The Equalizer
Sabine District Transportation Club
Member of Traffic Clubs International
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Volume 10 Issue 05, May 2010 S.D.T.C., PO Box 20103, Beaumont, TX 77720
No Meeting June 2010- Have a Safe Vacation
Event information:
What: Fish Fry
When: July 13, 2010
Where: Rich Courville’s Catering
1744 Rose Lane @ Hwy 90 N.
Beaumont, TX 77713
(409) 860-9811
Serving Time: 6:00 pm
Cost: $20/person
No Cancellations can be made after 3 pm on July 9, 2010
Reservation Form for July 13, 2010 Fish Fry
Please make reservations for _________persons at $20/ea.
Check is attached (___)
Bill me (___)
Will pay at the door (___)
Signed_______________
Date _________________
Firm____________________________________________
Phone________________
Address_________________________________________
Clip and mail to S.D.T.C., PO Box 20103, Beaumont, TX. 77720,
fax (409) 842-5154,
Ph 350-7017 Gene Landry, or
Sherry Eckerle (409) 791-3259,
Or Joe Ochoa (409) 791-3255
You can also e-mail your reservations to: Sherry.Eckerle@sbcglobal.net
National Transportation Week Raffle Results
Congratulations to the following winners!
4- Astros tickets and parking pass – Sponsor: Clark Freight Lines (winner Pam Bourque-Wilson Warehouse Co.)
Golf packages at:
Kosatti Pines – Sponsor:-Coushatta Casino (winner Dennis Tam, TCI)
Bayou Din – Sponsor: Bayou Din (winner Janie Forse, ISP Elastomers Corp.)
Brentwood Country Club- Sponsor: Brentwood Country Club (winner Pam Bourque-Wilson Warehouse Co.)
Sam Rayburn Country Club – Sponsor: Sam Rayburn Country Club( winner Robert Ferguson-Bayou Din)
Gift Cards from:
$50 – The Cattle Company – Sponsor: The Cattle Company (winner of Darryl Breaux –ISP Corp.)
Oil change from Meinke – Sponsor: Meinke (winner George Hurst – Briggs Equipment)
Overnight stays from:
MCM Elegante – Sponsor: MCM Elegante (winner Danny Schnautz – Clark Freight)
Hampton Inn – Sponsor: Hampton Inn (winner Lane Olsen-A-OK Moving & Storage)
Hilton-Gardens – Sponsor: Hilton Gardens (winner – Danny Schnautz-Clark Freight)
A BIG thanks to those vendors who contributed prizes for this raffle and to those members who assisted with the sales of the tickets.
Congratulations to our National Transportation Person of the Year:
Orlando Ciramella of the Port of Port Arthur.
Orlando has been an intricate member of our Shrimp Boil serving committee for many years. He also has served as President of SDTC in 1991. He is employed with the Port of Port Arthur in the development of new business.
Celebrate
National Transportation Week, May 16-22, 2010
Sabine District Transportation Club:
Local Events: Beaumont Mayoral Proclamation, May 4, 2010 at 1:30 pm
NTW Spring Golf Outing, May 11, 2010 at Iron Oaks
NTW Raffle tickets drawing May 11, 2010
NTW Person of the year May 11, 2010
May 17, 2010: Houston Air Cargo Association – Golf tournament
May 20, 2010: Transportation Club of Houston – “Back to Basics” Workshop
Houston Transportation Professionals Association – 3rd Annual NTW All-Clubs Luncheon
May 21, 2010: Women’s Transportation Club – Houston Astros Baseball night
May 22, 2010: NDTA-The Association for Global Logistics & Transportation-SCI CME Tour
International Transportation Management Association – ITMA Volleyball Tournament
Keep informed!
Visit the regional web site: www.ntwhouston.org
To see events scheduled throughout the week in the region.
NTW Spring Golf Outing May 10, 2010 at Iron Oaks
What a beautiful day for golf it turned out to be!
