Kevin Adams, President of the 1 Down, 5 Up Motorcycle club in Thibodaux. 

… in an effort to show the community that they weren’t simply a bunch of guys up to no good, Adams and others began hosting bingo games at nursing homes and mowing lawns for elderly residents in Lafourche Parish.

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After being named president, Adams immediately set forth a rule that everybody in the organization must complete 40 hours of community service per year

Read more the in the article by Thad Angelloz.

Lindsay Crowdus, Houma Christian School softball player.
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Lindsay Crowdus, Houma Christian School softball player.

I apologize if my regularly scheduled blog posts have become “picturesofmygirlfriend.tumblr.com,” but damn it, she’s here for only one more day.

Joi and I on the road heading to New Orleans.
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Joi and I on the road heading to New Orleans.

What is the creative spark, the unstoppable drive, the “der Wille zur Macht,” that compels 91 year old Anna Taylor to write her first church play? “One fellow said ‘I don’t associate Jesus with Christmas,’ ” Taylor said. “That just bothered me.” Okay. Read more of Eric Heisig’s article on houmatoday.com… A few days ago, Taylor said she had a dream. The church was filled with people to watch the play. And while she is not directing the production, she has attended rehearsals. From what she sees, the play will be a good one.
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What is the creative spark, the unstoppable drive, the “der Wille zur Macht,” that compels 91 year old Anna Taylor to write her first church play?

“One fellow said ‘I don’t associate Jesus with Christmas,’ ” Taylor said. “That just bothered me.”

Okay. Read more of Eric Heisig’s article on houmatoday.com…

A few days ago, Taylor said she had a dream. The church was filled with people to watch the play. And while she is not directing the production, she has attended rehearsals. From what she sees, the play will be a good one.

Students at Terrebonne Career and Technical High School were asked, “What are you looking forward to doing after graduation?” Kevin Billiot, 17, of Houma, Diesel Technology “I’m looking to go into the Marine corps and being a diesel mechanic for the Marines. I just want to help someone out by doing what I do.” After I took the photo, I asked him if the breaker bar he was holding was intended to make him look tough. He smiled, telling me, “This ain’t nothin. Some of the wrenches they use offshore take ten men to operate.” 
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Students at Terrebonne Career and Technical High School were asked, “What are you looking forward to doing after graduation?”

Kevin Billiot, 17, of Houma, Diesel Technology

“I’m looking to go into the Marine corps and being a diesel mechanic for the Marines. I just want to help someone out by doing what I do.”

After I took the photo, I asked him if the breaker bar he was holding was intended to make him look tough. He smiled, telling me, “This ain’t nothin. Some of the wrenches they use offshore take ten men to operate.” 

“Who will speak for the trees?” asks Heath Frost of Oakland, California. After Pacific Gas and Electric planned to cut down the limbs of the Redwood trees on her property, she began to raise awareness for what she considered to be a hasty and unjust precaution. Redwood trees are notorious for shedding their lower healthy limbs as they grow taller, a danger to the power lines running below them.
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“Who will speak for the trees?” asks Heath Frost of Oakland, California. After Pacific Gas and Electric planned to cut down the limbs of the Redwood trees on her property, she began to raise awareness for what she considered to be a hasty and unjust precaution. Redwood trees are notorious for shedding their lower healthy limbs as they grow taller, a danger to the power lines running below them.

Jon Pszenitzki of the USS Hornet Amateur Radio Club.
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Jon Pszenitzki of the USS Hornet Amateur Radio Club.

After she lost her father, David, to pancreatic cancer in 2005, Michelle Monhart helped to start a Bay Area affiliate of the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network. Pancreatic cancer is one of the deadliest forms of cancer, with 37,680 U.S. cases each year and 34,290 deaths. The American Cancer Society says the five-year survival rate for pancreatic cancer patients is about 5 percent. Most patients die within six months because the cancer shows few symptoms until it is too advanced to be helped by treatment.
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After she lost her father, David, to pancreatic cancer in 2005, Michelle Monhart helped to start a Bay Area affiliate of the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network. Pancreatic cancer is one of the deadliest forms of cancer, with 37,680 U.S. cases each year and 34,290 deaths. The American Cancer Society says the five-year survival rate for pancreatic cancer patients is about 5 percent. Most patients die within six months because the cancer shows few symptoms until it is too advanced to be helped by treatment.

Alan Leon, muralist, poses in front of his mandala-esque representation of the Temescal neighborhood and creek, in Oakland, CA. Located near the children’s hospital, Leon’s series of murals will bring a lot of color underneath the previously neglected Grove Shaftner Freeway.
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Alan Leon, muralist, poses in front of his mandala-esque representation of the Temescal neighborhood and creek, in Oakland, CA. Located near the children’s hospital, Leon’s series of murals will bring a lot of color underneath the previously neglected Grove Shaftner Freeway.