NEBRASKA TRUCKER


VOLUME 79, NUMBER 1 • 2017 FEATURES


CONTENTS On the Cover:


A TRUCKING LIFE 12 Ray Vettel grew up in trucking, and now he’s growing a trucking company. BY STEVE BRAWNER


NEBRASKA TRUCKING 8 HOSTS 2ND


ANNUAL SAFETY


TECHNOLOGY SUMMIT & EXHIBITION BY SHEILA O’CONNOR


WILL THE TRUMP 10 ADMINISTRATION DRAIN THE REGULATORY SWAMP AFFECTING TRUCKING? BY DAVE OSIECKI


NEBRASKA TRUCK 20 DRIVING CHAMPIONSHIPS INSTALLS NEW CHAIR BY NT STAFF


Driver of the Month


ERIC BAUMAN 21 Grand Island Express BY SHEILA O’CONNOR


Member Spotlight:


NMC & NICK MIZAUR 22 80 Years of Helping to Build Nebraska BY TODD TRAUB


DEPARTMENTS From the President: by Larry Johnson...............................4 From the Chairman: by Bob Winter ....................................5 From the Publisher: by Jennifer Matthews-Drake ..........7 Along the Route ...................................................................19 Advertiser Resource Index..................................................7


IMAGE ON COVER OF RAY VETTEL AND IMAGE THIS PAGE OF STEVE BEAHM, RAY VETTEL AND DAVID VETTEL BY THOMAS GRADY.


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