Forward Q2 2022

Quarter 2 2022

Floyd’s Company Newsletter

FORWARD

IN THIS ISSUE

Job Openings

Who’s New To The Floyd’s Family

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Welcome our newest bunch to the family.

Workiversaries & Birthdays We are eternally grateful for your dedication and passion. Thank you for being with us.

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Have a friend you think would make a great coworker?

We’d love to meet them. Just send them a text letting them know that we’re hiring.

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Community Board From beautiful babies to axe throwing, come read all the little tidbits submitted from all over!

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Get prepared to get personal as you meet 5 Floyd’s employees on a new level! Distance cant keep us apart.

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Tayson Jones competing in Saddle Bronc at The Black Hills Stock Show.

Photo by: Chuck Miner.

Publisher Floyd’s Truck Center Editor-in-Chief Mark Felker Copy Editor Casey Prann Layout & Design Shania Biers Contributors Daniel Calvin Winter Verbeck Misty Dierks Tanya Morava Jackie Rounds Niki Roth Chris Chafee Kevin Chafee Heath Lowinske

Let’s give a warm Newest members of

Mattison McKamey Parts Counter Belgrade Daniel Dobson Parts Counter Casper Allyson Lawrence Service Writer Casper Tammy Tucker Parts Delivery Cheyenne Andy Ginn Service Writer Cheyenne Dalton Comer Service Technician Fort Pierre Dylan Rezek Service Technician Fort Pierre Lucas Jones Service Technician Fort Pierre

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Nicholas Zick Parts Delivery Gillette Jerry Allred Service Technician Gillette Clint Childers Service Manager Scottsbluff Steven Thompson Body Shop Technician Scottsbluff Andy Stroh Alignment Technician Scottsbluff

April Birthdays 1-APR TAMMY TUCKER 2-APR LONNY DYBDAHL FLOYD SCHULTZ 4-APR MARIO PALOMO SCOTT MILLER 6-APR MARK SILVA 9-APR BRAD BLOW

10-APR LEVI BLOW ETHAN WHITE JOHN DOW 11-APR JUSTIN GUNYAN 14-APR JOHN FARNER 18-APR JERRY TRODE 19-APR JASON RAHMIG

20-APR TROY GREENE MASON BRINK 21-APR DENVER LICH 22-APR JR BUTLER 24-APR SHAWN RANDALL 26-APR JEREMY VONDRAK

27-APR KEALAN HAWLEY 29-APR GERALD NELSON RYAN WHETHAM DAVID MEISTER

21-MAY CHRIS CHAFEE 22-MAY KEVIN MONTOYA GRANT NEHMAN 23-MAY WAYNE PATCHES TERRA GARRISON KRISTY SCRIBNER CRYSTAL RASMUSSON 27-MAY AUSTIN HAUCK

ROCKY MARTINEZ 29-MAY KADE HUNTINGTO 30-MAY JASON KASTEN 31-MAY KELLY KISTER JAZMYNE DIERKS TREVOR FISH

May Birthdays 1-MAY LORI TSCHETTER 2-MAY MICHAEL FREESE 3-MAY MATTISON MCKAMEY 9-MAY CHARLES SHENKEL 9-MAY BENJAMIN HARTMANN 10-MAY NICHOLAS WILSON

11-MAY TANYA MORAVA 12-MAY CARSON LONG 16-MAY SANDRA ARMSTRONG JASON WEEDA 18-MAY TIM JONES 19-MAY TOM COOPER

June Birthdays 3-JUN CODY HELBERT NATHANIEL MALONE MATHIEU MARBUT 7-JUN JON ROGERS 9-JUN PETER TOWNSEND TRISTYN MONDOC 11-JUN MICHAEL GILLAM RON MILLS

13-JUN ERIC LOWE 19-JUN GENE WERTZ 21-JUN WINTER VERBECK TREVOR CURTIS 22-JUN JULIANE ALBRECHT BRIAN BAKER 23-JUN LETICIA MARTINEZ MICHAEL BALDWIN

BRIAN KNOX 25-JUN NIKOL ROTH 27-JUN SID JOHNSTON 29-JUN RAYCE KOVAR 30-JUN JOSEPH BLOCK

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FT. PIERRE Service Technician Service Writer Kubota Assembly Technician

We recently celebrated Read Across America in our third-grade classroom. The students were allowed to wear hats that day. Wyatt came up to me and said, “Mrs. Boston look at my new hat I got”. You can imagine the excitement I had, when the hat said Floyds on it because I knew it came from my nephew and brother’s dealership. I told him “Well, that is an awesome hat, Wyatt!” “I’ll have to take a picture and send it to my brother and nephew” The rest of the day Wyatt wore his Floyds hat with pride.

