Advocate staff photo by LIBBY ISENHOWER -- Delmont Elementary Principal Jill Saia welcomes visitors Thursday to the unveiling of the school's since a complete renovation this summer.

Advocate staff photo by BILL FEIG -- As afternoon rain clouds gathered on Thursday, construction crews were busy sculpting the contours of the new park area between the Old State Capitol Building, Government Building, and Centroplex Arena.

Advocate staff photo by PAM BORDELON --James Linden Hogg, right, picks the banjo as he and dad Jim have an impromptu jam session in their 'music room.' The banjo is one of several instruments the 12 year old plays proficiently.

Advocate staff photo by HEATHER MCCLELLAND - Gotta eat - A bird searches for food Tuesday in standing water still filling BREC's Highland Road Park nearly a week after Hurricane Isaac hit Louisiana.

Advocate staff photo by ARTHUR D. LAUCK -- Richard Navarrete and Gwinna VanDyk paddle Wednesday across swollen Old River with items they saved from their flooded home. The pair spent the afternoon ferrying what they could to their van on La. 22 because of continued flooding on Old River Road.

Advocate staff photo by PATRICK DENNIS - Jasmine Wallace, 8, right, and Sherilyn Newton, left, hold signs Wednesday during a rally on Plank Road for Corey Kaufman of Baker, who was shot and killed by a security guard at Club Sha La on Plank Road on Aug. 26. Wallace is Kaufman's niece, and Newton is his cousin.

Advocate staff photo by HEATHER MCCLELLAND -- Pi Beta Phi new recruit Hayley Keller, left, is greeted by sorority sister Mallory Lott on bid day at LSU. With them are Tess Guidry, third from left, and Gabrielle Braud.

Advocate staff photo by HEATHER MCCLELLAND -- Chi Omega Kelsey Drummond, left, and her sorority sisters, from left, Kat O'Hara and Haley Rogers, hold hands as they lead their new recruits down LSU's sorority row on bid day, Aug. 18.

Advocate staff photo by BRYAN TUCK -- Northside High School Academy of Legal Studies Director Liz Tullier, center, works with students Fantasia Parfait, left, and Sebastian Noel during a forensics class Tuesday.

Advocate staff photo by ARTHUR D. LAUCK -- Eugene Duplessis searches his flooded Maurepas home Tuesday for his wife's medication. Nearly a week after Hurricane Isaac caused widespread flooding in the area, many homes, including Duplessis', are flooded.

Advocate staff photo by TRAVIS SPRADLING - Just a trim - Kelvin Perkins of Baton Rouge uses a ladder and a hedge trimmer Tuesday afternoon to shape a large bush along Guilford Drive near Tarrytown Avenue. Perkins said he does a little lawn care work on the side in addition to his regular job.

Advocate staff photo by ARTHUR D. LAUCK --Anne West, left, and Noelle Lanier share a laugh during a recent estate sale in Baton Rouge. Lanier has been holding estate sales for nearly three decades.

Advocate staff photo by TRAVIS SPRADLING - Ashton Richard, 12, dumps a 'Radio Flyer' wagon load of Hurricane Isaac storm debris into the curbside pile Friday outside his family's home on Stanford Avenue south of Perkins Road. Debris pickup in East Baton Rouge Parish began on Monday in the 70805 and 70815 ZIP codes.

Advocate staff photo by TRAVIS SPRADLING -- BREC's Liberty Lagoon drew big crowds after it opened to the public in 2011, but attendance has fallen this year. Park administrators attribute the drop to more weather-related closings. This photo shows BREC staff and family members enjoying the water park in May 2011 preview opening.

Advocate staff photo by BRYAN TUCK - Assistant District Attorney Keith Stutes worked his final day Friday within the 15th Judicial District Attorney's Office. He said he plans to spend more time with his family and doing photography, his hobby.

Advocate staff photo by BILL FEIG --Baton Rouge General Medical Center's new artist-in-residence, Juliet Lockwood, right, works with Goldie LeBlanc, of Central, who is painting a scene on a guitar. The art program is part of a new Arts in Medicine program created for people being treated at the hospital's Pennington Cancer Center.

Advocate staff photo by LIBBY ISENHOWER -- Sgt. Joseph Schiro, center, hugs his wife, Meghan, and daughter, Abigail, 5 months, before boarding a bus bound for Fort Hood, Texas. Schiro and his company, the Louisiana National Guard 756th Area Support Medical Company, will deploy to Afghanistan after a month of pre-deployment activities in Fort Hood.

Advocate staff photo by LIBBY ISENHOWER -- Next to a crowd of family and friends, Louisiana National Guard soldiers, from left, Maj. Stephen Kay, his son, Landon Kay, 5, Lt. Annette Patin, Spc. Mark McDougall and Sgt. Bobby Blankenship salute members of the Louisiana National Guard 756th Area Support Medical Company as they drive away in buses Sunday morning. The company will spend about one month in Fort Hood, Texas, before deploying to Afghanistan for about nine months.

Advocate staff photo by LIBBY ISENHOWER --LaTonya Miles, left, who lost most of her hearing after contracting a virus six years ago, sets up a jewelry trunk show with a friend, Sonja Graves, at La Madeleine restaurant. Miles began hosting trunk shows for Stella and Dot jewelry a few months ago.

Advocate staff photo by BILL FEIG -- From left, Luke Williamson and R.J. Guillot listen to Taylor Carroll while talking and tailgating around Tiger Stadium Saturday afternoon prior to the 6 p.m. kick-off of the North Texas- LSU game. Cooper Williamson is at lower right.

Advocate staff photo by BILL FEIG -- Nancy and Tom Hazlett walk their standard poodles Ollie, left, and RouxD, around the LSU's Parade Ground Saturday. The dogs draw a lot of attention from tailgaters and campus visitors because they have the words 'LSU' and 'Tigers' clipped into their coats.

Advocate staff photo by LIBBY ISENHOWER -- Guests fill the lobby of the new L'Auberge Casino & Hotel Baton Rouge after the doors opened for the first time Sept. 1. The casino took in $13.3 million in September, siphoning revenue from its two Baton Rouge competitors, Harrah's in New Orleans and the Mississippi Gulf Coast.

Advocate staff photo by BILL FEIG -- Joyce Dean points out to Vernon Dean a spot to put another sandbag Friday. The Deans were sealing the entrance to the ring levee they built to protect their Livingston-area residence from high water ever since the Tickfaw River's flood in 1983.

Advocate staff photo by BILL FEIG - Nanette McCann pops in on Beleta Bischoff's Web Design 1 class at Baton Rouge Magnet High and points out an item on a monitor while chatting with Cailleigh Robins, right, as students on the front row, from left, Gabby Gomez, Madison Neill and Hannah Borskey look on.

Advocate staff photo by BILL FEIG - LSU wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. celebrates a touchdown teammate reacts in the first half Saturday in Tiger Stadium.