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Distributor's Link Magazine Fall Issue 2012 / VOL 35 / NO.4

66 THE DISTRIBUTOR’S

66 THE DISTRIBUTOR’S LINK SFA - 292 Sugarberry Ci., Houston, TX 77024 • Tel: 713.952.5472 • Fax: 713.952.7488 • Email: swfa@swbell.net • www.sfa-fastener.org SOUTHWESTERN FASTENER ASSOCIATION SFA AWARDS TWELVE SCHOLARSHIPS; TWO FALL DINNER MEETINGS SCHEDULED The Southwestern Fastener Association awarded twelve scholarships in July to a group of well deserving students. The winner of the Will Rodriguez scholarship was Mallory Condon, representing Hillsdale Terminal. Mallory is entering her sophomore year at Northwood University. Bill Unferth, retired and a long time fastener industry executive, elected to give back to the industry that helped his family with their college educations by making a generous contribution to the SFA scholarship program this year. SFA awarded a scholarship in the name of the Unferth Family to Jared Burks, representing Tifco, Inc. Jared is enrolled in a pre-med program at Arkansas State University. Additional scholarship winners were Andrea Carr, Porteous Fastener Co, attending Texas State University; Tyler Condon, Hillsdale Terminal, attending Trine University; Abbey Jackson, Delta Fastener, Inc., attending Texas A&M University; Louis Marello, Metric & Multistandard Components, attending College of the Holy Cross; Paden Mouton, Drillco, Inc., attending Southeastern Louisiana University; Melissa Murphy, Threaded Fasteners, Inc., attending Troy University; Frank Palatucci, Ford Fasteners, attending Ramapo College of New Jersey; Emily Pels, Tifco, Inc. attending the University of California – Davis; Connor Silverstein, EFC Inc., attending the University of Missouri and Megan Woodard, Drillco, Inc., attending Tulane University. SFA has scheduled two dinner meetings for the Fall. The first dinner meeting is scheduled for October 25 in Houston and the second dinner meeting will be November 1 in the D/FW area. Specific locations and program content will be announced at a later date. In additional SFA activity, the Association has selected the dates of April 25 through April 27, 2013 for their Spring Conference at Lowes Ventana Canyon, Tucson, Arizona. Lowes Ventana Canyon is a four star resort with two championship golf courses. It promises to be a rewarding experience for SFA members. SFA SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS - JULY 2012

THE DISTRIBUTOR’S LINK 67 DISTRIBUTORS NOW FACE THE REALITY OF THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT continued from page 32 So what kind of strategies are we likely to see small businesses employ as they face the uncertainty of the to push us further down the path to socialism to seize the moment. Affordable Care Act It could bring a surge in the hiring Of course, all business like certainty. With the of part-time employees to keep companies from tripping the 50 and 25 employee limits. Is it possible we could even see down-sizing of full timers to fall below the thresholds How many companies will elect to pay the penalties and not provide coverage to their full-time workers What will be the impact on overall jobs growth in our still-struggling economy This was the wrong time, and the wrong format, to experiment with solutions to the health care crisis. When our economy is reeling, companies are failing, and people are out of work it is not the time to commit massive resources from both government and the private sector to engage in social engineering. But then, did not some of the President’s operatives offer the advice that they did not want to squander the opportunity provided by a “good crisis” While so much is being decided and everything is up in the air it seemed a perfect time for those seeking Court’s ruling distributors can now at least turn their attention towards “how” to comply. The federal government is compelled by law to avoid rules and regulations that unfairly burden business. Hopefully, the people writing the administrative regulations will remember this and strive keep paperwork and costs down. There is still time to put some reasonable limitations on this law or to correct some of its aspects that create incentives for behavior that is not in our national economic self-interest. All of this will play out as individual businesses make decisions as to how they will comply. Of course, we are still in the midst of an important political campaign where the Health Care law is a central point of debate. Perhaps it is not a complete fait accompli yet. Let’s see what the voters say in both the White House and the Congressional elections!

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