Fergus, Fergus,Fergus!

Did I say that enough

folks! I want to get your atten-

tion because there are not a

lot of truck shows left and it is

a party you have to go to.

At Fergus this yearwe are right up front withsome great prizes.

Hard to miss the CTM

Banner and the large crowds

that always gathers there.

At CTM we love togive prizes to drivers toshow we do appreciateyour readership and loyalty.

When you come to our

booth M30 at fergus you can

have the chance to win oneof 5 Rand McNALLY GPSthe famous intelliroute CTMhas written about.

These units are worth

up to $500 plus because they

are built for truckers with en-

hanced truck services.

Dave brings to you 38 years of valuable expe-

rience in transportation, management, busi-

ness and compliance. Dave has driven in

every condition across North America and

overseas as military, police, company driver to

owner operator to now Publisher Editor of

Canadian Trucking Magazine.

The Stirling show was

fantastic as always. In this

months Editions you will see

some of the happy Drivers

that won awesome prizes

from Canadian Trucking

Magazine and our friends at

thesource.ca

and HERD.

For more informa-tion and pictures from Stirling Truck show seeour expanded web edition@www.canadiantruckingmagazine.ca

As well you will see

great pictures from the

Dryden Truck show now in

it’s second year.

The Dance Saturdaynight at the Dryden TruckShow was one of the bestorganized I have seen withgreat music and evensnacks.

The greatest part of

these shows are the people.

Like minded people getting

together to share good times

and stories.

There is so much to

tell and show you about these

events you may have missed

that a magazine this size

would not do it justice. That is

why at our web site I put an

extended version with more

pictures stories and content.

As well if you are onfacebook don’t forget tovisit our page CanadianTrucking Magazine andpress LIKE. There you will

get first release information

and stories.

We have over 2,300

fans right now.

At Stirling my friendWendy Morgan-McBride &Great Husband Carl McBrideonce again had theMemorial Highway in Heaven

~ A Tribute for Truckers ~I was lucky enough to be asked

by them to say a poem. You

should visit thier web site at:http://www.tributefortruckers.com/

for a great cause!

Once again showingthe family atmosphere withthe famous catch fraze“Where Friends are Made”.

If you did not have a

chance to get out to any of

these great events and Fergus

was not in the trip this month

CTM is putting on a showand shine on August 27th inWinnipeg at the OakpointRestaurant.

Our friends at TheSource are stepping up tothe plate and again providingover $2,000 in prizes. The

Source and Trucking make

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driver, you don’t have to find

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Of course I am a big

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So there you have it! If

you want to have the time of

your life and win some prizes

come see me at Fergus or

the CTM Show & Shine.

I hope you have all

tuned into my spot the RoadHammer Report on theDriver Show. I try to bring up

to the moment topics and hu-

mour to your day.

This month I am proud

to have two pages for theSoldier On Fund. We need

to support those who support

us. A Soldier is someonewho at one point in his life,wrote a blank check madepayable to 'The Country ofCanada', for an amount of'up to and including thierlife.'

Happy Trails,,,,,,Dave 5

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The Soldier On Fund pro-

vides resources and opportunities

for serving and retired Canadian

Forces personnel with a perma-

nent or chronic illness or injury to

improve their quality of life through

active participation in physical,

recreational and sporting activities.

Since its inception, the Fund hasprovided assistance to morethan 257 members. Donations

are used to purchase adaptive

equipment as well as finance travel

and training expenses for partici-

pating in physical, recreational and

sporting activities.

“The Soldier On program was in-

strumental in providing me with the

adaptive equipment to get active in

sport,” explained Sgt (retired)

Steve Daniel. “I was provided with

a basketball wheelchair that I use

each week to play with a local

team. The ability to get active has

made a huge improvement on my

quality of life. I am able to use

recreational sport to help keep fit,

as well as socialize with other

members of the disabled commu-

nity.”

The Fund supports ill and

injured Canadian Forces personnel

or former personnel in their efforts

to increase their independence and

restore the joy and freedom of their

lives through physical fitness, recre-

ation and sport.

“100% of your donation will gotowards opening doors to life op-portunities, developing newskills and achieving goals,” saidGreg Lagacé, Soldier On Man-ager. “It gives an opportunity for ill

and injured personnel to explore

common interest, share learning

experiences and ultimately provid-

ing a better quality of life.”

