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��� JANUARY 2013 ��� WORLD FENCE NEWS General Equipment appoints Scudder national sales manager continued from page 36 vice-president of sales for a leading manufacturer of specialized construction products. A graduate of St. Petersburg Col- lege in St. Petersburg, Fla., he has worked in the construction equipment industry since 1982 and has more than two decades of experience in professional sales management. Throughout his career, he has received multiple awards for salesmanship, including the 1980 presidential THE SKY���S THE LIMIT ECGO Cell Phone Entry System O C ll Ph l E t S t FEATURES: No cell contract needed. Clear voice technology. Weatherproof Stainless Steel. Rings up to 3 administrators in sequence. If first number is not answered calls will forward to next number on list. Program up to 100 users to access the gate. Works with mobile and land lines. Answer visitors call no matter where you are. Gate is able to be latched/unlatched via cell phone. For use with all gate automation systems. No trenching for phone lines. UR VISIT OBSITE E NEW W m O.co myECG Get This and Many Other Innovative Products from East Coast Gate Operators, Inc. 704.768.2230 Interested in becoming an ECGO distributor... Please call us! award for salesman of the year and the 1995 founders award for the highest achievement in sales management from Benner-Nawman Inc. ���Phil offers a lot of industry experience, and we���re excited to have him as our national sales manager,��� said Dennis Von Ruden, president of General Equipment Company. ���Bringing him on board shows our level of commitment to the industry and our desire to better serve our customers.��� Scudder enjoys Porsche racing Phenomenal fence man Walt Easter BY JIM HATFIELD MANAGER, MERCHANTS METALS SERVICE CENTER, TACOMA, WASHINGTON To me, reaching middle age can bring many changes to one���s life. Unfortunately, not all of these changes end up being good changes. Feeling the aches and pains of daily living are now becoming somewhat routine. Consequently, the thought of doing a major renovation such as grabbing the post hole digger and installing a new fence around the house has definitely lost some of its appeal. Now consider the thought of doing this project if you were over 60! That kind of work is better suited for someone much younger, any reasonable person would conclude. Undoubtedly, anyone would find it absurd attempting this backbreaking task at 70 years of age! And if you thought 70 years old was incomprehensible, imagine how your body would fare if you tried working that manual post hole digger all day long at 80 years old! ���No man could do that,��� might be Pre-Formed Faux Rock Pillars Increase Pro ts! Fra ���If you can���t tell the difference, what difference does it make!��� make!������ ction Cost of Sof the tone! Starting at $94.50 call for details No mason required Maintenance free No sub-contractors UV fade resistant Tri Custom Manufacturing www.tricm.com history, as well as the restoration of early model Porsches and racing cars. Other interests include golfing, fly fishing and other outdoor activities. In business for more than 50 years, General Equipment Company is a family-owned manufacturer of earth augers, ventilation blowers, asphalt cutters and surface preparation equipment. For more information, call 507451-5510 or 800-533-0524, fax 507451-5511, or visit the web site at www.generalequip.com. Phone 435-563-0261 Toll Free 1-866-833-9589 Same day installation Impact resistant / durable One person installation Can be shipped by UPS! PHOTOS COURTESY JIM HATFIELD 38 Walt bristles at the thought of putting away the post hole digger. What an amazing person! your response, and you���d be partially right ��� no ordinary man anyway. This would have to be a man of extraordinary strength and character, and most of all, heart. This man would have to be incredible. This man would have to be the astounding Walt Easter. But Walt is not installing fences by hand at 80 years old; he���s doing it at 87 years old! And he is emphatic about not hanging up the post hole digger! Walt learned his work ethics at a very early age. He was born on Christmas Eve 1925 to Charlie and Ester Easter in the Ozark Mountains of Arkansas. Walt was one of 10 children ��� five boys and five girls. Their family survived the Great Depression by farming the land, working livestock, and canning the foods they had harvested. Of the 10 children, only Walt and his youngest sister, Wanda, still survive. Walt moved to Washington State in 1947, after serving his country honorably as an infantry soldier during World War II. continued on page 42