Advocate staff photo by HEATHER MCCLELLAND - Richard Baham, center, addresses relatives and friends attending a memorial service for his slain cousin, Jaren Lockhart, at the Tourist Information Center in Albany on Friday.

Advocate staff photo by LIBBY ISENHOWER - Edward Epps, 11, sprays Gabe Onu, 9, as he tries to stay cool in an inflatable pool with his brother Nasir Fontenot, 1, bottom left, and Lavasia Taylor on Thursday afternoon at the corner of Hollywood Street and Breckenridge Avenue.

Advocate staff photo by LIBBY ISENHOWER - Fifth-grade Sunday school students Katherine Thomas, left, and Callie Braud discuss the answer to a Bible trivia question with other classmates in their trivia battle against the fourth-graders on a recent Sunday morning at First United Methodist Church.

Advocate staff photo by LIBBY ISENHOWER -- Errol Taylor presents ideas for new extracurricular and academic programs that he and several other audience members suggested Thursday should be part of the a new Lee High. Taylor's group was one of 12 small groups that brainstormed and presented ideas at a community forum on reopening of Lee High held at Mayfair Middle.

Advocate staff photo by Travis Spradling - Maynard Horton, a U.S. Postal Service custodian, raises the American flag on Thursday, which was Flag Day, at the Downtown Postal Station at 750 Florida St. Flag Day commemorates the adoption of the flag of the United States of America, which happened June 14, 1777, by resolution of the Second Continental Congress.

Advocate staff photo by RICHARD ALAN HANNON --Juan Raul Rodriguez, of Argentina, parades seven miniature ponies during the Rainbow Pony Review of the Piccadilly Circus in the Mike Zito Multipurpose Center near Plaquemine Thursday. The show, which features tricks involving elephants, motorcycles and a white tiger, continues Friday.

Advocate staff photo by RICHARD ALAN HANNON - John Curtis Russell, of Zachary, from left; Amanda Freitas, of Prairieville; Drake Whiddon, of Jennings; and Darryl Robinson, of Central, drive a soccer ball downfield during Special Olympics Louisiana Camp Shriver 2012 at St. Louis King of France Catholic Church in Baton Rouge onThursday. Closing ceremonies for the event, which features 63 athletes and 90 student volunteers from surrounding parishes, are Friday.

Advocate staff photo by JAMES MINTON - Chris Hunt, right, holds a section of prefabricated wall while Trent Rogillio and Keith Pease, in hat, fasten the panel from the inside of a playhouse that a group of Baker firefighters assembled Thursday for the Make A Wish Foundation in the backyard of Arlisha Davis, of Baker. Firefighter Stephen Martinez watches at left.

Advocate staff photo by LIBBY ISENHOWER - Ellie Landry, 1, practices singing the alphabet with her nanny, Hope Mayer, on Wednesday afternoon after cooling off in the downtown fountains on North Boulevard.

Advocate staff photo by LIBBY ISENHOWER - Larry Oubre carves on a country scene in relief, one of several projects Oubre is working on at the time.

Sally Buller plays with her daughter, Elliana Buller, 10 months, Monday afternoon in a child's pool outside of Cajun Village Apartments on the University of Louisiana at Lafayette campus. Buller, an art education major, said she was trying to get Elliana's picture for her upcoming first-birthday party invitations.

Advocate Staff Photo by Travis Spradling - SOME THINGS COMING - Frank Clifton, a dishwasher at Schlitz & Giggles restaurant downtown, pushes a ladder along Lafayette Street Tuesday afternoon, accompanied by his employer's two basset hounds. The dogs, named Thing One and Thing Two, are well-known in the downtown area and belong to local restaurateur Jack Warner, co-owner of Schlitz & Giggles.

Advocate staff photo by BILL FEIG - FEEDING TIME - Two horses graze Tuesday in a field off Old Perkins Road in Prairieville.

Advocate staff photo by ADAM LAU - Greg Weston, Chris Jaubert, and Gerald Bordelon, from left, hike past a waterfall in the Clark Creek Natural Area near Pond, Miss., in preparation to climb Washington's Mount Rainier in July.

Advocate staff photo by ADAM LAU - Sliding down the quiet river - St. Theresa summer camp counselor John Aymond, 19, left, paddlesTuesday with campers Riley Monica, from left, and Emily Cryer, both 9, along New River Bayou in Gonzales. After a morning of laser tag, campers squeezed in some paddle time just before afternoon rains swept through the area.

