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9-17-04
Eric
Shannon named new
District 3 Engineer
District
3 has a new District
Engineer, and he is
a familiar face. Chief
Engineer Jim Ross
Thursday announced
Assistant District
3 Engineer Eric Shannon
will replace Pamela
Lowe, who was promoted
to head the Division
of Motor Vehicles
last month.
Continue
 A
matter of survival
Borrowing
from a popular television series, Ken Stewart
referees a weekly “Survivor” competition
that is slowly whittling down a field of 16
players. All are members of a transition team
that is implementing a new financial management
system at the transportation department. At
times, the work is mentally taxing. Patience
and perseverance are important virtues in
the year-long process.
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 Truck
crash closes Interstate 84 for six hours
ITD
maintenance, traffic and emergency crews
responded to a major crash on Interstate
84 Tuesday involving an unloaded log truck,
a semi-truck and trailer combination,
and a passenger pickup truck. Both westbound
lanes were closed for more than six hours
while crews cleaned up diesel and debris
scattered along the interstate.
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Crash
photos
 ITD
donates motel for disaster training
Five
weeks of emergency preparedness training
will culminate in the destruction
of a two-story wood structure the
transportation department recently
acquired. The property will be part
of the Sand Creek Byway project in
Sandpoint. The building’s demise
is a perfect fit for an extensive
training exercise presented by Idaho
State University’s Institute
of Emergency Management in cooperation
with the Idaho Bureau of Homeland
Security (IBHS).
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 Administrative
workshop to focus on change
Frederick
Wilcox said, “Progress
involves risks. You can’t
steal second and keep
your foot on first.”
And you can’t have
progress without change.
If nothing changes, you’ll
stay on first base. Changes
are constantly occurring
in the transportation
arena, and the focus of
this year’s Administrative
Workshop is change, with
a theme of “Riding
the Waves of Change.”
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 PERSI
session canceled; new one added
ITD
employees will have the first
opportunity to register for an
all-day PERSI 505 session at the
Holiday Inn on Vista Avenue on
Oct. 28. Registration also is
possible at the location, beginning
at 8 a.m. The workshop, designed
for state employees who are within
five years of retirement, will
run from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
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Hunters
asked to help prevent weed spread
The
approach of fall is accompanied
by the haunting sound of bugling
elk emanating from Idaho’s
forests. Many hunters will travel
to forests and mountains to fill
their tags for big game. Idaho hunters
are as likely to encounter noxious
weeds as they are big game. Idaho’s
weed officials hope hunters won’t
spread weeds during their hunting
expedition.
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Please
join in bidding farewell to John Tomkinson
ITD
employees will assemble Tuesday in the auditorium
at Headquarters to formally wish John Tomkinson
well as he trades General Services for general retirement.
Thirty-two years of service will come to a close
later this fall, but with accrued leave, his last
day in the office will be Tuesday. Please join in
wishing him well from 10 a.m. to noon. Congratulations
John. The shape of ITD today has been greatly influenced
by your initiative and dedication.
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