February 2015

Hello! And welcome to the first edition of The Star, our new quarterly newsletter. We want this to be a tool to help us all stay in touch -- about important company matters, but also about each other.

Speaking of important matters, I want to thank you all for a fantastic 2014. Because of you, what started as a very challenging year (think, ice, snow, and more ice and snow) finished incredibly strong because you proved yourselves to be reliable in bad weather -- and used that time to strengthen relationships with your customers. 

The result? Double-digit growth for our company. It couldn't have happened without the efforts and dedication of all of you on our Star Freight team. I'd like to recognize a few individuals who consistently went above and beyond in their service to our customers -- drivers Steve Moldenhauer, Jay Murphy and Bill Martin and dispatcher Robert Hielckert. Thanks, guys, for the excellent effort!

No doubt, we ended 2014 on a strong note, so I want to challenge everyone to help us continue that success. As long as we keep building those relationships with our customers  and  finding ways to meet our customers' needs better than anyone else, we'll all make Star Freight even stronger in 2015.

Thanks!

Charlie Johnson
President

It's hard not to smile while listening to Lupe Rendon talk about his job, his family and his life. His good mood just rubs off on you.

Lupe and Mariel Rendon

Lupe, who has been driving trucks for 15 years (the
last five-plus with Star Freight) first learned to drive 18-wheelers while working at his first job in a warehouse in Oklahoma City. In fact, the owner there encouraged  Lupe to learn all aspects of the business, from shipping to receiving.

"I knew everything in that warehouse," Lupe says, and that experience has paid off. He knows how to relate to the people he picks up from and delivers to, and that makes both ends of his Ponca City, Okla., to Dallas route a lot more pleasant.

Lupe, an owner-operator, has been driving that route with Star Freight for several years now. Not only does he like the people he deals with on a weekly basis, but he likes the fact that he knows when he'll be on the road -- and when he'll be home.

At home, his wife, Mariel, owns her own cleaning business for surgical suites. He also has two daughters, one who's heading to medical school and the other who will soon enter college.

"When I'm off work, I help my wife with her business," Lupe says. And when they're both away from work, they like to cook and relax together as a family, or go visit relatives in Dallas.

Lupe is grateful that his job allows him to spend time with his family -- particularly holidays. Star Freight's "flexible like that," he explains, adding, "I plan to stay with them as long as they'll keep me."