The Kansas Department of Transportation expresses its appreciation for employees celebrating state service anniversaries in August. KDOT is proud to acknowledge them for the long-term dedication they have provided to the state of Kansas. Listed below are the employees and their hometowns. 

Those celebrating 45 years:

• David Dye, Equipment Operator Specialist, Meade

 Those celebrating 40 years:

• Kevin Walters, Equipment Operator Specialist, Manhattan

 Those celebrating 30 years:

• Rick Barezinsky, Assistant Bureau Chief of Materials, Scranton
• Shawn Denny, Highway Maintenance Superintendent, Garnett
• Jeff Stewart, District Three Engineer, Norton

Those celebrating 25 years:

• Chris Bortz, Assistant Bureau Chief, Topeka
• Kerry Bramhall, Engineering Technician Senior, Vermillion
• Kelly Cook, Equipment Operator Specialist, Peabody
• Klete Hackney, Maintenance Supervisor, Coldwater
• Thomas Valadez, Engineering Technician Senior, Andover

 Those celebrating 20 years:

• Jeffrey Bagley, Equipment Operator Specialist, Hill City
• Brett Carlson, Equipment Operator Specialist, Bison
• Patrick Foster, Engineering Technician Senior, Kansas City
• Michael Freeland, Engineering Technician Senior, Lawrence
• Eric Lentz, Equipment Operator, Oskaloosa
• Pamela Murray-Anderson, Senior Director of Administration, Topeka
• Jason Nichols, Highway Maintenance Supervisor, Eureka
• Jon Sherwood, Operator Senior, Leroy
• Debbie Tanking, Road Design Bureau Chief, Topeka          

Those celebrating 15 years:

• Robert Jones III, Highway Maintenance Supervisor, Newton
• Bruce Larsen, Equipment Operator Senior, Lincoln      

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