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Greetings!

Happy Leap Week!

We're sure you've heard these by now, but just in case, here are some random leap day facts:

1) February 29 came to be regarded as the leap day when the Roman system of numbering days was replaced by sequential numbering in the late Middle Ages.

2) The only notable person known to have both been born and died on February 29 was Sir James Wilson (1812-1880), Premier of Tasmania.

3) February 29, 1960: Family Circus makes its debut.

In this edition:

- 2012 Meeting Registration

- Transportation Articles

- Member Profile #17: Stuart Sparks

Leap on over to http://www.sdite2012.org to register for the 2012 SDITE / GLDITE Joint Annual Meeting. 

Contact us at kysite@kysite.com with any questions or comments!  

- KYSITE Officers

Please note that if you're a public agency employee in Kentucky, we are offering a reduced registration rate for public agency / government employees to attend the 2012 SDITE / GLDITE Joint Annual Meeting.  This has not been an option in previous District ITE Meetings and we are very excited to offer this to you.

Please contact Scott Walker for more details if you haven't already received information on this special opportunity.

There is no transportation haiku this week since:

Anne Warnick not here

Gone skiing for a few days

New haiku next month

If you have a haiku you would like to share, please send it to us!

The original schedule for the repair of The Sherman Minton Bridge estimated it would take six months to complete. The bridge recently reopened two months earlier than the original schedule and twelve days earlier than the last revised schedule. To read more about this accomplishment click here.

Here are links to a few articles that we ran across that you might find interesting:

Kentucky Governor Declares State of Emergency, Seeks FHWA Funds for Eggners Ferry Bridge

The Hidden Truths of a Gas Tax Holiday

Look, No Hands! The Driverless Future of Driving is Here

Why Does Our Infrastructure Resemble a Third World Country's?

This week's Meet Your Fellow Member profile is another new officer for SDITE this year. Stuart Sparks is currently serving as our section secretary.  

Name: Stuart Sparks    

Place of Work: Gresham, Smith and Partners

Title: Traffic Engineer  

Degree(s): B.Sc. in Civil and Environmental Engineering with a Minor in Mathematics, University of Louisville

Other Certifications: PE- KY, NASSCO's PAC Program Certified    

Place of Birth: Louisville, KY   

Family: Wife (Tiffany), Children (Seth, Nolan, and Rayleigh) 

What do you do day-to-day?  Whatever needs to be done. 

Favorites:

a. Hobbies? playing sports, camping, skiing  

a. Favorite Color? green

b. Favorite Movie? Fight Club 

In what capacity have you served KYSITE in the past?

Current KYSITE Secretary  

Five Questions:

a. Coke or Pepsi?  coke 

b. Dogs or Cats?  DOGS 

c. Telephone or Email?  face to face   

d. Pen or Pencil?  pencil   

e. Cats or Cards?  cats 

Other interesting information? 

I enjoy long walks on the beach, and playing in the rain.  

A new map based on the Gallup-Healthways charts the levels of happiness across states.  Kentucky didn't fair so well. 

With that in mind, take a few minutes this week to turn that frown upside down and smile a little bit. 

Thanks to Sam Hu at the Lexingon Area MPO for sending this to me.

 

- More on the April Meeting

- Another Member Profile