Face Magazine ~ March 2011

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MAKING MUSIC Red carpet Grammy report from one of Lafayette’s own MARCH 2011

Julie CASTILLE

Sometimes being a great parent means saying ‘yes.’ How one Acadiana mom is making a difference in the lives of dozens of local children. One Mardi Gras bead at a time.

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When Julie Castille’s son, who has cerebral palsy, said he wanted to play the drums in a parade she answered with a simple “yes.” Little did she realize how fulfilling his one dream would impact dozens of other children. How the Krewe of Angels was born.

16 l MOVE OF THE MONTH

The experts at Red’s give a move just in time for leg-baring spring.

18 l SIMPLY CAJUN

Our expert weighs in on the best dishes at legendary Prejean’s.

23 l WHY WE RACE

Local women (and a man) share why they race for the cure each year at Komen’s Race for the Cure.

32 l PROM II

One local fundraiser gives the grownups a chance to do prom all over again.

34 l JOB HUNTRESS

Solving the common mistakes we all make in the hunt for a new job.

38 l HOT MOMMA

How one mother of three is in the best shape of her life post-babies.

41 l TYPE I

Moms share the challenges of raising children with diabetes and the hope for a cure.

47 l RED CARPET

Misty Carrier gives us a red carpet report from the Grammys where her husband, local artist Chubby Carrier, took home top honors for Cajun/Zydeco this year.

58 l BREAKFAST CLUB

The best in dressing for spring with inspiration from your favorite crew from the 80s.

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Every day God gives me graces I need for that day.”

– Julie Castille

06 l EDITOR'S DESK 12 l HEALTH MATTERS 14 l COOKIE'S CORNER 20 l FAMILY MATTERS

ON THE COVER Julie Castille Photography by Penny Moore Makeup AND HAIR by Be. Salon

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t only took me until the age of 31, but I can say I have officially served on a prom court. Granted, it wasn’t the student body of Bryant High School Class of ’97 who nominated yours truly. But, there is something to be said for great things coming to those who wait.

I figure this prom court is going to be a much more productive one, after all, with money raised going to a worthy cause. Each year the Lafayette Education Foundation chooses a group of men and women to serve on the Prom Court of ReProm, their signature fundraiser. Votes come in the way of dollars, which go to fund the incredible work done by this local organization that encourages teachers and champions successful programs in area schools.

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And so, for the first time in my entire life, I find myself saying “Vote Amanda for Prom Queen.” It’s a phrase that makes me laugh every time. For, if you were a part of that Bryant High School Class of ’97 back in Arkansas you would know what I do – Amanda Harris was not prom court material.

When her son was diagnosed with cerebral palsy she found herself with a kind of strength she had never thought possible and a positive outlook that’s simply infectious.

Her story is one not to be missed about the power of not just saying ‘yes’ but following through and how the determination of one mother to give her son his heart’s desire creates a priceless ripple effect.

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When her son, Michael, said he wanted to play the drums in a parade she didn’t hesitate to find a way. And what was a simple request by a child to a mother has turned into a crew of children – Krewe of Angels – who are finally getting a chance to partake in the age old Lafayette tradition of Mardi Gras in a way they can truly enjoy and embrace.

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“I find myself saying “Vote Amanda Prom Queen.”Mark It’s aBarton phrase that Amanda Bedgood In addition to Bernard pages of Reedfor Andrus Bart inspiring women this month, W. anDRuS ReaL me eStatelaugh BRaMMeR faCe MagazIne BaRt BeRnaRD LaW fIRM makes every engIneeRIng time.” we have some pages of inspiring fashion. We took a trip photo for LEF's 2011 ReProm Court. (taken by Robby Bishop)

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But, that’s the beautiful thing about life. You absolutely never know where you’re going to land or how you’re going to turn out. This whole ReProm business has hit the rarelyused rewind button to my high school years, bringing to mind how very much we grow and change thanks to the circumstances, challenges and ane Comeaux David Foreman accomplishments CaDIan COMPanIeS DavID fOReMan, we MD encounter.

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When I was in high school, we were required to present a speech explaining which of those Breakfast Club characters with which we most identified. (I’ll let you guess which one I said …) And while there’s nothing wrong with sticking to that label we all seem to get in high school whether or not we want it, there’s nothing better than shattering it. After Darren Guidry Cherie Hebert all, life is nothing if not change.

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Amanda Bedgood is the editor of FACE Magazine. Send your fashion inspirations, interesting stories and other musings to amanda@facelafayette.com.

This month we have a bevy of stories from local women about how greatly we are changed by the We want to hear all about the amazing mom in your situations life brings us. In anticipation life. Whether it’s your own mom, your sister, your wife, Amanda Harris getting ready for '97 Bryant High School of three worthy your daughter, your best friend – we want to hear all prom. Years before I would discover bronzer and that walks/races to about what makes your mom top notch. Send your tendrils are less than flattering. bring awareness to nominations for fabulous Acadiana moms to Amanda@ autism, Type 1 diabetes and breast cancer, we’ve gathered a facelafayette.com and your mom just may find her way Cash Lennon Melanie Bienvenu Martin Chuck Vincent bevy of women who are living proof that life changes you in Dana Topham into the pages of our great big heart warming Mother’s ways you could have never expected. gLOBaL Data SySteMS aSCenSIOn ePISCOPaL SCHOOL

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back to high school for a shoot inspired by the ever-classic Breakfast Club. (Not to worry, this dressing is also for the grownups.) Spring fashion is all over the map and our five models that represent the five iconic types in the movie are proof that there’s something of-the-moment for you, no matter your personal style.

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Our cover girl, Julie Castille, is just that kind of person.

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Parc International, corner of Polk and Garfield, Downtown Lafayette. A onemile walk through downtown Lafayette followed by great family fun in Parc International. For more information visit the Walk page and then register by visiting www.firstgiving.com/asacwalk.

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ReProm to benefit Lafayette Education Foundation, River Oaks, from 8 p.m. to 12 a.m. featuring The Tip Tops. Tickets are $100. For more information and to vote for Prom Court go to lefoundation. org.

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or 800-346-1958 or go to gomardigras. com.

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Lafayette Mardi Gras Festival Parade.

Downtown to Cajun Field, Lafayette.

1 p.m. Celebrating King Toussaint L?Ouverture and Queen Suzanne Simmone. Call 337-232-3737 or 800346-1958 or go to gomardigras.com.

King's Court at Mardi Gras. Corner of Polk and Vermilion, Lafayette. Music, food, fun, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Costume contest, 9 a.m. Call 337-291-5566 or go to www.downtownlafayette.org.

Mardi Gras Show at Clark Field. Clark Field Stadium, Lafayette. 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Experience North Lafayette's cultural diversity with music, food, costume designers, dancers and fun. mardigrasshow.com.

King's Parade. Downtown to Cajun Field, Lafayette. 10 a.m. Celebrating King Gabriel, who reigns over the Lafayette Mardi Gras. Call 337-232-3737

Fox 15 Independent Parade. Downtown to Cajun Field, Lafayette. 2 p.m. Call 337-237-1500 or go to gomardigras. com.

Greater Southwest La. Mardi Gras Ball and Pageant. Heymann Performing Arts Center, Lafayette. 8 p.m. to midnight. The pomp and splendor of Mardi Gras royalty is open to the public.

The pageant starts at 8 p.m., followed

by a formal Mardi Gras ball. Call 337291-5555 or go to gomardigras.com.

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MDA Muscle Walk, 10 a.m., Acadian Village. For more information go to mda.org. or call 337-981-2364.

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Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure, Girard Park. 7 a.m. Late Registration Begins, 8 a.m. Survivor Ceremony, 9 a.m. 5K run/walk with awards, entertainment and race day expo to immediately follow the 5K. To register go to komenacadiana.org.

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The 5th Annual Walk for Hope, Autism Society of Acadiana, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at

University of Louisiana at Lafayette’s 4th Annual Women's Conference: "Our History is Our Strength”, Cajundome Convention Center, $40 to attend if you register and pay by March 16 and $50 afterwards and onsite. $15 for students with ID. For more information go to diversity.louisiana. edu/WomensConference/home_page. shtml.

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IN theNEWS Prominent Southern Artist Holds Retrospective

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Francis X. Pavy celebrates 35 years of art at Acadiana Center for the Arts March 12 through May 7. The visual narrator of South Louisiana’s vibrant culture renowned for his colorful, abstract approach to Southern iconography and storytelling presents a new retrospective, Currents and Flows - 35 Years of Art. The show will be featured at the Acadiana Center for the Arts in their main gallery, and tracks the evolution of Pavy’s art, featuring pieces never before displayed as well as commissioned pieces and new work.

Francis Pavy graduated from the University of Southwestern Louisiana in 1976. He originally worked as a sculptor, opening his Lafayette studio in 1981 and experimenting with glass, drawing and painting. Over time, painting became Pavy's major focus. His work stems from the southern storytelling tradition; common subjects are the folk-life and folklore of local people juxtaposed with images of everyday American life. Pavy is particularly interested in music,

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This is the special challenge that is being issued to all writers, actors, videographers, storytellers and other creative/adventurous types who want to have a great time in a fun and exciting new way.

It is time for the 3 Minute Movie Challenge once again. The idea is simple, teams of 3 have 3 days to produce a 3 minute movie using 3 plot points that will be picked at random. Teams can register together or individuals can register and be placed on teams at the opening party. No experience necessary, just a creative and adventurous spirit!

AOC will host a kick-off event on Friday, March 18 at 6 p.m. to assign teams and select the 3 random plot points. Once teams and plot points are selected the players have until Monday, March 21 to create a 3 minute program. That's it. The content can be anything, a comedy, documentary, interview, animation whatever tells the story best. Entries are not limited to anything except the big 3's; that's 3 people, 3 days, 3 plot points and 3 minutes!

AOC will make cameras and editing equipment available to teams that need them. Supplies are limited so sign up early. On Monday night, March 21 at 6 p.m. entries will be voted on by all the players at at special viewing party held here at AOC. Event rules and registration are available at www.aocinc.org, or stop by the AOC offices at 704 Lee Avenue or by mail.

musicians and the musical traditions of Louisiana.

Pavy is one of Louisiana’s most recognized artists – his work vibrates with color and musical rhythm, grounding abstract dimensions in Southern motifs and playing on themes of mysticism, love, nature, humor, and friendship. Pavy’s work has been included in over 20 major exhibitions worldwide, and his paintings are in the permanent collections at the Morris Museum of Art, New Orleans Museum of Art, The Ogden Museum of Southern Art and the collections of Bob Dylan, Paul Simon, Ron Howard, Lorne Michaels, Walker Percy, Chef John Besh and Roger Ogden, among others.

“Francis Pavy is one of the most significant and nationally known visual artists in our region, his work is deeply rooted in local culture which allows us to reflect in our sense of place in an often colorful and whimsical way,” said Gerd Wuestemann, AcA Executive Director.

“This show represents his first retrospective in his prolific body of work.”

The show will contain a variety of multi-media pieces, including paintings, prints, constructions and sculpture.

