Please give these awards careful consideration and be prepared to recommend those special people who so deserve. Although no commitments have been made yet, the thinking at this time is that it would be beneficial to have a central phone number for organization contacts, and a permanent address for organization mail. Please contact George if you have suggestions or ideas. Ohio was well represented at this year's NAPT convention in Austin, Texas. Along with the great Austin hospitality, we did manage to spend some time learning about new national issues as well as listening to Cal LeMon, Linda Bluth, and many other speakers.
Seat belts have once again become a large issue.
Dan Marling, this year's conference chairperson, has been busy working on the upcoming workshop. Worthington Holiday Inn and Conference Center. The new construction standards have been adopted, distributed to all school districts, and are now in effect. With this set of standards, school bus construction is now under the jurisdiction of the State Patrol. Along these same lines, Lt. Charlie Park has officially taken a disability retirement from the Ohio State Patrol.