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Boise, ID 83707
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5-13-05

Pilot, sense of humor
survive Monday crash

In the late afternoon Monday, Paul Herr crashed his plane nose first in the dense forest east of Kooskia, climbed from the wreckage and walked a half-mile to drink cold water flowing in a stream. Then, as he told his wife Chris, he reached exhaustion and looked for a place as shelter against the night. The wait to be found had begun – a wait that lasted until Wednesday afternoon. (Story, photo compliments of the Lewiston Morning Tribune)
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Board to consider enhancement proposals
The Enhancement Advisory Committee recently completed its review of applications and will recommend a prioritized list to the Idaho Transportation Board when it meets next week at District 2 in Lewiston. Board members will meet for a pre-board activity Wednesday and conduct formal business at the district office, 2600 Frontage Road, beginning at 8:30 a.m. Thursday.
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First Enterprise Architects in Training selected
Bill Shaw, who was named manager of the new Enterprise Architecture Group in December, recently selected three individuals with varying backgrounds and experiences to become the first Enterprise Architects in Training (EAiT). Michael Bogart, Brian Reed and Craig Schumacher began preparing for their new assignments by researching present business practices.
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New financial system should be ready by end of year
ITD’s march to a new comprehensive financial management system is making steady progress and should culminate with full implementation before the end of this year. Initially, the transition team that is shepherding the complex process expected testing to be complete this spring, with a staged migration by the beginning of the 2006 fiscal year, July 1.
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AMS project update
The AMS installation project continues and is progressing well. There have been a couple potholes and detours along the way but all-in-all the journey so far has been rewarding and we continue to be excited with the capabilities the new system is going to provide to the department.
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Ride your bike to work Friday (May 20)
With longer commutes and surging fuel costs, what better time to give bicycle commuting a try? Friday (May 20) is Bike to Work Day and is the largest concurrent bicycle commute in America. Bike to Work Week is May 16-20 and is part of May’s National Bike Month.
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August bike tour of southwestern Idaho planned
The inaugural Ride Idaho event will bring up to five hundred bicyclists to Southwest Idaho from Aug. 14-20. The route will start and end in Boise with overnight stops in Payette, Cambridge, McCall, Cascade, Garden Valley and Idaho City.
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District 6 newsletter nets top award
Kathy Coon, public affairs specialist for ITD’s District 6, recently received first place in the annual communications contest sponsored by Idaho Press Women. Koon, editor of the district’s newsletter, took top honors in the four-color newsletter category for the district’s publication of Six Bits.
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Loop to head professional engineer's group

Stephen Loop, QPL Program Administrator in ITD’s Materials Section, was installed as President of the Idaho Society of Professional Engineers (ISPE) at its state convention in Pocatello in April. In his inaugural speech, he addressed the need for greater involvement of the membership in the society’s programs as well as greater interaction of the state society with the various engineering technical societies in the state.
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Three-week Click It! campaign begins Monday
Grant Woodhead suffered a serious brain injury when he was ejected from his pickup in a 1997 crash. He was not wearing a seat belt at the time of the crash, and became one of the 1,000 people who suffer serious brain injury in traffic crashes in Idaho every year. Woodhead is featured in radio ads that are part of the Idaho Transportation Department’s Click It, Don’t Risk It! campaign to increase safety belt use.
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