Photos: Ascension in Focus for June 28, 2012
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Advocate staff photo by ADAM LAU -- Dolphins swim team member Madison McCauley, 11, right, leaps from the starting blocks during a June 20 freestyle relay practice at Jambalaya Park Pool in Gonzales. The team, one of the largest in the local River Cities Swim League, was preparing for this week's city meet in Baton Rouge.
Buy this photoAdvocate staff photo by ADAM LAU -- Abigail Erickson, 11, reaches for the wall during a June 20 practice for the Gonzales Dolphins' swim team at Jambalaya Park Pool in Gonzales.
Buy this photoAdvocate staff photo by ADAM LAU -- Gonzales Dolphins swim team coach Bridget Champagne, left, coaches Jake Wilson, 6, right, on his backstroke start during practice at Jambalaya Park Pool in Gonzales.
Buy this photoAdvocate staff photo by ADAM LAU -- Ulrich Gaffney, 10, races across Jambalaya Park Pool swimming butterfly during the Gonzales Dolphins' June 20 swim team practice.
Buy this photoAdvocate staff photo by ADAM LAU -- Kannedie Naquin, 8, right, gets ready to dive as coach Maggie Hall, center, blows the whistle during the Gonzales Dolphins' swim practice.
Buy this photoAdvocate staff photo by ADAM LAU -- Aria Rife, 11, swims freestyle during the Gonzales Dolphins' swim team practice on June 20 at Jambalaya Park Pool in Gonzales.
Buy this photoAdvocate staff photo by ADAM LAU -- David Boylan, 10, swims the breast stroke during the Gonzales Dolphins' swim team practice on June 20 at Jambalaya Park Pool in Gonzales.
Buy this photoAdvocate staff photo by ADAM LAU -- Isaiah Koshko, 11, center, and Julien Jarvis, 12, right, work with fellow volunteers to repaint the River Road African American Museum in Donaldsonville on Saturday.
Buy this photoAdvocate staff photo by ADAM LAU -- River Road African American Museum Board President Darryl Gissel, left, caulks window panes while Thomas Armstrong and his son Thomas Armstrong Jr., 6, walk down the street to stain new picnic tables during RRAAM's clean-up and renovation in Donaldsonville on Saturday.
Buy this photoAdvocate staff photo by ADAM LAU -- Isaiah Koshko, 11, Julien Jarvis, 12, Jasmine Payne, and Chris Daniels, from left, share a laugh while staining new picnic tables for the River Road African American Museum in Donaldsonville on Saturday.
Buy this photoAdvocate staff photo by ADAM LAU -- Chris Daniels and Julien Jarvis, 12, from left, stain new picnic tables for the River Road African American Museum in Donaldsonville on Saturday.
Buy this photoAdvocate staff photo by ADAM LAU -- Julien Jarvis, 12, Isaiah Koshko, 11, Jasmine Payne, and Chris Daniels, from left, stain new picnic tables for the River Road African American Museum in Donaldsonville on Saturday.
Buy this photoAdvocate staff photo by ADAM LAU -- Iry J. Breaux, Ascension Parish's oldest known World War II veteran, center, celebrates his 95th birthday with family members Angie Minville, Amelia Babin, Mary Guitreau and Tammie Thomassee, from left, on Saturday.
Buy this photoAdvocate staff photo by ADAM LAU -- Plaques and awards decorate a table at Iry J. Breaux's 95th birthday party in Gonzales on Saturday.
Buy this photoAdvocate staff photo by ADAM LAU -- Iry J. Breaux, and brother Claude Breaux, from left, talk on a radio show in England during their tour of duty in World War II. Breaux served as an airplane mechanic and his brother was a cook.
Buy this photoAdvocate staff photo by ADAM LAU -- Brianna Samuel, 6, eyes her prize she reeled in with the help of Michael Yoches, right, during the Ascension Fair Association's family fishing day at Lamar-Dixon Expo Center in Gonzales on Saturday.
Buy this photoAdvocate staff photo by ADAM LAU -- Jacoby Christy, 7, left, casts his line into the water alongside other children and adults during the Ascension Fair Association's family fishing day at Lamar-Dixon Expo Center in Gonzales on Saturday.
Buy this photoAdvocate staff photo by ADAM LAU -- Katie LeBlanc, 14, reaches for a fish that she reeled in Saturday morning with the help of father John LeBlanc, right, while Brianna Samuel, 6, center, looks on during the Ascension Fair Association's family fishing day.
Buy this photoAdvocate staff photo by ADAM LAU -- Elijah Spears, 8, left, helps cousin Bryce Francis, 5, untangle his line during the Ascension Fair Association's family fishing day Saturday at Lamar-Dixon Expo Center.
Buy this photoAdvocate staff photo by ADAM LAU -- Melanie Yoches, left, encourages her children Luke Samuel, 8, and Brianna Samuel, 6, from left, during the Ascension Fair Association's family fishing day at the Lamar-Dixon Expo Center's front pond.
Buy this photoAdvocate staff photo by ADAM LAU -- Courtney Black and Mark Graves, from left, lock arms while rehearsing a samba routine at the Jeffie Jean Dance Studio in Baton Rouge on June 20.
Buy this photoAdvocate staff photo by ADAM LAU -- Courtney Black and Mark Graves, from left, rehearse their samba routine at the Jeffie Jean Dance Studio in Baton Rouge on June 20. The duo is one of 12 preparing for the July 14 Dancing for a Cause fundraiser at the Lamar Dixon Expo Center.
Buy this photoAdvocate staff photo by ADAM LAU -- Kelly Swarm, left, rehearses swing footwork with dance partner Jakob Martin at the Jeffie Jean Dance Studio in Baton Rouge on June 20. The duo is one of 12 couples preparing for Arc - Community Opportunities of East Ascension's July 14 Dancing for a Cause fundraiser at the Lamar Dixon Expo Center.
Buy this photoAdvocate staff photo by ADAM LAU -- Kelly Swarm, center, records video as choreographer Courtney Black and dance partner Jakob Martin, from left, demonstrate a West Coast swing routine during a Dancing for the Cause practice session on June 20.
Buy this photoAdvocate staff photo by ADAM LAU -- Kelly Swarm, left, rehearses swing footwork with dance partner Jakob Martin at the Jeffie Jean Dance Studio in Baton Rouge on June 20.
Buy this photoAdvocate staff photo by ADAM LAU -- Kelly Swarm, center, watches as choreographer Courtney Black and dance partner Jakob Martin, from left, rehearse a West Coast swing routine.
Buy this photoAdvocate staff photo by ADAM LAU -- Jakob Martin, center, practices lifting Kelly Swarm while rehearsing their West Coast swing routine.
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