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Thank you to Partners who have supported our chapter this year. Partners renewal occurs each July. If you would like to add or make changes to your number of discounted pre-paid lunches, please let us know! Contact information for the chapter is available in the Action Plan. |
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Meeting minutes from past KSPE Louisville meetings are available HERE. Engineer John Beyke to Retire After 35 Years of Service to the Louisville Community
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The number of people living with multiple sclerosis increases every hour of every day. This astonishing rate is not going to slow down, let alone stop, until we've found a cure. Research has made some incredible advances recently, but the world can still only offer MS management drugs and therapies to the 400,000 people living with MS in America.
We formed Team KSPE in 2006 after Bambi Guthrie (Derek’s wife) was diagnosed with MS and our team participated in the Bike MS Ride sponsored by the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. The National Multiple Sclerosis Society funds more MS research than any other private organization. In addition to supporting studies which hope to reveal the cause and cure, the National Multiple Sclerosis Society also provides much needed education, programs, and services to everyone who is affected by MS - including the diagnosed, their friends and families, and the healthcare professionals who work with them.
Please consider joining Team KSPE in our 5th season for the Bike MS 2010: Bike the Bluegrass held June 5th and 6th. Bike the Bluegrass is a two-day cycling adventure through Kentucky's beautiful horse country! Anchored by two of the country’s most renowned racetracks, Bike MS offers an exciting challenge to both the seasoned cyclist and the beginner.
No matter your cycling abilities, we can accommodate you. Bike MS offers various levels of training throughout the season, including bike handling and group riding classes. Multiple route options, including *25-mile, 60-mile, 75-mile and 100-mile (Day One) & *25-mile, 50-mile and 75-mile (Day Two). Regardless of their chosen route, riders will experience a fully-supported picturesque ride with rest stops every 10-13 miles and SAG (Support And Gear) vehicles all along the way.
If you are new to bicycling, there are training rides available in Louisville and Lexington to get you ready. As most of the Louisville rides are on Sunday mornings, I personally plan to join the Louisville Bicycle Club Slow and Easy rides most Saturdays leaving from Waterfront Park, yellow lot at 9:00. If you aren’t up for the ride, you can support Team KSPE as a volunteer, or support us by making a donation online!
Thank you for your continued support, and thank you to the following companies for donating to our team jerseys: Sherman-Dixie (gold sponsor); Palmer Engineering; Flynn Brothers; Staggs & Fisher; Jacobi, Toombs & Lanz; and St. Matthews Cycle Shop.
More information about Bike MS 2010 is available on the Fast Facts page.
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Team KSPE 2009. L to R: Lisa Brandenburg, Dan Mattingly, Dirk Gowin, Wes Sydnor, Ray Rush, David Bader, Mike Harris and Joe Farrell. (Not Pictured: Neal Bailen and Jim Silliman)

In an effort to document and recognize contributions of past board members, the Louisville Chapter is compiling a list of past chapter leadership. If you have old records of individuals who have served on the chapter's board in the past, please let us know by contacting Kelly Meyer ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ).
KSPE Louisville is invited to attend the ASCET Technical Conference this June. ASCET's primary goal is to promote continuing education opportunities primarily to NICET certified engineering technicians among others.
Opportunities exist for engineering companies and professional organizations to advertise in the conference program, sponsor a portion of the conference or provide promotional items for attendee gift bags.
Please consider helping ASCET with this event as well as challenging other firms and organizations to do the same.
See the conference website (www.ASCET.org) for additional information or you may contact Wade Abbott directly at
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or 859.224.4476.
Your KSPE Louisville Chapter is pleased to announce their support of Edge Outreach in their efforts to bring clean drinking water through portable systems to earthquake survivors in Haiti. KSPE Louisville's $5,000 pledge will go towards sponsoring a portable water treatment system and travel expenses for the volunteer installation team.
KSPE Louisville will announce speakers who will be presenting at our upcoming meetings. If you would like to recommend a luncheon speaker, please contact one of our chapter officers or speaker recruitment coordinator Chris Dickenson.
KSPE Louisville is in the process of updating our email list! If you would like to sign up to receive our emails (updates on chapter events and meetings), please sign up!