“The retrospective, to me is a snapshot of pieces in time,” says Pavy. “An evolution of my work and ideas, a history of my art that builds upon the past.”

A lifelong resident of Louisiana, Francis X Pavy was born in Lafayette on March 2, 1954. As a child, he studied art under the direction of Elemore Morgan Jr. At the age of 12, Pavy, an avid photographer, set up a darkroom in the attic of his parent’s house. In college he studied music, ceramics, animation, painting, printmaking and sculpture, graduating in 1976 with a fine arts degree in sculpture. For additional information, please visit www.pavy.com. For additional information about the exhibit, visit www.acadianacenterforthearts.org.

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Autism is a complex developmental disability that typically appears during the first three years of life and affects a person’s ability to communicate and interact with others. Autism is defined by a certain set of behaviors and is a "spectrum disorder" that affects individuals differently and to varying degrees.

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Imagine a disease whose numbers soared from 1 in 20,000 15 years ago to 1 in 110 today. It’s a sobering statistic. One that means each day more and more parents are hearing “your child is autistic.”

And one that means Autism Society of Acadiana’s mission is more vital.

The local branch of the national organization will host their fifth annual walk March 26 with proceeds going to support families facing an autism diagnosis. Autism, despite its mammoth increase in diagnoses, is one of the least understood in terms of cause and one of the most varying in terms of the symptoms of different people across what’s called the autism spectrum.

It is an almost mystifying disorder with numbers reaching staggering proportions and no cure in sight. And while the discussion (battle) rages on to determine the cause, organizations like Autism Society seek to provide parents with hope.

Their job, explains Vickie Nettles, is

to be a resource. They are a resource for the community as they present the basics of autism everywhere from civic groups to professional organizations and they provide support to parents with information on all things autism and offer support groups.

The fifth walk is a milestone for Autism Society of Acadiana and it’s a time when parents and those who love those with autism can gather and truly celebrate.

“It’s a place where kids can be themselves and be accepted …”

“It’s a sea of people,” Vickie says with a laugh of the event held downtown and garnering at least 3,000 last year with the promise of the numbers growing this year as new sponsors, donors and participants jump on board.

“People are coming out of the wood work,” she says gratefully.

The organization opened their first actual brick and mortar office last spring and since has exploded, it seems.

“We’re constantly putting ourselves out there,” Vickie says.

They provide a much-needed place for information for parents, especially in the sea of internet resources and often-conflicting information. Vickie gives a great example of the kind of very localized information they provide – “it can be as simple as ‘Where can I get my child’s hair cut?’”

A mundane request to some, parents of autistic children know it can be a challenging task to find an accommodating business that can meet their child’s unique needs.

“Hair cuts are huge, huge,” Vickie, who has an autistic daughter, explains.

“One mom came in with her son with hair all in his eye because she couldn’t take him anywhere. A lot of it is just sensory issues. The sound of the clippers or the coldness of scissors against the neck. When they slide their hand across the forehead and feel of the comb going

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THECAUSE through the hair. They say some are tender headed – it’s not just the head. It’s all over the body.”

Vickie says they can share with families options that other parents have tried and businesses that are more than just “tolerant” but treat their children like a person.

“Where my daughter gets her haircut they are so sweet. Unfortunately, you don’t always get that reaction. In some businesses they’ll look at me and not talk to her. That personal one-on-one with the child is important for parents. They aren’t just dismissing them because of a disability.”

Being a part of the autism community is an instant understanding between parents and one the organization fosters.

“We have our place and are instantly accepted. You walk into a support group and it’s a sense of community,” she says.

And while the groups certainly allow parents to vent about challenges, they are more fundamentally a place of celebration with applause erupting at accomplishments from first potty uses to children learning to feed themselves. And the walk is a chance for the entire community to gather at a

family friendly event where they can feel free from often-judgmental eyes.

In many large

By the Numbers • Prevalence is estimated at 1 in 110 births today.

• Fastest-growing developmental disability with a 1,148% growth rate.

• $60 billion annual cost.

• Cost of lifelong care can be reduced by 2/3 with early diagnosis and intervention.

• In 10 years, the annual cost will be $200-400 billion.

• The cost of autism over the lifespan is 3.2 million dollars per person.

social settings, it can be a challenge for autistic children. And thus a challenge for parents often facing the prying eyes of people who don’t understand their child’s behavior dismissing it as nothing more than a “fit.”

“No judgments. It’s a place where kids can be themselves and be accepted and it’s also a place I like to tell people we can celebrate our children for who they are,” Vickie says.

And as the years go on, more and more walkers are showing up without a personal tie to the autistic community, which is a powerful thing.

“It’s especially neat to see people attend who don’t have a connection,” Vickie says.

And it’s no doubt due to the increasing education about autism. To be a part of that increasing awareness Walk for Hope March 26 at Parc International, Corner of Polk and Garfield, Downtown Lafayette.

The event from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. is a onemile walk through downtown Lafayette followed by great family fun in Parc International. For more information go to acadianaautism.org.

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HEALTHMATTERS

Slash the Sugar/Slash

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arch is National Nutrition Month and there are two things that any nutrition expert out there will agree upon – the need to decrease our intake of sugar and salt. This month I am sharing some simple tips on how to “slash the sugar” and “slash the salt” in your diet. (This can be especially helpful as you try to slim down for summertime.) #1: Slash the Sugar. Sugar comes in a variety of forms and can be naturally occurring; such as in fruits (fructose) and milk (lactose), or added sugar such as table sugar, syrup, honey, corn syrup, and agave nectar … just to name a few. As you prepare for summer, slash the added sugar in your diet. No need to cut fresh fruit or milk, unless medically advised.

The most common places one will find added sugar include: regular soft drinks and fruit punches, candy, cakes, cookies, pies, snowballs, ice cream and fruit flavored yogurt. Added sugar can also be found in a variety packaged foods such as cereals, instant oatmeal, breakfast bars and those “diet friendly” 100 calorie snack packs.

The American Heart Association (AHA) recommends that women have no more than 100 calories a day, or 25 grams of added sugar a day. For men, they recommend no more than 150 calories, or 37 grams of added sugar a day. This may seem like a big number, however, one cup of fruit flavored yogurt contains 27 grams of sugar. Next time you are reading the food label, check out how much sugar is in each serving. As a general rule of thumb, if it has more than 10 grams of sugar then think twice before adding to your summer slim down plan. #2: Slash the Salt. In January 2010, the American Heart Association changed the daily sodium recommendations from 2300 mg a day to 1500 mg per day and they did so for good reason. Excess sodium intake is one of the most common causes of high blood pressure as well as

extra water retention. By monitoring sodium intake and reducing the amount

lists. Buy fresh or frozen produce over canned foods. Skip the salt shaker at the

Food

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Broccoli Cheese Soup – bowl

Chicken Caesar Salad - no bread

Ranchero Wrap 6” Low Fat Ham (Black Forest, no cheese) 6” Sunrise Breakfast Melt Omelet Sandwich

Burrito with chicken, beans, salsa and

guacamole Flour tortilla Burrito bowl with chicken, beans, lettuce,

salsa, guacamole, and cheese

Chargrilled Chicken Sandwich (8 oz.) of consumption, it will not only lower your risk for high blood pressure, but you can also help beat the bloat and feel great for summer.

“Processed foods and beverages as well as restaurant foods contribute to about 75% of where sodium comes from.”

Where is the sodium? Processed foods and beverages as well as restaurant foods contribute to about 75% of where sodium comes from. The best way to reduce sodium intake is to limit the intake of processed and packaged foods and be more mindful when reading ingredient

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dinner table and enhance the flavor of your food with natural herbs and spices.

Limit the intake of processed meats and cheeses. Finally, prepare more meals from scratch and increase the intake of fresh fruits and vegetables.

Curious to learn where the sodium is added? Check out this table below and become aware of how much sodium is in your food. The above list is based on average sodium content of a typical restaurant meal. Specific contents will vary based off of each individual restaurant establishment.

Yvette Quantz, LD, RD, CLT, is a Lifestyle and Sports Nutritionist and owner of Food Therapy, LLC. E-mail her at yvette@foodtherapyonlin.com and get more information about Food Therapy at www.foodtherapyonline.com.

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HEALTHMATTERS

the Salt

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“Added sugar can also be found in a variety of packaged foods such as cereals, instant oatmeal, breakfast bars and those “diet friendly” 100 calorie snack packs.”

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COOKIESCORNER

More Than Just Talk

Getting what you want out of your conversations

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here are those of us who live and speak totally from their feelings, and then there are those of us who have a hard time accessing those feelings because we are so bottom line.

Guess which one I was before I started doing this work? It wasn’t that I didn’t have feelings. It’s just that I had a hard time expressing them. I would skip over the feelings part and go straight to what was working and what was not working.

Now I can still do that, but now I can access my feelings to connect my head and my heart.

“The way we communicate with others and with ourselves ultimately determines the quality of our lives.”

–Anthony Robbins Speaking your feelings is definitely a good thing, but if you really want to make an impact, you have to take it to the next step and ask for what you want.

What do I mean by that?

Let me give you an example, when we choose to speak up about something it is usually because something is not working for us. Someone did or said some-

thing that upset you or made you feel less than. So consequently, you chose to tell them how you felt.

Here’s the problem with that. Just speaking your feelings is like blowing in the wind, it’s not going to get you anywhere. And to top it off, it can come across as whining. This is why women get the bad rap of being whiners. You whine and complain, but you don’t ask for what you want. Duh! This is a practice that diminishes your power and your dignity.

So, how to you reclaim your power and dignity in this situation?

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COOKIESCORNER

cookietuminello First of all, get clear about what it was that upset you before you speak your feelings. Do you need to get clarity about what they said? Did they say something that up-

it is that you want, then you are liable to sabotage yourself.

Third, make the request for what you want.

“If you don’t get clear about what it is that you want, then you are liable to sabotage yourself.” set you or made you feel less than?

Second, decide what it is you want from the other person before you have the conversation. If you don’t get clear about what

YES. NOT! This week, take a look at whether or not your conversations are producing the results you want. And if not, maybe it’s time to ask.

Cookie Tuminello, Leadership and Team Building Coach, is the founder and CEO of Success Source, LLC. Cookie can be contacted at cookie@cookietuminello.com.

Fourth, always remember that whenever you make a request, there must be permission to say NO. This is a biggie because most people think that just because you ask someone for something they have to say

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HEALTHYMOVES

Move of the Month

Side Lunge with Medicine Ball

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Photography by Penny Moore

elissa Fontenot of Red’s gives us a move sure to get your body in shape for short season this spring. To modify this move simply don’t go as far down or use the arms. For a more challenging version, you can pulse down for three then return to the center. * If you don’t have a med ball try a bag of rice or fill a milk jug with water.

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For this move engage abs to start and squeeze the med ball throughout the movement. Try to keep palms around and elbows into the ribcage. Leg stance is wide.

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Bend to the right with the right knee with the goal of getting the gluts parallel to the floor. (Make sure that the knee stays over the ankle while dropping the gluts as far down to parallel as possible.)

