By Rob Sussman
Dec 23, 2020 12:09 PM
APPLETON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) The sale of the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers and Fond du Lac Dock Spiders to Third Base Ventures, LLC was spurred on by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to club president and now minority owner Rob Zerjav.
“We were hoping that, if we were able to play a season in June, that we could make it through,” Zerjav said. “We didn’t have a season this year, and with losing 90% of the revenue…the memberships just couldn’t cover that.”
The entire Minor League Baseball season was cancelled this year due to the pandemic. Board Chair Tom Lehr said the situation was unfortunate given Appleton Baseball Club’s 90+ year history as a non-profit entity.
The drive to deliver: how truckers are staying on the road in demanding year
Trucking industry under pressure from online shopping By Sarah Thomsen | December 11, 2020 at 8:21 AM CST - Updated December 11 at 8:26 AM
GREEN BAY, Wis. (WBAY/Gray) - Have you heard the term “shipageddon?”
That’s the word the National Retail Federation says some are using to describe this holiday season as so many more people shop online, WBAY reported.
That puts an added pressure on the transportation industry and all those truck drivers responsible for moving those goods from warehouses to stores and eventually to you.
Schneider, based in northeast Wisconsin and one of the nation’s largest trucking companies, has adapted in 2020 to keep those trucks on the road and their drivers healthy.
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In his 19-year career at Schneider (NYSE: SNDR), a premier provider of transportation and logistics services, Tom Lehr has hauled a variety of goods, but next week he is carrying the most precious cargo of his career.
The Marine veteran is joining Wreaths Across America in hauling and delivering truckloads of balsam fir wreaths from Worcester Wreath Company in Columbia Falls, Maine, to Arlington National Cemetery and over 2,100 other locations across the country and abroad as a national tribute to fallen military veterans. Lehr is one of a select group of drivers delivering the wreaths to Arlington.
“It’s a great honor and privilege to bring the wreaths down, so we can remember all the people that have gone before us and keep them in our memory,” Lehr said. “As long as someone remembers those who made the ultimate sacrifice, then they are not forgotten.”
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Tom Lehr is one of several Schneider drivers participating in Wreaths Across America
In his 19-year career at Schneider (NYSE:SNDR), a premier provider of transportation and logistics services, Tom Lehr has hauled a variety of goods, but next week he is carrying the most precious cargo of his career.
The Marine veteran is joining Wreaths Across America in hauling and delivering truckloads of balsam fir wreaths from Worcester Wreath Company in Columbia Falls, Maine, to Arlington National Cemetery and over 2,100 other locations across the country and abroad as a national tribute to fallen military veterans. Lehr is one of a select group of drivers delivering the wreaths to Arlington.