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Recap: May 1st Section Meeting and Crawfish Boil

Date of Event: 05/01/2025 Location:District 9 Director, Anthony BlakeneyPast Morgan City Section leadership member, William “Bill” New, CEO/President of New Industries, LLC Number of Attendees: 24 Presenter/Notable Guest(s): Meeting included discussing section leadership nominations for the 2025-2026 term and available AWS scholarships. Attendees included 4 students and their instructor from Fletcher Technical Community College along…

Recap: St. Mary Parish High School Welding Competition

Date of Event: 03/22/2025 Location: New Industries, LLC; 6032 Railroad Avenue; Morgan City, Louisiana Number of Attendees: 70 Presenter/Notable Guest(s): Anthony Blakeney – District 9 Director, awarded a $1,000 Scholarship to the competition winner. Event Summary: The AWS Morgan City Section was a co-sponsor of the 2nd annual St. Mary Parish Welding Competition for area high schools. There…

Recap: January 2025 Section Meeting / Section Restart

Date of Event: 01/30/2025 Location: Plantation Inn, Houma, Louisiana Number of Attendees: 19 Presenter/Notable Guest(s): Anthony Blakeney – District 9 DirectorGeorge Fairbanks – District 9 Asst. DirectorDenis Talbot – Morgan City Section ChairJoey Rentrop – Morgan City Section Vice Chair, Secretary & TreasurerFletcher Technical Community College Sr. Welding Instructor, Tony Callais Jon-Ray Falgout with Barracuda Specialty Services,…