # TSCL 18015, TSCL 18016, TECL 17503). E-mail: sales@signsmanufacturing.com. Website: www.signsmanufacturing.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9.

FRISCO SIGNS MANUFACTURING & MAINTENANCE CORP., 4610 Mint Way (75236) 972-850-3462. 214-339-2227. 817861-1234. 800-333-7137. Fax: 214-339-9987 or 972850-3400. (State Lic. # TSCL 18015, TSCL 18016, TECL 17503). E-mail: sales@signsmanufacturing.com. Website: www.signsmanufacturing.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. GARLAND SIGNS MANUFACTURING & MAINTENANCE CORP. 4610 Mint Way (75236). 972-850-3300. 214-331-2334. 817-861-1234. 800-333-7137. Fax: 214-339-9987 or 972-850-3400. (State Lic. # TSCL 18015, TSCL 18016, TECL 17503). E-mail: sales@signsmanufacturing.com. Website: www.signsmanufacturing.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. HARLINGEN A-1 Skylite Signs, P.O. Box 1059, McAllen, TX (78505). 956588-4000. 866-659-1454. Fax: 956-588-4002. Email: info@A1skylitesigns.com. Website: www.A1skylitesigns. com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9.

Brothers Lighting & Electrical Specialist, Inc., 303 Wells Fargo Dr., Ste B-16, Houston, TX (77090). 281-4447737. Fax: 281-444-7720. Website: www.brotherslighting. com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. MCP Neon & Sign, 31702 Industrial Park Dr., Pinehurst, Tx. (77362). 281-356-9095. Fax: 866-545-8674. sales@ mcpsign.com, www.mcpsign.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. NEC Signage + Architectural Products, 1122 Lauder Rd. (77039). 281-987-1144. 800-929-4609. Fax: 281-9879443. E-mail: nec@neonelectric.net. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Quality Signs, Inc., 10205 Market St., (77029). 713-6719222. FAX: 713-674-3837. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9.

Reliable Signs, 8732 Meadowcroft, Houston, TX. (77063). 713-781-0504. Fax: 713-781-0191. Email: steve@ reliable-sign.com. Website: reliable-sign.com. 1-2-3-45-6-7-9.

State Sign Corporation, 7630 Hansen Rd. (77061). 713-9431832. Fax: 713-943-9771. E-mail: sales@statesign.com. Website: www.statesign.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9.

kerrville Pro-Tech Signs & Graphixx. 843 Sidney Baker St., Kerrville, TX (78028). 830-895-4900. Fax: 210-579-6825. Email: cory@pro-techmedia.com. Website: www.pro-techsigns. com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. KILLEEN Belco Signs, Inc., 217 E. Cox Dr., P.O. Box 2409, Harker Heights, TX (76548). 254-699-9165. Fax: 254-699-2427. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Lewis Sign, PO Box 1665, 16910 S. IH35 (shipping address only), Buda, TX (78610). 512-312-4555. Fax: 512-3124551. E-mail: john@lewissign.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. LAREDO A-1 Signs W.S.L., 20286 FM 2252 (78266) 830-609-6246 office. 830-609-2220 shop. Fax: 830-609-4660. 1-2-34-5-6-7-8-9. Gulf Coast Sign Co., 951 Falcon Blvd., San Benito, TX (78586). 956-399-0755. Fax: 956-399 0757. angel@gulfcoastsigncompany.com or david@ gulfcoastsigncompany.com. Web: www. gulfcoastsigncompany.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Keller Custom Signs & Designs, 1234 San Francisco, San Antonio, TX (78201). 210-695-8767. 877-695-8771. Fax: 210-695-8760. E-mail: darrell@kellercustomsigns.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Rapid Signs & Neon. P.O. Box 2562. Laredo, TX (78040). or 2015 Pappas St. Laredo, TX (78044). 956-722-2050. 866-922-2050. Fax: 956-722-3007. Email: Loidal@aol. com. 5-6-7-9. LEWISVILLE SIGNS MANUFACTURING & MAINTENANCE CORP. 4610 Mint Way (75236). 972-850-3472. 214-339-2227. 817-861-1234. 800-333-7137. Fax: 214-339-9987 or 972-850-3400. (State Lic. # TSCL 18015, TSCL 18016, TECL 17503). E-mail: sales@signsmanufacturing.com. Website: www.signsmanufacturing.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. longview Design Center Signs, 3501 SSW Loop 323, Tyler, TX (75701), 903-561-4995. 866-561-4995. Fax: 903-5614444. Email: info@designcentersigns.com. Website: www.designcentersigns.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. LUBBOCK Bob’s Sign Service, 6540 122nd St. (79424). 806-789-5616. 806-794-5021. E-mail: bob’ssignservicetexasonline.net. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Garrison Bros. Signs, Inc., 2523 E. 50th St., (79404). 806744-1161. Fax: 806-744-9628. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Haden Signs of Texas, Inc., 1102 30th St., (79405). 806744-4404. Fax: 806-744-1327. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. lufkin Monday Sign Service LLC, 1009 Wankan St., Nacogdoches, TX. (75964). 936-564-4304, Fax: 936-564-4266. E-mail: monday@suddenlink.net. Website: www. mondaysignservice.com. 1-2-3-4-5-7-9. TSCL# 18142, MSE LIC # 79470 MANSFIELD SIGNS MANUFACTURING & MAINTENANCE CORP. 4610 Mint Way (75236). 817-861-1234. 972-850-3300. 214-339-2227. 800-333-7137. Fax: 214-339-9987 or 972-850-3400. (State Lic. # TSCL 18015, TSCL 18016, TECL 17503). E-mail: sales@signsmanufacturing.com. Website: www.signsmanufacturing.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9 McALLEN A-1 Skylite Signs, P.O. Box 1059, McAllen, TX (78505). 956588-4000. 866-659-1454. Fax: 956-588-4002. Email: info@A1skylitesigns.com. Website: www.A1skylitesigns. com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9.

