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The BCS Bubble

In the race for more and more football-generated revenue, schools ignore tradition and regional rivalries for a swap meet called conference realignment.

Driving in Silence

Even though he’s logged a quartermillion miles over the last decade, Randall Doane is now sidelined because of a failed hearing test. We take a look at deaf drivers and their fight for equality.

NFL Preview

Forget the draft. Forget the preseason. All the talk and all the speculation are over. The new NFL season finally begins.

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Con-way

Drivers who want to own their own truck should check out Con-way and their Destination Ownership program.

Angie Johnson

The singing soldier became a YouTube sensation after a spontaneous session on a military base. The sky’s now the limit as her career continues to soar.

RV JOURNEY

Mac and the Big Cheese dish up prime rib for tailgating season; lose a pocketful of change at Marvin’s Marvelous Mechanical Museum; and Chad digs up a big pig. sponsored by:

Sam Bass

NASCAR’s first officially licensed artist talks about his work and a 30-year career that has in many ways defined, and designed, a sport.

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chew on this

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TRUCKER TRAINER

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gettin’ outdoors

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around the track

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driving thrU d.c.

Pope ponders the old saying “What goes around comes around.”

Bob’s wellness tour continues, bringing us inspirational stories from professional truck drivers working to stay healthy on the road.

Brenda recalls her first elk hunting trip where she led the way.

Claire reminds us that it’s the little things in life that count.

Mike gives us an update on a long-overdue transportation bill and how it will affect drivers.

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from the editor Drive.

letters to the editor

Readers share their thoughts and opinions on industry issues and stories from Challenge Magazine.

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SHORT RUNS

Broadening the mind with the interesting and inane.

Social Media

Join the trucking industry for the second annual Truck Driver Social Media Convention.

truckers’ corner

The creative side of truck drivers. sponsored by:

Games

Sudoku, word search and crossword puzzles - a great way to pass the time and exercise the brain. Some clues for the puzzle come from this issue of Challenge Magazine.

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garmin gallery

Pictures from the road. Send in your photos and see them published in Challenge Magazine and you may be a winner.

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pilot flying j stars

Drivers recognize these STAR employees who make Pilot Flying J a place you can rely on.

what’s happening

Pilot Flying J celebrates Driver Appreciation Month with double points.

pilot flying j directory

The comprehensive Pilot Flying J directory lists everything from location addresses to services available.

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LOYALTY

Previous Sweepstakes winners and a MyRewards member profile.

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by greg girard

drive

or my interview with NASCAR artist Sam Bass, I was able to visit with him at his gallery in Concord, N.C., adjacent to Charlotte Motor Speedway. It was early in the week and he had just returned from the race at the Brickyard, one of his many trips to NASCAR venues during the season. We talked and toured the gallery for a while, with Sam pointing out different works and offering tidbits on how a certain piece was developed, and then we started talking about the process he goes through when creating a piece of art.

Now I should point out that people who are passionate about their work and are willing to describe that “creative process” in detail always fascinate me. I’m often more interested in hearing songwriters talk about how they created the song than I am with hearing the song itself. Give me a professional truck driver strategizing expertly about his or her schedule and how to fit in a side trip to New York City in a 12-hour window and I’m hooked. It’s those details about the process that make the end result so worthwhile. So Sam had an audience ready to soak up anything he was willing to share.

What struck me was a comment he made after describing his use of a variety of mediums, from oil-based paint to watercolors to graphic design. Sam said, “There’s not a painting on the wall that I couldn’t go back to and work 10 more hours on. Or point out things that I wish I had done different or better, but that’s healthy. If you don’t push yourself to improve, then you never will.”

Randy Komisar, in his book “Monk and the Riddle,” wrote, “Passion pulls you toward something you cannot resist. Drive pushes you toward something you feel compelled or obligated to do.” After talking with Sam, I think we can take Komisar’s idea one step further: Passion and drive together create a formula for success.

Sam’s professional drive and artistic passion have made him a pioneer in the sport and his story (Page 34) is one you don’t want to miss.

This month, along with the start of the 2012 NFL season (Page 26), we’ll celebrate National Driver Appreciation Week, which makes it appropriate for us to have a story on a segment of the professional driving community fighting for the simple right to do their job (Page 22).

On behalf of the entire Challenge Magazine staff, we sincerely thank you for all that you do. It’s often said that professional drivers are the engines of our economy and vital to our existence; know that your work does not go unnoticed.

It is always our goal and my hope that our magazine gives you a bit of entertainment and respite after a long day on the road. This magazine is for you. Safe driving.

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CJaye LeRose

I am a big fan of CJaye LeRose. I first saw her video of “Stuck Like Glue” and fell in love with it. I have loved CJaye ever since. My favorites from her album are “Already Over You” and “Too Bad For Me”; they have great meanings to them. I also love “Texas Hold ‘Em.” Every song she sings has a meaning to it and I love that! CJaye, you are my role model. I know she sings all her songs from the heart because you can tell by the emotion she has in the videos. Thank you CJaye for being a great role model.

Jess Orellana Via Facebook

Mallory Weggemann

What an amazing story on Mallory Weggemann. Talk about inspiration. If all of us had her attitude, there wouldn’t be near as many problems in this country.

Teva Parsons Old Saybrook, Conn.

PHOTOS: GREG SMITH

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Craig Morgan

So glad you covered Craig Morgan in the July issue. I listen to his music, but really like that he gets outdoors even more. He seems like a guy you could have a beer with.

Down to earth, funny, and donates to charity. Wish more singers/reality show stars were like him. The world would be a better place! Thanks and keep up the good work!

Maybe you could cover Blake Shelton next!

Rebecca Stewart Owensboro, Ky.

Maroon 5

I almost didn’t pick up the June 2012 issue.

The cover photo was a complete turn-off; deliberate ugliness always is to me, and that’s an accurate description of Maroon 5, especially after Miranda Lambert (December) and Kellie Pickler (April). And my wife would far, far rather see Kenny (Rogers or

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Chesney) or Steven Seagal on the cover. I hope Maroon 5’s music is less gagging than their looks but I’m not motivated to find out.

Anyway, the other June features - the Hunley, Brenda and Claire (much prettier and more interesting), made up for the initial gross-out.

Asa Ruark Southport, N.C.

mallory weggemann

by: joan tupponce

ompetitive swimmer Mallory Weggemann thought her days of competing were over in 2008 when she learned she was paralyzed from the waist down, complication s from an epidural she had been given for severe back pain. Luckily, she was wrong, very wrong.

This month, the 23-year-old Minnesota native will be competing in up to nine events during the London 2012 Paralympics.

Her accomplishments since becoming disabled are noteworthy. She won five gold medals and broke six world records at the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) World Short Course Championsh ips in 2009.

During the 2010 IPC World Championships,

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she took home eight gold medals, one silver and set nine world records.

Weggemann started the sport of swimming when she was 7 years old, competing in club swimming meets. “Both my older sisters swam,” she says. “I went to the pool and watched them practice. I fell in love with the water.”

Weggemann’s mom, Ann, saw that swimming was a social activity for her youngest daughter and worried when the swim coach asked to talk with her and her husband. “I was concerned Mallory was being too social.

She’s very outgoing and charismatic. She’s not afraid to talk to people,” she says.

Ann’s fears were unsubstantia ted. The

coach just wanted to let her know that her daughter had natural talent and that if Weggemann was willing to work hard and take swimming seriously she could go far.

Weggemann was a varsity swimmer all four of her high school years, earning the rank of team captain as a senior.

Even though she was very involved in her sport growing up, she never thought she would compete in any type of Olympic event.

“I wasn’t as dedicated [to the sport] then as I am now,” she says, noting that she was the “social butterfly” of the team. “I never trained as hard as I have trained in the past four years.”

When she was 18, Weggemann developed postherpatic neuralgia, which caused severe back and nerve pain.

It occurs after a shingles infection. Her doctor prescribed oral antibiotics and pain medications but Weggemann found it diffi cult to take all the meds while going to school.

The next step was the use of epidurals.

“The plan was to do three epidural injections,” she says.

The first injection alleviated the pain for a month. The second gave her six pain-free months. When she went in for her third injection, something went terribly wrong. “I never walked out,” she says.

“I was paralyzed. I thought at first the meds were taking longer to wear off.”

By morning it was clear to Weggemann that she wouldn’t be walking out of the hospital. “I knew something wasn’t right when I saw my parents,” she says.

“I could tell they were trying to be strong but things weren’t good and I didn’t know what to think for a long time. I was stubborn [though]. I said, ‘I am going to walk out of the hospital.’”

“It was a devastating time in her life and our lives as parents,” her mom says. “So much of our story is how we got through that and came out on the other side.”

With each passing day it became clearer to Weggemann that she would not have the use of her legs. Feelings of sadness, frustration and fear began to creep in. “I didn’t understand why,” she says of her paralyzed state.

She used the opportunity to draw from the teachings of her parents, especially their credo of never giving up.

“From the beginning I have had that fight in me,” she says. “[I told myself] if I am not going to be able to walk, I am going to get my independence back, wheelchair or no wheelchair.”

Her mother wasn’t surprised at her daughter’s reaction. “This horrific thing happened and changed her life forever,” Ann says. “She has reinvented her strength and character and who she was as a person helped her deal with it.”

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Rolling Strong Tour

Wish my schedule got me near one of the Rolling Strong Driver Wellness Tour stops.

Maybe next year you can have more dates. I try to work out, but it’s tough. Even though I haven’t seen the tour in person, reading the stories in your magazine helps keep up my motivation. I’m hoping to reach my goal of losing 25 pounds before the end of the year. Wish me luck.

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RUNS September Tour Dates

2012 State Fair Food State fair food is known for its convenience – you can get just about anything on a stick. It’s also known for its outrageousness, with combinations of food that seem to defy deliciousness. More than half of the states celebrate their fairs in autumn, so here’s what’s in store for your taste buds at some of the fairs around the country.

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Bacon ice cream Red velvet funnel cake Yosemite SAMwich (MN): Spicy taco meat on a sesame seed bun with BBQ sauce, nacho cheese sauce, bacon bits and crispy onion tangles.

Deep fried chicken skin Ostrich jerky Deep Fried Southern Hospitality (TX): Seasoned pork, collard greens, and cornbread, shaped in a cone, deep fried and served on a stick.

Kangaroo meatballs

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Potato chip on a stick Big Kahuna Donut Dog (NY): A maple glazed long john doughnut with a hot dog wrapped in bacon inside.

Deep fried bubble gum Deep fried Kool-aid Chicken fried bacon Deep fried watermelon (AZ): A generous block of watermelon on a stick, tempura-dipped, flash-fried, drizzled with strawberry syrup and dusted with powdered sugar.

Date

City, State

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McCalla, AL

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Priceville, AL

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Hurricane Mills, TN

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Dickson, TN

409

7 Sep

Fairview, TN

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Oneida, TN

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8 Sep

Knoxville, TN

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Dandridge, TN

226

9 Aug

White Pine, TN

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Greeneville, TN

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Hope Hull, AL

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Dothan, AL

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Lake Park, GA

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Valdosta, GA

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Tifton, GA

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Goodyear Going Green Researchers at Goodyear have discovered that using soybean oil in tires can potentially increase tread life by 10 percent and reduce the need of petroleumbased oil by up to 7 million gallons each year.

Traditional tires are made of petroleum, a nonrenewable resource. Substituting even a small

portion of the oil used in tires will cut back on energy waste and greenhouse gas emissions. Goodyear says this move will not only help conserve the environment, it will help extend the tread life of the tires. Prototypes are still being tested, but look to buy the soybean tires in 2015.

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Albany, GA

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Cordele, GA

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Vienna, GA

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Warner Robins, GA

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Jackson, GA

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NFL Stadiums At a Glance

Digital Health Care

Lambeau Field - Green Bay Packers

PHOTO: Brenda Spaude/Green Bay Packers

Nickname: The Frozen Tundra

Food Essentials: Leinenkugal beer on tap and fried cheese curds Interesting Fact: Season ticket holders are notoriously loyal – the waiting list is more than 96,000 names long.

With only about 100 tickets turned over every year, the approximate wait time is 956 years.

Heinz Field - Pittsburgh Steelers Nickname: The Big Ketchup Bottle

Food Essentials: “Bloomfield” sausage meatloaf sandwich Interesting Fact: The Steelers have sold out every home game since 1972.

Cowboys Stadium - Dallas Cowboys Nickname: Jerry World

Food Essentials: The Texas catfish po’ boy and the green chili Kobe burger Interesting Fact: This state-of-the-art venue is the largest domed stadium in the world.

Gillette Stadium - New England Patriots Nickname: The Razor

Food Essentials: Skipjack’s clam chowder Interesting Fact: Gillette Stadium is the only NFL venue that has 0 percent food violations, so it’s safe to eat that clam strip.

Lucas Oil Stadium - Indianapolis Colts Nickname: The Luke, The Barn

Food Essentials: Standard stadium fare - nothing to write home about.

Interesting Fact: With the retractable roof open, the 4.5-acre opening makes it the largest in the NFL.

Arrowhead Stadium – Kansas City Chiefs Nickname: Arrowhead

Food Essentials: KC BBQ – how can you go wrong?

Interesting Fact: The scoreboard at the stadium was the first to transmit instant replay.

Candlestick Park – San Francisco 49ers Nickname: The Stick

Food Essentials: Clam chowder Interesting Fact: The Beatles gave their last concert at Candlestick Park in 1966.

Soldier Field – Chicago Bears Nickname: Stadium in a Park

Food Essentials: Sausage Interesting Fact: From the 1930s to the 1960s, car racing was the most popular professional sport at Soldier Field. The Bears moved there in 1971.

M&T Bank Stadium – Baltimore Ravens Nickname: The Bank, The Nest, The Big Crab Cake, The Purple Palace Food Essentials: The Pigskin, a pork sandwich Interesting Fact: The stadium served as the home to the fictional football team in the film “The Replacements” with Gene Hackman.

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We all know you can use a smartphone to find directions to the nearest gas station or look up the schedule for the latest flick at the cinema. Smartphones are infiltrating our lives like never before and now, it would seem, they’re getting even more personal. Imagine snapping a photo of a rash on your arm, sending it to your doctor for a diagnosis and then getting a digital prescription note for medicine that you can pick up at your nearest pharmacy. No lengthy waits, no doctor’s appointments scheduled weeks in advance. Think of it as a digital house call.

Rock Health, a venture capitalist company for the digital health industry, says smartphones can offer a trifecta of benefits to the general public by removing geography and time barriers, offering doctors the ability to monitor patients continuously and transitioning health care from a hospitalcentric system to a patient-centric system. It’s personal health care in your pocket.

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Space Air Freshener

Since space is a vacuum, it’s soundless, but apparently even a place devoid of matter can have an odor. A scent chemist is now working with astronauts to recreate the smell of space in the lab. In an article from the Atlantic, astronauts noted that the typical smells of food and body odor are present on the space station, but another smell also permeates their senses that comes from their suits after space walks. Astronaut Thomas Jones described it as “a little like gun powder” and a “faint acrid smell.”

Scientists suspect the odor comes from radiation, space dust, or even the smell of ozone, but they’re not exactly sure. The purpose of recreating the smell is to better acclimate future astronauts to the space environment. Maybe they’ll make a scratch ‘n’ sniff space sticker as well.

By the Numbers: Back to school

180

Average days per school year in the U.S.

120

Number of Crayola crayon colors.

14

Number in billions of pencils produced worldwide every year.

17

Average number of times a pencil can be sharpened.

98,706 1635

Number of public schools in the U.S. Year the first public school opened, in Boston, Mass.

Statistics from nces.ed.gov, crayola.com, pencils.net and cityofboston.gov

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PhotoS: Boise State Sports Information

the bcs bubble

b y: jack markham

hen the first college football game was played at Rutgers University, no one knew what had just been unleashed. The once casual game, born in 1869, has now exploded into a business of titanic proportions.

Conference realignment has always been relatively smooth, but never before has college athletics seen the fire-blast it’s experienced recently. Since 2010, 17 schools from five conferences have decided to move elsewhere. During this era of harder-better-faster-stronger, college football has transformed into a gold rush among giants.

Dominoes began falling in 2010, when

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the Big Ten conference openly courted the University of Nebraska to become its 12th member. Twelve is the magic number in modern day college athletics. Twelve members means having a conference championship, more money, bigger television deals and better access to the coveted Bowl Championship Series (BCS) championship game.

On June 12, 2010, Nebraska officially announced that it would leave the Big Twelve Conference for the Big Ten. Two days later, the University of Colorado followed suit by leaving the Big Twelve for the Pacific Ten. The stage was suddenly set for a feeding frenzy like never before.

“The movement is driven by automatic

qualifier status,” says Chris Fuller, senior associate athletic director at the University of Tennessee. “It’s no secret it’s driven by television, and access to the BCS.” Fuller, who started his career in college athletics at the University of North Carolina in 1991, has seen college football progress from the prechampionship era to the volatile present day between the BCS and playoffs.

Observing the fast-and-loose nature present in college sports, Fuller affirms, “It is a continuing evolution, and I don’t think it’s over.”

Why would it be? College football is like a Ferrari: fast, exciting, and backed by a lot of money – conferences receive $18 million every time a member plays in a BCS bowl.

The potential millions are enough to make any school jump ship, and enough to inspire independents, such as Notre Dame, to stay put.

Conferences are set up with revenue sharing systems, giving every member a fair share of the $18 million BCS payout. For independents, like Notre Dame, it’s a massive payday as they get to keep the entire purse.

In essence, the moneybags flaunted by the Bowl Championship Series have taken over college football.

But while most conferences sunk their teeth into college football, one conference struck a different path.

On Sept. 18, 2011, the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) stunned the college world by accepting Syracuse University and the University of Pittsburgh from the Big East. No one expected a conference with a reputation for humble stability to expand.

Although they possess strong football traditions, Syracuse and Pitt have become better known for basketball. Once they join the ranks of the University of North Carolina, Duke University and the University of Maryland, the ACC will have one of the most prestigious basketball lineups ever.

Compared with previous realignments, this expansion has been viewed as the first (and only) move to focus on college basketball, rather than football.

The departures of Pittsburgh and Syracuse confirmed that no matter the school, no matter the century-old rivalries and no matter how strong conference ties might be, anything can happen. And the Big East, with its aura of instability over the years due to other defections, had other conferences prepared to harvest.

A month after Pittsburgh and Syracuse’s announcement, the Big East lost Texas Christian University and West Virginia University to the Big Twelve. Texas Christian originally had agreed to leave the Mountain West Conference for the Big East, but reneged, instead opting for the Big Twelve. w w w. p t c c h a l l e n g e . c o m

PHOTO: Nebraska Media Relations Dept.

University of Nebraska’s move to the Big Ten in 2010 kicked off the conference shuffle still reverberating throughout college football today.

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In light of the pressure to keep up with the times, it seems conferences will do anything to ensure prominence in college football. And after losing four teams in a threemonth span, the Big East went into panic mode – desperate to stabilize its future. Between December 2011 and March 2012, the conference put out the welcome mat to eight schools: Boise State, San Diego State, Houston, Temple, Memphis, Navy, Southern Methodist University and the University of Central Florida. The Big East became college’s first nationwide conference.

“It will be interesting to see how it (realignment) affects other sports besides football,” says Fuller. “There’s pressure on funding for higher education, and how athletics fits into the mission of the university.”

Fuller points out that expansion “puts pressure on 20 team programs, when funding operations changes dramatically.” Boise State football traveling 2,600 miles to play the University of Connecticut won’t be the issue. It’s when the University of Houston softball team travels 1,800 miles to play Providence College with no kickbacks that the honeymoon will be over. Programs that aren’t basking in multimillion-dollar contracts will have some major adjustments to make.

Without much argument, the biggest de-

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PHOTO: University of Colorado Athletics

Colorado moved to the Pac 12 conference in 2011.

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viance has to be Boise State and San Diego State moving to the Big East. Both schools will be flying (on average) 2,000 miles, four to five times per year, to play football. Many have wondered the impact this will have on players both on and off the field. Teams in the NFL may be accustomed to this sort of routine, but those players are professionals who aren’t consumed by college courses.

“It’s a real challenge from a physiological standpoint,” says Mark Lovat, strength and conditioning coordinator of the Green Bay Packers. “There’s dehydration from air travel, time zone changes, and breaking normal routine.”

Lovat has spent 13 years with the Green Bay Packers, and was recently honored as the NFL’s Strength Coach of the Year. His experience and expertise give him a wealth of knowledge concerning the athletic lifestyle Boise and SDSU will be adjusting to.

“You have to set up a road routine that’s comfortable and natural,” he says. “With dehydration and the distance traveled, they have to re-acclimate. I don’t think the increased level of play is a problem … but I do think the travel is a real advantage for the home team.” And he adds, “When you play a noon game, for them (the away team) it’s like waking up at 9 a.m. But that’s the price you pay.”

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BIG EAST Schools FOOTBALL

The Big East has never been a football juggernaut conference like the SEC or Big Ten. While the conference was shocked last year by the news that founding member Syracuse and long-time member Pittsburgh were moving to the ACC, it wasn’t the first time schools left for greener football pastures. Below is a list of the schools that have played Big East football since the conference’s inception in 1979.

Boston College UCONN Syracuse Pittsburgh Miami Rutgers West Virginia Virginia Tech Temple Cincinnati Louisville South Florida Houston TCU SMU UCF Memphis Boise State San Diego State Navy

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The price to pay is indeed difficult to quantify. Already fans are witnessing unintended consequences in the form of dissolved rivalries. In addition to citing financial and travel complications, conference realignment has ended rivalry games like the Backyard Brawl (West Virginia vs. Pittsburgh) and the Border War (Kansas vs. Missouri). These famed rivalries are 117 and 121 years old, respectively. To the dismay of many loyal fans, none of these schools have any interest in continuing their rivalries.

A four-team college football playoff is slated for 2014. With so much money and power on the line, and so much time to kill, there is no telling what will happen in the next two years. With that pot of gold available at the end of each season, one can only hope the schools set a high ethical standard in the interests of the students and alumni, and the future of college athletics. PCM w w w. p t c c h a l l e n g e . c o m

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driving in silence

by: amanda jakl

andall Doane has been driving big rigs for more than 10 years. Driving double and triple trailers, and tankers and hazardous material, he’s logged more than a quarter million miles across nearly 30 states and Canada until this year when he failed a hearing test.

Doane’s wings have been cut, so to speak, as his routes are now limited to the state of Texas. Along with 45 deaf or hardof-hearing drivers, Doane is requesting an exemption from the federal law prohibiting deaf drivers from driving commercial vehicles across state lines. He’s an experienced driver who wants to drive, but his hearing loss is holding him back.

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The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) requires that any commercial driver be able to perceive, with or without a hearing aid, “a forced whispered voice in the better ear at not less than five feet” or that the driver “does not have an average hearing loss in the better ear greater than 40 decibels.” A refrigerator hum is about 40 decibels. A diesel truck is 84 decibels. Prolonged exposure to sounds over 90 decibels can lead to gradual hearing loss. Truck drivers risk hearing loss every year they stay behind the wheel.

Professional driver licensing is done at the state level, but with commercial vehicles involved in interstate commerce, drivers

must obtain a federal license as well. Most states allow the deaf to drive commercial vehicles, but federal law prohibits them from obtaining a commercial driver’s license for interstate commerce. So essentially, deaf drivers can operate a truck anywhere within their state, but they can’t cross the state line. Jesse Shelander, a deaf driver in Texas who has driven commercial trucks since 1999 and currently works for Mine Services, Ltd., deals with this rule every day. “I had a request from my supervisor to drive out to Louisiana to pick up and haul heavy equipment twice,” he says, “but couldn’t because my license is for driving intrastate only.”

