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September, 2016

Volume 3, Issue 11

Blast From The Past

On May 6th Jeff Beaudry passed away

while on the job in California. His

Mother, Pamela Poitras, submitted a

poem written by Frank Rogers to memo-

rialize Jeff.

(To the tune of “My Way”)

And now the end is here

I Have not fear

I’m through with driving

I’ve spent so many years

Behind the wheel

To keep surviving

I drove through deser heat

Through rain and sleet

To make my payday

But now, I’m finally home

And off the highway

Regrets, I’ve had a few

But then again, too few to mention

I drove for thirty years

Made many stops,

With good intentions.

I’ve worked my whole life through

I’ve travelled each and every bi-way

But more, much more than this,

I drove the highway.

Yes there were time,

I could have quit

But I stood tall,

Worked every shift

And through it all When there was

doubt,

I geared it up

And head on out .

I drove them all

And had a ball

And drove the highway

Safety & Compliance is Back! It has been a challenging summer for Safety & Compliance with injuries and illnesses effectively shutting the

department down. For a company like Cassidy’s that relies on a strong Safety & Compliance Department it was

a nightmare scenario. Well no more! Mylen Meikle is back and cleaning up the backlog of issues from the

summer. To help is a new hire, Donna Williston. Donna gathered a wealth of experience and knowledge of the

transportation industry working for a variety of truck companies in southern Ontario. With experience in cus-

toms, dispatch, logs and hours, Donna brings to Cassidy’s a knowledge of best practices used by a variety of

other carriers that we will adapt to our operation. I know that everyone will join the World welcoming Donna to

Cassidy’s.

Cassidy’s moved Jean Chretien locally from Stornoway, the

official residence of the Leader of the Opposition to 24 Sus-

sex, official residence of the Prime Minister in November

1993. Veterans of this move still recall that despite being on

their best behavior, PM Chretien insisted they have a beer.

Well...if you insist Mr. Prime Minister.

The Tragically Hip in Pembroke When the City of Pembroke wanted to shut down Main Street to broadcast

the August 20th Tragically Hip concert they were faced with a problem.

Where are you going to find a screen big enough? Cassidy’s to the rescue

again. Joe McLeod fulfilled a childhood dream of blocking Pembroke Street

with a big truck and then just walking away. The new white trailer was the

perfect screen and a good time was had by all.

Tip-o

f-the

-Hat

Jim Somerville

Driver Picture of the Month

Page 2 World

Above Ian Fawcett waits to board the ferry to NFLD on August 8.

Remember a driver need not log ferry time as on-duty if it is more

than 5 hours, Including time in the line.

A driver told me the other day, “You’re not really a member of the Cassidy’s family until you’ve quit at least once and come back for more”. I thought that was well said.

As most of you know by now, S&C is back in action and this is what pisses me off. Watch your daily mileage and hrs driven. How some of you can justify on your logs that you drove an average of 166km/hr in a 24hr period is beyond me and probably a big ticket from Mr. DOT.

Customs trade Partners Against Terrorism (C-TPAT). We have a partnership which obliges us to use seals when crossing the border and have the logs reflect the CTPAT 17 point truck/trailer inspection filled out by most drivers. Oh and by the way, it’s also COMPANY POLICY and stated in the em-ployee manual. Please return your seal vouchers when full. Last but not least, Donna enjoys meeting the drivers and having them correct logs. By identifying and correcting mistakes we help save you money and save our CVOR.

We ask Mylen Meikle, Safety & Compliance

Supervisor what’s he is pissed about this month.

Tim Jenkins was impressed with a beautiful property he was delivering to in Northern Ontario, near Mackenzie on Aug. 18. Nice picture Tim!

(con’t from page 1)

I’ve love, I’ve laugh and cried,

I’ve had my fill,

My share of losing.

For the job, I had to do,

I’m quite surprised, I wasn’t boozing.

I drove for days and nights,

Without much sleep

To make my payday.

But, I’m finally home,

And off the highway.

AsI look back,

Over the years,

I wonder if anyone cares.

That I have driven

All those miles

Without the slightest

Case of the piles.

Let the record show

I didn’t drive slow,

As I, drove the highway.

Tim Newberry (foreground) and Joe McLeod (background and leading) faced

off against each other in a heat at the Beachburg Truck Pulls on August 8. Tim

blew a shift off the line and fell far back but almost made it up by the finish.

Joe won by a hood ornament.

Brian Mortimer might have a couple thousand years

experience as a mover, but even he gets tossed a curve

once in a while. Here Brian poses with a pizza oven that

was custom built out of a dumpster in a Calgary backyard

that had to go to Golden Lake. Brian was game but this

brick lined beast couldn’t be moved out of the yard. The

customer is renting a crane to move it to the front yard

and Brian will pick it up his next time through Calgary.

Thanks to Terry Scheuneman for submitting.

On Aug 8, J.C. Chiasson submitted this picture saying:

“Lmao! Had to call Tetris to reorganize the puzzle. Got her

done. Room for two more skids. C Ya'll. Gone driving”