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Last week, the Department of Commerce celebrated our annual employee service awards luncheon, where we honored Commerce employees who have served the state of Kansas for 10, 15, 20, 25, 30 and 35 years.
This year, we recognized 30 individuals with a combined 540 years of service to the state of Kansas! Here’s the full list of honorees:
We’re grateful to each of these individuals for their dedicated service to our state! You can see more photos from the awards luncheon on our Facebook page.
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