Every year, the Mid-America Trucking Show in Louisville is
bigger and better, but one thing stays the same. With all that walking and
talking, you are going to be hungry. When you shuttle over to the parking lot
at Papa John’s, you’ll discover that you and your taste buds have hit the
jackpot.
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| Why is everyone so hungry at a truck show? Not to worry. |
You’ll find Truckers United for Charities and the Just
Because (JBC) volunteers grilling up good stuff in exchange for donations,
which they then pay forward to numerous charities for children. As usual, they
will be cooking dogs, burgers and brats all three days. On Thursday and Friday
morning, they’ll be serving sausage, bacon, egg and cheese sandwiches for
breakfast.
OOIDA’s Jon Osburn says starting Thursday, Truckers United
for Charities and JBC are teaming up again with their traditional “blue plate
special” for dinners after the show closes each night. OOIDA Life Spouse
Kimberly Schmidt, secretary for both of those groups, says items on the menu
include pinto beans and cornbread for Wednesday, chicken fried steak for
Thursday, fried catfish and hush puppies for Friday, and brisket and barbecued
chicken for Saturday night. (Psssst. OOIDA Members Buzz and Laurie Scutt told Land Line the blue plate specials will
make the neighbors come running.)
Dean Owens reports that every day the Jacob Russell
Boulanger Memorial Fund group (helpatrucker.org) will have food available to
all drivers at no cost. He says the food is free at the “Burnt Beans
Commissary” but donations are “gladly accepted.” JRBM is planning two dinners
in honor of the group’s founding members, OOIDA Life Members Rusty “Yoda” Wade
and Don “Burnt Beans” McKinley. Rusty died in January of 2013, and Don died in
June of 2014.
OOIDA Member Rob Fernald reports that he and a small
enthusiastic group of truckers (not affiliated with any club or charity) will
again be setting up their kitchen and “dining room” at the north end of Lot C.
Rob says it’s truckers who like doing it and “giving back,” and that’s why
their kitchen is called the Because We Can Café.
Rob, Kacie Wood, Janet and Lawrence McNeil and a handful of
other OOIDA members will serve free, healthy and wholesome meals to
attendees.
Saturday starts with biscuits and gravy with Tim Ridley
(Nemo Entertainment) to benefit the St. Christopher Fund. After the show closes
at the Expo Center on Saturday, there’s more action at Papa John’s, including a
cook-off.
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