Governor tours construction site and newly reopened recreation center

Sempra Energy executives Neal Schmale (left) and Darcel Hulse show Gov. Blanco the inside of Cameron LNG's storage tanks.

Sempra LNG's Darcel Hulse presents a community gift to Gov. Blanco.

Gov. Kathleen Blanco is joined by Hackberry youth to reopen the Hackberry Recreation Center's pool in time for summer.

Louisiana Governor Kathleen Blanco joined Sempra Energy executives Neal Schmale and Darcel Hulse on June 28, 2006, for a tour of the Cameron LNG terminal site.

Following the tour, the governor joined the Cameron LNG team and approximately 150 elected officials, community and business leaders, and local schoolchildren from throughout Cameron and Calcasieu parishes for a community event to rededicate the Hackberry Recreation Center.

Blanco praises local efforts
"It meant a great deal to have Governor Blanco join us for this celebration and see the investment being made in Cameron Parish and southwest Louisiana," says Schmale, Sempra Energy's president and chief operating officer. "What was even more meaningful was the governor's acknowledgement of the work that has already been done by local leadership and Cameron LNG to help jumpstart these communities after the devastation caused by Hurricane Rita."

Joined by youth from Hackberry, Hulse presented the governor with a framed photo that included colorful handprints from the children of Hackberry. "We are thrilled to be part of the fabric of this community," said Hulse, president of Sempra LNG, the Sempra Energy subsidiary developing the Cameron LNG project. "This gift memorializes the spirit and resiliency of this community and represents the hands that will help to build the future of this region."

Hulse also presented the Hackberry Recreation Center board with a $50,000 contribution to continue the repairs to the facility.

Pool reopening draws more than 500 families
"We couldn't have repaired and reopened this facility without the help of Cameron LNG and Sempra Energy," says Dwayne Sanner, executive director of the Hackberry Recreation Center. Not only did the company provide a monetary contribution, but the manpower to make it all happen. We never dreamed that this facility could reopen by this summer."

Initiated by Cameron LNG's construction site manager, Alan Zachary, and supported by the construction contractor, Aker Kvaerner/IHI

(AK/IHI), more than 50 employees over the course of six weeks volunteered after work and on weekends to clean up and repair the recreation center facilities. "It was really a team

effort with countless hours volunteered by AK/IHI," says Zachary.

To inaugurate the newly repaired center, Cameron LNG also underwrote a community festival—the First Annual Hackberry Summer Splash. More than 500 families from the parish enjoyed the free food and fun.