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Omaha, Neb.-Based Trucking Firm Werner Enterprises Reports to Shareholders.

By Stacie Hamel, Omaha World-Herald, Neb. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

May 12--John L. Kunkel of Lincoln spoke up at the end of Werner Enterprises shareholders' meeting to say he was surprised recently while driving to Phoenix and back to see just one of the company's trucks.

"We love to see those big blues go by," Kunkel said, sitting next to his wife, Joyce.

But after hearing the company's report Tuesday morning, he said, "I'm not worried."

Clarence Werner, founder, chairman and chief executive, told about 18 shareholder

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