Shelander and Doane are members of Deaf Truckers United (DTU), a Facebook group for deaf and hard-of-hearing truck drivers and their hearing advocates. DTU was founded in 2011 by Brenda Palmigiano, a former driving instructor who is also deaf.

She created the group, which boasts more than 200 members, to “network with other deaf truckers in the United States and to share the common goals in regards of the employment issues” after she realized that “many deaf truckers had similar problems as mine.”

How does hearing affect driving skills?

Needless to say, deaf drivers depend on their vision to warn them of possible safety issues. “Deaf people have found many modern technologies inside the truck that will assist them to detect any malfunction, like airbrakes issues, warning lights and PSI,” Shelander points out. They also depend on their sense of touch.

“I get hooked up to the tunes of the diesel motor at work and get the feel of the air suspension tunes,” Doane says. “That is my music.” Changes in vibrations from the truck can warn deaf drivers of flat tires and airbrake issues, the DTU reports, changes that hearing drivers don’t always identify.

Some research indicates that deaf drivers may have better peripheral vision, not that Doane relies on that. “I become an owl where my neck moves to the farthest left and to the farthest right,” he says.

Between the cell phone ringing, the radio blaring and the CB crackling, today’s truck driver is distracted. Cruising at 60 miles an hour, a truck driver that takes two seconds to look down to change a music CD has traveled 176 feet blindly – a distraction that could cost lives. Deaf drivers don’t have those distractions, which potentially makes them safer drivers.

A hearing advocate of DTU, Greg Newman, wondered how much of his driving ability was dependent on hearing. He decided to conduct an experiment. He drove 500 miles while wearing earplugs, “just to get an idea of what these folks deal with.” w w w. p t c c h a l l e n g e . c o m

Hearing loss on the job Noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) is the second most self-reported workplace injury and about 26 million adults suffer from permanent hearing loss. If you’re in a situation where you’ll be exposed to high-decibel sounds for a long period of time, be sure to use hearing protection.

The National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NEDCD) recommends being aware of the sounds around you and knowing which ones can cause damage. It’s important to know that on the decibel (dB) scale, an increase of 10 means that a sound is 10 times more intense, or powerful.

10dB

Normal breathing

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Stream, refrigerator humming

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Quiet office, normal conversation

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Vacuum cleaner, hair dryer

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Garbage disposal, city traffic noise

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Car horn

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Rock concert

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Ambulance siren

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Threshold of pain

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He admits it’s not the most scientific experiment, blocking his hearing by about 80 percent, but he gained a new appreciation for the deaf and hard of hearing. “I caught myself driving slower, checking my mirrors more often, watching my gauges more closely,” he says. “All in all I felt I was being more cautious. These folks do all of this naturally.”

Newman’s rudimentary experiment reinforces the results of a 2008 study requested by the FMCSA regarding hearing loss and commercial motor vehicle safety. The study was unable to produce any clear connection between auditory disabilities and crash risks.

Even in the auto insurance industry, deaf drivers pay the same premiums as their hearing counterparts because “evidence from studies of the private driver license holder population does not support the contention that individuals with hearing impairment are at an increased risk for a crash.” The FMCSA also recognizes this is not a matter of driving expertise, saying the issue is the physical qualification is hearing and not the actual driving skills of deaf drivers.

The National Association of the Deaf (NAD), which advocates in all industries for the deaf and hard of hearing, affirms that communication in trucking is no longer hindered by hearing loss because of the increased use of technology like Qualcomm and smartphones. Scott Friede, a deaf driver from Nebraska, points out that driving the truck is not his biggest challenge as a deaf driver. The vehicle inspections with verbal instructions and weigh stations without lights are the obstacles that block his path.

The FMCSA law affects both deaf and hard-of-hearing drivers. The difference between being deaf and hard of hearing can often be confusing to the hearing community. Dean

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Current FMCSA regulation prohibits deaf drivers, like Jesse Shelander, from exploring OTR driving opportunities.

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DeRusso, a deaf systems advocate at the Regional Center for Independent Living in Rochester, N.Y., champions policy issues affecting the deaf and hard of hearing.

“Hard-of-hearing people [sometimes] call themselves a ‘person with mild to moderate hearing loss,’” he explains. “Most of the time, the hard of hearing feel that they are not deaf due to their dependence on being able to hear and speak. The hard of hearing also look at deaf people as people who depend on their eyes.” Because of these distinctions, there can be a separation between the “people who are born deaf or have hearing loss in their lifetime.”

But both groups are fighting for the same rights.

The FMCSA treats the deaf differently as well as the mute. Federal law requires drivers to be able to speak English, while states’ laws do not. Since many deaf truck drivers are unable to speak, but can read and write in English, they cannot obtain a federal commercial driver’s license, putting them in the same category as a foreign truck driver.

Some drivers can wear hearing aids that allow them to pass the hearing test, even if they can’t understand the words. The ability to communicate is less important than the ability to hear a hushed whisper. Deaf

and hard-of-hearing drivers who want to try out a hearing aid must pay for it themselves. And the suggestion of cochlear implants is insensitive to deaf drivers.

DeRusso explains that cochlear implants do not have a high success rate and even those drivers who have implants can’t always hear above the noise of the cab.

More importantly, he says, it’s “not fair to the deaf person [to feel] that they have to go under the knife to get a job.”

According to the FMCSA, the exemption request by NAD is the first of its kind.

“Prior to the National Association of the Deaf’s application for exemptions from the hearing standard, FMCSA had not received any requests for regulatory relief from the rule,” a FMCSA spokesperson says. “The agency welcomes the opportunity to address this issue through the notice-andcomment exemption process and looks forward to issuing a decision on the matter later this year.”

The FMCSA has allowed exemptions in the past. It wasn’t long ago that drivers with insulin-dependent diabetes were prohibited from driving commercial vehicles.

Now diabetic truck drivers can file for an exemption every two years. It stands to reason that deaf drivers should be able to do the same. PCM

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Social Media Convention by: marion kelly

n the weekend of Oct. 27, the second annual Truck Driver Social Media Convention will gather professional truck drivers and their advocates in Kansas City, Mo., at Harrah’s Resort and Casino. The two-day convention will feature several guest speakers, a Q-and-A session, presentation of the Jason Rivenburg Making a Difference Award, and a prize giveaway sponsored by Cobra Electronics.

Open panel discussions of six topics concerning truck drivers will be held throughout the weekend. Social media expert Chris Voss will head up the social media discussion. Voss, named one of the Top 50 Social Media Power Influencers by Forbes Magazine, will discuss how to incorporate social media with the small-business goals of an owner-operator.

Elaine Papp, division chief of the Office of Medical Programs at the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, will discuss the FMCSA medical regulations, including medical exemptions, waivers, sleep apnea and the National Registry of Certified Medical Examiners.

Kylla Leeburg, co-founder of Truckers Against Trafficking, will discuss the founding principles of the organization and how TAT grew from a grassroots initiative to a globally recognized organization using social media.

Paul Taylor, founder of the Truckers Justice Center, returns this year to lead the legal discussion. Taylor, who worked as a truck dispatcher during law school, will discuss the legal rights of professional truck drivers.

Richard Wilson, a regulatory specialist with Trans Products, returns for a second year to lead the regulatory and truck driver shortage discussion. Wilson trains drivers and carriers across the United States in current industry regulations.

Rick Ash, chairman of the Trucking Solutions Group and member of the Driver Health Council, will speak on health issues faced by professional truck drivers and steps to a healthier lifestyle.

The idea for the convention comes from Allen Smith, whom many truck drivers know from the “Ask the Trucker” blog and the “Truth About Trucking” Internet talk radio show.

“This year’s convention is once again uniting drivers and those who honor and support them,” Smith says. “Because of the power of social media, truckers are extending their conversations, concerns and even friendships more than ever before.”

Smith says the convention is about bringing together truck drivers and their advocates. “Those sponsoring, attending, presenting and actively promoting the event are those who believe that honesty and transparency are vital to achieving positive relationships and trust between drivers and trucking companies, trucking organizations, government agencies, and companies who provide products and services,” he says. “We call this union the ‘circle of trust.’”

For information on the event and to register, go to www.truckingsocialmedia.com. PCM

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by: robert nason

s the National Football League season kicks off this month with another Thursday night opener, it’s becoming increasingly hard to argue with those that claim football has overtaken baseball as America’s game. We just can’t seem to get enough of the NFL. Forbes Magazine recently posted the 50 most valuable sports teams in the world and all 32 NFL teams made the list – even the Jaguars, valued at $725 million, rank No. 47 in the world. No other professional sports league came close.

The Dallas Cowboys, who will visit the reigning Super Bowl champion New York Giants on Sept. 5 in the season opener, came in as the most valuable football team with an estimated worth of $1.85 billion (tied for third on the overall list with the New York Yankees). In the last 25 years, television revenue for the NFL has increased 700 percent. So it stands to reason a few of us are getting excited and know what our Sunday afternoon schedule (and Monday and Thursday nights) will be for the next 16-plus weeks.

Both the Cowboys and the Giants should be in the hunt to win the NFC East division, but what should happen

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during an NFL season rarely does. Parity is what makes the league so compelling and this season should be no different. From the top-tier contenders, like the Green Bay Packers and the New England Patriots, to the teams that could make a run if the stars align, like the Buffalo Bills and the Carolina Panthers, this season should live up to the hype.

AFC East

Buffalo Bills, Miami Dolphins, New England Patriots, New York Jets

The Patriots always seem to be the preseason favorite to top the AFC East, and winning the division title 10 out of the last 15 years does back up that annual prediction. With Tom Brady leading the way, the Patriots offense is still one of the most lethal in the league and that shouldn’t change much this season.

The question the past several years has been New England’s defense and the Patriots focused heavily on that side of the ball during this past draft (their first six picks were defensive players), so if even half their picks make an impact it should be an improvement. Look for them to make a run at the Super Bowl yet again.

Photos: Eric Bakke/ Denver Broncos, John Reid/ Cleveland Browns, Jim Biever/Green Bay Packers

The Jets, of course, will continue to steal the headlines with the Sanchez/ Tebow quarterback soap opera. That distraction has all the makings for an implosion of morale on a team already suffering from an excessive dose of ego. And with the New York media and ESPN digging up every morsel of dirt, head coach Rex Ryan could find his job a bit too hot to handle. The Bills could be the team that makes the most waves in the division this season. Even though they finished with a 6-10 record last year, they started strong and almost their entire starting team is returning this year, as well as adding All-Pro defensive end Mario Williams to the roster. The question mark falls on the shoulder pads of starting quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick. He’ll have to show he can bring it for an entire season. The Dolphins look to be fully committed to a rebuilding year, so expect them to be the doormat of struggle once again.

Division winner: Patriots Player to watch: Tim Tebow (QB),

Jets – If Tebow can’t make something of his time in New York, then it’s hard to imagine another team taking a chance on him, unless someone can persuade him to move to the tight end position.

AFC North

Baltimore Ravens, Cleveland Browns, Cincinnati Bengals, Pittsburgh Steelers

Three teams (Ravens, Bengals and Steelers) from the AFC North made it to the playoffs last year. No other division could claim that feat. The Ravens are consistently the team no one wants to face come playoff time. They’re the only team to win a playoff game the last four straight years and it would surprise no one if they made it five for five this season. Best in red-zone defense and top five in a host of other defensive categories makes them a tough team to play at home and on the road.

The Steelers have a Tebow miracle to blame for the abrupt end to their season, losing to the Broncos in overtime on an 80-yard touchdown pass. While that kind of loss may be difficult to get over for some teams, veteran quarterback Ben Roethlisberger and crew will probably only use it as motivation this coming season.

The Bengals are counting on second-year quarterback Andy Dalton to duplicate his outstanding rookie and Pro Bowl year performance. A sophomore slump is always a possibility though, so the team has brought in seven free agents and received high marks on their draft picks to bolster the team’s chances at returning to the playoffs. The Browns scored more than 20 points in just one game last season. That’s a stat new head coach Pat Shurmur is hoping to avoid but it’s a brutal division to have a weak offense in, so Shurmur is sure to have his work cut out for him.

Division winner: Ravens Player to watch: Trent Richardson (RB), Browns – The third overall

pick from Alabama hasn’t run a play yet in the NFL, but that didn’t stop former Browns running back and Hall of Famer Jim Brown from saying, “I don’t see anything outstanding about him.”

AFC South

Houston Texans, Indianapolis Colts, Jacksonville Jaguars, Tennessee Titans

What could have been is probably what the Texans are wondering after last year’s playoff run. After demolishing the Bengals, their Super Bowl dreams were halted by the Baltimore Ravens defense. Three of the Texans’ four top players (defensive end Mario Williams, wide receiver Andre Johnson and quarterback Matt Schaub) missed 26 combined games due to injury last year, with Schaub and Williams both out for the playoffs. Along with the Texans’ other top player, running back Arian Foster, the Texans are primed to have a strong year in a weaker division even after losing Williams to the Bills in free agency.

The Titans and Colts are both immersed in a youth movement and while the Titans may have a bit more to work with, both teams should experience some ups and downs this season. The Jaguars have a new owner and coach, but that doesn’t mean things will change much on the field. The team from northeast Florida was simply bad last year and don’t expect a sudden transformation.

Division winner: Texans Player to watch: Andrew Luck (QB), Colts – The expectations

couldn’t be higher for Luck. For the last two years while playing for Stanford, it was hard to find an analyst who didn’t think Luck was a sure thing to succeed in the NFL. Now it’s real for the young quarterback as he starts his first professional season. Oh yeah, and he has to fill the shoes of a living legend in Peyton Manning. Good luck.

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AFC West

Denver Broncos, Kansas City Chiefs, Oakland Raiders, San Diego Chargers

When Peyton Manning decided to take his talents west, the only question seemed to be how early can the Broncos clinch the division. Oh yeah, and how is this young team and even younger offensive line going to protect the most famous neck in sports.

Well, only time will tell. The Broncos defense should help take some of the pressure off the offense, as they’re led by Pro Bowl defensive end Elvis Dumervil and last year’s NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year, linebacker Von Miller. A tough schedule this year could also test this team’s resolve.

Injuries put a halt to the Chiefs’ playoff hopes last year, so interim head coach turned head coach Romeo Crennel must feel he has a pretty good chance this season if they can stay healthy. The Chiefs picked up former Browns running back Peyton Hillis with the hope he’ll find his form of two seasons ago when he had more than 1,500 all-purpose yards.

How does Chargers head coach Norv Turner still have a job?

It’s a question many have asked over the past several years, but Turner’s version of the NFL’s nine lives continues. Will they start slow as usual and finish strong? Let’s just say consistency is not Turner’s strong point and for a team that still boasts a lot of talent, where the Chargers end up is anyone’s guess.

The Raiders set an NFL record for penalties last season, not the kind of record teams strive for, so first priority for new head coach Dennis Allen is to find a level of discipline for a team that has some talent, however misdirected. Entering their first season after the passing of their legendary owner Al Davis, the Raiders could surprise a few teams this year.

Division winner: Chiefs Player to watch: Peyton Manning (QB), Broncos – Is his neck 100 percent and can it handle a blind side hit?

NFC East

Dallas Cowboys, New York Giants, Philadelphia Eagles, Washington Redskins

If you were to compile a list of the most common preseason questions asked in the past five years, wondering if the Eagles and Cowboys can finally live up to their potential would probably be near the top of the list. Along with the reigning Super Bowl champion Giants, the NFC East is home to a healthy percentage of the top talent in the NFL. The Eagles, a season removed from the “Dream Team” moniker that plagued the start of last season, have a nasty defense and an explosive offense ready for any challenge.

The secret to their success will be avoiding major injuries that have hurt them in the past and steady play from quarterback Michael Vick. If Vick keeps his turnovers down and can actually make it through an entire season, the Eagles could be unstoppable.

While the core of the Giants Super Bowl team remains intact, it’s going to be tough going for them as they try to defend their title. They can’t sneak up on anyone this season and it doesn’t help that they have the most difficult schedule of any team in the league.

The Cowboys offense this year could be lethal; their defense could be menacing. The operative word, of course, is “could.”

There’s talent throughout the team, so if they can get over the mental hurdles that seem to hamper them, they could be in the mix come December … could be.

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outs but only time will tell if he can make it all work come game time.

Division winner: Eagles Player to watch: Sean Lee (LB), Cowboys

– Lee had a breakout year in 2011, leading the team in interceptions (four), even with a broken wrist that had him in a cast for half the season. Word out of the Cowboys camp is that Lee is taking a leadership role and putting his intense stamp on the Cowboys’ defensive unit.

NFC North

Chicago Bears, Detroit Lions, Green Bay Packers, Minnesota Vikings

The Black and Blue Division will certainly live up to its name this season. Aside from the Vikings, the other three teams are legitimate playoff contenders. Running back Adrian Peterson is really the only bright spot for the Vikings, and while he is a Hall of Fame-caliber player, he can’t do it all. It’s going to be a long season for the Vikings’ second-year quarterback Chris Ponder.

For years, the Lions were the punching bag of the division, but no longer. They’re young and hungry on both sides of the ball.

Off-field issues overshadowed much of their success on the field last season, but all those young players have a year’s more experi-

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ence and hopefully maturity. Quarterback Matthew Stafford and wide receiver Calvin Johnson are developing an All-Pro partnership that could last for a decade.

The Packers are Super Bowl favorites again because of one player. Aaron Rodgers, league MVP last season, somehow seems to improve each year. How he can best last season’s numbers (4,643 yards passing, 45 touchdowns and 68.3 completion percentage) will be fun to watch. As great as the offense was last season, the Packers’ defense, ranked last in the league in 2011, can only be described as pitiful. The fact that the Packers went 15-1 shows just how incredible their offense was last season. Logic would dictate that all the Packers need to do is improve their defense slightly, just make them average, and they’ll be virtually impossible to beat.

The Bears made some smart moves in the offseason to improve their receiving core adding Brandon Marshall and Alshon Jeffery. The Bears defense is consistently strong under head coach Lovie Smith, so look for them to be a spoiler and possibly make it tough for the Packers to repeat as division champs.

Division winner: Packers Player to watch: Clay Matthews (LB), Pack-

ers – If Matthews can find his form from

2010, the Packers may just be unbeatable.

Matthews will need help on the other side of the defensive line, however, so a lot will depend on the play of first round pick Nick Perry.

NFC South

Atlanta Falcons, Carolina Panthers, New Orleans Saints, Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Parity best describes the NFC South division. While the Saints and Falcons have dominated recently the Panthers and Bucs have slowly improved, making them both a tough out for any team, particularly division rivals. The Falcons, at least on paper, are primed to do something special this year.

Quarterback Matt Ryan has options all over the field, including two All-Pro-caliber receivers (Roddy White and Julio Jones) that should have opposing defenses scrambling.

The Saints’ biggest challenge may be mental fortitude as they start their first season following the Bountygate saga. They’ll be playing all year without their head coach, Sean Payton, and the first six games without their appointed interim coach, Joe Vitt. They still have plenty of talent, but quarterback Drew Brees’s leadership skills will be put to the test.

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Aaron Rodgers will be looking to follow up his MVP season of last year with another Super Bowl title. course it helps to draft a quarterback that ends up winning the NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year Award. Cam Newton’s one and only goal is to avoid a sophomore slump. The Panthers have added to their defense and an above-.500 record isn’t an unreasonable goal.

Quarterback Josh Freeman needs to overcome a horrid 2011 season (16 touchdowns, 22 interceptions) if the Bucs have any chance of competing. The Bucs scored two talented receivers through free agency (Vincent Jackson and Dallas Clark), so options are there for Freeman as he runs the offense.

Division winner: Falcons Player to watch: Julio Jones (WR), Falcons – Jones had 54 receptions and eight touchdowns in his rookie season. Now that he has a year under his belt, look for an even more productive season as his partnership with receiver Roddy White matures.

NFC West

Arizona Cardinals, San Francisco 49ers, Seattle Seahawks, St. Louis Rams

The 49ers should be returning to the playoffs and it would be a shock if they didn’t easily win their division this season. Defense, not necessarily synonymous with the 49ers, will have them playing in January, with linebacker Aldon Smith looking to improve on his awesome rookie season where he collected 14 sacks. It’s the performance of quarterback Alan Smith that will ultimately determine how far they get in the playoffs.

The Seahawks can be described as average but they should be able to take advantage of a weak division to be in contention for a wild card berth. Free agent quarterback Matt Flynn (former backup to Aaron Rodgers) will get his chance to prove he is a starting quarterback in the NFL and running back Marshawn Lynch can be a beast. The Rams were bad last year and they’ll be bad this year. New head coach Jeff Fisher brings an impressive resume but he’ll need more time than one year to right this ship. The Cardinals’ quarterback saga continues. Can Kolb step up and be the answer or will this be another frustrating year for All-Pro wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald?

Division winner: 49ers Player to watch: Alan Smith (QB), 49ers – If Smith can build on his success from last year, the 49ers could be Super Bowl bound. If he stagnates or regresses, head coach Jim Harbaugh may regret not trying harder to get Peyton Manning. PCM w w w. p t c c h a l l e n g e . c o m

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sam bass

by: greg girard

t was a sweltering August day at Talledega Superspeedway in 1981 and on the track inside the stadium rookie driver Ron Bouchard was racing toward his second win of the season. Outside the track, pacing on the wrong side of the garage gate for hours in the Alabama heat, was another rookie of sorts, a young artist, holding a portrait in his sweating palms of driver Bobby Allison.

After finally begging his way into the garage, the young artist approached Allison with both a sense of anxiety and nerve, and asked the future Hall of Fame driver to autograph the painting. As Allison signed the portrait, people from Darrell Waltrip and

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Terry Lebonte’s teams walked by and liked the painting enough to ask for one of their drivers. Sam Bass’s career as a NASCAR artist had begun.

“I came back [home] and had three $35 commissions,” recalls Bass. “I thought I’d hit the mother lode.”

Born and raised in Virginia, Bass caught the racing bug at just 7 years old when his uncles took him to the small Southside Speedway just south of Richmond, Va., for a Friday night short track event. Allison happened to be a visiting celebrity at the track that night and Bass was able to meet him and became a lifelong fan. Bass still clearly remembers the colors and sounds that cap-

tured his imagination. “I knew that night I wanted to be a racing artist,” he says. “My family can show you photos of me painting Hot Wheels cars and doing painting and drawings from that age, from that night.”

After those first commissions in 1981, Bass worked on his craft at night, on weekends and any other free moment he could find while working a full-time job as a contract specialist for the government. Two breaks really launched his career. The first was in 1984, when he met with Howard “Humpy” Wheeler, president of Charlotte Motor Speedway at the time, to design the program covers for races in Charlotte. A year later, Bass’s first Charlotte program cover debuted and he’s designed every Charlotte racing program cover since, nearly 70 original works.

Wheeler says, without question, Bass is a pioneer of NASCAR art. “Sam not only rose to the challenge but really introduced a form of art and illustration that we hadn’t seen before [in NASCAR],” he says. “It’s very difficult to capture the essence of speed in any kind of art and he was able to do it.” In fact, the first program cover Bass did for Wheeler sold more than any other cover before.

Then, in 1987, Bass was commissioned to design Bobby Allison’s 1988 paint scheme.

He had two design projects for the commission, the Piper Aircraft car for Allison’s Saturday races and the Miller Highlife car for Sundays.

