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66 • MAY 2012 • WORLD FENCE NEWS Through the Years with World Fence News May 1987 Here are some articles and issues that were being covered in the May 1987 edition of World Fence News, 25 years ago this month. • The cover photos for the May issue showed a 15,000 pound truck ramming into an anti-terrorist crash gate at 50 m.p.h. This was an inde- pendent test of a Nasatka MSB-II (Maximum Security Barrier) anti-ter- rorist gate manufactured by Nasatka Barrier, Inc. of Clinton, Md. In order for it to be approved for government applications, the barrier must stop a vehicle with no more than three feet of penetration, according to owner Ralph Nasatka. The knife-blade like barrier por- tion of the gate rises on command to meet the oncoming vehicle. Another cover story reporting on a fence crew which was using a hand digger to dig post holes and one crew member struck a buried cable that shocked him and gave him chest pains. The crew member was fine, but learned a valuable lesson about know- ing what's beneath the surface. • WFN contributing editor Herb Borner (now deceased) presented an- other installment of his popular base- ball backstop series, this time concentrating on installation and de- sign. • The issue contained information about card access systems and how they can work for you. • WFN contributing editor Jim Lucci looked at the growing problem of on-the-job drug abuse in the first of a two-part series. • Professional motivator Sol Amen told how to avoid basic flaws and over- sights that have blown many a fence seller's track record. • Jim Hart (now deceased) resisted the temptation to make a quick bundle on a do-it-yourselfer and instead set the poor guy on the path to fence knowledge. May 1992 Here are some articles and issues that were being covered in the May 1992 edition of World Fence News, 20 May 1987 cover years ago this month. • The cover photo for May showed a crew from Simpson's Fence Ltd. of Chatham, Ontario, Canada erecting a 62-lineal-foot, 8-foot-high (including barbed wire) cantilever gate at the BASF Ltd. automotive paint plant in Windsor, Ontario. This was the largest single gate the company had installed in its 42-year history, according to partner and man- ager W.E. Simpson. Photo courtesy of Simpson Fence. The cover's lead story was about the Western Wood Products Associa- tion's annual meeting, as president Robert H. Hunt described a combina- tion of factors which was creating a supply and demand problem. The demand for western softwood lumber would supposedly increase that year and the supply was going to de- crease, he stated. • Accurately estimating labor and materials costs for cantilever slide gates was the topic of WFN contribut- ing editor Herb Borner's column. He also detailed a variety of de- signs for cantilever gates and included some helpful tables and charts. • WFN contributing editor Jim Lucci took an in-depth look at the hard choices that employers must make May 1992 cover