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Chairman’s Message...................................................

President’s Message....................................................

From The Desk of Robert Christian...............................

October Driver of the Month........................................

Condolences............................................................

Trucking Leaders Join President Trump in CallingFor Tax Reform........................................................

Thanksgiving, Time to Talk Turkey...............................

SD Road Captain Mike Whitehead Presents To Aberdeen High School Drivers Ed Students...................

Trucking Leaders Join President Trump in CallingFor Tax Reform Continued.........................................

Join Us For The 2017 Legislative Socials......................

SDTA Is Looking For Driver of the Month Nominations...

Welcome New SDTA Member......................................

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CHAIRMAN’S MESSAGE

D&J Bultsma Trucking, Platte, SD

Greetings Everyone! It seems like the conven-tion was only a couple weeks ago and here is October. October is truly the end of Summer and the beginning of Fall. October is when we get to enjoy the cool mornings and nights with the warmth during the days. We get to experience the brilliant colors as the leaves change on the trees.

As we started this month of October, we are again reminded how quickly life can change. We are heartbroken at what happened on October 1st in Las Vegas at a country music concert. It was just a year ago that we were at

the ATA Management Conference Exhibition held at the Mandalay Bay Hotel. The world has changed! We might be a little apprehensive about where we travel or what events we attend, but the spirit is that we can’t let this evil overtake our lives. We cannot live in fear. Compassion was evident in this tragedy as good people were willing to help victims who were killed or injured even though they put themselves in danger. Our thoughts and prayers are with the families of the victims, the people that were injured and those that were attending the concert, as well as the police and the first responders that have to deal with this tragedy. As we witnessed this horrible incident in the United States it reminds us to remember our military personnel that are serving in several countries around the world as well as here in the U.S. We appreciate their sacri-fices to help keep our country safe!

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We are approaching the deadline for the ELD mandate. In the agriculture trucking industry it is still hard to understand how things are going to work because of the need to provide customer service and meet cus-tomer demands. The public doesn’t recognize that the truck drivers are trying to keep America fed and their shelves stocked.

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We had our first taste of fall in Sioux Falls this morning. A hard frost cover was everywhere. There are many other signs that the Fall Season is upon us. Leaves are turning colors and are falling from the trees, a jacket is required when going outside. Golf season will soon be re-placed by hunting seasons. Isn’t it great to live in a state that has 4 distinct seasons?

Another Fall event is the American Trucking Associations annual Management Conference and Exhibition. This annual event is scheduled for October 21 through 24 in sunny Orlando, FL. Your ATA Vice President, Mr. Rick Hoogendoorn and I will soon be heading to that event to dis-cuss the many issues currently facing this industry. I look forward to the meeting discussions and to the conversations with members of the trucking industry from all over this country. No matter where they are from, the issues are very similar.

Another Fall event worth mentioning is the Fall meeting of the SDTA Board of Directors. That meeting is scheduled for November 3rd, at the AmericInn, in Chamberlain. Not only will we be discussing the status and business of your South Dakota Trucking Association, we will also be discussing the many issues that challenge the trucking industry. During this meeting, your Board of Directors also discuss any issues that need the attention of the South Dakota Legisla-ture. Yes, the 2018 Legislative Session is right around the corner! Also keep in mind that every member is invited to attend every board meeting.

On occasion, when I sit down to write my monthly column, I find myself struggling to find trucking industry related subjects that need to be discussed in this column. Well, this month, I feel compelled to close with a quick discussion about the serious tragedies in this country in the recent past. Tragedies like these could affect anyone of us on any given day! Whether it is a hurricane or a mass shooting, we simply do not know what is going to happen and to whom on any individual day.

Stay safe!

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From the desk of Robert Christian

Typically, I find it easy to make myself a pot of coffee, sit down and write my article early on a Sunday morning. By early, I mean log hauler early. I sit here this Sunday morning, reviewing the news and reading a few articles. I find myself a

little less than motivated to continue. So here is my best effort...

After catching up on Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico and the horrible tragic shootings in Las Vegas, it gets me thinking. Tragedies like these could affect anyone of us on any given day. I am thankful for every day that I don’t have to cope with something like this and all my loved ones are safe. My wife always asks me at the end of the day, as I am sure your spouses do too, “How was your day?” My favorite response to a good day is, “Uneventful, just how I like it!”