The first weekend to debut Bass’s new designs was in Daytona, and Allison would go on to win both the Saturday race in the Piper Aircraft car and the Sunday Daytona 500 in the new Miller Highlife-designed car. “That’s how my corporate design career started,” says Bass with a grin. And he hasn’t looked back.

To walk through the Sam Bass Art Gallery, which is just a stone’s throw from Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, N.C., is to walk through the history of the last 30 years of NASCAR. From ceiling to floor, Bass’s works are displayed in all mediums, from drawings and paintings, to paint schemes on cars and custom-designed guitars. On one wall hangs the passenger door from Earnhardt’s infamous “pass in the grass” car at the 1987 All-Star race in Charlotte. Next to another wall is the prototype of the first Nashville Guitar Trophy designed by Bass, and on another wall, a painting chronicling every win from a NASCAR season.

He’s done guitar designs for Lenny Kravitz, Brooks & Dunn, Tim McGraw and Keith Urban, just to name a few. He’s designed nearly 500 paint schemes for cars. He was even head designer for the movie “Talledega Nights” starring Will Ferrell, developing all the fictional car designs, helmets w w w. p t c c h a l l e n g e . c o m

Bass’s Nashville Guitar Trophy was named one of the top trophies in sports.

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and uniforms.

“I was working as the movie historian too,” says Bass. “So whenever they were showing scenes shot in the 1970s and ’80s, I made sure it was accurate. I had a ball doing it.”

For all his relationships in NASCAR, two stand out for him – his friendship and work with Dale Earnhardt Sr. and his long working relationship with Jeff Gordon.

“You can’t leave the gallery without paying homage to Dale Earnhardt,” Bass says, pointing at the front wall of the gallery that is dedicated to the Intimidator. “[He’s] probably more responsible in many ways for my success than anyone. He allowed me from late 1984 until when we lost him in 2001 to document his career.”

Bass’s relationship with Gordon dates back 20 years, to the driver’s rookie season, when Bass’s design concept was accepted as the first of Gordon’s DuPont cars. The iconic Rainbow Warrior car helped define a new era in NASCAR, not only for a brash new crop of drivers like Gordon but also by introducing to the sport a new visual style on the race car that still exists today.

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After 30 years, Bass credits the variety of projects with keeping his creative juices flowing. “I’m never satisfied,” he says. “I’m always pushing myself. I’m always trying to improve. I feel very blessed.”

And while he’s serious about his work, he keeps a sense of humor as well. “I like having that feeling with my customers that they can go back and look at a painting and find something different,” he says. “It’s a funny thing to have someone call you up and say, ‘Hey, did you know there’s a Mighty Mouse reflection on the trophy of your Alan Kulwicki piece.’ Like I didn’t know it was there. But they’ve owned it for 15 years and just noticed it. That’s pretty special.”

As Bass has chronicled the sport through his work, he’s seen the next generation emerge, from watching Dale Jr. grow up to meeting another young driver hopeful.

“First time I met Trevor Bayne was at an autograph session I was doing in Knoxville,” Bass remembers. “I walk into this little coliseum where they’re having an event and this little kid in a racing uniform comes over to me, sticks out his hand and says, “Hey Sam

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Bass started working with Jeff Gordon, designing the DuPont race cars, in 1992.

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Bass is the first officially licensed artist of NASCAR. Bass, I’m Trevor Bayne and one day you’ll be doing a painting of me.’ “[Then] years later, I’m sitting in Daytona in the NASCAR suite and I’m watching this little kid win the Daytona 500. Do you know how many people have that dream of being a successful driver and winning the Daytona 500 and yet you’ve watched it happen. That’s the stuff that keeps me going.”

Now, in a career that spans three decades and has in many ways defined the look of modern-day NASCAR, Bass can reflect with a certain amount of pride in his work.

“It’s just special to be part of the graphic design history of the sport,” he says. “If people know the person behind the artwork and know how passionate he is about what he’s doing, and how much he loves doing what he’s doing, they’re going to see that artwork differently and they’re going to relate to it differently. It’s how I built my business.”

Bass’s work reaches beyond the racetrack as well, with his involvement in several charities, including the Jeff Gordon Children’s Foundation, the NASCAR Foundation and the Speedway Children’s Charities.

“At the end of the day, whatever I do is on a piece of paper that is not very expensive,” he says. “But what I do on that piece of paper can raise money for people, so why not. I love doing it.” PCM w w w. p t c c h a l l e n g e . c o m

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avid Foster grew up around trucks, so it was only natural that he chose professional driving as his career.

He’s been an owner-operator for 30 years, buying his first truck in 1982, and in February he hit 2 million miles on the road. A veteran driver with a clean record, Foster could have his pick of carriers to drive for. But at Con-way Truckload he found a home.

“If you want to own a truck,” says Foster, “then Con-way is a good place to be.”

Starting with one tractor and two trailers, Con-way Truckload was founded in 1951 as Contract Freighters, Inc. (CFI), in Joplin, Mo. From first-year revenue of just $12,000, the

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company continued to grow throughout the decades, expanding its service across the country and into Mexico and Canada. Then in 2007 Con-way acquired CFI for $750 million.

Con-way has more than 400 locations in North and Central America and has nearly 3,000 drivers, 2,600 company-owned trucks and 151 owner-operators. And Gretchen Jackson, recruiting manager at Con-way, says the company’s goal is to double their owner-operator fleet by the end of 2013.

As an incentive to drivers thinking about becoming an owner-operator, Con-way is offering their unique Destination Ownership program. The program helps drivers who

have been with Con-way for 12 consecutive months to lease a truck at lower interest rates and with a reduced down payment.

“They don’t necessarily have to have the best credit history,” says Jackson. “And we sell it to them at the book value with an extended warranty.”

Lydia Briggs Agee, a veteran owner-operator who has been with Con-way for more than a decade, has taken advantage of Conway’s owner lease program twice and says the newest program is even better than the last.

“It’s a better program because the terms of the lease went from five years to two, so you take ownership a lot sooner,” Agee says. “When they decided to offer the lease program again, I jumped at the chance. I’m telling you, for people starting out, it is the absolute best program.”

In addition to the lease program, Conway helps owner-operators by offering free labor on service calls for oil changes and tuneups. They require drivers to establish a maintenance account for major repairs and they provide a third-party insurance program with competitive rates.

For Foster, who averages about 125,000 miles a year and within the past year and a half has visited 47 states, the support Conway gives to its owner-operators is why he

Con-way is an excellent company to work with as an owner-operator, especially for people just starting out. The biggest motivation for me is owning my own truck at the end of the lease. They work with you and whenever I’ve had a problem, I call and they help.

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stays. “They have huge discounts for fuel,” says Foster. “They cover tolls, fuel taxes and they went to practical miles, which is pretty good because you’re closer to actual miles.”

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Lydia Briggs Agee took advantage of Con-way’s Destination Ownership program and within two years will own her truck outright.

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ready before entering the Destination Ownership program.

“We would never set anyone up to fail,” she says. “We want them to succeed, so we make sure they can maintain a minimum mpg, that they don’t have any accidents and that they have a good work history [before entering the program].”

And the support continues once drivers take advantage of the program. Agee recently had to take a few weeks off from the road after a motorcycle accident. “When I called them and told them what happened, they were very willing to work with me to rearrange the payments,” she recalls. “That really helped me a lot.”

Con-way Truckload also strives to be a leader in the industry. Along with being named one of the “Best Fleets to Drive For” by the Truckload Carriers Association for the second consecutive year, the company is an industry leader in its environmental standards. Since 2005, Con-way has been a SmartWay Transport partner, working with the Environmental Protection Agency on developing policies and technologies aimed at reducing emissions and conserving fuel.

Some of the environmental initiatives Con-way has spearheaded include switching to fuel-efficient single wide-base tires on all tractors, which saves about 0.2 miles per gallon; using special engine and drive train

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Con-way Truckload driver Dave Foster has been on the road for 30 years and says if you want to own a truck, Con-way is a good place to be. lubricants to increase operating efficiency; lowering each truck’s weight to save fuel; and reducing idle times through various measures.

For drivers, though, it’s all about Con-way’s commitment to their success. “Con-way is an excellent company to work with as an owner-operator, especially for people just starting out,” says Agee. “The biggest motivation for me is owning my own truck at the end of the lease. They work with you and whenever I’ve had a problem, I call and they help.” PCM

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ech. Sgt. Angie Johnson never imagined her impromptu concert for troops in the Middle East would make her a YouTube sensation and lead to television appearances and a stint on NBC’s “The Voice.”

She finds it ironic that after spending four years in Nashville doing everything she could to break into the music industry, her professional career would get kick-started during a late-night spur-of-the-moment concert on a military base halfway around the world.

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winder, her unit’s military band, last August when her singing career took a turn. It was late at night and the band was performing an acoustic set for a handful of deployed troops. Johnson, who was in uniform with her hair pulled back and wearing little makeup, started to sing Adele’s hit “Rolling in the Deep.” One of the soldiers watching began videotaping the performance. “I just thought they were taking pictures,” Johnson says, noting she was lost in the moment. “I was in my own zone.”

The band was leaving the base to travel to Afghanistan when Johnson received a call from her husband informing her there was a video of her performance on YouTube. Sur-

prised, Johnson went online to see for herself. “I stayed up that night reading all the comments and doing Google searches,” she says. “It was totally surreal. Everything was changing.”

She found that television host Carson Daly was searching for her, tweeting that he needed her to audition for the television singing competition “The Voice.” “I had to pinch myself,” Johnson says. “I tweeted back and gave him my husband’s information. I couldn’t disclose my location. He and my husband got in contact with each other and I was set up to [audition for] ‘The Voice.’”

Shortly after the video hit YouTube, “Entertainment Tonight” interviewed Johnson and the band via Skype. And it didn’t stop there. She and the band got back from the Middle East on Sept. 6 and eight days later flew to Los Angeles to appear on “Ellen.”

Johnson followed that with auditions for “The Voice.” “I didn’t get time to cope,” she says. “I hit the ground running.”

Johnson is no stranger to challenging situations. A native of St. Louis, Mo., she was raised by parents of different cultures.

Her mother was Japanese and her father was born in Kentucky. “My mother was a Buddhist and my father was a Southern Baptist,” she says. “They were two different worlds.”

She started singing when she was in elementary school. “I was enamored by country music,” she says, noting that she attended her first concert and saw the group Alabama when she was 9. “I had second-row tickets and someone let me come up to the front row. I caught Randy Owens’ sweaty towel. I kept it in a treasure box in my attic for a keepsake.”

Johnson’s mother moved back to Japan – she later relocated to Hawaii – when Johnson was 10. Her father was her sole caretaker for seven years. “I had to grow up fast,” she says, adding that her father developed cancer. “I had to be responsible for myself at a younger age. I had to live with my decisions.”

Life was difficult for the teen. “I went into a rebellious stage,” she says. “It was my way of coping with things I didn’t know how to handle.”

Music was her solace. During high school she sang in the choir and also in a teen Christian a cappella group that toured the Midwest. “That was my first exposure of what it was like to be an artist,” she says.

When it came time to graduate from high school, Johnson didn’t feel she was ready for college. “I was scared I would fail,” she says.

“I didn’t want to stay home and work for minimum wage. I wanted to do something that matters.”

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her father, who had been a chief master sergeant. The next year, after the events of 9/11, she was assigned to Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri, where she spent many 12- to 18-hour days gearing up for Operation Enduring Freedom. “I didn’t think I would be involved in a conflict,” she says. “I learned a lot but it made me miss music a lot.”

To relieve her stress, Johnson started singing at military functions. “I was asked to sing the national anthem for events and parties on base,” she says, noting that many people suggested she try out for the U.S. Air Force’s Tops in Blue. The all-active duty special unit is made up of amateur performers and is one of the oldest entertainment groups of its kind.

“It’s like the Air Force’s own ‘American Idol,’” Johnson says. “It’s a rigorous competition for active-duty Air Force. It was a 10-day audition process.” Johnson was tapped for the Tops in Blue team in 2002 after winning first place female vocalist. “I was shocked,” she says. “I cried. You might as well have thought it was a Grammy award.”

As a Tops in Blue member, Johnson performed more than 125 shows around the world and participated in her first deployment to Southeast Asia

and Afghanistan. “We did huge productions,” she says. “It helped me learn different genres of music. Before I was solely country. I needed that [variety] as a musician and for my own personal growth.”

Johnson toured with Tops in Blue for one year. During one of her last performances, the deputy director of the United States Air Force Band approached her and asked her to audition as a vocalist for the band. “It was the coolest thing I had ever heard,” she says. One of the band’s special assignments was playing at the G8 summit.

Johnson had to learn the national anthems of all the participating countries.

The Air Force Band also participated in many deployment tours. “We would take artists with us like Hootie and the Blowfish, Kid Rock and Darius Rucker,” Johnson says. “I got my first taste of doing huge headlining shows with big artists and tours. That is where I honed my skills as a solo entertainer.”

Johnson finished her tour of duty in 2006 and moved to Nashville to pursue a career in country music. “I tried to make it. I tried to network but it wasn’t happening for me,” she says.

“I wrote songs. I cut an album in 2007 but I wasn’t happy with the product. It

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with Angie,” he says.

“I never feel like I have to carry something by myself, which can happen when you are onstage and have two performers.”

He describes Johnson as “very giving.

She wants to make a situation better. She takes the road of humility by default.”

Johnson had promised herself that when she turned 30 in 2010, she would reevaluate her music career.

“That was my cut-off PHOTO: Riley Spiller date,” she says. She “It was like a military Cinderella story for used her GI Bill to reme,” says Johnson of her experience on the hit show search different fields “The Voice.” and settled on psywasn’t a reflection of where I wanted to go in chology because she had known troops that suffered with post-traumatic stress disorder. country so I didn’t release it.”

During that time, she joined the Missouri “I thought I could offer therapy through muAir National Guard because she missed the sic,” she says. “I thought if I could get a decamaraderie of the service. She served as a gree in psychology and get my master’s and member of the Guard’s band Sidewinder. doctorate, I could focus on PTSD.” Brian Owens, Sidewinder’s lead vocalist, One month after starting school she was was impressed the first time he heard John- deployed with Sidewinder to entertain the son sing. “I have a lot of fun performing troops overseas and, as they say, the rest is

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history. When it comes to the YouTube video that launched her career, Owens says that many people had a misconception about it.

“People didn’t understand we are professional musicians,” he says. “A lot of people thought she was a soldier singing. They didn’t know that that is what Angie does [in the military]. It was like, ‘Wow, there are military bands that do this kind of music.’”

Normally extroverted, Johnson, who was now back in the U.S., was unusually quiet during her auditions for “The Voice.” “I had gone from one world to another,” she says.

“I went from a structured military lifestyle to Hollywood. I didn’t feel like I belonged and I didn’t feel like my talent was adequate.”

Her nerves got the best of her during the first song of the show’s executive auditions.

Her second audition song was her “saving grace,” she says. The next step for Johnson was the televised blind auditions where the show’s four coaches – Christina Aguilera, Cee Lo Green, Adam Levine, and Blake Shelton – sit with their backs to contestants. If they want to tap a contestant for their team, they swivel around.

During Johnson’s performance, Green turned his chair around. At first, Johnson didn’t realize he was facing her. “I was focused on the audience,” she says. “I was relieved when he turned around.”

She had high hopes for her chances on

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Back in Nashville, Johnson is working on writing music and releasing her first EP this fall. the show. “It was like a military Cinderella story for me,” she says.

“I wanted to give everybody a happy ending.”

Her happy ending wasn’t in the cards this time around. She was sent home after the show’s battle rounds, losing her spot to a fellow contestant. “I dealt with it in that moment,” she says of being disappointed. “I didn’t feel hurt or upset until I got home the next morning.”

Back at home, she began to process all that had happened since the video went up on YouTube, something she hadn’t had the time to do. She realized her journey had been incredible and found that she wasn’t saddened by the outcome of “The Voice.”

“She was on ‘The Voice’ for the amount of time she needed to be on there,” Owens says. “I think it has helped her career. I think she will do good things in the music industry.”

Since the show, Johnson has gotten many interview and performance requests. “It took me from giving up on a music career to reigniting that passion and giving me a career,” she says. “Being a musician is never just given to you. I feel so blessed.”

In the last few months, she has performed at The Julep, one of the Kentucky Derby’s most high-profile pre-parties, and sung with Sidewinder at the White House at the invitation of first lady Michelle Obama and Dr. Jill Biden, wife of Vice President Joseph Biden. The event marked the one-year anniversary of the Joining Forces Initiative, a military family support program spearheaded

by Michelle Obama and Jill Biden. “It was the most nervous I had been since ‘The Voice,’” she says. “I hope to one day sing for the president.”

Johnson performed her last concert with Sidewinder on July 4 and is continuing to write music with the hopes of releasing an EP this fall. She says she can’t imagine her life without music. “It’s more than what I do. It’s who I am.” PCM w w w. p t c c h a l l e n g e . c o m

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On the road

Prime T ime Eat s

BY: Mac and the Big Cheese

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all means dressing up in your favorite college or NFL football colors, cheering for your team and of course tailgating. For those who attend to the parking lot buffet of flavors and all-day cooked meats, it’s a different kind of competition. Most won’t admit it, but there is pride that comes with outdoing you neighbor at the tailgate. That’s why we suggest taking it to the next level with a Dutch oven prime rib. Watch the fans go crazy even before they get into the stadium.

While others are perfecting the standby of ribs and brats, you can up the game with a bone-in prime rib that takes on all the flavors with a Dutch oven. And it’s easier than you think. The best part of this recipe is that you can prepare it at home and wrap it up so when you get to the game, all you have to do is prepare the coals, have your Dutch oven handy and you’re ready to roll.

Serving it in bites with its natural juices while baking foil-wrapped potatoes atop the Dutch oven coals is sure to score you the win at your next tailgate. You can also make prime rib sandwiches with creamy horseradish sauce and au jus dipping sauce. You will be the king of the parking lot when people smell this amazing recipe. PCM

Tailgate Prime Rib

Ingredients

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· 3 Tbsp prepared horseradish · 1/4 cup sour cream · 1 tsp Dijon mustard · 1 Tbsp mayonnaise · 1 Tbsp chopped chives or the greens of a green onion · Salt and pepper · 1 Tbsp chopped garlic

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Mix ingredients together.

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· 2 bone-in (21/2 lbs.) prime rib · Aluminum foil · Olive oil · Chopped garlic · Fresh basil, chopped · Fresh rosemary, chopped · Dry thyme · Dry basil · Italian seasoning · Chili powder · Yellow mustard directions

On the aluminum foil, mix the chopped garlic, basil, rosemary, dry thyme and basil, Italian seasoning and chili powder. Brush the prime rib with olive oil, then roll in the seasonings until it is coated completely. Follow with a coating of yellow mustard that completely covers the prime rib. Set the prime rib in a Dutch oven insert with the bone side down. Cook with 16 coals on top and 8 coals on the bottom. You need to cook 25 minutes for every pound of prime rib, so for a 21/2 pound prime rib the cooking time will be approximately 62 minutes. The meat should fall off the bone with a fork.

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in a white lab coat, will provide answers to your questions for just 50 cents. Too cheap to plan a wedding and too busy to elope?

Marvin’s has an auto-wedding machine. In one minute, you and your better half can be joined together forever, or for as long as you’re in the museum. You’ll even get two rings and a personalized wedding certificate.

As for the most popular attraction in the museum, Marvin says it’s “probably the old photograph machines,” which provide patrons with a real photograph souvenir.

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Marvin’s Marvelous Mechanical Museum

BY: Amanda Jakl

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pare change is all you’ll need to enjoy the unending wonders in Marvin’s Marvelous Mechanical Museum.

Marvin’s, which is listed in the World Almanac’s 100 Most Unusual Museums in the U.S., is a magical mixture of antique coin-operated machines, sideshow marvels, fortune telling machines (like the one seen in the film “Big”), modern video arcade games, pinball machines, model airplanes and random curiosities.

The museum is nestled in a nondescript strip mall in Farmington Hills, Mich., but step inside and Marvin’s is a sensory overload of flashing neon lights, bells and whistles. Practically every inch of the more than 5,000 square-foot museum is occupied by coin-operated machines and other oddi-

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ties that Marvin Yagoda, curator of the museum, has been collecting for decades. And all are operational for visitors to play.

A pharmacist by trade, Yagoda began the path to museum curator in 1950 when he purchased his first nickelodeon. One machine and he was hooked. Now his compilation of “macabre oddities, vintage coin-op machines, unusual nostalgia and the newest video crazes” has grown so large it requires more than 1,000 electrical outlets.

The museum opened in 1990 and Yagoda continues to add to his collection. A new addition this year is the “excuse telephone booth” that offers background noises like a cattle stampede, heavy rainstorm or traffic while you make a phone call. “Ask the Brain,” a snarky bald monocled gentleman

If you’re more interested in getting something for your money, the museum offers more than 25 games that reward players with tickets that can be redeemed for an array of prizes. Not interested in dropping any quarters? There’s plenty to see.

Marvin’s has an impressive collection of authentic posters featuring the magicians of yesteryear.

The museum is open every day: Monday to Thursday, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Friday and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 11 p.m.; and Sunday, 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Admission to the museum is free. Just remember to bring a roll or two of quarters. PCM

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lot of states lay claim to good barbeque: Texas, Kansas and the Carolinas, to name a few. Even California might have a version of it, although they’ve probably figured out a way to put sushi in it.

What I didn’t expect was to find North Carolina associated in any way with the Badlands of South Dakota.

In 2006, my wife, Cassie, and I were on a return leg of a crosscountry trip. We decided to head east by way of Cody, Wyo., en route to see the Devils Tower and the site of Custer’s famous Indian battle, and then go on through the Badlands of South Dakota.

The Badlands are aptly named. Seriously rugged country with not a lot to see, just the awesome wonder of country so desolate one has to wonder how anything survives here.

We had been on the road for several hours and were looking for a good reason to stop when we saw a small white sign along the road that read “Pig Digs Ahead.” Cassie and I looked at each other and said, almost in harmony, “What do you think that was?” Several more miles and another sign. And then another one, but this time there was a road. It came up quickly and I couldn’t make the turn safely so we did a turnaround. We had to follow our curiosity.

Not too far down the side road, we spotted a small cluster of cars, tents, a trailer and another large “Pig Digs” sign. The site looked like a scene out of the movie “Jurassic Park.”

We had stumbled upon a paleontological dig of a prehistoric type of pig. A “saurus” or something, but definitely of the pig family. A really big pig!

We walked up to a large hole in the ground that was safely barricaded, and full of young college kids using such tools as dental picks, pins and fine white thread. Every bone of the pig was tagged, and pins and white thread were connecting the pieces. The students had revealed enough of the pig to see the skeletal outline. The pit they were working was 10 feet square and eight feet deep and the pig’s bones filled about two-thirds of the wall.

Talking to the students, we discovered they were from North Carolina State University, from our home state, and that they were uncovering a prehistoric member of the pig family that they surmised had been watering at a lake, got stuck in the mud and drowned. They said that, if in fact this was a lake, there could be thousands more animals buried in the area.

Finding anything in the ground, especially old things, has always fascinated me, so we watched these young explorers till the sun set. We called it a day and camped there overnight. It was so quiet, dark and mysterious, you could almost imagine the land around us filled with the sounds and smells of animals long gone and buried deep, like our big pig.

