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Rent-to-own News - Iowa dealers re-elect Luksetich

September 4, 2008

Lyn Leach presents Brian Luksetich with APRO's Legislative Achievement Award today in Iowa.

Some 18 rent-to-own dealers turned out for The Association of Iowa Rental Dealers' 21st annual business meeting today at the Hilton Garden Inn in Johnston, Iowa where they re-elected the association's current president and vice president.

Brian Luksetich will serve another year as AIRD's president, secretary and treasurer and Mark Connally will serve as vice president.

At the meeting, former APRO President Lyn Leach presented Luksetich with APRO's annual legislative achievement award for AIRD's swift response to potentially damaging RTO legislation this February. See story.

APRO Executive Director Bill Keese delivered an update on pending federal RTO legislation in the U.S. House and Senate and lobbyist Jim Carney summarized relevant activity at the state level.

Lyn Leach, Tom Bernau and Dennis Shields at the Iowa Rental Dealers meeting today in Johnston.


Leach, of Ace Rent-To-Own, presented a well-received talk entitled "Creating a Climate for Success in Your Company."

 

"The meeting went very well," Luksetich said. "We want to make sure we maintain a cohesive group of rental dealers in the state of Iowa and this is one way we do that."

TRIB Group sponsored the meeting and lunch.

mevans@rtohq.org

 

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