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FOR THE RECORD TRUCKING NEWS On Your Mark … Truckers News’ Fit for the Road program sponsors 5k, health screenings, presentations and more at Dallas venue JAMES JAILLET T here’s still a chance to run with Jasmine “Jazzy” Jordan. The 17-year-old runner, who in June completed a 3,000-mile run across the country to benefit the St. Christopher Truckers Development and Relief Fund, and Jeff Clark, the 2008 Truckers News Health Hero of the Year, will be leading the Too Hot to Trot 5k run/walk sponsored by the Truckers News’ Fit for the Road program at this year’s Great Ameri- can Trucking Show in Dallas. Registration for the 5k is free, but donations are being accepted for the St. Christopher Fund. Early FYI NAFTA Surface Trade Increases Trade using surface trans- portation between the United States and Canada and Mex- ico increased 32.4 percent in April compared with a year earlier, reaching $65.8 billion, according to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics of the U.S. Department of Transportation. It is the third consecutive monthly gain of at least 24 percent from the previous year. Trucking Adds More Jobs The for-hire trucking indus- try added jobs for the third 12 TRUCKERS NEWS AUGUST 2010 consecutive month in June, according to preliminary fig- ures released July 2 by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics. Payroll employment was up 1,000 over May, but BLS also has revised May figures upward by nearly 4,000. Combined with strong gains in April, payroll employment in trucking is up 8,800 jobs since March. Truck Tonnage Rises Over Year Truck tonnage rose 7.2 percent in May from a year earlier, but tonnage dipped registrants will receive a Too Hot to Trot T-shirt. Registration is available online at www.truckersnews.com, and transportation will be provided to the event. The 5k, which will take place at Katy Trail Friday, Aug. 27, at 7 a.m., is only part of the health-re- lated offerings at the show. The Health, Wellness and Safety Pavil- ion, sponsored by Fit for the Road and the Healthy Trucking Associa- tion of America, will feature exhib- its and presentations and will host a 1.5-mile fun walk, health screenings continued on page 73 Jasmine “Jazzy” Jordan ran more than 3,000 miles — from Los Angeles to New York City to raise awareness for the St. Christopher Truckers Development and Re- lief Fund. The 17-year-old Jordan, along with the 2008 Truckers News Health Hero of the Year Jeff Clark, will lead the Too Hot to Trot 5k run/walk on Friday, Aug. 27, at the Great American Trucking Show. Country singer and CMT Awards nominee Randy Houser will play at the Great Ameri- can Trucking Show’s Aug. 27 concert. Tick- ets are free and will be available the morn- ing of the concert in the show registra- tion lobby. NEWS BRIEFS 0.6 percent from April, the American Trucking Asso- ciations said. May’s year- over-year increase was the sixth consecutive annual gain, ATA said in its monthly seasonally adjusted for-hire truck tonnage index. The year-to-year gain followed continued on page 74