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Trucking Elite

E LITE Decker Truck Line Announces Drivers of the Month Trucking Iowabased Decker Companies has honored two drivers as their Drivers of the Month. Warren Erxleben in the Flatbed Division, and Robert Dodds in the Reefer-Van Division will receive a $135.00 gift certiﬁcate to the Decker Company Store. They are now eligible for the Driver of the Year Award---which results in a 1-cent-permile pay raise for twelve months. Warren Erxleben, a Decker vet since ’05, is a busy father of four (Kara, Eric, Andy, and Darrell) and husband to Vicki. He names “Home!” his favorite vacation destination, and that’s where you’ll ﬁnd him when he’s not driving. He enjoys watching Nascar or “Andy Griﬃth” reruns on TV, or engaging in his favorite handson hobby, working on old tractors. His dispatcher Jerry Chapman praises Warren as “hard-working, and very easy to get along with.” Robert Dodds, a reefer-van driver, has been with Decker for seven years, and his safety motto is “Watch ahead!” Looking back, he claims he’d most enjoy sharing a meal with his grandfather from Ireland, whom he never met. A big fan of NFL football, Dodds enjoys boating on his days oﬀ. He is a father of two and grandfather to another two, whose favorite dinner is found at the Hu Hot Mongolian Grill. His dispatcher, Mike Kehoe, says, “Robert is always willing to help out!” been named the Elite Fleet’s Driver of the Year by National Carriers, Inc., (NCI) for his excellent service and dedication to the company. Cadenas has been an owner operator with NCI since December of 2007. “This is a great honor for me,” says Cadenas. “National Carriers has been very good to me.” Cadenas, who has driven professionally for 14 years, was named Driver of the Month in February 2009. Drivers of the Month are nominated by NCI personnel and are evaluated based on performance, on-time deliveries, DOT inspections, safety record and so on. All Drivers of the Month for that year are then considered for Driver of the Year by a committee which determines who best ﬁts the Driver of the Year qualities. A banquet is held honoring all of the Drivers of the Month and the Driver of the Year is announced. NCI brought Cadenas and his family to the company’s headquarters in Liberal, Kan., for the banquet where they were surprised by the announcement that Cadenas won. “Nobody knew I would win Cadenas named Driver of the Year by National Carriers Juan Cadenas of Somerton, Ariz., has 36 RPMfortruckers.com September • 2010

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