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Con-way Portland Employees Take Top Honors at Yoshida's Sand in the City Event

Local Company-Sponsored Team Demonstrates Creativity, Dedication and Community Spirit in Annual Sandcastle Building Competition to Raise Money for Kids on the Block Educational Program

Portland, Ore. - July 18, 2007

A team of employees from Con-way Inc.’s Portland campus landed top honors at this year’s Sand in the City event, winning the “Golden Shovel” award for their intricate rendition of “Campfire Tails,” a sand sculpture portraying movie animals and other characters reading “kiddie tales” around a campfire. The event was held last weekend in downtown Portland’s Pioneer Square.

Campfire Tails

The Con-way team consisted of approximately 30 employees from throughout the company’s Portland operations who, in conjunction with design partner LRS Architects, designed and built the first-place entry. In addition to receiving the top award from the event’s judges, the Con-way sculpture also won the “People’s Choice” award voted on by event attendees over the weekend. The company underwrote the team’s entry fee as a major sponsor of the competition. 

Yoshida’s Sand in the City is the primary fundraiser and community outreach opportunity for Kids on the Block, an educational program in Portland, Ore., that uses the power of puppetry to help children understand and accept differences in one another and learn skills to stay safe and healthy.

“This was a great event for the Portland community as well as our employees,” said Craig Boretz, vice president, development for Con-way. “Our team truly demonstrated the community spirit we have in Portland while exemplifying our core values of collaboration, integrity, commitment and excellence. We’re very proud to congratulate our team on bringing home first-place honors for Con-way.”

Con-way’s captain for the Sand in the City team was Pam Johnson, a senior internal auditor in the company’s Information Technology group. “It was a challenge but we had a great design and a dedicated team that had fun every step of the way — even in the heat,” said Johnson. “It’s a great feeling to be able to participate in an event that provides such important benefits to our city. Our team showed tremendous commitment and that came through in the final product.”

Con-way is an active participant in and supporter of the communities in which it operates throughout the United States and abroad. Its more than 900 employees at the Portland campus regularly support worthwhile community activities, such as Sand in the City, the 100th anniversary Rose Parade and the upcoming Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure in September.

About Con-way Inc.
Con-way Inc. (NYSE:CNW) is a $4.2 billion freight transportation and logistics services company headquartered in San Mateo, Calif. Named FORTUNE magazine’s “Most Admired Company” in transportation and logistics for 2007, Con-way delivers industry-leading services through three primary operating companies: Con-way Freight, Con-way Truckload Services and Menlo Logistics. These operating units provide high-performance, day-definite less-than-truckload and full truckload and intermodal freight transportation, as well as logistics, warehousing and supply chain management services, and trailer manufacturing. Con-way Inc. and its subsidiaries operate from more than 500 locations across North America and in 20 countries. Portland is the site of the company’s administrative support and information technology services center. For more information about Con-way, visit us on the Web at…www.con-way.com.

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