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The ADVANCE, August 23, 2023/Page 14A
Stye Ahumtce
Shapiro
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Reggie Cannon, left, Warehouse Manager from Dot
Foods New York, presents Robert Dent, right, of Vidalia,
with the trophy for winning the forklift competition at Dot
Foods' 2023 Forklift Rodeo National Championships,
Reggie Cannon, left, Warehouse Manager from Dot
Foods New York, presents Frankie Garcia, right, of Uval-
da, with the trophy for winning the order picker competi
tion.
Dot Foods Announces Winners of 2023
Forklift Rodeo National Championships
Winners Receive
Expense-Paid
Vacations
MT. STERLING, ILL.
— Dot Foods, Inc., the
largest food industry redis
tributor in North America,
congratulates employees
Robert Dent and Frankie
Garcia, both of Dot Foods
Georgia; Isaac Flores, Dot
Foods California; and Jon
Moore, Dot Foods Mt.
Sterling. All four employees
took home the top prizes in
the company’s 2023 Forklift
Rodeo National Champi
onships.
In this competition,
Dot’s warehouse employ
ees test their skills on four
different pieces of material
handling equipment and
compete for large prizes,
including a trophy, a free va
cation, and bragging rights.
The event is held annually
at its Mt. Sterling, Ill, head
quarters.
Each of Dot’s 12 U.S.
distribution centers holds
a regional event, and the
companywide national
championship brings those
finalists from all locations
together to compete at the
national level in Mt. Ster
ling. And, for the first time,
finalists from Dot Foods
Canada’s two distribution
centers also participated in
the National Champion
ship.
“The Forklift Rodeo is
a wonderful annual event
and one of our favorites at
Dot Foods. It showcases
the expertise of our ware
house staff, who are the best
in the industry,” said Chris
Landrum, vice president of
warehouse at Dot Foods.
“The event is a unique way
to showcase our warehouse
teams’ ability to operate
safely while also celebrating
the incredible job they do
every day. And it happens to
be a lot of fun as well!”
To win, employees had
to show their mastery of job
duties and safety practices
by completing an obstacle
course using one of four
pieces of material-handling
equipment: narrow aisle,
sit-down/stand-up forklift,
order selector, and pallet
jack. Contestants were pe
nalized for contacting walls,
improper stops, incorrect
horn usage, and dropping
a basketball balanced on a
trash can that represents
an order. The winners took
home a trophy and large
prizes, with the first-place
finisher on each piece of
equipment earning a free
vacation.
Dent of Vidalia, Ga.,
won the forklift compe
tition, Garcia of Uvalda,
Ga., won the order picker
competition, Flores of Tur
lock, Calif., won the narrow
aisle competition, and Jon
Moore of Golden, Ill., won
the pallet Jack category. The
winners received a travel
voucher and Dot will pay
for the trip of their choice.
“Our warehouse teams
have a challenging job day
in and day out keeping
America fed,” added Lan
drum. “The Forklift Rodeo
is a great opportunity to all
gather in Mt. Sterling and
celebrate the talents each
worker has and continue to
build community between
distribution centers.”
Dot’s distribution
centers are hiring, and
the company has a robust
compensation package for
employees in addition to
their regular pay, includ
ing productivity incentives,
overtime, and quarterly bo
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if received, could fund new
improvements to the Recre
ation Department.
A lease agreement be
tween the Montgomery
County Board of Elections
and Registration and Higgs-
ton Baptist Church was ap
proved by commissioners,
as the County plans to use
the Church’s premises for a
Montgomery County
Town Hall Meeting
Hosted by: The Informed
Citizens Coalition
Tuesday, August 29 @ 6:00 p.m.
Location: 511 College St Mount Vernon at
the Mount Vernon Community Center.
All Montgomery County residents are
invited to join us as we discuss property
taxes and our vision for our county!
nuses. To learn more about
careers at Dot Foods, visit
Careers.DotFoods.com
and follow (TDotFoodsCa-
reers.
ABOUTDOT
FOODS AND DOT
TRANSPORTATION:
Dot Foods, Inc. car
ries 125,000 products from
1,020 food industry manu
facturers making it the
largest food industry redis
tributor in North America.
Through Dot Transporta
tion, Inc., an affiliate of Dot
Foods, the company dis
tributes foodservice, conve
nience, retail, and vending
products to distributors in
all 50 states and more than
55 countries. Dot Foods op
erates 12 U. S. distribution
centers, which are located
in Bullhead City, Arizona;
Modesto, California; Bear,
Delaware; Vidalia, Georgia;
Burley, Idaho; Mt. Sterling,
Illinois; University Park,
Illinois; Cambridge City,
Indiana; Williamsport,
Maryland; Liverpool, New
York; Ardmore, Oklahoma;
and Dyersburg, Tennessee.
Dot’s 13th U.S. location will
be located in Manchester,
Tennessee. Dot Foods’ Ca
nadian operations are locat
ed in Toronto, Ontario and
Calgary, Alberta. A new Dot
Foods Canada distribution
center is currently under
construction in Ingersoll,
Canada. For information,
visit DotFoods.com.
Dot Foods and Dot
Transportation are both
looking to fill several posi
tions for full and part-time
drivers and warehouse per
sonnel at all U.S. locations.
To learn more about careers
at Dot Foods visit Careers.
DotFoods.com and fol
low (TDotFoodsCareers.
For more on opportunities
available with Dot Trans
portation, visit DriveForD-
TI.com.
The Manhattan case
against Trump rooted in
campaign finance allega
tions is incredibly weak
and is an obvious stretch;
the Florida and D.C. cases
against Trump are federal,
which means that if elected
president, he could theo
retically pardon himself.
The Georgia case is both
wide-ranging and state-
based: if convicted, Trump
would go to state prison,
and would have no ability
to pardon himself. Georgia
Gov. Brian Kemp does not
have unilateral pardon
power, either: In Georgia,
pardons work through an
appointed board. So, the
very real prospect exists
that even were Trump
elected, he’d start his term
from a state prison.
But even that discus
sion is premature: The
Georgia case, along with all
the other indictments
against Trump, are going to
lock him into courthouses
for the rest of the election
cycle. What’s more, every
waking moment for the
media will be coverage of
those court cases. That will
make it impossible for
Trump — even if he were
so inclined, which has
shown no evidence of be
ing — to talk about Presi
dent Joe Biden rather than
his legal peril. And there
has yet to be a single piece
of data suggesting that
Americans are driven to
vote for Trump because of
his legal troubles. To par
don yourself, you have to
be elected president. But
spending your entire presi
dential race in the dock
makes that a radically up
hill battle.
All of this is quite ter
rible for the country. No
matter what you think of
Trump’s various legal im
broglios — from mishan
dling classified documents
to paying off porn stars to
calling up the Georgia sec
retary of state in an attempt
to “find” votes — the glass
has now been broken over
and over and over again:
Political opponents can be
targeted by legal enemies.
It will not be unbroken. If
you think that only Demo
cratic district attorneys will
play this game, you have
another thing coming. Pre
pare for a future in which
running for office carries
the legal risk of going to jail
— on all sides. Which
means that only the worst
and the most shameless
will run for office.
Ben Shapiro, 39, is a
graduate of UCLA and
Harvard Law School, host of
"The Ben Shapiro Show," and
co-founder of Daily Wire+. He
is a three-time New York Times
bestselling author; his latest
book is "The Authoritarian
Moment: How The Left
Weaponized America's
Institutions Against Dissent." To
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