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School to offer free prom beauty services Remington College Baton Rouge Campus wants to send high school students off to prom in style by offering free salon services through its Prom Night Makeover event. This is Remington College’s sixth annual Prom Night Makeover promotion. Students in the Remington College Cosmetology Program will provide students with free updos, manicures, pedicures and makeup for girls, as well as haircuts for boys. Services will be done in the Remington College School of Cosmetology, located at 4520 Sherwood Forest Blvd. Events are set from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. April 23, April 24, April 30 and May 1. To schedule an appointment call (225) 291-4660.
Planting seeds, spreading wings
Woman aims to increase Monarchs BY C.J. FUTCH
route from the United States to Mexico and Southern California, and back, have been deLinda Auld is known around clining dramatically, Auld said, New Orleans for two things: most likely because “of all the concrete.â€? bugs and butterflies. Loss of open fields to conHer reputation and mission are spreading to the Baton struction have decreased the area of land where milkweed, Rouge area. Her grandfather started Bar- the sole food source for monber Laboratories in 1921, a pest arch caterpillars, grows natucontrol company that she runs rally, Auld said. Other factors contributing today. But that’s her business. Her passion is for raising and to the loss of Monarch habitat attracting butterflies of all are pesticides and mowing, ackinds, especially Monarchs, cording to the website www. the national butterfly of the monarchwatch.org. Despite the fact that there United States. But the number of monarchs counted along their migration äSee MONARCHS, page 4G
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Elizabeth Harris and Ruth Harb, owner of Harb’s Oasis, listen as Linda Auld answers a question about attracting Monarch butterflies to the garden.
Visitors enjoy science at Engineering Day
Creating a sand mandala
CASA seeks volunteers
BY C.J. FUTCH
Capital Area Court Appointed Special Advocate Association is looking for volunteers to advocate for abused and neglected youth. CASA recruits, trains and supervises community volunteers who advocate for abused and neglected youth in the foster care system to help them reach safe, permanent homes. No special background is required. Volunteers must be at least 21 years old. CASA is accepting people into its next volunteer training course, which begins April 14. Learn more at informational sessions set for 5:30 p.m. on March 26 or noon, March 30. Call (225) 379-8598, email volunteer@casabr.org or visit casabr.org for more information.
cfutch@theadvocate.com Four-year-old Karlie Jackson held a small device that looked a bit like a glue gun to her skin, and saw an up-close image of its surface on a television monitor. She and Kamryn Johnson, 2, were there with Kamryn’s mother, Wendy, and Scotlandville Middle student Koby Thompkins to see exhibits at äSee ENGINEERING, page 3G
Easter celebration planned at St. John’s
St. John’s Methodist Church is holding an Easter Eggstravaganza starting at 9 a.m. Saturday at the church, 9375 Highland Road. A pancake breakfast, craft projects and Easter egg hunt are on tap. Visit stjohnsbr.org/event/ äSee AROUND, page 5G
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Jamyang Jinpa, a monk from the Drepang Gomang Monastery in Tibet, works on a sand mandala, featuring the Buddha of Compassion, March 17 at Baton Rouge’s Tam Bao Temple, a Buddhist community of which many members are Vietnamese. He’s watched by another monk, Sonam Stanzin, left, and Phuoc Tai as he holds a metal funnel, using vibration to trigger sand flow, while wearing a surgical mask to keep from moving the sand with his breath. A mandala is a spiritual and ritual symbol in Hinduism and Buddhism representing the universe. The purpose of constructing this particular mandala is ‘to encourage every one of us to generate a compassionate heart for the benefit of all sentient beings,’ according to an information sheet from the monks, who are including Baton Rouge on their tour of the U.S. They started the mandala March 16, finished it later that week, and after a closing ceremony March 20, the sand was placed Saturday in the Mississippi River downtown, a tradition that bestows a blessing upon animals. The detailed practice of making a mandala requires patience and concentration, which are important in meditation, which is an integral part of Buddhism. The intricate, brightly colored sand artwork was approximately five feet by five feet when completed.
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Brookelyn and Cassidy Corcoran, students at Northwest Middle School in Zachary, hold a microscope gun to their skin while Baton Rouge residents Kamryn Johnson, 2, and Karlie Jackson, 4, look at the close-up view on a television monitor.