Senator John Thune is a member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. He recently met with the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works to discuss his Forest Management Improvement Act of 2017. This legislation would make improvements to the forestry title of the farm bill by increasing the effec-tiveness of the Healthy Forest Restoration Act and improving the National Environmen-tal Policy Act. These changes would help simplify and improve federal forest manage-ment. Here are a couple of facts showing a need for these legislative changes:

• Since January 2017 we have watched 49,000 fires burn over 8.4 million acres of forest land.

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There are some good and much needed improvements in this legislation that will allow proper management of forest service land to make them more resilient and better able to withstand fires, pest and diseases.

Enjoy the Fall weather. Winter will be here before we know it.

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Keep the Bowers family in your thoughts and in your prayers.

Memorial Contributions can be made to the South Dakota Trucking Foundation in honor of those lost.

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Cornelius “Cornie” Spaans passed away on September 28, at the age of 88.

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The holidays are the perfect time to sit down and talk turkey. This doesn’t mean discussing football, shop-ping or preparations for the big meal. Rather, with family members already congregated, it’s an ideal time to have thoughtful conversations about everyone’s personal health care preferences. It will benefit everyone to consider and share their medical wishes and preferences while they can, regardless of their age.

Talking to loved ones about advance health care planning can be uncomfortable, but critical decision-mak-ing moments are often made all the more difficult when loved ones are forced to guess about critical care preferences or end-of-life goals. When a sudden medical event or accident occurs that prevents someone from participating in their own medical care, family members will want to be informed decision-makers.

When talking with loved ones about advance care planning, start by asking open-ended questions. Exam-ples include:• What concerns you most if you were unable to make your own medical decisions?• What are your hopes and fears regarding your health care?• Who would you trust to make decisions or speak for you, if you were unable to do so? Have you talked to

them about what you would want?• What are the best and worst care scenarios that could happen?• What options do you believe you have?• What can you share with me about your end-of-life wishes that is most important to you and would

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Road Team Captain Mike Whitehead presented to the Aberdeen Central High School Drivers Education class on Monday, October 2nd. The 31 students took the opportunity to hop inside the cab of the semi. They got the opportunity first hand to see how an entire vehicle is hidden in the trucks blind spot.

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• Annual guided pheasant hunt - Thursday, November 2, 2017. Leave the Am-ericInn, Chamberlain at 9:00 a.m.

• Fall Executive Committee Meeting - 8:00 a.m. on Friday, November 3, 2017 with the full board meeting starting at 10:00 a.m. at the AmericInn, Chamber-lain.

• West River Legislative Reception - Rushmore Plaza Holiday Inn, Rapid City - Monday, November 20, 2017, at 5:30 to 7:00 p.m. (west river time).

• East River Legislative Reception - Minerva’s, 301 S Phillips Ave, Sioux Falls - Wednesday, December 6, 2017, at 5:00 to 6:30 p.m. (east river time).

• Winter Executive Committee Meeting - 6:30 p.m. on Sunday, January 21, 2018 at the Ramkota Hotel and Conference Center, Pierre with dinner served during the meeting.

• Winter Board of Directors Meeting - Ramkota Hotel and Conference Center, Pierre at 10:00 a.m. on Monday, January 22, 2018. That evening, we will hold the annual legislative dinner, reception and sundae bar at the Ramkota River Centre.

• South Dakota Truck Driving Championships, Southeast Technical Institute, Sioux Falls, SD starting at 7:00 a.m. on Saturday, May 19, 2018.

• Summer Board of Directors Meeting at Cedar Shore Resort, Oacoma to in-clude an Executive Committee Meeting and the Cliff Tjaden Fishing Event. The Executive Committee will meet at 10:00 a.m. on Friday, June 1, 2018 fol-lowed by a full board meeting starting at 1:00 p.m. The fishing Calcutta will be held after a social and hosted dinner. The Cliff Tjaden Fishing Event is sched-uled for 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on Saturday, June 2, 2018.

