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JENNIFER mATThEWS kIdd The sun is lingering just a little longer in the western skies as winter desperately tries
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to hold on. If you were unfortunate enough to have been on I-30 between Malvern
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STEVE BRAWNER JOhN SChULz and Arkadelphia a few weeks ago, you would certainly realize Old Man Winter isn’t
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ERIC FRANCIS SPENCER WATSON going down without a fight. But sometime—perhaps not as soon as we would like—
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JENNIFER BARNETT REEd SCOTT TRAVIS spring will come and bring with it changes in the weather, regulations and even
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leadership.
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JON d. kENNEdy
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production editor Like the long wait for roads to be clear of snow and ice, the trucking industry is
ShANNON NEWTON
ad production tapping its foot, urging the government to resolve issues with hours-of-service
dEAh ChISENhALL, mARIA TEETER-WALkER, dUSTy TOWNSENd
illustrator regulations and to implement a drug and alcohol clearinghouse.
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JON d. kENNEdy, BOB OCkEN, JOhN dAVId PITTmAN I recently had the privilege of attending a listening session with FMCSA Administrator
Anne Ferro concerning the 34-hour restart and the 30-minute required breaks in the
final hours-of-service rules. I greatly appreciate Administrator Ferro for her patience
and willingness to discuss the ups and downs of trucking. She truly did listen and I
want to personally thank her for taking the time to sit down with the ATA Board of
Directors, giving us the opportunity to voice our concerns.
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While we had her attention, we took the opportunity to discuss other important
vice president
ShANNON SAmPLES NEWTON
shannonnewton@arkansastrucking.com issues like the drug and alcohol clearinghouse. Arkansas’ legislators were
director of operations
SARAh NEWmAN ShEETS instrumental in getting this bill introduced in Congress, so we will continue to
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executive assistant closely monitor the progress until it is fully implemented.
kATIE ThOmASON
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special projects assistant
TAmARA ROBINSON Additionally, we touched on the newly proposed legislation from Sen. Mark Pryor
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ChAIRmAN OF ThE BOARd (D-Ark.) and Rep. Rick Crawford (R-Ark.) that would recognize hair testing as an
GARy SALISBURy
Fikes Truck Line
Chairman & CEO optional method to comply with the Department of Transportation drug testing
BOARd OF dIRECTORS
requirements for truck drivers. Hair testing, although more expensive than urinalysis,
mARR LyNN BEARdEN dR. JOhN OzmENT
marrlin Transit, Inc. U of A/Walton College of Business is a better indicator of career drug abusers since it has a 90-day detection period as
President Chair of Transportation
ALLEN BERRy PAT REEd opposed to the 2-week window urinalysis offers.
Central States manufacturing, Inc. FedEx Freight
Transportation director Executive Vice President & COO
GREG CARmAN G.E. “BUTCh” RICE III
Carman, Inc. Stallion Transportation Group
President President & CEO And finally, I will sign off with a send-off to Lane Kidd, a friend to the industry and
dAN CUShmAN TRACy ROSSER
P.A.m. Transportation Services, Inc. Walmart Transportation leader of this association for more than two decades. After serving as president of the
President & CEO Senior Vice President
CRAIG hARPER ROy SLAGLE
J.B. hunt Transport, Inc. ABF Freight System, Inc. Arkansas Trucking Association for the past 22 years, Lane has decided to pursue a
Executive Vice President & COO President & CEO
AL hERINGER IV JEFF SmITh life-long dream of running his own company.
Star Transportation, Inc. Utility Tri-State, Inc.
Vice President President
BLUE kEENE WAyNE SmITh
Tyson Foods, Inc. Wayne Smith Trucking, Inc.
Transportation director President During Lane’s tenure, he has taken a relatively unknown group of truckers and
SCOTT mANChESTER VICkI JONES STEPhENS
Truck Centers of Arkansas C.C. Jones, Inc. propelled us to the front of the line. Today the ATA is known across the country as a
Vice President, Truck Sales President

mIkE mCNUTT STEVE WILLIAmS leader and an example for other associations. As chairman of the ATA, I speak for the
distribution Solutions, Inc. maverick USA
CEO, Owner Chairman & CEO
mARk mORRIS board of directors when I say that Lane will be missed and we wish him success in his
morris Transportation, Inc.
newest pursuits.
President
So we bid farewell to winter, to our wait for regulatory resolutions and, of course, to
an affiliate of the american trucking
associations Lane; and we welcome the spring and the opportunities it holds.
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 Gary Salisbury
representative before legislative, regulatory and executive branches of
government on issues that affect the trucking industry. The organization also Chairman & CEO, Fikes Truck Line
provides public relations services, workers’ compensation insurance, operational
services and serves as a forum for industry meetings and membership relations. Chairman, Arkansas Trucking Association
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Post Office Box 3476 (72203) Drivers Legal Plan
Little Rock, Arkansas 72201
Phone 501.372.3462 Fax 501.376.1810
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