AAA Electrical Signs, P.O. Box 3245, McAllen, TX (78502). 956-628-7831. 800-825-5376. Fax: 956-464-2408. Email: signs@3asigns.com. Website: www.3asigns.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Godwin & Son Signs, 313 Hanmore Industrial Pkwy, Harlingen. (78550). 956-423-2689. 800-779-4635. Fax: 956-423-3914. E-mail: lindag@godwinsigns.com Website: www.godwinsigns.com 1-2-3-4-5-6-7 9. Gulf Coast Sign Co., 951 Falcon Blvd., San Benito, TX (78586). 956-399-0755. Fax: 956-399 0757. angel@gulfcoastsigncompany.com or david@ gulfcoastsigncompany.com. Web: www. gulfcoastsigncompany.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Hiway Neon Sign Company, 1301 Maco Dr., Pharr, TX (78577). 956-702-0692. 888-658-6366. Fax: 956-7021759. E-mail: info@hiwayneonsigns.com. Website: www. hiwayneonsigns.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. McKINNEY SIGNS MANUFACTURING & MAINTENANCE CORP. 4610 Mint Way (75236). 972-850-3475. 214-339-2227. 817-861-1234. 800-333-7137. Fax: 214-339-9987 or 972-850-3400. (State Lic. # TSCL 18015, TSCL 18016, TECL 17503). E-mail: sales@signsmanufacturing.com. Website: www.signsmanufacturing.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. MESQUITE SIGNS MANUFACTURING & MAINTENANCE CORP. 4610 Mint Way (75236). 972-850-3477. 214-339-2227. 817-861-1234. 800-333-7137. Fax: 214-339-9987 or 972-850-3400. (State Lic. # TSCL 18015, TSCL 18016, TECL 17503). E-mail: sales@signsmanufacturing.com. Website: www.signsmanufacturing.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. nacogdoches Monday Sign Service LLC, 1009 Wankan St., Nacogdoches, TX. (75964). 936-564-4304, Fax: 936-564-4266. E-mail: monday@suddenlink.net. Website: www. mondaysignservice.com. 1-2-3-4-5-7-9. TSCL# 18142, MSE LIC # 79470 PLANO SIGNS MANUFACTURING & MAINTENANCE CORP. 4610 Mint Way (75236). 972-239-4448. 214-339-2227. 817-861-1234. 800-333-7137. Fax: 214-339-9987 or 972-850-3400. (State Lic. # TSCL 18015, TSCL 18016, TECL 17503). E-mail: sales@signsmanufacturing.com. Website: www.signsmanufacturing.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. SAN ANTONIO A-1 Signs-WSL, 20286 FM 2252, (78266). 830-609-6246. Fax: 830-609-4660. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Website: www. a1signstexas.com. Aetna Sign Group, Ltd., 300 Austin Hwy., Ste. 100, (78209). 210-826-2800. Fax: 210-477-2323. Website: www. aetnasign.com 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Facility Solutions Group, 11115 Iota Drive., (78217). 210657-2357. Fax: 210-657-6760. E-mail: chrisf@fsgi.com. Website: www.fsgi.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9.

Lewis Sign, PO Box 1665, 16910 S. IH35 (shipping address only), Buda, TX (78610). 512-312-4555. Fax: 512-3124551. E-mail: john@lewissign.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Pro-Tech Signs & Graphixx. 843 Sidney Baker St., Kerrville, TX (78028). 830-895-4900. Fax: 210-579-6825. Email: cory@pro-techmedia.com. Website: www.pro-techsigns. com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. san marcos Sign Crafters, Inc. 2401 I-35 S., San Marcos, TX. (78666). 512-392-0900, Fax: 512-392-3363. Email: info@ signcrafters.net. Website: www.signcrafters.net. 1-2-34-5-6-7-9. SHERMAN SIGNS MANUFACTURING & MAINTENANCE CORP. 4610 Mint Way (75236). 903-561-5959 or 972-8503303. 214-339-2227. 817-861-1234. 800-333-7137. Fax: 214-339-9987 or 972-850-3400. (State Lic. # TSCL 18015, TSCL 18016, TECL 17503). E-mail: sales@signsmanufacturing.com. Website: www. signsmanufacturing.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. TEMPLE Belco Signs, Inc., 217 E. Cox Dr., P.O. Box 2409, Harker Heights, TX (76548). 254-699-9165. Fax: 254-699-2427. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Lewis Sign, PO Box 1665, 16910 S. IH35 (shipping address only), Buda, TX (78610). 512-312-4555. Fax: 512-3124551. E-mail: john@lewissign.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. TEXARKANA Hightech Signs, 3502 New Boston, (75501). 903-838-8999. 800-925-6560. Fax: 903-831-5042. Website: www.high techsign.com. E-mail: mda@hightechsign.com. 1-2-34-5-6-7-9. Whatley Sign Co., 1109 E. 51st St., Texarkana, TX (71854). 870-773-2139. Toll Free: 877-255-7446. Fax: 870-7725703. E-mail: dwhatley@whatleysign.com. website: www. whatleysign.com 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. TYLER Design Center Signs, 3501 SSW Loop 323, Tyler, TX (75701), 903-561-4995. 866-561-4995. Fax: 903-5614444. Email: info@designcentersigns.com. Website: www.designcentersigns.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. VICTORIA A-VMC Signs, Inc., 102 E. Mockingbird Lane, Victoria, TX (77904). 361-575-0548. Fax: 361-575-8464. E-mail: info@vmcsigns.com. Website: www.vmcsigns.com. 1-23-4-5-6-7-9. Sign Works, 105 E. Brazos (77901). 800-364-2249. 361- 578-6202. Fax: 361-572-0711. E-mail: sales@sign-works.net. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. WACO Belco Signs, Inc., 217 E. Cox Dr., P.O. Box 2409, Harker Heights, TX (76548). 254-699-9165. Fax: 254-699-2427. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Lewis Sign, PO Box 1665, 16910 S. IH35 (shipping address only), Buda, TX (78610). 512-312-4555. Fax: 512-3124551. E-mail: john@lewissign.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. WAXAHACHIE SIGNS MANUFACTURING & MAINTENANCE CORP. 4610 Mint Way (75236). 972-850-3496. 214-339-2227. 817-861-1234. 800-333-7137. Fax: 214-339-9987 or 972-850-3400. (State Lic. # TSCL 18015, TSCL 18016, TECL 17503). E-mail: sales@signsmanufacturing.com. Website: www.signsmanufacturing.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. WICHITA FALLS Image Advertising Co., 812 Waco St., (76301). P.O. Box 2225 (76307). 940-766-4307. Fax: 940-766-0014. 1-23-4-5-6-7-9.

