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NOVEMBER 20<strong>14</strong><br />
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Adam C. Kellner<br />
Classification: Endangered Missing Adult<br />
Date of Birth: 1973-05-03<br />
Date Missing: 2007-<strong>11</strong>-07<br />
From City/State: Stevenson Ranch, CA<br />
Missing From (Country): USA<br />
Age at Time of Disappearance: 34<br />
Gender: Male<br />
Race: White<br />
Height: 67 inches<br />
Weight: 165 to 175 pounds<br />
Hair Color: Brown<br />
Hair (Other): Balding in back<br />
Eye Color: Brown<br />
Complexion: Light<br />
Identifying Characteristics: Previously broken arm as teen. Dental<br />
and DNA records are available.<br />
Clothing: Possibly wearing a black jacket.<br />
Circumstances of Disappearance: Unknown. Adam Christopher<br />
Kellner was last seen at approximately 9:00pm at his residence in<br />
the 25700 block of Hawthorne Pl. in Stevenson Ranch, CA. Adam<br />
had returned to the house from the garage, asked a family member<br />
if they needed assistance, and then went to bed. At approximately<br />
3:00pm, the following afternoon, family realized that Adam was<br />
gone. All of Adam’s personal belongings were left at the residence.<br />
Adam suffers from schizophrenia and may need medication.<br />
Investigative Agency: L.A. County Sheriff’s Department<br />
Phone: (323) 890-5500<br />
18 Wheel Angels<br />
If you have seen any of our missing persons, please call the law enforcement agency listed.<br />
All missing persons are loved by someone, and their families deserve to find the answers<br />
they seek in regard to their disappearance.<br />
For Case Updates: http://projectjason.org/forums/topic/1084-<br />
missing-man-adam-c-kellner-ca-<strong>11</strong>082007/<br />
Adam is Project Jason’s 18 Wheel Angel Poster Campaign for November<br />
20<strong>14</strong>, Campaign 3. Please visit our website, and download<br />
and distribute his poster, located at http://projectjason.org/download/offline-pdfs/AAN_AdamKellner.pdf<br />
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Christine Walters<br />
Alias: Star, Airy Star, Star Meadow<br />
Date of Birth: 08/08/1985 Date Missing: <strong>11</strong>/<strong>14</strong>/2008<br />
Age at time of disappearance: 23<br />
City Missing From: Eureka State Missing From: CA<br />
Gender: Female<br />
Race: White<br />
Height: 5ft 2in<br />
Weight: <strong>11</strong>5-120 lbs<br />
Hair Color: Light red<br />
Eye Color: Blue/Green<br />
Complexion: Fair<br />
Identifying Characteristics: Tattoo of a large green and purple iris<br />
on nape of neck, left nostril pierced, small black butterfly tattoo on<br />
lower front hip, double-pierced ears<br />
Clothing: Hospital issued pajama bottoms, sweat shirt, Crocs shoes<br />
Jewelry: None<br />
Circumstances of Disappearance: Christine was last seen at<br />
around 4pm on the street in Eureka, CA. She had been in the<br />
hospital and was on medication. She was found naked pounding<br />
on a door looking for help She had scratches on her body and was<br />
delusional. The homeowner took her to a hospital and after she was<br />
released, police took her to the Red Lion Hotel. She was last seen on<br />
November <strong>14</strong>th.<br />
Medical Conditions: Asthma<br />
18 Wheel Angels<br />
If you have seen any of our missing persons, please call the law enforcement agency listed.<br />
All missing persons are loved by someone, and their families deserve to find the answers<br />
they seek in regard to their disappearance.<br />
Investigative Agency: Humboldt County Sheriff’s Department<br />
Agency Phone: (707) 445-7298<br />
For Case Updates: http://projectjason.org/forums/topic/<strong>14</strong>64-<br />
missing-woman-christine-walters-ca-<strong>11</strong><strong>14</strong>2008/<br />
Christine is Project Jason’s 18 Wheel Angel Poster Campaign for November<br />
20<strong>14</strong>, Campaign 4. Please visit our website, and download<br />
and distribute her poster, located at http://www.projectjason.org/<br />
aan/AAN_ChristineWalters.pdf<br />
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New York Yankees By the Numbers<br />
By Blaise Piazza<br />
The New York Yankees retired Joe Torre’s number<br />
6 in August, leaving the only single digit left to the<br />
Yankee Captain Derek Jeter. No safer bet exists that<br />
