Fifth Annual SOUTHWESTERN SHOWCASE Investor Conference Taking Place on November 14-15, 2007 in Dallas

Business Wire, Sept 27, 2007

Venue Brings Together Quality Companies with Professional Investors

DALLAS -- The fifth annual SOUTHWESTERN SHOWCASE Investor Conference will be November 14-15, 2007 at the Hilton Anatole Hotel in Dallas, TX. The conference provides an independent venue for institutional quality companies to meet with professional money managers, investment analysts and brokerage firm analysts from throughout the county.

The SOUTHWESTERN SHOWCASE is co-sponsored by Beacon Street Group, LLC, a Dallas-based, investor relations consulting firm, and the CFA Society of Dallas-Fort Worth. Additional sponsors include NYSE Euronext, Brazos Capital Management, Business Wire, Capital Institutional Services (CAPIS), Coker & Palmer, Hodges Capital Management, Ipreo, Luther King Capital Management, PrecisionIR, The NASDAQ Stock Market, Vintage Filings and Westpark Capital Management.

"The SOUTHWESTERN SHOWCASE Conference has become one of the premier investor conferences in the region, and the 2007 conference has added a number of new presenting companies and sponsors," said Kenneth E. Pieper, Partner of Beacon Street Group, LLC.

"We enthusiastically support the SOUTHWESTERN SHOWCASE and its mission of bringing quality companies together with area investors in an independent venue," said Julia Cunningham, President of the CFA Society of Dallas-Fort Worth.

Presenting Companies

Companies from across the country will present at the conference. The presenting companies have a broad range of market capitalizations, investment styles (growth vs. value), and come from a diverse group of industries. Approximately 40 companies are expected to present at the conference. The tentative list of presenting companies currently includes:

Argyle Security Acquisition (OTC:ARGL), San Antonio, TX

Avici Systems (NASDAQ:AVCI), North Billerica, MA

AZZ Incorporated (NYSE:AZZ), Fort Worth, TX

Ballantyne of Omaha (ASE:BTN), Omaha, NE

Cano Petroleum (ASE:CFW), Fort Worth, TX

Capital Senior Living (NYSE:CSU), Dallas, TX

Capstead Mortgage (NYSE:CMO), Dallas, TX

Collective Brands (NYSE:PSS), Topeka, KS

Conn's (NASDAQ:CONN), Beaumont, TX

Craftmade (NASDAQ:CRFT), Dallas, TX

CTG Inc. (NASDAQ:CTGX), Buffalo, NY

Denbury Resources (NYSE:DNR), Dallas, TX

Digi International (NASDAQ:DGII), Minneapolis, MN

Eagle Materials (NYSE:EXP), Dallas, TX

Encore Wire (NASDAQ:WIRE), Dallas, TX

Fortress International Group (NASDAQ:FIGI) Columbia, MD

GP Strategies (NYSE:GPX), Elkridge, MD

Huttig Building Products (NYSE:HBP), St. Louis, MO

Idearc (NYSE:IAR), Dallas, TX

Insteel (NASDAQ:IIIN), Mount Airy, NC

IntegraMed America (NASDAQ:INMD), Purchase, NY

Jack Henry & Associates (NASDAQ:JKHY), Monett, MO

Mannatech (NASDAQ:MTEX), Dallas, TX

Palm Harbor Homes (NASDAQ:PHHM), Dallas, TX

PetroQuest Energy (NYSE:PQ), Lafayette, LA

Spectrum Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:SPPI), Irvine, CA

Tandy Leather Factory (ASE:TLF), Fort Worth, TX

TOR Minerals International (NASDAQ:TORM), Corpus Christi, TX

TXCO Resources (NASDAQ:TXCO), San Antonio, TX

XETA Technologies (NASDAQ:XETA), Tulsa, OK

The conference format provides each participating company multiple opportunities to tell its investment story to attendees, both in a traditional group presentation, and in private meetings. Each presenting company will also have the opportunity to webcast its group presentation. For additional conference information, please visit the conference website: www.southwesternshowcase.com.

Attendees

Investment professionals, including brokerage firm analysts, portfolio managers, buyside analysts, hedge fund managers, and independent research analysts, from throughout the country will attend the conference.

"Texas is home to one of the largest concentration of money management firms in the country. With more than 1,000 members, the Dallas chapter of the CFA Institute is one of the largest professional investor organizations in the country," said David M. Mossberg, Partner of Beacon Street Group. "Also, Dallas is home to the third largest number of hedge funds in the country, and the conference is an efficient way for presenting companies to meet these influential investors."

The mission of the SOUTHWESTERN SHOWCASE is to provide an independent venue for quality companies to present their investment merits to an influential audience of investment professionals and analysts from across the country.

For media inquiries or sponsorship opportunities, please contact Kenneth E. Pieper, Beacon Street Group, 972-618-6924.