Then I thought, that pig would have served up a huge pile of barbeque. North Carolina style, that is. PCM

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he recent stories about athletes Roger Clemens and Lance Armstrong got me thinking about cheaters.

Now, I don’t know whether Clemens or Armstrong took performanceenhancing drugs. There’s enough information out there to warrant suspicion but I’ll leave judgment to the people in black robes that yell, “Order in the court.”

Their stories, though, got me thinking that we’re all cheaters to some degree. Young kids cheat at games; students cheat on tests; adults cheat on their spouses; athletes cheat at their sport; and millions cheat on their taxes. It’s almost like cheating is in our DNA. I’d be shocked if someone reading this could honestly say they’ve never cheated at anything.

I do think there are different levels of cheating. I was playing Uno with my nephew the other day and I couldn’t help but see his cards.

I kept reminding him to cover his cards up and not let anyone see, but he’s 6 years old, so what can you do? Did I use the knowledge I gained from his cards to shout “Uno!” and lay down that last card for the win? I’ll plead the fifth.

Baseball players, back in the steroids era of the ’90s, seemed to take on the mentality that “Everyone else is doing it, why shouldn’t I?” I find that pathetic and it reminds me of a question my mother would ask me when I was young, “If everyone jumped off a bridge, would you do it too?” It doesn’t make it right just because everyone else is doing it.

On the road, there are drivers fudging their

by: charles pope

log books, avoiding weigh stations, ignoring the hours-of-service rule and scamming mandatory drug tests. We’ve all seen or heard about it. I talked to a guy once that was so proud of his log fudging that he just couldn’t stop talking about it. Word eventually got to his dispatcher and he was fired.

I don’t think we should make cheating the eighth deadly sin, but I do think we should pause when a cheating opportunity arises to consider the consequences. Cheaters used to really frustrate me but now I feel it’s come down to a personal and moral issue. I know I’m doing things on the up and up. And what goes around comes around. Those cheaters will get it back and then some later on in life.

Do you have an industry issue you would like to gripe about? Send it to editor@ptcchallenge.com.

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Keeping Fit by: bob perry Bob Perry is the chair of the American Trucking Association’s Safety Management Council’s Health & Wellness Working Group email: bob@rollingstrong.com • facebook.com/rollingstrong

s we continue on our nationwide Rolling Strong Driver Wellness Tour, we are pleased to see wellness becoming more mainstream on the road. It’s evident that the hundreds of drivers we have seen on our tour embrace all aspects of wellness and make personal efforts to stay healthy and fit.

At each stop on our Rolling Strong Driver Wellness Tour, drivers tell us their personal wellness stories and share with fellow drivers what changes they are making. It’s exciting for the Rolling Strong Team to see the willingness of new drivers wanting to learn how to make simple changes from eating to working out to maintain a healthy lifestyle. Feel free to post them to Rolling Strong’s Facebook page for other drivers to see.

At each stop on our tour, I roll a Goodyear tire around the travel center for seven miles in support of driver health and I see many drivers engaging in some sort of exercise. I see drivers walking, jogging, doing jumping jacks, push-ups, band workouts, and pulling benches out of their cabs with dumbbells to work out with. We are seeing an industry change right before our eyes and even though they are small steps, they’re positive. In Brooks, Ore., I met Robert Larby, a driver with May Trucking Co., who is another example of a fellow driver taking control of his health.

Larby has been a professional over-theroad driver since 1991 and travels throughout the U.S. Six years ago he weighed 300 pounds and struggled just to bend over to tie his shoes. His doctor told him he needed to lose weight and that day he made the choice to put his health first and his pride second.

“My pride was the No. 1 obstacle to overcome,” he says. “It is sometimes a bit embarrassing to get out there and work out in front of other drivers when you are out of shape. I encourage drivers to get past that and just do it. Know that you are doing it for yourself.”

Larby lost 60 pounds in six months and another 30 pounds over eight months. That

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was five years ago and he now maintains his weight at a healthy 210 pounds. “I kept a picture of myself for only me to look at,” he says. “It was a picture of me at my worst.

I kept it on my truck visor and when I had a bad day I just looked at that picture to keep me focused on my goal to look and feel better.”

Larby says he learned how to exercise first, then he began to eat healthier and drink lots of water. “My water intake was one of my biggest challenges and I didn’t exercise,” he remembers. “Based on that, I adjusted my diet, knocked out my coffee to just one cup a day, and I fill up on at least one gallon of water a day. The body needs water to work (just like fuel in a truck). If you don’t get enough water your body retains it. When you drink enough water your body releases it. I also added a basic workout with walking, push-ups and resistance bands. The weight came off.”

Drivers have many challenges out there on the road and changing diets requires a lot of willpower. Larby learned to graze throughout the day, eating healthier portions of food instead of going to a buffet and loading up on a late-night dinner before going to bed. “Now what I do, I chew lots of sugar-free gum and drink a lot of water,” he says. “If you keep your mouth active you can go 700 miles without a snack. When I am hungry I reach for an apple or a small handful of nuts.”

Now Larby has added the Trucker Trainer™ PowerBlock Weight System to his workout routine. He was the winner at the Brooks, Ore., Rolling Strong Driver Wellness Tour stop in June.

Larby is also one of Rolling Strong’s Driver Wellness Ambassadors, spreading the word about the benefits of the Rolling Strong program. “You need to have a maintenance program to keep the weight off,” he says. “Rolling Strong brings the wellness tools to the drivers and shows them how to use them. Drivers can put their hands on it and feel it, pick it up and use it. If I can do this, anyone can.” PCM

next tour date: Sept 19: altoona, Ia.

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Midlife Crisis Elk Hunt

by: brenda potts

lk hunting is one of my favorite adventures. Through the years I have followed many worthy elk hunters and guides in pursuit of this majestic animal. Looking back, it seems the word “followed” either contributed to or triggered what I now call my midlife crisis elk hunt.

I once followed my cousin to a high mesa in New Mexico on a bowhunt that ended with me tagging my first elk. I followed my husband though the mountains near Chama, Colo., on our honeymoon. Yes, we went elk hunting on our honeymoon. I followed a guide in Colorado to the meadow where I killed my first big bull with a rifle. I followed another guide on my first muzzleloader elk

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hunt. I was good at following.

During those early days of following I often wondered, “What happens if I lose my guide? Could I survive? Could I get back to camp?” As my “following” escapades continued I began to wonder something else.

“Could I do this myself? Could I hike into the mountains and find the elk on my own?

Do I always have to be following someone else to accomplish this?”

The questions stewed in my brain for a few years. Finally, during some sort of midlife crisis moment, I decided I had to know. Could I really do this on my own? Not completely by myself, but of my own thinking and planning. No one second-guessing or influencing my decision making. No fol-

lowing involved. It was now or never.

Fortunately, I have a good friend from Pennsylvania named Lisa who was just adventurous enough to help me. She had very little elk-hunting experience but lots of bowhunting experience. She had hiked the Appalachian Trail by herself, with black bears around her camp at night and other scary things. She would be the perfect companion for this trip. It would be my turn to guide.

After much researching, planning and preparation (learning how to use my new GPS) we headed west. We were hunting public land and staying in a log cabin near Platoro, Colo., at 10,000 feet elevation.

On our first morning we drove a logging road to about 11,000 feet and parked near a long meadow. We hiked to the back of the meadow, about a mile into the wilderness, to the spot on the topo map I had chosen to begin the hunt. It was a pinch point around the tip of a deep canyon that looked like the perfect place for elk to travel. At least it appeared so on the contours of a topo map.

Having never been there, I had no idea what we would actually find.

When we started getting closer to the chosen point, I knew we were definitely in elk country. A tree had been shredded by a bull raking his antlers. A well-worn trail showed many tracks. The place even smelled like elk. Lisa walked to the edge of the clearing. I stepped back about 75 yards into the dark timber. With the wind in her face, Lisa set up, turned and gave me the thumbs up. I started calling.

Seconds after I bugled and cow-called, a cow elk burst from the opposite side of the meadow and ran straight toward us. A nice bull was right behind her. If she kept coming, the cow would bring the bull into shooting range for Lisa. My heart was pounding, but suddenly the cow stopped. She ran to our right and disappeared. The bull was still standing in the meadow 75 yards from Lisa.

She could make a 50-yard shot easily. He only had to come 25 more yards.

I called to him with the cow-call. He looked in my direction. I was hoping he would come to me, which would bring him right past Lisa for a broadside bowshot. The bull looked in our direction and looked at the spot where the cow had disappeared.

He did this a couple of times as if trying to choose between two cows. Finally, he decided to go with the sure thing and took off after the cow he had been chasing.

Lisa and I were excited about this great encounter on our first morning in elk country. Although we hunted several more days and saw more elk, we didn’t get one on that trip. It was one of the best adventures of my life. Plus, I finally had the answers to those questions. PCM w w w. p t c c h a l l e n g e . c o m

Nascar off the cuff column

by: claire b. lang

Listen to Claire B. Lang’s radio show on SiriusXM NASCAR Radio, Channel 90. ey, Joey Lasagna,” I mutter as I walk past the driver of the No. 20 Home Depot Toyota in the garage on a recent practice day. “Hey, Claire on the Air,” a quick-witted Joey Logano replies back, with his signature grin, never skipping a beat.

I keep walking, laughing to myself at his quick comeback. Logano is not only one of the happiest people that I know, he’s also one of the really clever drivers who can conjure up a quip at the blink of an eye.

Another one is Ryan Newman. Recently, on the birthday of the U.S. Army and live on the air, Newman asked me to sing “Happy Birthday” along with him for the Army.

“Three, two, one …” he began. “Happy birthday to …” I crooned loudly on air, trusting him to join me. There stood Newman, silent, totally busting me on falling for the singing prank. That’s Newman.

It struck me recently that what I run into on an average day just in passing with these guys might be of interest to some of you. Perhaps it’s not the big moments but instead the small, seemingly unimportant moments that occur as part of life on the NASCAR beat that

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you may find telling.

Kevin Harvick is a tough-talking, up-onthe-wheel driver with a reputation for being a bad you-know-what. Up close, though, he’s a softie with a big heart. The other day, I gave him a T-shirt for his new baby, Keelan, with “I only date models” on the front. He looked at it and busted out with a laugh. Then, before he headed to his racecar, he reached over and gave me a hug. It was a warm gesture from a guy who just had his first child.

I recall the first time I began interviewing Harvick. He rarely talked to reporters. I bravely went up to him and told him that I wanted to be on his A-list. “What?” Harvick asked, as if I was crazy. I explained that I wanted to be on his list of folks that he would trust to do interviews with him. He studied me for a moment, laughed and said, “OK.” I had forgotten how many years ago that was and how much he’s changed since then.

Jimmie Johnson was doing an interview with me recently after getting the pole when a security guard nearby fell hard to the pavement and appeared to be out cold. Johnson, in uniform, thought quickly and calmly, stopped the interview, left the pole board to

check on the man, yelled for his PR person to call 911 and then began to think about how much he knew about CPR. There were hundreds of people around but it was Johnson who came to the rescue. “Darn,” I said, “first you get the pole and then less than 15 minutes later you save a man’s life. You are Superman.” We laughed and were relieved that the man was fine.

Truth is, up close, Johnson is much kinder, thinks more about others and is less selfinvolved than you’d think a five-time champion being pulled in many directions would be.

Dale Jr. is smarter than he is given credit for, well-read and politically and socially on his game.

Jeff Gordon is extremely funny and sincere. Kasey Kahne is honest and charming without seeming to know it. Kyle Busch has a great sense of humor and a passion for life and racing that is catching and refreshing.

Carl Edwards is down to earth, thinks about others’ feelings and is easy to talk to.

The other day, during downtime in a test, Edwards began to come up with practical joke ideas that guys could play on each other in the garage. I was laughing so hard I had to leave the garage stall and continue on my beat.

All these drivers are just human and, as such, have moments of frustration and short attention spans in their fishbowl lives at the track. But when pressed to name things that I don’t like about these guys, I just draw a blank.

It strikes me that, for all of us, maybe it’s not in the big victory lane moments, but in the seemingly small, insignificant, everyday moments of interaction that we make our biggest mark. PCM

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another short-term fix column

by: mike howe Follow Mike on Twitter: @TruckingDC • Like Mike on Facebook: www.facebook.com/TruckingPoliticsMore

ell, the good news is that this summer Congress finally passed an overdue transportation bill.

Though Congress should be applauded for getting the bill through, perhaps it is not all roses. The transportation bill passed by Congress is limited in length, and like so many other bills, was riddled with pork and random compromise measures.

This particular bill amounts to little more than another short-term funding extension.

Although highway infrastructure can continue to be improved because of the new law, the funding lasts only into 2014. Compared with prior “long term” transportation funding bills lasting six years, this is a shortterm law that was politically motivated by all involved.

President Obama, during the signing ceremony, referred to the bill as a “jobs bill.” “First of all,” the president said, “this bill will keep thousands of construction workers on the job rebuilding our nation’s infrastructure.” But some questioned his leadership in the process. Rep. John Mica, chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, released a statement saying, “For two years the president and his party controlled the White House and the Congress, with significant majorities in both the House and Senate, and failed to enact transportation legislation. On June 17, 2009, the Obama administration intervened and stopped in its tracks a six-year transportation proposal and opted for an 18-month extension of the expiring law.”

Mica did laud both parties in Congress for coming together and passing the bill.

“The bill becoming law today is the result of strong bipartisan and bicameral work by a number of my House and Senate colleagues,” he said. “Fortunately, through their work and efforts, thousands of projects will not be closed down next week, and hundreds of thousands of workers will not receive pink slips.”

The new law, however, is about more than just transportation. Included in the leg-

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islation are riders for roll-your-own tobacco, timber aid, student loan interest rate extension and more. In fact, for the president, the student loan interest rate extension was touted as being as important as the transportation aspects. The reality is that this is an election year and both Congress and the president needed to be able to claim success with a transportation bill that would keep people working. Republicans also gained ground with relief related to burdensome environmental regulations.

The political victory for the president is his portrayal of this as a “jobs bill.” The political victory for those in Congress is that they can all, regardless of party, now campaign on the passage of a bipartisan bill. Each member of Congress who voted for the bill or was able to insert something into the bill can now say they reached across the aisle to lead the bill to passage. Would this bill have passed if the economy was strong and unemployment wasn’t such an issue? Would this bill have passed if this were not a major election year?

The combination of politics and economic turmoil likely helped get the bill passed.

Extension of current fuel tax rates will help fund this more than $100 billion law.

Those rates aren’t quite enough, though, so it will be interesting to see what happens with the fuel tax rates after the 2012 election and into 2014 – expect an increase. You can also expect that after the 2012 election, and with the start of the next Congress, there will be certain interest groups and members of Congress who will work to undo some of the compromises, but that is a battle for later.

Past columns have advocated for passage of a long-term highway funding bill.

This bill, though providing some stability in the near future, fails to meet any reasonable definition of “long term.” The bill also calls into question another issue that those in power seem to avoid addressing – how to adequately fund transportation infrastructure needs (is the gas tax model still working?).

All in all, the bill is disappointing and demonstrates the inability of Congress to achieve a meaningful long-term solution. PCM w w w. p t c c h a l l e n g e . c o m

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Honey, can I tell you somethin’? by: Kathy McDonough

My husband, a passionate Irishman who is full of life and love, is driving long-haul trucks now and has for the last three-plus years.

He is a mechanical engineer by trade and is driving trucks to bring home the bacon, since the economy took a nosedive, and no positions were or are available in his field.

We are empty nesters and have been married for more than five years (our sixth anniversary is April Fools’ Day). We chose that day, finding humor in it and speaking to the fact that regardless of our age (early 50s) and the length of time we had both been single, we were taking the plunge again and ecstatic about it.

We were finally happy – finding our soulmate after failed attempts years before.

So, here we are almost six years later and both of us howling to the moon in anguish of being apart 30-plus days every month. I have to tell you, we are very thankful for our cell phones; without the cell phone for communication, we would be beyond miserable.

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My husband is a remarkable man. He works long, hard, bone-breaking, mindnumbing hours and keeps a smile on his face and in his voice, for my benefit, and always tells me how much he loves me.

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Life on the road as a long-haul trucker is full of danger, loneliness, frustration, adrenaline surges extraordinaire, as well as tinges of monotony and boredom.

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Not often enough, he will share the happenings on the road. He keeps most to himself when it comes to hazards, near misses and the like, protecting me from the information – always more concerned about me

than himself.

Life on the road as a long-haul trucker is full of danger, loneliness, frustration, adrenaline surges extraordinaire, as well as tinges of monotony and boredom.

To be successful as a driver, you must be alert, cautious, strong in body and mind, knowledgeable, anticipatory and downright brave, with intelligence none can match.

Do you think I am proud of my passionate Irishman? Yes – for reals (one of his phrases).

He has taken to preparing me for past on-the-road excursions by saying, “Honey, can I tell you somethin’?” When he speaks that phrase, his tone of voice is solemn and cautious. So, when this phrase is announced, I clench my jaw with my heart pounding and wait.

Yesterday, early in the morning, after he had been driving since the wee hours, the phrase was presented. With heart-pounding, jaw-clenching anticipation I waited. He said, “I’m out of coffee creamer!”

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Hawk by: Richie Walker

Majesty is your name as you hunt stealthily from above.

I’ve seen you catch rabbits, squirrels, and even a dove.

With your eyesight and speed, they didn’t have a chance.

Watching you dive is witnessing a beautiful dance.

So fast and so strong, what an athletic flyer.

When you flew past my truck, you should have flown higher.

Firefly by: Richie Walker

Oh, little firefly, you are so cheery and bright!

The way you dance around, a celebration of light!

You are so beautiful,

by God you’re surely made.

But when you hit my windshield, your color slowly fades because you’re dead.

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Never Alone by: Mick Moyes

I can be lonely, but never alone; Not lost, nor forsaken ‘til heaven is home.

I can still wonder where God is sometimes, Though He’s right where I left Him for vain things to find.

I can be certain that this thing is true: There’ll be peace in the valley where He walks me through!

More Than A Trucker by: Nicole Smith

30-some years behind that black leather wheel, Doing whatever it took to support your family.

When I look back on the years you taught your girl it takes More than words to be a man and how that man should be.

I fell in love with those 18 wheels and chrome because of you.

From that, it’s no surprise I’m set for a long happy life with the trucker I’m with.

I’m so proud I’m yours and smile every time I think of you.

I love you, Dad forever and always Your angel girl.

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Frank Britt, James Zapata, Angela Dolan, Melissa Shifflett, Lori Black, Christie Wilkins, Patrick Thomas, Anthony Shurkus, Wyatt Vickers and Victor Fisher Tallysville, VA

“I wanted to pass on my compliments to the new manager and her crew during the power outage we experienced here in New Kent,” wrote a customer.

“I’m a long-time New Kent resident, but live on the other end of the county, so I don’t frequent the Pilot.

Due to my visit, that will change. After several days without power, I took my two children to shower at the truck plaza, which only had their own power restored hours before our visit. When I inquired about the shower, the cashier’s kindness and smile was most welcome.

“As we were making our way back to the shower area, the new manager, Christie, was mopping the hallway, looked up and asked if she could help us with anything. She showed us the showers and asked us to let her know if everything was OK. The showers were spotless, the towel was folded, smelled like it had just come out of the dryer, and the shower was like heaven for us. All of this while a software glitch had stalled the fuel pumps. I was so impressed with the team spirit, the friendly optimism, and the store standards. I will recommend the facility to everyone.

Thank you.”

If you would like to recognize a Pilot Flying J employee

who has made your visit fast, friendly or clean, or if you have any comments, please call our customer line at 1-877-866-7378.

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ALABAMA 369 BIRMINGHAM 7 DEF 100 I-20/59/65 AL 78, Exit 123 901 Bankhead Highway West, 35204 602 BIRMINGHAM DEF 157 15 RV DUMP I-65 & SR 94, Exit 264 224 Daniel Payne Drive North, 35207 603 DOTHAN DEF 158 9 RV DUMP Ross Clark Hwy/Hwy 231 2190 Ross Clark Circle, 36301 604 HOPE HULL 9 DEF 127 RV DUMP I-65 Exit 158 900 Tyson Road, 36043 497 LINCOLN DEF 80 7 I-20, Exit 165 121 Honda Drive, 35096 601 MCCALLA DEF 150 15 RV DUMP I-20/I-59 Exit 104 6098 MacAshan Dr, 35111 302 MOBILE (THEODORE) 65 5 I-10 & Theodore Dawes Rd, Exit 13 6955 Theodore Dawes Road, 36582 441 PRICEVILLE 7 DEF 90 RV DUMP I-65, Exit 334 3240 Point Mallard Parkway, 35603 75 SATSUMA 8 DEF 125 I-65, Exit 19 6109 US 43 South, 36572 76 TUSCALOOSA 125 8 I-20/59, Exit 76 4416 Skyland Boulevard East, 35405

P 205-324-4532 F 205-324-5897 Hot Deli

P 205-323-2177 F 205-323-7885 Hot Deli

P 334-792-5152 F 334-792-5293 Hot Deli

P 334-613-0212 F 334-613-0849

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P 205-763-2225 F 205-763-2229

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P 205-477-9181 F 205-477-6870

P 251-653-8834 F 251-653-9556

P 256-353-5252 F 256-353-5235

P 251-679-6260

609 ELOY DEF 350 11 RV DUMP I-10 Exit 208 16189 S Sunshine Blvd, 85231 610 KINGMAN DEF 95 11 RV DUMP I-40 Exit 53 3300 East Andy DeVine Ave., 86401 211 LAKE HAVASU CITY 12 DEF 110 I-40 & AZ 95, Exit 9 14750 South Highway 95, 86404 279 NOGALES (RIO RICO) DEF 90 11 I-19 & SR 289, Exit 12 769 East Frontage Road, 85648 611 PHOENIX DEF 185 15 RV DUMP I-10 Exit 137 6700 West Latham, 85043 328 QUARTZSITE 100 4 I-10 & US 95, Exit 17 1201 West Main Street, 85359 612 WINSLOW DEF 250 15 RV DUMP I-40 Exit 255 400 Transcon Lane, 86047 505 YUMA 6 100 I-8, Exit 12 108000 North Frontage Road, 85367

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P 520-466-9204 F 520-466-9588 Hot Deli

P 928-757-7300 F 928-757-1085

P 928-764-2410 F 928-764-2021

P 520-377-0001 F 520-377-0003 Hot Deli

P 623-936-1118 F 623-936-3611

P 928-927-7777 F 928-927-7000 Hot Deli

P 928-289-2081 F 928-289-3798

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ARKANSAS P 205-553-9710 F 205-553-3089

ARIZONA 459 AVONDALE 13 DEF 145 RV DUMP I-10, Exit 133A 900 North 99th Avenue, 85323 180 BELLEMONT 7 DEF 90 I-40, EXIT 185 12500 West I-40, 86015 608 EHRENBERG DEF 300 13 I-10 Exit 1 Box 801, I-10 Exit 1 S. Frontage Rd, 85334 458 ELOY 5 DEF 145 RV DUMP I-10, Exit 208 619 South Sunshine Boulevard, 85231

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P 623-936-0900 F 623-936-7376

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P 928-923-9600 F 928-923-7735

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P 501-945-2226 F 501-945-2282

P 479-967-7414 F 479-964-0112 Hot Deli

P 479-890-6161 F 479-890-2639

P 479-872-6100 F 479-872-6103 Hot Deli

P 870-774-3595 F 870-772-1006

429 WEST MEMPHIS 11 DEF 150 I-40, Exit 280 1100 Martin Luther King Blvd, 72301 607 WEST MEMPHIS DEF 225 15 RV DUMP I-40 Exit 280 & I-55 Exit 4 3400 Service Loop Road, 72301

