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Jesse Ventura to Speak at Cold Weather TOPTEC

20 January 2000

Jesse Ventura to Speak at Cold Weather TOPTEC

    WARRENDALE, Pa., Jan. 20  Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura
is scheduled to be the honored guest speaker at a dinner hosted by Lake of the
Woods Industrial Development Commission during the SAE Cold Weather Vehicle
and Component Testing: Standards and Evaluation Procedures TOPTEC on
February 3-4, 2000 in Bemidji, Minnesota.
    The purpose of the TOPTEC (TOPical TEChnical symposium) is to update
vehicle and component engineers, managers, and researchers on
state-of-the-art, cutting-edge technologies from experts in the field of cold
weather research.  A Ride and Drive has also been scheduled as part of the
program on February 3 at the Automotive Enviro Testing (AET) cold weather test
facility in Baudette, Minnesota.
    For more information or to register, contact SAE Professional Development
at 724-772-7148, e-mail:  profdev@sae.org; or visit the SAE website at
http://www.sae.org.