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Event Schedule
Carlisle All-Truck Nationals
Carlisle, PA
Aug 6-8
Waupun Truck-N-Show
Wapaun, WI
August 13-14
Truck World
Hubbard, OH
Aufust 17-19
Great American Truck Show
Dallas, TX
August 26-28
In The Headlights: Vanella Brown
Vanella Brown is new to Mercer's Driver Qualifications team. Make sure you stop by and tell her Hello, next time you're in Mercertown!
Q: What is your position at Mercer? How long have you worked here? (What did you do before coming to Mercer?)
A: Driver Qualifications Clerk since April 19, 2010. Before I came to Mercer, I worked at Mason Dixon Intermodal as a Dispatcher.
Q: Whom do you admire most and why?
A: GOD. Without him, there's no telling where I'd be today.
Q: Where did you grow up?
A: Cleveland Ohio
Q: If you could visit any place in the world, where would you go?
A: Africa
Q: What is a typical weekend like for you?
A: Relaxing and chilling with friends and family.
Q: Favorite restaurant in town? What do you like to order there?
A: Mike Linnings, seafood platter
Q: What are you most proud of?
A: My ability to communicate with people, but most of all my beautiful and handsome grandson, KWAN.
Q: What do you like most about working at Mercer?
A: Working here is like a big family reunion. It is truly a pleasure to be a part of the Mercer Family. You know on some jobs it takes a lot of effort to get up and go to work - here I look forward to going.
Q: Name 5 items we'd always be likely to find in your fridge?
A: Watermelon in the summer , diet pepsi, water, fresh veggies, salsa.
Q: Do you have any phobias?
A: negativity
Q: When you were a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up?
A: Airline Stewardess
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Mercer's Walcott Jamboree Truck Show winners, Tom and Debbie Berkel and D.S. Lagestee.
Hello everyone from glorious Mercerown!
I hope everyone out there is finding plenty of freight, safe driving conditions, and an occasional shady spot to cool off. This has absolutely been the hottest year I can ever remember and I don't just mean temperature. How, you may ask? (If you weren't asking, I'll pause here for you to do so now) ...... Because Mercer was on fire at the Walcott Truckers Jamboree!!! Our contractors brought home not one, not two, but three prizes from the truck beauty contest. Congratulations to Tom and Debbie Berkel for their 1st place trophy for Working Truck '89-'93 Bobtail, their 2nd place trophy for Interior (Custom Sleeper) and to D.S. Lagestee for his 3rd place showing in the Custom Paint Combo category.
Not only was I proud to see these trophies go to Mercer contractors, but I was equally proud to see what wonderful representatives of Mercer Transportation these folks were at the show. We had several people stop by our booth at the show that commented on what "nice people we had out there" showing their trucks, or that"after talking to your contractors about the company, I had to stop by". WOW! That makes us feel so proud as recruiters, because it really does show that we have the best business out there representing our company.
Looking ahead, we have lots of events in the works, so be sure to check out the events calendar. August will be an especially exciting month, as we will be at The Great American Trucking Show in Dallas, TX. If you have never attended this show, you should definitely check it out. There are some really cool events going on at the show, and it's always a good time.
I hope to see some of you guys at the show. Until next time, be careful out there on the road and move one more load safely
Brian Helton
Director of Recruiting
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UPDATE: Pilot/Flying J Merger & TCH Cards
Effective July 1st, Flying J merged with Pilot. Mercer contractors now receive cost (plus 5 cents) or retail (minus 5 cents) pricing from Pilot / Flying J locations. In order to receive this pricing, you must purchase the fuel with the TCH card. The new prices are updated on Mercertown's website, here.
The TCH card now works at all the major truckstops (Flying J, Loves, Petro, Pilot & Travel Centers of America), many of the smaller chains and independent truckstops also accept the TCH card. In addition, TCH has joined the Star Debit Card network, so TCH cards may be used at Wal-Mart or any Star Debit retailers. To see a complete listing of sites that accept the TCH card, go to www.tch.com.
In order to help prevent fraud and theft, Mercer has requested TCH to place limits on your TCH cards. The limits are as follows:
- Daily Transaction limits 10 swipes of the card $5,000 per day.
- Weekly Transaction limits: 20 swipes of the card $10,000 per week.
- Monthly Transaction limits: 40 swipes of the card $20,000 per month.
Mercer can change the limits on an individual card basis, at your request. The purpose of these limits is not to limit your purchases but to eliminate the possibility of theft.
You can also view a history of all your TCH card transactions by clicking on the E-Manager Log-in, entering your card & pin number and then clicking on the Cash Advance Report.
Via Jason @ Mercertown Blog.
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