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Squeeze the med ball and engage abs at the same Repeat on the left side. time then extend the arms up as you return to the set position.

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Undercover Connoisseur Prejean's Restaurant just happened to be slightly north of Interstate 10 on Interstate 49, as my stomach reminded me that I was well within the dining hours. I took advantage of my location in what is now affectionately referred to as “Upper Lafayette” and pulled into the expansive parking lot of Prejean’s Restaurant, located at 3480 N.E. Evangeline Thruway (I-49), Lafayette, LA 70507.

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The main course selection process also proved to be a bit of a challenge. There were so many possibilities that it ultimately was dependent upon my mood. After vacillating between several options, I was confident that the Yellow Fin Tuna Rockefeller would satisfy what I was hungry for. Frankly, I could not have been happier with my decision. This beautiful dish consisted of a mesquite grilled tuna tenderloin set in a pool of creamed spinach and etched with lobster sauce & blackened shrimp. Not that I would have had it any other way, but I followed the chef’s recommendation and ordered this majestic cut of fish served medium rare.

Upon entering, I was immediately greeted by the melodious energy of live Cajun music. With its red and white checkered table cloths, cypress tree columns and hanging moss, the restaurant conveyed an environment that was relaxed and comfortable. The walls were adorned with mounted fish, stuffed animals and an assortment of relics from distant days, giving the place the warm and homey feel of South Louisiana.

The tuna was positively excellent in its preparation. The fish was robust in flavor and the smoke from the mesquite gentle enough to compliment, without being overpowering. The lobBiz Card Document Size 3.625the x 2.125 ster sauce etching enveloped character of the overall dish (Durel wants the 1/16” bleed built in) and provided Object/Crop a good Area/Make: balance, allowing seasoning of to make pdf that willthe CROPhearty Artboard size the blackened shrimp to enhance without any distraction. This main course was a definite WOW and a solid recommendation.

There was a remarkable stained glass mural exhibiting “a down on the bayou” land (and sea) scape which afforded a colorful backdrop to the Cajun musicians. The upbeat tempo of the accordion, washboard and fiddle players had toes tapping everywhere and I knew I was in for a delightful evening.

Incidentally, this main course came with a house salad and choice of dressing. The greens and tomatoes of the salad were

Each month FACE highlights the best in dining in Lafayette with an unnamed foodie. To ensure we get the most authentic experiences about town, we’ve decided to keep our connoisseur under wraps.

Read on to learn about the area’s can’t-miss delectable dishes.

The server was downright friendly (without being intrusive) and very well versed and familiar with the rather complex and diversified menu. I settled in with a nicely prepared martini and began the rather arduous task of making my selections for the evening.

For a starter, the Seafood Skillet Fondeaux for Two caught my eye. As I had the pleasure of a dining companion and they were equally interested in this dish, the decision was an easy one. This dish was touted as “A True Prejean’s Original!”

After my first taste, I immediately understood why the appetizer was so acclaimed.

The dish consisted of plump shrimp and succulent crab, with fresh sautéed spinach drizzled with crab butter cream and topped with mozzarella cheese. It was baked to perfection and served with garlic toast points. The dish was absolutely magnificent! It was rich and creamy with good spice and a sweet hint of garlic. The seafood portions were plentiful and ideally prepared. The cheese topping lived up to its billing and was browned nicely and “baked to perfection”.

Though described as toast points, the dipping accoutrements were actually angled slices of French bread, lightly toasted and excellent for capturing the sauce and delivering it with a subtle crunch with each bite. C’est se bon! I highly recommend this appetizer and would definitely order it again. That stated, there were other equally tantalizing appetizers that I might be compelled to try… Louisiana Crawfish and Alligator Sausage Cheesecake, Crawfish Enchiladas and Eggplant Abbeville. I am sensing now that there may be several returns.

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of our spicy Louisiana corn dish to its introduction to the French settlers by Native Americans.

Finally, after much adieu, I opted for the Fried Bananas Foster Cheesecake to top off the magnificent dinner. This too was a superb idea! The cheesecake was velvety in its creaminess, yet the brown sugar cinnamon glaze and crunchy texture of the cake base proved a brilliant contrast. I actually smile as I think back on it now while sharing the experience with you.

Prejean's Restaurant 3480 N.E.Evangeline Thruway (I-49), Lafayette 337-896-3247 • prejeans.com delightfully fresh and the homemade bleu cheese dressing hearty in its tart flavor without masking the flavors of the salad. In addition to the salad, there were side dishes of rice dressing and corn macque choux. Both provided very tasty additions and contributed the traditional feel of the meal itself. Most historians attribute the origins

The dinner at Prejean’s was simply impeccable and something I plan on experiencing again in the very near future. If your taste buds need a treat, find your own way to Prejean’s. As always, when you get there, please tell them that I piqued your interest. In the meantime, feel free to get a sneak preview of the experience you will enjoy, by visiting their website.

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You Thought Wrong Why we aren’t always what we think

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e all tend to think in extremes ... and when traumatic or distressing events happen we think that way even more.

“Cognitive distortions” are exaggerated and irrational thoughts that perpetuate psychological disorders such as depression and anxiety. These errors in thinking are simply ways that our mind convinces us of something that isn’t really true, telling ourselves things that sound rational and accurate, but really only serve to keep us feeling bad about ourselves.

The theory of cognitive distortions was first proposed by psychiatrists Aaron Beck and David Burns, who hypothesized that

identifying and changing these distortions and negative thoughts improves mood and ultimately behavior. The process of learning to refute these distortions is called "cognitive restructuring." By learning to identify this kind of “stinkin’ thinkin’,” a person can then “talk back” to the negative thoughts, and disprove them. By challenging the negative self-talk over and over again, the negativity slowly diminishes over time and is automatically replaced by more rational, balanced thinking.

• All-or-nothing/either-or thinking: You see things in black and white categories.

If your performance falls short of perfect, you see yourself as a total failure.

“… the negativity slowly diminishes over time and is automatically replaced by more rational, balanced thinking.”

Here are some common cognitive distortions from David Burns’ book The • Overgeneralization: You see a single Feeling Good Handbook. Take a look and negative event as a never-ending pattern see if any of them are getting in your way: of defeat.

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• Disqualifying the positive: You reject positive experiences by insisting they "don't count" for some reason or other. You maintain a negative belief, even when it’s not supported by your everyday experiences.

• Jumping to conclusions: You make a negative interpretation even though there are no definite facts that really support your conclusion.

• Mind reading: You arbitrarily conclude that someone is reacting negatively to you and

don't bother to check it out further.

• The Fortune Teller Error: You anticipate that things will turn out badly and feel convinced that your prediction is an alreadyestablished fact.

“… the way you think affects how you feel and how you act.”

inappropriately shrink things until they appear tiny (your own good qualities or another person’s flaws).

• Emotional reasoning: You assume that your negative emotions necessarily reflect the way things really are: "I feel it, therefore it must be true."

• Should statements: You try to motivate yourself with shoulds and shouldn'ts, as if you had to be criticized or punished before you could be expected to do anything.

"Musts" and "oughts" are also offenders. The • Magnification (catastrophizing) or emotional consequence is guilt. When you minimization: You exaggerate the direct should statements toward others, you importance of things (such as your mistake feel anger, frustration, and resentment. or someone else's achievement), or you

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• Labeling and mislabeling: This is an extreme form of overgeneralization. Instead of describing your error, you attach a negative label to yourself: "I'm a loser." When someone else's behavior rubs you the wrong way, you attach a negative label to him, "He's a jerk." Mislabeling involves describing an event or a person with language that is highly colored and emotionally loaded.

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• Identify the emotions that you felt in the • Identify the evidence that does not support situation (sad, angry, disappointed, rejected) the Hot Thoughts (My friend and I have • Write down the Automatic Thoughts that worked through problems in the past, I am you experienced when you felt the emotion usually successful at achieving my goals).

(“I am unlovable; I’ll never lose weight, I can’t do anything right) and see if the Automatic Thought fits one of the Cognitive Distortions (personalization, magnification, • Personalization: You see yourself as the etc.) cause of some negative external event for which, in fact, you were not primarily “… your performance falls responsible.

• Now, identify fair, balanced thoughts about the situation (We both said some things we regret; It’s only one test out of the entire semester) • Finally, observe your mood now and think about what you are going to do (calm, focused…call my friend to talk, study harder next time, go to an aerobics class).

Most people tend toward one or two of short of perfect, you see With practice, you will become more the cognitive distortions listed above. When aware of your self-talk, the errors you make, yourself as a total failure.” you find yourself making a thinking error and how the way you think affects how you that makes you feel bad, try the following feel and how you act. cognitive restructuring technique: • Identify the evidence that supports these Amy Cavanaugh, Ph.D., is a clinical psychologist with • Write down the situation that triggered the Hot Thoughts (My friend is angry with me, Center for Psychiatric Studies and the infant mental health negative thoughts (argument with a friend, I haven’t been consistent with my exercise consultant for the Healthy Start Program of the Family Tree.

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ALL WOMEN ARE AT RISK FOR BREAST CANCER The two most important risk factors?

Being female. Getting older.

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On March 19 women and men (10,000 strong) will gather in Lafayette to fight the disease that killed an estimated 40,000 women last year. Why the men and women of Acadiana Race for the Cure and why you should too.

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Kathy Graffeo My mother, Kathy, was diagnosed with Stage 4 Inflammatory Breast Cancer in June of 2003. A mastectomy had to be performed in Sept. of 2003. At the time, my family and I were living in Monroe, La. while my mom lived down in Franklin. I made weekly trips to be with her during this difficult time. I learned to clean and dress her wound, as well as drain her tube when necessary. My father was a complete nervous wreck.

He tried to help but stuggled to do so. Being the oldest of 3 children, I felt it was my responsiblity to help out as much as possible. Kathy made a miraculous recovery soon thereafter.

In 2004, while still living in Monroe, I discovered the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure. I invited my mom to come visit for the week and we all decided to participate in our first walk together. The group of women that my mom met on that day changed her life. They were/are the bravest, most cheerful group of women she or I have ever met! The bond that they share even to this day is incredible. From that day forward, we decided to always support Race for The Cure. Every year we meet on that morning, give thanks to God for the blessing of still being together, and proudly walk as a family (because it affected us ALL). In 2005, I moved back closer to home so that my kids could enjoy time with their grandmother. Even though she is now considered cancer free, it was the BEST decision I have ever made. We never take a day for granted anymore. Life is precious! Susan G. Komen and her survivors have helped us see that.

We walk for all women (and some men) in support of what they and their families have endured. The Susan G. Komen organization is truly a life saver. – Daniel Graffeo

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I race because of my amazing mother Madelene Boudreaux!! – Blanche Boudreaux

Brenda Bazar It has been a little over a year since my mom's surgery.

I think back to when she was first diagnosed and the pain she went through. She never once showed a sign of pain or fear. The morning of her surgery our whole family was at the hospital and she was making jokes and laughing with everyone.

