American Centra l Transpor t , Inc . January — March

2017

ACT Plaza Opens in May BY: Phil Wilt, President & C.O.O.

ACTIONLINE

Much work and planning has taken place in the design and development of the new ACT Plaza. All of this has been done with our drivers in mind. The ACT Plaza in-cludes our Corporate Office, Maintenance Facility, Training Center and Services Center. To me the most exciting part is the new things we will be able to offer from the Services Center for our drivers, office associates and maintenance staff.

The Services Center will be open 24 hours a day providing you with that home away from home feel and experience. It will just require you to use your company identification badge which will open the door facing south towards the Maintenance Facility. Once inside the building you will find the following:

Café with seating for up to 50 individuals. You will find a variety of spaces to relax in from booths to high top ta-bles. All of the booths have charging stations built in for your I-Phone or Android devices. All you need is your ca-ble and you can charge the device while relaxing. This ar-ea also has vending machines with a variety of fresh sand-wiches, fruits, drinks and the traditional salty and sweet items. Fresh coffee will always be available along with filtered water and ice. This area has three TV’s streaming news, weather and ACT TV which will keep you up to date on things happening at ACT. An additional TV watching area is provided in this area as well.

Fitness Center has treadmills, elliptical, recumbent bike, rowing machine, stretching machine, free weights and a bench. Laundromat has three washers and dryers for use. There is a charge of $1.00 per load to help offset cost. Detergent and fabric softener is also available for a small charge. Showers are available for use. Three separate private rooms are available with a shower, sink and a stool at no charge. They were designed with floor to ceiling tile and will be cleaned on a regular schedule by our housekeeping staff.

Quiet Room provides a place for you to come in with no sound and to be able to relax or decompress. It will have recliners and chase lounge chairs for your comfort. We do ask for your assistance in not using your phones in this area out of respect for others using this space to relax.

ACT Plaza Rooms are private sleeping rooms. Six plaza rooms are available for reservations. Each room has a double bed, night stand and chair. If you want to get out of the truck for a night, this is a great option for only $30.00 per night. Company drivers who have their trucks in the shop overnight and not available will be able to stay in a plaza room at no charge.

Patio is located on the south side of the building. Seating for up to 40 is available with a smoking and nonsmoking section.

We can hardly wait for all of us to be back on one piece of property here in Kansas City. This new building doubles the size of our current Liberty location. This is because of all of the amenities that have just been described. Besides this great line up of services, I am also pleased that we will see each other more often. We are a family company and everyone being known and heard is a big deal to me and our management team. This will allow you to talk with your Driver Support Manager or any other team member to answer your questions, concerns or just to catch up. The office side will be open during normal busi-ness hours Monday through Friday. We will always honor our “open door policy.” This really does mean that you can freely walk around the building and talk to anyone.

A building dedication is set for Tuesday, June 6th at this location. We will be celebrating the opening of the ACT Plaza with lunch from June 6th through June 9th. If you are in the area please stop by and experience the new ACT Plaza.

Take care and Safe Trucking!

Phil

2016 SAFEST DRIVER OF THE YEAR

Colin Green was awarded ACT’s 2016 Safest Driver of the year. He had no coachable events, no preventable accidents and no hours of service violations, not even 1 second over! Way to go Colin!

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RECOGNITION

Two Million Mile

Driver

Leroy Fisher

Leroy is on Eric Hukill’s board, he started with ACT in 1994, left in 2001 then returned in 2004. Leroy’s favorite safety quote is “try to do the same thing every day if pos-

sible.” He would like to thank his mother and his wife (not necessarily in that order!)

One Million Mile

Driver

Frank Shifley

Frank is on Eric Hukill’s board. Frank started with ACT in March 2006. Frank’s favorite safety advice is, “Stay calm at all times.” Frank would like to thank Eric and the rest of the ACT team.

One Million Mile Driver

Chance Cordray

Chancey started with ACT in 2003. His DSM is Kathy Plante. Chancey’s favorite piece of safety advise, “Always be aware of your surroundings.” He would like to thank ACT for keeping him moving and allowing him to do it safely!

One Million Mile

Driver

Justin Shaddix

Justin started with ACT in August 2007 with Eric Hukill as his DSM. Justin would like to remind other drivers, “To get to their destination as safely as possible, always stay ahead of schedule!” Justin would like to thank his wife, Farah and dispatch team in Operations.

MISSOURI TRUCKING ASSOCIATION RECOGNITION

Tom was honored for his 13 years of service with Missouri Trucking Association. Thanks, Tom, for your service and dedica-tion to our industry!

