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DICKINSON FLEET
SERVICES
SPECIAL
POINTS OF
INTEREST:
I S S U E 7 F I R S T Q U A R T E R 2 0 0 6
• Message
Message from Mike Dickinson, Senior Vice President
from Man-
agement
• New News!
Just about everyone says it on last year. For those of you Almost like the Baltimore Colts
• Lighter January 1st, “Where did the who never got the chance to did back in 1984 moving from
Side of year go,” or “That year went meet John, he served as a Baltimore to Indianapolis in the
by fast,” or “I can’t believe Vice President and the Gen- middle of the night, in March
Safety
it’s already 2006.” Well as eral Manager of our Penns- Dick Dickinson sold his house
we quickly approach the mid- burg, PA location. I still in Atlanta, packed up all his
point of ’06, I promise I’ll do think about John quite often, stuff and moved to Jacksonville.
my best not to use one of and I was proud to keep There he hoped to open our 9th
those clichés in my letter. John’s name alive in our com- location; and I am proud to say
pany when at our annual sales he signed a 10 year lease on a
INSIDE You have to admit though that meeting in February we pre- shop that we hope to occupy by
THIS last year was full of events sented Joe Grawe with the the end of May.
that changed the way we op- first ever John Mallon award.
ISSUE:
erated our business, and The award will be presented Atlanta saw another major
Location 2 through the first three months annually to the best perform- change in the first quarter when
News of this year we have exceeded ing mid-size shop. The win- Todd Browning took over the
those changes. For the sec- ner of this award will have leadership roll for the Doraville
ond year in a row I have been demonstrated the drive, entre- location from me by becoming
Safety 3 asked to write the cover page preneurship, and people skills the Branch Manager. Todd
for our first quarter newslet- that made John Mallon a suc- jumped in and hit the ground
ter. In my opinion, now is a cessful businessman. Con- running making changes in
great time to write a letter to gratulations to Joe Grawe, things from how we park equip-
Employee Referral everyone; we’ve just turned Jeff Werstak, Bill Peer, and ment on the yard to setting up
Incentive the page on another success- the rest of the Tampa team on computer systems to organize
ful year in our company’s this great honor. our ever growing mechanical
Do you know some- young history, and we are all shop business. Todd will be a
one in need of a job? well on our way to making Some exciting additions to great leader for our company
Don’t forget the this year our best year ever. our corporate finance depart- now and in the years to come.
Employee Referral ment have us well positioned
Incentive! If you We celebrated two anniversa- to take on the challenges 2006 Wow…all that and then some in
refer someone and ries in the first quarter of the has already brought, and will the first three months of the
they work for 30 year. On February 1st, DFS bring. In late December Ted year. I could go on and on
days, you will re- turned 9 years old, an accom- Coltrain hired Chris Felger to about all the other new addi-
ceive $200! They plishment we should all be lead the Finance Department. tions we have hired to our team,
must list your name proud of. Whether you were Jodi Lich, Taylor Pitman, and about all the new business
on their application! here in 1997 or not, each and Artisha Croney have also we’ve signed at all of our loca-
Tell everyone you every one of you have had a come on board to fill key po- tions, or all of the great things
know! hand in making this company sitions on the corporate staff. each and every one of you do
the success story it is today… Chris’s leadership and dedica- for our company everyday; but I
thank you all for your contin- tion to making our company could never list them all, and if
ued dedication. In January successful is already showing, I tried, I’d still be sitting at my
we celebrated a more somber and along with Margie Hart desk in December writing this
anniversary remembering the and the rest of the corporate letter and saying to myself,
passing of our good friend staff we could not ask for a “Where did the year go.”
John Mallon who sadly left us better team.
PAGE 2
What is a team?
*Sharing a common goal *Working to make certain
A team can be defined as a that they work towards, every member gets in-
Please welcome group of people working volved.
Taylor Pitman, together to accomplish a *Working under specific
Jodi Lich & Ar- common goal. You and all deadlines to achieve certain Dickinson would like to
tisha Croney to the people you work with are results; thank every member of
corporate. part of a team your company their team for a job well
depends on to be a success. *Communicating effec- done. We definitely appre-
Taylor is our new
But, being on a team doesn’t tively with each other; ciate all of the hard work
Payroll & Benefits that everyone puts in to
Coordinator and is mean there will always be
teamwork. *Expressing concern about their job.
responsible for em- each other;
ployee payroll and So, what make a team suc-
benefits admini- cessful then? All successful *Stopping from time to
stration. Artisha, teams have certain attributes time to check the quality of
Accounts Payable in common. This includes: their work; and
clerk, is responsible
for processing ven-
dor invoices for
payment and re-
solving other ven-
dor issues. And
Jodi, HR & Safety
New News: Jacksonville, FL
Coordintor, is re-
We are please to announce for Jacksonville in addition to also continue to oversee Op-
sponsible for re- Dickinson Fleet Services has
cruiting, safety, his current responsibilities for erations in Orlando and
finalized negotiations on a 9
Orlando and Tampa. Jeff will Tampa along with Jacksonville.
and many other year lease for the company’s
10th location nationwide and continue to reside in Orlando.
HR responsibilities.
third location in Florida. Joe Grawe, Operations Man- For information on Dickinson
Our newest facility will be at ager for Florida, will assist Jeff
Please feel free to 5233 Commonwealth Ave- Fleet Services in Jacksonville,
contact them with with administration, hiring, and FL, call Joe Grawe at 813-434-
nue. We hope to take occu-
any questions. pancy this month and be fully operations of the Jacksonville 6159.
operational within 30 days. facility. Joe is in the process of
At 27,000 square feet this selling his house in Tampa and
facility will be our largest moving to Jacksonville. Joe will
maintenance shop in Florida.
