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For Immediate Release

OOIDA scholarship program announces selection of year 2007 OOIDA scholars

(Grain Valley, Mo., June 1, 2007) – The Owner Operator Independent Drivers Association, Inc. (OOIDA) is pleased to announce the winners of the 2007 OOIDA Scholarships. The OOIDA scholarship committee performed blind evaluations of all the applications which came in from all across the country.  These five scholars were selected as this year’s recipients. All applicants wrote a 500 word essay.  Scholars were asked to list and discuss three positive aspects of the influence of the trucker in their lives; how does their choice of an educational goal utilize the strongest attributes of their personality; and to formulate a helpful suggestion for the Association on how to improve the public image of professional truck drivers.

OOIDA scholarships are available for children, grandchildren, and legal dependents of OOIDA members.

The OOIDA scholars for the 2007-2008 school year are:

	Nathaniel James Boring is the son of member James M. Boring of Reeedsville, PA. Nathaniel is enrolled at Pennsylvania State University – Erie, The Behrend College, where he plans to major in Political Science. Nathaniel was awarded a $2,000 scholarship.
	Kristen M. Lynds is the daughter of member Sandra Lynds of Monticello, ME. Kristen is enrolled at Husson College, Bangor, ME, where she plans to major in Accounting. Kristen was awarded a $1,000 scholarship.
	Luke Forest Bayci is the son of member Mark R. Bayci of Caldwell, ID. Luke is enrolled at Colorado State University and plans to major in Animal Science. Luke was awarded a $1,000 scholarship.
	Ashley Stafford is the daughter of member Lewis H. Stafford, Sr. of Cambridge, MD. Ashley is enrolled at Tennessee State University of Nashville, Tennessee and plans to major in physical therapy. Ashley was awarded a $1,000 scholarship.
	Lauren E. Donohoe is the daughter of member David Donohoe of Woodstock, OH. Lauren is enrolled at the Ohio State University Agricultural Technical Institute at Wooster, OH where she plans to major in Agricultural Education. Lauren was awarded a $1,000 scholarship.

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The OODIA Scholarship committee accepts tax exempt contributions from generous OOIDA members, corporate sponsors like Road Law, Land Line Magazine, Owner-Operator Services, Inc., and fund-raisers sponsored by the committee.  We would be honored to add you to our growing list of sponsors.  Your charitable contribution assists the most deserving scholars we can find, member’s sons, daughters, and grandkids.

Awarded scholarships are renewable for three (3) additional years.  Tax-deductible donations to the OOIDA Scholarship Program can be sent to the OOIDA Foundation, Inc., 1 NW OOIDA Drive, Grain Valley, Missouri 64029.

OOIDA, the international trade association of professional owner-operators and drivers, is headquartered in Grain Valley, Missouri.  Small business truckers represent nearly half of the total class 7 and 8 trucks operated in the U.S.

Founded in 1973, the Owner Operator Independent Drivers Association, Inc. (OOIDA) is comprised of more than 153,000 owner-operators, professional drivers, and small business truckers from all 50 states, and Canada.  OOIDA represents the interests of this nation's more than 350,000 small business trucking professionals in the legislative and regulatory processes at both federal and state levels.

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