Anyone who knows my mom would agree that she is the most loving woman you will ever meet. She puts everyone before herself and never expects anything in return. I can't or Brenda Bazar, and seem to find Breast cancer surviv Joy Bazar her daughter Robyn words strong enough to describe her. Mom, I love you and hope to be half the woman you are!

Breast cancer survivor Madelene, who organized Paint the Town Pink in October to raise money and awareness for the cause, and her daughter Blanche

JoAnn Jones and Yvonne Hightower I race in order for breast cancer survivors like my mom (Yvonne Hightower) and aunt (Joann Jones) and everyone else with any type of cancer can say they survived...yeah!

– Dr. Jennifer H. Jackson

including her aunt and Jennifer with her family breast cancer mother, who both beat

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I Race

Vicky Dohmann

My mother is the most amazing, beautiful woman I've ever known and I'm sure will know. She is strong not only in her faith but also in her everyday life. She is an amazing mother, grandmother, sister, aunt and most of all – friend. She has always been there for all of us girls and I know will always be no matter what. My mother has inspired so many people with just her convictions and wild stories. She can put a smile on your face and melt your heart in the same breath. The fact that at her age she is walking 60 miles in three days again ... amazing! So, all there is left to say is "Go Cajun Girls." – Savana Dohmann

We are very proud of the way our mother has overcome every obstacle that life has thrown at her with such a positive attitude and fighting spirit; she never gives up. Her favorite saying (that I believe she borrowed, but not sure) "Everyday that I wake up and have two feet on the ground, and am not two feet underground is a good day!" This attitude that she carries with her has gotten her through many rough times.

Besides her battles with cancer, my mother has survived and conquered so many obstacles in her life that I believe most people would crumble at. Seeing her day-to-day will and vigor for life keeps me in line for how I know I want to live my own. My mother is my role model for how I strive to be every day.

I know that her faith and conviction will get her through her next 60 mile walk, just like it got her through her last. She told me she wanted to do these walks for herself and for all the ones who weren’t as blessed as she was to survive it, so with that being said ... I know that just on my mother’s will, she will complete her next walk for all of her "Cajun Girls" breast cancer patients and survivors: past, present and future.

My mother is a beautiful person with an amazing soul and giving heart. I know how she inspires me daily, so I can only imagine the inspiration she must give to all other women who have walked and will battle through cancer. She's the perfect person for what she's doing! – Josie Dohmann

Breast cancer survivor Vicky Dohmann, pictured with her five daughters, beat breast cancer and not only walks in the local Race for the Cure, but also made a 60-mile trek as part of Komen’s 3-Day for the Cure event in San Francisco

Almost everyone that I meet that knows my mother almost always describe her in the same way "full of life", "strongest person I know", "very giving and always thinking of other's needs", "always there to lend a helping hand", "never sits still!", "an inspiration", "great story teller". I am very proud and fortunate to have her as my mother. Her strength and perseverance have helped me to reach goals in my life.

When she gets her mind to doing something, i.e. walking 60 miles in 3 days, she does it. She continues to amaze me every day with her new goal, or next thing to check off of her bucket list. Life is what you make of it and I don't know many people besides her making the absolute most of every day and minute she is awake. i.e. she only sleeps three to five hours a night, so that's a lot of living she is doing! – Dixie Paul

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2 6 120 Lafayette Ladies Days

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Why two local women walked 60 miles each in the name of fighting Breast Cancer To say Nicole Jones and Vicky Dohmann are passionate about Susan G. Komen would be a gross understatement. These two Acadiana women spent months training and three days each walking 60 miles as part of Komenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 3-Day for the Cure. One in Phoenix and one in San Francisco. Many miles, many blisters and a few missing toenails later the two women feel stronger than ever and say the experience was phenomenal. Hear why they were willing to go the extra mile (or 57) for the fight and just maybe it will give you the inspiration to get out for Race for the Cure March 19. Hey, if they can walk 60 miles, three is cake.

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Nicole

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More than three years ago Nicole Jones met up with two college friends in Chicago for a mini-reunion where they watched a DVD about Komen’s 3-Day for the Cure. The consensus? “Let’s do this one day.”

That day came in November 2010, when Nicole and one of their friends headed to Phoenix for what would be an “incredible experience.”

The 3-Day for the Cure is a walk – not a run. Walkers hit the road for roughly 20 miles a day and spend the night in pink tents with a minimum fundraising requirement of $2,300 to participate in the event. For the faint of heart, this event is not.

“I’ve never done something physically so hard in my life,” Nicole says months

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Nicole LSU college buddies Nico le Jones of Lafayette and Denise Redella Waggener of Nashville, walked in 3-D ay for the Cure under the team name Pals Geaux Pink. Representing Louisian a with their LSU banner on their pink tent.

later. “But, you see the survivors and there’s no excuse. They’ve been through chemo.”

Nicole has long been passionate about the fight against breast cancer with heavy involvement in Komen Acadiana. However, after recently accepting a full time job at Miles Perret Cancer Services, Nicole (because of stipulations to ensure fair grant funding) has had to step back in some aspects. Clearly, she’s still all in for the cause.

The Phoenix walk alone raised more than $4.4 million dollars with 1,550 walkers total. Nicole began training in March before the November event and logged at least 400 miles in the process. It was a time commitment for the busy working mom. But, one she says was well worth it despite some of the less than cozy conditions.

The weather predictions made a dramatic shift between the time Nicole left Louisiana for Arizona and the actual race with temperatures dipping at night into the 30s.

Participants were allowed to bring a 35-pound bag.

“No room for a big blanket,” Nicole says with a laugh.

The walkers, however, were given

large Mylar sheets, which along with layers of clothing, proved helpful on the cold nights in the two-person pink tents.

Participants wrote the names of those they were walking for on flags, which were then strung up on a pole for display. It was a powerful thing, especially for Nicole’s friend who walked with her.

“She lost her cousin. Thirtythree years old.

Left a three year old boy behind eight years ago,” Nicole says. “It was personal for her.”

On Nicole’s list were the incredible women she’s met through Komen along with her daughter – Kate.

“The women of the future and local survivors. I needed to have them with me,” she says.

Each day the women would wake and hit the road – no headphones with music and no phones. Stations were littered across the route including those for potty breaks and snacks to lunch and the ever-popular cheering stations, which Nicole said provided great motivation.

Each day supporters would line the path. Some in crazy costume.

Some holding signs. And all showing their love for the effort of these 1,550

“She said ‘thank you. You don’t know what this means …’”

dedicated women. Nicole recalls in particular a 12-year-old girl.

“She said ‘thank you. You don’t know what this means and she’s crying. It’s very inspirational and emotional,” Nicole says.

Nicole says she’ll likely aim to hit the 3-Day Walk every other year.

“It was an incredible experience.”

Nicole’s shirt with the names of the women she walked 60 miles for, including future generations like her daughter Kate and those who didn’t survive the battle, like her college friend and walking teammate Denise’s cousin – Jennifer O’Neil who lost the battle in 2003 at the age of 33.

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Vicky

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When asking Vicky Dohnmann about her experience in Komen’s 3-Day for the Cure, her first reaction is a touching one – tears.

“Thinking about it makes me want to cry,” she says honestly. “It was truly amazing.”

The breast cancer survivor (who has also faced uterine and thyroid cancer) added the 60-mile walk to her bucket list last year and bravely headed to the walk alone to represent the women of Louisiana.

The sole Cajun girl in the 1,200-person crowd in San Francisco is all about goals.

Once she arrived at the event, she planned to make a point to meet every single participant. And she did.

“We shared stories. By the end of the three days they all knew I was from Louisiana and

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Vicky I was loud,” she says with a laugh. “Of course they thought I was nuts. Then they realized I was their cheerleader, I wanted to hear their stories.”

And hear their stories she did. Each day, Vicky chose to walk with a bevy of different people hoping to hear as many stories as she could and making connections with fellow survivors and women who are as passionate a b o u t fighting b r e a s t cancer as she.

Gate Bridge and thick fog,” she recalls warmly. “I was standing there hurting.

And I was jumping around dancing. I’d have never experienced something like that if it wasn’t for this. The blessings are unbelievable. It’s making me realize my little attitude, my little get up and go and wants and desires are making a difference.”

“They are going to have a lasting imprint on my thoughts, my heart, my daily prayers.”

“The people I spoke to and took steps with – amazing people. They are going to have a lasting imprint on my thoughts, my heart, my daily prayers. Their reason for walking was just as important as mine.”

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The group of 1,200 walkers raised a whopping $2.2 million to fight breast cancer and while it was physically challenging, Vicky is thankful she participated. Some days were more difficult than others thanks to the foreboding San Francisco landscape of steep hills. Vicky lost four toenails total and had to have her kneecap taped in place. Her feet were covered in huge blisters. The last mile of Day Two was particularly challenging, taking an hour to make it up a steep hill. Her reward, though, was priceless.

A particularly poignant m o m e n t was when organizers chose a photo of Vicky trekking with other ladies for a poster

to promote the event.

“I’m the little old country pumpkin and made it front and center. Every time I think about it, I cry. I know that I’ll never forget it,” she says.

Vicky has been breast cancer free for eight years and walked under the name of Cajun Girls – Past, Present and Future for the event. She points to her daughters as the inspiration for her passion toward the cause and is excited about walking with all five of them in the local Komen Race for the Cure in March.

“That’s why we have to keep fighting,” she said of her daughters and their children. “They are my inspiration to end the fight. I want the battle over – the cure. It’s for them.”

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Prom: Part II

LEF revs up for the signature fundraiser

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orsages. Stretch limos. Dancing all night. This is prom.

The sequel. Whether your prom was an unforgettable evening of dancing and dining or an awkward disaster, only one event in town gives you a chance at a do over with the wisdom of adulthood. ReProm.

Lafayette Education Foundation’s signature throw down is slated for March 26 with the get-everyone-on-the-dance-floor band The Tip Tops again playing the tunes.

This marks year number four for the oneof-a-kind fundraiser with a groovy theme – All You Need is Love.

“It’s not your normal sit down fundraiser,” says Becky Credeur, LEF’s executive director.

She says The Tip Tops, who are a show band out of Mobile, Alabama, are one of the most energizing bands around. Period.

“We guarantee you, the band will get you dancing,” she says.

The event has limited seating and tickets go for $100 each, which includes food and drink. One of the most unique aspects of the event is that it allows partygoers the chance to relive their own prom –

hair, the choice is yours. (And fear not, there’s always the option to simply wear a cocktail or formal dress.) The dress of prom goers is all over the place from platforms to flapper dresses.

“You can wear anything from any decade you want. Anything goes,” Becky, who is donning a 70s prom look, says.

In addition to dancing, the evening includes a traditional prom court presentation with 18 community members vying for top honors as king and queen of prom.