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SDTA BOARD OF DIRECTORS

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE COMPANY CITY

DAVID BULTSMA, CHAIRMAN D&J BULTSMA TRUCKING PLATTE ROBERT CHRISTIAN, VICE CHAIRMAN BLACK HILLS LOG HAULERS ASSOCIASTION SPEARFISH JERRY OLLERICH, TREASURER JERRY OLLERICH TRUCKING SIOUX FALLSBOB WILLEY, SECRETARY BOB WILLEY TRUCKING GETTYSBURG RICK HOOGENDOORN, PAST CHAIRMAN YRC SIOUX FALLS MYRON L. RAU, PRESIDENT SDTA SIOUX FALLS

BOARD OF DIRECTORS COMPANY CITY EXPIRES

JUSTIN ANDERS ANDERS TRUCKING UNION CENTER 2018TOM BEUZEKOM GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO. S. SIOUX CITY, NE 2017LINDA BICKFORD QUALITY TRUCK INSURANCE RAPID CITY 2017KIMBERLY BONHART UNITED PARCEL SERVICE LEAWOOD, KS 2018LLOYD BULTSMA LLOYD BULTSMA TRUCKING SIOUX FALLS 2017BRIAN CLARK PREMIER XPRESS, INC. SIOUX FALLS 2019ART DONOVAN DEAN FOODS / LAND O’LAKES SIOUX FALLS 2018ERIC HAMIEL SHEEHAN MACK SALES & EQUIPMENT SIOUX FALLS 2018FRANCIS HAMM TRIMAC TRANSPORTATION RAPID CITY 2018JEFF HANNAHS CROSS COUNTRY FREIGHT SIOUX FALLS 2018RANDY HARTLEY HARTLEY TRANSPORTATION, INC. WATERTOWN 2017LARRY KLAAHSEN DAKOTA TRUCK UNDERWRITERS SIOUX FALLS 2017JERRED KOPPMANN NORTH WESTERN WAREHOUSE RAPID CITY 2017JODY KUPER VALLEY QUEEN CHEESE FACTORY MILBANK 2019JUSTIN LARSON TRANSPORTATION INSUANCE SERVICES PIERRE 2017MATT PARKER PARKER TRANSFER & STORAGE SIOUX FALLS 2017ROSS RINGLING RINGLING TRUCKING, INC. PLATTE 2019JERRY STRATING RUDE TRANSPORTATION, INC. SIOUX FALLS 2019DAN SWENSON PRO HAUL, LLC WOONSOCKET 2019LYN TSCHETTER THERMO KING OF SIOUX FALLS SIOUX FALLS 2019JOE SANDOVAL SDTA SAFETY MANAGEMENT COUNCIL CHAIRMANDUTCH VAN SANTEN SDTA ASSOCIATES CONFERENCE CHAIRMAN PAST CHAIRPERSONS COMPANY CITY EXPIRED

MIKE HABECK HABECK TRUCKING BELLE FOURCHE 2016RICK HOOGENDOORN YRC FREIGHT SIOUX FALLS 2014ALTON PALMER ALTON PALMER TRUCKING RAPID CITY 2012WAYNE VIESSMAN CLIFF VIESSMAN, INC. GARY 2010STAN ANDERS ANDERS TRUCKING UNION CENTER 2008LARRY ANDERSON A & A EXPRESS, INC. BRANDON 2006MICHELLE SCHIPPER K & J TRUCKING, INC. SIOUX FALLS 2002BERNARD FELDHAUS, JR. FELDHAUS TRUCKING HOWARD 2000 DARROLD DEAN DIZCO, INC. SIOUX FALLS 1998GENE PHILLIPS B & G TRANSPORTATION MADISON 1996 RICH BURNS BURNS MOVING & STORAGE SIOUX FALLS 1992TED BULTSMA BULTSMA TRUCK LINE PLATTE 1990RANDY THOMPSON TBI, INC. SIOUX FALLS 1988

SDTA SERVICES BOARD OF DIRECTORSNAME & POSITION COMPANY EXPIRES

BOB WILLEY, CHAIRMAN BOB WILLEY TRUCKING 2018SANDI ANDERSON, MEMBERSHIP RETENTION DIRECTOR ASSURGO, SIOUX FALLS 2017TODD JOHNSON, PUBLIC RELATIONS DIRECTOR JOHNSON FEED, INC., CANTON 2018RICK UNDERWOOD, MEMBERSHIP SERVICES DIRECTOR DALE’S TIRE & RETREADING, RAPID CITY 2019STEVE HOFFMAN, GROUP INSURANCE DIRECTOR MID STATES TRANSPORT, SIOUX FALLS 2017

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