Photos: Ascension in Focus for July 12, 2012

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  • Advocate staff photo by ADAM LAU -- Chase Guy, 2, waits while cousin Cambrey Guy, 2, and Danielle Musco, 3, dance in Donaldsonville's Crescent Park during the city's annual July 3rd celebration. The Donaldsonville Downtown Development District and Mainstreet Donaldsonville hosted the party.

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  • Advocate staff photo by ADAM LAU - Dance to the music - Judy Crochet, left, and Catherine Breaux dance to the tunes of The Avenue Cruisers on Tuesday at Donaldsonville's Crescent Park during the city's annual July 3 celebration. It featured food, music and fireworks.

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  • Advocate staff photo by ADAM LAU -- Attendees fill Donaldsonville's Crescent Park for the annual July 3rd celebration. The fireworks show was delayed about an hour due to a sudden thunderstorm.

  • Advocate staff photo by ADAM LAU -- Brothers Jakobie Garrison, 12, and Lorrenze Garrison, 10, from left, swing in Donaldsonville during the city's annual July 3rd celebration, while spectators claim benches on the Mississippi River levee for the scheduled fireworks show. The show was delayed about an hour after a sudden thunderstorm rolled in.

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  • Advocate staff photo by ADAM LAU -- Dan Madera, left, dances with Gail LaCroix in Donaldsonville's Crescent Park during the city's annual Independence Day celebration on July 3.

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  • Advocate photo by April Buffington -- Keelan Irvin, 5, in front, zooms past Reginald 'Reggie' Jackson, 6, during a game of flag football in Gonzales on June 30.

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  • Advocate photo by April Buffington -- Jude Hardie, 6, left, darts past Reginald 'Reggie' Jackson, 6, during a recent youth flag football game in Gonzales.

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  • Advocate photo by April Buffington -- Reginald 'Reggie' Jackson, 6, left, runs with his shirt gripped in his mouth while Keaton Stevens, 7, tries to catch him during a youth flag football game on June 30.

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  • Advocate staff photo by ADAM LAU -- Andrew 'Buddy' Wright, 9, does hurdle hops as Madison Nichols, 15; Marissa Nichols, 8, in white; Emily Winter, 14, seated; coach Vicki Krysiak, and Justin Chase, 10, from left, watch at the Pelican Point pool in Burnside on July 5.

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  • Advocate staff photo by ADAM LAU -- Jonathan McKeough, 13, left, reaches down to pick up a bean bag as Emily Winter, 14, right, sprints outside the Pelican Point Pool in Burnside on July 5.

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  • Advocate staff photo by ADAM LAU -- Jenna Van Hoogstraten, 10, right, exhales in a situp as Olivia Brunet, 9, left, watches during the Pelican Point Waves swim team's Survivor Challenge on July 5.

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  • Advocate staff photo by ADAM LAU -- Jared Sapia and Elizabeth Winter, both 11, from left, run timed tests outside the Pelican Point Pool in Burnside on July 5. Pelican Point Waves swim team members ran a three-day gauntlet of fitness tests for the teams' annual, season-ending Survivor Challenge.

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  • Advocate staff photo by ADAM LAU -- Kaitlyn Chase, 9, center, does hurdle hops as Andrew 'Buddy' Wright, 9, Elizabeth Winter, 11, coach Vicki Krysiak, and Justin Chase, 10, from left, watch at the Pelican Point pool in Burnside on July 5.

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  • Advocate staff photo by ADAM LAU -- Trudy Ficklin and MacKenzie Wilbert, both 13, from left, share a laugh while coating keys in glitter during the Teen Summer Program's 'Glam Your Gear' arts and crafts activity at the Galvez Library on July 5.

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  • Advocate staff photo by ADAM LAU -- Associate librarian Jennifer Sherlock, right, helps Raven Miles, 11, left, decorate a key with glitter during the Teen Summer Program's 'Glam Your Gear' arts and crafts activity at the Galvez Library branch on July 5.

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  • Advocate staff photo by ADAM LAU -- Trudy Ficklin, 13, carefully glues glitter to a key during the Teen Summer Program's 'Glam Your Gear' arts and crafts activity at the Galvez Library branch on July 5.

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  • Advocate staff photo by ADAM LAU - Charles Sanchez, 12, uses his chin as a place to save extra strips of duct tape during the 'Guys Stuff' arts and craft activity at the Ascension Parish Library's Dutchtown branch on Friday.

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  • Advocate staff photo by ADAM LAU -- Associate librarian Rebecca Harris, left, laughs as Charles Sanchez, 12, Carson Bolton, 11, and Emily Peryan, 13, from left, accidentally get tangled up in duct tape during the 'Guys Stuff' arts and craft activity at the Ascension Parish Library's Dutchtown branch on Friday.

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  • Advocate staff photo by ADAM LAU -- Associate librarian Rebecca Harris, top, laughs as Sannihith Uppe, 14, left, gets his fingers tangled in duct tape and Gabe Renaud, 11, right, watches in the 'Guys Stuff' arts and craft activity at the Ascension Parish Library's Dutchtown branch on Friday.

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  • Advocate staff photo by ADAM LAU -- Zachary Wilson, 11, flies a new paper airplane on its maiden voyage during the 'Guys Stuff' arts and craft activity at the Ascension Parish Library's Dutchtown branch.

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