Advocate staff photo by HEATHER MCCLELLAND - Kathy Lewis and Bob Miller dance to the music by Island Fever at the last Live After Five concert of the season on Friday.

Advocate file photo by LIBBY ISENHOWER - Maureen Rucci, Dwight Hudson and Pete Rucci, with Tax Busters, from left, wave to passers-by on College Drive, encouraging them to vote 'no' on a CATS tax on the ballot in Baton Rouge, Baker and Zachary on April 21. Supporters of public transit spent about twice as much as opponents on their campaign for the tax, which was approved by voters in Baton Rouge and Baker but failed in Zachary.

Advocate staff photo by LIBBY ISENHOWER - Peek-a-boo - Bailey Cook, 7, "scares" Jimmy Vermey, 5, from atop the lion's mouth at the Kid's Zoo Friday afternoon as Ben Holden, 9, middle, peeks in from the other side. Vermey and his family have memberships to BREC's Baton Rouge Zoo and are frequent visitors.

Advocate staff photo by ADAM LAU - Weed whacking - Mitchell Burton, an employee of the East Baton Rouge Parish Recreation and Park Commission, trims weeds at BREC's Perkins Road Community Park along Kenilworth Parkway Friday. "It's pretty relaxing cutting the grass out here" said Burton. "I don't like mowing my own lawn, but I don't mind coming out here and doing this."

Advocate staff photo by BILL FEIG - LSU pitcher Aaron Nola struck out 10 in a victory over Louisiana-Monroe on Friday in the Baton Rouge Regional at Alex Box Stadium. LSU will face Oregon State on Saturday in a winners bracket game.

Advocate photo by MARK H. HUNTER - Cindy Mann, executive director of the Louisiana Prison Chapel Foundation, Inc., says she burns a candle on her desk in her office on North Boulevard, because the glass cup contains the flame much as prison chapels are containers for 'the broken-ness of everyone's lives.'

Advocate staff photo by BILL FEIG - Grounds crew member Randy Partin, left, handles the business end of the hose while prepping the field for the regional baseball practices. Helping are Eric Fasbender, center, assistant director of athletic facilities, and Andrew Stobbelaar, athletic grounds student worker.

Advocate staff photo by RICHARD ALAN HANNON - Children cool off under threatening skies at the sprayground of BREC's Greenwood Community Park in Baker on Thursday. From left are Tayler Pomeroy, 9, of Zachary, her sister Sydney, 7, Arionta Dabney, 12, of Alsen, and Tania Winfield, 4.

Advocate staff photo by ADAM LAU - Scott Kaiser crosses North Fourth Street in downtown Baton Rouge during one of the intermittent thunderstorms that soaked the area on Thursday.

Advocate staff photo by HEATHER MCCLELLAND - Martin Hugh-Jones is professor emeritus in the LSU School of the Coast and Environment and the School of Veterinary Medicine. He is one of a group of experts who maintain a website that reports where disease outbreaks are happening around the world.

Advocate staff photo by RICHARD ALAN HANNON - Members of the Southern University Navy ROTC program salute during the presentation of colors at the start of LSU's annual Memorial Day ceremony Wednesday on the Parade Ground to honor former LSU students who died during military service. The names of U.S. Army Capt. Aaron Dale Istre and U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer Robert James Reeves, who died in 2011, were unveiled on the LSU War Memorial's Wall of Honor.

Advocate staff photo by RICHARD ALAN HANNON - Victoria Cormier of Lake Charles, and mother of Army Capt. Aaron Dale Istre, touches the name of her son etched into the Wall of Honor at LSU's War Memorial on the Parade Ground on Wednesday. Istre, 37, died March 24, 2012, in Kabul, Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.

Advocate staff photo by BRYAN TUCK - Landscaper Chris Provost weeds one of the large plant beds along the new bike path that winds around Blackham Coliseum in Lafayette Wednesday morning. Provost said it takes about an hour to clear out a single bed.

Advocate staff photo by HEATHER MCCLELLAND - Waiting, waiting - A cattle egret waits for the flames to flush out prey Wednesday as a farmer burns his field on La. 1 near New Roads.

