All our appreciation to the guests on our program this week, including:
- U.S. Sen. Max Baucus of Montana;
- OOIDA Executive Vice President Todd Spencer;
- Missouri state Rep. Mike Dethrow;
- U.S. Sen. Larry Craig of Idaho;
- Dietitian and diabetes specialist Debbie Latham;
- Rick Craig, OOIDA’s director of regulatory affairs;
- Oregon State trooper Jeff Leighty;
- Kip Hough of OOIDA’s Member Assistance Department;
- Louisville, KY, police spokesman Phil Russell;
- OOIDA Communications Director Donna Ryun;
- Alison Moore of the Fresh Produce Association of the Americas;
- Vancouver, British Columbia, Constable Jana McGuinness;
- Laura O’Neill and Mike Joyce of OOIDA’s Washington, DC, office;
- John Isbell, global director of delivery logistics for Nike;
- Ray Kuntz, CEO of Watkins and Shepherd Trucking;
- Maine logging trucker, political activist and OOIDA member Larry Sidelinger;
- Edward Wytkind of the AFL-CIO ;
- And all of you who called our listener comment line.
Our stories this week on Air Force Truckers, a BlackHawk chopper crew receiving care packages and state legislation were all the work of Reed Black, who also writes and voices our daily newscast.
Terry Scruton reported on a Senate highway funding hearing, non-compete clauses in contracts, exercise for diabetics and the price of diesel fuel. He also offered up a few Roses and Razzberries.
Mark Reddig reported on the cost of operations, the McCain fuel tax holiday plan, a House transportation hearing, a Senate hearing on the blue ribbon transportation panel, the TRUCC Act and the week in Washington, DC. He also offered up the Land Line Now calendar and answered calls to our Listener Comment Line.
Jami Jones offered her opinion on drug testing in Oregon. She also joined us for Roses and Razzberries, a cost of operations discussion and the Land Line Now Calendar.
Our theme music is performed by Webb Wilder and his band out of Nashville, TN.
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;
- 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 to our producer and senior sound engineer Barry Spillman and second engineer James Fetzer.
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