“We guarantee you, the Votes come in the form of dollars, which band will get you dancing.” go to fund the programs of LEF. Nine men and nine women are currently fighting for the top spot after being chosen by LEF. whatever era that might be. From leg o’ “We like to have a group representative mutton sleeves to beehives to crimped of outstanding leaders, people that are

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great representatives of our community and we can be proud of them to reprep Tops The Ti sent LEF and our mission,” Becky says. ay, Saturd 011 26, 2 March They are people, she 8:00 pm ks River Oa N ee d i s says, who care about u the cause of LEF. Voting began in February and continues online through March 25 with final voting the night of the event.

Votes can be mailed in or made via the LEF website. Each vote allows LEF to promote education in Lafayette Parish from in-school programs to the Teacher Awards.

“It’s very important to be able to continue Teacher Awards and supporting public education through grant programs,” Becky says.

LEF, established in 1989 has awarded more than $1 million in grants to public schools and $284,000 in the last 14 years for educators both public and private in Lafayette Parish through Teacher Awards.

ReProm is central in making that funding available. If you’re a newbie to LEF, their mission is simple – supporting and improving education. They work to develop relationships between the private sector and the Lafayette public school system, provide private sector support to launch creative education initiatives, implement strategies to stimulate optimism and inspiration among educators, parents and students and they encourage and facilitate lifelong learning initiatives.

One of the most well known ways in which they harness that inspiration is at the annual Teacher Awards. And this is not your average awards ceremony. It is a full-blown red carpet, sophisticated event that recognizes dozens of local educators who too often go unnoticed. The most recent awards process garnered 1,500 letters of recommendation recognizing local teachers.

“It’s just incredible,” Becky says. “They are really treated like the special person that they are and it’s their one special night.”

From the limos and red carpet, to the monetary award, teachers, some of whom were sure their work went unnoticed are honored in a real way.

“One teacher in Lafayette Parish has worked in 11 states and after the awards she said never as an educator had she felt such appreciation as she did the night of the teacher awards,” Becky says.

The husband of one teacher told organizers, “You don’t know how close my wife was to giving up and she loves her profession.

This is the extra encouragement to keep going. She loves her students.”

In addition to inspiring teachers, LEF also funds classroom and school programs like Challenge Day at Comeaux High aimed at dealing with bullying and social issues and leadership initiatives at Plantation Elementary among many other grants of all shapes and sizes. But, it will take more funding to roll out these successful programs parish-wide. To be a part of that funding check out the prom court on the inside front cover of this issue or go to lefoundation.org and click on the ReProm logo to vote for king and queen.

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with specific employers. Employers want candidates with specialized qualifications and accomplishments. And the glut of resumes from unqualified and marginally qualified candidates is a major factor in the growing ineffectiveness of Internet job hunting.

Some job-seekers think the best way to find a new job is to apply for as many jobs with as many employers as possible. The faulty thinking behind this strategy is that the more jobs you apply for, the more likely at least one of these efforts will result in a job interview. Beyond the flawed logic here, the other problem with this strategy is giving yourself a false sense that you are actively seeking a new job.

Instead, use your time more wisely conProblem: You're only spending a small ducting research on jobs and employers portion of your time on job-hunting acIf you're unemployed, treat job-hunting and target a select group with a detailed tivities. as though it is a job. Invest time in your job-search strategy rather than wasting Solution: Put as much time as you can search just as you would a typical work- your time and energy on a scattershot apinto the job search. If you're in school, a week. proach. full time mom or employed while seeking a better job, your time may be somewhat Problem: You are conducting a “scatter- Problem: You rely on advertised job openings for job leads. limited. Try to contact people in your net- shot” approach to your job-search. work every day with the goal of setting up Solution: The best job-search efforts are Solution: Go directly to each compainterviews with your contacts or people ones that are focused on specific jobs » o doubt about it, people from Lafayette are industrious – if there is a problem, we find a solution. Think about the Cajun Injector or the pending patents for oilfield equipment from Lafayette alone. If there’s a better way to get things done, we’re all ears. So, if your job search has become a problem – we have a few solutions to make sure your problem is solved.

Check out some of the problems we hear about most frequently from jobseekers who have been struggling to find a new job along with the solutions that produce the best results in the shortest period of time.

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If you have other time commitments (such as a current job), carve out time, such as very early in the morning or during the evening, to work on job-hunting tasks (such as polishing your resume) that don't need to be done during business hours. Try to schedule interviews for lunch hours, early mornings, or late afternoons so you take little or no time away from your job.

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“Less than 10 percent of job seekers find their jobs by just responding to job boards.”

ny's website and search its career or human-resources section. Some employers have an amazing amount of information published on their sites, including job openings, job application procedures, career paths/tracks, corporate culture and much more.

While job ads (in newspapers or online job boards) are useful research tools, you as the job-seeker should not count on these job openings as your sole – or even a major – job-search method.

Very few job-seekers ever get a job through this method; however, job ads do serve a useful purpose in researching the qualifications employers seek. You can then develop a tailored resume and cover letter full of keywords, even using some of the employer's own buzzwords.

• A formatted, "print" resume in document form that you can send as an attachment to an e-mail message to the employer.

• A text-based (ASCII text) e-resume stripped of most formatting and pasted directly into the same e-mail message sent to the employer (can also be pasted into application/ resume submission forms on online job boards).

And, if you you're a career-changer, or have minimal experience, highly diverse experience, or gaps in your work history, you may want to consider multiple organizational formats for arranging your information on your resume. Such variations include the traditional chronological resume, the functional resume, and the hybrid or chrono-functional resume.

Problem: You view networking as "using" people.

Solution: Change your mindset about what networking entails.

Networking doesn't mean asking everyone you run into if they know where the job openings are. It means establishing relationships so that you can enlist support and comfortably ask for ideas, advice and referrals to those with hiring power. Networking is the process through which you get connected and build relationships with people who can help advance your career.

If you're squeamish about networking because it feels like using people, you've got the wrong idea about networking. And you're not alone in this feeling. Many individuals are uncomfortable with the notion of networking because of the idea that networking means using people. Successful networking doesn't mean milking your contacts for all they're worth; it means a give and take. Networking is at its most effective when both the networker and the contact reciprocally benefit from the relationship. Even if your contact does not benefit immediately from knowing you, he or she should gain

Problem: Your resume is not a marketing document loaded with keywords and accomplishments.

Solution: Craft a resume that focuses on the highlights of what will sell you to an employer – information that tells the employer what you can contribute to the organization and prompts employers to interview you. This information simply put, includes keywords and accomplishments.

Job-hunting today increasingly revolves around the mysterious world of keywords. Employers' increasing dependence on keywords to find the job candidates they want to interview has come about in recent years because of technology. Inundated by resumes from job-seekers, employers have increasingly relied on digitizing jobseeker resumes, placing those resumes in keyword-searchable databases, and using software to search those databases for specific keywords that relate to job vacancies.

Accomplishments are the points that really help sell you to an employer -- much more so than everyday job duties. In fact, there's a direct relationship between keywords and accomplishments in that keywords can be tied to accomplishments rather than job duties, so a good way to make the leap from keyword to a succilent, related bullet point is to take each keyword you've identified as critical to the job and list an accomplishment that tells how you've used the skill represented by that keyword.

“Networking doesn't mean asking everyone you run into if they know where the job openings are …” something from the relationship eventually.

Problem: You only have one "one-size-fits-all" version of your resume.

Solution: Simply adjust your Objective statement or tweak your Qualifications Summary to target each job. You will also want to emphasize different skills and accomplishments for each job you apply to.

Hiring Managers polled stated they preferred a resume customized for the open position. And in an age when we can all easily edit our own computer files, there's little excuse not to tailor your resume – at least somewhat – to each job you apply for.

For some job-seekers, the idea of tweaking your resume for each job you apply for is unrealistic. But, even if you are unwilling to change your resume to increase its chances of prompting an interview, you will likely need more than one version of your resume to accommodate the preferred delivery methods of multiple employers.

More than 80 percent of employers are now placing resumes directly into searchable databases and an equal percentage of employers prefer to receive resumes by e-mail. To meet the delivery requirements of most employers, it's an absolute must these days to have:

Problem: You've posted your resume on a few job boards and are waiting for employers to contact you.

Solution: Mix your job-search techniques so you do not rely on any one method, whether it is posting resumes on the Internet, answering ads, networking, making targeted contacts, or cold-calling. Less than 10 percent of job seekers find their jobs by just responding to job boards. The largest percentage of job-seekers succeed in landing jobs through networking. Therefore, job-hunting time should be invested in proportion to the methods that are likely to be most fruitful. You will likely find it more effective, for example, to spend four hours networking with colleagues at the meeting of a profes-

“… there's little excuse not to tailor your resume …” sional organization in your field than to use those same four hours posting your resume on Internet job boards.

Finally, virtually every job-search method requires follow-up. We are finding that submitting frequent – even daily – updates of your resume to the major job boards will keep your resume near the top of the virtual stack. If you've taken a step beyond merely posting your resume on job boards and are submitting your resume and cover letter in response to Internet job postings, follow-up, though

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YOURJOB difficult, is also advisable.

Problem: You don't follow up with each employer after sending your resume and cover letter.

Solution: State in the cover letter that you will follow-up with the employer at a specified time, usually a week to ten days. Then keep your promise and follow-up!

Some job-seekers see this type of follow-up as too aggressive; it is not. Following up with a prospective employer to check on the status of your application conveys interest and enthusiasm on your part – as long as the follow-up is conducted professionally.

“Job-hunting today increasingly revolves around the mysterious world of keywords.”

Other job-seekers find it too hard to actually obtain a phone number or email address of the hiring manager. This situation is a reality in today's job market, but here's where having a network of contacts can pay off, because if you have a network contact who works at the employer, he or she should be able to get the information you need to follow-up. You can also try the tried but true technique of calling each prospective employer's receptionist and asking to speak with the hiring manager.

Problem: You don't prepare for job interviews by anticipating questions and researching the company.

Solution: Anticipate the type of interview and interview questions by researching the company thoroughly. There are several types of interview styles, from traditional interviews to behavioral inter-

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views to panel interviews. Each type of interviewing format presents its own challenges and opportunities. Whenever possible, it is best to uncover the type of interview you can expect – and then plan for it by preparing answers to those questions. And if you haven't had an interview in awhile, it might be best to conduct a mock interview with a career professional or trusted associate.

One of the worst ways job-seekers can sabotage their job searches is by not preparing enough for the job interview. When you get invited to an interview it means that on paper you meet or exceed the employer's expectations, but it's at the interview where you can close the deal and beat out the other job-seekers who are also interviewing for the position.

Problem: You don't follow up regularly with employers you've interviewed with to keep your name at the top of the list.

Solution: No question about it -- once you've had an interview with an employer, you must not only thank the employer for the time spent interviewing you, but continue to follow up, treading that fine line between showing your persistence and enthusiasm for the job and making a complete pest of yourself. Be sure to ascertain a timeframe for the employer's hiring decision before even leaving the interview. Tailoring your follow-up schedule to that timeframe, plan on regular phone or e-mail contacts to keep your name in front of the employer.

