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By Lucas Deal, Editor lucasdeal@randallreilly.com Cover Story What are you thankful for? The aftermarket speaks about what matters to their businesses I t's November. The leaves are changing. It's getting cooler. Football dominates most weekends. It's the time of year where people start to look back on the year and think about how much things have changed over these 11 months, and how much they'll continue to change in 2014. It's also the time of year when people start to think about the holidays, and in November that means Thanksgiving. 14 Every year those of us in the United States sit down at a table and tell our family and friends what we're thankful for in our lives. More often than not, these statements are personal. While this makes sense, being thankful for something isn't an idea exclusive to our personal lives. Anyone can be thankful for anything; in any situation. It's that idea that led Truck Parts & Service to reach out to professionals throughout T R U C K PA R T S & S E R V I C E | November 2013 the aftermarket last month and ask them what they are thankful for regarding their businesses in 2013. While the aftermarket is in better shape today than it was five years ago, the comeback from the sucker punch that was the recession hasn't been easy. But now that the industry has rebounded, it's fair to ask the aftermarket what they appreciate most about the recovery, their businesses and the industry as a whole. Jerry Hale, Sioux City Truck Sales, Inc. As service director at Sioux City Truck Sales, Hale finds several things for which to be thankful in 2013. Among them is a new training center at the company's corporate office that SCTS plans to use to train technicians from its four Peterbilt dealerships and make available to fleet customers. "Our goal for 2014 is to begin utilizing this high-tech training facility," Hale says.