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03/11/2009

Kevin Burch, President of Jet Express, Inc., Elected 2009-10 TCA Chairman

Orlando, Florida: Kevin Burch, president of Jet Express, Inc., Dayton, Ohio, has been elected as 2009-2010 chairman of the Truckload Carriers Association (TCA). The swearing-in ceremony took place on Wednesday, March

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03/10/2009

National Association of Independent Truckers Donates $150,000 to TCA’s Scholarship Fund

Orlando, Florida: The National Association of Independent Truckers (NAIT), an organization that supports the needs of independent contractor small-business owners, will be donating $150,000 toward the Truckload Carriers Association’s (TCA) Scholarship

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03/10/2009

TCA’s Past Chairman’s Award Presented to David McCorkle, Chairman of the Board, McCorkle Truck Line, Inc.

Orlando, Florida: The Truckload Carriers Association (TCA) has presented its prestigious Past Chairman’s Award to David G. McCorkle, chairman of the board for McCorkle Truck Line, Inc., Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The

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03/10/2009

Fremont Contract Carriers and Wannemacher Enterprises Applauded as Best Fleets to Drive For

Orlando, Florida: The Truckload Carriers Association (TCA), an organization dedicated to representing the interests of truckload carriers, and CarriersEdge, the leading provider of online driver improvement programs, have announced the winners

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03/10/2009

PTDI Presents Don Hess and Ed Kynaston with Lee J. Crittenden Memorial Award

Orlando, Florida: The Professional Truck Driver Institute, Inc. (PTDI), an organization that is in its 20th year of certifying courses at truck driving schools, has presented the 11th annual Lee J.

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02/24/2009

TCA Recognizes Tommy Dodd, Truck Driver for Lisa Motor Lines, as a Highway Angel

Alexandria, Virginia: The Truckload Carriers Association (TCA) has recognized truck driver Tommy Dodd as a Highway Angel for providing aid to a teenage accident victim despite freezing temperatures. The incident took place

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12/19/2008

ESPN will Broadcast Heroic Trucking Story to Millions of Non-Trucking Viewers

Alexandria, Virginia: On Dec. 30, 2008, millions of people who would not otherwise be familiar with the good deeds performed by the industry's professional truck drivers will suddenly hear about one

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12/19/2008

TCA Launches the 2009 Edition of Its Industry Suppliers Guide

Alexandria, Virginia: Truckload Carriers Association (TCA) has launched the second year of its Internet-based TCA Supplier Directory. Available through a link on TCA's homepage, the TCA Supplier Directory features industry-specific product and service listings

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12/12/2008

Past TCA Chairman to Deliver 5,400 Wreaths to Arlington Cemetery

Alexandria, Virginia: After a send-off ceremony and invocation on Dec. 7, 2008, Barry Pottle, president and CEO of Pottle's Transportation, Bangor, Maine, and past chairman of the Truckload Carriers Association, will

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12/10/2008

TCA Recognizes Miller Paving Ltd.Truck Driver Jeremy Hodder as a Highway Angel

Alexandria, Virginia: The Truckload Carriers Association (TCA) has recognized truck driver Jeremy Hodder as a Highway Angel for pulling another truck driver from a burning wreck on September 4, 2008. In the

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