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STORY * USA - Local residents' trucking company a family affair
Bradenton,FL,USA -The Bradenton Herald, by SARA KENNEDY -May 13, 2007: -- Long-time trucker Barbara Roberts, who hails from Manatee County, has just signed on with her brother and sister-in-law to launch a homegrown trucking business... "We will probably be running our first load, beginning of next week," said Nicole Blizzard, 31, of Myakka City, on Friday... Nicole and Roberts' brother, Jay Blizzard, 38, have just formed Blizzard Express, LLC... They recently purchased a flashy 1986 Kenworth tractor-trailer that will be the company's sole piece of equipment... As a means of alleviating the shortage of long-haul drivers, some trucking companies are hiring inexperienced, younger people, to whom Roberts gives lots of elbow room on the highway... Long-haul truck driving is a terrific occupation for older people who might want to earn good money, and see the world as well, Roberts said... And loves it... "I've always called myself a 'paid tourist,' she said. You do get to see the world"... (Photo by Traveling Roses' Public Gallery: St. Augustine FL drawbridge)Labels: truckers stories
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