I don't hear anything about those "big" collector's shows that HL's always attended and won awards. This and the loss of dealers has left a gap in the presentation place in the market. For some the lighthouse craze has passed. Very few TV shows honor them anymore. Lighthouses have passed from the public's eye. It's up to the states and cities to keep them in the forefront. I was on a lighthouse cruise out of Boston, and I can attest firsthand to the pride that the organizers of this outing displayed. I always ask myself, how is it ,that the countries I've visited, seem to maintain there lighthouses so much better than we do? Maybe they need to come under an umbrella of the a re-incarnated Lighthouse Service since the USCG plays a giant role in Homeland Security. Hats off to the organizers of the various Lighthouse Challenges. But how many of the attendees are first timers and how many are repeaters?