Strategically we are located
less than 2 miles from both
I-10 and I-295. Our goal is
to employees 20-25 highly
Congratulations skilled technicians within the
to Mike Warren on next two years. We plan to
his promotion to grow rapidly in Jacksonville
due to the strong demand
Senior Accountant! for reliable truck service in
the area. facility will be our largest main- Jeff Werstak, Branch Manager
Way to go Mike! tenance shop in Florida. Stra- for Florida, will oversee sales
Jeff Werstak, Branch Man-
tegically we are located less
ager for Florida, will oversee
sales and operations thn 2 miles from both I-10 and
I-295. Our goal is to employ
20-25 highly skilled technicians
within the next two years.
We plan to grow rapidly in
Jacksonville due to the strong
TRIVIA QUESTION: demand for reliable truck ser-
ALL SWANS IN ENGLAND ARE vice in the area.
CONSIDERED TO BE THE PROPERTY
OF THE QUEEN. TRUE OR FALSE
ISSUE 7 PAGE 3
Tampa Sales Awards Any em-
With Joe Grawe moving to ployee with
Jacksonville to open the new Congratulations to won the Rookie of the interesting
shop, Donna Nagyhazi and those winners of the Year, Mike Heckler
Bill Vaughn have accepted the 2005 Sales Awards won J.W. Dickinson items or pic-
challenge of running the given at the Febru- award for best per- tures to in-
Tampa facility. Donna will ary Sales Meeting formance by a large clude in the
take over any administrative held in Atlanta, GA. shop and Joe Grawe
issues and Bill will handle all newsletter
won the John Mallon may e-mail
Mechanical pieces. Tony Lentini won “Most award for best per-
Mike Nagyhazi will also be
new Fleet Management formance for a small them to:
instrumental in maintaining
the trailer shop. agreements”, Adam location. Lynda Buck jlich@dickins
We would like to thank these Lafferty won “Most in Pennsburg won best onfleet.com.
individuals for their hard New Service Agree- Accounts Receivable Please note
work and dedication in mak- ments” and Salesman of performance.
“newsletter”
ing this transition a smooth the Year,, Jon Holmes
one for Joe and the rest of in the sub-
the Dickinson family. ject line.
Items will be
included as
Indianapolis space allows.
Worst Hail Storm in Years lights and mirrors that were Dulaney in Parts and performed
broken. all repairs and delivered all units
in Central Indiana!
back to the customers lot by the
When the call came into our end of the day.
Dickinson comes to the rescue
shop, John Brill and Tom Wil-
for 2 major customers after a Answer to
cox immediately began transfer- We believe that no other com-
major hail storm damages a
majority of their fleets. During
ring these vehicles to the shop. pany in Central Indiana could Trivia Question
These guys pulled a double shift have delivered the service that
a 24 hour period about a dozen
to ensure that all of these vehi- we did for these customers.
Dickinson employees picked up,
cles were picked up, repaired, True
repaired, and returned 25 trucks
and delivered. The next morn-
to HP Products and Sysco Great job everyone!!
ing Dave Holsten led the crew
Foods. The Indy shop replaced
of himself, Sun Wing, Leon
13 windshields and repaired
Golladay, and the Drive Away
over 600 holes in the roofs of
department with the help of Ted
box trucks not to mention the
The lighter side of safety suits and concern about lawsuits, have created a whipping, chopping and dicing,” that warns:
need for common sense warnings on products. “Never remove food or other items from the
A flushable toilet brush that warns users, “Do
not use for personal hygiene” has been identi- blades while the product is operating.”
fied as the nation’s wackiest warning label in Other winning labels A label on nine-by three-inch bag of air used
an annual contest sponsored by a consumer as packing material. It carries this warning:
A label on a popular scooter for children that
watchdog group. “Do not use this product as a toy, pillow, or
warns: “This product
flotation device.”
moves when used.”
The Wacky Warning Label Contest, now in its A label on an electric
eighth year, is conducted by Michigan Lawsuit hand blender promoted Source: www.mlaw.org
Abuse Watch, M-LAW, to reveal how law- for use in “blending,
Organization
Dickinson Fleet Services
POSTMASTER: Please deliver to
4709 West 96th Street
Indianapolis IN 46268
Phone: 317-333-8512
Fax: 317-875-7409
E-mail: jlich@dickinsonfleet.com
One Call, One Source
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www.dickinsonfleet.com
Dickinson Fleet Services We work on all phases We offer Fleet Manage-
is the largest independ- and types of truck repair, ment programs with con-
ent company in the coun- from major wreck, lift- trol over our customer’s
try specializing in the re- gate installation and ser- costs, on-site repairs and
pair of trucks. With loca- vice, body repairs and inspections, and pick up
tions in Indianapolis, At- paint, to preventative and delivery services for
lanta (3), Pennsburg PA, maintenance programs. repairs best done
Cincinnati (2), We can supply and/or in the shop.
Orlando, Tampa and manage on-site mechan- We are an authorized
Jacksonville, ics for inspections and dealer for Morgan Body
we are well situated minor services, as well as Parts as well as liftgate
to cover our road service calls to the dealers such as Anthony,
customer base. site of a breakdown. Maxon, Waltco,
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