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ASSOCIATIONINSIGHT Portable Sanitation Association International News B e t t e r w o r k s i t e s . B e t t e r w e e k e n d s . B e t t e r w o r l d . BIWEEKLY EDITION MARCH 31, 2021 Page 1 By Jeff Wigley, Past PSAI President W hether he was the owner of a small company in 1972 or the energy behind an international company in the 1990s, PolyPortables founder Ed Crafton (pictured far left in the photo) always asserted that "his customers were his friends, and his friends were his customers." Early Life and Career Ed Crafton was born February 26, 1921 in Greenwood, Indiana, a city just south of Indianapolis. As a young man, he joined the US Army during World War II and served as an aircraft mechanic for the US Army Air Corps. It was likely that during this time he developed and refined his love of "tinkering" and "inventing" which benefited him so much in the future. ASSOCIATIONINSIGHT Portable Sanitation Association International News B e t t e r w o r k s i t e s . B e t t e r w e e k e n d s . B e t t e r w o r l d . Continued on page 2 Fuel Prices: What to Expect Ahead By Karleen Kos, PSAI's Executive Director I t's not your imagination. Fuel prices are climbing. While this does not come as a surprise to market watchers, it is never a welcome change for portable sanitation companies. When gas prices go up or down, it is common to credit or blame politicians. The truth is that political forces really don't have much influence over fuel prices in the short term (think weeks or months). Policy decisions about taxes, pipelines, drilling, subsidies, and regulations can impact fuel prices in the longer term (think years), but there's little evidence that policy changes have affected prices for portable sanitation companies as of Q1 and early Q2 2021. On the Inside FEMA Updates Flood Map Tool…page 6 OSHA Launches Program to Protect Workers from COVID-19…page 13 Thank You, Sponsors!… page 17 A Virtual Conference Just for You…page 22 Industry Pioneer: Ed Crafton Continued on page 3 All year we celebrate our 1971 founding!