Vale, NC – Houser Transport, Inc, located in Vale, NC, recently announced that truck driver Debbie Parker is the 2005-2006 TLC Safety Top Dog Grand Prize winner. Parker took home $12,500 that was awarded by the TLC Companies, Brooklyn Center, Minn.
TLC Companies CEO presented the award May19, 2006 at Houser Transport’s headquarters. Parker is the first woman to win the top award.
Parker qualified for the national award by having a clean driving record, no over-the-road accidents, and no worker’s compensation claims during the program year. She was chosen randomly from drivers across the nation who had also met the program’s stringent qualifications and had registered each of the program’s four three-month periods.
(Photo: Debra Parker, second from right, of Houser Transport, Inc., Vale, NC, is The TLC Companies Top Dog™ Grand Prize winner for 2005-2006. She is shown here on May 19, 2006 receiving her $12,500 award from Ardell DeBerg, president and CEO of the TLC Companies (far right), Sam Houser President and CEO of Houser Transport, Inc. and Sherry Lee VP of Safety and Personnel with Houser Transport. Parker won the annual safe driver award by staying accident-free and injury-free for the award program’s 12-month period.)
Vale, NC – Houser Transport, Inc., a full service transportation carrier that focuses primarily on shipments between the Carolinas and California, recently announced that team driver Frances “Fran” Cochran of Crouse, NC, is the recipient of their “Top Dog” safety award for October-December of 2005.
Cochran received an $800 WalMart Gift Card for participating in the “Top Dog” safety program and qualified to win by having no safety violations or instances reported.
Sherry Lee, Safety Director for Houser Transport, said that a driver’s safety record is of the utmost importance when hiring and evaluating their performance. “We conduct a thorough background check when hiring. We hire and expect only the safest of drivers. We are proud of Fran and our other drivers for always putting safety first.”
One local family's recent trip turned out to be one of historic proportions. Sam Houser, President of Houser Transport, Inc. in Vale was thrilled to take his two daughters, Kindell and Colby, to Italy to perform with the Suzuki School of the Arts orchestra. The daughters have been practicing and performing music for the past eight years under director Nan Freeman's supervision and instruction.
Colby, who is sixteen years old and a junior at West Lincoln High School, plays piano and Kindell, 15, is in 9th grade at West Lincoln and plays violin. The girls have excelled at their respective instruments and performed on numerous occasions. Colby performed last year in Washington, D.C. at the John F. Kennedy Center for the performing arts as well as in New York. See more photos in our photo section.
Both girls are very active. They both play basketball and Colby plays softball as well. Both work after school at their father's company to earn spending money and to help their dad.
Both girls were asked to tour with the North Carolina Youth Orchestra in Italy this year. The group plays Level 4 music and memorized all their music for the two-hour concert.
Vale, NC – Houser Transport, Inc, located in Vale, NC, recently announced that truck driver Debbie Parker is the 2005-2006 TLC Safety Top Dog Grand Prize winner. Parker took home $12,500 that was awarded by the TLC Companies, Brooklyn Center, Minn. 
Vale, NC – Houser Transport, Inc., a full service transportation carrier that focuses primarily on shipments between the Carolinas and California, recently announced that team driver Frances “Fran” Cochran of Crouse, NC, is the recipient of their “Top Dog” safety award for October-December of 2005.