We’d like to thank the guests on our program this past week, including:

 

• OOIDA Executive Vice President Todd Spencer;
• U.S. Representative Peter DeFazio of Oregon;
• OOIDA Regulatory Affairs Specialist Joe Rajkovacz;
• Kansas state Representative Bill Feuerborn;
• Tom Weakley, director of operations at the OOIDA Foundation;
• Ron Kemp, the mayor of Rector, Arkansas;
• Rod Nofziger, Mike Joyce, Melissa Theriault and Laura O’Neill of OOIDA’s Washington, DC, office;
• Margo Fries of OOIDA’s Equipment Finance Department;
• El Paso County, Texas, sheriff’s spokesman Jesse Tovar;
• Ed Briley of OOIDA’s Truck Insurance Customer Service Department;
• OOIDA Life Member Ray Kasicki;
• ATA vice president Tommy Hodges;
• OOIDA member Larry Kautz;
• And all of you who called our listener comment line.

Our stories this past week on New Jersey snow and ice removal, ice storm relief, the South Dakota highway trust fund and transportation revenue in Wyoming were all the work of Reed Black, who also writes and voices our daily newscast.

 

Reed also offered his opinion about CARB.

 

Terry Scruton reported this week on personal property insurance, the upcoming issue of Land Line Magazine, the price of diesel fuel and APU grants.

 

Terry was joined by Jami Jones, David Tanner and Charlie Morasch of the magazine staff for the February preview.

 

Mark Reddig reported on the Wisconsin Clean Diesel Coalition, the next highway bill, global warming legislation, the economic stimulus bill, that bill’s Buy American provision, a motor carrier efficiency study and the truck parking shortage.

 

Our theme music is performed by Webb Wilder and his band out of Nashville, TN.

 

And we’d like to thank the members of the Land Line Magazine staff, who write and research stories used on the program, including:

 

• Managing Editor Sandi Soendker;
• Senior Editor Jami Jones
• State Legislative Editor Keith Goble;
• Staff writers David Tanner, Clarissa Kell-Holland and Charlie Morasch;
• Copy editor Elizabeth Andersen;
• And news clerk Kerry Evans-Spillman.

Thanks also to the lady who keeps the trains running on time, our own traffic coordinator, Sherry Murry, as well as our own sonic Smith and Wesson, Producer and Senior Sound Engineer Barry Spillman and Second Engineer James Fetzer.