Danielle Dayries is the owner and operator of the Career-Consulting, Resume Writing and Outplacement Firm, Danielle M. Dayries & Associates. Contact her at careeradvisor@cox. net, (337) 504-5576 or www.linkedin.com/in/dmdandassociates Danielle Dayries can develop a comprehensive job search action plan with an emphasis on maximizing each client’s individual networking opportunities including drafting networking correspondence, identifying targeted networking organizations and preparing follow-up timelines with measureable objectives. Danielle has more than 20 years of experience and creates targeted resumes using keyword and accomplishments that have resulted in a significant increase in responses from potential employers.

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Caitlin Gossen How this mother of three got in the absolute best shape of her life … after three pregnancies

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uring Caitlin Gossen’s most recent pregnancy, her philosophy was a simple one, she says with a laugh.

“There were no boundaries on eating. I enjoyed and ate what I wanted and prayed I’d get my body back. But, everyone said after their third it’s hard to lose that weight. I was petrified and yet in denial. I did not work out a lick during my pregnancy,” she says.

And so, how did this mother of three find herself so svelte? Read on to learn the kind of work she put into this latest endeavor.

During each of Caitlin’s pregnancy she gained an increasing amount of weight.

With number one is was 30 pounds, with number two it was 35 and with the most recent, number three, it was 45 pounds.

And yet, Caitlin weighs six pounds less today at age 30 than she did before children.

In addition to the doom and gloom reports of the hardship of losing weight after baby number three, were those who informed her that things would go downhill thanks to her reaching the 30-year mark. And so it was with great determination that a purposeful Caitlin tackled the gym again.

“I started in March of last year. He was 7 months old when I started,” Caitlin says of her youngest child.

Last March was the first time she had picked up a weight since before her wedding eight years earlier.

She joined City Club and was introduced to personal trainer H.J. Adams and began working out two days a week.

“I realized I was going to have to push further and started four days a week,” she says.

As Caitlin’s workouts increased she

“I was not going to sacrifice them for “They may be an hour away from that,” she says. their child. But, they’ll get two However, Caitlin soon realized that the or three hours of extra energy workouts provided her with the energy throughout the day.” she had so desperately been chasing.

–trainer H.J. Adams “And I finally got it,” she says. “And you soon realized that all her work would be in vain if she didn’t make a change in her eating habits.

“I lived in the drive-thru,” she says. “You work so hard in the gym and then I would drive from working out to Meche’s and get a donut and thought, I’d worked out for an hour and I deserve it.”

It was time for a change. Caitlin cut much of the bread in her diet.

“I was such a bread eater and I do still eat bread. But, I would sit at a restaurant and indulge in bread. Now, I’ve learned to stop myself. That was a huge thing,” she says.

She’s a big fan now of salads with fruit as well as grilled shrimp and chicken, which is something easily found at most restaurants.

“I stay away from fried foods,” she says.

“Now that I’ve started eating like this – you can’t go back.”

“There were no boundaries on eating. I enjoyed and ate what I wanted and prayed I’d get my body back.”

–Caitlin Gossen But, Caitlin isn’t an extreme dieter by any means. She’s simply changed her lifestyle. Part of that lifestyle change was dedicating an hour to the gym four days a week, which was something she struggled with in light of spending time with her children.

need that with a baby. I had a baby boy bouncing off the walls and went from crawling to running and I needed the energy and the working out gave me all the energy I have.”

That tradeoff in time for energy is a major selling point as Caitlin’s trainer, H.J., explains the value of busy moms making time for exercise.

“They may be an hour away from their child. But, they’ll get two or three hours of extra energy throughout the day,” H.J. says. “It changes your lifestyle. Makes you a better person.”

And for those who don’t have time for an hour away from home at the gym, H.J. says there’s always time for something simple at home.

“Run outside from light pole to light pole. Walk, do push ups and sit ups, lunges,” he says. “There’s always time.

You don’t have to spend an hour and a half or two hours in the gym. You can tailor workouts to be more efficient and very effective.”

H.J. himself has a newfound empathy for busy moms after the arrival of his daughter just nine weeks ago. He suggests doing the exercises during your favorite TV show or during commercials. And for those hitting the gym, aim for high intensity workouts.

When it comes to nutrition, H.J. isn’t one for extremes.

“Everything’s good in moderation,” he says.

Some of his simple tips are limiting when you eat by not eating after 7 or 7:30

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each night and drinking a large glass of water at night. He suggests brushing your teeth earlier as a deterrent to late night snacking.

And when fixing your plate switch to a smaller version or a paper plate, which will sag under the weight of too much food to ensure smaller portions.

And, he actually says itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s okay to have a cheat night as well. For more information from H.J. and his methods email him at hja87@netscape. net or call 504-231-7758.

Have a great before and after? Send your information to Amanda@facelafayette.com and your svelte figure just may be our next Before & After.

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RELENTLESS For those diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes there are no breaks, there are no vacations, there is no cure â&#x20AC;Ś yet. What you can do now to help the millions facing a lifetime with diabetes.

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Type 1 Diabetes is not difficult to understand. What is difficult, is managing the disease. It’s a constant balancing act with frightening consequences when the scales dip too high or too low. And it’s a balancing act that parents and children like the ones in the following pages deal with every single day.

The good news is that huge advancements have been made in the last 40 years to manage it. But, people still die from complications and children frequently go far too long without being diagnosed.

“It’s often misdiagnosed as a

This month the Juvenile Diabetes “Once you’re diagnosed Research Foundation prepares for you have it for life. There’s their annual walk to raise awareness and monies for research to find a no vacation from it …” cure for the disease that nationally between two and three million virus,” Danielle says noting that not people live with.

“We put money where research long ago a little boy in Louisiana is showing the most promise,” says passed away because of that very Danielle Claudet, the Development misdiagnosis.

Manager of JDRF’s Louisiana Chapter.

Type 1 Diabetes is usually diagnosed between infancy and at the latest the 30s, although some older people can be diagnosed as well. Type 1 cannot be controlled by diet alone. There is no cure. The body produces little or no insulin, which means people with Type 1 must inject insulin several times a day or continuously infuse insulin via a pump.

“Once you’re diagnosed you have it for life. There’s no vacation from it. It’s 24/7 for the rest of your life,” Danielle says.

challenging as those with Type 1 must check their blood sugar levels up to 16 times a day, receive shots throughout the day and count all carbs consumed. It is a disease that requires constant and consistent management often at the hands of vigilant parents. Read their stories in the following pages of Life with Type 1.

The Walk to Cure Diabetes is in River Ranch’s town square March 12 with free registration beginning at 8 a.m. and the walk starting at 9 a.m. followed by a family friendly event including catering, face painting and fun jumps. For more information about the event email Louisiana@ jdrf.org or call 866-932-9511.

Diabetes in children is particularly

SYMPTOMS The symptoms of Type 1 may occur suddenly, and include one or more of the following: • Extreme thirst • Frequent urination • Drowsiness, lethargy • Sugar in urine • Sudden vision changes • Increased appetite • Sudden weight loss • Fruity, sweet, or wine-like odor on breath • Heavy, labored breathing • Stupor, unconsciousness If you think you or your child has diabetes, call a doctor immediately.

Drink fluids without sugar, if able to swallow, to prevent dehydration.

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EAN YOUNG

Identical twins Ean and Ellis Young. Ean was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes at 14 months old.

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To say dinnertime is a challenge in the Young house would be a serious understatement.

Feeding any 2-year-old is a challenge. Now imagine trying to count every single carb they consume.

Such is life for Crystall Young whose son Ean was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes at the tender age of 14 months. The identical twin (whose brother has a 50 percent chance of developing the disease) has his finger pricked 10 to 15 times a day, requires insulin shots throughout the day and an insulin pump, which has to be changed every few days.

Needless to say, Crystall doesn’t do a lot of sleeping.

The mother of five says they were lucky their pediatrician noticed Ean’s symptoms.

She never dreamed he would be diabetic. He had leaking diapers and had lost weight. She thought maybe he had a bladder infection.

She wasn’t sure what was going on, but sensed something was amiss.

“It wasn’t anything I could pinpoint. The doctor ran some random blood work and we went home. He called and said we needed to go to the hospital right away,” Crystall remembers.

His blood sugar was more than 600 and the young boy spent three days in the hospital.

“I said ‘he’s a baby?’” Crystall says when she was told he had Type 1 Diabetes.

She counts and weighs everything he eats.

It’s a constant balancing act that presents a greater challenge because of his age and inability to “My goal is to educate so express how he feels. The pump gives him a small people do know and it can amount of insulin every hour and they give him save a life.” insulin every time he eats.

While dealing with it has become simply a way of life, the early days were difficult – particularly for a woman who hates shots herself.

“The first time I gave him a shot I almost passed out,” she says. “I was scared of shots my whole life.”

Ean doesn’t cry now when he’s pricked and when he goes to the endocrinologist every three months the nurses are amazed at his behavior when it's time for blood work.

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“He looks at the needles and doesn’t move.

They can’t believe it,” she says.

And while some things have become easier, the worrying does not ebb.

“Every day – constantly thinking. You can’t just stop and feed them. There’s no just stopping. Everything is calculated all the time. You just adapt, there’s no other choice.”

And the older children are a help, Crystall says noting that her ten-year-old can check his levels if necessary while they are in the car. Because while most two-year-olds cry at some point for no reason, they can’t take chances with Ean. Living with a child with diabetes wasn’t something Crystall could have imagined because she, like most parents, wasn’t aware of the signs of the disease before her experience with Ean, which is one of the reasons she’s passionate about spreading the word – to ensure children get diagnosed before it’s too late.

“It’s kind of been my goal to educate people,” she says noting that when most people hear diabetes they think of Type 2, which their grandparents have.

“Because I didn’t know it could have ended really bad and most parents like me don’t know about the symptoms,” she says. “My goal is to educate so people do know and it can save a life.”

And while there is no cure for diabetes, there are developments that continue to make the symptoms more manageable and to stop the severe highs and lows before it becomes life threatening. In fact, the Youngs are slated to get a service dog that alerts when Ean is above or below a certain level.

It’s an extraordinary thing when Crystall explains the dog’s ability to sense the change in levels. (Months ago the family had a dog that alerted great, but couldn’t handle loud noise – a problem for a busy family with five kids.)

“The dog will be good piece of mind,” she says.

And so now they wait for the dog to complete training before he comes to live them. With the dog there is the possibility Crystall will wake less in the middle night.

But, the worrying? Not until there’s a cure.

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Eight-year-old Audrey checking her blood sugar.

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Two weeks before her 20-month-old meter was the sole indicator for what was was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes, Alyssa happening with her body. It was shortly Fontenot’s husband decided to be an before Halloween when Audrey came home endocrinologist. and Alyssa remembers hiding out that night.

“It still gives me the goose bumps,” she “When we got home, we turned out the says. “It’s been a blessing.” lights and didn’t answer the door – didn’t When Audrey Fontenot, now eight years want to face it,” she remembers. old, was less than two years old Alyssa took her to the doctor because she was waking up in the night asking for water, soaking through diapers, irritable and waking more in the night and had a diaper rash that wouldn’t go away. She would randomly throw up.