P 870-732-1202 F 870-732-1340 Hot Deli

P 870-735-8200 F 870-735-3300

CALIFORNIA 613 BAKERSFIELD DEF 250 14 RV DUMP Hwy 99 Exit Merced Ave. 17047 Zachary Ave., 93308 282 BARSTOW 5 30 I-15/40 & US 58 2591 Commerce Parkway, 92311 614 BARTSOW DEF 171 15 RV DUMP I-15 & Lenwood Exit 2611 Fisher Boulevard, 92311 372 CASTAIC 7 125 I-5 & Lake Hughes Exit 31642 Castaic Road, 91384 168 DUNNIGAN 11 DEF 155 I-5, Road 8 Exit 554 30035 County Road 8, 95937 616 FRAZIER PARK 18 285 RV DUMP I-5 Frazier Park Exit 205 42810 Frazier Mtn Park Road, 93243 381 HESPERIA 11 DEF 300 I-15 & US 395 8701 Highway 395, 92345 200 KRAMER JUNCTION 7 50 US 395/US 58 5725 Highway 58, 93516 617 LODI DEF 187 15 RV DUMP I-5 & Hwy 12, Exit Fairfield 15100 North Thornton Road, 95242 154 LOST HILLS 7 70 I-5 & CA 46 14808 Warren Street, 93249 365 MADERA DEF 150 11 CA-99 at Ave 18.5 22717 Avenue 18 1/2, 93637 307 N. PALM SPRINGS 80 5 I-10 & Garnett & Indian Ave. 6605 N. Indian Canyon Drive, 92258

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P 760-253-7043 F 760-253-7051

P 661-257-2800 F 661-257-2109

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P 661-248-2600 F 661-248-2610

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P 760-762-0041 F 760-762-5231 Hot Deli

P 209-339-4066 F 209-339-4287

P 661-797-2122 F 661-797-9772 Hot Deli

P 559-673-3878 F 559-673-7679

P 760-329-5562 F 760-329-0083

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343 OTAY MESA 9 DEF 150 I-905, Exit 1B, CA905 1497 Piper Ranch Rd, 92154 618 RIPON DEF 197 15 RV DUMP Hwy 99 Exit Jack Tone Rd 1501 North Jack Tone Road, 95366 879 SACRAMENTO 49ER TRAVEL PLAZA 275 12 I-80, Exit 85 (W. El Camino Ave) 2828 El Centro Rd, 95833 237 SALINAS DEF 75 7 US 101 & Sanborn 951 Work Street, 93901 765 THOUSAND PALMS 88 9 RV DUMP I-10 Ramon Exit 72235 Varner Road, 92276 137 WEED DEF 80 7 RV DUMP I-5, Exit 745 395 E Vista Drive, 96094

352 FT. MYERS 6 80 I-75, Luckett Rd, Exit 139 6050 Plaza Drive, 33905 90 FT. PIERCE 8 DEF 100 I-95, Exit 129 7300 West Okeechobee Road, 34945 471 HAINES CITY DEF 80 7 RV DUMP US Hwy 27 North 35647 US Hwy 27 North, 33845 91 JACKSONVILLE 5 30 I-95, Exit 329 1625 County Road 210 West, 32259 374 MARIANNA 90 7 I-10 @ FL 71, Exit 142 2209 Highway 71, 32448 873 MIAMI 65 3 Hwy 27 12200 NW South River Road, 33178 874 MIAMI 30 2 US 41 & SR 997 17696 SW 8th Street, 33194 897 MIAMI GARDENS DADES CORNER PLZ 10 1 SR 826, Exit SR 817 16650 NW 27th Avenue, 33054 425 MIDWAY 8 DEF 90 RV DUMP I-10, Exit 192 33333 Blue Star Highway, 32343 293 OCALA 60 7 I-75 & FL 484, Exit 341 2020 SW 135th Street, 34476 92 OCALA 7 DEF 130 I-75, Exit 358 4255 NW Highway 326, 34482 424 OCALA 125 5 I-75, Exit 358 4032 West Highway 326, 34482 94 PUNTA GORDA DEF 70 5 I-75, Exit 161 26505 Jones Loop Road, 33950 623 QUINCY 15 150 RV DUMP I-10 Exit 192 32670 Blue Star Highway, 32343 626 ST. AUGUSTINE DEF 160 9 RV DUMP I-95 Hwy 206 Exit 305 950 State Road 206 West, 32086 622 ST. LUCIE 156 15 RV DUMP I-95 Hwy 68 Exit 131 100 North Kings Hwy 625 TAMPA 30 4 RV DUMP I-4 & SR 579 Exit 10 11555 East Sligh Ave.

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Hot Deli P 916-927-4774 F 916-923-3677

P 831-775-0380 F 831-775-0360

Hot Deli P 760-343-1500 F 760-343-1330

Hot Deli P 530-938-9600 F 530-938-9700

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Hot Deli P 303-366-7600 F 303-367-5657

P 303-292-6303 F 303-292-3647

Hot Deli P 719-775-9286 F 719-775-9306

CONNECTICUT 255 MILFORD 12 DEF 150 I-95, EXIT 40 433 Old Gate Lane, 06460 882 N STONINGTON AMERICAN AUTO STOP 119 6 I-95, Exit 93 273 Clarks Falls Rd, 06359

P 203-876-1266 F 203-876-9473

P 860-599-2020 F 860-599-5771

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P 321-639-0346 F 321-639-0351

Hot Deli P 352-588-5444 F 352-588-4629

P 941-729-6288 F 941-729-7523

P 239-693-6868 F 239-693-1253

P 772-460-0611 F 772-460-9492

Hot Deli P 863-421-3571 F 863-421-6032

P 904-826-3618 F 904-825-2760

P 850-482-2148 F 850-482-2136

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P 305-553-6203 F 305-207-7967

Arline’s Big Apple Seafood Restaurant

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P 850-576-3200 F 850-576-3213

P 352-347-8555 F 352-347-3082

P 352-402-9081 F 352-622-5233

P 352-867-8300 F 352-867-8448

P 941-637-3974 F 941-637-5729

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P 904-794-0426 F 904-794-7582 Hot Deli

P 772-461-0091 F 772-461-0291

Hot Deli P 813-612-9438 F 813-612-9297

95 WILDWOOD 10 5 I-75, Exit 329 493 East State Route 44 96 YEEHAW JUNCTION 40 0 US 60 & FL Turnpike, Exit 193 3050 SR 60 Yeehaw Junction

P 352-748-4486 F 352-748-6095

P 407-436-1224 F 407-436-1919

GEORGIA 260 ALBANY 80 5 Hwy 300 & Clark Ave 310 Cordele Road, 31705 331 ATLANTA (EAST) 8 100 I-285 & Bouldercrest Road, Exit 51 2605 Bouldercrest, 30316 344 ATLANTA (WEST) 45 5 I-285 & South Atlanta Road, Exit 16 4600 South Atlanta Road, 30080 65 AUGUSTA 30 3 I-20, Exit 194 4091 Jimmie Dyess Parkway, 30909 144 AUGUSTA DEF 90 6 I-20, Exit 200 2975 Gun Club Road, 30907 66 BRASELTON 70 6 I-85, Exit 129 5888 Highway 53, 30517 627 BRUNSWICK DEF 150 15 RV DUMP I-95 Exit 29 2990 US Hwy 17 South, 31523 628 CARNESVILLE DEF 190 15 RV DUMP I-85 Exit 160 10226 Old Federal Road, 30521 67 CARTERSVILLE 8 DEF 100 I-75, Exit 296 968 Cassville-White Road, 30120 416 CORDELLE 60 10 RV DUMP I-75, Exit 101 2201 East 16 Avenue, 31015 319 DALTON 7 100 I-75/Connector 3, Exit 328 244 Connector 3 SW, 30720 421 DALTON 9 DEF 210 RV DUMP I-75, Exit 326 142 Carbondale Road, 30721 68 DUBLIN 3 20 I-16, Exit 51 2185 US 441, 31021 630 JACKSON DEF 200 14 RV DUMP I-75 Exit 201 I-75 & Exit 66 Bucksnort Road, 30233 69 LAGRANGE 3 60 I-85, Exit 13 1960 Whitesvillle Road, 30240

P 229-878-1355 F 229-878-1302

P 404-212-8733 F 404-212-8568

P 770-434-9949 F 770-434-8341

P 706-860-6677 F 706-869-9074

P 706-667-6557 F 706-481-9940

Hot Deli P 706-654-2820 F 706-654-9326

Hot Deli P 912-280-0006 F 912-280-9555

Hot Deli P 706-335-6656 F 706-335-4432

P 770-607-7835 F 770-607-7873

P 229-271-5775 F 229-271-5774

P 706-277-7934 F 706-277-3337

P 706-370-4060 F 706-370-5769

P 478-275-2143 F 478-275-0070

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P 706-884-6318 F 706-884-1872

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P 229-559-6500 F 229-559-3008 TM

P 706-343-1455 F 706-343-1033

P 770-252-3551 F 770-252-2197

P 912-964-7006 F 912-964-7808

Hot Deli P 706-629-1541 F 706-629-2003

P 706-462-2455 F 706-462-2702

P 912-964-5280 F 912-964-5098

P 770-574-9922 F 770-574-9697

P 770-562-9773 F 770-562-2269 TM

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P 229-382-7295 F 229-382-4910

Hot Deli P 706-486-4835 F 706-486-4845

P 229-244-8034 F 229-244-6020

P 229-268-1414 F 229-268-4880

P 478-956-5316 F 478-956-3726

P 706-820-7353 F 706-820-9539

777 EAST BOISE 60 6 I-84 Exit 54 (Federal Way) 3353 Federal Way, 83705 638 CALDWELL 100 9 I-84 Exit 29 3512 Franklin Road, 83605 641 MCCAMMON DEF 84 5 I-15 Exit 47 587 E. US Hwy 30, 83250 350 MOUNTAIN HOME 100 9 I-84 & US 20, Exit 95 1050 Highway 20, 83647 639 POST FALLS 8 100 I-90 Exit 2 N 400 Idahline Rd, 83854 640 TWIN FALLS 6 100 I-84 Exit 173 5350 Highway 93, 83338

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P 208-587-4465 F 208-587-3071

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Hot Deli P 208-324-3454 F 208-324-4097

ILLINOIS 642 ALORTON 202 15 RV DUMP I-255 & Exit 17A 140 Racehorse Drive, 62207 299 BLOOMINGTON 6 DEF 160 I-55/74 & IL 9, Exit 160A 1522 West Market Street 526 CHAMPAIGN ROAD RANGER 150 3 I-57, Exit 240 4910 Market St 473 CHANNAHON 25 0 I-55 & Route 6, Exit 248 23841 SE Eams 378 CHICAGO ROAD RANGER LMTD 0 I-55 MM 288 “Stevenson Expressway” 3401 South California Avenue, 60632 368 DECATUR DEF 90 7 I-72, Exit 144 (SE Quad) 4030 E. Boyd Road 523 DIXON ROAD RANGER 2 45 I-88 Exit 54 1801 South Galena Ave. ,61021 313 EAST ST. LOUIS 11 DEF 200 I 70/55 Exit 4 699 State Route 203 165 EFFINGHAM 7 DEF 100 I-57/70, Exit 162 2500 North 3rd Street 643 EFFINGHAM DEF 180 15 RV DUMP I-70 & I-57, Exit 160 1701 W Evergreen / I-70 & I-57

Hot Deli P 618-337-4579 F 618-337-4851

Hot Deli P 309-827-7867 F 309-827-2355

P 815-315-4991 F 217-643-7809

P 815-467-0918 F 815-467-0972

P 815-977-7020 F 773-847-1438

P 217-876-0208 F 217-876-0522

P 815-516-1998 F 815-284-0469

P 618-875-5800 F 618-875-4234

P 217-342-3787 F 217-342-6672

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ILLINOIS (CONT.)

ILLINOIS (CONT.)

468 GILMAN DEF 80 7 I-57, Exit 283 P 815-265-4754 815 Hwy 24 West, 60938 F 815-265-4795 543 HAMPSHIRE ROAD RANGER 30 4 I-90, Exit 43 P 815-209-9013 19 N. 681 US Hwy 20 F 847-779-0039 644 LASALLE Hot Deli DEF 186 15 RV DUMP I-80 Exit 77 P 815-220-0611 343 Civic Road F 815-220-0617 514 LINCOLN THORNTONS Subworks 6 100 2903 Woodlawn Road P 217-732-3915 I-55, Exit 126 F 217-732-4875 540 LOVES PARK ROAD RANGER 0 I-90 & Riverside Blvd P 815-580-4221 7500 East Riverside Blvd, 61111 F 847-232-3058 Hot 595 MARION Deli DEF 43 5 I-57, Exit 54B P 618-993-2697 2611Vernell Road, 62959 F 618-993-8100 347 MCLEAN ROAD RANGER Dixie DEF 80 10 I-55, Exit 145 P 815-315-0774 501 South Main Street, 61754 F 309-874-2014 530 MENDOTA ROAD RANGER 0 4 I-39, Exit 72 P 815-315-4210 2705 12th Street, 61342 F 815-539-2340 326 MINONK ROAD RANGER Woody’s 4 100 I-39, Exit 27 P 815-315-4189 1311 Carolyn Dr, 61760 F 309-432-2002 236 MINOOKA 7 DEF 100 I-80, Exit 122 P 815-467-4416 301 Ridge Road, 60447 F 815-467-5409 39 MONEE 5 90 I-57, Exit 335 P 708-534-2483 6002 Monee-Manhattan Road, 60449 F 708-534-3980 482 MT. VERNON 7 DEF 100 I-57, Exit 95 P 618-244-1216 4610 Broadway, 62864 F 618-244-1262 534 OKAWVILLE ROAD RANGER 50 0 I-64, Exit 41 P 815-656-4143 905 Hen House Rd, 62271 F 618-243-6479 515 OTTAWA ROAD RANGER DEF 22 2 I-80, Exit 93 P 815-516-0946 3041 North IL Route 71,61350 F 815-434-4081 645 PONTOON BEACH Hot Deli DEF 185 15 RV DUMP I-270 & Exit 6B P 618-931-1580 1310 East Chain of Rocks Road, 62040 F 618-931-3587 541 PRINCETON ROAD RANGER Dan’s Big Slice Pizza 7 250 I-80, Exit 56 P 815-315-4951 2835 N Main St, 61356 F 815-875-1718 539 ROCHELLE ROAD RANGER DEF 55 2 I-39, Exit 99 P 815-209-9038 890 E Hwy 38, 61068 F 815-562-6573

535 ROCKFORD ROAD RANGER 0 US 20 4980 S Main St, 61108 536 SOUTH BELOIT ROAD RANGER 75 2 I-90, Exit 1 6070 Gardner Street, 61080 646 SOUTH BELOIT DEF 186 15 RV DUMP I-90 & HWY 75 16049 Willowbrook Road, 61080 512 SPRINGFIELD ROAD RANGER DEF 25 2 I-55, Exit 90 500 Toronto Road, 62711 525 SPRINGFIELD ROAD RANGER 2 80 I-55, Exit 100-A 3752 Camp Butler Rd, 62707 249 TROY 7 DEF 135 I-55/70 & IL 162, Exit 18 820 Edwardsville Road, 62294 529 TUSCOLA ROAD RANGER 3 15 I-57, Exit 212 1112 East Southline Dr., 61953 537 WINNEBAGO ROAD RANGER 0 US 20, MM8 101 S. Winnebago Rd, 61088 476 WOODHULL DEF 80 5 I-74, Exit 32 900 Plaza Ave, 61490

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P 815-315-4974 F 847-232-1183

Beef a roo

Dan’s Big Slice Pizza

P 815-264-4311 F 815-389-3917

P 815-389-4760 F 815-389-4793

P 815-516-0863 F 217-585-1883 Star 66 Café

P 815-209-9059 F 217-528-9169

P 618-667-0946 F 618-667-0966

P 815-315-4988 F 217-253-3793

P 815-957-4049 F 847-897-2600

Hot Deli P 309-334-4550 F 309-334-4556

INDIANA 444 BRAZIL 10 DEF 55 I-70, Exit 23 4376 North SR 59, 47834 531 BRAZIL ROAD RANGER 3 30 I-70, Exit 23 990 West State Rd 42, 47834 445 BURNS HARBOR 7 DEF 115 RV DUMP I-94, Exit 22 243 Melton Road, 46304 247 CRAWFORDSVILLE 110 5 I-74 & SR 32, Exit 39 4367 East State Road 32, 47933 28 DALEVILLE 3 35 I-69, Exit 34 15151 Commerce Road, 47334 446 DALEVILLE DEF 125 5 I-69, Exit 34 15876 West Commerce Road, 47334 447 EVANSVILLE (HAUBSTADT) 5 145 RV DUMP I-64, Exit 25B 1042 E Warrenton Road, 47639

P 812-446-9400 F 812-446-6116

P 815-209-9052 F 812-442-5206

P 219-787-5705 F 219-787-9656

P 765-361-9603 F 765-361-9601

P 765-378-3599 F 765-378-3592

P 765-378-0246 F 765-378-4248

P 812-868-1048 F 812-868-1050

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INDIANA (CONT.) 362 FORTVILLE (PENDLETON) 4 50 I-69, Exit 14 P 317-485-6211 7455 South State Rd. 13, 46064 F 317-485-4527 29 FREMONT 7 DEF 130 I-80, Exit 144; I-69 N, Exit 157 P 260-833-1987 6900 Old US 27, 46737 F 260-833-6794 881 FT WAYNE FT WAYNE TRAVEL PLZ The Point Restaurant 260 6 I-69, Exit 109A P 260-482-7814 3037 Goshen Rd, 46808 F 206-482-7780 Hot 271 GARY Deli 9 DEF 215 I-80/94 & Burr Street, Exit 6 P 219-844-2661 2501 Burr Street, 46406 F 219-844-7957 30 GREENFIELD 5 150 I-70, Exit 96 P 317-894-1910 2640 North 600 West, 46140 F 317-894-3499 542 GREENWOOD ROAD RANGER 65 8 I-65, Exit 99 P 815-315-4987 1615 East Main Street, 46143 F 317-881-7301 647 HAUBSTADT Hot Deli DEF 145 9 RV DUMP I-64 & SR 41 Exit 25B P 812-768-5304 Rural Route 1, Box 254A, 47639 F 812-768-9215 448 HEBRON Pizza 8 135 I-65, Exit 240 P 219-696-8265 18011 Colorado Street, 46341 F 219-696-8281 31 HIGHLAND 2 I-80 & 94, Exit 2 P 219-923-6405 8150 Indianapolis Boulevard, 46322 F 219-972-4134 318 INDIANAPOLIS 7 DEF 90 I-465 & IN37, Exit 4 P 317-783-1033 4607 South Harding Street, 46217 F 317-783-0851 649 INDIANAPOLIS Hot Deli DEF 190 15 RV DUMP I-465 Exit 4 P 317-783-5543 1720 West Thompson Road, 46217 F 317-783-5648 546 LAKE STATION - S – ROAD RANGER 4 25 I-80, Exit 15A P 815-239-6205 2151 Ripley St., 46405 F 219-962-5723 650 LAKE STATION Hot Deli DEF 375 14 RV DUMP I-94 & Exit 15B P 219-962-8502 1401 Ripley Street, 46405 F 219-962-3259 478 LEAVENWORTH DEF 65 5 I-64, Exit 92 P 812-739-2002 6921 South SR 66, 47137 F 812-739-4034 652 LEBANON Hot Deli DEF 150 9 RV DUMP I-65 Exit 139 P 765-483-9755 520 South State Road 39, 46052 F 765-483-9762 653 LOWELL Hot Deli DEF 375 15 Rt 2 & I-65 Exit 240 P 219-696-6446 3231 East 181st Street, 46356 F 219-696-2456 152 MEMPHIS 10 70 I-65, Memphis Road, Exit 16 P 812-294-4233 14013 Memphis Blue Lick Road, 47143 F 812-294-4237 TM

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IOWA (CONT.)

