Pub2 2021 Issue1

KyTrucking.net 5 Dewell Gossett Kentucky Trucking Association Bulk First, LLC Chairman’s Corner continued on page 6 A year ago, the country began to open up a little after the March shutdown, but everything was still uncertain, and no one knew what was going to happen next. Medical research was moving forward rapidly to develop vaccines for COVID-19, but nothing had been approved. A s the air warms up, vaccinations increase and the pandemic winds down, I feel more positive now than I have for a while. A year ago, the country began to open up a little after the March shutdown, but everything was still uncertain, and no one knew what was going to happen next. Medical research was moving forward rapidly to develop vaccines for COVID-19, but nothing had been approved. People were afraid. And that fear wasn’t just local: it was global. We all had a chance to think about what matters to us and to figure out things we had always taken for granted. We learned, we adapted and we grew. On a personal level, I was impressed by how the good people of Kentucky, and our association members, rose to the challenge. They did what was necessary even though it felt like the rules were shifting every few weeks. Trucking was essential to the recovery. The trucking industry had to figure out how to get goods safely from point A to point B. I’ve never seen a time when supply chains were completely disrupted the way they were this last year. When done right, our work often seems invisible because it is done behind the scenes, but empty shelves where basic goods usually sit made our work highly visible. We did everything we could to fill those shelves again so that others could focus their efforts on something other than whether they had enough toilet paper to last the week.