{"id":1245,"date":"2026-03-19T14:36:38","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T14:36:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/losangeles-inlandempire\/?p=1245"},"modified":"2026-04-08T14:47:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T14:47:08","slug":"recap-student-night-and-welding-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/losangeles-inlandempire\/2026\/03\/19\/recap-student-night-and-welding-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"Recap: Student Night and Welding Competition"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1245\" class=\"elementor elementor-1245\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-76303ee elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"76303ee\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a0ac750\" data-id=\"a0ac750\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0f35d4c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0f35d4c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Date of Event:<\/strong> 03\/19\/2026<\/p><p><strong>Location: <\/strong>Encore Gas &amp; Supply, 1631 S. Marigold Place, Ontario, CA 91761<\/p><p><strong>Number of Attendees:<\/strong> Approximately 300<\/p><p><strong>Presenter\/Notable Guest(s):\u00a0<\/strong>Nick Martinez, District 21 Director. Awards ceremony<\/p><p><strong>Event Summary:\u00a0<\/strong>The LA\/IE &amp; LB\/OC AWS Sections co-hosted a student night and welding competition in Ontario, CA on March 19th. We had nearly 30 exhibitors, 40 welding competitors, and 300 event participants making this one of the biggest AWS Section events in southern California in recent years. This event was a huge success thanks to the generous support of Encore Gas &amp; Supply and over two dozen exhibitors who generously gave of their time and resources supplying the event raffle and competitor prizes. 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