The Mid-America Truck Show

In Louisville Kentucky there was a very popular event that many people wait for every year. It was the Mid-America Truck Show. The Mid-America Truck Show is the largest truck show in the world. It ran from March 19-21. I went there on the 19th with my boyfriend and one of his friends. It was huge! 71,992 people attended, there were 935 vendors, and the whole show was located within 1 million square feet.

Here are a few pictures I took when I was there.

There were two main sections to the show. There was an outside part and an inside part. The outside part was where all of the show trucks were. There were quite a few. There were a lot that were stretched and had awesome graphics painted on them. There were a lot of newer trucks and a lot of older trucks.

The inside was much bigger and more interesting. Inside is where most of the vendors where. They were promoting many new things that had to do with fuel efficiency such as things that you put on your trailer that help you get better mileage. The also had games, drawings, and contests. I won a $25 dollar gift card in a drawing.

The pictures that I took and added above were pictures that I took of a truck inside. It was a very large International truck, and I really liked the graphics that it had.

Princeton Leaders

I chose to do the Princeton Community.
Some of the Key leaders in Princeton, Mn are:
Mayor Jeremy Riddle

Councilor Victoria Hallin

Councilor Dick Dobson

Princeton is a statutory Type A city with a Mayor/Council form of government. The mayor and four councilors are elected at large for two and four year terms. The current City Hall located at 705 Second Street North was purchased by the City in 1994 and houses the Administration, Finance, Community Development and Police Departments. The City Council has regularly scheduled meetings in the Council Chambers at City Hall on the second and fourth Thursdays and a study session on the first Thursday each month(http://www.princetonmn.org/).

Mayer Jeremy Riddle says that the top priority for 2009 is money. By this he means budgeting. Federal Government economic-stimulus money could be part of the city's business agenda. The city officials will be seeking for ways to save money in operating the city in light of more potential cuts in aid by the state. With the number of foreclosures, and job losses he is hoping to help build up the economy in Princeton.

He also had a list of utility and street projects that he said the council hopes to accomplish, some possibly with federal help. An example he gave was continuing to plan for the scheduled replacement of the Highway 95 bridge just east of Rum River Drive in 2010.

Here is the website for the city of Princeton if anyone is interested. You can look at many things such as all of the different city officials, agendas and minutes of meetings, community service, and many other things.
http://www.princetonmn.org/index.asp?Type=NONE&SEC={C95886E9-A690-4DBC-B6E7-2B12780E5E7F}