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Fikes helps with Haiti relief
July 23, 2010
| by: Overdrive Staff
Fikes Truck Line, based in Hope, Ark., is transporting lumber intended for Haiti’s relief effort free of charge, the carrier said.
Owner-operators Harold Horn and Jimmy King kicked off the effort hauling two loads of lumber for Weyerhaeuser from Bruce, Miss., to Jacksonville, Fla. Other carriers are donating similar services, a Fikes spokesperson said.
For details, go to fikes.com.
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