Roadway Express Drivers Earn Six Awards, Including Rookie of the Year, at 2005 National Truck Driving Championships.AKRON, Ohio Akron is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Summit County.GR6 The municipality is located in northeastern Ohio on the Cuyahoga River between Cleveland to the north and Canton to the south, approximately 60 miles (96 km) west of -- Don Jepson, a Roadway Express Roadway is an operating company within YRC National Transportation, a division of YRC Worldwide which is headquartered in Overland Park, Kansas. The company services all (50) states as Roadway, services Canada with its subsidiary, Reimer Express. driver account specialist from Milwaukee, Wis., was named Rookie of the Year Rookie of the Year may refer to:
Jepson, a nine-year Roadway employee, competed in the sleeper Sleeper Stock in which there is little investor interest but that has significant potential to gain in price once its attractions are recognized. Antithesis of high flyer. berth class and received a second-place trophy. Joining Jepson in receiving awards were four additional Roadway Express drivers: --Theodore Dunn, a shuttle driver from Chicago, Illinois, received second place in the straight truck class. --Mickey Rafeal, a driver account specialist/freight handling professional from Concord, New Hampshire
Concord is the capital of the state of New Hampshire in the United States. It is also the county seat of Merrimack County. As of the 2000 census, its population was 40,687. , placed third in the twin trailers class. --Kurt Royer, a driver account specialist from Baltimore, Maryland "Baltimore" redirects here. For the surrounding county, see Baltimore County, Maryland. For other uses, see Baltimore (disambiguation). Baltimore is an independent city located in the state of Maryland in the United States. , received the third-place trophy in the five-axle class. --Tim Smith, a driver account specialist from Salt Lake City, Utah For ships of the United States Navy of the same name, see . Salt Lake City is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Utah. The name of the city is often shortened to Salt Lake, or its initials, S.L.C. , placed third in the flatbed class. "Our entire team of elite professional drivers deserves congratulations for their achievements. They have once again distinguished themselves in the area of safety excellence," said Bob Stull Bob Stull is the athletic director at UTEP. He has previously served as head football coach at Massachusetts, Missouri and UTEP. A native of Davenport, Iowa, Stull was a three-year letterman at Kansas State, where he earned bachelor's and master's degrees. , president of Roadway Express. "Our involvement in the National Truck Driving Championships is always special. The team's dedication to safety, their display of professional skill, and the celebration of Roadway pride and team spirit - these represent the strong commitment to safety and teamwork all Roadway employees share." The National Truck Driving Championships, which has been coined the "Super Bowl of Safety," is sponsored by the American Trucking Associations (ATA (1) (AT Attachment) The specification for IDE drives. See IDE. (2) See analog telephone adapter. ATA - Advanced Technology Attachment ). Three-hundred-sixty-three (363) drivers from across the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. qualified for the competition by driving safely for one year and placing first in their state competition. Collectively, these drivers have driven over 484 million accident-free miles. The others rounding out the field of 37 Roadway Express drivers are: Driver Class Service Center James S. Baber 3 Axle Dover, DE Michael Bortnick Straight Truck Bridgeport/New Haven, CT Richard E. Carette Twins Lawrenceville, GA Mike Cicalese 3 Axle Kearny, NJ Dale K. Cook Straight Truck Lakeland, FL Randy DeVault 3 Axle Augusta, MN William (Kent) Durant 4 Axle Wichita, KA Michael Erick 5 Axle Putnam, CT Shawn E. Fidler Flatbed Las Vegas, NV Randy K. Gregory Sleeper Oklahoma City, OK Rick G. Harris Twins Kansas City, KS Thomas (Major) Hartt 3 Axle Nashua, NH Adolph Heyward Jr. Straight Truck Greenville, SC Jude M. Hurst Twins Louisville, KY Alphonso Lewis 3 Axle Montgomery, AL Marty E. Lyons 3 Axle Kansas City, KS William (Bill) MacDonald 3 Axle Bellows Falls, VT Keith Mergner Tanker New Brunswick, NJ Richard (Butch) Miller 3 Axle Sioux Falls, SC John C. Miller 3 Axle Winston, NC Keevin G. Phillips Twins Trenton, NJ Keith P. Powell 4 Axle Dover, DE Eric E. Radkey 3 Axle Portland, OR Myron I. Randall Twins New Orleans, LA Anthony J. Remesch 3 Axle Danville, IL Lynn E. Springer 5 Axle Portland, OR Joseph T. Toomey 5 Axle Denver, CO Scott Troyk Tanker Milwaukee, WI Ronald (Ron) VanBibber 4 Axle Salt Lake City, UT Timothy G. Walters Straight Truck Grenada, MS Michael W. West Flatbed Roanoke, VA Clayton (Clay) W. Wycoff 4 Axle San Ysidro, CA About Roadway Express 2005 marks the 75th anniversary of Roadway Express, a leading transporter of industrial, commercial and retail goods. Roadway Express offers a variety of innovative services to meet customer needs, including Time-Critical(TM), Time-Advantage(TM) and Exhibit Transportation Services. Roadway Express provides seamless transportation between all 50 states, Canada, Mexico and Puerto Rico Puerto Rico (pwār`tō rē`kō), island (2005 est. pop. 3,917,000), 3,508 sq mi (9,086 sq km), West Indies, c.1,000 mi (1,610 km) SE of Miami, Fla. . Global logistics solutions for import and export shipping are provided in conjunction with Meridian Meridian (mərĭd`ēən), city (1990 pop. 41,036), seat of Lauderdale co., E Miss., near the Ala. line; settled 1831, inc. 1860. IQ, a subsidiary of Yellow Roadway Corporation. Service within Canada is provided by Reimer Express Lines Ltd., a Roadway Express subsidiary. Roadway Express is a subsidiary of Yellow Roadway Corporation (Nasdaq:YELL), one of the largest transportation services providers in the world. Yellow Roadway Corporation provides a wide range of asset and non-asset-based transportation services integrated by technology. Headquartered in Overland Park, Kansas Overland Park is the second most populous city in the U.S. state of Kansas. It is located in Johnson County, a satellite city of Kansas City, and is near Olathe, Lenexa, Prairie Village and Leawood. In 2006, the estimated population is 167,500. , Yellow Roadway Corporation employs approximately 70,000 people. |
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