Advocate staff photo by ADAM LAU -- Taliah Bedney, 10, Myra Williams, 13, and Jania Wenzy, 11, from right, watch as Tremecia Porter, 12, gets her hair styled by Jennifer Wiltz, left, during Anointed Hands Salon and More's annual free back-to-school hairstyles and haircuts event in Sorrento on Sunday.

Advocate staff photo by ADAM LAU -- Mekhi Darvale, 7, left, has his hair cut by barber Eddie Conish while Layne Achore, 15, right, gets a trim from Kiefer Jones, center, during Anointed Hands Salon and More's annual free back-to-school hairstyles and haircuts event in Sorrento on Sunday.

Advocate staff photo by ADAM LAU -- Volunteers Waunita Washington and Marion Mitchell, top row from left, cut and style hair for Jania Wenzy 11, and Aspen Broden, 8, from left, during Anointed Hands Salon and More's annual free back-to-school hairstyles and haircuts event in Sorrento on Sunday.

Advocate staff photo by ADAM LAU -- Carlos Braud and Luke Gautreaux, from left, triple crown cook-off winners in Ascension Parish's Jambalaya, Boucherie, and Swamp Pop festivals, pose for a portrait beside trophies in Braud's kitchen in Gonzales.

Advocate staff photo by ADAM LAU -- Charleen Guedry, left, greets students with sandwiches and smiles during lunch on the first day of school at Dutchtown Middle School in Geismar on Aug. 8.

Advocate staff photo by ADAM LAU -- Rylie Crochet, Bryanne Boudreaux, Kallie Camardelle and Uzoamaka Njoku, all 11, from left, eat lunch in Dutchtown Middle School's new cafeteria on the first day of school in Geismar on Aug. 8.

Advocate staff photo by ADAM LAU -- Cafeteria employee Carlos Jackson, gives first-graders Bryson Greene, left, and Camryn Johnson, both 6, a choice of lettuce or apples Wednesday in Dutchtown Primary School's new cafeteria in Geismar.

Advocate staff photo by ADAM LAU -- Second-grader Janssen Trahan, 7, reacts after finishing his milk pouch during lunchtime on the first day of school in Dutchtown Middle and Primary School's new shared cafeteria in Geismar on Aug. 8.