Jeter will be the last person to wear number 2. Sadly,<br />
no more single digits will be worn by Yankees players<br />
when Jeter retires.<br />
Don’t get me wrong -- if ever a Yankee deserved<br />
to have his number retired for being a great Yankee<br />
on and off the field it’s Jeter. That leads me to the<br />
rest of the story regarding the retired numbers of the<br />
Yankees.<br />
Let’s start with the first number retired and the<br />
reason why. It was Lou Gehrig’s number 4, and if<br />
you don’t know about Lou Gehrig, you haven’t been<br />
around baseball. He holds the American league record<br />
for most RBI in a season at 184. Not to mention<br />
2,130 games in a row and and a .340 lifetime BA and<br />
493 homers.<br />
But the story is that Gehrig was cut down by the<br />
disease that bears his name and was dead in 1941,<br />
two years after leaving baseball.<br />
He was the Yankee Captain at the time, and the<br />
Yankee organization retired his number and proclaimed<br />
the Yankees would not have another captain<br />
after Gehrig. The idea of retiring the number is associated<br />
with the tragedy surrounding Gehrig. Soon<br />
after Gehrig passed, the great Babe Ruth passed<br />
away in 1948 and his number 3 was also retired.<br />
Babe died at the young age of 53, part of the curse<br />
of the ‘27 Yankees… which is another story. One of<br />
Babe’s teammates is quoted as saying about Ruth,<br />
“He didn’t live a long time, but he did a lot of living in<br />
the time he was alive!”<br />
The Babe contracted throat cancer and passed<br />
away and the Yankees retired his number 3. Now<br />
both of these players were so great that another<br />
player would be hard pressed to be considered<br />
worthy to wear his number anyway so retiring those<br />
numbers is not a tough call. The flood gates are<br />
opening.<br />
Joe DiMaggio wore number 5 and was a Yankee<br />
winner! He carried the Yankees to nine World Championships,<br />
and when he retired so was his number<br />
5. This is the first occasion of a number being retired<br />
just for being a good ballplayer. And indeed it is hard<br />
to argue that number 5 should not be retired.<br />
But now the reasoning has changed significantly.<br />
Next up is Mickey Mantle’s number 7, and he<br />
is also a great winning Yankee: 3 time MVP; seven<br />
World Series wins; and number 7 is retired. At that<br />
time the Yankees Organization decided to look at<br />
some of their other great players and lo and behold<br />
Yogi. He also a 3 time MVP and 10 world Championships<br />
to boot. Number 8 is retired. If you look at the<br />
Yankee Stadium wall where the numbers are mounted<br />
you will see two number 8’s. That is because Bill<br />
Dickey also wore number 8 and his numbers as a<br />
player are phenomenal especially because he was<br />
a catcher. So the Yankees did a double-take and<br />
decided Dickey had it all too thus they retired the<br />
Dickey number 8. One would think that this exercise<br />
by the Yankees would slow down but its only picking<br />
up steam by this time. The Yankees decide to<br />
retire Whitey Ford’s number 16 and Casey Stengel’s<br />
number 37. Now Whitey has the most wins for the<br />
Yanks but he only won 20 games twice. Red Ruffing<br />
and Lefty Gomez won 20 games four times and<br />
Mel Stottlemyre three times. Those three pitchers<br />
are relative unknowns to Yankee fans. I do believe<br />
that Ruffing has a plaque in Monument Park but why<br />
no number retired for him. He had 232 wins for the<br />
Yanks and 276 overall while Gomez was 189 and 104<br />
and both are in the HOF.<br />
On August 2, 1979, Thurman Munson died in a<br />
plane crash. What a great player, and a winner. What<br />
a terrible, heart-breaking tragedy for his family and<br />
secondly for his fans. One of my all time favorites! He<br />
was the Yankee Captain, selected by George Steinbrenner,<br />
and while I don’t think there should have<br />
been another Yankee Captain, Munson certainly filled<br />
the shoes of the Iron Horse Lou Gehrig.<br />
After the tragedy of Munson’s death, the Yankees<br />
should have stopped naming captains but like the retired<br />
numbers the Yankee organization continued. So<br />
the Yankees retired Munson’s 15, and we are back to<br />
