Cranberry Police to Get Trucking with New Ford F-150 – Cranberry …
Cranberry s fleet of police vehicles is getting a new look.
At Thursday s Board of Supervisors meeting, officials approved purchasing a Ford F-150 truck for the Cranberry Police Department 1to replace its 2007 Ford Expedition.
The truck will cost $28,780, which Cranberry Sgt. Chuck Mascellino said is about the same cost as a new sports utility vehicle. The department typically replaces its vehicles once they reach more than 100,000 miles, Mascellino said.
As for why the department chose to go with a truck instead of another SUV, the answer is simple more room.
Mascellino said the bed in the pickup truck would give officers more ability to haul bikes, dogs cages, vehicle parts and other items
In the past, officers have used their personal vehicle, or gotten the township s public works department to assist them, when they were unable to load items into their police vehicles. Police cruisers are filled almost to capacity with computers, a prisoner partition and other equipment, according to Public Safety Director Jeff Schueler.
The one thing we have lacked is the ability to haul certain items, Mascellino said. Even in an SUV, you don t have room to haul something like a bike,
Mascellino said the truck also has more room in the interior compared to an SUV.
Cranberry would be one of the first departments in the area to utilize the pickup truck as a police vehicle.
Franklin Township in Beaver County also has a Ford F-150 for its police department and Mascellino said Cranberry has received positive feedback on it from Franklin officers.
Several other employees of the township also have them as personal vehicles, he said.
The Ford-150 will be ordered by the end of the month. Once the truck is outfitted for the department, it could be on the road by early fall, Mascellino said.
The truck may also be reused in Cranberry when the police department readies to replace it in the future. Mascellino said the F-150 could be transferred to the township s parks and recreation or public works for use by those departments.
We do have a lot of second life for our vehicles, Mascellino said. They ve been well maintained throughout the first 100,000 miles we use them.
Cranberry supervisors also authorized the police department to buy two Dodge Charges to replace two of the department s older Ford Crown Victorias. The cost for the two Chargers is $55,070.
Mascellino noted Ford stopped making Crown Victorias last year. After officers test-drove both the Chevy Caprice and the Charger as possible replacements, the department decided to go with the Charger again because of space.
It really is a tight fit, Mascellino said of the Caprice. The Chargers have a little bit more room.
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Driver Killed in I-280 Crash Identified as Don Pico's Owner – Half …
The driver who died in a late night solo car crash1 on Interstate 280 Saturday has been identified as Isaac Mejia, the beloved owner of Don Pico’s and an active member of the San Bruno community.
Just after 11 p.m. Saturday, Mejia was heading north on I-280 near the interstate Highway 380 connector in San Bruno when his car slammed into a concrete wall on the freeway, the CHP said.
Mejia, 51, a longtime San Bruno resident, was pronounced dead at the scene, and investigators are trying to determine whether he died solely due to injuries suffered in the crash or for medical reasons.
Mejia grew up in San Bruno and was the son of immigrants from the Mexican state of Sonora Issac Mejia Sr. and Herlinda Mejia who opened Don Pico’s2 in 1975. The restaurant was a small operation until Mejia took over the restaurant in 1999. He brightened the look of the restaurant, updated the kitchen and added his own touch to the menu.
Don Pico’s is now an institution in the city.
Recently, the restaurant underwent another remodeling3, and the exterior of the building was updated, the restaurant was expanded in size, and a second dining room and bar were added. Mejia also adorned the restaurant with a number of antique items, including chandeliers made from Austrian crystal from the San Francisco Ferry Building, a trophy fish from Bing Crosby s private collection and a 1925 mahogany Brunswick bar from the San Francisco Cliff House an extension of his love for art and design.
Just down the street from Don Pico’s is Mejia’s second San Bruno restaurant, The Rib Shack.
In addition to being a restauranteur, Mejia was very active in the business and volunteer community. He has been involved with the San Bruno Chamber of Commerce for years, and he was a dedicated member of the San Bruno Lions Club.
At the Lions Club’s installation ceremony in June, the club honored Mejia with the Lion of the Year award4.
One of the things Mejia was always known for was his willingness to serve others.
“He was one of the most magnanimous people I’ve ever met,” said Mel Phillips, a past president of the San Bruno Lions Club. “He was willing to help everybody.”
Mejia leaves behind a wife and a daughter.
References
- ^ late night solo car crash (sanbruno.patch.com)
- ^ Don Pico’s (sanbruno.patch.com)
- ^ underwent another remodeling (sanbruno.patch.com)
- ^ Lion of the Year award (sanbruno.patch.com)
Football and trucking | Commercial Carrier Journal
It s getting to be that time of the year again, and no, I m not talking about the elections. Football is returning to America s stadiums and televisions, and not a minute too soon there s only so much golf and tennis you can take to pass the time. Yeah, I know baseball is king during the summer, but for some reason, even though I love going to see a game in person, I ve never really enjoyed sitting in front of the TV watching a non-playoff game. Sorry. I m not really a big apple pie fan, either. But I do love America and hot dogs, so that s gotta count for something.
Anyway, back to football, and here comes the inevitable tie-in to the world of trucking after all, this is a trucking Website, and if I can t find anything to say about trucking in this blog, it really doesn t belong here. But when you think about it, football and trucking have plenty in common; while an offense hauls a ball from one side of the field to another to score points, truckers haul commodities from Point A to Point B to earn money.
Good lord, you re saying. That s really a stretch. Hang on, it s going to get thinner. Sure, there s a defense that tries to keep the offense from accomplishing its goal, and in trucking, fleets have to overcome obstacles such as driver turnover, capacity issues, fuel prices, logistics the list goes on. Seriously, that sounds to me like a tougher challenge than running the ball against the Baltimore Ravens, but hey, I never had to stare Ray Lewis in the face, so what do I know?
Anyway, enjoy fall football 2012 I know I will. And keep on trucking for those touchdowns.
ceylon: Sri Lanka's John Keells to dispose its freight unit to France's …
July 04, 2012 (LBO) Sri Lanka s John Keells Holdings PLC has inked a deal to sell its freight forward unit in Colombo and India to France-based Norbert Dentressangle SA, both firms said in a statement.
The acquisition will enable Norbert Dentressangle to strengthen its growing freight forwarding business, in line with its strategy, Colombo-based John Keells said in a brief statement on Wednesday. The transaction is due to be finalised by end-August.
Conglomerate John Keells, which also has investments ranging from leisure, financial services and ports, did not disclose the sale price.
Norbert Dentressangle said the freight forward operation to be acquired, has 120 people on its payroll and reported revenues of nearly 10 million dollars in 2011. The company has a network of six-offices in India, covering the main coastal regions, plus another two in Sri Lanka.
After the acquisition of APC Beijing International in China at the end of 2011, the acquisition of a reliable, recognised major Indian and Sri Lankan freight forwarding player means the Asian continent is now well served by the Group s operations, Norbert Dentressangle said.
Norbert Dentressangle s freight forwarding business now has a network of 50 offices and 600 employees operating in 12 countries on three-continents.
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