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</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img width=282 height=212 src="cid:image009.jpg@01CF11F0.231CFFC0" align=left hspace=12 v:shapes="Picture_x0020_6"><![endif]><em><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;background:white'>Thursday, January 30, 2014</span></em><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><br><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";background:white'>The 2014 Midwestern Chapter Conference in Dubuque, Iowa</span></strong></span><span class=apple-converted-space><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black;background:white'> </span></b></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><br><span style='background:white'>Rick Johnstone of IVM Partners will be giving a presentation titled "Integrated Vegetation Management Partnerships" which will be good overview of integrated vegetation management of electric as well as natural gas. at</span></span><span class=apple-converted-space><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black;background:white'> </span></span><a href="http://www.mwisa.org/" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#173D62;background:white'>Midwestern International Society of Arboriculture Conference</span></a><span class=apple-converted-space><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black;background:white'> </span></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;background:white'>in Dubuque, Iowa.</span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><br><span style='background:white'>The 2014 Midwestern Chapter Annual Conference and Trade Show will be held at the Grand River Center in conjunction with the Grand Harbor Resort and Waterpark Hotel in Dubuque, Iowa, on January 29 – 31. Johnstone will provide a good overview of IVM on pipeline ROW, since natural gas and oil production are important industries in this region.</span></span><span class=apple-converted-space><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black;background:white'> </span></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><br><br><i><span style='background:white'><br><em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Tuesday, February 25, 2014</span></em></span></i><br><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";background:white'>9th Annual Shade Tree Symposium in Lancaster, Pennsylvania</span></strong></span><span class=apple-converted-space><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black;background:white'> </span></b></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><br><span style='background:white'>Rick Johnstone of IVM Partners will giving a presentation titled "Integrated Vegetation Management Partnerships" which will be good overview of integrated vegetation management of electric as well as natural gas at Penn-Del</span></span><span class=apple-converted-space><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black;background:white'> </span></span><a href="http://www.penndelisa.org/Symposium.html" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#173D62;background:white'>International Society of Arboriculture</span></a><span class=apple-converted-space><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black;background:white'> </span></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;background:white'>in Lancaster, PA. 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