Advocate staff photo by RICHARD ALAN HANNON - Geraldine Davis has applied for a voucher for her foster daughter, Shemika Guerin, as part of Louisiana's expanded program to allow some students to attend private and parochial schools at state expense. The deadline to apply was Friday.

Advocate staff photo by BILL FEIG - Former state 1st Circuit Court of Appeal Judge Kenny Fogg, left, administers the oath of office Friday to Livingston Parish Sheriff Jason Ard. With Ard, from left, are the sheriff's daughter, Abby Ard, holding Bible; his wife, Erica Ard; and son, Toby Ard. The ceremony was conducted in the Livingston Parish Courthouse.

Advocate staff photo by HEATHER MCCLELLAND - Flaming Lips frontman Wayne Coyne performs at The Varsity Thursday afternoon, part of a record setting, eight-city concert tour in 24 hours that ended in New Orleans later that afternoon.

Advocate Staff Photo by TRAVIS SPRADLING - Swearing in - First Circuit Court of Appeal Judge Jewell 'Duke' Welch, center, swears in East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff Sid Gautreaux, right, for a second term Thursday at the Sheriff's Office on St. Ferdinand Street. Gautreaux's wife, Suzi Eckert Gautreaux, is foreground center, holding the Bible used in the ceremony, and his sister, Michele Gautreaux, is seated left, foreground. Gautreaux was first sworn into office on Dec. 4, 2007.

Advocate photo by APRIL BUFFINGTON - Former LSU and current Atlanta Falcons player Todd McClure puts Russell Chin, 10, left, in the safety positon with Maverick McClure, 10, center, and Joseph Myers, 10 behind during at a football camp held at Central High School on Wednesday.

Advocate staff photo by HEATHER McCLELLAND -- Melanie Uzee, playing a character named Minerva Thibodeaux, leads a second line of tourists from the grave of former Gov. Huey P. Long at the Capitol.

Advocate staff photo by PATRICK DENNIS - Advocate reporter Pam Bordelon, right, announces winners in the eighth annual Big Buddy Spelling Bee held at McKinley High School on Tuesday. Lenayah Hollins, a student at Dufrocq School, took first place in the second-grade competition by correctly spelling 'raccoon,' and Destiny West from St. Francis Xavier won first place in the third-grade competition by correctly spelling 'obey.' Second-place honors went to second-grader Laila Guilly and third-grader Koran Duncan, both from the Dufrocq School; third place went to second-grader DaJaughn Thomas, of St. Francis Xavier, and to third-grader Kenyce Jenkins of Lanier Charter School.

Advocate staff photo by PATRICK DENNIS -- While stationed on Tinian Island in World War II, Army Air Corps Corporal Harry Sumrall helped fuel the Enola Gay before and after it dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima. The artwork behind him depicts a different B-29 on a bombing mission in the Pacific.

Advocate staff photo by TRAVIS SPRADLING - Foot stompin' music - Residents Jo Ann Hardy, 78, left, and Mary Rose Distefano, 85, applaud Tuesday for musicians in the Acoustic Playboys during the annual Western Day at Southside Gardens Assisted Living facility. Activity director Ramona Matthews said Western Day, like Luau Day and Mexican Day, is a fun event marked by thematic costumes, lunches and entertainment.

Advocate staff photo by TRAVIS SPRADLING - The Acoustic Playboys play a concert for Southside Gardens Assisted Living residents Tuesday during Western Day. The musicians, from left, Steve Schneider, of Donaldsonville; Patrick Sylvest, of Thibodeaux; and Randy Walsh, of Bayou Goula, have known each other many years but were playing their debut gig together.

Advocate staff photo by BILL FEIG - Lift up - Robert Ogle, known by his grandchildren as 'Paw-Paw,' gives grandson Peyton Dees, 2, a lift into an oak tree Tuesday for a bird's-eye view while the pair play on the grounds of the East Feliciana Parish Courthouse in Clinton.

Advocate staff photo by HEATHER MCCLELLAND -- Baton Rouge Magnet High School students Jessica Smith, 16, and Nelson Williams, 17, both active in their school's ballroom dance club, rehearse for a regional dance competition, the USA Dance Gumbo DanceSport Championships.

Advocate staff photo by BRYAN TUCK - Fiddle instructor Mitch Reed, left, leads a lesson June 19 at his home in Scott with students, from left, Ann Rolke, Sarah Sensat, Phyllis Lejeune and Penny Lormand.

Advocate staff photo by PATRICK DENNIS - Long walk - Veteran Matt Davis, of Houma, walks along Airline Highway near the La. 621 intersection Monday on his walk from Houma to Baton Rouge to raise awareness about post-traumatic stress disorder and combat-related suicide. Davis, who served four tours in Iraq with the U.S. Army, said he wants to draw attention to the Vetrans's Administration's claim that about 18 veterans commit suicide each day.

Advocate staff photo by BRYAN TUCK - Sheena Celestine, top, helps Artravien Harris, 4, with his lunch Thursday at St. Mark's Baptist Church. The church is participating in Second Harvest Food Bank of Greater New Orleans and Acadiana's free summer meal program. At left are Darania Amos, 4, and Layanah Lee, 4.

Advocate staff photo by ARTHUR D. LAUCK The Dufrocq School fifth-graders, from left, Carson Mack, 11, Anthony Bell, 11, and Jannie Wallace, 10, show off the book they helped write as part of the celebration of the Louisiana Bicentennial.

Advocate staff photo by TRAVIS SPRADLING - From left, Secari Riley and Aiesha Marshall, two first-time Pride Fest attendees, look on Saturday as Baton Rouge Community College students Earlvonte Harris, right rear, and Bianca Gallo, front right, dance to the music of the Pocket Aces Brass Band while wearing their co-ed, lesbian support organization Nu Phi Nu T-shirts.

Advocate staff photo by Travis Spradling - Katie Tuttle, 16, a student at Baton Rouge's St. Michael the Archangel High School, smiles from behind a pair of rainbow glasses Saturday at the sixth annual Baton Rouge Pride Fest in LSU's Student Union. Tuttle said she was attending the gathering with her mom, 'to have fun and feel accepted.'

Advocate staff photo by LIBBY ISENHOWER - Members of the Long-Range Assassins dodgeball team Grant Mitchell, left, and Eric Murphy, right, prepare to take out an opponent as fellow team member Bobby Rooney, middle, stands by Saturday afternoon during the Champions for Children Dodgeball Tournament at the LSU Student Recreation Center. The tournament benefited Heritage Ranch, a facility in Zachary focused on strengthening children, families and the community through operations of a Christian residential children's home. The ranch is scheduled to open in January 2013.

Advocate staff photo by Travis Spradling - Bozie beats the heat - Bozie, a 36-year-old Asian elephant, gets ready to down her special treat made of sliced apples and oranges frozen with grapes in diet Crystal Light by first smashing it with her foot. BREC's Baton Rouge Zoo was putting on its Frozen Safari event Saturday by serving Bozie and the other animals tasty icy treats to help them beat the mid-90s heat.

Advocate staff photo by BILL FEIG - Catholic's strength and conditioning coach Anthony Zehyoue gives lifting advice to some of the school's athletes Thursday.

Advocate staff photo by ARTHUR D. LAUCK -- Jeffrey Argrave works the lat pull-down machine during a recent workout at Calloway's Health and Fitness.