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| Daily Newspaper and Travel Guide for Pecos Country of West Texas Lifestyle Monday, June 8, 1998 Lara celebrates second birthday Malorie Alyssa Lara, daughter of Jaime Lara and Rebecca Aragon celebrated her second birthday recently. Malorie's party was held at Sherwood Park in Odessa. A Tiger Moonwalk was provided for entertainment and everyone was served cake, ice cream and punch. Her maternal grandparents are Velma Dominguez and Osbaldo Aragon. Paternal grandparents are Jr. and Mary Lara. Employees noted for safe driving records Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) employees in the Odessa District are among the safest drivers in the state. And the employees in Balmorhea and Pecos just keep rolling up the accident-free miles and years, thanks to drivers like Lily Talamantez, Fermin Rodriguez, Jose Lopez, Jose Rodriguez, Tommy Dominguez and Rosendo Galindo. Talamantez, the office manager of the Pecos Area office, has 31 years of perfect driving to her credit, while Rodriguez, an employee in the Balmorhea Maintenance Section has 30 years without an accident. Four other Balmorhea employees - Lopez, 28 years; Rodriguez, 24 years; Dominguez, 21 years; and Galindo, 20 years - have longtime unblemished driving records. Other employees cited for outstanding driving records include: Manuel Gonzales Jr., 18 years, Pecos; Israel Rubio, 17 years, Pecos; William Brown, 17 years, Pecos; Larry Levario, 16 years, Pecos; Joel Baeza, 16 years, Pecos; Ruben Fuentez, 15 years, Pecos; Manuel Muniz Jr., 15 years, Pecos; John Salcido, 13 years, Pecos; Guadalupe Rede, 12 years, Pecos; Daniel Reyes, 10 years, Pecos; Ben Hinojos, Sr. 10 years, Pecos; Samuel Natividad, 10 years, Balmorhea; Victor Mondrago, 9 years, Balmohrea and Gilberto Gonzales, eight years, Pecos. Also, Jesus Matta, seven years, Balmorhea; Doug Eichorst, seven years, Pecos; Manuel Mendoza, five years, Balmorhea; Arturo Vasquez, five years, Pecos; Gilbert Herrera, four years, Pecos; David Portillo, four years, Balmorhea; Javier Lozano, four years, Balmorhea; Oscar Martinez, three years, Pecos; Eloy Varela, three years, Pecos; Juan Muniz, two years, Pecos; Rigoberto Garcia, one year, Balmorhea; Hector Tarango, one year, Pecos; Alfredo Herrera, one year, Pecos and Javier Estrella, one year, Pecos. They were among the nearly 275 department employees from throughout the 12-county district cited for their on-the-job safe driving habits during the annual Odessa District safety awards banquet held at the Pecos County Civic Center in Fort Stockton. Jose E. Morales, P.E., who heads up the Odessa District, praised the Balmorhea and Pecos employees for their commitment to driving safety, handing out safe driving certificates to the TxDOT drivers. "Highway safety is at the heart of everything the Texas Department of Transportation does," said Morales. "We know that building safe roads and driving safely go hand-in-hand. "And one of the best ways we can emphasize safe driving on Texas highways is to set a good example ourselves," he added. "That's why we salute these employees for year-after-year of accident-free driving while on the job." The Texas Department of Transportation's Odessa District includes 12 counties: Andews, Crane, Ector, Loving, Midland, Pecos, Reeves, Terrell, Upton, Ward, and Winkler. Search Entire Site: Pecos Enterprise Mac McKinnon, Publisher Division of Buckner News Alliance, Inc. 324 S. Cedar St., Pecos, TX 79772 Phone 915-445-5475, FAX 915-445-4321 e-mail news@pecos.net Associated Press text, photo, graphic, audio and/or video material shall not be published, broadcast, rewritten for broadcast or publication or redistributed directly or indirectly in any medium. Copyright 1998 by Pecos Enterprise