Bates Troy sponsors new Hybrid "Twilight Zone" Bus
Binghamton, NY - Bates Troy Healthcare Linen Services and Dry Cleaning is pleased to
sponsor a decorated Broome County Transit bus that will travel the streets of Binghamton and
be part of the 50th Anniversary celebration of the first television airing of hometown hero Rod
Serling's Twilight Zone. In keeping with Bates Troy's environmentally-friendly efforts we are
pleased to note the bus is a fuel-efficient hybrid.
For more information on the Rod Serling Video Festival visit:
http://www.rodserlingvideofest.com/index.html



Lawrence Kassan, Director of Rod Serling Video Festival & Director of Special Projects
Binghamton City School District, speaks at the public unveiling of the new Broome County
Transit hybrid bus. Behind Mr. Kasan is County Executive Barbara Fiala and City of
Binghamton Mayor Matthew T. Ryan. Rod Serling's image looks over Mr. Kassan's shoulder.
Mr. Kassan said of the bates troy sponsorship, "I'm thrilled that Bates Troy, along with the
Oakdale Mall and BC Transit are so supportive of our celebration! Their sponsorship made it
possible to decorate this beautiful bus which honors Rod Serling, not only a true pioneer of
early television but someone that we all in Binghamton are proud to call our own!"
The hybrid Twilight Zone bus
The bus is part of a competition sponsored by BUSRide Magazine and Oracal USA to find the "most attractive,
compelling buswraps in the business"?
The Southern Tier succeeded in voting Owego as America's Coolest Small Town, so we can surely make
sure that the bus picturing Rod Serling is at the top of the heap, too!
Here's how to vote:
- Visit BUSRide Magazine's website. http://www.busride.com/index.asp
- Click on the box that says "2009 BUSRide/Oracal US MotorVision Competition." (It's a blue box with a bright
green bus.) http://www.busride.com/buswrapinfo.asp
- Under the heading "Transit Wrap Category," click the "VOTE NOW" button.
- Vote for the Rod Serling BC Transit bus. (The site will ask you for a little bit of information the first time you
vote.)
- Vote as many times as you want!