Advocate Staff Photo by Travis Spradling - A new gymnasium floor has been outfitted with the logo of Baton Rouge Magnet High School's mascot, the Bulldog, which is part of a two-year renovation and expansion project. The revamped school opens for students Aug. 8.

Advocate staff photo by Arthur D. Lauck - A group of cyclists with Better Future Project's 'Ride for the Future' make their way past ExxonMobil in Baton Rouge on Thursday afternoon.

Advocate staff photo by HEATHER MCCLELLAND - Jerry Stovall, right, president and CEO of the Baton Rouge Area Sports Foundation, and Eric Engemann, vice president of the foundation, work to bring sporting events to Baton Rouge as an economic development tool. Stovall was instrumental in bringing thousands of bowlers with the U.S. Bowling Congress Open Championships to the Baton Rouge River Center.

Advocate staff photo by ARTHUR D. LAUCK - Ashley Lang, 6, Ava Blakeman, 6, and Maya Breland, 6, from left, search for birds with binoculars they decorated at the Foundation for Historical Louisiana history day camp.

Advocate staff photo by RICHARD ALAN HANNON -- Baton Rouge City Constable officer Corey Hatfield, foreground, looks over a suspect's rap sheet as fellow officer Stephen Bell, background, uses his department's Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System inside the downtown Baton Rouge City Jail on Monday. East Baton Rouge Sheriff Sid Gautreaux and Baton Rouge City Constable Reginald Brown announced Monday that the jail will once again run a two-week trial period of 24-hour operation to house misdemeanor offenders.

Advocate staff photo by TRAVIS SPRADLING - Shark tail - Crew members, left to right, John Thibodeaux, Dillon Price and Larry Smith move a sheet aluminum part for the tail of an image of a large shark at The Mentorship Academy on Florida Street on Saturday. The men, with Baton Rouge's Thompson Electric Sign Co., drilled into the concrete to attach the sign parts for the shark, which is the school's mascot.

Advocate staff photo by TRAVIS SPRADLING - Lunch munch - A squirrel keeps one paw on a tray as he pauses to chew a lunch of nuts and seeds from a bird feeder on College Drive Saturday.

Advocate staff photo by PATRICK DENNIS - Members of the band 90 Degrees West, including, from left, keyboardist Daniel Mackin, guitarist Bruce Tyner and singer Brennan Manale, perform during the Uplifting The Coast festival at the Baton Rouge Fairgrounds on Sunday. Event sponsors hope to raise money and awareness for coastal restoration projects.

Advocate staff photo by PATRICK DENNIS - Dr. Pam Blanchard, left, with the LSU College of Education, shows Tania Ellis, of Prairieville, some of the plants students have been planting to help restore coastal habitats during the Uplifting The Coast festival at the Baton Rouge Fairgrounds on Sunday.

Advocate staff photo by BILL FEIG -- LSU outfielder Alex Edward (13) makes the catch as teammate Mason Katz avoids a collision during the second game of the Baton Rouge Super Regional against Stony Brook on Saturday at Alex Box Stadium. After winning the first game Saturday, LSU lost Game 2 by 3-1.

Advocate staff photo by BILL FEIG - Members of the Louisiana New School Academy of Baton Rouge Class of 2012 rehearse Thursday for their graduation ceremony. Senior Joseph Martin, left, leads his classmates up the aisle, followed by Leondre Kemp and Sherman Johnson.

Advocate staff photo by HEATHER MCCLELLAND - Cousins, from left, Tameia Hayes, 7; Kayci Paige, 5; and Amaya Wright, 9, back right, are greeted by Spider-Man, played by Willie Nettles, at the Red Stick International Animation Festival's Cartoon-A-Palooza Saturday in the Shaw Center for the Arts.The festival continues Sunday with a 'Super Secret Special Presentation' planned for 2 p.m.

Advocate staff photo by HEATHER MCCLELLAND - Lynette Gordon gets a balloon 'crown' from Zackie the Clown, played by Zach Reaux, at the Red Stick International Animation Festival's Cartoon-A-Palooza Saturday in the Shaw Center for the Arts. The gathering featured face painting, clowns, balloon animals and karaoke along with screenings of animated short films.