the beginning with a good player and a tragedy and a<br />
retired number. Following this a slew of Yankee numbers<br />
were retired and only Mariano Rivera who wore<br />
number 42 was deserving of a retired number.<br />
Let’s start with the managers.<br />
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Torre is number 6; Martin is number 1; and<br />
Stengel is number 37. Now, number 37 is such an<br />
ignominious number that even if it were not retired<br />
no player would wear it! I believe Casey won 10<br />
pennants, while Torre won 6 pennants. Martin won 2<br />
pennants.<br />
First of all, no managers should have their numbers<br />
retired. They don’t even have to wear a uniform,<br />
and Connie Mack is the proof. Miller Huggins has<br />
a monument and didn’t wear a number so he has<br />
some recognition from the Yankees but Billy Martin<br />
is totally undeserving of being in the same category<br />
as Lou Gehrig and Babe Ruth or even the other<br />
managers. What about Joe McCarthy; he won eight<br />
pennants for the Yanks! Few could even tell what decades<br />
he managed. He didn’t get his number retired.<br />
Torre and Stengel won with the Yanks however they<br />
both were terrible managers with all their previous<br />
teams til the Yanks.<br />
Maybe Yankee talent had something to do with<br />
winning? Sorry un-retire those numbers.<br />
Now for the rest of the retired numbers, which<br />
are truly ridiculous. Let’s start with number 9. Roger<br />
Maris, a great player and 2 time MVP. A winner with<br />
the Yanks and later the Cardinals. But he was on the<br />
Yankees for seven years and if they respected him<br />
enough to retire his number why did they trade him<br />
to St. Louis! I would also argue that Graig Nettles<br />
who also wore number 9 did as much or more than<br />
Roger did while on the Yankees. Unretire number 9<br />
please. Next up is Elston Howard, a Yankee great. He<br />
was an MVP and part of the winning Yankees of the<br />
50’s and 60’s. But his number was retired because<br />
he was also the first African-American player on the<br />
Yankees. Now all of MLB has retired Jackie Robinson’s<br />
42 for the same reason. I think the Yankees are<br />
pushing the envelope on this one. I like Howard, but<br />
the Yankees also traded him at the end of his career<br />
and as a player he is not in the Gehrig/Ruth class.<br />
Number 10 is Phil Rizzuto, and his number was<br />
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retired also. I think the Yankees felt sorry for him because<br />
he kept getting snubbed by the HOF, so they<br />
retired his number. He finally made it in, and he is at<br />
best a borderline HOFer. But up against the numbers<br />
of Gehrig and Ruth no way is he worthy of a retired<br />
number. Reggie Jackson number 44! Only 5 seasons<br />
with the Yankees? His number 9 is retired by Oakland<br />
and rightfully so; but number 44 should be unretired.<br />
Again only 5 seasons and that is not enough.<br />
Then we have Donnie Baseball, number 23. If<br />
you examine Don Mattingly’s career numbers, he<br />
had five super years with the Yanks. Now he is by<br />
far the slickest fielding first baseman ever. But he<br />
was a loser on a losing team. In 1985 he guaranteed<br />
a pennant and came in 2nd. He never brought the<br />
team in but he always had something to say. His only<br />
saving grace was a tremendous 1995 playoff series<br />
with a bad back but also a losing effort. The guy was<br />
cursed, well maybe not but he just didn’t win.<br />
Unretire number 23. Ron Guidry’s number 49. I<br />
loved this guy and the way he pitched and played.<br />
He was great. But that being said I cannot even<br />
put him up there with Whitey Ford whose number<br />
I probably would unretire also. There were a lot of<br />
Yankee pitchers with similar records to Gator like<br />
Allie Reynolds, Eddie Lopat and Vic Raschi to name<br />
three. Obviously nobody is retiring their numbers and<br />
49 should be unretired.<br />
The Yankees are still playing games with the<br />
numbers. They have yet to give out Bernie Williams<br />
number 51, even though it would have been a good<br />
fit for Ichiro Suzuki when he joined the Yanks. If they<br />
think they are retiring number 51 they are really polluting<br />
