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Article: Woman passionate about trucking, helping others: Stratford resident brains behind donation delivery program.
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- American News (Aberdeen, SD)
- Article date:
- May 22, 2006
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Byline: Angela Mettler
May 22--For 10 months of the year, Donna Baggett of Stratford is better known as "Saddles." It's her trucker handle, a nickname born because she used to sell saddles and horse tack. A 46-year-old mother of two and grandmother of seven, she's on the road for 10 months straight.
"Then I come home for a month, and then I go back out and raise more Cain on the road," she said with a chuckle. Baggett grew up "all over the East Coast." She was married for almost 20 years to an Aberdeen native, Keith "Al" Baggett. He is now her former husband -- but "we're best friends," she said. She got into the trucking business through ...