On Thursday, May 8th, 2008, we celebrated the completion of
our 40th LFC Hydration unit for BJ Services. This will be our last one
of this style as we are moving on to a new design type. Pictured are:
Cande Castillo Jr, Mancio Hernandez, Justin Lucas, Bill Brown
(holding a picture of the first unit), Larry Spitz (with BJ Services),
Michael Etheridge, and Ricky Rogers.
On Tuesday, April 29th, 2008, we named part of the STS
Shop after Cande Castillo, Sr. Since he got promoted, we felt
we needed to do a little more. Pictured is the STS crew!
Here is Cande showing off his new sign!
On Friday, April 18th, 2008, we had our 6th Annual
Company Cook-Off. Benito Lopez from BP-RB2 and Scotty Garcia
from BLP were 2 of the cooks.
We want to thank Kenny Willmon, Pete Stracener, Chad Shadden,
Dusty Price and Tommy Perez for taking time out of their busy
schedules to judge the entries in our annual cook-off.
Here are some of our hard working staff enjoying a meal cooked
by their follow co-workers.
Our Cooks:
Rhett Kidd from Parts, Junior Elmore from Manufacturing,
Benito Lopez from RB2-BP, Scotty Garcia from BLP,
DeLon Walker from Support and Chris Elmore from STS.
DeLon Walker and Ronnie Humphreys rejoyce as the
Support Department is declared the winner of this year
cook-off.
Ronnie Humphreys and DeLon Walker show off the cook-off
trophy. Support has won the cook-off 5 of the last
six years! Congratulations!!!
On Tuesday, April 15th, 2008, we officially open our new
STS office which has constructed recently. These are the
users of the new STS office: Cande Castillo, Sr., Michael Rice,
Frank Trinidad, Greg Dodd & Ronnie Watkins.
Cande Sr. has always said that he might want a
desk job. He looks like he has always had a desk job.
On Monday, April 14th, 2008, we were visited by
our old friend Dub Huddelston and his wife LaRay.
Pictured are: Dub Huddelston, LaRay Huddelston,
Mike Worley and Janna Worley.
Dub Huddelston is retired from Schlumberger but,
is now doing inspections for them.
On Monday, March 31st, 2008, Gilbert Garza
won our 6,000 Days Pin Contest. Congratulations to Gilbert
and great job on designing our new pin! Pictured are:
Mike Worley, Gilbert Garza and Larry Kirk
On Thursday, March 27th, 2008, Cande Castillo, Sr.
was promoted to Lead Hand #4 in the Small Tank Shop.
Congratulations to him on his hard earned promotion!!!
On Tuesday, March 18th, 2008, our new shear, "BERTHA",
was unveiled. Michael Lopez worked in acquiring "BERTHA"
since last September (researching, prices, models, etc.).
Pictured are: Larry Kirk, Mike Worley, Michael Lopez, Ernesto
Escamilla, Teddy Vargas and Juan Rodriguez.
On Thursday, March 6th, 2008, during our quarterly
safety meeting, Michael Rice and Michael Etheridge
won Cowboys hardhats for the Supervisor Chair Contest.
Congratulations again to Jesse Martinez for winning
our 5th Cheer contest to get us to 6,000 days without
a lost time accident. Pictured are Jesse and Janna.
On Tuesday, February 26th, 2008, our good friend
Mark Gonzales left us after nearly thirteen years of loyal service and
we held a party in his honor. His devotion to the company and his fellow
employees will be long remembered.
Mark opens his gifts which included a briefcase and a pair of
“Rude, Crude, Dude” gloves.
This group photo was taken of those who attended Mark’s party.
Hopefully, this will help him remember all of us.
Mark is shown here with all the managers and a couple of
foremen who have worked the closest with him throughout the years.
On Wednesday, February 6th, 2008, we were visited by 2 students
from the Levelland High School as part as the S.P.C. Tech Prep program
Ground Hog Shadow program. Pictured are: Ernest Chavez and our own
Mark Gonzales.