the waters. Pretty soon if a player has a good<br />
year for them they are going to retire his number! It<br />
becomes a joke. It has become a joke.<br />
If I had the power to change these things which<br />
I don’t and probably even the owners themselves<br />
have relinquished said power, I would leave numbers<br />
3; 4; 5; 7; 15; and 2 and 42. Number 42 would also<br />
be retired for Mariano who was worthy to stand with<br />
Ruth Gehrig DiMaggio Mantle and Jeter.<br />
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NASCAR NEWS<br />
DRIVER REACTION TO THE<br />
2015 RULE CHANGES<br />
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series drivers say<br />
they aren’t sure how NASCAR’s 2015 rules<br />
package will affect their teams, but most<br />
appear to be in agreement about one change<br />
-- the ban on testing.<br />
“I’m a big fan of (not testing),” 2003 series<br />
champion Matt Kenseth said. “Especially the<br />
no Daytona testing stuff (in January); we really<br />
don’t learn anything there.”<br />
In addition to reducing engine horsepower<br />
and overall downforce on cars for 2015, NAS-<br />
CAR has banned private testing by teams.<br />
Since 2013, each organization has been<br />
allowed to test up to four times annually at<br />
tracks hosting Sprint<br />
Cup events, and as<br />
often as each chose<br />
at tracks not on the<br />
schedule.<br />
Goodyear will continue to conduct tire<br />
tests at various facilities with what in the past<br />
has included at least one team from each of<br />
the three auto manufacturers -- Chevrolet,<br />
Ford and Toyota. It’s possible NASCAR could<br />
allow teams a test day leading into a race<br />
weekend as well if circumstances warranted<br />
such action.<br />
Kenseth said depending on how the Goodyear<br />
tests are conducted, “it’s kind of the<br />
same for everybody.”<br />
“Whether we all test together or none of<br />
us test, I think it’s the same thing,” the Joe<br />
Gibbs Racing driver said. “I’m a fan of that<br />
and I think it will save the owners some<br />
money, it will keep our road guys ... at home<br />
a little bit more and in the shop more.”<br />
For Carl Edwards, who will depart Roush<br />
Fenway Racing after this season to join JGR,<br />
the lack of track time with a new team could<br />
slow the maturation process.<br />
“But we’ll work all that out,” Edwards<br />
said. “Especially with the format the way the<br />
championship is now, I don’t feel like that<br />
should be too much trouble to get going even<br />
if it takes us a race or two.”<br />
Teams will not spend two to three days<br />
testing at Daytona International Speedway as<br />
they have each January, time many have said<br />
was unnecessary. Less than a month later,<br />
those same teams are back on the track at<br />
DIS for approximately 10 days of activity.<br />
“Instead of just going to Daytona and doing<br />
the same thing that we’ve done, they’ve<br />
talked a little bit about going and doing<br />
something kind of like our Chase Across<br />
North America, which,<br />
for me, was a blast and<br />
I think everybody had<br />
a good time with that,”<br />
said Edwards. “I don’t<br />
think there’s a downside at all to less testing<br />
and less time on the track at Daytona.”<br />
The lack of opportunities to confirm changes,<br />
scrutinize chassis setups and test the<br />
durability of new pieces on the race track will<br />
put more importance on what’s already being<br />
done in the shop, where seven-post shaker<br />
rigs and simulation programs provide reams<br />
of information about a car’s performance.<br />
“We’re just going to have to focus harder<br />
on our tools,” six-time Sprint Cup champion<br />
Jimmie Johnson said. “I don’t think that any<br />
one change is going to make or break the<br />
rules package. I think it’s a combination of<br />
changes -- mechanical grip, aero balance,<br />
the engine package and gear ratio that<br />
they’re working on for a long-term vision of<br />
bringing costs down. And then a very important<br />
piece of the whole puzzle is the tire.<br />
So, it’s not an easy process for NASCAR to<br />
juggle all those items and to keep everybody<br />
smiling.<br />
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NASCAR NEWS<br />
TONY STEWART: I DON’T KNOW IF<br />
LIFE WILL EVER BE NORMAL<br />