To make a secure online donation,

please visit:

www.SoldierOn.ca

and select ‘Donate to the Soldier

On Fund’ from the menu. To make

a donation by telephone, have your

credit card information ready and

call 1-877-445-6444. To make a

donation by mail, send a cheque or

money order payable to: Soldier On

Fund, c/o Canadian Forces Person-

nel and Family Support Services,

4210 Labelle Street, Ottawa, ON

K1A 0K2.

Soldier On Fund by Christine Meyer

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There is a

lot of talk

these days

about how to

m a k e

w o m e n

more com-

f o r t a b l e

about enter-

ing male dominated fields. Levelingthe playing fields so that any job isavailable to any gender in today’seconomy makes a lot of sense; buthow does one make anyone com-fortable in entering any profession?

When I entered trucking, way

back when, the predominant idea

about women in male dominated jobs

was that we would not be able to do

the job, that our hormones would con-

trol us and that we would not hold up

under the conditions both mental and

physical demanded at that time in

trucking. Women who were hired back

then and who persevered, did not get

emotional once a month or anytime

else unless angered, did the job with-

out asking for quarter and kept any

stress related issues to themselves

and just dealt with them. Women who

could not do the above, did not last

long.

Sexual harassment was ram-

pant back then too though not ex-

pressed in that term when I first

climbed in my first truck. It was not un-

common for a lead seat to sleep with

their female second seats…therefore

many of us would not run with some-

one that we would not have a relation-

ship with. Of course, the equipment

back then was not conducive to private

sleeping arrangements; single bunk

cabovers, though some of us figured

out how to sleep head to toe with our

co-drivers. Some safety directors or

personnel directors would expect sex-

ual favors for a woman to move up to

second seat or to go solo, we fought

those types of behavior. One must re-

member though that back then, before

AIDS and sexual harassment laws, so-

ciety as a whole was still in the free love

ideal, trucking was no different and we

women back then understood human

nature too. We knew some men were

most likely going to try something with

us of an intimate nature and we learned

quickly how to handle those times with

humor and at times aggression.

Today, in trucking, companies

want to hire women for many reasons;

safety, performance and care of the

equipment are just a few of the rea-

sons. Women have moved up the cor-

porate ladder and brought

understanding to the boardrooms that

women are not the weak, emotional

creatures we were once thought of as

being. Equipment has changed to be

more female (and smaller male) friendly

as has the fingerprinting of loads off

and on the trailers, we can easily hire

lumpers now days. Have ideas

changed in reality though?

Women are now entering

trucking that are vastly different than

those of us who entered back in the

day…the 1960’s and ‘70’s. With the

poor image of truckers as a whole pro-

moted by insurance companies,

lawyers and the media in general,

women, who are very aware of sexual

harassment laws, enter trucking and

look for obstacles such as predatory

behavior, sexual harassment and dis-

crimination. At times, they perceive

those things where they actually do not

exist. Women have forgotten human

nature it appears in that they do not un-

derstand the difference between a

driver being interested in them person-

ally and a safety director asking for sex-

ual favors to keep their job.

Many women today want to

be treated differently because they are

women in male dominated fields. I

have heard women saying they want

everything from front row reserved

parking at truck stops to separate truck-

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stops all together for women only.

Some do not think they should have to

go to certain places because it is un-

safe, though they think it ok that men

should go there. Some are so fearful

that they want to carry guns or mace

even before they get out on the road

from trucking school, they think all male

drivers are predators.

Women of this type do perpet-

uate the myth of long ago that women

cannot do the job as well as men and

may be too emotional or find the stress

too great to stay in the field. Compa-

nies are now afraid of the sexual ha-

rassment suits that are brought by

women and some are scrambling to

defend themselves against them.

Even our male peers are afraid to say

good morning to a lady driver because

of fear of being called in on for just

being polite. Trucking has not changed

enough for only women to train women

or for women to only deal with other

women.

To make women more com-

fortable in entering the trucking, or any

other male dominated field, education

is the key. Education of both genders

that is. Straight honest information be-

ginning in the trucking schools and

ending with companies and recruiters

would be a good start. That education

should point out the human factors that

one will meet in working with the oppo-

site gender, what exactly sexual ha-

rassment or discrimination means and

how to deal with it to begin with; then

further education of company person-

nel on how to treat everyone equally

and with respect to finish off with. In

addition, straight facts on how in actu-

ality many women of both genders are

victims of crime especially by other

drivers instead of making women fear-

ful of their brother drivers should be

taught and talked about.