Josh Shelton was also part of the S.P.C. Tech Prep Ground
Hog Day Shadow program. Pictured are: Josh Shelton and Daniel
Chavez.
Here you see Daniel Chavez showing Josh Shelton how to weld.
In this picture, Mark Gonzales is showing Ernest Chavez his
welding method.
On Tuesday,
January 29th, 2008, we conducted our annual
Safety & Service Awards Banquet! We also established a new 16
year record without a loss time accident!!!
70 1-Year Safety Jackets and 30 Service Jackets were handed
out during our 2008 Safety & Service Award Banquet!
Kenny Jonson was not forgotten during the banquet as he always
encourages everyone to stay safe!
A record, 30 employees, received their 1-year safety ring!
Ralph Martinez, Lynn O'Connor, Francisco Palomino and Marvin
Mitchell received 5-year rings. They all were part of Corrosion Control.
7 employees received their 10-year service watches. Pictured are:
Benito Lopez, Michael Etheridge, Richard Frazier, Scottie
Freeman & Ricky Rogers. Frank Trinidad also received a watch,
but he was not able to attend the banquet due to being sick.
Congratulations to the winner of our 4th Cheer contest!!! Jesse
Martinez wrote a fun cheer to help us along our way to 6,000 days
without a lost time accident. Jesse is pictured with Janna.
Sadly, we are saying goodbye to Guy Taylor. Guy worked with us
part-time while attending South Plains College for the past two years.
He will be greatly missed. We wish him luck with his new job as a
lineman at Lamb County Electric!!!
We wish to thank the members of our safety crew for 2007. Shelia Humphreys,
Jeff Pharis, Harley Dodson and J.T. Wright work diligently to ensure that
Worley Welding maintains a safety program that is second to none. Mike,
Janna and all of us appreciate all your hard work!!!
We held our annual "Worley Christmas Tree" on Friday, December 21, 2007.
We had a gift exchange and played a fun game of "Come on Down" with
Mike Worley serving as our own game show host!
Mike Worley wishes us all a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
The contestants in our game have hard decisions to make! Should I steal
someone else's gift or choose something that hasn't been picked yet?
There were lots of laughs and all were winners of this game!
Larry Kirk shows off the winner in our "largest gift"
category of the gift exchange.
Kenny Johnson is sporting a new hardhat! The hat, complete with a
zero-hood and Texas Rangers & Dallas Cowboy stickers was a gift
from his friends from the Manufacturing Dept.
Mike and Janna surprised us all with "Lefty". Lefty was created by
Cameron Dockery. Lefty will lead us in our goal to reach 6000 days
without a lost time accident. We are taking a trip to watch the
Rangers play ball!
Merry Christmas 2007 from Worley Welding Works, Inc.!!!
We recently completed our 200th Treating Truck for our friends at
Baker-Petrolite. Our devoted employees of Baker-Petrolite
Manufacturing are shown in front of TT-200.
We celebrated our 200th Treating Truck with a party complete with rib eye
steaks prepared by Mike Worley and Larry Kirk. Reisie Truelock provided
the side dishes and the best banana pudding you've ever tasted! Shown
here are the employees of Baker-Petrolite Manufacturing, the CAT crew,
managers of other departments and the office staff.
We recently welcomed the families of our employees to our annual
Christmas Open House. We had many guests and a large variety
of food. Shown here are some of the guests patiently going through
the line to make their selections.
Decisions, decisions! With so many choices, it was hard
to decide which dessert to have.
Our own Hugo Garza is shown with his talented sister, Rosa.
Rosa created this beautiful centerpiece for our dessert table.
Thank you Rosa!
Santa Claus stopped in for a visit and to hear the requests
of our smaller guests in a special trip down from the North Pole.
J. Rod, we said Santa was here to see our smaller guests...
you exceed the height requirement by at least a foot and a half!!!
