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14th Annual Mini Trade Show - October 7th

Numerous companies will be on hand to display the latest in equipment, road maintenance, communications, engineering and more! All public officials, managers, elected municipal officials and municipal workers are invited to attend.

All vendors, engineers and municipal suppliers are also welcome. Indoor and outdoor display spaces are available. Please check the vendor notice for details. Vendor registration deadline is Sept. 29th, 2010.

SCHEDULE:

8:00 AM – 8:30 AM	REGISTRATION FOR TRADE SHOW AND RODEO
8:00 AM – 2:00 PM	INDOOR/OUTDOOR EXHIBITS OPEN
8:30 AM – 2:00 PM	BLOODMOBILE AVAILABLE FOR BLOOD DONATIONS
9:15 AM – 10:00 AM	EDUCATION SESSION: Jane Meeks, Berks County Recycling Coordinator, will discuss the county’s recycling program
10:15 AM – Noon	EQUIPMENT SKILLS RODEO ON-GOING
11:45 AM – 1:00 PM	LUNCHEON
1:00 PM – 1:45 PM	ENTERTAINMENT: Ed Hanna, WFMZ Channel 69 Meteorologist
1:45 PM - 2:00 PM	RAFFLE AND RODEO AWARDS

RODEO DETAILS: In addition to the indoor and outdoor exhibits and information sessions, municipal members are invited to participate in an Equipment Skills Rodeo.

TEAMS: Municipalities may field a maximum of two teams. Teams must have three members. For those municipalities who do not have three operators, you may combine with another municipality to form a team or request that the Trade Show Committee supply members to form a team.

EVENTS AND EQUIPMENT: There will be seven skill events that may include equipment such as backhoes, truck (automatic transmission, CDL not required), mini-excavator, zero-turn lawn mower, skid loader, and cone toss. On the day of the show, team members select three of the seven events in which to participate. Events will be timed and/or judged and will include general operation and/or implement specific skills.

PRIZES: Cash $$$ prizes will be awarded for first, second and third places in each event and trophies will be presented for overall team championship.

REGISTRATION: Please pre-register your team using a registration form. If you list less than three members, the Trade Show Committee will assign members to form a team. All Rodeo participants will receive a BCPWA t-shirt. Please indicate shirt size on the form.

RULES: Please note that rules for each rodeo event will be posted at the rodeo registration table and with each individual event judge.

VOLUNTEERS: We need non-rodeo participants to help judge the rodeo events. Volunteer judges will receive a free BCPWA t-shirt. Please sign up as a volunteer on the registration form if you are interested.

BLOOD DRIVE: Miller Keystone Blood Bank again will have a bloodmobile on site all day to take blood donations. Please list the names of all members interested in donating blood using the form below. Donation times will be scheduled during the registration period. All blood donors must bring a photo I.D.

New municipal members’ cost for registration for the trade show and equipment skills rodeo is $35.00. This includes five lunches and membership in the BCPWA until the end of 2010. Each current member municipality is entitled to five free lunches. Additional lunches cost $15.00 each.

Please fill out a registration form and return it by Sept. 29th to Rosemary Sobotor at E. J. Breneman, 1117 Snyder Road, West Lawn, PA 19609, Fax 610-678-9691 or email rsobotor@ejbreneman.com. Questions? Call Todd Dietrich at 610-972-8046 or John DeMartino at 610-678-1913.

The Oley Fairgrounds are located on Jefferson St. in Oley, PA. Here is the location via Google Maps.

The Berks County Public Works Association was initiated in 1996 by a group of concerned municipal officials and vendors of municipal-related services and equipment, to advance the theory and practice of the design, construction, maintenance, administration and operation of public works services, as well as the dissemination of information and experience upon the promotion of improved practices in public works administration and the encouragement of the adherence by public works officials to a continually higher standard.

2010 Municipal representative registration form

2010 Vendor representative registration form

The membership is comprised of active members, official and employees of government agencies, engaged in the field of public works; honorary members, retired officials and employees of governmental agencies who have been active members in the Association, in good standing, for ten (10) years; supporting members, officials and employees of governmental agencies engaged in the field of public works outside Berks County; and, associate members, any persons, company and/or corporation-associated persons with special knowledge, experience and interest in the public works field, desirous of aiding and furthering the objectives of the Association.