Wyatt Stumpf hopes to be a 3rd generation trucker and he enjoys going on hauls with his grandpa and dad.

Stumpf Trucking has been in business since 1998 and is stationed out of Spearfish, SD. Ed Stumpf is the owner operator and can be seen on the road in a teal 1998 Freightliner while Grandpa Stumpf can be seen in a blue 1994 Peterbilt. Wyatt hopes to buy Grandpa’s truck once he retires. Stumpf Trucking has cattle pots, flatbeds and grain trailer which keeps the boys busy.

- Holly Boston, 3rd Grade Elementary School Teacher

Recruitment table and interviews held at WyoTech were a success!

Many great conversations were had, hopefully we’ll see some of these fresh faces after graduation.

- Mark Felker

If you went to the dictionary right now and looked up “cool” you’d probably see a picture of Daniel (Dobbie) who works at the back parts counter in Casper. Watch the video to see this man in action or find him on TikTok @xx_anoobis_xx - Michael Gillam

Warner Gerald Holstein was born 3/11/22 at 7:31 pm, weighing 6 lbs 11 oz and 19.3 inches long. He is the son of Belgrade Sales Coordinator, Riley Provencher and her fiancé, Keegan Holstein. Riley and Keegan are so happy to have him earthside with them!

SD USA Skills Competition

WY USA Skills Competition

Belgrade Kubota Field Event SDHS Rodeo Finals - Kubota sponsorship

Pierre - Kubota Field Event

DTNA Purpose

OUR MISSION We exist to support the commercial transportation industry. It’s our way of helping our families and communities prosper. Our company has grown because we take pride in our work and each other. However, our past success cannot sustain us; instead we must continuously innovate, always working toward quicker and simpler solutions for our customers. We’ll do this by supporting and challenging each other while always using family values as our moral compass.

WILDLY IMPORTANT GOALS (WIG) for 2022

SERVICE: Reach Tech Proficiency Rate of 98% PARTS: Reduce Overage Inventory to a 3 Month Average of 4% of Inventory by end of year.

INTRODUCING

THE EMPLOYEE PORTAL

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HOW TO ACCESS THE EMPLOYEE PORTAL

VIRTUALLY ACCESS

Go to Floydstrucks.com or open the Floyd’s Truck Center App

COMPANY NEWS LINKS, FORUMS, & NEWSLETTERS SURVEYS Locate “The Company” tab and select the “Employee Login” from

MANUALS & FORMS

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the drop down menu.

AND MORE!

THE COMPLETE USER GUIDE DOWNLOAD THE APP TODAY

Follow the steps in the user guide for logging in for the first time, changing your password and much more.

User Manual

DRIVE SAFE Drive Safe Course Training needs to be completed yearly by all staff. This training needs to be completed as soon as possible.

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To do this login to the portal and go to “My Courses” > “Drive Safe” located in your left menu

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This will open up the training module. Click on “Video: Zero Tolerance for Distracted Driving”

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Watch the video and complete a short quiz after and you’re done!

Visit Employee Portal

DRIVE SAFE TRAINING IS REQUIRED FOR ALL STAFF

Meet Ally Lawrence

CASPER, WY | 3 WEEKS OF SERVICE

What was your first job?

My first job was lifeguarding at a water park.

What was your last adventure?

My last adventure was leaving the Central Coast of California to move to Casper with my fiancé and my two dogs. We moved out here in November of 2021 and just purchased our first home.

My hobbies include: •

Cooking

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Hunting

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Fishing

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Camping

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Crafting with my Cricut machine

What’s the most exciting thing you are working on right now?

The most exciting thing I’m currently working on is some DIY wedding projects.

Any favorite line from a movie or show?