Looking solemn and speaking<br />
in soft, deliberate tones, Tony<br />
Stewart took questions from the<br />
media for the first time since being<br />
involved in a fatal sprint car<br />
racing accident on Aug. 9 that<br />
took the life of driver Kevin Ward<br />
Jr.<br />
The three-time NASCAR champion<br />
frequently glanced down<br />
at his hands and thoughtfully<br />
answered questions from reporters<br />
about the impact the situation<br />
has had -- and continues to have<br />
-- on his life, conceding, “I don’t<br />
Tony Stewart<br />
know if it will ever be normal<br />
again.”<br />
Stewart allowed that it’s possible<br />
that he will not compete in<br />
sprint car races again saying, “At<br />
this point, I won’t be in one for a<br />
while.” But he dismissed the idea<br />
that he gave any serious consideration<br />
to retiring as a professional<br />
driver.<br />
“There was never a thought in<br />
my head about stopping,” Stewart<br />
said.<br />
Throughout the question-andanswer<br />
period, Stewart repeatedly<br />
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expressed sadness for Ward’s family and reiterated<br />
that what transpired on that summer<br />
night at Canandaigua (N.Y.) Motorsports Park<br />
was “100 percent an accident.”<br />
Asked for his reaction to finding out Ward<br />
was under the influence of drugs, Stewart<br />
said, “Honestly for me, it didn’t change<br />
anything.<br />
“To me, a young driver lost his life . … I<br />
know in my heart it was 100 percent accident<br />
and that detail didn’t mean anything to me<br />
personally.”<br />
And Stewart said that he is, and has been,<br />
open to speaking with Ward’s family.<br />
“I don’t need to talk to them for [my] closure,<br />
I know what happened and I know it was<br />
an accident,” Stewart said. “I’d offer to talk to<br />
them if it helps them with closure. I want to be<br />
available to them if they ever want to talk.”<br />
SPRINT CUP<br />
SCHEDULE 20<strong>14</strong><br />
SUNDAY, NOV. 2<br />
TEXAS<br />
3 P.M. ET, ESPN<br />
SUNDAY, NOV. 9<br />
PHOENIX<br />
3 P.M. ET, ESPN<br />
SUNDAY, NOV. 16<br />
HOMESTEAD-MIAMI<br />
3 P.M. ET, ESPN<br />
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Super Service Announces<br />
Pay Increase and<br />
Expansion of Southeast<br />
Region<br />
Super Service, a Grand Rapids, Mich.-based<br />
freight network, recently announced a significant<br />
pay increase for its drivers, as well as the<br />
expansion of its Southeast regional fleet.<br />
The pay increase, which went into effect on<br />
September 1, varies from 1-3 cents per mile. All<br />
team drivers and a majority experienced solo<br />
fleet will receive the rate-per-mile increase. This<br />
is the second<br />
significant pay<br />
increase for<br />
Super Service<br />
drivers implemented this year.<br />
“The trucking industry continues to change<br />
for professional drivers, making their jobs more<br />
demanding than ever before,” said Vaughn<br />
Yow, Vice President of Operations for Super<br />
Service. “Here at Super Service, we are always<br />
looking for ways to provide a quality work<br />
experience for our driver associates. Offering<br />
a competitive compensation package is one<br />
component of this approach.”<br />
Super Service is also expanding its Southeast<br />
regional fleet and hiring drivers in Memphis,<br />
Tenn.; Nashville, Tenn.; Birmingham, Ala.;<br />
Atlanta, Ga.; Charlotte, N.C.; Greenville, S.C.;<br />
and Columbia, S.C. Drivers in Super Service’s<br />
regional fleets can expect a minimum of 34<br />
hours of home time per week in addition to the<br />
company’s many other benefits. These include<br />
state-of-the-art equipment, competitive pay<br />
and benefits and a rewarding referral program.<br />
To drive for Super Service, drivers must be at<br />
least 21 years old and have a Class A CDL,<br />
clean safety record and a strong commitment<br />
to safety and customer service. Six months of<br />
OTR driving experience is preferred, but recent<br />
driving school graduates are also welcome to<br />
apply. For more information about the driving<br />
opportunities at Super Service, please visit<br />
superservicellc.com or call (866) 933-1902.<br />
Maverick Transportation<br />
Makes Industry<br />
Leading Commitment<br />
