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trucking opportunities Visit www.overdrive.hotims.com and enter 218 FleetFocus PAY CRST Van Expedited raised its pay as much as 6 cents per mile for recent truck driving school graduates and expe- rienced drivers, depending on their seniority. . . . Marten Transport increased layover pay to drivers to $100 per day, the Mondovi, Wis.-based carrier announced. HONORS Averitt Express, based in Cookeville, Tenn., was hon- ored as Dollar General’s 2009 LTL Carrier of the Year and Carrier Partner of the Year. . . . Gary Babbitt, 33-year veteran company driver with Cen- tral Freight Lines, based in Dallas, has driven 4 million miles safely. . . . CIO, a maga- zine for chief information officers, honored Con-way, Old Dominion Freight Line, YRC Worldwide, FedEx, Pitt Ohio Express and Great- wide Logistics Services in its 2010 CIO 100 list. . . Lin- coln, Neb.-based Crete Car- rier won Owens Corning’s Enterprise Carrier of the Year Award this year for the third consecutive year. . . . Eagan, Minn.-based Dart Transit named Post Witt, of the Dallas Operating Center, and Bob Towey, of the Eagan Operat- ing Center, 2009 Contractors of the Year. . . . The North Carolina Trucking Associa- tion named Old Dominion Freight Line company driver William Lawrence its 2009 Driver of the Year. . . . The Ohio Trucking Association named Clopay Transporta- tion driver Larry Rosengar- ten its 2009 Driver of the Year, in part for driving 4.9 million miles safely. Central Freight driver celebrates 5 million miles Central Freight Lines com- pany driver Sandy Menzdorf earned the fleet’s 5 Million Miler Award, having logged 5,375,000 miles safely in 43 years running long-haul routes with the Waco, Texas- based carrier. n AUGUST 2010 OVERDRIVE 67 Bennett_OVD0810_PG.indd 1 7/16/10 9:25 AM