Richard Boone, outgoing chairman of the Atlantic Provinces Trucking Association and president of Fastrax Transportation, Hartland, N.B., received the Trailmobile Service to Industry Award and was among several others honored at the APTA annual convention Oct. 22-24 in Charlottetown, P.E.I.

Boone has been with the Day & Ross Transportation Group, which owns Fastrax, since 1979, and served in a number of other senior positions at the APTA prior to becoming chairman two years ago.

The Volvo Driver of the Year Award was won by Gary MacAskill, a 24-year, four-million-kilometre veteran with an unblemished driving record who currently works for New Brunswick-based Woodstock Transport (1992) Ltd.

The Marine Atlantic Good Samaritan Award went to Francois Noel, a driver with S. P. Chiasson, Lemeque, N.B., who, faced with failed brakes on a downhill street with other vehicles ahead of him at an intersection in Kentville, N.S., intentionally hit a retaining wall and rolled his truck in order to avoid hitting anyone else. Noel was also given a gift by the Kentville Police Department, who nominated him for the Good Samaritan honor.

Robert Power, recently retired president and general manager of Commercial Safety College (CSC), Masstown, N.S., was presented with the Safety to Motor Transportation Award, sponsored by AXA Global Risks Canada. He was honored for his 36-year career in transportation, and especially for overseeing a number of innovations and improvements for CSC’s truck-driver training curriculum.

Officers elected for the 1998-99 term of the APTA were: Bob Briggs (Pole Star Transport Ltd., Dartmouth, N.S.), as chairman; Don Fillmore, Snr. (Atlantic-Pacific Transport Ltd., Harcourt, N.B.) as first vice-chairman; Tracy Waite (Wheel-Away Inc., Kensington, P.E.I.) as second vice-chairman; Paul Easson (Eassons Transport Ltd., Berwick, N.S.) as secretary-treasurer; and G. Richard Boone (Fastrax Transportation, Hartland, N.B.) as past chairman.

Thirty-eight directors were elected in various geographical or operating categories, as well as eight honorary directors.

The 1999 APTA annual convention is scheduled for Oct. 21-23, 1999, at the Delta Brunswick Hotel, Saint John, N.B. For details, call the APTA at 506/855-2782 or fax 506/853-7424.