To Train The Next<br />
Generation Of<br />
Professional Truck<br />
Drivers<br />
Maverick Transportation held a grand opening<br />
ceremony last month, introducing a stateof-the-art<br />
driver training facility that will help<br />
train and develop America’s next generation of<br />
professional truck drivers.<br />
“We are proud to make a substantial investment<br />
in our community, our employees, our<br />
veterans, and in the safety of America’s roadways<br />
with our new driver training facility,” said<br />
Maverick’s Chairman and CEO Steve Williams<br />
at the grand opening ceremony of the new $4<br />
million facility. “We want this to be a career of<br />
choice, not of last resort. We are committed to<br />
attracting,<br />
training<br />
and retaining<br />
the<br />
industry’s<br />
safest and most professional drivers.”<br />
Arkansas Governor Mike Beebe was on<br />
hand for the grand opening and praised<br />
both Williams and Maverick, saying they “are<br />
the best I have ever seen at what they do.<br />
We’ve got some great trucking companies in<br />
Arkansas. Arkansas is noted for great trucking<br />
companies. This is the best. This is absolutely<br />
the best.”<br />
Maverick’s new training facility comes on the<br />
heels of the announcement of their recent partnership<br />
with the US Chamber of Commerce’s<br />
Hiring our Heroes’ program, where they have<br />
committed to making a concerted focus on<br />
hiring veterans.<br />
“We are delighted that Maverick Transportation<br />
has committed to hiring 1,000 veterans over<br />
the next two years,” said Eric Eversole, Executive<br />
Director of Hiring Our Heroes.<br />
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Interstate Announces<br />
a Rate Increase<br />
Interstate Distributor Co. recently announced<br />
a 3% rate increase on gross revenue<br />
for independent carriers who sign on<br />
with the company before the end of the year.<br />
Independent carriers retain their own<br />
authority when partnering with Interstate,<br />
and can choose from two pay options: 83%<br />
of gross revenue paid in 10 days or 80% of<br />
gross revenue paid in 3 days.<br />
Interstate also offers first in-first out dispatch,<br />
no orientation and no trailer fees; just<br />
the freedom to run when and where carriers<br />
want. The 3% rate increase is only available<br />
from October 1 – December 31, 20<strong>14</strong>.<br />
“The key to a successful business relationship<br />
is making smart decisions so both<br />
parties can benefit,” said Interstate Distributors’<br />
CEO Marc Rogers. “Independent<br />
carriers who sign on with us can further<br />
improve their bottom line with our 4th quarter<br />
rate increase. In return, Interstate is able<br />
to continue to meet the needs of our customers.<br />
We want to give back when we can<br />
and demonstrate how valuable independent<br />
carriers are to our business operations.”<br />
Interstate has experienced solid growth<br />
this year as it expands operations, divisions<br />
and customer service in support of its<br />
Fortune 500 customer base. In order to keep<br />
up with demand, the company continues to<br />
focus on partnering with small to mediumsized<br />
carriers with their own authority.<br />
For more information about partnering<br />
with Interstate Distributor Co., please<br />
visit www.driveinterstate.com or call<br />
1-800-374-8348.<br />
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Ad Index<br />
November 20<strong>14</strong><br />
ACT ...................................................................... 19<br />
Anderson Trucking Services .................................2-3<br />
BCB Transport ....................................................... 49<br />
Boyd Brothers ....................................................... 55<br />
BTC ...................................................................... 81<br />
CalArk...............................................................Insert<br />
Cargo Transporter ................................................. 73<br />
Celadon .................................................... Insert, 4-5<br />
Central Hauling .................................................Insert<br />
Central Refrigerated Service, Inc. ......................Insert<br />