Former full-time employee Jeff Pharis is show with his patrol dog,
Iwan. In the short time since Jeff left full-time employment with our
company he has already been promoted to K-9 officer and we are
so proud of him!!! Thankfully, Jeff still works with us on a part-time basis.
On behalf of Worley Welding, Larry Kirk and Bill Brown donated our old
sub-arc welding machine to South Plains College. Pictured are:
Russell Hall, Bill Brown, Larry Kirk, Pete Stracener, Jimmy Stratton and Don Hill.
Happy Birthday to Larry Kirk!!! We celebrated his 50th birthday on
November 19, 2007. A big surprise awaited him that morning. We
decorated his office with black balloons and lots of pictures of him
through the years. He is pictured with his incredible wife Nancy.
We also had "Grim Reaper" birthday cake in celebration of his big 5-0
and presented him with some Geritol and denture cream.
He is truly prepared for old age now!!!
We recently completed the most recent General D.O.T. Training class.
This class consists of 18 half-hour classes. Graduates are (in alphabetical order):
Alvin Arriaga, Bill Brown, Sam DeLaRosa, Alfred Hernandez, Johnny Hinojosa,
Shelia Humphreys, Joe Kretschmer, Jeryl Leaks, Joey Rose, Jorge Suarez,
De Lon Walker and Ronnie Watkins. Congratulations to you all!!!
Worley's hosted our 3rd Annual Veteran's Day luncheon in honor of our
many veterans who served in various campaigns and branches of the
military. Thank you all for serving your country and fighting so that we may
enjoy all the freedoms that we do! Shown in no particular order are:
Doug Martin, Mike Worley, Marvin Mitchell, Vince Cisneros, Raymond Sanchez,
Alex Escamilla, Rudy Jasso, Teddy Vargas, Greg Dodd, Eugene Diaz,
Terri Smith, Jorge Suarez, Adam Hernandez and Ronnie Humphreys.
Not shown, but still appreciated is Mark Myers.
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We recently completed a 1,000 gallon 1-compartment DOT-412
cargo tank which we mounted on custom crane truck furnished by
Weatherford which made a great looking unit.
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A view from the side of the custom crane truck is shown here.
We think it turned out quite nicely!
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We also completed this 2,000 gallon DOT-412 body load with a
sleeper for Halliburton which turned out nicely as well.
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Congratulations to Bill Brown and Shelli Walker!!! The were the
winners in our Supervisor's Chair Contest. Bill won this
delightful propeller cap and Shelli took the donut seat.
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The winners in our Employee Chair Contest are:
Michael Lopez -- 1st Place
Richard Frazier -- 2nd Place
(not shown) Domingo (Zorro) Cirilo -- 3rd Place
Louis Ybarra -- 4th Place
Congratulations to you all!!!
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Teddy Vargas took top honors in the Home Run Cheer Contest.
He is shown with our Home Run Poster. Way to go Teddy!!!
Our good friend Reisie Truelock baked these three delicious cakes
for our Pumpkin Contest Awards Ceremony. The winners were
announced and we enjoyed our time eating cake together!
The big winners in our annual Pumpkin Contest were Delon Walker.
Delon won in the "most creative" category with his Texas Ranger baseball
player. Robert Gonzales took top honors in the "carved pumpkin" category
with his pumpkin eating pumpkin. Domingo Cirilo won the "painted pumpkin"
category with his pumpkin version of a Texas Ranger baseball. Contest
coordinator Shelli Walker is also pictured. We thank you Shelli for your
hard work and dedication to making all our events a huge success!
The winners of consolation prizes in our Pumpkin Contest display
their goodie bags. Shown are: Tres Cisneros, Adrian Huber,
Cruz Reyna, Pete Castillo, Scottie Garcia and Alex Moreno.
Our annual "Pumpkin Contest" was held recently. Shown here are the
entries in the painted pumpkin category. The winner in this category
is the white Rangers baseball pumpkin. Domingo Cirilo created this
visual masterpiece! The spider web/skull pumpkin took the award for
most colorful. It was painted by Alex Moreno.