Advocate staff photo by ADAM LAU - Radiological technologist Michelle Derouen, right, shows a new mammography machine to Marian Lawsworth, Evelyn Erwin and Lucille Pourciau, from left, at the opening of the St. Elizabeth Hospital Women's Center in Gonzales on Wednesday. The new facility will allow patients to undergo mammographies and other procedures in Ascension Parish that previously would have required traveling to Baton Rouge.

Advocate staff photo by TRAVIS SPRADLING - Katherine Loupe, 74, left, of Port Allen, who is recovering from a stroke, gets speech therapy at her home from Amedisys speech pathologist Brittany Durand, right. The particular exercise was a pucker, then a smile, an exercise that's good for lip control, Durand said.

Advocate staff photo by RICHARD ALAN HANNON - Construction rolls along - Gabe Cordrey of Baton Rouge skates at BREC's Perkins Road Park on Wednesday as construction continues on the Team Automotive Group Sportsplex behind him. The Baton Rouge Basketball and Volleyball Association and BREC have partnered to build the 30,000-square foot facility, which BREC officials say is expected to open to the public late this summer.

Advocate staff photo by BILL FEIG - Test before sports - Josh Eades, 15, left, pulls the lead stickers off after finishing his electrocardiogram or EKG test administered by East Baton Rouge Parish Emergency Medical Services official Molly Boudreaux, background, as EMS official Tim Eschete puts EKG leads on Trenton Black, 15. EMS has teamed up with Dr. Steven Kelley, a cardiologist, to perform 12-lead EKG tests and echocardiogram tests on Parkview Baptist High School athletes to try and detect any heart problems. The program is called 'Jump Start Your Heart.'

Advocate staff photo by TRAVIS SPRADLING - Saying goodbye - Shelia McCant, the public information officer for the Louisiana House of Representatives, kisses her granddaughter Kaitlyn Samson, 16, of Baton Rouge, during a short ceremony Tuesday in the House chambers. McCant is retiring. She has been public information officer since 1993. Kaitlyn brought McCant flowers, and the two posed for a souvenir picture with state Rep. Simone Champagne, left, R-Jeanerette, and Louisiana House Speaker Chuck Kleckley, right, R-Lake Charles, who sponsored House Resolution 135 that recognized McCant’s work for the House. Left, foreground taking photograph is House public information specialist Lauren Russell

Advocate staff photo by BRYAN TUCK - Establishing solid footing - Alvin Alfred, left, and Brandon Dardeau form up a section of sidewalk to be cemented Tuesday along Polk Street in downtown Lafayette. Sections of sidewalk that have planted trees nearby are being replaced because of growing roots breaking the concrete. The work is part of a project aimed at making the area more accessible to the handicapped.

Advocate staff photo by BILL FEIG - Mary Lafield, 95, uses this almanac calendar planting guide she picked up at the drugstore to help form her gardening decisions.

Advocate staff photo by ARTHUR D. LAUCK - John Ellis looks for a friend's name Monday on the wall of the Louisiana Memorial Plaza before the start of the USS KIDD Veterans Memorial's Memorial Day ceremony.

Advocate staff photo by ARTHUR D. LAUCK - Joe Cooper, a navy veteran, salutes Monday during the posting of the colors at the USS KIDD Veterans Memorial's Memorial Day ceremony.

Advocate staff photo by BILL FEIG - Louisiana State Penitentiary inmates Shelby Arabie, right, and Freddie Wilbert IV try to figure out why a window control module isn't working in a vehicle at the prison's automotive repair school. Arabie has earned all of the 51 certifications offered by the Institute of Automotive Service Excellence.

Advocate staff photo by BRYAN TUCK - Students described Northside High School teacher Craig Wall, who has been selected as a regional finalist for Louisiana Teacher of the Year, as being funny and respectful of students. Students, from left, Avery Cormier, Sentral Jackson and Chasitey Leopaul listen intently to Wall during a recent lecture.

