Trucker 2 2011' title='Trucker 2 2011' />11Photo Gallery. Contact Info Toy Farmer Publications. Ave. SELa. Moure, ND 5. Phone 7. 01 8. Toll Free 8. Fax 7. 01 8. 83 5. Would you like to receive the Toy Trucker magazine SubscribeRenew TodayHow Trucker Girl Nancy Shevell Became Lady Mc. Cartney. Paul Mc. Cartney and Nancy Shevell attend the Stella Mc. Cartney Ready to Wear SpringSummer 2. Paris Fashion Week at Opera Garnier on October 4, 2. Paris, France. Photo Pascal Le SegretainGetty ImagesOn a recent morning in the fifth floor conference room of the Metropolitan Transit Authoritys brick and limestone Madison Avenue headquarters, a public meeting of the board was called to order. Trucker 2 2011' title='Trucker 2 2011' />The various members representing the audit, governance, bridges and tunnels, finance, and other committees listened patiently as Mark Shotkin, a member of the transit riding public, made a statement. Jim and Andrew, your ties are very nice, he began, spreading a little sugar around the room. Nancy, your your your jacket is very nice, he added, grinning at Nancy Shevell, the bus committee chairman. Then he got right to the point Good morning, everybody, um, garbage and graffiti on platforms and trainstotally disgusting. Ms. When it comes to writing the various regulations for professional truckers, it can be quite confusing to say the least. What looks good on paper for some, appears as. City Truckers City Nickname Amarillo, TX Big A Boston, MA BeanTown Chicago, IL Windy City Chattanooga, TN ChooChoo New York, NY Big Apple Charlotte, NC Queen. Smallville TV Series 20012011 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. A website which fights for the God Given natural rights of truck drivers to conduct their business in peace. Trucker 2 2011' title='Trucker 2 2011' />Shevell, who is tall with raven hair that swings glossily from side to side, wore a striped gray and white sweater, black jeans and sandals, along with an indulgent smile. Having served on the M. T. A. for 1. 0 yearsspanning four governorsthe trucking executive was plainly at home in the boardroom. There was little indication that she is living something of a Cinderella at the ball moment these days. The New Jersey born daughter of a trucking company owner, she is now betrothed one of the worlds top recording artists, Sir Paul Mc. Cartney. Except for the 1. Trucker 2 2011' title='Trucker 2 2011' />Cartier solitaire diamond engagement ring said to have set the Beatle back some 6. Lady Mc. Cartney still seemed like a Jersey girlan exceedingly self possessed, relaxed, collegial and well manicured Jersey girl, but still. You dont meet a prince without a fairy godmother, and Ms. Shevells romantic couphe may not be John Lennon, ladies, but hes not Ringo, eitheris said to have been engineered by no less formidable a yenta than The Views Barbara Walters, who happens to be her second cousin. Barbara was her emotional confidante and played matchmaker, a friend of the couple told The Observer. She gave numerous dinner parties for them and always made sure to invite people she knew that Paul would want to meet. The friend added that the broadcast vet also coached Ms. Shevell on how to behave around the musician, helping her to beat out a number of other aspirants for Mr. Mc. Cartneys eye, including Rosanna Arquette. Ms. Walterss strategy was clear Look at Heather Mills, and do precisely the opposite. They took a page from the old regime and made sure not to make the same mistakes. Among other shrewd moves, Ms. Shevell has made a point of wearing Stellas designs to various parties, ensuring maximum press coverage Ms. Mills had done the same thing, but Ms. Shevell is said to have done it with more sincerity and panache. She has also pulled back when the media attention heated up. The couple shunned the press at the recent Costume Institute Gala, and at a New York City Ballet party Sir Paul has collaborated with Peter Martins to write the musical score for a ballet debuting this fall, she tried to steer clear of photographers, one told The Observer. She told me that she didnt like to have her picture taken with people she didnt know, he said. And she mentioned that she wasnt used to the attention. Ms. Walters was asked about her role as matchmaker. We are very close, she told The Observer, somewhat coyly. Nancy is like a second child to me. Her two aunts died of cancer. Shes struggled in her life. More than that she wasnt saying. The thing about Nancy is that she doesnt want this article, Ms. Walters explained in her legendary lisp. She doesnt want anything to do with publicity. Shes turned down a piece in Vogue. She doesnt want anything to do with music. No wonder Mr. Mc. Cartney likes her. Nancy Shevell grew up in a Jewish family in Edison, N. J., the middle daughter of Myron and Arlene Shevell. Myron is the owner New England Motor Freight NEMF, a large haulage company that does more than 4. Like Pauls first wife, Linda Mc. Spss 16 Free Software: Software Free Download. Cartney, Arlene fought breast cancer she died in 1. Nancy is a survivor of the disease. The Shevells have been in the trucking industry since the 1. New Jersey coast to New York shades of Boardwalk Empire. During the 1. 96. Myron started his own business with his brother, Daniel, but they ran afoul of government investigators, and in 1. Mafia. The case never went to trial, but the brothers were forced to surrender control of company and went bankrupt. Later that year Daniel Shevell, aged 3. In 1. 98. 8, after buying the struggling trucking company NEMF, Myron Shevell was accused of colluding with Vincent Gigante, the head of the Genovese crime family. It was claimed in a racketeering lawsuit that Mr. Shevell made illegal pay offs in return for a deal that would allow his company to skirt union rules. Again the case never went to trial, but Mr. Shevell was barred for five years from engaging in union negotiations. Despite these difficulties, Nancy gravitated toward the family business. According to the one and only interview shes ever given, a 2. The Newark Star Ledger, she loved it when her father brought her toy trucks as gifts. I used to line them up in my room, right next to my Barbies, she said, adding, While other kids would go feed ducks at the park, we would go to my fathers truck terminals, to places like Pennsauken, every single weekend. A tomboy streak appears to have persisted into high school, where Nancy played for her schools all girl football team. Her interests, as listed in her 1. Vermont and, curiously, boobs. She went onto Arizona State University, where she majored in transportationthe only woman to do so at the timeand met her ex husband, attorney Bruce Blakeman, with whom she has a son, Arlen, 1. Mr. Blakeman couldnt offer a sharper contrast from her current beau. A die hard Republican who challenged Kirsten Gillibrand in 2. Mr. Blakeman is probably best known for an eccentric political ad which featured a pitch from his talking pet dog during a short lived campaign for mayor in 2. When contacted about Ms. Anglo Chinese Manual Of The Amoy Dialect Examples. Shevells wedding plans, he was gracious. I wish Nancy and Paul well, and thats it. Nancys a great mother, and Paul treats my son very nicely. Ms. Shevell joined her fathers company in 1. VP for administration in 1. As a woman in an overwhelmingly male industry, she was put through her paces. In The Star Ledger, she recalled one dramatic throwdown with a colleague, adding pointedly, I dont know where he is right now but I know where I am. Ms. Shevell was appointed to serve on the M. T. A. board in 2. George Pataki, an unpaid post. Though her 1. 0 year tenure came to an end in June, so far no seems to be in any rush to replace her. According to other board members, Ms. Shevell is well liked by her colleagues, despite having missed a number of the monthly meetings and openly texting in others. She breezes through her agenda items with a certain practiced efficiency and a firm grasp of Roberts Rules of Order. Eschewing a driver, Ms. Shevell generally takes the bus to M. T. A. meetings, traveling down Fifth Avenue from her apartment on East 8. Street. Noted one former board member, She would talk a lot about bus bunching on Fifth and the fact that the subways are so crowded during rush hour. Which isnt to say shes been a champion of commuters during her years on the board.