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Clifford Palmer NW 35
Gary Rush NW 25
Roger Wittler NW 33
Ronald Stewart NW 16
Norma Wood NW 27
Robert Stone NW 26
Ronnie Clevenger NW 24
Jerry Mckenzie NW 29
John Cox NW 32
Vicki James NE 18
Robert Newman NE 33
Matthew Watkins NE 22
John Allred NE 22
Robert Buckman NE 17
Jerry Toland NE 33
Gail Wilson NE 22
Charles Bowles NE 33
Jerry Miller NE 33
Earl Barnard NE 34
William Swiger NE 28
Gerald Loges KC 6
Thomas Singleton KC 27
Russell Mitchell KC 31
William Weitkamp KC 30
Leslie Willard KC 29
Ralph Tull KC 30
Patricia Wilson CD 36
Jennifer Ranabargar CD 35
Dale Kurrelmeyer CD 30Donny Whittle CD 37
William Maness CD 11
Vincent Boillot CD 33
Floyd Brown CD 30
Paul Brown SL 8
Kent Bequette SL 33
Roy Scurlock SL 29
Roy Sutter SL 25
Kenny Lietch SW 34
Everett Delozier SW 33
30 Years
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Kevin P. Shannon KC
Robert L. Gillaspie KC
25 Years
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Kim I. Gordon KC
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James R. Allen SE
Patricia D. L. Evans SE
Gary R. Sager SE
20 Years
Roger L. Anderson NW
Orville D. Campbell NE
Joseph B. Schulte CD
Darrell B. Goth SW
Sean L. Matlock SW
Patricia R. Radley SW
Howard L. Henderson SW
Steven R. Howell SW
Russel C. Huckaby SW
Vicki L. Wells SW
Darrel L. Hickman SE
Jerry L. Friese SE
Kenneth B. Adkins SE
Jacob R. Bolinger CO
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Rodney L. Milford NWDarrel D. Butcher NW
Amy K. Bailey CD
Donald E. Boettcher CD
Christopher E. Scott CD
Michael R. Bouse CD
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Cheryl D. Tucker SL
Jason G. Aubuchon SL
Christopher V. Calandro SW
David A. Evans SW
Johnny L. Hall SW
James D. Mussulman SW
Deborah Stuart SW
Michael S. Whittaker SW
Ricky L. Black SW
Robert C. Thomason SE
Michael K. Moon SE
Randy W. Sanders SE
Gary Overbey CO
Thomas W. Fennessey CO
Kevin D. Griep CO
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Jeremy E. Furr NW
Sidney C. Brownell NE
Donald J. Trivette NE
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Sandra Sloan SL
Billy J. Barber SW
David H. Colf SW
Steven T. Hermann SW
Jason L. Winkle SE
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Roland Eades Former D9 Jan. 3
William Van Arsdale Former D10 Jan. 8
Billy Maddock Former D1 Jan. 10
Genora Langan CO Jan. 11
Doneta Cornell Former D1 Jan. 13
Larry Buzzard Former D2 Jan. 19
Gilbert Deckard Former D9 Jan. 21
Paul Cook Former D7 Jan. 23
Hiram Jackson Former D3 Jan. 29
Charles Weirich Former D6 Jan. 29
Leonard Schmutzler Former D5 Jan. 31
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Rex Foote SW 32
Ward Jones SW 34
Dana Garner SW 28
Jimmy Compton SW 26
Willie May SW 26
Reuben Sanchez SW 12
Janice Moore SW 24
Thomas Buttry SE 39
Thomas Ryan SE 27
William Fox SE 28
Ronald Ballew SE 26
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Ricky Bryant SE 33
Gary Vaeth SE 33
Roger Christensen SE 26
Randall Grady SE 28
Justin Cunningham SE 27
Floyd Conway SE 29
James Crutsinger CO 14
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Jack Huddleston CO 36
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MoDOT experts have been sharing their knowledge throughout theNE District with various audiences. (Left) Kim Trainor, P.E., Design,participated in the Van-Far High School A+ Science and TechnologyFair as a guest speaker. (Right) Natalie Roarke, bidding and contractservices engineer, held a workshop in Kirksville for contractorsabout doing business with MoDOT.
The EAEC of the NEDistrict asked for partici-pation in an “after theholidays” food drive.More than 1,000 fooditems were delivered toDouglass CommunityCenter and a food bankin Macon to help fami-lies through the winter.Pictured are EAEC Chair-person Mike Laks, DCCDirector Dan Whelan,and MoDOT HighwayDesigner Joe McNeillunloading the truck.
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year’s winner of the re-gional Battle of the Beltcompetition. (Left) TessaWilliams, HR, and TanaAkright, CR, distributedseat belt and no textingand driving informationto 600 kids at the TeenTask Force Health Fair inHannibal.
Monte Fisher, Kevin Brawner and otherKirksville maintenance crew memberstook advantage of unseasonable weatherto fix some shoulders along Route 11.
New Cambria crews have taken advantage of the niceweather to replace tubes. Pictured are Lori Wallace, MikeHulett, Russel Gander and Jim Carriker.
The Route 168 bridge over North River west ofPhiladelphia was the first bridge to be replaced onthe Safe & Sound Bridge Program in the NE Districtthis year.
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Work begins on the interchange at 307th Street to upgrade Route 71 toI-49. The work in Cass County is the last of the interchanges needing to beupgraded.
Ryan Hale, Design, shows where the signal atRoute 92 and Sam Barr Road will be replacedwith a roundabout to slow traffic and improvesafety.
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