Advocate staff photo by LIBBY ISENHOWER - Memorial Day smiles - Deanna McGill, left, talks with Brie'annaa Johnson, 4, Monday afternoon on her uncle's porch on Taft Street. The family and friends gathered at the end of the Memorial Day weekend to enjoy company and grilled shrimp, steak and fish.

Advocate staff photo by APRIL BUFFINGTON - Home for writer Ron Tanner and 'Cleo' is a Mercedes camper van as Tanner makes a 30-state tour promoting his book about restoring an 1897 Queen-Anne style house in Baltimore and persuading his co-contractor, Jill, to marry him.

Advocate staff photo by LIBBY ISENHOWER - Dierks Bentley performs at Bayou Country Superfest on Sunday afternoon in LSU Tiger Stadium. About 75,000 people attended the two-day, Memorial Weekend country-western concerts, Superfest producers said.

Advocate Photo by APRIL BUFFINGTON - Tee Wayne Abshire, right, 2011 Jambalaya Festival World Champion passes the paddle Sunday to new champion Danny Robert, left, with Wally Tallion, standing behind, and Todd Long, far right, at the 45th Annual Jambalaya Festival in Gonzales.

Advocate staff photo by PATRICK DENNIS - Evan Mayo, right, speaks during a ceremony for 26 boys, aged 12-17 years old, who completed a year-long mentorship program with 100 Black Men of Baton Rouge, Sunday at the Southern University Agricultural Center.

Advocate staff photo by LIBBY ISENHOWER - LSU Tiger Stadium fills up with country music fans Saturday evening during the Eric Church concert at Bayou Country Superfest. An additional 9,000 seats were added on the field to house all the guests.

Advocate staff photo by LIBBY ISENHOWER - Fans greet Jerrod Niemann at Fan Fest Saturday afternoon outside LSU Tiger Stadium.

Advocate file photo by HEATHER MCCLELLANDCub Scout members Landon Lavergne, left, and Randall Mitchell help place flags adjacent to Port Hudson National Cemetery's 12,000 headstones in honor of Memorial Day in 2012. The state historic site recently changed its operating hours.

Advocate staff photo by HEATHER MCCLELLAND - Boy Scout Pack 103 member Austin LeBlanc, 10, carries flags on Saturday intended for placement at graves in Port Hudson National Cemetery in commemoration of Memorial Day. Austin's father, Shane LeBlanc, is a veteran of 23 years of service in the Army National Guard.

Advocate staff photo by TRAVIS SPRADLING - Participants walk down N. Foster Drive in support of a community health and wellness walk, clinic and educational event put on Saturday by 100 Black Men of Metro Baton Rouge Ltd. at the group's Foster Drive headquarters. Diabetes and blood pressure testing by Louisiana Health Care was followed by the walk. Participants included members of 100 Black Men, Delta Sigma Theta sorority, area neighborhood residents and young mentees taking parat in the Project Excel Mentoring Program sponsored by 100 Black Men of Metro Baton Rouge. Rapid-result HIV testing and education was also offered by Baton Rouge's Metro Health. On Sunday, Project Excel Mentoring Program participants plan to gather at an auditorium at Southern University's AgCenter for a program culminating a year of activities.

Advocate staff photo by ARTHUR D. LAUCK - Donna Thomas, administrator of Pediatric Health Choice, helps Kinley Chapman,2, ride a tricycle at the center while Fredquan Davis, 6, rests on a play mat. The center cares for medically fragile children who need skilled nursing.

Advocate staff photo by ARTHUR D. LAUCK - Durell Green, 2, takes a ride on a bike at Pediatric Health Choice, a daytime health-care facility for medically fragile children. In addition to providing medical care, the center is a place where Durell can play with other children.

Advocate staff photo by ARTHUR D. LAUCK - Susan Heard Crawford gives daughter Mary Kate, 4, a kiss at Pediatric Health Choice. Mary Kate was one of the first children at the new children's health center, the first of its kind in the state.

Advocate staff photo by ARTHUR D. LAUCK - Mary Kate Crawford, 4, left, and Kahna Smith, 2, rest at Pediatric Health Choice, which opened here in December 2011 as a new type of resource for medically fragile children.