More entries in our pumpkin contest: "Hangover Man" designed by Adrian
Huber won the grossest pumpkin award. The "Hungry Hamburger Eater"
won the funniest pumpkin award. Tres Cisneros created him. The winner of
the best carved pumpkin is the "Munching Pumpkin" designed by
Robert Gonzales.
The winner of the ugliest pumpkin goes to this witch created by Pete Castillo.
Yikes!!! "Mr. Peanut" was voted the cutest pumpkin and was designed by Scottie
Garcia. The winner of the most creative category with his "Texas Ranger"
baseball pumpkin was Delon Walker. Way to go guys!
The entries in the carved pumpkin category are shown above.
Thank you guys for your participation and hard work and participation.
Shown here is a gorgeous flower bed sporting a new Bradford Pear tree.
The good folks at our RB-2 location work hard to maintain the beautiful landscaping.
David Alexander headed up the team that planted six Bradford Pear trees
along the fence line at RB-2. You can never have too many trees in West Texas!!!
Ronnie Humphries and crew planted five Crepe Myrtle plants and ten
Honeysuckle plants along the south fence line behind the Steam
Station in an effort the "pretty up" things back there!
Representatives of South Plains Tech Prep presented Mike Worley
with a plaque of appreciation. Mike hosted a tour and luncheon for
the instructors participating in the program. Shown with Mike are
Pam Moore, Robbye Appling, Gina Robles, Jill Berset and Sarah Allen.
Congratulations to Frank Trinidad!!! His chair was voted #1
in the "Chair Contest" held at our recent Safety Meeting.
Our annual "Safety Patch Contest" was also held at the Safety meeting.
Shown here are the three finalists: Victor Nevarez with his third-place entry,
Frank Trinidad took second pace and Cody Salazar shows off the winning entry.
Way to go Cody!!! Mike Worley and Jeff Pharis are shown with the
contestants. Mike displays the first safety patch ever drawn.
Cody and Jeff compare the first winner in our "Safety Patch Contest"
with the winner from this year's contest. This is the 17th year we've
conducted the contest!!!
Janna Worley congratulates Jesse Martinez on his winning entry in our
"Cheer Contest". Jesse's cheer was chosen best from a field of
about ten others. Congratulations Jesse!!!
Our annual "Tomato and Pepper Contest" was a smashing success
again this year! The judging took place on Friday, August 17th.
Shown here are the winners and coordinators of the event. We have the
ingredients we need to make salsa now! We thank all the participants
who entered the contest!
The team of Michael Lopez and Richard Frazier won the category of
"largest tomato". Camera shy Richard refused to pose for this photo.
Business Manager Lynn O'Connor presents Michael with his award.
Presenting the award for "the most peppers on the plant"
was Bill Brown. The winner this year was Tye Albus.
Larry Kirk presented Adrian Huber with his award for "largest pepper".
Again, the team of Michael Lopez/Richard Frazier brought home gold
with the "most tomatoes on a plant". Michael accepts the award from
Mike Worley.
Jr. Elmore looks on as Adrian Huber, Domingo Cirilo and Michael Lopez
display their entries for the largest tomato. I wonder what kind of fertilizer
they used!
Congratulations to Jeff Pharis! He has accepted the position of
Deputy Sheriff of Hockley County. Jeff will be assigned to the
Sundown community. The bad news is that he leaves full-time
employment here at Worley's. The good news is that he has graciously
agreed to continue helping us out with our safety and environmental
programs, so thankfully, this isn't really goodbye! On Thursday, August 16th
we honored him with a luncheon and a few gifts to let him know
how proud we are of him!
Jeff Pharis displays his "going away" gifts. Along side of
him are Mike Worley, Janna Worley and Ronnie Humphreys.
Sadly, our Business Manager, Mark Maserang will be leaving us.
We honored him with luncheon on July 26, 2007. To help him
remember us, we took a big group photo; shown here are the
Managers, Foremen and Office Staff. We will miss you Mark!
