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<CONFORMED-NAME>MOYES JERRY & VICKIE FAMILY TRUST
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<CONFORMED-NAME>MOYES VICKIE
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<STREET1>2200 S. 75TH AVE.
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<STREET1>5601 WEST WACO DRIVE
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            <rptOwnerZipCode>85043</rptOwnerZipCode>
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   <footnotes>
      <footnote id="F1"> Shares held by Jerry and Vickie Moyes as trustees of the Jerry and Vickie Moyes Family Trust.</footnote>
   </footnotes>
   <remarks>This filing is an exit report for the Jerry and Vickie Moyes Family Trust and Vickie Moyes.  As a result of the reported transactions, the Jerry and Vickie Moyes Family Trust holds less than 10% of the registered class.  Mrs. Moyes' reporting obligation arose solely because she was a trustee of a 10% owner.
Mr.Moyes,  as a director,will continue  to have reporting obligations,which will include reporting holdings of the Jerry and Vickie Moyes Family Trust,for which he is a trustee  and beneficiary.</remarks>
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      <signatureName>/s/ Jerry Moyes, by Heidi Hornung-Scherr, attorney-in-fact, pursuant to a POA previously filed with the SEC</signatureName>
      <signatureDate>2003-12-18</signatureDate>
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   <ownerSignature>
      <signatureName>/s/ Vickie Moyes, by Heidi Hornung-Scherr, attorney-in-fact, pursuant to a POA previously filed with the SEC</signatureName>
      <signatureDate>2003-12-18</signatureDate>
   </ownerSignature>
   <ownerSignature>
      <signatureName>/s/ Jerry Moyes, Trustee, by Heidi Hornung-Scherr, attorney-in-fact, pursuant to a POA previously filed with the SEC</signatureName>
      <signatureDate>2003-12-18</signatureDate>
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   <ownerSignature>
      <signatureName>/s/ Vickie Moyes, Trustee, by Heidi Hornung-Scherr, attorney-in-fact, pursuant to a POA previously filed with the SEC</signatureName>
      <signatureDate>2003-12-18</signatureDate>
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