CHILDRESS DISTRICT SAFETY AWARDS The Childress District of the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) was the recipient of the 2021 Associated General Contractors of Texas and TxDOT Texas Bluebonnet Safety Award for their zero incidence rate. Childress District Engineer Marty Smith presented the award to his staff on Thursday, July 8. Front row, from left: Anita Thompson, business operations; Ryan Reid, transportation engineer; Matt Herbstritt; Childress Area engineer; Joey Torrez, Wheeler County; Jamie Talley, Hardeman County, Brian Miller, Donley County; Jeff Widener, Hall County; Jimmy Perkins, Childress County. Back row, from left: Darwin Lankford, director of operations; Terry Messer, Knox County; Wes Kajs, Foard County; Tony Kidd, Dickens County; Crawford Mason, Motley County; Ron Gilbert, Cottle/King Counties; Shawn Elliott, maintenance administrator; Jared Groves, Munday assistant area engineer; Marty Smith, district engineer. Not pictured: Daniel Castor, Collingsworth County; Jeff Smith, Briscoe County; Chris Reed, director of construction; Chuck Steed, director of transportation, planning and development.