By Ed Twiss, P.E., M.ASCE

On October 17th I was able to participate in the dedication ceremony of the Poughkeepsie-Highland Bridge as a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark. I would like to thank Frank Griggs for providing me this opportunity and for submitting the nomination form for the bridge and for being the driving force behind the dedication ceremony. Events like the dedication ceremony cannot come together without support from many different sources. I would like to acknowledge McDonald Engineering for printing out the dedication ceremony programs, Shahin Nejad, Rahul Verma and members of the Mid-Hudson Branch for handling the logistics and organization of the event, Ashraf Ghaly who organized the bus trip to the bridge, Mariner’s on the Hudson for donating a fantastic lunch, the speakers at the event, members of the national history and heritage committee who were in attendance and finally the members of ASCE who attended the ceremony and brought their families and friends to make it the success that we had hoped it would be.

I would also like to highlight another event that is around the corner and that is our section supports. Our annual Toys for Tots event helps the US Marines provide toys to children in need. Our section has done a tremendous job in supporting this event in the past and it seems to grow each year. Please join us to share in some holiday cheer and donate a toy to a worthy cause. The Marines are increasing their efforts to try to collect more toys as they believe there will be more need due to the tough economic times and I feel like we can assist them and do our part.

The Mohawk-Hudson Section continues to have monthly Board Meetings. Information on these meetings can be found in the newsletter and on the website. All are invited to attend these meetings. We look forward to seeing new and enthusiastic faces who would like to be more involved in the section’s activities.

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