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4 The Legend—July/August 2016
District 3 Employee News
John R. Kasich
Governor
Jerry Wray
Director
Howard Huebner
District Deputy Director
July/August 2016
What’s Inside…
DDD Corner
District 3 Service Awards
Employee News
Get to Know...
The Legend District 3 Employee Newsletter
New Hires
Anthony DePrator, TCE – P&E
Angela Koch, HT1 – Erie
Jamie Lowery, TCE – P&E
Jeff Rogers, TE3 – Construction
Jonathan Roseler, TCE – Construction
Promotions
James Erf, to TM1 – Huron
Steve Jacobcik, to TM1 – Lorain
Christine Jones, to HT4 – Lorain
Levi Wingler, to Environmental Spec 2 – P&E
Rod Zemrock, to HT4 – Wayne
Reclassifications
Joshua Arnold, HT2 to Auto Mech 2 – Medina
Richard Fletcher, HT2 to HT3C/M – Ashland
Don Mesenburg, HT2 to HT3C/M – Erie
William Schenek, HT2 to HT3C/M – Medina
Gary Schimmel, HT2 to HT3/M – Erie
Dennis Ryncarz, HT2 to HT3C/M – Medina
Chris White, HT2 to HT3C/M – Wayne
Retirements
Laura Speer, Administrative Professional 2 in
Huron County with 31 years of service
Get to Know… Julie Cichello Julie has been the District 3
Traffic Engineer for the last five
years. She attended the University
of Akron and was a college intern
for D3 in our Bridge Department.
Upon graduation in 1994 she
came to ODOT full time in the
Traffic Department. Over the years
Julie has completed many (100s)
of safety and traffic operations
studies from which many roadway
safety improvements have been
implemented. She has also been
the project manager of several
large planning studies. These stud-
ies resulted in major new projects such as the
Erie 250 Corridor, Lorain SR 57 and Medina US 42
corridor projects. “Julie is always willing to take
on new responsibilities and embrace new ideas.
She is well respected at ODOT and by locals and
consultants as an experienced and conscientious
Traffic Engineer,” added Leslie Farley, Planning
Engineer.
FAMILY: Husband: John, children: Alexis (16),
Anna (14) and Trey (11)
PETS: Two dogs, Lilly and Tess
HOBBIES: Watching the kids play sports
BOOK LAST READ: Me Before You
FAVORITE MOVIE: Knight and Day
FAVORITE TV SHOW: Modern Family
FAVORITE RESTAURANT: City Square Steak
House
FAVORITE WEBSITE: Google
FAVORITE PLACE TO VISIT: Aruba
MY PET PEEVE IS: People who feel sorry for
themselves and negativity
FAVORITE CD ALBUM/WHAT TUNES ARE
YOU LISTENING TO: Anything on Top 40 Hits
RINGTONE ON MY CELL: Hello by Adele
THE TALENT OR SUPERPOWER I WISH I HAD
IS: To be invisible—would love to be a fly on the
wall sometimes
LEAST FAVORITE CHORE: Grocery Shopping
IF I COULD CHANGE ONE THING ABOUT MY-
SELF IT WOULD BE: Have more patience
FAVORITE SPORTS TEAM: Cavs, Steelers, OSU
FIRST JOB: Day-Camp worker
BEST ADVICE EVER RECEIVED: No matter how
hard you try, you can’t please everyone
NOBODY KNOWS I: Coached youth basketball
and softball for several years
WHO, LIVING OR DEAD, WOULD YOU MOST
LIKE TO HAVE DINNER WITH: My Grandmother
Dates to Remember
8/24 TeamUp ODOT
9/5 Labor Day
(ODOT Closed)
9/19 Annual Meeting Passing the Roundabout Test By Makensey Barr
Ask yourself: Are you someone who questions flawed processes or someone who finds workarounds?
This summer, ODOT District 3 engineers, surveyors and Richland County highway technicians (HTs)
teamed up with design/engineering consultants and McFarland Cascade, a utility pole provider, to
test the design for a new roundabout. Typically, a roundabout is used at an intersection that does not
warrant a traffic signal, but does exhibit some safety concerns. District 3 planning engineer, Rob
Shenal, explained, “The reason for putting a roundabout at this intersection is because we are expect-
ing some heavy traffic flow, but we do not see the need for a traffic signal.” (Cont. on page 2)
3 The Legend—July/August 2016 The Legend—July/August 2016 2
On July 8, 2014, it was an-
nounced that the Republican
National Convention would be
held in Cleveland, Ohio, from
July 18 to 21, 2016. After a tre-
mendous amount of planning
and re-planning, on July 16,
2016, teams from Districts 12, 2,
3 and 4 began 24/7 field opera-
tions in and around Cuyahoga County in an effort to
minimize any impacts caused by traffic disruptions
either from routine highway incidents or as a result of
premeditated actions that occurred in other states
and cities across the country—teams stayed prepared
to respond at a moment’s notice.
