MAPC - FARGO, ND

I don't want to give short shrift to the Mid-America Print Council's (MAPC) show coming up this week, but with the back-to-school rush, it's sometimes hard to remember what day it is, let alone when the next show is coming up. For the record, the dates are October 1-4, 2008.

As always, Graphic Chemical will be represented there, but this time we're only going to be there for the first two days (Thursday and Friday, October 2nd & 3rd). Due to previous, wedding-related commitments, the half day on Saturday will have to get along without us.

I'm looking forward to the show for a variety of reasons. First and foremost, we have a chance to network with many of our customers that we don't get to see all that often. We have a number of newer items that we will highlight at the Product Fair, and finally I have never been to North Dakota before. So, why is that a big deal? Well, when I land at the Fargo airport, I will have landed in my fiftieth state. It's been a goal I've had since I first set foot outside of Illinois.

In fairness, I should revise that statement so as not to get caught in a lie! It's been my revised goal for 49 years (ever since we first had 50 states. Some states haven't gotten the full treatment - Alaska, for example, has been visited twice for a total of 2 hours and Maine once for about a half hour. I'm going to get back to both soon because there are way too many customers that I haven't visited with in places like that.

Anyway, look out North Dakota, because I'm on my way - see you Wednesday evening.