New Castle Little League at World Series
There has been a lot of press state-wide and national about the Cinderella team of the 2012 Little League World Series, the New Castle All-Stars, representing the Great Lakes region. On a beautiful Friday summer night, an estimated 1,500-2,000 supporters from the...
read moreWorld Series Bound
New Castle, Indiana is like so many other small towns. It is not quite as obscure as Spiceland (population 800), where Draper is located, but it’s not exactly well known either. For all of you sports fans out there though, our 11-12 year old Little League Baseball...
read moreFall is coming! Time to recharge rental inventories!
Wow, record heat in many parts of the United States. Indiana is part of that--much of our state is dealing with drought conditions. The good news is this past week we have seen a little rain, and great temperatures in the 80’s. Maybe Fall is coming! Actually, yes,...
read moreCelebrating our summer intern, Samantha
Every year Draper mines the employee pool for children and grandchildren looking for temporary, summer employment. We had 21 hires this summer, and our department, Audio Visual Sales, had the pleasure of working with Samantha Smith. Samantha just graduated from high...
read moreLighting up the CEA Line Show NYC
New York City in late June! The weather was great (cooler than our drought-stricken state), the people wonderful (as always! I think New Yorkers get a bum rap…), and the lights!!! June 27 and 28, the lights were on at the CEA Line Show NYC, bringing together media and...
read moreA Slice of Americana
Last weekend Spiceland celebrated its big event of the year - Freedom Days. Freedom Days is sponsored by the Spiceland Volunteer Fire Department and the local school corporation's scholarship fund, and takes place on a Friday-Saturday each July. It is a celebration of...
read moreRelay for Life 2012
Eleanor Painter and Sharla Massengale volunteered to lead the company's Relay for Life team for the 2012 event. They worked hard and the effort was very successful. Here's their story, and a gallery of photos from the event. - John Pidgeon With the belief that...
read moreGym Equipment Powers Meet at Draper
Draper was pleased to host most of the nation’s top gymnasium equipment dealers on Sunday, April 29th and Monday April, 30th. We have had similar national sales meetings in the past, but have always held them at remote locations and in conjunction with a trade show....
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