198 PLYMOUTH 7 110 US 30 & US 31 10619 9A Road, 46563 34 REMINGTON DEF 75 5 I-65, Exit 201 4154 West US Highway 24, 47977 339 RILEYSBURG (COVINGTON) 50 6 I-74 & SR 63, Exit 4 16502 North State Road 63, 47932 242 SHELBYVILLE 7 90 I-74, Exit 109 1851 West 400 North 35 SOUTH BEND 70 5 I-80, Exit 72 6424 West Brick Road 655 SPICELAND DEF 193 15 RV DUMP I-70 Exit 123 5300 South State Rte. 3 297 TERRE HAUTE 70 5 I-70 & IN46, Exit 11 5555 E. Margaret Avenue 36 VALPARAISO 25 3 US 30 & SR 49 4105 US 30 East 37 WHITELAND 8 DEF 110 RV DUMP I-65, Exit 95 2962 County Road 500 North 656 WHITELAND DEF 173 50 I-65 & Whiteland Road, Exit 95 4982 North 350 East

636 DAVENPORT 15 146 RV DUMP I-80 Exit 292 8200 N.W. Blvd., 52806 373 DES MOINES 17 DEF 350 I-35/80 & Douglas Ave, Ext 126 11957 Douglas Avenue, 50322 532 ELK RUN HEIGHTS ROAD RANGER 100 6 I-380, Exit 68 100 Plaza Drive, 50707 637 EVANSDALE DEF 80 7 RV DUMP I-380 & Evansdale Dr. 445 Evansdale Drive, 50707 131 OSCEOLA DEF 80 5 RV DUMP I-35, Exit 34 2010 West Clay Street, 50213 238 PERCIVAL 50 2 I-29, Exit 10 2495 21st Ave., 51648 594 SIOUX CITY DEF 100 7 I-29, Exit 143 2815 Singing Hills Blvd, 51111 43 WALCOTT 8 DEF 160 I-80, Exit 284 3500 North Plainview Road, 52773 268 WALCOTT 25 3 I-80, Exit 284 2975 North Plainview Road, 52773 969 WILLIAMS FLYING J/BROADWAY 60 4 I-35 & SR 20, Exit 144 3040 220th Street, 50271

P 574-936-6525 F 574-936-4348

P 219-261-3786 F 219-261-3986

P 765-793-7307 F 765-793-2155

P 317-392-8771 F 317-392-8721

P 574-272-8212 F 574-272-9914 Hot Deli

P 765-987-1833 F 765-987-1836

P 812-877-9977 F 812-877-9978

P 219-464-1644 F 219-464-9019

Hot Deli P 317-535-7656 F 317-535-3058

P 317-535-1124 F 317-535-4123

IOWA 913 ALTOONA BOSSELMAN DEF 350 18 I-80 & US 65, Exit 142 3231 Adventureland Drive, 50009 496 ATALISSA 4 45 I-80, Exit 265 2086 Atalissa Rd., 52720 893 AVOCA WINGS AMERICA 15 225 I-80, Exit 40 7005 N. Chestnut St, 51521 495 BROOKLYN 4 140 I-80, Exit 201 4126 Hwy 21, 52211 407 CLEAR LAKE DEF 125 6 I-35, Exit 194 2411 US Highway 18 East, 50428 329 COUNCIL BLUFFS 7 80 I-80/29, Exit 1B 2647 South 24th Street, 51501

Hot Deli P 563-386-7710 F 563-386-8243

P 515-276-1509 F 515-276-8599

Junies Family Restaurant

P 815-315-0271 F 319-235-5237

Hot Deli P 319-291-7714 F 319-291-7720

Hot Deli P 641-342-8658 F 641-342-1782

P 712-258-3816 F 712-258-3320

Hot Deli P 563-284-4100 F 563-284-4103

P 563-284-5074 F 563-284-5076

Hot Deli P 515-854-2238 F 515-854-2239

KANSAS

F 641-357-4939

920 COLBY BOSSELMAN 5 90 I-70, Exit 54 110 East Willow Street, 67701 657 DODGE CITY 62 4 Hwy 400 & Hwy 283 2524 E. Wyatt Earp Blvd., 67801 658 EMPORIA DEF 74 4 RV DUMP I-35 & US 50 Exit 127 4245 West Hwy 50, 66801 903 SALINA BOSSELMAN 13 140 RV DUMP I-70, Exit 252 1944 North 9th Street, 67401 659 SALINA DEF 120 9 I-70 Exit 253 2250 North Ohio Street, 67401

P 712-322-0088

KENTUCKY

Hot Deli P 515-967-7878 F 515-967-5726

Austin Blues

P 563-946-3761 F 563-946-3871

Hot Deli P 712-343-4007 F 712-343-5026

P 319-685-4221 F 319-685-4575

P 641-357-3124

F 712-322-0236

356 BROOKS (SHEPHERDSVILLE) 100 6 I-65 & Brooks Rd, Exit 121 2050 East Blue Lick Road, 40165

Hot Deli P 785-460-5832 F 785-460-5878

Country Market Restaurant

Hot Deli

P 620-338-8888 F 602-338-8829

Hot Deli

TM

P 620-343-2717 F 620-343-3692

Hot Deli P 785-825-6787 F 785-827-3394

Hot Deli

TM

P 785-825-5300 F 785-452-9221

P 502-955-5049 F 502-955-9717

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KENTUCKY (CONT.) 660 CATLETTSBURG DEF 155 9 RV DUMP I-64 SR 180 Exit 185 15236 State Route 180, 41129 231 CORBIN DEF 128 5 I-75 & US25E, Exit 29 249 West Cumberland Gap Prkwy, 40701 46 FRANKLIN 150 4 I-65, Exit 6 2929 Scottsville Road, 42134 438 FRANKLIN 8 DEF 80 I-65, Exit 6 Highway 100 & I-65, Exit 6, 42134 661 FRANKLIN DEF 172 15 RV DUMP I-65 US Hwy 31 W. Exit 2 4380 Nashville Road, 42134 47 GEORGETOWN DEF 90 5 I-75, Exit 129 259 Cherry Blossom Way, 40324 353 GEORGETOWN 12 175 I-75, Exit 129 110 Triport Road, 40324 48 GLENDALE 125 8 I-65, Exit 86 58 Glendale-Hodgenville Road, 42740 399 LEBANON JUNCTION 7 DEF 100 I-65, Exit 105 150 Park Plaza Boulevard, 40150 240 MIDDLESBORO DEF 40 2 Rt 2, Hwy 25E 3000 US Highway 25 East, 40965 156 MORTON’S GAP 90 5 Highway 813, Exit 37 Pennyrile Parkway, Exit 37, 42440 41 MT STERLING DEF 7 I-64, Exit 113 3060 Owingsville Road, 40353 49 OAK GROVE 175 8 I-24, Exit 89 8190 Pembroke-Oak Grove Road, 42262 439 OAK GROVE 5 DEF 125 I-24, Exit 86 12900 Fort Campbell Boulevard, 42262 662 OAK GROVE 9 130 RV DUMP I-24 Exit 86 18750 Herndon Oak Grove Road, 42262 358 PADUCAH 8 65 I-24 & KY 305, Exit 3 5353 Cairo Road, 42001 440 PENDLETON 5 100 I-71, Exit 28 205 Pendleton Road, 40055

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P 606-528-0631 F 606-528-1003

P 270-586-4149 F 270-586-5171

P 270-586-9544 F 270-586-9887

Hot Deli P 270-586-3343 F 270-586-8984

P 502-868-7427 F 502-867-1847

P 502-863-2708 F 502-863-5012

P 270-369-7360 F 270-369-6991

P 502-833-2727 F 502-833-2759

P 606-248-4057 F 606-248-4674

P 270-258-5213 F 270-258-9830

P 859-497-4041 F 859-497-8709

P 270-439-1776 F 270-439-7624

P 270-439-0153 F 270-439-0765

P 270-640-7000 F 270-640-7060

P 270-443-2044 F 270-442-8538

P 502-743-5222 F 502-743-5123

278 RICHWOOD (WALTON) 5 I-75/71 & KY 338, Exit 175 118 Richwood Road, 41094 321 RICHWOOD (WALTON) 3 I-75/71 & KY 338, Exit 175 11229 Frontage Road, 41094 354 SIMPSONVILLE 25 7 I-64 & Veechdale Rd, Exit 28 819 Buck Creek Road, 40067 50 SULPHUR 175 8 I-71, Exit 28 489 Pendleton Road, 40070 392 SONORA 6 200 I-65, Exit 81 450 East Western Avenue, 42776 663 WADDY 110 9 RV DUMP I-64 & HWY 395 Exit 43 1670 Waddy Road, 40076 664 WALTON DEF 200 15 RV DUMP I-75 Exit 171 13019 Walton Verona Rd., 41094 437 WILLIAMSBURG 80 3 RV DUMP I-75, Exit 11 481 West Highway 92, 40769

P 859-485-6100 F 859-485-6113

P 859-485-1327 F 859-485-8519

P 502-722-5636 F 502-722-5630

P 502-743-5496 F 502-743-5228

P 270-369-7300 F 270-369-8596

Hot Deli P 502-829-9100 F 502-829-5600

Hot Deli P 859-485-4400 F 859-485-6886

P 606-549-0162 F 606-549-0166

LOUISIANA 274 BREAUX BRIDGE 7 DEF 105 I-10, Exit 109 2112 Rees Street, 70517 79 DENHAM SPRINGS 60 3 I-12, Exit 10 2601 South Range Avenue, 70726 665 GREENWOOD DEF 190 15 RV DUMP I-20 Exit 3 9510 Greenwood Road, 71033 300 HAMMOND DEF 60 5 I-12 Exit 40 / I-55/US 51 2111 SW Railroad Avenue, 70403 199 HAUGHTON 90 7 I-20, Exit 33 490 North Elm Street, 71037 82 LAPLACE DEF 150 8 I-10/55, Exit 209 4301 South Main Street, 70068 335 RAYVILLE 5 85 I-20 & LA137, Exit 138 103 Grimshaw Street, 71269 428 WEST MONROE 5 100 RV DUMP I-20, Exit 112 300 Well Road, 71292

P 337-332-1253 F 337-332-0618

P 225-665-4151 F 225-665-4122

Hot Deli P 318-938-7744 F 318-938-5697

P 985-345-5476 F 985-542-5028

Hot Deli P 318-390-9709 F 318-390-9713

P 985-652-0531 F 985-652-4141

P 318-728-4100 F 318-728-4236

P 318-329-3590 F 318-329-3592

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MARYLAND 875 ELKTON ELKTON TRAVEL PLZ 23 225 I-95, Exit 109A 221 Belle Hill Rd, 21921 408 GRANTSVILLE 7 DEF 65 I-68, Exit 22 3000 Chesnut Ridge Road, 21536 150 HAGERSTOWN 7 DEF 90 I-70 & MD 63, Exit 24 11633 Greencastle Pike, 21740 179 HAGERSTOWN 9 DEF 111 I-81, Exit 5B 16921 Halfway Blvd, 21740 784 NORTH EAST DEF 200 15 RV DUMP I-95, Exit 100 One Center Drive, 21901 290 PERRYVILLE 80 5 I-95 & MD 222, Exit 93 31 Heather Lane, 21903

Hot Deli P 443-245-4229 F 410-392-3543

P 301-895-4536 F 301-895-4548

P 301-582-9004 F 301-582-9008

P 301-582-6111

Hot Deli P 410-287-7110 F 410-287-7116

P 410-642-2883 F 410-378-4941

Hot Deli P 508-347-9104 F 508-347-9165

MICHIGAN 17 BATTLE CREEK 25 5 I-94, Exit 104 15901 Eleven Mile Road, 49014 666 BENTON HARBOR 6 135 I-94 Exit 30 1860 East Napier Ave., 49022 21 DEXTER DEF 80 3 I-94, Exit 167 750 Baker Road, 48130 296 DEXTER 80 5 I-94, Exit 167 195 Baker Road, 48130 667 GRAND LEDGE 9 265 RV DUMP I-96 & Exit 90/I-69 & Exit 81 7800 West Grand River Ave., 48837 23 IONIA 4 45 I-96, Exit 67 7205 South State Road, 48846 24 MONROE 3 20 I-75, Exit 15 1100 North Dixie Highway, 48162 284 MONROE 5 60 I-75, Exit 18 1200 Nadeau Road, 48161 26 OTTAWA LAKE DEF 170 8 US 23, Exit 5 6158 US 223, 49267

MISSOURI

596 PORT HURON DEF 65 5 I-69, Exit 196 2424 Wadhams Road, 48074 668 SAGINAW 50 3 RV DUMP I-75 & Washington St. Exit 151 3475 East Washington, 48601 895 WOODHAVEN DETROITER DEF 225 12 I-75, Exit 32A 21055 West Road, 48183

44 BOONVILLE 8 DEF 150 I-70, Exit 101 1701 Ashley Road, 65233 359 CHARLESTON 60 4 I-57 & MO 105, Exit 10 2071 Main Street, 63834 571 CHARLESTON DEF 65 7 I-57 Exit 12 2460 E. Marshall/E US Hwy 60, 63834 385 COLLINS 3 35 US 54 & Hwy 13 South Hwy 13 South, 64738 533 FENTON ROAD RANGER 25 2 I-44 W, Exit 275; I-44 E, Exit 274B 205 North Highway Dr., 63026 442 HAYTI 25 8 RV DUMP I-55, Exit 19 1701 Highway 84 East, 63851 443 HIGGINSVILLE 5 DEF 120 RV DUMP I-70, Exit 49 6676 Highway 13, 64037 317 JOPLIN 7 DEF 90 RV DUMP I-44 & MO 43S, Exit 4 4500 Highway 43 South, 64804 669 JOPLIN DEF 160 15 I-44 U.S. 71 Exit 11A 11570 Hwy FF, 64804 768 KANSAS CITY DEF 121 6 I-435 Front Street 1300 North Corrington Ave., 64120 252 KEARNEY 7 DEF 125 I-35, Exit 26 600 West SR 92, 64060 301 MARSTON 6 70 I-55, Exit 40 917 East Elm Street, 63866 671 MATTHEWS DEF 188 15 RV DUMP I-55 Exit 58 703 State Hwy 80, 63867 167 NEVADA DEF 45 3 US 71 & Camp Clark Road 2424 East Austin Road, 64772 208 PACIFIC DEF 90 7 I-44W, Exit 257; I-44E, Exit 256 1475 Thornton Street, 63069 672 PECULIAR DEF 165 9 RV DUMP US Hwy 71 Exit J 700 J Hwy, 64078 547 ST. ROBERT ROAD RANGER 6 75 I-44, Exit 163 22345 Hwy 28, 65584

P 810-987-7823 F 810-987-7869

Hot Deli P 989-752-6350 F 989-752-6842

P 734-675-0222 F 734-675-4973

F 301-582-5004

MASSACHUSETTS 222 STURBRIDGE 6 DEF 250 I-84 Exit 1 400 Route 15 (Haynes Street), 01566

MICHIGAN (CONT.)

P 269-968-9949 F 269-968-9610

Hot Deli P 269-925-7547 F 269-925-7508

P 734-426-4618 F 734-426-7836

P 734-426-0065 F 734-426-0339

Hot Deli P 517-627-7504 F 517-622-4960

P 616-527-6520 F 616-527-5913

P 734-242-9650 F 734-242-6538

P 734-457-3500 F 734-457-2835

P 734-854-1772 F 734-854-6912

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MINNESOTA 590 ALEXANDRIA 6 50 I-94, Exit 100 & SR 27 3181 Evergreen Lane, 56308 581 INVER GROVE HEIGHTS 43 5 Hwy 52 & 117 Street 11650 Courthouse Blvd, 55077 576 NORTHFIELD 80 6 RV DUMP I-35 & Hwy 19, Exit 69 8051 Bagley Avenue, 55057 134 ST. CLOUD DEF 44 4 I-94, Exit 171 (CR 75) 4231 Clearwater Road, 56301

P 320-763-9222 F 320-763-2339

Hot Deli P 651-438-3397 F 651-480-4800

Big Steer Hot Restaurant Deli

P 507-645-6082 F 507-645-6082

P 320-251-8455 F 320-251-7750

MISSISSIPPI 676 GULFPORT DEF 165 15 RV DUMP I-10 Exit 31 9351 Canal Road, 39503 77 JACKSON 6 DEF 120 I-55/I-20, Exit 45 2520 South Gallatin Street, 39204 388 MERIDIAN 7 DEF 100 I-59, Exit 151 1555 Tommy Webb Drive, 39307 174 NEW ALBANY DEF 90 7 US 78, Exit 64 500 State Highway 15 South, 38652 677 OLIVE BRANCH 9 51 RV DUMP Hwy 78 and Bethel Road 4740 Bethel Road, 38654 678 PEARL DEF 175 15 RV DUMP I-20/I-55 Exit 47 685 Hwy 80 East, 39208 519 SENATOBIA KANGAROO PANTRY 75 4 I-55, Exit 265 510 E Main Street, 38668 261 WINONA 5 DEF 110 I-55 & Hwy. 82, Exit 185 403 SW Frontage Road, 38967

Hot Deli P 228-868-2711 F 228-868-3711

P 601-968-9491 F 601-968-0699

Hot Deli P 601-484-5106 F 601-484-7370

P 662-539-0222 F 662-539-0212

Hot Deli P 662-895-1001 F 662-895-0008

Hot Deli P 601-936-0190 F 601-936-0196 TM

P 662-560-1973 F 662-560-1992

P 662-283-5985 F 662-283-5906

Hot Deli P 660-882-9120 F 660-882-9710

P 573-683-6056 F 573-683-6016 TM

Hot Deli

P 573-682-4153 F 573-683-4196

P 417-275-4796 F 417-275-4796

P 815-566-4043 F 636-326-6922

Hot Deli P 573-359-2007 F 573-359-2031

P 660-584-8484 F 660-584-8486

P 417-781-0255 F 417-781-0179

Hot Deli P 417-626-7600 F 417-626-8802

Hot Deli P 816-483-7600 F 816-483-1492

P 816-635-4015 F 816-635-4116

P 573-643-2320 F 573-643-2252

Hot Deli P 573-472-3336 F 573-471-1161

Hot Deli P 417-667-32716 F 417-667-48431

P 636-257-4100 F 636-257-4107

Hot Deli P 816-779-8000 F 816-779-4441

P 815-315-4953 F 573-336-3080

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NEVADA (CONT.) MISSOURI (CONT.) 673 SULLIVAN DEF 160 15 I-44/Hwy. 185 Exit 226 1500 AF Highway, 63080 674 WARRENTON DEF 200 14 I-70 Exit 188 #1 Camp Branch Rd, 63383 675 WAYLAND 99 4 Hwy 136 & Hwy 61 102 Fore Drive, 63472

MONTANA (CONT.) RV DUMP

Hot Deli P 573-860-8880 F 573-860-8892

RV DUMP

Hot Deli P 636-456-2001 F 636-456-2016

RV DUMP

Hot Deli P 660-754-1550 F 660-754-1556

MONTANA 968 BELGRADE PILOT/BROADWAY 3 125 I-90 Exit 298 6505 Jack Rabit Lane, 59701 915 BILLINGS PILOT/TOWN PUMP DEF 150 14 I-90, Exit 455 2711 N Frontage Road, 59101 923 BILLINGS FLYING J/TOWN PUMP 123 9 I-90, Exit 455 2775 Old Hardin Road, 59101 905 BONNER PILOT/TOWN PUMP DEF 100 11 Junction of I-90 & Hwy 200 7985 Highway 200 East, 59851 924 BUTTE FLYING J/TOWN PUMP DEF 125 14 I-15 Exit 122 & I-90 MM220 122000 W. Browns Gulch Road; 59701 922 COLUMBIA FALLS PILOT/TOWN PUMP 20 1 Hwy 2 West 6102 Hwy 2 West, 59912 906 COLUMBUS PILOT/TOWN PUMP 150 7 I-90, Exit 408 602 8th Avenue North, 59019 917 GREAT FALLS PILOT/TOWN PUMP DEF 100 5 Junction of I-15 & Hwy 87 3700 31st St SW, Suite 1, 59404 925 GREAT FALLS FLYING J/TOWN PUMP 100 4 I-15 & 31st Street Exit 277 3715 31st St SW, 59404 964 HARDIN PILOT/BROADWAY 50 1 I-90 Exit 495 315 E 13th Street, 59034 916 LOLO PILOT/TOWN PUMP 1 40 Junction of Hwy 93 & Hwy 12 11822 Highway 93 South, 59847 907 MILES CITY PILOT/TOWN PUMP 4 100 I-94, Exit 138 1210 South Haynes Street, 59301 914 MISSOULA FLYING J/TOWN PUMP DEF 125 14 I-90 & MT Hwy 93, Exit 96 8475 Hwy 93 N Suite B, 59808

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Hot Deli P 406-488-4124 F 406-388-4231

Hot Deli P 406-238-9823 F 406-238-9825

Hot Deli P 406-256-8826 F 406-256-9256

Hot Deli P 406-258-6588 F 406-258-6693

Hot Deli P 406-723-4325 F 406-723-8956

Hot Deli P 406-892-0747

F 406-892-0747*22

Hot Deli P 406-322-4833 F 406-322-5273

Hot Deli P 406-452-0342 F 406-452-0547

Hot Deli P 406-727-7945 F 406-761-2599

P 406-665-1237 F 406-665-3123

Hot Deli P 406-273-6666 F 406-273-3018

Hot Deli P 406-232-2582 F 406-232-2582

Hot Deli P 406-542-0400

908 ROCKER/BUTTE PILOT/TOWN PUMP 10 195 I-90, Exit 122 1000 Grizzly Trail, 59701 909 SHELBY PILOT/TOWN PUMP 6 70 I-15, Exit 363 1350 West Roosevelt, 59474 911 SUPERIOR PILOT/TOWN PUMP 8 2 I-90, Exit 47 403 Diamond Match Road, 59872 910 THREE FORKS PILOT/TOWN PUMP DEF 90 5 Junction of I-90 & US 287, Exit 274 10800 Highway 287, 59751

Hot Deli P 406-723-0088 F 406-723-4940

Country Skillet

Hot Deli

P 406-434-5221 F 406-434-7019

Hot Deli P 406-822-4444 F 406-822-4444

Hot Deli P 406-285-3807 F 406-285-6976

147 WEST WENDOVER DEF 250 11 I-80 @ Peppermill Casino, Exit 410 P 775-664-3400 1200 West Wendover Boulevard, 89883 F 775-664-3347 485 WINNEMUCCA 5 DEF 140 I-80 & West Interchange, Exit 173 P 775-625-2800 5625 I-80 W Winnemucca Exchange, 89445 F 775-625-2814 770 WINNEMUCCA Hot 105 10 RV DUMP Deli I-80 Exit 176 P 775-623-0111 1880 West Winnemucca Blvd., 89445 F 775-523-0120

NEW HAMPSHIRE 896 BOW 3 60 I-93, Exit 11/12C 728 SR 3A, 03304

NEBRASKA

NEW JERSEY

904 BIG SPRINGS 500 16 RV DUMP I-80, Exit 107 I-80 and Big Springs Road, 69122 901 ELM CREEK 75 6 I-80, Exit 257 5085 Buffalo Creek Road, 68836 902 GRAND ISLAND BOSSELMAN 400 21 I-80, Exit 312N 3335 West Woodriver Road, 68803 686 GRETNA DEF 150 15 RV DUMP I-80 Exit 432 15010 South State Hwy 31, 68028 687 NORTH PLATTE DEF 123 9 RV DUMP I-80 Exit 179 3400 S. Newberry Road, 69101 912 WOOD RIVER 65 6 I-80 & Hwy 11, Exit 300 I-80 and Highway 11 and Exit 300, 68883

280 BLOOMSBURY 5 DEF 30 I-78 & NJ 173, Exit 7 979 Route 173, 08804 253 CARNEYS POINT 2 I-295 at Jersey Turnpike, Exit 2B 600 Pennsville-Auburn Road, 08069 688 CARNEYS POINT DEF 360 16 RV DUMP I-295 Exit 2C 326 Slapes Corner Road, 08069 190 CLINTON 95 6 I-78, Exit 12 68 Rt. 173, 08827 210 MAHWAH 0 8 230 Route 17 South, 07430

P 308-889-3686 F 308-889-3352

P 308-856-4330 F 308-856-4330 Hot Deli

P 308-382-2288 F 308-381-7464

Hot Deli P 402-332-4483 F 402-332-4576

Hot Deli P 308-532-4555 F 308-532-8077

P 308-583-2493 F 308-583-2115

F 603-223-5204

P 908-479-6443 F 908-479-6394

P 856-299-5700 F 856-299-8563

Hot Deli P 856-351-0080 F 856-351-0293

P 908-735-7711 F 908-735-8153

P 201-529-2704 F 201-529-1784

P 973-293-3477 F 973-293-3177

NEW MEXICO

NEVADA 966 BATTLE MTN. FLYING J/BROADWAY 9 70 I-80 Exit 231 650 W Front St., 89820 387 CARLIN 5 60 I-80/NV 278, Exit 280 791 Tenth Street, 89822 340 FERNLEY 7 DEF 100 I-80 & US 95, Exit 46 465 Pilot Road, 89408 341 LAS VEGAS 7 DEF 80 I-15 & Craig Rd, Exit 48 3812 East Craig Road, 89031 692 WELLS DEF 200 9 RV DUMP I-80 & HWY 93, Exit 352 (South) 156 Hwy 93 South, 89835

880 MONTAGUE LUKOIL 0 I-84, Exit 1 15 Route 23 S, 07827

P 603-223-6885

Hot Deli P 702-635-5424 F 775-635-0371

P 775-754-6384 F 775-754-6025

P 775-575-5115 F 775-575-4619

P 702-644-1600 F 702-644-8432

Hot Deli P 775-752-2400 F 775-752-2406

689 ALBUQUERQUE DEF 165 15 RV DUMP I-40 Exit 153 9911 Avalon Road NW, 87105 305 JAMESTOWN 16 DEF 450 I-40, Exit 39 I-40, Exit 39, 87347 266 LAS CRUCES 40 5 I-10 & NM 292, Exit 139 2681 West Amador, 88005 163 LORDSBURG 7 DEF 95 I-10 & East Motel Dr, Exit 24 1050 East Motel Drive, 88045 690 LORDSBURG 9 285 RV DUMP I-10 Exit 24 11 Old Highway 70, 88045

Hot Deli P 505-831-2001 F 505-833-0464

Hot Deli P 505-722-6655 F 505-722-2674

Hot Deli P 575-523-2700 F 575-525-6727

P 575-542-3100 F 575-542-3111

Hot Deli P 505-542-3320 F 505-542-3324

F 406-327-0802

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NEW MEXICO (CONT.) 691 TUCUMCARI DEF 136 9 RV DUMP I-40 & Exit 333 2021 S. Mountain Road, 88401

Hot Deli P 575-461-6590 F 575-461-3879

NEW YORK 322 KANONA DEF 70 4 I-86, Exit 37 7767 State Rt 53, 14810 394 NEWBURGH 6 DEF 110 I-84, Exit 6 239 Route 17K, 12550 693 PEMBROKE DEF 150 9 RV DUMP I-90 Exit 48A 8484 Allegheny Road, 14036 494 ROTTERDAM 4 95 I-88, Exit 25 1128 Duanesburg Road, 12306 146 SCHODACK LANDING DEF 15 4 I-90, Exit 12 995 US Route 9, 12033 380 SYRACUSE (LIVERPOOL) DEF 85 5 I-81, Exit 25; I-90, Exit 36 107 Seventh North Street, 13088

Pizza P 607-776-2012 F 607-776-4179

P 845-567-1722 F 845-567-1773

Hot Deli P 585-599-4430 F 585-599-4436

P 518-356-5616 F 518-356-5634

P 518-732-7272 F 518-732-7228

P 315-424-0124 F 315-424-0126

NORTH CAROLINA 275 CHARLOTTE DEF 60 5 I-85, Exit 39; I-77, Exit 13 3807 Statesville Avenue, 28206 885 DUNN KANGAROO PANTRY 3 40 I-95, Exit 71 873 Longbranch, 28334 900 DUNN SADDLER BROS. 9 350 I-95, Exit 75 65 Sadler Rd, 28334 682 GRAHAM 251 4 RV DUMP I-85 & I-40 Exit 150 1043 Jimmie Kerr Road, 27258 56 KANNAPOLIS 7 55 I-85, Exit 63 2825 Lane Street, 28083 683 KENLY DEF 145 14 RV DUMP I-95 & Exit 106 1800 Princeton-Kenly Road, 27542 57 MEBANE 8 DEF 140 I-40/85, Exit 152 1342 Trollingwood Road, 27302 58 PLEASANT HILL 4 25 I-95, Exit 180 Route 1 - Box 202, 27866 393 WAYNESVILLE 4 60 I-40 & NC 209, Exit 24 3712 Crabtree Road, 28786

P 704-358-1006 F 704-358-1506 Hot Deli

P 910-892-3642 F 910-980-2364 Hot Deli

P 910-892-0106 F 910-892-2084

Hot Deli P 336-578-2427 F 336-578-0804

P 704-938-6800 F 704-938-6900

Hot Deli P 919-284-4548 F 919-284-4214

P 919-563-4999 F 919-563-4929

P 252-537-4476 F 252-537-3666

P 828-627-8611 F 828-627-9499

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OHIO (CONT.)