I would like to take this opportunity to thank
each of you for your professionalism and efforts
keeping our highways safe during the recently
concluded Republican National Conven-
tion. ODOT had a tremendous amount of resources
dedicated toward responding to whatever situation
would arise, and the collaboration and cooperation
of 728 departmental personnel statewide clearly
demonstrated the transparency we continually strive
to achieve in our day-to-day operations at ODOT. I
believe your efforts were instrumental in deterring
demonstrators from entering onto the highways and
causing traffic disruptions.
Everyone involved from Districts 2, 3, 4 and 12
did an incredible job working together and stay-
ing prepared to respond at a moment’s no-
tice. We would not have been able to accomplish
what we did had it not been for the dedication of the
employees of the ODOT team
throughout the state. I thank
everyone for doing a fantastic
job. I would like to take this
time to reiterate “who you are and what you do truly does make a difference.”
Be safe!
Butch
Ashland 162
Crawford 398
Erie 32
Huron 211
Lorain 331
Medina 197
Richland 191
Wayne 524
District 379
*thru August 11
*
5 Years Lee Ackerman
Timothy Dodson
Scott Eagle
Nicholas Foster
Richard Feldkamp
Randall Golan
Petra Gut
Steven Haip
Joshua Hall
Scott Hampton
William Hanning
Donovan Hartsel
Willard Hershberger
Roland Holida
Aaron Honeycutt
Geert Kausch
Rodney Koonce
Aaron Martin
Lori Menk
Donald Mesenburg
Crystal Neelon
Lisa Pawlikowski
James Prussak
Melvin Reisinger
Scott Rounds
Dennis Ryncarz
Kenneth Sigman
Troy Shawber
Paul Slota
Ken Stefanik
Edward Stutz
Michael Titus
Timothy Tomecko
Daniel Wahsum
Cody Groesbeck-Vollmer
Roundabout Test (cont. from cover)
The group set up a mock roundabout in the Mansfield Speedway parking lot and tested if a
semi-truck with a 120 foot utility pole trailing behind it could clear the path. Two different types
of tests were conducted. The first test mocked up a chicane entrance (design used for the
Wayne and Medina County roundabouts). This type
of roundabout begins with a reverse curved road
before entering and is better for speed control. The
second test included a tangent entry and is not as
ideal for speed control, but is practical when fitting
large trucks through the intersection.
After multiple run-throughs, the tangent entrance
roundabout design turned out to be a better fit for
this intersection to accommodate McFarland Cas-
cade’s large trucks with polls extending off the
back, which will be transported regularly through
the new intersection. This roundabout, which will
serve as a connector route just south of where the
test took place on State Route 13 in Richland
County, is being designed as part of the US Route
30 Rehabilitation Project. Construction for this por-
tion of the project is scheduled to start in 2020. For
more information, contact Rob Shenal at
419.207.7054.
10 Years
Nathan Berry
Steven Bauer
Andrew Blazek
Lonnie Bullis
Laureen Carpenter
Mindy Cavin
Mary Durastanti
Levi Foss
Nathan Gongwer
Howard Goodyear
Melissa Guercio
Scott Hawkins
Helen Immel
Amy Kenyon
Billy Knipp
Brad Mayes
Christopher Mees
Gregory O’Connell
Craig Penix
Brian Rawlings
Sonya Riley
Carla Simpson
Robert Ullom
Gerald Usselman
Billy Workman
15 Years
Scott Brant
Keith Brokaw
Jean Burrows
Kimberly Conklin
David Elkins
James Erf
Michael Fair
Steven Franks
Steven Jacobcik
Charles Laughrey
Larry Lucius
Matthew Miller
Bridget Rike
Elizabeth Sanders
Daniel Schlund
Bruce Sidel
Michael Stansbery
Scott Turcheck
James Wade
20 Years
John Burns
Laura Colbert
Theresa Heger
Kathy Hunt
Scott Jenkins
Tex Ooten
Randall Patti
Kevin Rader
Vernon Vermillion
Matthew Walter
Stephen Young
25 Years
Michelle Burchfield
Leslie Farley
Richard Koziura
Ronald Nussbaum
Thomas Pavlik
Sue Pore
Andrea Teschler
Jennifer Thebeault
Jacqueline Visintine
30 Years
Brian Balduff
David Drevniak
Brian Hickey
Christopher Jones
James McClure
Lance McGinty
Laura Speer
Louis Tumblin
Dennis White
Mark Zywczyk
35 Years
Fred Parker
Thank you for your dedicated service to the motoring public!
