Advocate staff photo by ADAM LAU Ascension Idol Jenna Cornett sings during the annual singing competition benefitting the Ascension Fund on May 8 at the Gonzales Civic Center. Jenna took first place among 20 contestants.

Advocate staff photo by ADAM LAU Dane Thibodeaux sings 'Somewhere Over the Rainbow' during the Ascension Fund's Ascension Idol contest on May 8 at the Gonzales Civic Center. Thibodeaux was one of 20 finalists to compete.

Advocate staff photo by ADAM LAU Kaitlyn Cayette sings during Ascension Idol, a fundraiser for the Ascension Fund, on May 8 at the Gonzales Civic Center.

Advocate staff photo by ADAM LAU Drew Braud, Breanna Burd, and Londyn Rountree, all 14, from right, cheer on their friend Madeline Ringwald during Ascension Idol, the annual singing contest benefitting the Ascension Fund.

Advocate staff photo by ADAM LAU Ambra McBride sings during Ascension Idol, the annual singing contest benefitting the Ascension Fund.

Advocate staff photo by ADAM LAU Penny Cornett and Madison Cornett, 10, from left, cheer on Jenna Cornett during Ascension Idol, the annual singing contest benefitting the Ascension Fund, on May 8 at the Gonzales Civic Center.

Advocate staff photo by ADAM LAU Jesse Bateman sings 'That's Life' during the Ascension Idol on May 8.

Advocate staff photo by ADAM LAU Briasia Brown won the Fan Favorite award during Ascension Idol on May 8 at the Gonzales Civic Center. Fans could vote on the nonprofit's website for their favorite singer.

Advocate staff photo by ADAM LAU Jody Gautreau, center, jumps to her feet to applaud contestant Carleigh Keller during Ascension Idol on May 8.

Advocate staff photo by ADAM LAU Taylor Nicole Bell sings during Ascension Idol, the annual singing contest benefitting the Ascension Fund, on May 8 at the Gonzales Civic Center.

Advocate staff photo by ADAM LAU Grace Brumfield performs during Ascension Idol on May 8 at the Gonzales Civic Center. Grace won the second runner up title after two rounds of competition that night.

Advocate staff photo by ADAM LAU Ashlynne Scott sings during Ascension Idol, the annual singing contest benefitting the Ascension Fund.

Advocate staff photo by ADAM LAU Pecan Grove Primary School lead teacher Pam Hughes, left, receives a cooler of Blue Bell ice cream from Blue Bell Territory Manager Mike Lockhart at Pecan Grove Primary School in Gonzales May 9.

Advocate staff photo by ADAM LAU Third-grader Taylor Stewart, 9, savors her last morsel of Blue Bell ice cream on May 9 at Pecan Grove Primary during a celebration honoring Teacher of the Year Pam Hughes.

Advocate staff photo by ADAM LAU Adam LeSage, David Monroe, and Adam Butler, from left, race to the finish line at a Tour du Rouge rest stop at the Clarion Hotel in Gonzales on Thursday. More than 50 cyclists are riding from Houston to New Orleans in the fourth annual event to raise awareness and money for the American Red Cross along the particularly disaster-prone Gulf Coast.

Advocate staff photo by ADAM LAU Cyclist James Titus of Claiborne, Texas, right, unloads luggage at a Tour du Rouge rest stop at the Clarion Hotel in Gonzales on Thursday, May 10, 2012. Over 50 cyclists are riding from Houston to New Orleans in the fourth annual event to raise awareness and money for the American Red Cross along the disaster-prone Gulf Coast

Advocate staff photo by ADAM LAU Jaci Perkins, 17, is carried from a mock crash scene by St. Amant firefighters Josh Wingerter, Kim Poche, Tony Templet, Christine Wilson and Robbie Villenurve, from left, while St. Amant High School students watch during a May 9 'Consequences of Impact' program.

Advocate staff photo by ADAM LAU Louisiana State Police Trooper Russell Graham speaks on May 9 to St. Amant High School students during the 'Consequences of Impact' program. Students simulated what happens after a head-on crash involving a drunk and distracted driver.

Advocate staff photo by ADAM LAU Tania Baldelamar, 17, center, watches with fellow St. Amant High School classmates as student Jaci Perkins, 17, is zipped up into a body bag in a mock crash scene on May 9.

Advocate staff photo by ADAM LAU Student Steven Pirvu, 15, center, lowers his eyes as Ascension Parish Sheriff Maj. Lee Anderson, left, gives Michele Magee, right, news of her daughter's mock death in a crash scene on May 9 at St. Amant High School.

Advocate staff photo by ADAM LAU Residents recycle hazardous materials - Jerrod Lott, with the Houston industrial and environmental service firm PSC, left, wraps pallets of discarded televisions while Nick Besiant of Baton Rouge's Capital Area Corporate Recycling Council, in green at right, unloads televisions with the help of Ascension Parish inmate trusties on Saturday at the Lamar-Dixon Expo Center in Gonzales. This was the fourth annual hazardous material collection event held by the Ascension Parish government. Terance Irvin, parish environmental manager, said approximately 1,000 vehicles dropped off materials during the collection.

Advocate staff photo by ADAM LAU Nick Besiant, of Baton Rouge's Capital Area Corporate Recycling Council, stacks discarded televisions onto pallets during Ascension Parish's household hazardous materials collection day at the Lamar-Dixon Expo Center in Gonzales on Saturday. Ascension Parish government, who hosted the event, donated 65 five-gallon buckets of paint to the Salvation Army to be used for Habitat for Humanity projects.

Advocate staff photo by ADAM LAU James Pering and Stephen McGuire, from left, of the Houston industrial and environmental service firm PSC, unload used paint cans from Ascension Parish residents' vehicles during a household hazardous materials collection at the Lamar-Dixon Expo Center on Saturday.

Advocate staff photo by ADAM LAU Food servers Anna Watkins, Paige Lemar, and Drew Salbador, from left, check orders before delivering lunch plates to customers at Don's Seafood Hut near Cabela's in Gonzales.

Advocate staff photo by ADAM LAU Micha Granier rushes out plates of hot seafood out of the kitchen during lunch hour at Don's Seafood Hut near Cabela's in Gonzales.

Advocate staff photo by ADAM LAU Joshua Howard and Derek Anders, from left, charbroil oysters during a busy lunch hour at Don's Seafood Hut near Cabela's in Gonzales.