Meat Processing Course Headed for Longview

LONGVIEW — A unique course is on the way to Longview, where officials have approved a plan to build a $2 million dollar meat-processing lab on property just north of Longview High School. The facility will give students the opportunity to learn how to cut and age meat and help prepare them to become butchers or food service managers after high school. School officials believe the facility will also offer the chance for students who go on to college to take their experience to large processing companies as a career.