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38 FEBRUARY 2017 | FUEL OIL NEWS | www.fueloilnews.com "DINE WITH THE DINOSAURS" was the theme as the Connecticut Energy Marketers Association held its annual Holiday Party at the world-renowned Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History in New Haven. Members dined in the Great Dinosaur Hall surrounded by displays of creatures tens of millions of years old. The Dec. 14 event included an open bar and a dinner menu offer- ing a choice of porterhouse steaks, salmon and chicken grilled fresh on site. The party also featured a Toys for Tots drive, with U.S. Marines present to collect unwrapped toys donated by mem- bers—this was the 10th year in a row that Toys for Tots was a featured element of the holiday party, whose sponsors included Federated Insurance, Gulf Oil, L.P., Global Companies, LLC, Inland Fuel Terminals and Buckeye Energy Services. PHOTO BY BRIAN WINTHROP/BIG WAVE EVENTS PHOTO BY STEPHEN BENNETT Craig Snyder, president of Wesson Energy and chairman of the board of CEMA, addresses the U.S. Marines who were present to collect donations to Toys for Tots. Fuel Terminals and Buckeye Energy Services. Facing the camera (from left): Jay McElroy, operations manager for Central Connecticut Tank Fabrication & Truck Repair; Tom Pelloni, owner/president of Central Connecticut Tank Fabrication & Truck Repair; Adele Shiffer; and Dave Shiffer, marketing director, Automated Wireless Environments. PHOTO BY STEPHEN BENNETT PHOTO BY STEPHEN BENNETT Chris Herb, president of the Connecticut Energy Marketers Association, with attendees seated at dining tables that were set up for the occasion in the Great Dinosaur Hall of Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History, in New Haven. From left: Jamie Lohr, owner of Guardian Fuel & Energy Systems, Westerly, R.I.; Dave Campbell, associate publisher, Fuel Oil News magazine; and Roy Friedman, president of Standard Oil, Bridgeport, Conn. CEMA Holiday Party PHOTO BY STEPHEN BENNETT