UTAH Keller Custom Signs & Designs, 1234 San Francisco, San Antonio, TX (78201). 210-695-8767. 877-695-8771. Fax: 210-695-8760. E-mail: darrell@kellercustomsigns.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9.

CEDAR CITY Rainbow Sign & Banner Inc. 244 North Westview Dr., #1, (84720). 435-628-5107, 800-319-3545. Fax: 435-6280499. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. LOGAN Young Electric Sign Company. 1651 North 1000 West, Logan, UT (84321). 435-774-8800. Fax: 435-774-8801. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. OGDEN Allied Electric Sign & Awning Co., 1920 South 900 West, Salt Lake City, UT (84104). 801-972-5503. 801-972-5670. E-mail: sales@allied-sign.com. Website: www.allied-sign. com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Young Electric Sign Company, 2767 Industrial Dr., (84401). 801-621-4710. Fax: 801-399-9648. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9.

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OREM Allied Electric Sign & Awning Co., 1920 South 900 West, Salt Lake City, UT (84104). 801-972-5503. 801-972-5670. E-mail: sales@allied-sign.com. Website: www.allied-sign. com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Young Electric Sign Company, 997 North, 1580 West, Orem, UT (84057). 801-226-1600. Fax: 801-762-0036. 1-23-4-5-6-7-9. SALT LAKE CITY Allied Electric Sign & Awning Co., 1920 South 900 West, Salt Lake City, UT (84104). 801-972-5503. 801-972-5670. E-mail: chris@allied-sign.com. Website: www.allied-sign. com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Gillies Signs & Design, 1760 S. Redwood Rd., (84104). 801-973-4330. Fax: 801-973-9935. 800-359-7446. 12-3-4-5-6-7-9. Image Sign & Lighting, 11474 S., 3060 W., S. Jordan, UT (84095). 801-364-3273. Fax: 801-364-3276. 1-2-3-45-6-7-9 YESCO, 1605 S. Gramercy Rd, Salt Lake City, VT (84104) 801-487-8481. Fax: 801-467-3447. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. ST. GEORGE Allied Electric Sign & Awning Co., 1920 South 900 West, Salt Lake City, UT (84104). 801-972-5503. 801-972-5670. E-mail: chris@allied-sign.com. Website: www.allied-sign. com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Rainbow Sign & Banner Inc. 244 North Westview Dr., #1, (84720). 435-628-5107, 800-319-3545. Fax: 435-6280499. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. YESCO, 4679 S. River Rd. St. George, UT (84790). 435-6280350. Fax: 435-628-3090. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9.

VERMONT Twin State Signs Inc., 14 Gauthier Dr., Essex Junction, VT (05452-2825). 802-872-8949. 800-696-7289.1-2-3-45-6-7-9.

VIRGINIA ARK Sign Services, Inc., 3622 East St., Hyattsville, MD (20785). 301-384-1300. 888-275-SIGN(7446). Fax: 301384-1304. E-mail: info@ARKsigns.com. Website: www. ARKsigns.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9.

J and M Services, Inc. 12055-B Tech Rd. Silver Spring, MD. (20904). 301-622-4290. Fax: 301-622-7011. Email: jon@ jandmservicesinc.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. ALEXANDRIA Gable Signs & Graphics, Inc., 7440 Fort Smallwood Rd., Baltimore, MD (21226). 410-255-6400. Fax: 410-4375336. Website: www.gablesigns.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. arlington Sterico Signs, Inc., 16159 Shady Grove Road, Gaithersburg, MD (20877). 301-948-8088, Fax: 301-948-8244. Email: sterico@stericosigns.com. Website: www.stericosigns. com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. BRISTOL Bristol Sign Co., P.O. Box 16938, Bristol, VA (24209-6938). 276-669-0811. 800-736-6180. Fax: 276-669-7120. 12-3-4-5-6-7-9. Snyder Signs Inc., P.O. Box 3647 CRS, Johnson City, TN (37602-3647). 423-282-6221. 800-282-7221. Fax: 423-282-6222. Website: www.snydersigns.com. 1-2-34-5-6-7-9. CHARLOTTESVILLE Eddie Edwards Signs, Inc., 560 Waterman Dr., Harrisonburg, VA (22802). 540-434-8595. 800-697-7446. Fax: 540434-8561. Website: www.eesigns.biz. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Hightech Signs Electrical, 2165 Seminole Trail (22901). 800482-6603. Fax: 434-974-6898. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Moore Sign Corp., 901 Old Bermuda Hundres Rd., Chester, VA (23836). 804-748-5836. Fax: 804-748-3055. 1-2-34-5-6-7-9. CHESAPEAKE Talley-Anchor Sign Co., 1044 Ruritan Blvd. (23324). 757545-8802. 800-229-6366. Fax: 757-543-9132. Email: sales@talleyanchor.com. Website: www.talleyanchor.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9.

