10-4 Magazine June 2024

Truck Show Report: By Kasey Aslinger Saturday brought out quite a few spectators, the smallest being two week old Amelia Reese. Her parents are Matt and Jessica Fouts (they own Matt Fouts Trucking and her grandfather owns Todd Fouts Trucking). At 3:30 PM, awards were handed out for the 54 trucks that were in attendance at the show. The date for next year’s show has been set for April 11-12, 2025. If you’re in the area next year, be sure to stop by for a fun-filled, family friendly weekend of trucks at the park. n The first day of our show season was a beautiful sky blue day with not a cloud to be seen as trucks began to roll into the Sikeston Sports Complex the morning of April 19, 2024, for the Swamp East Missouri Truck Show & Convoy. After attending only one show last year due to the loss of our beloved family pet and daughter’s service dog Diesel, we were ready to introduce our new Ford LTL9000 to the show scene and hug our trucking family once again. The Swamp East Missouri Truck Show & Convoy is hosted by TW and Kerrah McDerrmot, with the help of their friend Melissa Jones, to benefit the Kenny Rogers Children’s Center in Sikeston, MO. The KRCC offers a wide array of state-of-the-art services and equipment to the children of Southeast Missouri at no charge to the families served. This includes physical therapy, occupational therapy, vision therapy, and many other services. We personally love to support this show because our youngest daughter, Jolie, attends physical therapy at the KRCC. She was diagnosed with Autism in 2020 and has attended the center multiple times since she was four years old. The staff is beyond amazing! Friday evening trucks began to line up for the convoy that would lead them to Charleston, MO, to parade through town for the Dogwood Festival crowd, and then back to the Sikeston Sports Complex. Once back at the complex, it was time for the light show. 38 10-4 Magazine / June 2024 AND SO IT BEGINS