“You is kind, you is smart, you is important.” - The Help

Taste These

Brownies

Difficulty:

Prep time: 10 min Cook time: 30-40 min

INGREDIENTS 2 Sticks of Butter

2 1/4 cups Sugar 4 Eggs

2 tsp Vanilla

1 1/3 cup Cocoa Powder

1 1/2 tsp Baking Powder 1 1/3 cups Flour

2 cups Chocolate Chips

If you could invite anyone dead or alive to dinner who would it be and why?

Johnny Cash, because I love his music and the movie “Walk the Line” so I would love to hear his life story directly from him.

DIRECTIONS Melt butter and sugar in sauce pan.

Transfer to a bowl and add 1 egg at a time, add vanilla. Stir in all dry ingredients. Bake at 350 for 30-40 minutes.

Meet Mason Bitters ROCK SPRINGS, WY | 3 YR 5 M OF SERVICE

What are your hobbies?

My fiance and I shoot in an archery leagues and we do a lot hunting.

What was your last adventure?

My last adventure was buying a new dodge charger and joy riding most of the night with my fiance.

What’s the most exciting thing you are working on right now?

The most exciting thing that I am currently working on is gearing up and preparing to wed my fiance.

What’s your secret talent no one knows about?

I grew up in a musically inclined family and can sing pretty well.

What’s your superpower?

I can replace DPF filters in 48 mins properly.

How would you describe your job to a class of kindergartners?

I would start by asking the class if they have seen semis or the big trucks on the roads before, I’d follow up with telling them I am in charge of making sure the people driving those trucks and the people around those trucks are get their jobs done efficiently and make it home safely back to their families.

What skill do you think everyone should learn?

I think everyone should know how to manage their time effectively.

What motivates you?

What motives me the most is having a

reason to come to work and work my hardest. For me that’s my little family that I have started, so they can live their best life.

(By their I mean my fiance, three dogs and soon, hopefully children.)

Any favorite line from a movie or show?

“It ain’t about how hard you hit. Its about how hard you get hit and keep moving forward. How much you can take and keep moving forward. That’s how winning is done!” - Sylvester Stallone If you won the lottery, what is the first thing you would do?

If I won the lottery I honestly think the first thing I would do is buy my fiance and I’s dream home, then I’d throw a hefty chunk into an IRA. What’s one item you can’t live without?

The one thing I could not live without is my fiance.

If you could invite anyone dead or alive to dinner who would it be and why?

I would invite Johnny cash to dinner so we could play music together afterwards.

If you were on death row what would you request for your last meal?

My final meal would have to be steak, sweet corn on the cob, and smoked homemade mac n cheese.

Meet Carla Hernandez SCOTTSBLUFF, NE | 5 YR OF SERVICE

What are your hobbies?

• I love spending time with my family • Having game nights • I love to cook What was your last adventure?

My last adventure was traveling to Dallas, Texas. Our close friends surprised my husband and I with a trip to see a Dallas Cowboys game as our wedding gift. It was a great time!

What was your first job?

My first job was at the age of 14 and I worked at Perkins as a busser.

What motivates you?

My family and friends motivate me to be a better person than I was the day before. Everyone has different outlooks on life and I take pieces of those differences to motivate me daily.

Any favorite line from a movie or show?

“I’m gonna make him an offer he can’t refuse.” - The Godfather If you won the lottery, what is the first thing you would do?

I would probably start crying!

What’s one item you can’t live without?

I can’t live without coffee. It has become a bad habit of mine.

Difficulty:

Prep time: 20 min Cook time: 10 min

Taste This Strawberry Pretzel Salad INGREDIENTS 6 oz strawberry Jell-O 2 cups boiling water

2 1/2 cups salted pretzels, (measured before crushing) 1/4 cup granulated sugar 8 Tbsp unsalted butter 8 oz package cream cheese, softened

1/2 cup granulated sugar

8 oz cool whip, thawed in the fridge 1 lb fresh strawberries, hulled and sliced

DIRECTIONS 1. Pre-heat oven to 350°F. Combine strawberry Jell-O with 2 cups boiling water and stir until completely dissolved. Set aside to cool to room temperature.