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COLONIAL HEIGHTS Moore Sign Corp., 901 Old Bermuda Hundres Rd., Chester, VA (23836). 804-748-5836. Fax: 804-748-3055. 1-2-34-5-6-7-9. DANVILLE Garyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Sign Service. 221 Franklin Turnpike, Danville, VA (24540). 434-836-0248. Fax: 434-836-3004. Email: gary. signs@verizon.net. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9. FAIRFAX Gable Signs & Graphics, Inc., 7440 Fort Smallwood Rd., Baltimore, MD (21226). 410-255-6400. Fax: 410-4375336. Website: www.gablesigns.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Sterico Signs, Inc., 16159 Shady Grove Road, Gaithersburg, MD (20877). 301-948-8088, Fax: 301-948-8244. Email: sterico@stericosigns.com. Website: www.stericosigns. com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. FREDRICKSBURG Moore Sign Corp., 901 Old Bermuda Hundres Rd., Chester, VA (23836). 804-748-5836. Fax: 804-748-3055. 1-2-34-5-6-7-9. HAMPTON Talley-Anchor Sign Co., 1044 Ruritan Blvd. (23324). 757545-8802. 800-229-6366. Fax: 757-543-9132. Email: sales@talleyanchor.com. Website: www.talleyanchor.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. HARRISONBURG Eddie Edwards Signs, Inc., 560 Waterman Dr., Harrisonburg, VA (22802). 540-434-8595. 800-697-7446. Fax: 540434-8561. Website: www.eesigns.biz. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Hightech Signs Electrical, 2165 Seminole Trail, Charlottesville, VA (22901). 800-482-6603. Fax: 434-9746898. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. LYNCHBURG Hightech Signs Electrical, 2165 Seminole Trail, Charottesville, VA (22901). 800-482-6603. Fax: 434-974-6898. 1-2-34-5-6-7-9. NEWPORT NEWS Talley-Anchor Sign Co., 1044 Ruritan Blvd. (23324). 757545-8802. 800-229-6366. Fax: 757-543-9132. Email: sales@talleyanchor.com. Website: www.talleyanchor.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. NORFOLK Talley-Anchor Sign Co., 1044 Ruritan Blvd. (23324). 757545-8802. 800-229-6366. Fax: 757-543-9132. Email: sales@talleyanchor.com. Website: www.talleyanchor.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. PORTSMOUTH Talley-Anchor Sign Co., 1044 Ruritan Blvd. (23324). 757545-8802. 800-229-6366. Fax: 757-543-9132. Email: sales@talleyanchor.com. Website: www.talleyanchor.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. RICHMOND Brooks-Gray Sign Co., Inc., 2661 Hull St. (23224). 804-2334343. Fax: 804-233-4384. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Dunn Signs, Inc. 1016 Danville St., South Hill, VA (23970). 434-584-0040. Fax: 434-584-0042. Email charles.dunn@ dunnsigns.com,Website: www.dunnsigns.com. 1-2-3-45-6-7-8-9. Moore Sign Corp., 901 Old Bermuda Hundres Rd., Chester, VA (23836). 804-748-5836. Fax: 804-748-3055. 1-2-34-5-6-7-9. Superior Sign Productions, 2510 Willis Rd., Richmond, VA (23237). 804-271-5685.Fax: 804-743-9250. 1-2-3-45-6-7-9. Talley Sign Co., 1908 Chamberlayne Ave., P.O. Box 27386. (23261). 800-842-6366. 804-649-0325. Fax: 804-6431721. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9.

ROANOKE Budget Signs LLC, 3122 Williamson Rd., (24012). 540362-2043. 800-937-2475. Fax: 540-265-1909. 1-2-34-5-6-7-9.

STAUNTON Hightech Signs Electrical, 2165 Seminole Trail, Charlottesville, VA (22901). 800-482-6603. Fax: 434-9746898. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. VIRGINIA BEACH Talley-Anchor Sign Co., 1044 Ruritan Blvd. (23324). 757545-8802. 800-229-6366. Fax: 757-543-9132. Email: sales@talleyanchor.com. Website: www.talleyanchor.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. WILLIAMSBURG Moore Sign Corp., 901 Old Bermuda Hundres Rd., Chester, VA (23836). 804-748-5836. Fax: 804-748-3055. 1-2-34-5-6-7-9. Talley-Anchor Sign Co., 1044 Ruritan Blvd. (23324). 757545-8802. 800-229-6366. Fax: 757-543-9132. Email: sales@talleyanchor.com. Website: www.talleyanchor.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. WINCHESTER Eddie Edwards Signs, Inc., 560 Waterman Dr., Harrisonburg, VA (22802). 540-434-8595. 800-697-7446. Fax: 540434-8561. Website: www.eesigns.biz. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. W.J. Strickler Signs, 16803 S. Notley Rd., Hagerstown, MD (21740). 540-667-5260.800-222-0387. Fax: 540-5821475. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9.

