We’d like to thank producer and senior sound engineer Barry Spillman and second engineer James Fetzer.
Our stories this week on Road Law, a new life for an old song, roadside memorials, soldiers thanking truckers for care packages, variable speed limits in Seattle, carbon feedback for drivers, alligator blood and state legislation were all the work of Reed Black, who also writes and voices our daily newscast.
Terry Scruton reported on a small business hearing, truckside advertising, avoiding cholesterol, tread vs. fuel mileage in tires and the price of diesel fuel.
Our theme music is performed by Webb Wilder and his band out of Nashville, Tennessee.
And we’d like to thank the other members of the Land Line Magazine staff who write and research stories used on our show, including:
- Managing Editor Sandi Soendker;
- Senior Editor Jami Jones;
- Copy Chief Coral Beach;
- State Legislative Editor Keith Goble;
- Staff writers David Tanner, Clarissa Kell-Holland and Charlie Morasch;
- And copy editor Elizabeth Andersen.
Thanks also to the lady who keeps the trains running on time, our traffic coordinator, Sherry Murry.
And all our appreciate also the folks you heard on our show this week, including:
- Rod Nofziger, Mike Joyce, Melissa Theriault and Laura O’Neill of OOIDA’s Washington, DC, office;
- Jeff McConnell and James Mennella of Road Law;
- Dr. John McElligott of the PDMD Clinics;
- Guy Wallenga of Bridgestone Firestone Truck Tires;
- Kip Hough of OOIDA’s Member Assistance Department;
- Missouri state Rep. Bill Deeken;
- Country artist Frank Knapp;
- Michael Graff, president and CEO of Graff Trucking;
- OOIDA Communications Manager Donna Ryun;
- U.S. Rep. Brad Ellsworth of Indiana;
- Trucker Stephen George;
- Washington State DOT traffic engineer Ted Trepanier;
- OOIDA member Mike Fryberger;
- Larry Goldenhersh, president of Enviance;
- Researcher Lancia Darville of Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge;
- Indiana Protest organizer Carl Breedon of J.T. Express;
- Polk County, IA, Sheriff’s Chief Neil Schultz;
- And all of you who called our listener comment line.