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lz'vc got a lot ot great people in Louisianal [want to
thank everyone who attended, exhibited, sponsored or
presented at our recent record-setting annual Damage

Preventlon summit congratulations to Daniel Emulu‘, Dlali/lco,

tor winning the overall at the Locate Rodeo. congratulations

to our Locator of the Year wirmers; Dusty comeaux. Heath

Consultants L.]. Buulle, Kinder Mnrgzm; and vandolph Hinton,

USIC. Finally, cungmtulatlnns to David Raymund, Atinos Energy

tor being the recipient of the vic weston award.

The vic weston award is given to someone who has contributed

greatly to damage prevention. David is the current president of

the LCA and was unanimously selected by a committee to be this

year's recipient

You can go ahead and mark your calendar for next year now. The

summit is scherluled tor January Z1— 23, 2020. lt will be helrl at
the crowne Plaza in Baton Rouge again. laased on a more than 20% growth of the event this
year, expectations are at an all-time high tor next year. l hope you plan to be there with us.
Don't torget to go to the Louisiana B11 Facebook page to enter our contest to win a tree sl-pack ot
tickets to a Baby cakes game un April ath tor National sate Digging Month. Check it out.
congratulations LCA} opening the GASTEC tacility to provide your training is certainly a great
accomplishment. we will all benefit from your continuerl commitment to damage prevention
For those ot you who may not know, CASTEC is the LC.A’.~ cas Training Kt Educational center,
which is located at the JESTC property in zachary CASTEC is a hands-on training facility, built
by natural gas inrlustry learlers fur the training or the natural gas worktorce.
Here at Louisiana 311, we continue to look tor ways to build stronger and more meaningtul
relationships with all stakeholder groups across Louisiana. whether it be through events like
the summit, Dig Law Committee meetings or through the efforts that our rlarnage prevention
managers are involverl in, our commitment is to better understand the issues that are important
to you and work with you to find lasting solutions
Thank you tor trusting us enough to share your thoughts with us we will (ontlnue to work
with you to ensure that all or our communities are sater places to live and work
ln conclusion. lwoulrl once again like to thank the growing number or advertisers and partners
in damage prevention who support our ettorts and in particular this magazine. There are many
parts to a stronger, tairer and ettective damage prevention program. Some say it is the law,
others say it is calling betore you dig. They are both i-ight, but the rlitterence between it working
and not working is youz
Thank you tor your continued support.

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