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Show Board delegates urge more self sufficiency Open road beckons big riggers By Betty Ramsey Lake City down through Utah and later drove his own rig hauling coal out FAIRVIEW When all of Huntington the miles they have From there heCanyon, started, driven are added together driving a truck doing they have encircled the general road mainglobe m my times over, tenance for 17 years for and m one of them said the county. they havent and arent For the past six years enjoying the work they he has been working do. construction and now As National Tran- drives a diesel belly-dum- p sportation Week May 7 truck on road approaches, a group of construction near Green Fairview truckers River. discussed the job they Stewart enjoys his hold, the places theyve work, and the only thing been and the good and he doesnt like is being bad things about what has away from home so been called the most much. Philosophically he romantic job in the says, But if you like to drive a truck, you have to trucking industry. ; Trucks themselves go where the job is. Pyramid Editorial Writer ll-1- were born sometime around 1900 when Americans decided to . hook wagons to the backs horseless buggies. of Because of their weight and crude mechanisms, early trucks were confined to city deliveries and hauling freight between railroad terminals. Early trucks resembled the horse-draw- n wagons of the 19th century with no roof, doors or wind- The drive assembly was on the right hand side, and tires were of solid rubber creating a shields. much. Wayne Newson has owned his own rig for about 12 years and he too says he likes the freedom of the road. Its a to freedom hard he said. He describe, also enjoys seeing different country and likes the feeling of being his own boss. He names the country he thinks the most beautiful as in Another trucker, Riddle Charlie has been driving for 17 years from Salt Lake City to Mon- tana. has He restaurants 16 he supplies on a regular basis. Riddle says, like the others, that truck driving gets in your blood. He says there is something different every mile and picks as the most beautiful spot he has seen in his travels the area around Flathead Lake, Mont. started Riddle his driving career hauling sheep off the west desert bumpy ride. Top speed back to Sanpete, and then for those early trucks was driving into Arizona and a mere 10 to 15 miles per California. hour, a far cry from the At one time he owned construction and speed of his own rig but says it is the big rigs which travel too expensive and he die countrys highways prefers to drive a truck today. belonging to someone The Fairview driver else. who has been at it the He says he likes the fact longest is Lloyd Stewart that there is always who started at the age of something different each 18 hauling logs for a local trip and the only thing he kimber business. He then dislikes about it is being hauled freight from Salt away from home so is scenery dif- always driving dangerous con- ditions, traffic delays, ferent." Larsen started driving etc., and all laughingly a two-to- n truck when he said it helps to keep was old enough to drive track of the Smokies . and hauled coal and The older drivers said lumber for his father. He they have noticed a enjoys the big rigs and the marked decrease in route he has and says the courtesy among many of only thing that could the younger drivers and make it better would be a they feel this is too bad. local run so he could be at They all listed the home with his family freedom of the open road, more often. the camaraderie among Among the younger truckers, and the drivers are Tim Hansen scenery as a big and Bob Peterson. Tim part of their reasons for ' has been driving for about driving. four years. He drove for Without exception they Moroni Coal for a year said the change they and a half going from would like most of all Moroni to Salina and then would be to spend more into northern Utah. time with their families. He later drove a diesel As the country truck from Mt. Pleasant celebrates the theme to Cedar City and is now Transportation driving a milk truck route Americans Lifeline, to Minersville. these Fairview men, Hansen said it is not an along with truckers all easy job but he enjoys it over the country, have and makes good money. and are contributing to If you like your work the good life of all and earn good money, Americans. thats 90 percent of the They are part of an battle, he said. industry which carries Hansen said he doesnt three out of every four like being away from his tons of freight; 89 percent wife and children so of all agricultural much, but thats part of products ; 97 percent of all the job. frozen food; 76 percent of Bob Peterson has been all fruits and vegetables; driving for about a year 99 percent of all and a half. He has made livestock; and nearly all some trips to the east the eggs and poultry from coast with another driver, farm to market. and is now driving for Fairview drivers are a Moroni Coal to Salina and part of the more than nine to Kennecot in Salt Lake million persons employed in the trucking industry City, I liked the long-hawho are instrumental in driving before I was making the good life married and didnt mind possible in this country. being away from home, but now I like to be at home more, he said. To a man, all the MANTI Heather drivers agreed on one was the of Lublin Sterling CB a is the thing, truckers friend. They winner of the first prize in e said helps avoid bike given as Sanpete Countys March of Dimes Superwalk. Heather turned in the top amount of money, followed by. Diana Jensen, Ephraim who won a CB radio for second place; Melody Nicholls, Ephraim and Corrine Frischnecht of Manti won skateboards for third and fourth place. The four winners collected $752 of the more than $3,000 turned in, Great Lakes. Newson says he got into trucking when it was quite profitable, but inflation has hit the business along with everything else, so it is not quite so lucrativve now as it once was. He hauls produce in a refrigerator truck or reefer as truckers call them. For many years he drove produce to upper Washington State where other drivers picked up the trailer and took it on into Canada and Alaska. Woodell Cox was on a trip to Chicago and only in and out over the weekend so was unavailable for comment. He has been out of driving long-haSalt Lake City for several years. David Larsen, who quit teaching school after 12 years to drive a truck, said he is not sorry about the decision and enjoys every trip he makes. He drives from Fairview to ul Phoenix and southern Arizona. Trucking gets in your blood, he said. You like being on the move and meeting new situations every day. I like meeting new people and even though I travel the same road every trip the & ul Mt. Pleasant. Grand- parents are Mr. and Mrs. Jack Jensen, Mt. Pleasant; Mr. and Mrs. Newel Shepherd, Mt. Pleasant. ts are Mont Fairview Norstrom, and Mrs. J.C. Nielsen, Springville. The resolution asked that the federal funds be districts for dependence In Residency me still Richmond, on to graduate, Rebecca Nuffer, University President Stanford Cazier placement program according to Manti High School Counselor Rodney Cox. In describing her Cox said Rebecca is a person and has worked part time as well as handling her school announced this week. and other Rebecca, the daughter duties of Lynn and Luconne obligations. Nuffer of Manti has been M iss Nuffer is one of 300 active in drill team, music and drama, and persons who took the test has been taking some and was chosen as one of courses at Snow College the ten winners on her under the advanced high test scores. federal the supporting The main exhibit at the convention was an underground school with a playground built on top to help save energy and costs. program, oackqround and qualifications. We offer; .JSHffiPJ PPuBHSKffi! This may be the opening you have been looking for! To set up ofrGJen RETIREMENT PLAN GROUP HOSPITAL an interview, either send your resume to the attervtion Allred d4. UTAH FARM BUREAU 55 NORTH MAIN MANTI, UTAH OR CALL GLEN AT 0 liberty..." stands Virginia. con- Utah Farm Bureau Insurance is looking for dynamic people interested in multiple line insurance sales. Are you a licensed opporexperience in management? We have but agent looking for are ! in insurance interested Are for selling tunities you you not licensed? We have opportunities for you also! We furnish life insurance leads, we have a competitive accident and health insurance compensation is in accordance with your Chairman "Give the IN MULTIPLE UNI INSURANCE SALES Hersman, speech, at vention. The group was told that energy costs, now at $150.00 per student, will double in five years. CAREER OPPORTUNITIES St. Johns Church, where in 1775 Patrick Henry gave his stirring 17. prestigious Utah State for Success in College. support public He received his B.A., elementary and seconhis M.D , and his dary education." said. truckers along with more than nine million people industry will employed in the transportation celebrate National Transportation Week May 11 to One of ten LOGAN without - Prescription concern Sanpete girl gets USU scholarship school systems. The Utah resolution, Dr. part of a EPHRAIM longer Bruce O. Burnham, will statement, declared that the states and the local be the speaker at Friday school districts need to Forum May 9. The title of his talk is reduce the amount of A totally reversed iteself in 20 years, said Mark Cook, Moroni. In 1961 in Philadelphia NSBA delegates were almost totally opposed to federal aid, Cook said. The position now is completely opposite. Mr. Cook went on to say that energy was a great well-advise- d requiring scholarships University surrender any of their has been awarded to a control of the public Manti High School Friday forum CB-us- Superwalk FRANCISCO provided - I Wayne Newson, Inset, Is one of the several Fairview truckers who haul the nations goods in big rigs like this one or similar to it, supplying the materials for the good life for. this countrys residents while they make a good living for their families. These This is the happy face of Shenya Shepherd who will celebrate her first birthday May 12. Her parents are Jerry and Vicki Shepherd of Bike winner Connie -S- position, the Utah School Harold Boards Association said: In a time of grave Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Allred, Mark economic problems Cook, Mr. and Mrs. inflation, tax limitation, a Ronald all balanced federal budget Ivory we will see more of the North represented Sanpete at the National funds coming from School Boards federal sources drying Association convention in up. San Francisco last week. Impact aid (Public Utah delegates found Law 874) is a good case in themselves out of step point. A district never with their peers from knows what it will have or across the nation on the when, in fact, it may be issue of school funding. cut off completely. "School districts would The Utah delegation to conoffered a resolution be calling for school districts sider federal funds, at to beome best, as soft money and to depending on state and plan and organize to local fiscal resources. become on But the convention took local and state sources. the opposite direction The NSBA position has calling on the federal to provide government more of the monies required for education to provide a basic support for all school districts... SAN uperintendant ever-changi- Minnesota around the Page Seven The Pyramid May 8, 1980 Keep on truckin in 84642 835-394- 1 VE)AV8 DV 0 0 0 - p 0 p 0 0 0 r p. 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