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Horticulturist says not too late to plant a tree for Arbor Day

Fri, 01/15/2016 - 12:09pm

Eight-year-old Tessa Gordon, of Baton Rouge, left, helps her friend Ze-Xuan MA plant a tree during the Arbor Day celebration at the LSU AgCenter Botanic Gardens at Burden in Baton Rouge in 2014. Ze-Xuan is the daughter of Chang-Le MA and Jing Li of China, right.

By Dan Gill
LSU AgCenter Horticulturist
The third Friday in January is Arbor Day in Louisiana – a day we set aside to appreciate trees and plant them.

ECTEC Oil & Gas students earn first part of T-2 Safety certification

Wed, 01/13/2016 - 1:28pm

The Eunice Career and Technical Education Center Oil & Gas students are holding their identification cards and certificates of completion of the first part of the T-2 Safety Systems certification. Front, from left, are, Madison Droddy, Sean Patrick Richardson, Caleb Smith, Ethan Briscoe, Devon Mire, Zackary Schoeffler. Standing, from left, are Logan Hebert, Devin Johnson, Devin Rodriguez, Clarence Dupre, Terrence Reed, Lester Martinez, Hayden West and Alex Richard. Not pictured is Mackie Stagg. (Submitted Photo)

EUNICE – Hard work and dedication paid off for the 16 young men enrolled in the Oil & Gas Production course at ECTEC. At the mid-term point, all 16 passed the first part of the strenuous coursework needed to earn their T2 Safety Systems certification.

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