A list of thanks for all the hard work goes to:
Golf committee:
Bubba Metz-chairman
Joe Ochoa
Gene Landry
Jason Brooks
Dinner that evening:
Joe Ochoa
Prize Donations:
Rich Couville’s Catering – (4) briskets
Giglio Distributors – beer
Texas Storage
Wilson Warehouse Company of Texas
Burris Bekins
Calling Committee:
Sherry Eckerle
Lane Olson
Chris Popjoy
The winners of the golf outing:
1st place team – score of 59
Al Anselmo
Danny Phillips
Corey Hebert
Brad Prejean
Longest drive #11: Neal Pifer
(Bayou Din Certificates)
Closest to the hole:-Rich Courville’s Briskets
#2 - Brad Prejean
#7 - Darryl Breaux
#16 - Billy Daniels
#13 - Darryl Breaux
At the awards dinner following the outing.
A special thanks to Lane Olson for filling in for our secretary during her absence at the golf outing!
June 8, 2010 – Out for Summer!
No Meeting
July 13, 2010 – Fish Fry at Rich Courville’s
August 10, 2010-Luncheon at the Cattle Company-guest speaker: Owen Zidar, KCS VP Sales & Marketing – Carload Business Unit; also dependent scholarships awarded
September 14, 2010- Luncheon at the Cattle Company-guest speaker TBA
October 12- 6 pm Night of the Comedians at Rich Courville’s
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Web Site Update: To reach the web site from the Internet: http://www.txsdtc.org
To retrieve the Equalizer from the server: http://www.txsdtc.org/equalizer/may/2010/ or from the web site: txsdtc.org
CSA2010 – scheduled to roll out in November 2010. Visit the web site at:
CSA-Compliance, Safety, Accountability. More information to follow in the next editions of the Equalizer.
Board Meeting Announcement:
No Board meeting in June.
There will be a Board of Director’s meeting in July preceding the fish fry at 5:00 pm
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Be sure to visit our sponsors listed both in the Equalizer and on the Web Site…
Reminder:
Dependent scholarship applications are due back to the club by August 1. If you need an application, you may request one from the secretary at: Sherry.Eckerle@sbcglobal.net or (409) 791-3259. Transcripts are required with the applications, so be sure to allot extra time to gather the papers that you will need.
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TCI 2010 Conference – Carnival Cruise to Bahamas
September 24-27, 2010
Departure: Miami – 4 pm – 3 nights
Ship: Carnival Imagination
If you are able to attend the conference, please contact your secretary or president for more information.
Cost: varies with cabin choice
Useless Trivia
- A rat can last longer without water than a camel.
- Your stomach has to produce a new layer of mucus every two weeks, otherwise it will digest itself.
- The Declaration of Independence (the very official copy in the Rotunda of the National Archives) is written on parchment, not paper.
- The dot over the letter 'i' is called a tittle.
- A raisin dropped in a fresh glass of soda will bounce up and down continually from the bottom of the glass to the top.
- A female ferret will die if it goes into heat and cannot find a mate.
- A 2x4 is actually 1-1/2" x 3-1/2" .
- 40% of McDonald's profits come from the sales of Happy Meals.
- Every person has a unique tongue print. (Say "aaah")
- The 'spot' on 7UP comes from its inventor who had red eyes. He was an albino.
- 315 entries in Webster's 1996 Dictionary were misspelled.
- During the chariot scene in 'Ben Hur' a small red car can be seen in the distance.
- On average, 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents daily.
- John Wilkes Booth's brother once saved the life of Abraham Lincoln's son. Irony.
- Warren Beatty and Shirley MacLaine are brother and sister.
- Chocolate kills dogs! Chocolate affects a dog's heart and nervous system. A few ounces is enough to kill a small sized dog. (Debated)
- Daniel Boone detested coonskin caps.
- Playing cards were issued to British pilots in WWII. If they were captured, the cards could be soaked in water and unfolded to reveal a map for escape.
- Most lipstick contains fish scales. Yum.
- Dr. Seuss actually pronounced Seuss such that it sounded like Sue-ice.
- Ketchup was sold in the 1830s as medicine.
- Leonardo da Vinci could write with one hand and draw with the other at the same time.
- During the California Gold Rush of 1849 miners sent their laundry to Honolulu for washing and pressing. Due to the high costs in California during these years it was deemed more feasible to send the shirts to Hawaii for servicing.
- American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in first class.