District 3 Service Awards
3 The Legend—July/August 2016 The Legend—July/August 2016 2
On July 8, 2014, it was an-
nounced that the Republican
National Convention would be
held in Cleveland, Ohio, from
July 18 to 21, 2016. After a tre-
mendous amount of planning
and re-planning, on July 16,
2016, teams from Districts 12, 2,
3 and 4 began 24/7 field opera-
tions in and around Cuyahoga County in an effort to
minimize any impacts caused by traffic disruptions
either from routine highway incidents or as a result of
premeditated actions that occurred in other states
and cities across the country—teams stayed prepared
to respond at a moment’s notice.
I would like to take this opportunity to thank
each of you for your professionalism and efforts
keeping our highways safe during the recently
concluded Republican National Conven-
tion. ODOT had a tremendous amount of resources
dedicated toward responding to whatever situation
would arise, and the collaboration and cooperation
of 728 departmental personnel statewide clearly
demonstrated the transparency we continually strive
to achieve in our day-to-day operations at ODOT. I
believe your efforts were instrumental in deterring
demonstrators from entering onto the highways and
causing traffic disruptions.
Everyone involved from Districts 2, 3, 4 and 12
did an incredible job working together and stay-
ing prepared to respond at a moment’s no-
tice. We would not have been able to accomplish
what we did had it not been for the dedication of the
employees of the ODOT team
throughout the state. I thank
everyone for doing a fantastic
job. I would like to take this
time to reiterate “who you are and what you do truly does make a difference.”
Be safe!
Butch
Ashland 162
Crawford 398
Erie 32
Huron 211
Lorain 331
Medina 197
Richland 191
Wayne 524
District 379
*thru August 11
*
5 Years Lee Ackerman
Timothy Dodson
Scott Eagle
Nicholas Foster
Richard Feldkamp
Randall Golan
Petra Gut
Steven Haip
Joshua Hall
Scott Hampton
William Hanning
Donovan Hartsel
Willard Hershberger
Roland Holida
Aaron Honeycutt
Geert Kausch
Rodney Koonce
Aaron Martin
Lori Menk
Donald Mesenburg
Crystal Neelon
Lisa Pawlikowski
James Prussak
Melvin Reisinger
Scott Rounds
Dennis Ryncarz
Kenneth Sigman
Troy Shawber
Paul Slota
Ken Stefanik
Edward Stutz
Michael Titus
Timothy Tomecko
Daniel Wahsum
Cody Groesbeck-Vollmer
Roundabout Test (cont. from cover)
The group set up a mock roundabout in the Mansfield Speedway parking lot and tested if a
semi-truck with a 120 foot utility pole trailing behind it could clear the path. Two different types
of tests were conducted. The first test mocked up a chicane entrance (design used for the
Wayne and Medina County roundabouts). This type
of roundabout begins with a reverse curved road
before entering and is better for speed control. The
second test included a tangent entry and is not as
ideal for speed control, but is practical when fitting
large trucks through the intersection.
After multiple run-throughs, the tangent entrance
roundabout design turned out to be a better fit for
this intersection to accommodate McFarland Cas-
cade’s large trucks with polls extending off the
back, which will be transported regularly through
the new intersection. This roundabout, which will
serve as a connector route just south of where the
test took place on State Route 13 in Richland
County, is being designed as part of the US Route
30 Rehabilitation Project. Construction for this por-
tion of the project is scheduled to start in 2020. For
more information, contact Rob Shenal at
419.207.7054.
10 Years
Nathan Berry
Steven Bauer
Andrew Blazek
Lonnie Bullis
Laureen Carpenter
Mindy Cavin
Mary Durastanti
Levi Foss
Nathan Gongwer
Howard Goodyear
Melissa Guercio
Scott Hawkins
Helen Immel
Amy Kenyon
Billy Knipp
Brad Mayes
Christopher Mees
Gregory O’Connell
Craig Penix
Brian Rawlings
Sonya Riley
Carla Simpson
Robert Ullom
Gerald Usselman
Billy Workman
15 Years
Scott Brant
Keith Brokaw
Jean Burrows
Kimberly Conklin
David Elkins
James Erf
Michael Fair
Steven Franks
Steven Jacobcik
Charles Laughrey
Larry Lucius
Matthew Miller
Bridget Rike
Elizabeth Sanders
Daniel Schlund
Bruce Sidel
Michael Stansbery
Scott Turcheck
James Wade
20 Years
John Burns
Laura Colbert
Theresa Heger
Kathy Hunt
Scott Jenkins
Tex Ooten
Randall Patti
Kevin Rader
Vernon Vermillion
Matthew Walter
Stephen Young
25 Years
Michelle Burchfield
Leslie Farley
Richard Koziura
Ronald Nussbaum
Thomas Pavlik
Sue Pore
Andrea Teschler
Jennifer Thebeault
Jacqueline Visintine
30 Years
Brian Balduff
David Drevniak
Brian Hickey
Christopher Jones
James McClure
Lance McGinty
Laura Speer
Louis Tumblin
Dennis White
Mark Zywczyk
35 Years
Fred Parker
Thank you for your dedicated service to the motoring public!
