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BUSINESS OPERATIONS N E W S 20 MAY 2015 | FUEL OIL NEWS | www.fueloilnews.com DONAGH "DON" O'HARA PASSES Donagh F. "Don" O'Hara, 90, passed away on Sunday March 1, 2015, at the Golden View Health Care Center in Meredith. O'Hara was married for 67 years to the late Dorothy C. (Meehan) O'Hara who died in 2014. O'Hara was born August 19, 1924, in Brooklyn, N.Y., the son of Patrick G. and Grace M. (Marcel) O'Hara. He proudly served in WWII in the Battle of the Bulge. He was awarded The Bronze Star for heroism. After serving in the U.S. Army, O'Hara re- turned home, married and went to work for Sears and Roebuck, while pur- suing his degree from Hofstra College (University). He later taught salesman- ship and marketing at Rutgers Univer- sity. O'Hara then embarked on a long, adventurous, career in the oil business, beginning with Mobile Oil Company in New York as a salesman and district manager. He then worked for Cities Service Oil Company (Citgo Oil) as regional manager in New Jersey and then Boston. He also was employed by Gibb's Oil Company in Revere, Mass. He was a past President of the Lakes Region Petroleum Board of Trade. In 1973 O'Hara was honored to accept the position of president and CEO for Dow Oil Company (Irving Oil), where he worked until his retirement. He re- mained a consultant for Irving Oil for many years. AREE BOOTH NUMBER AND FLOOR PLAN CHANGES AREE has made a modification to the Floor Plan to accommodate booth/ truck sales. This change will impact the booth numbers of approximately a dozen ex- hibitors. They are: FMC Technologies 525 Fuel Marketer News 621 Hannay Reels 524 Liquid Controls 705 NJWeights & Measures Association 706 Onspot Automatic Tire Chains 623 OrderOil/Tiger Processing 425 Scully Signal 423 Total Meter Services 325 United Truck Maintenance 808 Whitemarsh Corp. 424 JAMES FLAHERTY III PASSES James H. Fla- herty III, 76, of Merrimack N.H., former- ly of Hollis and Medford, Mass., passed away peace- fully on March 27, 2015, at the C o m m u n i t y Hospice House in Merrimack, with his family by his side, after a short battle with AML. Born in Boston on Jan. 16, 1939, Flaherty was the son of the late James H. Jr. and Marguerite (Choquette) Flaherty. He graduated from Malden Catholic High School Class of 1956 and Providence College receiving his B.S. in business in 1960. He played hockey as a defenseman throughout those years. Flaherty retired after 30 years in the oil industry. He worked at North- east Petroleum as a vice-president and also in sales for Cargill Energy. He was an active member of all six New Eng- land states' Oil Associations. Jim was a member of The First Congregational Church of Merrimack. UPONOR INNOVATIONS NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR GAME-CHANGING IDEAS FOR 2015 Are you an entrepreneur, business own- er or investor with a really great idea but lack the resources to get your concept off the ground? Simply submit your execu- tive summary to Uponor Innovations LLC at http://www.uponorinnovations. com for consideration, and your cut- ting-edge product could be reaching the market sooner than you think. "We are looking for products and innovations that align with our sustainability goals and our vision of enriching people's way of life," says Bill Gray, president, Uponor North America. "We believe compa- nies play an important role in leading sustainability initiatives by producing products and services that make it con- venient, affordable and effective to do the right things for the environment." FERRELLGAS DEPLOYS TOUCHSTAR MOBILITY SOLUTION ACROSS PROPANE DELIVERY FLEET TouchStar™, a multinational provider of logistics Enterprise and Mobility software solutions, announced with Ferrellgas, one of the nation's largest distributors of pro- pane, that its propane delivery automation solution has been deployed throughout Ferrellgas' 2600 truck fleet. After piloting the system, Ferrellgas has implemented TouchStar's GasPac Mobili- ty solution, delivered on Honeywell CN70 devices, across its Bulk and Service fleets; with an additional implementation across its cylinder fleet scheduled for completion in the spring of 2015. This solution in- terfaces with Ferrellgas' existing ERP and back office systems, seamlessly capturing and transferring data to and from the field. Developed throughout more than 20 years of industry experience, TouchStar's GasPac application is an 'out-of-the-box' solution designed to automate the entire propane delivery process--eliminating the need for error-prone manual calculations and paper processes. Data is entered into the handheld device, automatically cal- culated and sent to back office systems. Donagh F. "Don" O'Hara James Flaherty