Alyssa thought diabetes could be a possibility, but the doctor said she wasn’t losing weight and was so young for such a diagnosis. They tested her urine anyway and her blood sugar was more than 600. They went straight to the hospital.

“I was pregnant and emotional already – scared. I didn’t know really Jack, Meredith and Audrey. Audrey, the oldest, was diagnosed what it meant for us as a family. I with Type 1 Diabetes at 20 months old. knew she was sick and I knew she’d Today, things have become much easier. have to have insulin,” Alyssa says. “I didn’t Audrey is old enough to check her own blood know how intense the management would sugar. But, it is a complicated disease that be. I was very nervous.” makes planning difficult.

Her husband was in his residency at the “You can have the same exact day. Eat time and the experience was surreal as their the same food and do the same things and young daughter spent three days in the same insulin and have a completely different hospital. Those three days in the hospital reading,” Alyssa explains. “It’s just so many were a crash course in factors. It gets foggy. Such a guessing game.” survival.

“She doesn’t have that “We couldn’t learn And it’s one that Audrey handles well.

“She’s more mature than she would have in three days carefree time … that other everything been otherwise and more serious at times. but enough to keep your child alive,” Alyssa She doesn’t have that carefree time all the children might have.” time that other children might have.” says.

Audrey knows she has to stop riding bikes She says so much is thrown at parents in that short period of or swimming to check her blood sugar and time before they’re sent home to fend for at a young age was looking at numbers and reading labels. themselves.

“She had to grow up,” Alyssa says. “There’s “The every day life as you know it is no not a vacation.” longer.”

And because of Audrey’s young age, her

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Brothers Chris and Patrick Bellard were both diagnosed with Type 1 at 14 years old.

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Diabetes is a family disease. This is sports and have supportive friends, which is something Nancy Bellard knows. And while a godsend. her sons have shown great maturity in not “It’s something you have to deal with and only accepting, but also taking responsibility life goes on and it won’t stop them from for their health, Type 1 Diabetes impacts the doing anything,” Nancy says. “In order for entire family. them to be successful there’s no other option Both of her sons – 17-year-old Chris and for us. It’s just what you do.”

14-year-old Patrick – were diagnosed at the Their approach has taught friends and age of 14. In fact it has been less than a year family much about the disease and has, in that Patrick has lived with the diagnosis. turn, made life easier.

There were some signs, in retrospect, that “Instead of curling up, staying home and Chris could be diabetic. Headaches, drinking not having a social life, they go out,” Nancy a lot, blinking. And when Chris was diagnosed says noting they even go out to eat. she says it was “not a difficult adjustment.”

It was also valuable, Nancy says, that they It’s an unusual comment from the parent of a witnessed her father live with diabetes for child diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes. years. Although, he was 50 years old when he “He handled it with more grace and was diagnosed. more maturity than “It was helpful to we ever expected,” know it’s something Nancy says. “The nurses “… it’s life changing and you can live with,” she were impressed and it can be life changing in a says of watching him. astonished at the level “The diagnosis is heart of maturity. He was positive way, which is the wrenching. None of us hospitalized for four approach they took. ” wants our kids to have days.” to deal with something In the course of those … it’s life changing and it early days in the hospital, Chris already began can be life changing in a positive way, which giving himself shots and was soon ready to is the approach they took.” order an insulin pump.

And so since their diagnoses, the family has “He’s been a champ,” she says. been pushing to get the word out about the And while Chris handled it beautifully, it JDRF walk and diabetes. was a blow when a 14-year-old Patrick was “There are so many children out there who diagnosed three years later. are diabetic and parents don’t know because “But, there was no other way for Patrick to they don’t recognize the symptoms,” she handle it. It was the same as his older brother says. and that was with a whole lot of dignity and In fact, Nancy recalls the story of a family grace.” whose child had various symptoms that While the family had always been healthy, never produced a diagnosis at her regular diabetes still made changes in the way they doctor. Then when on a family trip she ended eat and live. up in an emergency room where the doctor “It’s a family disease and you have to treat recognized it as diabetes. it as such. So very proud of our boys and the “She would’ve died within four hours had way they handled it,” she says. they not gone,” she says.

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Nina playing softball. The 14-year-old hasn’t let diabetes deter her from her naturally athletic ways. She is the captain of her basketball team and loves softball.

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Living with diabetes in Nina Towry’s home following days were a blur as they began the means living your life, not letting diabetes journey. The closest endocrinologist at the live your life for you. And while that’s true, it time was in Baton Rouge, which presented hasn’t been an easy year for the busy captain a challenge. After some time things leveled of the girls’ basketball team and softball off and Nina learned to live with diabetes and player. the Towrys learned to be thankful in certain Five years ago, at age nine, Nina was ways. diagnosed with Type 1 “Thank God it’s Diabetes. The natural not cancer. It’s not athlete had been “We got a call that evening something we don‘t have sluggish and suffering tools or technology and he (doctor) very calmly the stomachaches.

Her to deal with,” Mary says pediatrician checked her said, ‘I’m at the hospital. Nina’s dad said at one out and found nothing. point. “It can still do a Soon her symptoms I’m waiting on you. Pack a lot of damage.” increased and Mary, her bag …’”

And can be dangerous. mother, took notice.

Not to mention, simply a “She was stuck at my hip and was dragging pain for a busy 14-year-old girl. and that wasn’t like her,” Mary recalls.

“She’s so sick of it,” Mary says honestly.

Nina didn’t want to Right now one of the greatest challenges swim at a party, ate cake is basketball. that day and was then sick “It’s so fast and so intense and she doesn’t all weekend. The next day want to stop and check her blood sugar,” she couldn’t even make Mary says. it to the park near their And while Nina is tired of the disease, house. she’s living with the attitude that she can “We thought it was do all things through Christ. Her mantra is a stomach virus,” Mary Philippians 4:13 and she continues to find says. ways for God to use her through the disease.

Within a matter of a “There’s a reason for all this,” Nina tells her month the young girl had mom. lost 15 pounds and while Recently, she has been a help to a neighbor the doctor said it could be nothing, they did some who was diagnosed with Type 1.

“She said ‘this is why God let this happen blood work following that particularly sluggish to me – I can help him, he’s my neighbor and I go to school with him,’” Mary says. weekend.

Nina Towry and her family pose for a Christmas card. Nina was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes at age nine.

“I had thought of it (diabetes) but I didn’t voice it,” she says. “We got a call that evening and he (doctor) very calmly said, ‘I’m at the hospital. I’m waiting on you. Pack a bag. Her blood sugar is 694.”

The average is between 80 and 120. The

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It was Wednesday, December 1st when Misty Carrier heard the news. Her husband, Chubby Carrier, had been nominated for his first ever Grammy for Zydeco Junkie.

“We looked like a bunch of lunatics in this house when we found out,” she says with a laugh. “We were jumping up and down and screaming and then a few minutes later crying.”

And thus began the wild Grammy ride.

So, how did a Missouri native like Misty find herself in that living room in the first place? It all began with Misty’s grandmother’s neighbor – Miss Hazel. After the woman retired she found herself in Louisiana during her travels and fell in love with Chubby’s music.

“She was hooked and was a groupie for two years,” Misty laughs.

And so when the group was slated to appear in a town near them all, Misty volunteered to take her grandma and Miss Hazel.

“She knew the whole band and introduced me and a few months later here I am in Louisiana and now we’ve been married for eight years,” Misty says.

On that fateful December day, Misty and Chubby watched the nomination show for the Grammys knowing afterward the list would be uploaded on the website. By ten the show was over and the waiting began. Misty allowed their seven-year-old daughter to stay

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up for the excitement. But, by 10:30 p.m., after incessantly refreshing the webpage, no results were up and Misty headed to put their daughter to bed.

“I went to tuck her in and Chubby said ‘you better get in here … it’s up.’ It took an eternity to scroll down to the category. I went temporarily stupid. I forgot how to read, couldn’t process the words fast enough. And then I got my senses together … O, my! It’s there!

Hooping and hollering and jumping up and down,” she laughs.

Misty and Chubby at the Only in Louisiana Brunch in L.A. the weekend of the Grammys. Mist outfit from Juju’s in Lafayette y is wearing .

It was an emotional roller coaster as the couple wished they could share the joy with their family who had passed away, Chubby’s father in particular. The couple was walking on clouds for a week, until the loss of Chubby’s mother just one week after the nominations.

“It was a lot of emotion,” she says.

And while there was much to be joyful for, some of Misty’s earliest thoughts went where most women’s do.

“What am I going to wear?”

She began scouring fashion magazines looking for options and perused stores.

And then she stopped.

with presenter Kathy Griffin.

“We’d be crazy if we were number 98. That would have been some major suspense,” she says.

The category before Cajun/Zydeco was Native American and as they announced that category Misty says they were praying, anxiously waiting their turn.

“Whatever Your will is Lord. Help us not pass out or whatever,” she laughs. “And the announcement came up and she reads off the nominations and I’m looking at the band members asking, ‘Are your hands sweating?’

And they nod yes.

Me too!”

“I realized that, I don’t need to worry about this too much.

I’m not going to be on the cover of Style Watch. Let me just calm down.”

“I realized that I don’t need to worry about this too much. I’m not going to be on the cover of Style Watch. Let me just calm down. I just want to look nice,” she says.

As Misty consulted fashion magazines pointing toward purple as a hot color for winter, Misty recalled a beautiful purple formal in her own closet.

“I shopped a lot and tried on a lot of stuff and after several long hours, I decided I’m going to wear what I’ve already got,” she says.

While Misty went with the dress in her closet for the actual Grammy ceremony, she did make a few shopping stops in town for outfits to wear at a brunch focusing on Louisiana’s entertainment industry as well as the Special Merit Awards the night before the Grammys.

At the Special Merit Awards, Misty thoroughly enjoyed watching Julie Andrews accept the Lifetime Achievement Award.

“She was beautiful. Absolutely beautiful.”

On Sunday, they walked the red carpet before heading to the convention center for the 98 categories that aren’t presented at the telecast in the Staples Center. The Cajun/Zydeco category was number 23 in the ceremony

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Kathy Griffin made a few funnies before they announced the winner and Misty says time stood still for a moment.

“I don’t think she got the first syllable out and he jumped up. She said Zy– and they were jumping out of the seat and running up there. Chubby’s a big man and he said, ‘I think I scared Kathy Griffin.’ He was coming up those stairs!”

As Chubby and the Bayou Swamp Band accepted the award, the tears flowed.

“I’m bawling and I can’t stop and I’m thinking, ‘I spent an hour putting on my eye makeup and I’m washing it off,’” she laughs.

The group was then ushered off for press before they all hit the live telecast where they enjoyed phenomenal live performances and endless celeb sightings. And while Misty says it was great to watch some of her favorites perform in a once-in-a-lifetime experience, nothing beat seeing Zydeco Junkie take top honors.

“I told my husband, ‘I don’t think you’ll be able to top this Valentine’s weekend – I don’t know what you’re going to do the in future.’”

