John Christner Trucking Newsletter May 2018

Well, we have steamrolled through the first quarter of 2018 and the trucking story line can be described without exaggeration in one word: Historic! The mar-ket has allowed for rate increases from all of our shipping partners which in turn

led to 3 separate pay increases to our operators for a total of 11% since November 2017, first time in the history of our company we’ve raised pay that many times in such a short period. The freight to capacity imbalance continues to be at unprec-edented levels, so it should prove to be a chaotic produce season when that mar-ket heats up. The weather continues to be a little unsettled in certain parts of the country

(there was snow in upstate NY on April 30!) and the tornado season has so far been uneventful but far from over. All of our operators should make frequent checks on the weather in the areas to which they are traveling and our support staff will provide any information they have in order to keep everyone safe during the severe weather season. The reason we are one of the top temperature controlled fleets in the coun-

try is all of you doing Whatever It Takes! We thank you for all that you do.

On the Inside

A Message From John 1

Employee Anniversaries & Birthdays 2-3

Driver Anniversaries & Birthdays 4-5

JCT Wellness 6

Photo Parade 7-8

Whatever IT Takes 9

FYI 10 New Hires

Annette Young-Christy Compliance

Jacob Osborne Mechanic

Zachary Norton CSR Shop

Holidays

Mother’s Day 13th

Armed Forces Day 19th

Memorial Day 28th

Evin Hamilton 3yrs. Recruiter

Dustin Byrd 7yrs. Director of Logistics

Rob Williams 3yrs. CS Weekend Operations

Laci Johnson 1yr. Logistics

Desiree Vankalsbeek 2yrs. Recruiter

Claude McClendon 12yrs. Breakdown

Teresa Weise 5yrs. Driver Settlements

Tracy Pierce 2yrs. Tractor Mechanic

Denise Henninger 8yrs. Administrative Assistant

Allen Smith 14yrs. CS Night Operations

Allen Allday 4yrs. CS Night Operations

Sheila Dorris 5yrs. Driver Settlements

Whitney Molloy 2yrs. Load Planner

Gina Bartley 11yrs. Recruiting Manager

Bryan Skinner 2yrs. Trailer Refrigeration Tech.

Amy Cason 4yrs. Ratings and Billings Clerk

Christina Uhlman 7yrs. Recruiter

5/02 Jacob Zemp Trailer Refrigeration Tech

5/03 Jordan Basham Recruiter

Glenn Elkins SWAP

5/05 Lucy Hobbs Data Analyst

5/08 Renee Underwood Human Resource Assistant

5/10 Jeff Buckley Truck Inspector

5/11 Brian Stewart Driver Manager

5/13 Sheila Bane Leasing

Chuck Bertotti CS Night Operations

5/15 Shelby McNeill Tire Technician

5/16 Brenda Joice Receptionist

5/19 Tonya Ladd Maintenance Clerk

5/22 Jacob Lliteras Marketing Manager

5/23 Leslie Bowser Breakdown

5/24 John Noble Logistics

Allen Smith CS Night Operations

5/28 Jeremy Smith CS Weekends Operations

5/30 David Wilson CS Night Operations

May 2018 JCT Employee Birthdays

Join John For a Birthday Lunch at

Freddie’s Steakhouse

5/01 Michael Dean 5yrs.

Jessie Chestee 1yr.

Kathy Marie Diaz 1yr.

5/04 Terry Mauldin 2yrs.

Edward Medeiros 1yr.

Quinton Wilson 1yr.

5/05 Eric Gilmore 3yrs.

Angela Shaw 3yrs.

5/06 Darrell Shaw 3yrs.

5/07 Jack Hein 3yrs.

5/08 Ted Wysocki 3yrs.

Robert Blankenship 1yr.

Michael Dlacruz 1yr.

5/09 Francine Cruz-Sanabria 2yrs

Vernon Jones 2yrs.

5/10 Curt Soard 11yrs.

5/11 Francis Sill 3yrs.

5/12 William Armstrong 13yrs.

Bryan Palmer Sr. 9yrs.

Donald Rusk 3yrs.

Dennis Zorn 1yr.

5/13 Rocky Losh 8yrs.

John Despain 3yrs.

5/14 Robert Davis 9yrs.

5/15 Robert Grigsby 5yrs.

Robert Kabrel 4yrs.

Michael Griffth 3yrs.

Carl Morris 1yr.

5/16 Carl Benge Jr. 6yrs.

5/17 Cletis Zundel 16yrs.

5/18 Billy Laferney 2yrs.

5/19 Matthew Frank 2yrs.

5/20 Robb Lewis Jr. 8yrs.

Feliz Aguilar ` 4yrs.

5/22 Jonathan Ortego 4yrs.

Joshua May 1yr.

Mark Butcher 1yr.

5/23 Robert Barish 2yrs.

David McPheron 2yrs.

5/25 Victor Natal Feliciano 1yr.

5/26 Brian Evans 1yr.

Devric Ingram 1yr.

5/28 Shawn Heintz 4yrs.

5/30 Charlotte Heller 1yr.

Georg Heller 1yr.

Jason Kloos 1yr.

Marc Thomason 1yr.

Deborah Kitchens-Williams 1yr.

5/31 Thomas Rogers Jr. 5yrs.

James Thurlo 5yrs.

Steven Harlow 2yrs.