Covenant Transport ..........................................16-17<br />
Crosson Freight .................................................... 50<br />
CRST Van Expedited ................................................ 7<br />
Decker Truck Line ............................................ 21,74<br />
DotLine ................................................................. 39<br />
Dynamic Transit .................................................... 67<br />
E.W. Wylie .........................................................Insert<br />
Earl L Henderson Trucking Co ............................... 37<br />
Forward Air ........................................................... 77<br />
Freymiller ............................................................. 71<br />
Gibson .................................................................. 72<br />
Gordon Trucking .................................................... 65<br />
Graebel Van Lines ................................................. 58<br />
Harris Quality Inc .................................................. 57<br />
Heartland Express ................................................. 33<br />
Hirschbach ........................................................... 63<br />
Hogan Transports Inc. ........................................... 47<br />
Hurricane Express ............................................ 32,76<br />
ICS Logistics ......................................................... 38<br />
Interstate Dist Co ............................................. 20,62<br />
J&R Schugel ......................................................... 35<br />
JRRW ................................................................... 42<br />
KLLM Transport Services ..................................Insert<br />
Knight Refrigerated Transportation ........................ 31<br />
Koch Trucking ..................................................<strong>14</strong>-15<br />
Landstar ............................................................... 42<br />
Marten .............................................................10-<strong>11</strong><br />
Maverick Transportation LLC ............................12-13<br />
MCT/Comcar ....................................................Insert<br />
Ortran ................................................................... 41<br />
Ozark .................................................................... 84<br />
P&S Transportation ............................................... 52<br />
PAM Transport & PAM Cartage Carriers ................. 29<br />
Paschall Truck Lines ............................................. 23<br />
Prime Inc. .........................................................Insert<br />
Progressive Transportation ............................... 18,40<br />
RSB Logistics ................................................... 38,60<br />
RTI ....................................................................Insert<br />
Rush ..................................................................... 25<br />
Schuster .......................................................... 26,82<br />
Seward Motor ....................................................... 52<br />
Sherman Brothers ............................................ 24,66<br />
Smith Transport .........................................Cover, 8-9<br />
Southern Refrigerated Transport ........................... 61<br />
Super Service ....................................................... 83<br />
Swift Transportation .............................................. 51<br />
Tango ................................................................... 27<br />
TMC Transportation ............................................... 59<br />
Total Transportation of MS .................................... 75<br />
Trans Am .............................................................. 45<br />
Transport Design ................................................... 52<br />
United Road .......................................................... 79<br />
USA Truck ............................................................. 69<br />
US Xpress ............................................................. 43<br />
Van Wyk Inc. ......................................................... 53<br />
Zeitner and Son’s .................................................. 46<br />
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