Women entering a male dom-

inated field have to learn that they have

to fit into the field, not the field change

to fit them; there is a job to be done and

whether one is a male or a female, that

job is the same and is done the same

way. Problems only enter in on the

human level and those sometimes are

just nature and the way the genders dif-

fer. Any woman who enters any male

dominated profession or field has to ac-

cept some hard facts about the job too.

No, it might not be comfortable until you

prove yourself one of the guys and that

you can do the job with the rest of them,

you will have to have on leather gloves

instead of kid gloves to handle some of

what you will find. Then you will be

comfortable and succeed…if you want

to badly enough.

Ya’ll be safe out there!

Street Smarts: A Guide to a Truck Dri-

ver's Personal Safety

Do not cuss a trucker or a farmer with

your mouth full!

Sandy Long is a long time

truck driver who is also very active

within the trucking industry. She was a

long time writer for layover.com, is a life

member of OOIDA, member of the WIT

and owner of two websites: Trailer

Truckin’ Tech, a yahoo group dedicated

to the education of new and prospective

truck drivers and www.satinandsteelsis-

terhood.com

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Thirty-nine drivers com-

peted at Peterbilt Manitoba on Sat-

urday, June 25 for recognition as

one of Manitoba’s top professional

commercial drivers. Drivers in five

classes participated in three differ-

ent tests (written test, pre-trips/de-

fects, and the track) throughout the

of the day.

Winners from the 2011 event in-

clude:

Straight truck: Chad Kitkowski(Canadian Freightways)

Single-single: Brian Hrabarchuk(Con-Way Freight Canada)

Single-tandem: John Klassen(W.M. Dyck & Sons)

Tandem-tandem: HowardMcAfee (H&T Trucking)

Super B train: Ken Wiebe (EBDEnterprises)

These five drivers will rep-

resent Team Manitoba at the 2011

National Professional Truck Driving

Championship, held this year in

Calgary September 8-11.

The event was capped off

with the annual Driver Awards Ban-

quet. All five winners from the driv-

ing championship were recognized

for their efforts. Further awards

presented include:

First Time Entrant: Marc Cohen(Big Freight Systems)

Team Award: TST Overland Ex-press

Grand Champion: Ken Wiebe(EBD Enterprises)

Bjornson Memorial: Ken Wiebe(EBD Enterprises)

As well, the 2011 MTA-

Volvo Trucks Canada Driver of the

Year was awarded. This year’s re-

cipient is William DeGroot of Arnold

Bros. Transport. DeGroot was one

of six recipients of the 2010 MTA-

Custom Truck Sales Inc Industry

Excellence Award. Winners of the

2011 MTA-Volvo Trucks Canada

Driver of the Year award are cho-

sen from this pool of nominees.

The Manitoba Trucking As-

sociation would like to thank all of

the volunteers who ensure the suc-

cess of this annual event. This year,

over 40 volunteers participated in

various capacities. The MTA would

also like to recognize Manitoba

Public Insurance, Manitoba Infra-

structure and Transportation, Peter-

bilt Manitoba Ltd, YRC Reimer and

Beaver Truck Centre for their con-

tinued sponsorship of this event.

The Manitoba TruckingAssociation exists to developand maintain a safe and healthybusiness environment for our in-dustry members.

For more information

contact:

Bob DolyniukExecutive DirectorPhone: (204) 632-6600

E-mail

bobd@trucking.mb.ca

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Drivers not out of a sack for your 95cent heart attack!

So many good places and I will tryto always steer you right.

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never leave hungry.

Clearwater BC at Wells Gray Inngreat food at a very good price and Angiesaid the best milkshakes in Canada.

Legendz Diner 1405 N Trans-canadaHwy, Golden, BC a must stop!

OUTPOST Grill in Winkler MB at theCOOP, great food, clean showers and veryDriver Friendly!

The Cat dealer on route 90 & Inksterin WPG MB 2nd Flr, breakfast under 6 bucks

Don’t forget our friends at the Oak-Point Restaurant where August 27th is ourfirst CTM Show & Shine!

Them and tell them Dave sent you!

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