5/01 Shane Atkinson

Charles King

Joshua Pannell

David Walk

Jerry Willimas

5/02 George Brannon

Connie P Bryan

Mark Simpkins

5/03 Billy Caudill

Ronald Norris

Phanna D Sieng

5/04 James Stafford

5/05 David Birkbeck

Lois Osorio

5/06 Daniel Chavis

Jessie Chesteen

5/07 Brandon Bartee

Robert Desabre

Lee McFarland

Paula Sarchet

5/08 Tammy Morisette

5/09 Edward Judson

Bryan Palmer, Sr

Scott Weatherford

5/10 Charlotte Heller

5/12 Randy Huntoon

James Riches

5/13 Walter Carner

Jimmy O’Dell

5/14 Karen Kucera

Johnny Sutton

5/15 Calvin Youngblood

5/16 John Anthony

Ross Dicks

David Field

Clifford Marts

Kirby Pappas

Steven Ruth

Anthony Wathers

5/17 Michael Chittim

Darrell Cromer

Delbert Fleming

5/18 Lance Calvert

Laquarance Green

Scott Rush

Darrell Shaw

Westpaleon Thomas

5/19 Bert Wilson

5/20 Shawn Heintz

5/22 Richard Catahena

Eugene Poteete Jr.

Daniel Scott

5/23 Cary Goolsby

Mark Hall

Michael Jackson

Daniel Reeve

5/24 John H Canon III

5/25 Marcus Edwards

Martin Wenger

5/26 Trayvon Golden

Johnny Hightower

Michael Jacques

Raymond Miller

Janet Mayfield

5/28 Val Harmon

Charles Johnson

Heath Leahey

Lee Shepherd

5/29 James Price

5/31 Norman Chamberlain

Part I. Stepping for Wellness Starting June 1st — ends August 30th, $5 buy-in, top two teams split the money Teams of 2 — total steps of combined team members Keep a record of your steps either on your phone, fit bit or other method. Will tally re-sults on Thursdays

Part II. Walk Around the World The second part of our challenge will be a company wide challenge. Our goal is to walk the entire way around the globe in 90 days by combining ALL of our steps together in an attempt to circumnavigate the globe with our steps. It takes roughly 65 million steps to make one trip around the world. • Our start point will be in Sapulpa as we proceed walking to New York City

hitting U.S. cities along the way. • Next jump in the ocean and swim (step) to Lisbon, Portugal • From there walk through Madrid and on to Barcelona, Spain • Next jump in the Mediterranean sea and head for Corsica and then Rome,

Italy. • Next stop would be Istanbul, Turkey then stop in Bangladesh near India. • As we trek through China to Shanghai we will then swim across the East

China Sea to Tokyo, Japan. • Lastly, a long swim to Hawaii, and eventually on our way home to Sapulpa

from San Diego

We have 3 months to do this!!!

Coach Jeff will map our progress and update with interesting facts along the way. For more information please contact coach Jeff at jeff@coachjeffswellness.com or 918.857.8600 (June 7th will be first day)

Elliot James,

Cheryl Owens’ Nephew,

Born April 11th 8lbs 12oz.

Tempest & Brooke

Brenda Joice’s Daughters

Prom 2018

Teagan & Tinlee,

Carrie Copper’s Granddaughters

Emsley Jane,

Parke & Cindy Whitney’s

Granddaughter

Truck# L3457

Javada Walker’s grand-daughter,

Kenzie, riding her horse

Mia (The Flying Hawaiian)

Kenzie competes in

Better Barrel Races,

Oklahoma Cowgirls Association,

Sooner Barrel Racing Association, &

National Barrel Horse Association

Nikki O’Dell’s, daughter Kynlee &

niece Sierra at the Zoo

BLAST FROM THE PAST,

Our very own

Donny Morgan

Joey Ribbens nominates Scott Conrad from the Driver Managers for the

May “Whatever It Takes” Award

Scott is committed and steadfast in his duties at JCT. He is the type of co-

worker and employee you can always count on. Day in and day out Scott is here for

both his drivers and his co-workers. Scott’s level head and problem solving under

pressure exemplifies what it takes to be a great Driver Manager. He takes problems

head on and works diligently to provide a solution. Scott is also the first one to vol-

unteer to help a co-worker in need, whether it is covering while on a lunch break or

covering a weekend, you can always count on Scott to lend a helping hand. This

kindness and loyalty extends to the drivers as well, not just drivers on his board.

Scott comes in early and stays until the job is done. There are countless times

Scott does “Whatever It Takes” to get the job done! That is why I have the honor to

nominate Scott Conrad for this award! Scott will be honored with a trophy. A

“Whatever It Takes” designated parking space in front of the building and a $50

“QuikTrip” gas card. He will also have the honor of naming next month’s

“Whatever IT Takes” winner.

JCT Facebook Address:

www.facebook.com\johnchristnertrucking

JCT Twitter Handle:

https\\twitter.com\driverjct

Mailing Address:

P.O. Box 1900 Sapulpa, OK 74067

19007 W. Hwy. 33 Sapulpa, OK 74066

BCBSOK BCBSOK 800-672-2567

TrueNorth Driver Insurance 800-877-9637

Driver Legal Driver’s Legal Plan 800-417-3552

JCT Wellness Jeff Ravenscroft 918-857-8600

Zurich OCC/ACC 866-280-4390

Reach out to other JCT employees on

Facebook, Twitter, phone, mail or fax

Any correction or input for next month’s

newsletter is welcomed & appreciated

please send to halk@johnchristner.com