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2009 NEWS & PRESS RELEASES

OD Drivers Named NC Trucking Association Drivers of Year, Drivers of the Month

CONTACT: Brian Stoddard
VP of Safety/Personnel
(336) 822-5109

Baptist Children’s Homes of North Carolina resident Juquan jumps into the newly opened swimming pool at the Mills Home campus in Thomasville. Employees of Old Dominion Freight Line in Thomasville gave $12,900 for the upkeep of the pool. The pool would have remained closed as a cost-savings measure if not for the aid of the Old Dominion staff.
Chester Lawrence

THOMASVILLE, N.C. (December 23, 2009) – Brian Stoddard, Vice President of Safety and Personnel for Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc., announced the North Carolina Trucking Association has named Chester Lawrence, a native of Greensboro, North Carolina as NC Driver of the Year. Mr. Lawrence is domiciled at the carrier’s Greensboro Service Center. The association also named Old Dominion’s Ned Richards as driver of the month for March and Claude Shiver as driver of the month for August. Richards, a native of Youngsville, North Carolina is domiciled at the carrier’s Wilson Service Center. Shiver, a native of Yadkinville, North Carolina is domiciled at the carrier’s Durham Service Center.

Baptist Children’s Homes of North Carolina resident Juquan jumps into the newly opened swimming pool at the Mills Home campus in Thomasville. Employees of Old Dominion Freight Line in Thomasville gave $12,900 for the upkeep of the pool. The pool would have remained closed as a cost-savings measure if not for the aid of the Old Dominion staff.
Ned Richards

The North Carolina Trucking Association honors commercial truck drivers each year by conducting the Driver of the Year and Driver of the Month Contest. This annual event brings attention to a select group of truck drivers with exceptional safety performance records and longevity as a commercial driver. Each driver has to be selected as Driver of the Month during a previous year to be eligible for Driver of the Year. A commercial truck driver being awarded Driver of the Year is the highest honor recognized by the Association and these drivers are the transportation industries’ most outstanding.

Baptist Children’s Homes of North Carolina resident Juquan jumps into the newly opened swimming pool at the Mills Home campus in Thomasville. Employees of Old Dominion Freight Line in Thomasville gave $12,900 for the upkeep of the pool. The pool would have remained closed as a cost-savings measure if not for the aid of the Old Dominion staff.
Claude Shiver

Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc. is a leading less-than-truckload (LTL) super regional carrier. Through its non-union work force and four operating groups, OD•Domestic, OD•Expedited, OD•Global and OD•Technology, Old Dominion offers an array of innovative products and services and provides complete nationwide coverage within the Northeast, Southeast, Midwest, Central States, Gulf States and West regions of the country and international services around the globe. Visit Old Dominion online at www.odfl.com.