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1976- Officially breaking ground for the LaPlace Area Vocational-Technical School Monday are (from left) Ladd Ehlinger, architect and engineer; J.J. Zeringue, director of the school; Fr. Arthur Ginart, assistant pastor of the St. Peter Church, Reserve; Rep. Joseph Accardo; L.E. Fletcher, Area III regional director and director of the South Louisiana Regional Institute, Houma; Governor Edwin W. Edwards; Rep. Ralph R. Miller; Senator-Elect Ron Landry.