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St. Rose, La.-based Gnots Reserve Inc. has put its newest towboat to work in the company's fleet near Mile 118 on the Lower Mississippi River. The mv. Ryan Anthony, built by Eymard Marine Construction & Repair on the Harvey Canal, is named for Ryan Hayes, Gnots Reserve's port engineer. Hayes joined the company as a college-aged kid in November 1997, but he'd known the Wise family for long before that. In elementary school, Hayes was friends with one of Gnots Reserve President Dan Wise's sons. "Ryan stayed with us a lot when he was a young kid," Wise said. "He's family to us." And so, when Hayes was at a point of decision after high school, Wise naturally gave him a shot at working on the river. "Dan had just purchased the mv. Kool-cat, which we sold just a few years ago," Hayes said. "It was an Eckstein boat that had burned. I was a young kid struggling to decide if I wanted to finish college or not. He gave me an opportunity to come out here and see if I'd like doing mechanic work. I was given a grinder and a paint brush for the first few months." |