Working Without a Net
Stephen Large religiously maintains the powerhouse and pampers the body of whatever he drives. The only item he overlooks is himself.

Olympic Haul
In what might be the run of a lifetime, brothers Leonard and Bruce Magill trucked alongside the Olympic torch on its way across Canada.

Aggre-Great Trucking
Being tied to the construction business has meant being down in the dumps for lots of operators, but not all of them.

Snapshot Trucking to Office U.S. trucker "Singin' Sam" Little is hoping his ability to help people and reach out to the public will make him Alaska's next governor. The first time Alaskan Sam Little was mentioned in these pages he was trying to make life better for a young Canadian Inuit lad. Back in 2002, a friend of Little's in Watson Lake, Yukon, was raising money for a boy with leukemia who needed to get to Vancouver for treatment. Little stepped in and his efforts helped to raise more than enough money. Little's other Canadian connection is that he's married to one. He and his wife were in Williams Lake, B.C. when we chatted with him at the beginning of January. "In the first round we raised $17,000 and in the next two years after we raised close to $40,000 for children with leukemia and the children's hospital," explains Little. "The boy has recovered and is 9 or 10 now, and playing hockey." The 67-year-old runs three trucks between Alaska and Washington, and hopes that a down-to earth truck driver will be able to help the people of Alaska more than previous politicians managed to do. A couple of key issues Little is campaigning on include bringing more jobs to the state and bringing Alaska into the International Fuel Tax Agreement (IFTA). Little has never run in an election before and is decorating one of his rigs to parade in community celebrations to deliver his message, rather than invest in television ads. The musical trucker even wrote a song about it called, 'Truck Driver for Governor.' Little will be running in the primary elections on Aug. 24 for the Republican spot, and if he wins the nomination will run against the Democrat representative in the general election on Nov. 2. You can check out more about Little and his campaign at www.samlittleforgovernor.com

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