| Ol’
Blue, USA® Receives Communications
Awards
VAN
NUYS, California - July 2005
– Ol’
Blue, USA (United Safety Alliance,
Inc.), a non-profit organization
that promotes highway safety
among large vehicles and works
to foster relations between
the motoring public, law enforcement
and commercial drivers –
has been honored with several
communications awards.
The recognitions were presented
earlier this year, at the
Mid-America Trucking Show
in Louisville, KY, during
the Truck Writers of North
America’s Trucking Industry
Awards Banquet. TWNA
created the annual event to
provide a forum for recognizing
the positive contributions
by those in trucking, made
both within the industry,
and to the community at large.
An integral part of the banquet
is the TWNA
Communication Awards,
an annual program to recognize
excellence in trucking industry
journalism in both the trade
and the mainstream press,
as well as excellence in communication
by public relations professionals.
Ol’ Blue, USA earned
three awards:
PUBLIC SERVICE –
GOLD AWARD FOR “MAKE
ROOM FOR LARGE VEHICLES,”
AWARDED TO CLIFF COTHERN OF
WBKO-TV,
BEVERLY STEELE OF OL' BLUE,
USA AND KENTUCKY VEHICLE ENFORCEMENT.
“MAKE ROOM FOR LARGE
VEHICLES” IS A 30-SECOND
EDUCATIONAL SAFETY PUBLIC
SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT (PSA)
THAT IS AIRED ON WBKO IN BOWLING
GREEN, KENTUCKY, AND IS ALSO
ON THE INTERNET AT http://www.olblueusa.org/video/streaming/wbkopsa.html
EDITORIAL –
GOLD AWARD FOR “ASK
THE LAW” WITH OL' BLUE,
USA RADIO PROGRAM, AWARDED
TO RJ TAYLOR OF OL’
BLUE, USA, SR. TROOPER MONTY
DIAL OF TEXAS HIGHWAY PATROL
(COMMERCIAL VEHICLE ENFORCEMENT),
OFFICER GREG HARDIN OF KENTUCKY
VEHICLE ENFORCEMENT AND MIDNIGHT
TRUCKING RADIO.
BEST OF DIVISION
AWARDS – RADIO,
WAS AWARDED TO THE “ASK
THE LAW” WITH OL' BLUE,
USA RADIO PROGRAM.
THE “ASK THE LAW”
WITH OL' BLUE, USA PROGRAM,
WHICH FEATURES OL’ BLUE,
USA FOUNDER RJ TAYLOR AND
OFFICIALS FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT,
IS SPECIFICALLY FOR TRUCKERS
TO CALL IN AND POSE QUESTIONS
RELATING TO SAFETY AND LEGAL
ISSUES CONCERNING COMMERCIAL
VEHICLES. IT IS ALSO ON THE
INTERNET AT WWW.ASKTHELAW.ORG
Ol’ Blue, USA is also
proud to mention that its
founder RJ Taylor received
TWNA’s “Lifetime
Achievement Award” for
outstanding contributions
to the improvement of communications
in the trucking industry.
To read the entire story,
please go to http://www.twna.org/lifetime-award.htm.
This year’s TWNA Communication
Awards award, which honored
communications from 2004,
generated more than 60 entries,
from a wide range of media
and included categories for
writing, graphics, broadcast,
websites and internal communications.
TWNA is an organization of
professionals who are involved
in gathering, writing and
reporting news and information
about trucks, trucking and
the trucking industry. Its
main goals include improving
communications within the
trucking industry and ensuring
that this industry is portrayed
in a balanced, accurate manner
in the mass media.
Founded in 1986, Ol’
Blue, USA is a non-profit
501 (c)(3) organization that
works toward its goals of
promoting highway safety education
and fostering relations between
the motoring public, law enforcement
and commercial drivers by
conducting free programs at
truck industry events, truck
stops, community events and
public schools around the
country, and through its various
programs on trucker’s
radio heard throughout North
America.
These programs take place
during Ol’ Blue, USA’s
annual Safety Tour with its
1951 tractor and 53-foot “rolling
billboard” trailer.
This trailer showcases sponsor
logos and serves as the stage
for the Ol’ Blue team’s
mock truck inspections and
other safety demonstrations.
For details visit Ol’
Blue, USA’s Safety Tour
page www.SafetyTour.org
Additional information about
Ol’ Blue, USA and its
many programs is available
by visiting its Website at
www.OlBlueUSA.org
or by sending an E-mail to
info@olblueusa.org.
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