2009's Annual Conference

2009 - 73rd Annual Conference hosted by Springfield

The 73^rd Annual IAHE Conference was held Oct. 8-10 in Springfield at the Abraham Lincoln and Conference Center

2008's Annual Conference

2008 - 72nd Annual Conference hosted by Peoria

Below is a summary with video links of the 2008 IAHE Conference

The Peoria Chapter hopes everyone enjoyed the 2008 conference as much as we did. Following are three videos sharing some pictures of the event. A special thanks to Diane Shynk, Jennifer Lubbs, Tony Bridson and Paris McConnell for supplying the pictures used in them.

Video links          ‘The Shake’                       ‘2008 Conference’                           ‘Caterpillar Demo’

(Videos are large and will take time to download, so please be patient)

The Conference was completed by a golf outing held on Saturday, September 27^th at Quail Meadows Golf Course, in East Peoria.  After a lunch of hot dogs, chips and a frosty beverage, the golfers headed out on a warm, sunny day for the proverbial good walk spoiled.  When all was said and done, the team with the best score (69) was that of Craig Loudermilk, Mike Peifer, Nick Volk, and his father, Nick Volk.  For their efforts, each member of the winning team received a box of Titleist golf balls.  Additionally, there were contests on six of the holes with the winners receiving $10 gift cards to Best Buy.  The winners included for longest drive Josh Knowles and Nick Volk, for closest to the pin Nick Volk and Maureen Kastl, and the longest puts Scot LaSalle and Eden Thorne. After the last group came back into the clubhouse a raffle was held for three more prizes.  The entry fee for the raffle was one golf ball.  The owner of each golf ball was recorded (There was virtually no threat of duplication since no two golf balls seem to have the exact same thing written on them); they were dropped into a bucket and once all of the golf balls were in, the bucket was shaken vigorously. To select each prize winner one golf ball was pulled out and its original owner received a prize.  Third prize, not coincidentally, was a bucketful of new and gently used golf balls.  Second prize was a Caddyshack DVD and a $25 gift card to Barnes and Noble.  First prize was a $75 gift card to Lowe’s.

Future Annual Conference Locations

2010 - 74th Annual Conference hosted by Schaumburg

2011 - 75th Annual Conference hosted by Ottawa

2012 - 76th Annual Conference hosted by Dixon