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SEPTEMBER 2014 6 THE JOURNAL No. 4 on Get It Quick Page The Class of 2014 was inducted into the RV/MH Hall of Fame (Hall) last night in Elkhart, Indiana, in a gala ceremony before a record breaking crowd of more than 440 family members, friends, and colleagues from across the country. The Class of 2014 includes: Debbie Brunoforte, Little Dealer, Little Prices; Bob Livingston, Good Sam; Peter B Orthwein, Thor Industries; John D Roba, Roba and As- sociates; James F Shields (deceased), Pan Pacific RV Centers; Barry Cole, Manufac- tured Housing Insurance Services; Ed Evans, EPM; Thomas "Tom" L. Kern, Style Crest Enterprises; Richard "Dick" King, King In- surance; and Gary McDaniel, YES! Com- munities This year's attendance of 444 set a new record, beating the previous record of 434 attendees and far outpaced the 2013 atten- dance of 311. It was also a record-breaking year for fundraising at the dinner and golf outing. Before the induction ceremonies, Hall President Darryl Searer, said in his "State of the Hall" address, "Last year after my first year as president I reported to you that the Hall was in the best shape it had ever been. Tonight, the news is even better. It is my pleasure to report to you this year that the Hall of Fame has con- tinued its upward trend of improving in all areas of the operation. "As some of you may remember the day before we burned the bank note last year we sent the Woodworths a check in the amount of $600,000 which settled the Hall debt in full with them for the Woodworth antique RV collection, but it became a $600,000 note at the bank. I am pleased to announce that we not only paid the interest all year but paid an additional $100,000 towards the principle." Searer also noted that the record-break- ing fundraiser for the induction dinner and golf outing would generate another $50,000 once all the bills have been paid for these events. In thanking all those who con- tributed, he said these funds also would be used to pay down debt. RV/MH Heritage Foundation Inducts the Class of 2014 Into RV/MH Hall of Fame (Back row l-r) Thomas "Tom" L. Kern, Style Crest Enter- prises; Ed Evans, EPM; Gary McDaniel, YES! Communi- ties; Richard "Dick" King, King Insurance (second row l-r) Barry Cole, Manufactured Housing Insurance Serv- ices; Bob Livingston, Good Sam; John D Roba, Roba and Associates (front row l-r) Mrs. James F Shields, accepting on behalf of her husband, James F Shields (deceased), Pan Pacific RV Centers; Debbie Brunoforte, Little Dealer, Lit- tle Prices and Peter B Orthwein, Thor Industries. \ 8