WASHINGTON ABERDEEN Phoenix Sign Company, P.O. Box 497 (98520). 360-5321111. Fax: 360-533-7016. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9. AUBURN Lumin-Art Signs, Inc., 3931 B St. NW (98001). 800-9258625. 253-833-2800.Fax: 253-939-4372. E-mail: design@luminartsigns.com. Website: www.luminartsigns. com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9. BREMERTON Hanson Sign Co., Inc., P.O. Box 928, Silverdale, WA (98383). 800-603-6015. Fax: 360-613-9515. Website: www. hansonsigns.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. CHEHALIS Esco Pacific Signs, Inc., 627 N.W. Middle Street, (98532). 360-748-6461. Fax: 360-748-4299. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. EVERETT Berry Neon Signs Systems, 7400 Hardeson Rd. (98203). 425-776-8835. Fax: 425-774-8221. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. KENNEWICK Eagle Signs, LLC, 1511 South Keys Rd, Yakima, WA (98901). 509-453-5511. 800-693-2453. Fax: 509-453-7912. Email: eaglesigns@charterinternet.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Quality Sign Service, Inc. 9312 W. 10th Ave., Kennewick, WA (99336). 509-586-0585. Fax: 509-628-1399. E-mail: quirt@qualitysigns.cc. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. MOUNT VERNON Meyer Sign & Advertising Co. Inc., 2608 Hwy. 99 South (98273). 360-424-1325. 800-285-4598. Fax: 360-4245212. E-mail: sales@meyersign.com. Website: www. meyersign.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Signmart LLC, 1515-A Freeway Dr., Mount Vernon, WA (98273). 360-428-4895. 877-755-0025. Fax: 360-4284975. E-mail: info@signmartusa.com. Website: www. signmartusa.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. OLYMPIA Capitol Sign & Awning, P.O. Box 8106, Lacey, WA (98509). 360-493-6070. 888-948-2024. Fax: 360-459-3612. Email: capsign@qwest.net. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. PORT ANGELES Hanson Sign Co., Inc., P.O. Box 928, Silverdale, WA (98383). 360-613-9550.800-603-6015, Fax: 360-613-9515. Website: www.hansonsigns.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. RENTON Insignia Sign Inc., 325 Burnett Ave. North, P.O. Box 2849, Renton, WA (98056). 425-917-2109. Fax: 425-917-0153. E-mail: cthomson@insigniasign.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9.

SEATTLE Apollo Signs, 9800 Harbour Place, Ste. 208, Mukilteo, WA (98275). 425-349-5044. Fax: 425-349-5045. 1-2-3-45-6-7-9. City Lights Sign Company, 902 NW 49th St., (98107). 206-789-4747. Fax: 206-789-3316. E-mail: info@ citylightssign.com. Website: www.citylightssign.com. 1-23-4-5-6-7-9. Western Neon, 2700 First Ave. S. (98134). 206-682-7738. Fax: 206-682-8159. E-mail: info@westernneon.com. Website: www.westernneon.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. SPOKANE A-1 Illuminated Sign Co., Inc., 511 N. Ella Rd., Spokane Valley, WA (99212). 509-534-6134. Fax: 509-534-6013. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Arctic Lighting and Electric LLC., 2307 N. Woodruff Rd., Spokane Valley. WA (99206). 509-533-9350. Fax: 509533-9353. Website: arcticLandE@comcast.net. 1-2-34-5-6-7-9. Baldwin Sign Company, 6409 N. Pittsburg P.O. Box 6819, Spokane, WA. (99217). 509-489-9191. Fax: 509-4893117. E-mail: nicol@baldwinsigns.com. Website: www. baldwinsigns.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Sign Service & Mfg. Inc., 10014 N. Government Way, Hayden, ID (83835-9229). 208-772-8571. 800-2251014. Fax: 208-772-8572. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. TACOMA American Neon Inc., 9402-39th Ave. Ct. SW,, (98499). 253-627-7446. Fax: 253-572-4614. Website: www. americanneoninc.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Culbertson Sign Service, 5209 122nd St. (98446-4905). 253-538-0752. Fax: 253-538-0778. E-mail: culbertson signservice@comcast.net. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Plumb Sign Incorporated, 909 S. 28th St. (98409) 253-4733323. Fax: 253-472-3107. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9 YESCO 7515A E. Portland Ave. Tacoma, WA (98404). 253722-5753. Fax: 253-722-5757. Web: www.yesco.com. 2-4-5-6-7-9. VANCOUVER Garrett Sign Company. 811 Harney St. Vancouver, WA. (98660). 360-693-9081. 800-994-1191. Fax: 360-6935948. Email: sales@garrettsign.com. W ebsite: www. garrettsign.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Security Signs, 5615 SE Scenic Lane Ste. 206, Vancouver, WA (98661). 360-606-4960. Fax: 360-718-2782. E-mail: ckeljo@securitysigns.com. Website: securitysigns.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. WENATCHEE Graybeal Signs Inc., 1909 N. Wenatchee Ave., (98801). 509-662-6926. Fax: 509-663-4583. Website: www. graybealsigns.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. YAKIMA Eagle Signs, LLC, 1511 S Key Rd, Yikima, WA, (98901). 509453-5511. 800-693-2453. Fax 509-453-7912. E-mail: eaglesigns@charterinternet.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Wells Signs, Inc., 712 S. 2nd St. Yakima, WA (98901). 509248-5080. Fax: 509-248-5082. Email: leon@wellssign.net. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9.

