There are two lucky dogs living near Emerson, Arkansas. They’re lucky Magnolia Serviceman Phillip Knapp was on the job mid-morning Feb. 22 investigating power outages on Highway 79 just after a thunderstorm passed through.

Like a baseball farm system, Lamar Institute of Technology’s (LIT) utility line technology program is preparing graduates for the big leagues. And, for some graduates, the big league is a line crew at Entergy Texas. For years, LIT developed future Entergy employees by preparing students to work in the power line industry as apprentice linemen. That talent development will continue with a recently awarded $10,152 grant from Entergy Texas to the LIT Foundation for the purchase of new equipment for the lineworker training program.

When the New Orleans Saints take on the Seattle Seahawks at home in the ‘dome on Sunday, October 30, Lance Beesley will be there having a scary good time!