Thank you to all who are responding to the campaign waged by the Iowa Grocery
Industry Association regarding the elimination of the bottle bill.  If you do
want to write a letter to the editor or want to know which stores are
involved in the campaign, listed below are the names of the speakers at the
press conference, as well as the directors of the Iowa Grocery Industry
Association.  Thanks for your help.

Speakers:    Jerry Fleagle, Pres. of Iowa Grocery Industry Association
                   Bob Cramer, Pres. of Fareway Stores
                   Scott Havens, independent grocer
                   Ron Pearson, CEO of Hy-Vee

Officers of Iowa Grocery Industry Association:
Chair: Sam Mayberry, Supervalu
Second Vice Chair: Jon Wendel, Hy-Vee
Sec/Treas: Fred Greiner, Fareway Stores
Pres: Jerry Fleagle

Directors of Iowa Grocery Industry Assoc.:
Bob Bocken, Farner Bocken
Lynette Clark, Fareway Stores
Virgil Froehlich, Affiliated Foods Midwest
Mark Gaul, Fleming Company
Speed Herrig, Cookies Food Products
Dennis James, James Country Grocery
Craig Long, Blue Bunny
Dave Menke, No Frills Super Market
Randy L. Meyer, Kum and Go Stores
Joel Pearson, Advantage Sales and Marketing
Tom Restad, Pepsi-Cola Gen. Bottlers
Jeff Swartzendruber, Hy-Vee
Ivan Thede, Thede Enterprises
Rollin Tiefenthaler, Al's Corner Oil Company
Bill Wilmert, Nash Finch Company



Erin Jordahl
Director, Iowa Chapter Sierra Club
3839 Merle Hay Road, Suite 280
Des Moines, IA 50310
515-277-8868
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