684 BEACH 9 89 I-94 & Hwy 16 I-94 & Hwy 16, 58621 489 GRAND FORKS 141 10 RV DUMP I-29, Exit 138 4401 32nd Avenue South, 58201

285 HEBRON 9 DEF 90 I-70 & OH 37, Exit 126 10258 Lancaster Road SW, 43025 697 HUBBARD DEF 150 15 RV DUMP I-80 & Hwy 62, Exit 234B (Eastbound) 2226 North Main, 44425 698 JEFFERSONVILLE DEF 148 9 RV DUMP I-71 Exit 69 9935 SR 41, 43128 700 LAKE TOWNSHIP DEF 150 15 RV DUMP I-280 Exit 1B; I-80/90, Exit 71 26415 Warns Dr., 43551 287 LODI (BURBANK) 105 7 I-71 & OH 83, Exit 204 10048 Avon Lake Road, 44214 454 LONDON 9 DEF 125 I-70, Exit 79 1365 SR 42 NE, 43140 455 MARENGO 65 5 RV DUMP I-71, Exit 140 488 State Route 61, 43334 699 MILLERSPORT 152 15 RV DUMP I-70 St Rd 158 Exit 122 10480 Baltimore, 43046 11 N. LIMA 50 5 I-76, Exit 232 10920 Market Street, 44452 303 NAPOLEON 75 7 Rt. 24 905 American Road, 43545 130 RICHFIELD 80 7 I-77S, Ex 146; I-77N, Ex 145; I-80, Ex 173 5219 Brecksville Road, 44286 13 SEVILLE 10 DEF 190 I-71, Exit 209 8924 Lake Road, 44273 12 STONEY RIDGE (PERRYSBURG) 50 5 I-80/90, Exit 71 3430 Libbey Road, 43551 14 SUNBURY 115 5 RV DUMP I-71, Exit 131 7680 East State Route 36, 43074 15 TOLEDO 5 70 I-75, Exit 210 5820 Hagman Road, 43612 239 UPPER SANDUSKY 5 70 St. Hwy 23 & 30 1600 W. Wyandot Avenue, 43351 16 WILMINGTON 3 20 I-71, Exit 50 5772 US 68 North, 45177

P 701-872-4737 F 701-872-4985

Hot Deli P 701-746-8145 F 701-746-4342

OHIO 2 AUSTINBURG 150 7 I-90, Exit 223 2246 State Route 45, 44010 694 AUSTINBURG DEF 164 15 RV DUMP I-90 & State Rd 45, Exit 223 2349 Center Road, 44010 3 AUSTINTOWN 200 8 I-80, Exit 223 1150 North Canfield-Niles Road, 44515 4 AVON 55 3 I-90, Exit 151 39115 Colorado Road, 44011 457 BEAVER DAM 10 DEF 105 I-75, Exit 135 427 East Main Street, 45808 695 BEAVER DAM DEF 150 15 RV DUMP I-75 Exit 135 420 East Main Street, 45808 696 BERKSHIRE DEF 150 15 I-71 Exit 131 7735 State Route 37, 43074 309 CALDWELL 50 5 I-77, Exit 25 44133 Fairground Road, 43724 6 CAMBRIDGE 3 35 I-70, Exit 178 61700 Southgate Road, 43725 8 CIRCLEVILLE 3 55 US 23 and Pittsburgh Road 25600 US 23, 43113 213 COLUMBUS 7 100 I-70 & Wilson Road Exit 94 3600 Interchange Road, 43204 286 EATON 5 DEF 50 I-70 & OH 127, Exit 10 6141 US 127 North, 45320 360 FINDLAY 5 80 I-75 & OH 613, Exit 164 11471 State Route 613W, 45840 9 FRANKLIN 7 DEF 200 I-75, Exit 36 6830 Franklin-Lebanon Road, 45005

P 440-275-3303 F 440-275-3311

Hot Deli P 440-275-1515 F 440-275-3289

P 330-505-3532 F 330-505-3548

P 440-934-0110 F 440-934-1168

P 419-643-6023 F 419-643-6085

Hot Deli P 419-643-8001 F 419-643-8106

Hot Deli P 740-965-9835 F 740-965-9770

P 740-732-5656 F 740-732-1404

P 740-439-0989 F 740-432-9607

P 740-420-8942 F 740-420-3972

P 614-308-9195 F 614-308-9673

P 937-456-6303 F 937-456-6497

P 419-299-3381 F 419-299-3096

P 937-746-4488 F 937-743-3006

P 740-928-5588 F 740-928-6032

Hot Deli P 330-534-3774 F 330-534-4372

Hot Deli P 740-426-9136 F 740-426-9156

Hot Deli P 419-837-2100 F 419-837-2199

P 330-948-4571 F 330-948-4575

P 614-879-4128 F 614-879-4137

P 419-253-1400 F 419-253-1402

Hot Deli P 740-964-9601 F 740-964-9611

P 330-549-9203 F 330-549-1930

P 419-599-0043 F 419-599-0051

P 330-659-2020 F 330-659-2021

P 330-769-4220 F 330-769-2202

P 419-837-5091 F 419-837-5658

P 740-965-5540 F 740-965-5641

P 419-729-3985 F 419-729-0905

P 419-294-2971 F 419-294-3101

P 937-382-0464 F 937-382-3069

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PENNSYLVANIA (CONT.) OHIO (CONT.)

OREGON (CONT.)

281 YOUNGSTOWN (GIRARD) 7 80 I-80 & Salt Springs Rd., Exit 226 2786 Salt Springs Road, 44420

504 KLAMATH FALLS DEF 50 4 RV DUMP Hwy 97 3817 N. Hwy 97, 97601 934 LAGRANDE FLYING J/BROADWAY 4 50 I-84 Exit 265 I-84 & Exit 265, 97850 232 ONTARIO 105 7 I-84, Exit 376A 653 East Idaho Avenue, 97914 233 RICE HILL 160 10 I-5, Exit 148 800 John Long Road, 97462 390 STANFIELD DEF 90 9 I-84/82 & Hwy 395, Exit 188 2115 Highway 395, 97875

P 330-530-8500 F 330-530-8318

OKLAHOMA 701 ARDMORE DEF 136 9 RV DUMP I-35 & Exit 33 2450 Cooper Drive, 73401 702 CHECOTAH 150 9 RV DUMP U.S. Hwy 69 & U.S. Hwy 266 1255 W. Gentry, 74426 556 CHOCTAW THUNDER TRAVEL PLAZA DEF 25 3 I-40, Exit 166 7501 S. Choctaw Road, 73020 704 EDMOND DEF 73 15 RV DUMP I-35 & N.E. 122nd Street 4801 NE 122 Street, 73013 259 MUSKOGEE 7 DEF 125 US 69 3006 N. 32nd Street, 74401 460 OKLAHOMA CITY 7 DEF 145 I-40, Exit 140 400 South Morgan Road, 73128 703 OKLAHOMA CITY DEF 172 9 RV DUMP I-40, Exit 140 701 South Morgan Road, 73128 196 ROLAND 125 7 I-40 & US 64, Exit 325 123 West Ray Fine Boulevard 705 SAYRE DEF 150 4 RV DUMP I-40 & US 283 2400 South 4th Route, 73662 706 TULSA DEF 185 9 RV DUMP I-44 & Exit 236 121 North 129 E/I-44 Exit 236, 74116

Hot Deli

TM

P 580-226-3833 F 580-226-3546

Hot Deli P 918-473-1243 F 918-473-1957

P 405-638-3000 F 405-638-3006

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F 541-884-0409

Hot Deli

Full Service Restaurant

P 541-963-9762 F 541-663-9822

P 541-889-9070 F 541-889-4117

P 541-849-2133 F 541-849-2137

P 541-449-1403 F 541-449-1430

TM

P 405-475-9440 F 405-475-9435

P 918-686-7856 F 918-686-0597

P 405-440-1048 F 405-440-1093

Hot Deli

TM

P 405-324-5000 F 405-324-7181

P 918-427-0895 F 918-427-0862

Hot Deli P 580-928-2216 F 580-928-2354

Hot Deli P 918-437-5477 F 918-437-5660

OREGON 195 BIGGS JUNCTION 5 55 I-84 & US Hwy 97, Exit 104 91485 Biggs Rufus Highway, 97065 386 BROOKS 7 DEF 110 I-5, Exit 263 4220 Brooklake Road, 97305 391 CENTRAL POINT DEF 100 7 I-5, Exit 33 1600 East Pine Street, 97502 133 CHEMULT 4 60 US 97 341 Damon Street, 97731

P 541-884-0400

P 541-739-2174 F 541-739-2479

P 503-463-1114 F 503-463-0409

P 541-664-7001 F 541-664-7006

P 541-365-0991 F 541-365-0995

PENNSYLVANIA 348 BENTLEYVILLE 90 7 I-70 Exit 32-B 205 Wilson Road, 15314 516 BREEZEWOOD ALL AMERICAN 280 12 I-76, Exit 161; I-70, Exit 147 167 Post House Road, 15533 707 BROOKVILLE 140 15 RV DUMP I-80 Exit 78 246 Allegheny Blvd., 15825 708 CARLISLE DEF 278 22 RV DUMP I-81 Exit 52/I-76 & Exit 226 1501 Harrisburg Pike, 17013 336 DUBOIS 100 7 I-80, Hwy 219, Exit 97 1742 Rich Highway, 15801 517 DUNCANNON 50 6 US 22 and 322 30 Benvenue Ave, 17020 311 ERIE 85 5 I-90 & PA97, Exit 27 8035 Perry Highway, 16509 518 FRYSTOWN 240 8 I-78, Exit 10 (PA 645) 2210 Camp Swatara Road, 17067 245 HARRISBURG 3 30 I-81 & PA39, Exit 77 7961 Linglestown Road, 17112 298 HAZLETON (DRUMS) 5 60 I-80, Exit 256 Route 2, Box 301, 18222 1 MILL HALL 5 DEF 70 I-80, Exit 173 5868 Nittany Valley Drive, 17751

P 724-239-5855 F 724-239-5801 Pizza

Perkins Shop

Taco Maker

P 814-735-4076 F 814-735-4823 Hot Deli

P 814-849-2992 F 814-849-2440

Hot Deli P 717-243-6659 F 717-243-2510

P 814-375-6046 F 814-375-6047

P 717-834-3174 F 717-834-5118

P 814-864-8536 F 814-866-0332 TM

P 717-933-4146 F 717-933-5008

P 717-545-5507 F 717-545-6768

P 570-788-3262 F 570-788-2163

P 570-726-7618 F 570-726-5092

709 MILL HALL (LAMAR) Hot Deli DEF 155 15 RV DUMP I-80 and Exit 173 P 570-726-4080 5609 Nittany Valley Drive, 17751 F 570-726-4363 555 MILTON PENN 80 MILTON TRUCK PLAZA Penn 80 Grill 300 16 I-80, Exit 215 P 570-742-2663 1460 North Ridge Rd, 17847 F 1-877-395-0850 81 NEW CASTLE 7 DEF 90 I-79, Exit 99 P 724-368-3028 2010 New Castle Road, 16051 F 724-368-3059 710 NEW MILFORD Hot Deli DEF 125 9 RV DUMP I-81 Exit 219 P 570-465-2974 1623 Oliver Road, 18834 F 570-465-2979 522 PINE GROVE 3 160 I-81, Exit 100 P 570-345-8800 482 Suedberg Rd, 17963 F 570-345-3707 370 SCRANTON (PITTSTON) 7 DEF 80 I-81N, Exit 175; I-81 S, Exit 175B; I-476, RT 315 P 570-655-4116 417 Route 315, 18640 F 570-655-2479 620 SMITHTON Hot Deli DEF 110 7 RV DUMP I-70 & Exit 49 P 724-872-4050 122 Fitzhenry Road, 15479 F 724-872-9471 Gooseberry Farms Restaurant

SOUTH CAROLINA 711 BLACKSBURG 200 15 I-85 Exit 102 1011 North Mountain Street, 29702 60 BOWMAN 8 DEF 100 I-26, Exit 159 2064 Homestead Road, 29018 346 CAMDEN (LUGOFF) 60 3 I-20 & US 601 Exit 92 522 Highway 601 South, 29078 884 CAMPOBELLO KANGAROO PANTRY 35 2 I-26, Exit 5 8998 SC Hwy 11, 29322 338 CAYCE (COLUMBIA) DEF 90 5 I-26/77 & US321, Exit 115 3008 Highway 321, 29033 61 CLINTON 3 40 I-26, Exit 52 12818 Highway 56 North, 29325 712 COLUMBIA DEF 178 15 RV DUMP I-20 Exit 70 5901 Fairfield Road, 29203 310 DUNCAN 8 70 I-85 & SC290, Exit 63 1405 East Main Street, 29334 62 FLORENCE 6 75 I-95, Exit 170 3006 North Williston Road, 29506 337 FLORENCE 5 90 I-95 & US 52, Exit 164 2015 West Lucas St., 29501

Hot Deli P 864-839-5934 F 864-839-5942

P 803-829-3541 F 803-829-3352

P 803-438-5175 F 803-438-3947

P 864-472-2128 F 864-472-2280

P 803-739-2921 F 803-739-4521

P 864-833-4555 F 864-833-3765

Hot Deli P 803-735-9006 F 803-735-0917

P 864-433-1221 F 864-433-1210

P 843-662-6972 F 843-662-7013

P 843-662-2646 F 843-662-2893

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SOUTH CAROLINA (CONT.) 878 FLORENCE FLORENCE TRAVEL PLZ 19 235 I-95, Exit 169 3001 TV Road, 29501 453 GAFFNEY 5 DEF 100 I-85, Exit 90 909 Hyatt Street, 29341 713 LATTA DEF 200 15 RV DUMP I-95 Exit 181A 111 Mill Branch Road, 29565 63 PIEDMONT 5 DEF 90 I-85, Exit 35 110 Frontage Road, 29673 714 ROCK HILL DEF 141 9 RV DUMP I-77 & Hwy 901, Exit 73 2435 Mount Holly Road, 29730 493 ST. GEORGE DEF 118 8 RV DUMP I-95, Exit 77 113 Motel Drive, 29477 64 SUMMERVILLE 40 3 I-26, Exit 199 1521 North Main Street, 29483

Hot Deli P 843-669-5736 F 843-269-2079

P 864-206-0050 F 864-206-0052

P 843-752-5047 F 843-752-7265

P 864-845-8177 F 864-845-8178

Hot Deli P 803-328-5700 F 803-909-5800

P 843-563-8989 F 843-563-8986

P 843-486-5770 F 843-486-5702

SOUTH DAKOTA 932 HERMOSA FLYING J/BROADWAY 2 25 Heartland Express Hwy 79 25 Heartland Express Hwy 79, 57744 599 MURDO DEF 50 4 RV DUMP I-90, Exit 192 601 E. Fifth Street, 57559 918 RAPID CITY BOSSELMAN 100 5 I-90, Exit 55 2783 Deadwood Ave., 57702 931 RAPID CITY FLYING J/BROADWAY 150 8 I-90 Exit 61 4200 N I-90 Service Rd Exit 61, 57701 716 SIOUX FALLS DEF 158 9 RV DUMP I-29 Exit 83 5201 Granite Lane, 57107

Hot Deli P 605-255-4555 F 605-255-4522

P 605-669-2465 F 605-669-2466

P 605-348-7070 F 605-348-3438 Country Market

Hot Deli

P 605-342-5450 F 605-342-3011

Hot Deli P 605-977-1438 F 605-977-1538

TENNESSEE 481 CLEVELAND DEF 75 7 I-75, Exit 20 281 Pleasant Grove Rd, 37353 265 COOKEVILLE LMTD 1 I-40, Exit 287 1111 South Jefferson, 38501 406 CORNERSVILLE 2 20 I-65, Exit 22 9211 Lewisburg Highway, 37047 114 CROSSVILLE 7 80 I-40, Exit 320 2449 Genesis Road, 38571

P 423-476-3892 F 423-476-5430

P 931-528-7100 F 931-528-3893

P 931-363-3290 F 931-363-8248

P 931-787-1901 F 931-787-1905

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TENNESSEE (CONT.)

226 DANDRIDGE 6 80 I-40, Exit 417 505 Patriot Drive, 37725 409 DICKSON 90 11 I-40, Exit 172 2320 Highway 46 South, 37055 720 FAIRVIEW DEF 150 9 RV DUMP I-40 & Hwy 96, Exit 182 1420 Hwy 96 North, 37062 51 GREENEVILLE 3 25 I-81 Exit 36 11190 Baileyton Road, 37745 403 HEISKELL 25 2 I-75, Exit 117 1915 East Raccoon Valley Road, 37754 53 HURRICANE MILLS 180 8 I-40, Exit 143 15559 Highway 13 South, 37078 366 JACKSON 7 DEF 95 I-40, Exit 85 32 Sand Pebble Rd., 38305 241 KNOXVILLE DEF 80 0 I-40, Exit 398; @ John Sevier 2801 East Govenor John Sevier Hwy, 37914 722 KNOXVILLE DEF 187 15 RV DUMP I-40 & I-75 Exit 369 800 Watt Road, 37932 270 KNOXVILLE (LOVELL ROAD) 80 5 I-40/75, Exit 374 314 Lovell Road, 37922 219 KNOXVILLE (STRAW PLAINS) Hot Deli 9 DEF 115 I-40, Exit 398 7210 Straw Plains Pike, 37914 52 LAVERGNE 4 25 I-24, Exit 64 535 Waldron Road, 37086 411 LEBANON 8 DEF 150 RV DUMP I-40, Exit 238 921 Murfreesboro, 37090 363 MEMPHIS 70 5 US 78 @ Pleasant Hill 5021 Highway 78, 38118 405 MEMPHIS 5 DEF 100 I-240, Hwy 78S 4949 Lamar Ave, 38118 404 MURFREESBORO 7 DEF 90 I-24, Exit 81 2441 S. Church St, 37127 413 NASHVILLE 2 25 Briley Pkwy, Hwy 155N, Ex 26A, Hwy 155S, Ex 26 6418 Centennial Blvd., 37209

224 ONEIDA (PIONEER) 4 85 I-75, Exit 141 304 Howard Baker Highway, 37847 149 STANTON 50 7 I-40 Exit 42 7720 Highway 222, 38069 412 WHITE PINE 9 DEF 130 RV DUMP I-81, Exit 4 3624 Roy Messer Highway, 37890

P 865-397-3547 F 865-397-3699

P 615-446-4600 F 615-446-0763

Hot Deli P 615-799-4116 F 615-799-4120

P 423-234-0414 F 423-234-0641

P 865-938-1439 F 865-938-1146

P 931-296-7180 F 931-296-7719

Hot Deli P 731-422-5545 F 731-422-5780

P 865-546-6776 F 865-546-7475

Hot Deli P 865-531-7400 F 865-531-7982

P 865-966-0445 F 865-966-2918

P 865-544-1067 F 865-544-1138

P 615-793-9856 F 615-793-9085

P 615-453-8866 F 615-453-8860

Hot Deli P 901-366-0337 F 901-366-1712

P 901-202-5520 F 901-202-5522

P 615-907-9595 F 615-907-3982

P 615-350-7225

P 423-562-5000 F 423-566-1335

P 901-466-3535 F 901-465-6704

P 865-674-8570 F 865-674-8572

TEXAS 436 AMARILLO 5 DEF 90 RV DUMP I-40, Exit 75 715 South Lakeside Drive, 79118 723 AMARILLO DEF 200 13 RV DUMP I-40 Exit 76 9601 I-40 East Exit 76, 79118 477 ANNA DEF 100 8 1700 US Hwy 75/Hwy 75, Exit 48 714 South Central Expressway, 75409 435 ANTHONY 5 DEF 100 I-10, Exit 0 2015 Antonio Street, 79821 724 ANTHONY DEF 176 15 RV DUMP I-10 Exit 0 3001 Mountain Pass Blvd., 79821 725 BAYTOWN DEF 200 15 RV DUMP I-10 & Exit 789 Thompson Road 1876 East Freeway, 77521 367 CADDO MILLS 80 6 I-30 & FM1903, Exit 87 & 88 2725 FM 1903, 75135 433 DALLAS 8 DEF 150 I-20, Exit 470 8787 South Lancaster Road, 75241 726 DALLAS DEF 150 15 RV DUMP I-20 Exit 472 7425 Bonnie View Road, 75241 727 EDINBURG DEF 200 15 RV DUMP Hwy 281 & FM 1925 1305 East Monte Cristo, 78539 728 EL PASO DEF 120 9 RV DUMP I-10 and Exit 37 1301 North Horizon Blvd., 79927 434 FORT WORTH 8 DEF 185 RV DUMP I-35, Exit 65 2400 Alliance Gateway, 76178 375 HOUSTON 7 DEF 90 I-610, Exit 24A US 90 E 4440 N. McCarty Street, 77013