We welcomed visitors from Halliburton in Duncan, OK as well as quality
auditors from SAPA in Kazakhstan. Shown are: Paul Moore and
Cecil Stringfellow with Halliburton, Yerlan Akhmedyarov, Amanzhol
Amangaliyev, Salavat Azerbayev and Bakyt Ussenov with SAPA. They
said that they have traveled all over the world and that we are one of the
best companies that they have visited.
We just completed the smallest transport we have ever built.
It is a 3,000 Gal/3-Cpt unit for BJ Services.
Our June safety meeting included a mock accident complete
with victims, firemen, policemen and an ambulance.
Officer Lopez prepares our "drunk" driver for a field sobriety test. Notice the
victim on the ground, he is dead due to injury suffered in the collision.
Firemen reassure the remaining victims that they will be rescued.
During the rescue process the firemen constantly talk to the
victims and let them know what is going on.
Using the Jaws of Life the firemen have removed the top of the car, the
whole time protecting the victims left inside the vehicle. We thank the
Levelland Fire Department, Levelland Police Department, Levelland EMS
and the South Plains College Police Department. These guys volunteer
their time to present these demonstrations, they aren't paid a penny.
We thank them for raising awareness of drunk driving, not only to us at
Worley's, but the Levelland community as well!
We have started up our cheer contest for 6000 days with out a lost
time accident. Domingo Cirilo had the winning cheer this time. He
is show here with Mike Worley.
Shown here is a recently completed Treating Truck built for Baker-Petrolite
uniquely fitted with three plastic tote tanks.
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Recently, Worley's sponsored the Levelland Community Playground
Project. We had many employees who donated their time and energy to
help build the playground. Shown "helping" here are Eugene Diaz
and Robert Gonzales. Also helping were: Robert Nunez, Joe Hernandez,
Teddy Vargas, Jonathan Vargas, Steven Castillo, Alfredo Gaitan,
Guy Taylor and Jeff Steffler.
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"Fast" Eddie Chavarria also lends a hand in building the playground.
Thank you guys for all your hard work. You have been a blessing to the
whole Levelland community! Our eager chauffeurs await the arrival of our
guests at our annual Summer Luncheon and Open House held on June 19, 2007.
My, doesn't Mark Gonzales clean up good!!!
He even has his shirt tucked in for once!!!
Shown here are our hard-working parking attendants. They stayed busy
helping over six-hundred and fifty guests park safely. Thank you men!!!
Eddie Chavarria aka "Fast Eddie" directed traffic in the hot, hot,
West Texas sun.
Our wonderful employees spent much time in preparation for our guests
and worked hard to make sure the tables were in just the right place!!!
We set up three serving lines where guests could quickly fill their
plates with delicious food provided by Danny's Fins and Hens.
Our own Kenny Johnson helps serve tea and water in our new cups at the luncheon.
Levelland EMS is always willing to display their ambulances for the Open House.
They help us out throughout the year with anything we ask of them as well!!!
We have a new safety sign in the FAB Shop! It is show here along
with the top finishers in the rumored Hawaiian shirt contest.
We just completed the second DOT class of the new year!
Shown here are the graduates. Way to go guys!
We held a pizza party in honor of Mark Myers who was our first
TPCLF (temporary, part-time, contract-labor, floater).
He has worked for us for the past three years.
Mark is taking some "time off" in order to enjoy life with his wife Connie.
We are just saying "so long" to him but expect to see him around regularly.
Thank you Mark, for always doing whatever we asked of you!
We recently completed the largest truck we have built for
Baker-Petrolite. It was shipped to Caldwell, TX.
Weatherford brought in a wrecked transport from Vernal, UT for Ronnie
and the gang to repair. It had been wrecked and suffered some major damage.
The same Weatherford transport as it undergoes repairs. It is already looking better!
The finished product looks great! You'd never know that it had so much damage.
Ronnie Humphreys and the gang truly worked their magic on this transport!