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WORLD FENCE NEWS • SEPTEMBER 2014 • 59 Through the Years with World Fence News September 1989 cover September 1984 Here are some articles and items that were being covered in the Sep- tember 1984 issue of World Fence News, 30 years ago this month. • The cover photo for September showed Miss America sitting on a DuraCade metal fence. • WFN contributing editor Jim Lucci explained the role of the "expe- diter" this month. No matter what size your company is, expedition is an as- pect of every business that must be se- riously dealt with to obtain a smoother running operation and increase prof- its. • WFN contributing editor Jim Hart customized his truck again, this time with synthetic grass. If you recall back in Nov. 1983 when Jim construct- ed a proportional chain link fence for his flat bed, now with the installation of synthetic grass, he's got a rolling showroom. Also, he gave the conclu- sion to the "panel weave chronicle." • Brian Warner of American Se- curity Fence talked about barbed tape. Warner said there was much confusion over barbed tape terminology. Some names which are used for generic ref- erence many times indicate a specific design for specific applications. • Members of the California Fence Contractors Association in northern California complained of what they perceived as unfair trade practices of some fence suppliers. This was a report on the Robinson-Patman Act, a federal anti-trust law that was ex- plained in a letter from the CFCA's legal council. • The President's Report on the state of small business said that 1983 was good for small business. This report on the U.S. Small Business Administration's statistics on small businesses had some inter- esting findings and some predictions about the future. • WFN contributing editor Herb September 1984 cover continued on next page Borner outlined the six basic types of inline gates. September 1989 Here are some articles and items that were being covered in the Sep- tember 1989 issue of World Fence News, 25 years ago this month. • The cover photos for Septem- ber showed a striking vinyl coated chain link, concrete and painted steel perimeter fence for the Puget Power Center substation in Bellevue, Wash- ington, which had received the Chain Link fence Manufacturers Institute's 1989 Design Award. Frank Lawhead was the architect. • If you deal with the public, it's a fact of life that you're going to run into complaints. How you and your employees deal with them can make or break future business, WFN con- tributing editor Jim Lucci explained. • Dr. Leon Danco offered some basic information on money manage- ment, especially for the family busi- ness owner and operator. • Some tips were presented on how to prevent hot weather health problems and what to do if they occur. • When Jim Hart's crews got into the "that's good enough, the customer doesn't know the difference" frame of mind, he decided it was time for a lit- tle "Hart to heart" talk with them. • Bob Reiger explained how a few simple techniques could improve your gate operator and access control sales record. September 1994 Here are some articles and items that were being covered in the Sep- tember 1994 edition of World Fence News, 20 years ago this month. • The cover photo for September showed chain link mesh providing the foreground for oncoming traffic