Incoming NIA president Kevin Jacobson (center) congratulates 2006 Show Hosts (left to right) Bob Berry, Carolyn Berry, Jim Bates, and Jack Roach for their hard work and successful efforts.                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                            

At the NIA banquet, Bernie Warren (left) and his wife, Madeline, were given the Association's highest honor. The "Lifetime Membership Award" is presented to those who have made outstanding contributions to insulator collecting over many years. Bernie and Madeline have been ambassadors of the hobby to many countries as they traveled around the world building one of the largest collections of foreign insulators.

CREDITS

Insulators pictured on pages 32 & 33 & 35 are (or were) owned by Dwayne Anthony, Ross Baird, Mark & Elaine Corriero, Ben Cox, Dudley Ellis, Dan Gauron, Mike Green, Butch Haltman, Galen Howard, John McDougald, and Jim Meyer.

Thanks to Bill Meier for arranging for wireless internet in the showroom. Bill's exhibit at the show was an interactive computer quiz for insulator collectors of all levels.

Photographs for this article were taken by Cheryl Jacobson, Kevin Jacobson, Mike Green, and Howard Banks.

Thanks to Tommy Bolack for his grant to pay for color printing.

The National Show issue always seems to sell out. So we'll print a few extra copies this year. If you want an extra, let us know. Howard & Linda

Jacqueline Linscott Barnes and Graham Barnes review the floor layout for 2007.

The National Insulator Association's 2007 National Show will be held June 22-24 in Orlando, Florida. The show will be held at the Holiday Inn International Drive Resort & Convention Center, 6515 International Drive. Reservations can be made on line at www.hi-drive.com with the code "NIA", or call the hotel at 866-253-2183 and request the NIA block room rate of $105 per night plus tax.

Area attractions include Disney World (10-miles away), Universal Studios (less than a mile), Sea World (2 miles), Cocoa Beach (35 miles) and the Kennedy Space Center (35 miles). That is, if you can tear yourselves away from the 101 insulator sales tables and two dozen exhibits.

And if you haven't had enough fun yet, you can join other insulator collectors in attending Sea World's Makahiki Luau on Friday evening, June 22nd. The dinner theater event costs $45 per adult and $35 per child.

The 38th National will be hosted by Jacqueline & Graham Barnes and their grandson, Clay Bledsoe. For table and banquet reservations contact Jacqueline at 321-480-1800 or email: bluebellwt@aol.com