District 3 Service Awards
4 The Legend—July/August 2016
District 3 Employee News
John R. Kasich
Governor
Jerry Wray
Director
Howard Huebner
District Deputy Director
July/August 2016
What’s Inside…
DDD Corner
District 3 Service Awards
Employee News
Get to Know...
The Legend District 3 Employee Newsletter
New Hires
Anthony DePrator, TCE – P&E
Angela Koch, HT1 – Erie
Jamie Lowery, TCE – P&E
Jeff Rogers, TE3 – Construction
Jonathan Roseler, TCE – Construction
Promotions
James Erf, to TM1 – Huron
Steve Jacobcik, to TM1 – Lorain
Christine Jones, to HT4 – Lorain
Levi Wingler, to Environmental Spec 2 – P&E
Rod Zemrock, to HT4 – Wayne
Reclassifications
Joshua Arnold, HT2 to Auto Mech 2 – Medina
Richard Fletcher, HT2 to HT3C/M – Ashland
Don Mesenburg, HT2 to HT3C/M – Erie
William Schenek, HT2 to HT3C/M – Medina
Gary Schimmel, HT2 to HT3/M – Erie
Dennis Ryncarz, HT2 to HT3C/M – Medina
Chris White, HT2 to HT3C/M – Wayne
Retirements
Laura Speer, Administrative Professional 2 in
Huron County with 31 years of service
Get to Know… Julie Cichello Julie has been the District 3
Traffic Engineer for the last five
years. She attended the University
of Akron and was a college intern
for D3 in our Bridge Department.
Upon graduation in 1994 she
came to ODOT full time in the
Traffic Department. Over the years
Julie has completed many (100s)
of safety and traffic operations
studies from which many roadway
safety improvements have been
implemented. She has also been
the project manager of several
large planning studies. These stud-
ies resulted in major new projects such as the
Erie 250 Corridor, Lorain SR 57 and Medina US 42
corridor projects. “Julie is always willing to take
on new responsibilities and embrace new ideas.
She is well respected at ODOT and by locals and
consultants as an experienced and conscientious
Traffic Engineer,” added Leslie Farley, Planning
Engineer.
FAMILY: Husband: John, children: Alexis (16),
Anna (14) and Trey (11)
PETS: Two dogs, Lilly and Tess
HOBBIES: Watching the kids play sports
BOOK LAST READ: Me Before You
FAVORITE MOVIE: Knight and Day
FAVORITE TV SHOW: Modern Family
FAVORITE RESTAURANT: City Square Steak
House
FAVORITE WEBSITE: Google
FAVORITE PLACE TO VISIT: Aruba
MY PET PEEVE IS: People who feel sorry for
themselves and negativity
FAVORITE CD ALBUM/WHAT TUNES ARE
YOU LISTENING TO: Anything on Top 40 Hits
RINGTONE ON MY CELL: Hello by Adele
THE TALENT OR SUPERPOWER I WISH I HAD
IS: To be invisible—would love to be a fly on the
wall sometimes
LEAST FAVORITE CHORE: Grocery Shopping
IF I COULD CHANGE ONE THING ABOUT MY-
SELF IT WOULD BE: Have more patience
FAVORITE SPORTS TEAM: Cavs, Steelers, OSU
FIRST JOB: Day-Camp worker
BEST ADVICE EVER RECEIVED: No matter how
hard you try, you can’t please everyone
NOBODY KNOWS I: Coached youth basketball
and softball for several years
WHO, LIVING OR DEAD, WOULD YOU MOST
LIKE TO HAVE DINNER WITH: My Grandmother
Dates to Remember
8/24 TeamUp ODOT
9/5 Labor Day
(ODOT Closed)
9/19 Annual Meeting Passing the Roundabout Test By Makensey Barr
Ask yourself: Are you someone who questions flawed processes or someone who finds workarounds?
This summer, ODOT District 3 engineers, surveyors and Richland County highway technicians (HTs)
teamed up with design/engineering consultants and McFarland Cascade, a utility pole provider, to
test the design for a new roundabout. Typically, a roundabout is used at an intersection that does not
warrant a traffic signal, but does exhibit some safety concerns. District 3 planning engineer, Rob
Shenal, explained, “The reason for putting a roundabout at this intersection is because we are expect-
ing some heavy traffic flow, but we do not see the need for a traffic signal.” (Cont. on page 2)