WEST VIRGINIA CHARLES TOWN W.J. Strickler Signs, Inc., 16803 S. Notley Rd., Hagerstown, MD (21740). 301-790-3555. 800-222-0387. Fax: 301582-1475. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. CHARLESTON Advertising Art Sign Co., 915 Sixth Ave., Huntington, WV. (25701). 304-525-6188. Fax: 304-697-5258. E-mail: advrart@frontier.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Paris Signs, 2400 5th Street Rd., Huntington, WV (25701). 800-863-0107. 304-522-7505. E-mail: tony@parissigns .com. Website: www.parissigns.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. CLARKSBURG City Neon Inc., 428 Industrial Ave., P.O. Box 40, (265070040). 304-599-1854. Fax: 304-599-5852. www. cityneon.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Floyd Sign Co., 34 N. Locust St., Buckhannon, WV, (26201). 304-472-4961. 800-347-0651. Fax: 304-472-6945. 12-3-4-5-6-7-9. HUNTINGTON Advertising Art Sign Co., 915 Sixth Ave., Huntington, WV. (25701). 304-525-6188. Fax: 304-697-5258. E-mail: advrart@frontier.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Paris Signs, 2400 5th Street Rd., Huntington, WV (25701). 800-863-0107. 304-522-7505. E-mail: tony@parissigns .com. Website: www.parissigns.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9.

MARTINSBURG Baer’s Sign Service, 5307 Wayne Rd., (17201). 717-2631686. Fax: 717-263-7914. E-mail: baersign@innernet.net. Website: www.baersign.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Kenney Signs, Inc., 11307 Hopewell Rd., Hagerstown, MD (21740). 800-358-8004. Fax: 301-689-8335. 1-2-3-45-6-7-9. W.J. Strickler Signs, Inc., 16803 S. Notley Rd., Hagerstown, MD. (21740). 301-790-3555. 800-222-0387. Fax: 301582-1475. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Western Maryland Sign Service Inc., 14 Village Parkway, Frostburg MD (21532). 301-777-3333. 888-538-3330. Fax: 301-777-3358. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. MORGANTOWN City Neon Inc., 428 Industrial Ave., P.O. Box 40, (265070040). 304-599-1854. Fax: 304-599-5852. www. cityneon.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9.

WISCONSIN Alpha Neonx Sign & Lighting, LLC. 11607 W. Dearborn Ave., Milwaukee, WI (53226). 414-431-6688. Fax: 414-4314949. E-mail: info@alpha-neonx.com. Website: www. alpha-neonx.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9.

Badger Lighting & Sign, 19355 Janacek Court, Suite 201, Brookfield, WI (53045). 262-787-8000. Fax: 262-7878040. E-mail: mwestberg@badgerlightingandsigns.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Creative Sign Co. Inc., 505 Lawrence Dr., Depere, WI. (54115). 920-336-8900. Toll Free: 800-246-1974. Fax: 920-336-8003. Email: todd@greenbaysigns.com. Website: www.greenbaysigns.com. 2-5-6-7-9. Jones Sign Co., 1711 Scheuring Rd., DePere, WI (54115). 800-536-7446. Fax: 920-983-9145. E-mail: sales@ jonessign.com. Website: www.jonessign.com. 1-2-3-45-6-7-9.

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BURLINGTON Burli Signs, 125 Front St., (53105). 414-763-7654. Fax: 414-763-1879. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. EAU CLAIRE Jay‘s Sign Service, Inc., 138 Race St., (54703). 715-8350501. Fax: 715-832-7771. E-mail: jay@jayssignservice. com. Website: www.jayssignservice.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-9. Signart Co., 2933 Mondovi Rd., (54701). 800-235-5178. Fax: 715-834-0489. Website: www.sigartusa.com. 1-23-4-5-6-7-9. Wisco Signs, Inc., 2502 Melby St., P.O. Box 1106 (54703). 715-835-6189. Fax: 715-835-6868. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. FOND DU LAC Signs& Screenprinting, N 5528 Miranda Way, (54937). 920921-7181. 800-201-7553. Fax: 920-921-8129. E-mail: info@flywaysigns.com. Website: www.flywaysigns.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. GREEN BAY Colortech of Wisconsin, Inc., 1011 Ashwaubenon St., (54304). 920-337-0660. 800-236-1321. Fax 920-3379175. Website: www.colortechwi.com. E-mail: sales@ colortechwi.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Jones Sign, 1711 Scheuring Rd., DePere, WI (54115). 800536-7446. Fax: 920-983-9145. E-mail: sales@jonessign .com. Website: www.jonessign.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Reinhold Sign Service, Inc., 2070 Holmgren Way, (54304) 920-494-7161. Fax: 920-494-8720. E-mail: Sales@ ReinholdSigns.com. Website: www.ReinholdSigns.com. 5-6-7-9. KENOSHA Graves signs Inc., 4314 Taylor Ave., Racine, WI (53405). 262-898-1897. Email: gravessigns@gmail.com Sign-Craft, Inc., 8635 Hollander Dr., Franksville, WI (53126). 262-886-9595. Fax: 262-886-9581. E-mail: signcraft@ tds.net. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. La CROSSE La Crosse Sign Co., Inc., 1450 Oak Forest Dr., (54650). 608781-1450. Fax: 608-781-1451. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. MADISON Capital City Neon Sign Co., Inc., 2714 Industrial Dr., (53713). 608-222-1881. Fax: 608-222-1889. 1-2-3-45-6-7-9. J.N.B. Signs Inc., 1221 Venture Dr., Suite 1, Janesville, WI (53546) 608-754-6338. 800-243-7997. Fax: 608-7547822. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Wisconsin Sign & Graphics, LLC, 2182 County Road MM, Fitchburg, WI (53575) 608-291-0240, 811-870-5705. Fax: 608-291-0240. Email: gretchen@wissign.com, Website: www.wissign.com. 4-5-6-7-9. manitowoc RLO Sign Inc., 1030 Ontario Ave. (53081) 920-457-6602. Fax: 920-457-2399. E-mail: officerlo@charter.net. 1-23-4-5-6-7-9. MILWAUKEE Poblocki Sign Co. LLC. 922 S. 70th St. (53214). 414-4534010. Fax: 414-453-3070. Website: www.poblocki.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Sign-Craft, Inc., 8635 Hollander Dr., Franksville, WI (53126). 262-886-9595. Fax: 262-886-9581. E-mail: signcraft@ tds.net. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. RACINE Graves signs Inc., 4314 Taylor Ave., Racine, WI (53405). 262-898-1897. Email: gravessigns@gmail.com Sign-Craft, Inc., 8635 Hollander Dr., Franksville, WI (53126). 262-886-9595. Fax: 262-886-9581. E-mail: signcraft@ tds.net. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. sheboygan RLO Sign Inc., 1030 Ontario Ave. (53081) 920-457-6602. Fax: 920-457-2399. E-mail: officerlo@charter.net. 1-23-4-5-6-7-9. SUPERIOR Lakehead Sign Co., Inc., 910 Hammond Ave., Superior, WI (54880). 715-394-6480. Fax: 715-395-7867. 1-2-3-45-6-7-9. Todd Signs, 5147 Miller Trunk Hwy. Duluth, MN (55811). Email: info@toddsigns.com. 218-729-6800. Fax: 218729-6434. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. WAUSAU D & L Signs, Inc., 5307 Fuller St., Weston, WI (54476). 715359-8846. Fax: 715-355-1599. E-mail: dlsigns@dwave. net. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9. Super Lettering & Signs Inc., 4308 Transport Way, Weston, WI (54476). 715-355-1177. Fax: 715-355-1183. Website: www.superlettering.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Wausau Signs, 1609 Bovine Circle, (54401). 715-675-3302. Fax: 715-675-3303. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. WISCONSIN DELLS La Crosse Sign Co., Inc., 1450 Oak Forest Dr., Onalaska, WI (54650). 608-781-1450. Fax: 608-781-1451. 1-2-34-5-6-7-9.

