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Yeah. is on the air. But we saw a wonderful story in the news.

ABC 13 covered it.

The Galveston College has started a new ship fitter program with Gulf Copper Davy building icebreaker ships.

And the man who is running that particular program is Robert Schwager.

And we are delighted he is our guest.

Robert, tell us a little bit about the

program, how people get in. I saw that I guess Gulf Copper Davy is paying their expenses to go

through this, what they'll learn, all of that. Yes. Okay. So Michael, this program is officially

registered as an apprenticeship program under the United States Department of Labor.

The Department of Labor has offices in every one of the 50 states that is referred to as an apprenticeship office.

Texas, it's based up in Dallas and Fort Worth.

And so an official apprenticeship, that means it has the recognition, certification by the United States Department of Labor. And that gives

a lot of credence to the quality of the program. And so that I have to mention. Yes, our partnership is with Calston College in Galveston, in Port

Archer, and I know you're from the Golden Triangle area with Marstate College in Port Arthur.

Robert, can I hold you for a second? I don't know if you're moving around or not, but it sounds like

there's water on the line.

We're getting a real bad reception with you. Okay. Let me pull over, Michael, so we get a good signal. Yep, sounds good. Ramon, can you play something nice? Play some more Dr. Hook Since the lead singer just died. You'll tell us when he's back. You tell us when you're back, Robert. That's very good. Oh, I thought you were asking Dr. Hook.

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