TRUCKLOAD CARRIERS ASSOCIATION

TCA recently bestowed their prestigious Past Chairmen's Award on Tom Kretsinger for his significant contributions to the truck-ing industry - Congratulations, Tom!!

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BUILDING UPDATE

BEST OF ACT AWARD To recognize a team for “best in class” initiatives & projects

that add value to the organizational strategic direction

THUMBS UP AWARDS

Awarded for extraordinary effort exhibited by an associate

GOLDEN WRENCH AWARD Awarded for outstanding work throughout the year

JANUARY Johnny Reeves Driver Support Manager

Welcome ACT’s New Faces!

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1st Quarter MPG Bonus To qualify, the driver must be employed with ACT for the entirety of the quarter and have 25,000+ dispatched miles (loaded or empty) in the quarter. Of that population, the top 25% in MPG receive a bonus. The top 5% receives $500, the top 15% re-ceives $300, and the top 25% receives $175. Remember a new quarter cleans the slate. You have the chance to earn an MPG bonus each quarter in 2017. Good Job Drivers!

JANUARY Tammy Warren Driver Support Manager

NEWS & RECOGNITIONS

FEBRUARY Sherry Thomas After Hours Coordinator

MARCH Samira Walker Recruiting Coordinator

Introducing the Jobshakers App

By Josh Mecca

Have you tried our new driver referral pro-gram? Go to your App store – either iTunes or the Google App store, search for “Jobshakers” and download it. Use the company access code “ACT” when you are setting it up, and be sure to allow it to access your contacts. Then, you’ll be able to drag and drop the friends you’d like to see driving for ACT on to the available positions. For each one we hire, you’ll be paid $1000. You’ll be paid $250 when they complete orientation, $250 when they complete 30 days of driving, and $500 when they complete 90 days of driving. It’s that easy!! Download and start referring today!! If you have any questions, be sure to check with recruiting.

Top 5% RANDALL TUCKER CHRIS HUGGINS RODERICK DERRICKSON

CURTIS STOCKTON STEVE CRAWFORD ROCKY WOODIE WILLIAM MANTLO

Top 15% KENNETH DAVIS ALBERT WINTERS MERTON TODD

CLIFFTON HIGHFILL MICHAEL HARMON DONALD CAMPBELL NATHANIEL WILLIAMS

HARRY AVEN RAYMOND WHITNEY JACOB MELTON TERRENCE ELLIOTT

JAMES STEVENSON TONY ZIEGLER JOHN BOSTON WILLIAM SKINNER

Top 25% CHARLES H. WARE JOHN PARRISH

CHRISTOPHER MCKEE KEITH HECKMAN DAVID BEACH PATRICK BABB DAVID GILLEN PAUL HEDBERG DAVID HUGHES PEGGY WHITE

DEBORHA HABIGER PHILLIP PRINCE GARY LUOMA STEVE HILDRETH

JAMES WALKER TERENCE HEADLEY JOHN HANAN YVONNE PIGOTT

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NEWS

February

Company Driver—Jacob Melton

Contractor - Robert Wilson

March

Company Driver — Keith Heckman

Contractor— Joe Short

Congratulations to the March contractor of the month, Joe Short! Joe has been with ACT for 5 years and lives in Blue Springs, MO. Joe’s favorite safety advise to other drivers is: G.O.A.L. (Get Out and Look!) Joe would like to thank his DSM, Kathy Plante and everyone else at ACT.

January

Company Driver — Don Campbell Congratulations to Don Campbell, the Janu-ary company driver of the month! Don is from Cleveland, GA & has driven for ACT 9 years. Don’s favorite safety advice is to pay attention, focus on driving and don’t use your cell phone while driving. He would like to thank his DSM, Kathy Plante and the rest of the team at ACT.

Contractor - Rodney Love Congratulations to Rodney Love for being named January contractor of the month! Rodney lives in Georgia and has been with ACT for 3 years. Rodney likes that ACT keeps things consistent and the people are friendly. He would like to thank his DSM, Ken Dobisch and everyone at ACT.

Drivers of the Month

New Company Store Items

Our goal at the ACT Plaza will be to have certain items in stock at our company store so you can take the item with you. We will feature a special limited edition trucker t-shirt that will only be available this summer. Plus a variety of colors in the traditional ACT short sleeve t-shirts will be in stock (L to 3XL) for the summer months. You will also find a variety of hats and hoodies available for purchase. The following new items will also be stocked:

ACT Artic Hot/Cold Mugs ACT Model Trucks (1/53 Scale) Leaf Blowers 32” TV Refrigerators

These items can be purchased with cash, payroll/settlement deduction, or by using your Total Rewards points. That’s right… very soon you will be able to use your earned points to purchase these items or a night’s stay at the ACT Plaza. Stop by the display at the ACT Plaza to see these new items.