2. Crush 2 1/2 cups pretzels and set aside. In a medium sauce pan, melt 8 Tbsp butter then add 1/4 cup sugar and stir. Mix in crushed pretzels. Transfer to a 13x9 glass casserole dish, pressing the pretzel mix evenly over the bottom of the dish and bake for 10 min at 350°F, then cool to room temp.

3. When pretzels have cooled, use an electric hand mixer to beat 8 oz cream cheese and 1/2 cup sugar on med/high speed until fluffy and white. Fold in 8 oz Cool Whip until no streaks of cream cheese remain. Spread mixture over cooled pretzels, spreading to the edges of the dish to create a tight seal. Refrigerate 30 min.

4. Hull and slice 1 lb strawberries then stir into your room temperature jello. Pour and spread strawberry jello mixture evenly over your cooled cream cheese layer and refrigerate until jello is set (2-4 hours).

Meet Ryan Whetham FT. PIERRE, SD | 1 YR 4 M OF SERVICE

When did you first learn about rodeo poker?

Going to rodeo’s as a kid, they always had some type of bull poker for entertainment.

What encouraged you to play in your first match/round?

Stupidity...

How many would you say you’ve participated in now?

Have you ever won or gotten close to winning?

I’ve participated in 2 so far, though you never really win in this event.

What’s the craziest thing you’ve seen happen in rodeo poker?

It’s all crazy. They get 8 VOLUNTEERS to sit still, and let a rodeo bull with horns and a flank strap run you over until the last man sitting. Grand Prize is a belt buckle.

What’s the worst injury you’ve received from participating?

I’ve been fortunate so far, just scrapes and bruises.

Any advice for others interested in participating?

Wear cleats, don’t let go of the table, and NEVER MOVE! What’s the most exciting thing you are working on right now?

My rain dance.

What was your last adventure?

Having my first child and everything that entails.

What are your hobbies?

• Farming • Hunting • Fishing • Cornhole

Meet Shania Biers RAPID CITY, SD | 1 YR 9 M OF SERVICE What are your hobbies?

• Paddle boarding • Hiking • Crafting • Reading • Learning something new

on this has refreshed my soul in a way. I love being creative and crafty and this is my way of sharing it with others. If you want more information about it feel free to reach out :)

What was your last adventure?

My last adventure was about 2 weeks ago. I went down to New Orleans, Louisiana with friends from college.

This was our third trip down there together (It’s sort of a tradition now I guess) We played like the locals do and headed towards a block party to celebrate Saint Patrick’s day only we ended up finding out we were attending an elementary school fundraiser instead - great music and people all around. Out of all our travels together we all agreed, NOLA has the kindest locals. After contributing to higher education we spent our days exploring the garden district, zoo, and local fare.

What was your first job?

My first job was at 16 with Dressbarn as a sales associate. My accomplishments there included being a leader in credit card sign-ups as well as assisting with the on floor training of new staff. Though the best part of the job was helping our routine customers that traveled to Rapid just to shop. My favorite was a woman named Mary who lived in Canada and started weight lifting in her retirement!

What’s your superpower?

I would say ambition. I will always try and do something myself before I outsource or ask for help - at times this is also a downfall of mine.

What motivates you?

I have yet to do anything worth living for or feel proud of anything I’ve done, so in a way it would suck to die at this time in my life and that’s pretty motivating.

Favorite quote?

“Getting up is optional, Getting down is mandatory.”

If you could invite anyone dead or alive to dinner who would it be and why?

I would invite the third head librarian of the Library of Alexandria, Eratosthenes of Cyrene (lived c. 280–c. 194 BC) He is best known today for his scientific works, but he was also a literary scholar.

Eratosthenes’ most important work was his treatise Geographika. Eratosthenes was the first scholar to apply mathematics to geography and map-making.

I want to know about all the things he has read and What’s the most exciting What skill do you think learned through his work thing you are working on everyone should learn? and studies at the Library of right now?

I think every person needs to Alexandria. To be able to pick Right now I’m in the middle of know how to grow, harvest, through all the knowledge that starting up an online boutique. and store food for themselves. has been lost to us after the It’s all official and ready in I’d love for victory gardens to burning of the library would be the legal sense but I’m still make a comeback!! There is a wonderful opportunity. working with suppliers and much to be gained physically gathering inventory to launch and spiritually in being more early this summer. Working self sustaining.

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