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WYOMING Bar-D Sign, Inc., 2425 East Yellowstone, Casper, WY (82609). 307-234-6100, Fax: 307-235-1127. Email: bardsign@wyobeam.com. Website: www.bardsign.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. CASPER Gordon Sign, 1805 Pacific Ave., Cheyenne, WY (82007). 307-637-7446, Fax: 307-637-6609. Email: rparmenter@ gordonsign.com. Website: www.gordonsign.com. 1-2-34-5-6-7-9. Nix Sign Co., 5025 W. Yellowstone Hwy. (82604). 307-2351997. Fax: 307-237-6608. E-mail: sales@nixsigns.com. Email: www.nixsigns.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Sign Products Inc., 1425 Monad Rd., P.O. Box 20955, Billings, MT (59104). 406-252-6348. Fax: 406-252-6654. E-mail: sales@signproductsinc.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. CHEYENNE Gordon Sign, 1805 Pacific Ave., Cheyenne, WY (82007). 307-637-7446, Fax: 307-637-6609. Email: rparmenter@ gordonsign.com. Website: www.gordonsign.com. 1-2-34-5-6-7-9. Schlosser Signs, Inc., 3597 DraftHorse Ct. Loveland, CO. (80538). 970-593-1334. 888-309-5571. Fax: 970-5930443. E-mail: info@schlossersigns.com. Website: www. schlossersigns.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. CODY Sign Products Inc., 1664 Terra Ave., P.O. Box 482, Sheridan, WY. (82801). 307-672-3145. 800-532-4753. Fax: 406252-6654. E-mail: sales@signproductsinc.com. 1-2-34-5-6-7-9. GILLETTE Conrad’s Big C. Signs Inc., 1740 E. North Street, Rapid City, SD (57701). 605-348-8744. 800-456-5328. Fax: 605348-7730. E-mail: bigcsign@hills.net. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. Gordon Sign, 1805 Pacific Ave., Cheyenne, WY (82007). 307-637-7446, Fax: 307-637-6609. Email: rparmenter@ gordonsign.com. Website: www.gordonsign.com. 1-2-34-5-6-7-9. Sign Products Inc., 1664 Terra Ave., P.O. Box 482, Sheridan, WY. (82801). 307-672-3145. 800-532-4753. Fax: 406252-6654. E-mail: sales@signproducts inc.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. LARAMIE Schlosser Signs, Inc., 3597 DraftHorse Ct. Loveland, CO. (80538). 970-593-1334. 888-309-5571. Fax: 970-5930443. E-mail: info@schlossersigns.com. Website: www. schlossersigns.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. rock springs Gordon Sign, 1805 Pacific Ave., Cheyenne, WY (82007). 307-637-7446, Fax: 307-637-6609. Email: rparmenter@ gordonsign.com. Website: www.gordonsign.com. 1-2-34-5-6-7-9. SHERIDAN Sign Products Inc., 1664 Terra Ave., P.O. Box 482, Sheridan, WY. (82801). 307-672-3145. 800-532-4753. Fax: 406252-6654. E-mail: sales@signproductsinc.com. 1-2-34-5-6-7-9.

Galaxie Signs Ltd., 5085 Regent St., Burnaby, BC V5C 4H4, 604-291-6011. Fax: 604-291-7138. sales@ galaxiesigns.com. Website: www.galaxiesigns.com. 1-23-4-5-6-7-9. Top’s Lighting 2003 Ltd., Sign Installation & Service, 8750 Heather St., Vancouver, BC. V6P359. 604-327-4040. Fax: 604-324-5613. E-mail: topslighting@shawbiz.ca. 1-2-34-5-6-7-8-9. MONCTON, NEW BRUNSWICK Hansen Signs, 60 Halifax St., Moncton, NB E1C 9R9, 506859-7600. Fax: 506-859-4095. E-mail: hansensi@nbnet .nb.ca. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. MISSISSAUGA, ONTARIO Dial ONE Excalibur Sign & Neon, 34 Alpha Mill Rd. L5N 1H6, 905-567-6366. Fax: 905-567-1166. E-mail: brucebishop@sympatico.ca. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. OTTAWA, ONTARIO Golden Triangle Sign/GT signs.com, Ottawa, Ontario, 613253-SIGN. or 1-866-497-7779 Fax: 613-253-7446. E-mail: sales@gtsigns.com. Website: www.gtsigns.com. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9. TORONTO, ONTARIO The Brothers Markle Inc., 3530 Pharmacy Ave M1W 2S7, 416-495-9888. Fax: 416-495-9996. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9.