Congratulations to the February com-pany driver of the month, Jacob Mel-ton! Jacob has driven for ACT since August 2015. Jacob likes the freedom of being on the road and being able to see the world and not be stuck in a building. Jacob would like to thank fellow ACT driver, Patrick Babb, his DSM, Jessica Johnson, everyone in the maintenance department and all the other folks at ACT.

Congratulations to Robert Wilson for be-ing named February contractor of the month! Robert is from Sedgwick, AR and has been with ACT for 11 years. Robert likes that ACT focuses on team & we all help each other out. Robert wants to thank Ken Dobisch, the load planners & everyone else at ACT.

Congratulations to the March company driver of the month, Keith Heckman! Keith is from Sher-man, TX & has driven for ACT since October 2015. Keith likes the family atmosphere & know-ing that when you walk into the office people know who you are. He would like to thank his DSM, Keith Long and the rest of the operations team for helping him be successful and keeping him busy.

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ANNIVERSARIES & CELEBRATIONS

NAME HIRE DATE YEARS NAME HIRE DATE

YEARS WILLIAM KRETSINGER 02/01/1981 36 TONY TABER 01/30/2015 2 CATHY BOYLES 03/06/1987 30 JAMES HAYES 02/04/2015 2 DEAMBRA AIRRINGTON 01/29/1990 27 CRAIG TURNER 02/05/2015 2 TOM KRETSINGER JR 03/01/1994 23 HERBERT DOUGLAS 02/11/2015 2 LISA SHIRLEY 02/28/1996 21 THOMAS HARRISON 02/11/2015 2 CLYDE WHETSTONE 02/27/1996 21 ANDREW BUTLER 02/16/2015 2 LANCE LAMLEY 02/28/2000 17 KEVIN STEPHENS 02/18/2015 2 AMY WILMES-BROWN 01/02/2001 16 COLIN GREEN 02/20/2015 2 ANITA SIMPSON 01/15/2001 16 CHARLES WEBB 02/20/2015 2 CHANCEY CORDRAY 02/26/2003 14 TRAVIS LEE 02/23/2015 2 CASIE CAMPBELL 01/02/2004 13 TIM DEXTER 02/24/2015 2 ERIC HUKILL 01/07/2004 13 RODERICK DERRICKSON 03/11/2015 1 WILLIAM CASEY 01/28/2004 13 DAVID HUGHES 03/17/2015 1 MERTON TODD 02/04/2004 13 LISA COLLOM 01/06/2016 1 JOHN HANAN 01/18/2006 11 HARVEY RAYNARD 01/06/2016 1 MATTHEW ARMSTRONG 01/30/2006 11 ARTHUR CAMPOS 01/13/2016 1 WALTER MAHONEY 02/24/2006 11 AUSTIN TANNER 01/18/2016 1 RICHIE RUNIONS 01/30/2007 10 DANNY WARREN 01/20/2016 1 FRANK SHIFLEY 03/15/2006 10 JOHN PAULE 01/25/2016 1 WILLIAM GUTHREY 03/22/2007 9 EDWARD CHAMBERS 01/27/2016 1 TIM MOYNIHAN 03/29/2007 9 JOHN HILLS 02/03/2016 1 THOMAS WYNNE 03/29/2007 9 JESSICA JOHNSON 02/08/2016 1 CHRIS HUGGINS 01/31/2008 9 CAMMILE WILSON 02/10/2016 1 STEVE CRAWFORD 03/20/2008 8 DARREL CAMPBELL 02/17/2016 1 ROCKY WOODIE 01/06/2010 7 JAMES SANDERS 02/17/2016 1 DAVID COKER 02/23/2011 6 MICHAEL WATSON 02/17/2016 1 CARLOS RODRIGUEZ 02/13/2013 4 JEFFREY OLSEN 02/24/2016 1 GLENN FINCH 01/03/2014 3 JAMES SOWELL 02/24/2016 1 JOSEPH SHORT 01/29/2014 3 DAVID GILLEN 03/02/2016 1 RODNEY LOVE 02/19/2014 3 DAVID DALLAS 03/09/2016 1 MATTHEW WELKER 02/21/2014 3 LARRY WISCHERMAN 03/18/2016 1 KERRI RADTKE 03/01/2014 3 KRISTI GIVENS 03/22/2016 1 CLIFFTON HIGHFILL 01/07/2015 2 THOMAS CAGLE 03/23/2016 1 STACY SMITH 01/12/2015 2 JIMMY BURCHAM 03/23/2016 1 CANDACE MONTGOMERY 01/30/2015 2 JOSH MECCA 03/28/2016 1

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