P 806-335-3323 F 806-335-2868

Hot Deli P 806-335-1475 F 806-335-1058 TM

P 972-924-2035 F 972-924-2051

P 915-886-3090 F 915-886-3404

Hot Deli P 915-886-2737 F 915-886-3522

Hot Deli P 281-424-7706 F 281-424-7730

P 903-527-2150 F 903-527-2103

P 972-228-2467 F 972-228-4386

Hot Deli P 972-225-3566 F 972-225-3681

Hot Deli P 956-316-0149 F 956-316-4732

Hot Deli P 915-852-4141 F 915-852-4101

P 817-337-5324 F 817-337-5137

P 713-675-3375 F 713-670-7629

F 615-350-7318

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UTAH (CONT.) TEXAS (CONT.) 729 HOUSTON DEF 233 15 RV DUMP I-45 Richie Rd, Exit 64 15919 North Freeway, 77090 234 HUNTSVILLE 6 90 I-45, Exit 118 639 State Highway 75 North, 77320 507 JARRELL 140 8 I-35 & Exit 275 11710 North Interstate 35, 76537 377 LAREDO 12 DEF 300 I-35 S, Exit 13; I-35 N, Exit 12B 1101 Uniroyal Drive, 78045 730 LAREDO DEF 191 13 RV DUMP I-35 S, Exit 13; I-35 N, Exit 12B 1011 Beltway Parkway, 78045 733 LUBBOCK Hot Deli 50 4 RV DUMP I-27 & 4th Street Exit 602 4th Street, 79401 257 MIDLAND 7 DEF 84 I-20, Exit 126 4015 S. FM 1788, 79706 982 MIDLAND 0 0 7700 W. I-20 7500 W. Hwy 80, 79706 983 MIDLAND 0 0 I-20, Exit 138 7800 Interstate 20 Frontage, 79706 330 NEW BRAUNFELS 7 DEF 80 I-35, Exit 184 4142 Loop 337, 78132 734 NEW CANEY DEF 150 9 RV DUMP US 59 & Exit 242 23412 Hwy 242, 77357 431 ORANGE 110 8 RV DUMP I-10, Exit 873 2205 North Highway 62, 77630 735 ORANGE DEF 150 15 RV DUMP I-10 Exit 873 7112 I-10 West, 77630 736 PECOS 15 200 RV DUMP I-20 Exit 42 100 East Pinehurst, 79772 432 ROBINSON 7 DEF 285 I-35, Exit 328 8055 South I-35, 76706 306 SAN ANTONIO 5 50 I-10 E.bound, Ex 581; I-10 W.bound, Ex 582 5619 I-10 East, 78219 737 SAN ANTONIO DEF 200 15 RV DUMP I-10 Exit 583 1815 North Foster Road, 78244 w w w. p t c c h a l l e n g e . c o m

TEXAS (CONT.) Hot Deli P 281-893-0423 F 281-893-9368

P 936-291-1125 F 936-291-2421 Hot Deli

Q Eats

P 512-746-4341

P 956-717-5006 F 956-725-0156

Hot Deli P 956-712-3265 F 956-791-3057

P 806-744-0539 F 806-744-7423

P 432-563-1683 F 432-563-1748

P 877-561-8432

P 432-563-1365

P 830-629-1424 F 830-629-1254

Hot Deli P 281-689-8466 F 281-689-8271

P 409-745-1124 F 409-745-3336

Hot Deli P 409-883-9465 F 409-886-8224

Hot Deli P 432-445-9436 F 432-445-7171

P 254-662-4771 F 254-662-4951

P 210-661-5353 F 210-661-4660

Hot Deli P 210-666-2266 F 210-666-2280

157 SULPHER SPRINGS 7 DEF 85 I-30, Exit 122 1200 South Hillcrest, 75482 738 TYE DEF 200 15 RV DUMP I-20 & FM 707 Exit 277 101 North FM 707, 79563 486 TYLER 7 DEF 85 I-20 & FM 14 12881 FM 14A, 75706 209 VAN HORN 7 DEF 75 I-10, Exit 140 501 Van Horn Drive, 79855 740 W. HOUSTON 9 117 RV DUMP I-10, Exit 732 204 South Waller Ave., 77423 739 WACO DEF 200 9 RV DUMP I-35 & New Road 2409 South New Road, 76711 206 WEATHERFORD 7 DEF 110 I-20, Exit 406 1201 I-20 West, 76087 741 WICHITA FALLS DEF 50 3 RV DUMP US 287 & Jacksboro Highway 2311 Jacksboro Highway, 76301

P 903-885-0020 F 903-885-1580

Hot Deli P 325-691-9974 F 325-691-5365

P 903-593-5466 F 903-593-3204

P 432-283-8067 F 432-283-8071

Hot Deli P 281-934-4133 F 281-934-4153

Hot Deli P 254-714-0313 F 254-714-1798

P 817-341-4600 F 817-341-4602

Hot Deli P 940-720-0598 F 940-720-0725

UTAH 509 BEAVER 150 6 I-15, Exit 112 653 West 1400 North, 84713 892 GREEN RIVER WEST WINDS TRUCK STOP 100 5 I-70, Exit 164 1085 East Main St., 84525 742 LAKE POINT DEF 130 9 RV DUMP I-80 Exit 99 1605 East Saddleback Blvd., 84074 743 NEPHI 100 9 RV DUMP I-15 Exit 222 1597 South Main, 84648 772 N. SALT LAKE 42 4 I-215 & Redwood Rd, Exit 27 885 W. North Point Circle, 84054 294 OGDEN 5 60 I-15 & UT 39, Exit 344 1670 West 12th Street, 84404 744 OGDEN DEF 100 9 I-15 Exit 343 1172 West 21st Street, 84401 508 PERRY 2 25 I-15 Exit 362 1674 W. 1100 S., 84302

Roberto’s Taco Shop

P 435-438-5191

West Winds Restaurant

P 435-564-3495 F 435-564-8162

Hot Deli P 801-508-7400 F 801-508-7404

Hot Deli P 435-623-2400 F 435-623-2421

Hot Deli P 801-936-1408 F 801-936-1457

P 801-731-2900 F 801-731-2380

Hot Deli P 801-399-5577 F 801-399-9353

Hot Deli P 435-723-9999

773 RICHFIELD DEF 50 4 RV DUMP I-70 Exit 40 35 East Flying J Drive, 84701 746 SALT LAKE CITY DEF 110 9 RV DUMP I-15 & I-80 SR201, Exit 17 2025 South 900 West, 84119 510 SCIPIO 100 4 I-15, Exit 188 810 North 800 West, 84656 774 SNOWVILLE 50 3 RV DUMP I-84 Exit 7 90 South Stone Road, 84336 747 SPRINGVILLE DEF 80 8 I-15 Exit 261 1460 North 1750 West, 84663 775 ST. GEORGE DEF 60 4 I-15 Exit 4 2841 South 60 East, 84790 748 WILLARD BAY 52 4 RV DUMP I-15 Exit 357 600 West 750 North, 84340

Hot Deli P 435-896-5050 F 435-896-4044

Hot Deli P 801-972-3711 F 801-972-6174

P 435-758-2345

Hot Deli P 435-872-8181 F 435-872-8171

Hot Deli P 801-489-3622 F 801-489-3059

Hot Deli P 435-674-7104 F 435-652-3627

Hot Deli P 435-723-1010 F 435-723-1044

VIRGINIA 749 CARMEL CHURCH DEF 239 15 RV DUMP I-95 Exit 104 24279 Roger Clark Blvd., 22546 256 DANVILLE 45 3 Hwy 58 & 29, Exit 104 110 River Point Drive, 24541 898 EMPORIA SADLER’S TRUCK STOP 250 10 I-95, Exit 11B 918 West Atlantic Street, 23847 750 FT. CHISWELL DEF 270 14 I-81 & I-77 Exit 80 I-81, I-77 & VA Route 52, 24360 396 GREENVILLE 11 DEF 100 I-81S, Exit 213A;I-81 N, Exit 213 3541 Lee Jackson Highway, 24401 491 HARRISONBURG DEF 100 7 I-81m Exit 251, 22802 3634 North Valley Pike, 22802 384 RICHMOND 9 DEF 110 I-95 N, Exit 58; I-95 S, Exit 58B 2126 Ruffin Mill Road, 23834 876 RUTHER GLEN RUTHER GLEN TRVL PLZ DEF 250 22 I-95, Exit 104 23866 Rogers Clark Blvd, 22546 899 SOUTH HILL (BRACY) SADLER’S TRK. STP. 0 20 I-85, Exit 12A 1011 East Atlantic Street, 23970 159 TALLYSVILLE 4 60 I-64, Exit 211 6721 Emmaus Church Road 23140

Hot Deli P 804-448-9047 F 804-448-9805

P 434-792-1180 F 434-792-7894 Hot Deli

P 434-634-4312 F 434-634-5397

Hot Deli P 276-637-4115 F 276-637-6968

Hot Deli

P 540-324-0714 F 540-324-0718

P 540-434-2529 F 540-434-2076

P 804-524-9556 F 804-524-9522

Hot Deli P 804-448-8419 F 804-448-8350

Hot Deli P 434-447-4528 F 434-447-4582

P 804-966-1880

F (804) 966-1986

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VIRGINIA (CONT.) 258 TROUTVILLE 3 I-81, Exit 150A or B 2966 Lee Highway South, 24175 752 WINCHESTER DEF 144 15 RV DUMP I-81 Exit 323 1530 Rest Church Road, 22624 754 WYTHEVILLE 177 15 RV DUMP I-77 & I-81 Exit 77 3249 Chapman Rd, 24382

P 540-992-2805 F 540-992-1534

Hot Deli P 540-678-3641 F 540-678-3651

Hot Deli P 276-228-7110 F 276-228-9010

WASHINGTON 965 ELLENSBURG FLYING J/BROADWAY 7 100 I-90 Exit 109 2300 Canyon Rd., 98926 583 FERNDALE 4 25 1678 Main Street #3, 98248 970 PASCO (SPOKANE) FLYING J/BROADWAY 75 2 U.S. Hwy 395 2216 E Hillsboro Road, 99301 963 SPOKANE FLYING J/BROADWAY 2 2 I-90 Exit 276 3709 S. Geiger Blvd., 99224 967 SPOKANE FLYING J/BROADWAY 80 7 I-90 Exit 286 6606 E. Broadway Ave., 99212 151 TUMWATER DEF 100 7 I-5, Exit 99 2430 93rd Avenue SW, 98512

Hot Deli P 509-925-6161 F 509-925-5748

P 360-213-1822 F 360-312-1851

P 509-547-5561 F 509-547-4570

Hot Deli P 509-456-8843

Hot Deli P 509-535-3028 F 509-535-7589

P 360-754-0151 F 360-754-0159

WEST VIRGINIA 243 NITRO 6 60 I-64 & SR 25, Exit 45 4304 First Avenue, 25143 503 MORGANTOWN DEF 50 5 I-79, Exit 146 2309 Smithton Rd, 26508

P 304-755-8654 F 304-755-8655

Hot Deli P 304-284-8518 F 304-284-8509

WISCONSIN 289 BELOIT 5 55 I-43/90 & WI 81, Exit 185A 3001 Milwaukee Road, 53511 756 BLACK RIVER FALLS DEF 150 14 RV DUMP I-94 & Exit 116 780 State Hwy 54, 54615 528 COTTAGE GROVE ROAD RANGER 2 50 I-90, Exit 147 2762 County Hwy N, 53527 544 EAST TROY ROAD RANGER 0 5 I-43, Exit 38 1946 A. Energy Drive, 53120

P 608-364-3644 F 608-364-3643

Hot Deli P 715-284-4341 F 715-284-1551

WISCONSIN (CONT.)

ALBERTA , CANADA (CONT.)

164 MAUSTON 7 95 I-90/94 & WI 82, Exit 69 1101 State Road 82 East, 53948 40 OAK CREEK 8 DEF 150 I-94, Exit 322 2031 West Ryan Road, 53154 538 OAKDALE ROAD RANGER 100 5 I-90, Exit 48 102 E Woody, 54660 324 RACINE (FRANKSVILLE) 5 80 I-94 & CR K, Exit 329 13712 Northwestern Avenue, 53126

792 AB-BROOKS 2 20

P 608-847-3321 F 608-847-3316

P 414-761-0939 F 414-761-0165

P 815-209-9040 F 608-374-2001

P 262-835-2292 F 262-835-2564

WYOMING 758 CASPER 45 4 RV DUMP I-25 Exit 185 41 SE Wyoming Blvd., 82609 402 CHEYENNE DEF 120 10 RV DUMP I-80, Exit 367 8020 Campstool Road, 82007 759 CHEYENNE DEF 180 16 RV DUMP I-25 Exit 7 2250 Etchepare Drive, 82007 760 COKEVILLE 4 90 RV DUMP US Hwy 30/SR 232 10501 US Hwy 30, 83114 141 EVANSTON 7 DEF 75 I-80, Exit 6 289 Bear River Drive, 82930 761 EVANSTON 80 9 I-80 Exit 3 1920 Harrison Drive, 82930 762 GILLETTE 4 50 RV DUMP I-90 & Hwy 59 1810 South Douglas Hwy, 82718 308 LARAMIE 8 100 I-80 & Curtis St., Exit 310 1564 McCue Street, 82072 763 RAWLINS DEF 200 11 RV DUMP I-80 Exit 209 I-80 Johnson Rd., 82301 764 ROCK SPRINGS 8 84 RV DUMP I-80 Exit 104 650 Stage Coach Drive, 82901

P 815-315-4979 F 847-232-1186

80 C H A L L E N G E S E P T E M B E R 2 0 1 2

2525 23 ST N. E., T2E 7M1 848 AB-CALGARY 80 9

P 307-635-5744

5505 Jubilee Ave., T7A 1S3 816 AB-EDMONTON 0 0

F 307-473-1759

Hot Deli F 307-635-5746

Hot Deli P 307-635-2918 F 307-634-2794

15609 121 A. Ave, T5V 1B1 850 AB-EDMONTON 100 8

P 307-279-3050

16806 118 Avenue, T5V1M8 818 AB-EDSON MOTCO 0 0

P 307-783-5930

2520 - 2 Ave., T7E 1T9 819 AB-FORT MCMURRAY 0 0

P 307-789-9129

345 Sakitawaw Trail, T9H 4E4 820 AB-GRANDE PRAIRIE 0 0

Hot Deli F 307-279-3041

F 307-783-5916

Hot Deli F 307-789-5461

P 307-682-3562

9212 - 108 St., T8V 4C9 845 AB-GRASSLAND 2 75

P 307-742-6443

1st Ave. 1st Street, TOA 1V0 846 AB-HANNA 2 100

Hot Deli F 307-682-5038

F 307-742-2576

Hot Deli P 307-328-0158 F 307-328-1668

Hot Deli P 307-362-4231 F 307-362-9710

Hwy 9 & Hwy 36 South, T0J 1P0 794 AB-HIGH LEVEL 0 25 10529 96 St., T0H 1Z0 817 AB-HINTON 0 0 294 Kelly Road, T7V 1H2 821 AB-LETHBRIDGE 0 0 1005 43 St, T1K 7B8 822 AB-LLOYDMINSTER 2 12

ALBERTA , CANADA

85 East Lake Cres., T4B 2B5

4216 72 Ave SE, T2C 2C1 814 AB-CALGARY 0 0

P 307-473-1750

CANADA 813 AB-AIRDRIE 0 10

11511 40th Street SE, T2H 1L4 793 AB-CALGARY 15 2

4949 Barlow Trail Se, T2B3B5 815 AB-DRAYTON VALLEY 0 0

P 815-580-4842 F 608-873-1610

1260 Cassils Road East, T1R 1B7 785 AB-CALGARY 128 9

P 403-948-4193

5109 63 St Ave, T9V 2E7

P 403-362-5594

Hot Deli P 403-720-0904 F 403-720-4937

Hot Deli P 403-236-2404

P 403-250-3835 Hot Deli

J’s Wok and Grill

P 403-569-6250 F 403-235-5095

P 801-725-1370

P 708-413-9116

Hot Deli P 780-455-1111 F 780-482-4448

P 780-723-4744

P 780-743-3545

P 780-532-2378 Family Restaurant

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P 780-525-2295 F 780-525-2299

Full Service Restaurant

Hot Deli

P 403-854-5000

Hot Deli P 780-926-2066

P 801-725-1370

P 403-328-4735

P 780-875-2990

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ONTARIO, CANADA (CONT.) ALBERTA , CANADA (CONT.) 869 AB-NANTON 3 130 Hwy #2 2810 21st Ave., T0L 1R0 795 AB-NISKU 2 8 302 20th Avenue, T9E 7T8 796 AB-RED DEER 26 4 67th Ave. & 67 Street, T4P 1A4 826 AB-REDCLIFF 0 0 115 Lockwood St, T1A 7T9 797 AB-RYCROFT 0 8 Hwy #49 & Hwy #2 Hwy #49 & 2, Box 73, T0H 3A0 786 AB-SHERWOOD PARK 142 9 Yellowhead Hwy 16/ Broadmoor Blvd.

50 Pembina Rd., T8H 2G9 824 AB-WHITECOURT 0 0 Hwy #43 & West Mtn. Road, T7N 1S9

929 Coutts Way & Sumas Way, V2S 4N2 798 BC-ANNACIS ISLAND 4 1 1291 Cliveden Ave, V5M 6G4 799 BC-CHILLIWACK 21 2 7970 Lickman Road, V2R 1A9 828 BC-CRANBROOK 0 0 2209 Theatre Road, V1C 4H4 829 BC-CRESTON 0 0 1411 Northwest Blvd, V0B 1G6 830 BC-DAWSON CREEK 0 2 1725 Alaska Ave, V1G 1P5 800 BC-FORT ST JOHN 0 0 Alaska Hwy & 109 St. 9407 109th Street, V1J 6K6 847 BC-KAMLOOPS 5 125 175 Kokanee Way, V2C 6Z2 831 BC-MERRITT 0 0 1885 Cold Water Ave. 2190 Douglas Street North, V0K 2B0

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P 250-563-1677

987 Great Northern Road, P6A 5K7 836 ON-SCHREIBER 0 0

P 604-454-9578

Hwy # 17, P0T 2S0 837 ON-SUDBURY 0 0

BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA (CONT.) Humpty’s Restaurant

P 403-646-3181 F 403-646-6233

Hot Deli P 780-955-3535

Hot Deli P 403-346-2842 F 403-346-2852

P 403-526-2669

Hot Deli P 780-765-3740 F 780-765-3748

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832 BC-NEW WESTMINSTER 0 0 24 Braid St, V3L 3P3 801 BC-PRINCE GEORGE 3 0 4869 Continental Way, V2N 5S5 802 BC-VANCOUVER 0 0 8655 Boundary Rd & Marine Way, V5S 4H3 834 BC-VERNON 0 0 Hwy #97 (1/2 mile from Scales) 7156 Meadowlark, V1T 6N2

788 MB-HEADINGLEY 150 9 Hwy #1 & Camp Manitou Rd., R4H 1C5 803 MB-PORTAGE LA PRAIRIE 40 0

P 780-778-3073

Hwy #1 East, R1N 3B2 804 MB-WINNIPEG 0 2

F 780-416-2084

P 604-850-1594

Hot Deli P 604-521-4445

Hot Deli P 604-795-7265

P 250-426-3763

P 250-428-7131

P 250-782-3111

P 250-785-3052

Hot Deli

Billy Miner’s Roadhouse

P 250-573-3027 F 205-573-7828

P 250-280-1555

P 250-542-1343

17 Duhamel Road, P3E 4N1 461 ON-TILBURY DEF 150 6 Rural Route #5, Highway 401, Exit 56 19325 Essex County Road 42, N0P 2L0

Coffee Shop

P 905-428-9700 F 905-428-9633

P 705-759-8280

P 807-824-2383

P 705-692-5447

P 519-682-1140 F 519-682-9221

MANITOBA, CANADA

P 780-416-2035

BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA 827 BC-ABBOTSFORD 0 1

P 604-522-6511

865 ON-PICKERING 9 50 Hwy 401 200 Clements Road, L1W 4A1 838 ON-SAULT STE MARIE 0 0

1747 Brookside Blvd., R2C 2E8 835 MB-WINNIPEG 0 0 131 Warman Road & HWY. #59, R2J 3R3

Hot Deli P 204-832-8952

840 QC-BERNIERES 0 0

P 204-857-9997

1196 Chemin Des Olivieres, G7A 2M6 808 QC-BERTHIERVILLE 10

F 204-832-9104

P 204-633-0663

P 204-231-5485

ONTARIO, CANADA 862 ON-AYR 4 30 Hwy 401, Exit 268 2492 Cedar Creek Road, N0B 1E0 805 ON-ETOBICOKE 0 0 1765 Albion Rd & Hwy 27, M9W 5S7 806 ON-KAPUSKASING 4 40 410 Government Road E, P5N 2X7 852 ON-LANCASTER DEF 71 7 Hwy 401, Exit 814 20382 Old Hwy #2, K0C 1N0 789 ON-LONDON DEF 200 17 Hwy 401 & Highbury Ave. Exit 189 3700 Highbury Ave. South, N6N 1P3 807 ON-MISSISSAUGA DEF 65 5 1400 Britannia Rd, L4W 1C8 790 ON-NAPANEE DEF 165 15 401 & Cnty Rd 41 Exit 579 628 County Road #41 RR6, K7R 3L1

QUEBEC, CANADA

Papa Joe’s Hot Kettle P 519-624-9578 F 519-624-2587

P 416-674-8665

Hot Deli P 705-337-1333 F 705-337-1208

Hot Deli P 613-347-2221 F 613-347-1970

Hot Deli P 519-681-6859 F 519-686-8629

1181 Ave Gilles Villeneuve, J0K 1A0 809 QC-NAPIERVILLE 10 Hwy 15 Exit 21 1 Rang St-Andre, J0J 1L0 810 QC-STE HELENE 10 152 Highway 20 569 Rue Principale, J0H 1M0 787 QC-VAUDREUIL-DORION DEF 109 Hwy 540, Exit 3 2900 Felix-Leclerc, J7V 9J5

P 418-831-3772

P 450-836-6581

P 450-245-3539

P 450-791-2232 F 450-791-2495

P 450-424-1610 F 450-424-0368

SASKATCHEWAN, CANADA 811 SK-MOOSE JAW 10 370 North Service Rd. Hwy #11, S6H 4N9 842 SK-REGINA 3 12 1511 Ross Ave. East, S4R 1J2 791 SK-SASKATOON 4 85 3850 Idylwylde Drive North, S7P 0A1 844 SK-YORKTON 2 0 Hwy #16A Bypass on York 1910 York Road West Box 794, S3N 2W8

Hot Deli

P 306-721-0070

P 306-955-6840 F 306-955-6846

P 801-726-8288

P 905-564-6216

Hot Deli P 613-354-7044 F 613-354-3796

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• Benjamin H. Warner Robins, Ga.

• Jeff S. Muskegon, Mich.

• Kevin F. Mechanicsburg, Pa.

• Andrew W. Chatsworth, Ga.

• Mike C. Chicago, Ill.

• Carl F. Aurora, Co.

• Thomas S. Fort Pierce, Fla.

• Edwin R. Berea, Ohio

• James W. Middletown, Ohio

• Ahmed H. Duluth, Ga.

• Angela D. Defiance, Ohio

• Robert S. Spencer, N.C.

• Linda W. St. Augustine, Fla.

• Douglas H. Talladega, Ala.

• Nora H. Toledo, Ohio

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