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WELCOME, Continued from page 15

NEW ATA MEMBERS! aTa prEsIDEnT aCCEpTs ICE
buCkET ChallEngE
American Trucking Associations
President Bill Graves took part in the
Together, We Are the “Ice Bucket Challenge,” a campaign to
raise awareness and funds to find a cure
power of Association for the nerve disease ALS.
Graves was challenged by Derek
Leathers, CEO of Werner Enterprises
We welcome the following new Inc.
ALS, or amyotrophic lateral sclero-
members. Each new member adds sis, is often referred to as “Lou Gehrig’s
to the Arkansas trucking industry’s Disease,” after the Hall of Fame baseball
player who suffered from the disease.
collective strength to promote, protect ALS is a progressive neurodegenerative
disease that attacks nerve cells in the
and inform with a unified voice. brain and the spinal cord. There is no

known cure. Treatments are designed to
relieve symptoms and improve quality
FOR-HIRE CARRIER MEMBERS ALLIED MEMBERS of life.

OK TRAnspORTATiOn equify, LLc Before the cold splash, Graves paid
Fort Smith, Ark. dallas, Tex. it forward, challenging America’s Road
918.427.2504 469.310.8600 Team, the LEAD ATA Program, and Ed
www.okfoods.com Fleet safety solutions, insurance and risk Hamberger, president of the Association
Number of Trucks: 41 management consulting of American Railroads.
To a round of applause just before
pLD TRAnspORT, inc. fAsTenAL cOmpAny
Malvern, Ark. Alexander, Ark. lifting the buckets full of ice water,
501.701.5460 501.847.9985 Graves also noted his support of Robert
Number of Trucks: 35 www.fastenal.com Baylor, president of Baylor Trucking Inc.,
Fleet MRO supplier and consult who is battling the disease.
sOuTheRn RefRigeRATeD The Milan, Ind.-based carrier issued
TRAnspORT, inc. sKf usA inc. a challenge industry-wide, and started a
Texarkana, Ark. St. Louis, MO Facebook page, Keep Trucking 4 ALS, for
870.772.4581 800.323.8024
www.southernref.com www.skf.com/us truckers and their family and friends to
Number of Trucks: 1,088 Bearings, units and housings, seals, cou- post their Ice Bucket Challenge respons-
pling systems and power transmission es in support of ALS.
products The ice bucket challenge has been
successful attracting attention and
money for the cause. Participants video
record themselves accepting the chal-
lenge “shock the system” and dump a
bucket of ice water on their heads and
nominating others to participate and
donate to ALS research.
As of Aug. 27, the ALS Association
said it had received over $94.3 million
compared with $2.7 million during the
same time period last year.

For membership information visit www.arkansastrucking.com

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