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PUERTO RICO SAN JUAN Image Builders/Multi Plastics Inc., P.O. Box 907, Saint Just, PR (00978-0907). 787-761-4010. Fax: 787-748-2310. Luis E. Marini Roig (President and CEO) 787-379-5649. E-mail: sales@imagebuilderspr.com. Website: www. imagebuilderspr.com. LIC #:00RL2-123450-00840.1-23-4-5-6-7-8-9.

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“And if an unenforced sign code becomes more restrictive, wouldn’t it spawn more illegal signs, more blight and an even bigger problem?”

By Wade Swormstedt

LA Show and Tell The use of photographs unearthed the real sign-code problem.

Trevamping wo isolated instances triggered a proposed, drastic of the Los Angeles sign code. An electronic billboard shone a bit too brightly into a resident’s home. And supergraphics were appearing sans permits. Certainly grounds for a complete moratorium on signage. Opportunistic California Assemblyman Mike Feuer’s insipid AB 109 (see ST, July 2009, page 136), which failed miserably at the state level, sought a moratorium on all electronic message centers (EMCs) and supergraphics. But a similar proposal arose at the municipal level. The Los Angeles Times published a telescopic photo of the 5300 block of Van Nuys Blvd. to illustrate sign proliferation in an, ahem, unbiased report. (I’m unsure if this tactic violates a Scenic America copyright.) Kozell Boren, the founder of Signtronix (Torrance, CA), presumed the photo to be fraudulent. So he went to that exact street and took his own photo. Next, he dispatched an employee to the Los Angeles permit department to see how many of the offending signs had permits. Not surprisingly, 23 of the 27 signs were illegal. Kozell then depicted the streetscape with the illegal signs removed. Next, he created a vision of the streetscape with coordinated EMCs. These photographs were included in a 26-slide PowerPoint entitled “Los Angeles Sign Code Enforcement Program,” which was produced by Daktronics regional manager Ed Wasserman, who also serves as co-chair of government relations for the California Sign Assn. (CSA). Mitch Chemers, the proprietor of Permit Wiz (Van Nuys), which creates “master sign programs,” similarly took existing photos of “sign blight” produced by the city planning department, and marked them up with arrows and explanations to indicate the illegal signs. These were incorporated into the PowerPoint as well. The Los Angeles Dept. of Building and Safety readily admitted its inability to enforce the sign code, due to inadequate resources. The PowerPoint estimates the city has 200,000 retail businesses, but CSA attorney Jeff Aran said there are only three to four sign inspectors. The presentation outlines a proposal spearheaded by Roy Flahive (Pacific Sign Construction, Greater San Diego area). The Sign Code Administration Program (SCAP) seeks to raise the money necessary to enforce the sign code and streamline the process. Ideally, this would also help establish a “dedicated sign desk.” Currently, sign permits are just another license that can require up to six months to process. An amnesty component is suggested. It also explains the benefits of on-premise signs in general, and EMCs more specifically. Much of this is outlined in a CSA white paper called “Signing off on a Cleaner, Safer Los Angeles.” 112 SIGNS OF THE TIMES / JANUARY 2011

(A second PowerPoint, entitled “Signs of a Successful Downtown,” compiled by Aran and Flahive, was presented to the California Downtown Assn.) Perhaps most importantly, the presentation uses logic. If most existing signage is illegal, and if securing a permit requires several months, why bother? And if an unenforced sign code becomes more restrictive, wouldn’t it spawn more illegal signs, more blight and an even bigger problem? The SCAP proposal suggests a nominal fee from every business that uses an external, on-premise sign. A $25 annual fee could generate $5 million. Each of the 15 Los Angeles City Council members represents a district, and each district has its own planning department. Over the past year, each council member (or a member of the respective planning department) has individually viewed the PowerPoint presentation. Sign-code issues require the blessing of the city’s Planning and Land Use Management (PLUM) committee. PLUM has approved the SCAP concept. The effort has greatly benefited from Veronica Perez, a partner with the Holland & Knight law firm (Los Angeles). CSA hired her as a lobbyist, largely because of her end-user connections. She had served as vice president of a business group called Central City Assn. (CCA) of Los Angeles. Such connections embody the sign coalition’s true influence. Besides CCA, end-user allies include the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce, the Valley Industry Commerce Assn., the Greater Los Angeles New Car Dealers Assn., the California Restaurant Assn., the Hotel Assn. of Los Angeles and a property-owners’ group called Building Owners and Managers Assn. All of these groups’ logos are presented on the second slide of the PowerPoint presentation. Daktronics belongs to the first three groups. The group emphatically explained the difference between on- and off-premise signs. While scrutinizing the existing Los Angeles sign code, line by line, the coalition convinced the city council that none of the on-premise provisions required change, nor should EMCs be banned from on-premise signs. This same exercise even convinced The Coalition to Ban Billboard Blight, a registered, nonprofit, 501(c)(4) organization, to exonerate on-premise signs and endorse, at least conceptually, SCAP. As of this writing, no implementation target date has been set for SCAP. Now if only our federal government could explore bipartisanship . . . (ST plans to show the photos and provide more details next month.) n