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Julie Castille is kind of a super woman. She isn’t leaping tall buildings in a single bound and she isn’t faster than a locomotive.

But, when you see her slim arms almost effortlessly lift her 70-pound son.

When you see a kind of light in her eyes, despite how long some days must be. And when you sense a joy and determination within to make life fun for her family … you start to wonder if she just might be a kind of super hero in a way only a mom can be.

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It’s a sunny, unusually warm February day at Girard Park as children and parents gather in a line on the sidewalk lining the duck pond, toting beads and many donning costumes. There is a fireman, a princess, a DJ, some traditional revelers and, as with any parade, there is a king. (Or in this case a handful of kings.) In lieu of floats these children walk, some are in wheel chairs and others are being pulled in wagons. They gleefully and gingerly toss beads and the occasional stuffed animal to the waiting crowd who respond with ‘thank you's’ sprinkled with claps and cheers.

It is, without a doubt, a parade like any other. Those tossing the beads are enjoying themselves far more than in any other Mardi Gras parade and those receiving know this, which is what makes this afternoon so special. Because for once, it’s not really about Mardi Gras or about beads or about the party. It’s about giving dozens of children a chance to participate in something so utterly Acadiana and so, until last year, completely out of their reach.

After all, “how do you put a wheelchair on a float?” the parade’s founder asks.

For the second year, the Krewe of Angels gathered in Girard Park where children of all ages with disabilities covering the spectrum were able to participate in a parade. While there are countless great programs that allow local children with disabilities to participate in new ways more than ever, Mardi Gras, it seemed, was the exception. And so, what started as a simple question from one woman’s son has blossomed into a krewe unlike any Acadiana has ever seen.

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“We were watching a parade on TV last year and Michael asked if he could play the drums in a parade. I said ‘yes,'” Julie Castille says with a laugh more than a year later.

In a world filled with many ‘no’s’ for the parent’s of children with disabilities, Julie did more than just say ‘yes,’ she made it happen. She sprung into action and the outpouring quickly grew from a simple idea to a fullblown krewe with their first-ever ball this year.

“I thought, ‘I can’t shut down the streets in Lafayette,’” Julie recalls her first efforts to form a plan to make her son’s wish a reality.

She went to Girard Park and found that it was the perfect fit. Within two weeks, 32 kids were slated to participate in the parade.

And what Julie soon realized was that the parade benefited more than the children who participated in it.

“Kids were awesome. And then the people that were there … The awareness it gave them and the community and the joy in their faces ... O, my. They had so much fun,” Julie says.

And it’s true; the parade route around the duck pond at the park is lined with supporters who are reveling in the joy beaming from the participants.

“The awareness of people who didn’t realize they (children) could do that and just being able for them to see the abilities in these children,” she says is a great thing to bring understanding.

As Julie shares the story of Krewe of Angels she gives herself zero credit. She points firstly and frequently to 12-year-old Michael, who has cerebral palsy.

“He is the inspiration. Not any part of it is because of me. It’s because of him,” she says.

And she then points to the extraordinary outpouring of supporters who donate their time, money and experience for the cause. Taking credit for things, clearly, is not Julie’s strong suite. The mother of three (she has two daughters – Danielle, 16 and Elizabeth, 13) is honest, positive, joyful, real and humble. And although Julie has a kind and positive attitude, she is real about the challenges parents like her face. Challenges she could have never conceived 12 years ago.

“There is an understood bond between parents of children like Michael.”

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By the age of nine months, Michael Castille, the youngest of Julie and Blain Castille would be diagnosed with cerebral palsy. And while it’s customary to wait until a year, it was clear there was no point in delaying the diagnosis.

Michael was born more than five weeks early weighing in at 4 pounds and 14 ounces. Upon his birth, doctors had to use the paddles on Michael’s heart three times because it was beating so quickly.

“There was a lack of oxygen during all of this,” she recalls and as he developed Julie sensed something was wrong.

“At two or three months he wouldn’t bend his legs and he wasn’t smiling at a few weeks old. By three months there was no eye contact. That was my light bulb moment,” she says.

“By three months there was no eye contact. That was my light bulb moment.”

And so by the time he was nine months old, the Castilles heard the definitive news from a guilt-riddled doctor. Their son had cerebral palsy. It was the same doctor who had to stop Michael’s heart.

“It was because of that treatment,” Julie says. “I looked at the doctor and knew it was for fixing the heart that this happened. His guilt … I said ‘we had a choice and he could’ve been six feet under or we can have him here. We thank you. You saved his life.’ You could see the burden lifted because we forgave him and we’re done.”

In the coming years, Julie began working with and pushing for her son to be the very most he could.

When a machine was suggested to help him communicate, she declined.

“I was insistent. No machine. I said ‘he will talk one day.’ And one day, he did,” she says.

At the age of three he went to school three days a week and by the end of the year was able to say ten words. It was a feat. And in the coming years, Julie’s prayer for her son was a simple one.

“I was asking Him to give me a sign that Michael knows we are here and knows we care and love him,” she says.

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“I said ‘he will talk one day.’ And one day, he did.”

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And when he did, Julie says she was done. It was all she needed in a certain way. Being done, however, didn’t mean she would stop pushing.

“We kept pushing through therapy. That’s why he’s where he is today,” she says although she says she has eased up in certain ways.

Today, Michael is able to speak and does so with an impressive vocabulary. He’s in the fifth grade at Evangeline Elementary. He loves going to Mass and watching Ellen as well as the nightly news. Physically, there are limits. Michael is unable to do much in terms of selfcare. He must be fed, bathed, dressed. But, mentally, Michael is incredible. He’s funny. Engaging. Inspiring.

“He’s a ham,” Julie laughs.

The Castille girls, along with grandparents and other family members lend a hand at times. Julie says the two older sisters are wonderful to Michael. He even shares a room with one.

There are nights when Julie and Blaine lay in bed at the end of a long day and can hear the kids cutting up.

It is in these moments that the challenges of day-to-day life fade into the background. It is then that she and Blaine say, “God chose us.”

“He trusts us with three of his angels. He blessed us,” she says.

And Michael, it’s clear, is blessing others. Church, in particular, is a place where Michael garners attention. He loves Mass. In fact, the day we head to the Castille home, he is attentively watching Mass on television. He knows the prayers and songs and simply loves spending quiet time with Jesus.

“He is the inspiration.

Not any part of it is because of me. It’s because of him.”

People often approach after the services to say what a blessing he has been to watch. It’s an experience that Michael loves – meeting new people.

Meeting new people is also one more positive of the Krewe of Angels. It’s a group of people who, while they may have different paths, are all in the same boat, Julie says.

“You understand each other. There is an understood bond between parents of children like Michael,” she says.

And as a parent, she admires those whose children have grown into adults. Looks to them as inspiration. And Julie hopes she can give some words of hope to those who are just beginning the wild ride.

For she knows this journey is one that is not taken lightly.

“Every day God gives me graces I need for that day. Some days I say ‘Lord, I need a little more,’” she says with a half laugh. “And He gives it.”

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Michael Castille sporting his kingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s outfit during the 2011 Krewe of Angels Parade. Julie says several of the boys wanted to be king. They all got their wish.

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THE BREAKFAST CLUB Spring fashion is dark and moody as it is light and airy to suit tastes from the demure princess to the haughty rebel, the buttoned-up brain to the tenacious athlete and the ever off-kilter basket case. Whatever your choice, infuse it with a dash of 80s, using the best of John Hughes for inspiration.

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Polished doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t mean boring. Try a demure navy dress with a thin brown belt. From Partners' LTD, 102 Arnould Blvd.

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The versatile maxi skirt is the length of the season. Pair with a right-now short top and loads of jewelry. All from Vertigo, 201 Settlers Trace Blvd., River Ranch.

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A slouchy leopard print top and jeggings from Little Town, 1116 A-1 Coolidge Blvd., Oil Center.

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Super ruched leggings pair with a crocheted top and tough-girl combat boots. All from Bevo's of Lafayette, 715 Bertrand Drive.

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The prettiest of pink dresses and towering shimmering silver heels from Belle Amie, 201 Settlers Trace Blvd., River Ranch.

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IN MOTION The must-have romper returns this spring. Terry clothe romper and earrings from Coco Eros, 340 Kaliste Saloom Road. Shoes, her own.

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REBEL YELL Tough girl fashion is still in full swing. Layer on the crochet and pair with a simple fitted skirt. From HerringStone’s 2 Sisters’ Boutique, 111 Settlers Trace Blvd., River Ranch.

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SMART DRESSING Soft, subtle shades and sweeping lines are as fresh as they are grown up. From Knotting Hill, 201 Settlers Trace Blvd., River Ranch.

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PRETTY IN PEACH Soft shades reminiscent of roses and softer layers of fabric are the epitome of spring. Pair with snake skin heels. From Brother's on the Boulevard, 101 Arnould Blvd.

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BOLD MOVES This season look for unique pieces like these pants paired with a mustard shoe and of the moment feather hair extension. All from Vanessa V. Boutique, 5520-E Johnston Street.

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showyourface REPROM SOCIAL

Feb. 10 – Home of Allyson and Tiger Pharr

The members of the 2011 ReProm Court gathered for the first time at the home of Allyson and Tiger Pharr for a social in preparation for the big soiree in March. The social took inspiration from the Lafayette Education Foundation’s signature adult prom’s theme – All You Need is Love – with vibrant décor and deliciously groovy eats. Court members were greeted at the door with brightly colored corsages and boutonnieres before chatting about strategy for taking top honors in the fundraising endeavor.

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showyourface COTEAU SOIRÉES Jan. 20 – Sacred Heart campus and Abacus Station

Alumnae and friends of the Academy of the Sacred Heart gathered in January for two casual and fun Coteau Soirées held at Sacred Heart’s campus in Grand Coteau and at Abacus Station in Lafayette. Classmates of all ages reunited and enjoyed drinks and hors d’oeuvres while sharing stories from their days at the Academy.

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showyourface BONAPARTE PARTY Feb. 13 – Corner Bar

The Krewe of Bonaparte had a soiree fit for a king (and queen) February 13 at Corner Bar in Lafayette. The 2011 Bonaparte Royalty Party was held in honor of JD Morein and Lynette Darnall.

MALLORY PAGE SHOW Jan. 28 – Rue du Pont Galerie

Lafayette native Mallory Page Chastant, now based in New Orleans with an incredible studio/gallery space on Julia Street, returned for her first gallery show in the area in almost a year. She showed off a new, incredible body of work at Lue Svendson's Rue du Pont Galerie in Breaux Bridge with delicious eats from Lue’s own kitchen.

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showyourface RIO BALL Jan. 6 – Cajundome Convention Center

The 6th Annual Krewe of Carnivale en Rio Ball had a rockin’ time with their "Rio Rocks Vegas" themed–event featured an amazing court of Vegas icons and a crowd of nearly 1,000 to rock the night away. King Dom Pedro VI, Larry Swindle, and Queen Isabel VI, Pamela Lamb, reigned over the celebration.

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