Millis Transfer honored safe drivers with awards and $1494805.80 in safety bonuses at their Safety Banquet held on March 18.  The banquet located at the Quilted Bear in Germantown Wisconsin honored 368 drivers who achieved one year or more of safe driving at Millis.  A variety of awards were given at the banquet including induction into the Million Mile Club Driver of the Year Awards and Safety Bonuses.  Over 280 company representatives drivers family and friends attended the event.

Drivers inducted into the prestigious Million Mile Club are as follows: Frank Arpino Waterloo NY; Harold Brown West Bend WI; David Czapla Ransomville NY; Ged Dresbach Laurelville OH; Ricky Edwards Terre Haute IN; Kenneth Godard Richmond IN; Willie Haines Albany GA; Darrell Hamilton Grethel KY; Arthur Hanson Sparta WI; William Kern Akron OH; Lawrence Losiewicz Belmont NC; Scott Prim Kewaskum WI and Samuel Rush Albany GA. 

The 2005 Driver of the Year Award winner was also honored.  Jerry Pieper of Beaver Dam WI took home the award and an additional $1500 bonus. 

Drivers with no preventable accidents in each quarter of 2005 were awarded half of their safety bonus during the banquet (the other half was paid at the end of the quarter).  Millis congratulates each driver for their achievements and thanks them for their hard work.  

Millis Transfer located in Black River Falls Wisconsin has grown from 20 tractors in 1982 to over 630 today.  For more information about careers at Millis Transfer call 1-800-937-0880 or visit the website at www.millistransfer.com.