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TRUCKING OPPORTUNITIES Fleet Insider DECKER HONORS DRIVERS OF THE YEAR Decker Truck Line announced drivers Stan Giddings and Rick Lackner as the company’s Drivers of the Year for 2010. Giddings was selected Driver of the Year in the Flatbed Division, and Lackner was chosen as the Reefer-Van Division Driver of the Year. BOYD DRIVER REACHES 3 MILLION MILES Boyd Bros. company driver Isaiah “Ike” Hamilton was honored for TRUCKERSNEWSDRIVERJOBS.COM reaching 3 mil- lion miles of safe driving. Hamilton has been with the company for 22 years. Isaiah “Ike” Hamilton HORNADY PRESENTS DRIVER WITH MILLION- MILE AWARD Hornady Trans- portation hon- ored Charles “Charlie” Bodiford for 1 million miles of safe driv- ing. Bodiford has driven for Hornady for 12 years. Charles “Charlie” Bodiford What Kind of Dispatcher TALKS HUNTING WITH DRIVERS? FOR THE REST OF THE STORY, VISIT US ONLINE. 800-533-6506 LET’S ROLL TOGETHER Circle 359 on Reader Service Card or visit truckersnews.hotims.com 58 TRUCKERS NEWS APRIL 2011 BaggettTransport.com CON-WAY DRIVER NAMED NEVADA DRIVER OF THE YEAR The Nevada Motor Transport Association pre- sented Con-Way Freight’s driver sales representa- tives Chad Lou- than with its 2010 Driver of the Year award. Chad Louthan Louthan has been a professional truck driver for 22 years and has worked for Con-way since 1990. MARTEN RAISES DRIVER PAY Drivers are eligible for a pay raise of up to 4 cents per mile depending on the length of haul starting this month, says recruiting director Tim Norlin of Marten Transport, based in Mondovi, Wis. The increase, along with driver base rates on Marten Transport’s Fair Pay sliding scale, allows drivers with one year of prior experience to earn as much as $0.415 per mile; drivers with five years of prior expe- rience to earn as much as $0.445 per mile; and senior drivers to earn as much as $0.485 per mile. “This pay raise will affect every OTR and regional company driver in our fleet,” Norlin says.