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Departments<br />

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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Sports, Etc.<br />

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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NASCAR NEWS<br />

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 />

70 <strong>TJS</strong> 20<strong>14</strong> www.TruckDriverMagazines.com


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 />

72 <strong>TJS</strong> 20<strong>14</strong> www.TruckDriverMagazines.com


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 />

80 <strong>TJS</strong> 20<strong>14</strong> HUNDREDS OF JOBS www.TruckJobSeekers.com

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