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Award-Winning Magazine of the Arkansas Trucking Association
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JENNIFER MATThEWS
Matthews Publishing Group
jennifer@matthewspublishing.com take the Field
executive editor
ShANNoN NEWToN
managing editor
BEThANy MAy There is a universal rule in baseball about playing the outfield with a lead, especially a
contributing writers two-run lead in the bottom of the ninth. Under no circumstances can the ball be hit
STEVE BRAWNER JohN SChUlz
brawnersteve@mac.com jdschulz50@aol.com over an outfielder’s head. It’s called no-doubles defense.
JENNIFER BARNETT REED ToDD TRAUB
jbreed13@gmail.com toddtraub@centurytel.net
JIM hARRIS ERIC FRANCIS In Game 6 of the 2011 World Series, the Texas Rangers were one strike away from
jimharris@arktimes.com eric.francis@yahoo.com
art director defeating the St. Louis Cardinals and securing their first World Series championship.
JoN D. KENNEDy
The Freelance Co. llC, freelanceco@comcast.net Exceptionally talented, trained, professional athletes were in position. Rangers’ right-
production editors
SARAh ShEETS, KATIE ThoMASoN fielder Nelson Cruz’s positioning was a non-issue until the Cardinals’ David Freese
illustrator
BRENT BENNETT swung at a 1-and-2 fastball with two runners on base.
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JoN D. KENNEDy, BoB oCKEN, JohN DAVID PITTMAN The ball was hit directly toward Cruz. He reacted poorly, tried to recover unsuccessfully.
Both runners scored on what became a triple for Freese. And the rest, as they say, is
history. The Rangers went on to lose in extra innings and Game 7 as well.
It was a crushing defeat… one that, like haunted spirits and bad dreams, never truly
www.arkansastrucking.com goes away. They lost because of a simple breakdown in execution that should never
president
ShANNoN SAMPlES NEWToN have happened.
shannonnewton@arkansastrucking.com
director of operations
SARAh NEWMAN ShEETS What can’t happen… happened. A ball cannot be hit over an outfielder’s head in that
sarahsheets@arkansastrucking.com
director of safety services situation, not even with a poor read. If you want to win, it can’t happen. Simple.
DAVID o’NEAl
davidoneal@arkansastrucking.com
communications coordinator Recent events in DC have caused some in our industry to dwell on our own missed
BEThANy MAy
bethanymay@arkansastrucking.com fly ball. It’s a ball that should’ve been caught. There was a breakdown in execution.
corporate services coordinator
KATIE ThoMASoN What happened shouldn’t have.
katiethomason@arkansastrucking.com
executive assistant
CARA SPEEGlE There is no lemonade out of lemons as of press time to make what happened easier
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ChAIRMAN oF ThE BoARD to swallow.
G.E. “BUTCh” RICE III
Stallion Transportation Group
President & CEo There will be a time for us to collectively, as an industry, find out how this
BoARD oF DIRECToRS
MARR lyNN BEARDEN MARK MoRRIS happened and work together to prevent it from happening again. But right now the
Marrlin Transit, Inc. Morris Transportation, Inc.
President President game is not over.
AllEN BERRy PAT REED
Central States Manufacturing, Inc. FedEx Freight
Transportation Director Executive Vice President & Coo
GREG CARMAN TRACy RoSSER The situation is fluid. Negotiations continue. Our industries’ top experts are
Carman, Inc. Walmart Transportation
President Senior Vice President informing key legislators on the importance of the 34-hour restart to our industry’s
DAN CUShMAN GARy SAlISBURy
P.A.M. Transportation Services, Inc. FTl Custom Commodities productivity, safety and the lifestyle of our drivers.
President & CEo President & CEo
CRAIG hARPER WAyNE SMITh
J.B. hunt Transport, Inc. Wayne Smith Trucking, Inc. Advocacy is a team sport. There is no question that this is a real threat for many
Executive Vice President & Coo President
Al hERINGER IV VICKI JoNES STEPhENS segments of our industry and working towards a solution amenable to everyone
Star Transportation, Inc. C.C. Jones, Inc.
Vice President President

ToM GlASER TIM ThoRNE presents a challenge. It is times like these when our industry leaders must be united
USA Truck ABF Freight
President & CEo President & CEo in support of the best possible outcome.
PhIlIP MAhoNEy ToDD VENABlE
Great West Casualty Co. MhC Kenworth of little Rock
Executive Vice President Branch Manager When their right-fielder missed a fly ball that would have won the World Series, the
BRyAN MCDUFFIE DoUG VoSS
Tyson Foods, Inc. University of Central Arkansas
Vice President Transportation Associate Professor of logistics Rangers didn’t dissolve and start a new team with only two outfielders.
Distribution STEVE WIllIAMS
MIKE MCNUTT Maverick USA
Distribution Solutions, Inc. Chairman & CEo
CEo, owner Recovering from a setback takes stamina and teamwork to refocus on the goal. The
fact is our team is stronger when all the players take the field. It just can’t be done
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associations alone. Put your rally caps on. Now is the time for the Power of Association.
Arkansas Trucking Association (ATA) is an Arkansas corporation of trucking
companies, private carrier fleets and businesses which serve or supply the
trucking industry. ATA serves these companies as a governmental affairs
representative before legislative, regulatory and executive branches of
government on issues that affect the trucking industry. The organization also
provides public relations services, workers’ compensation insurance, operational
services and serves as a forum for industry meetings and membership relations.
For information, contact ATA at:
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Post office Box 3476 (72203)
little Rock, Arkansas 72201 Shannon Newton
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