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S.C. Trucking Association Hosts Truck Stop Cookouts to Thank Drivers

30 July 1998

S.C. Trucking Association Hosts Truck Stop Cookouts to Thank Drivers

    COLUMBIA, S.C., July 29 -- The fuel isn't free but the food
will be at three truck stops around the state where cookouts will be held by
leaders of the industry to thank truck drivers for their hard work and safe
driving.  The roadside picnics are part of a drive by the South Carolina
Trucking Association and several grocery retailers and distributors to
recognize the efforts of professional truck drivers during National Truck
Driver Appreciation Week, August 9-15.
    SCTA Chairman Phil Byrd, President of Bulldog Hiway Express, Charleston,
says the week will be filled with activities centering around the driver.
Trucking companies will be hosting their own driver events and the trade group
has mounted two interstate billboards and planned road safety patrols.  "We
want our truck drivers to know that we understand how difficult a job it is to
operate large commercial vehicles out on today's crowded roadways, and that we
all need to promote safe driving," Byrd said.
    Governor David Beasley has issued a proclamation designating the week as a
time when all South Carolinians should recognize that "this country rides on
the wheels of trucks and the men and women who drive trucks keep that system
going."

    Locations for Cookouts:

     I. August 11, Columbia Travel Center, 3:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. Columbia,
        I-20 Eastbound, Exit 71

        Food & Beverage Sponsored by Piggly Wiggly, Inc.

    II. August 12, Jerry's Travel Center, 3:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. Manning,
        I-95 Northbound, Exit 119

        Food & Beverage Sponsored by IGA/W. Lee Flowers & Company, Inc.

    III. August 13, Travel Centers of America, 3:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m.
         Duncan, I-85 Northbound, Exit 63

         Food & Beverage Sponsored by Bi-Lo, Inc.

    For More Information Contact:
    Columbia Location, Phil Byrd, Bulldog Hiway Express, 843-744-1651
    Manning Location, Joey Moore, Moore Oil, 803-435-4376,
    Duncan Location, Charlie Tapp, C & C Trucking, 800-476-8269 or call the
    South Carolina Trucking Association at 803-799-4306/