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What’s Going On? Component Happenings from Around the State

Acadiana

The 2023 National Horseplayers Championship is a competition in which participants use data to predict horse racing outcomes. This competition attracts people from all career fields, including dentistry! Out of 779 participants, Dr. Francis Boustany placed second overall and came home with a $250,000 prize for his efforts!

On April 22nd, several of the Bayou District members attended the New Orleans Dental Conference and LDA House of Delegates. Returning delegates were Dr. Stephen Morgan (LDA past-president), Dr. Ryan Walker (LDA Board of Directors Representative), Dr. Lauri Daigle (BDDA President), and Dr. John Daigle (BDDA Delegate). The new members were Dr. Rachel Dufrene (BDDA Delegate) and Dr. Gabrielle Prejean (BDDA Delegate).

Dr. David Hildebrant was vacationing in Alaska and his brother-in-law created this spoof news headline. If you saw this on the news, would you believe it was real?

Dr. Mike Luminais, far right, along with Jai Le, coached the Central Lafourche Athletics to their tournament championship. This young team included his son Landon (#9), and was behind by 7 runs before storming back to win 9-7.

A free dental event for kids and adults, Heart for Dentistry, was held in Shreveport on April 15 at SUSLA. Coordinated by Dr. Jeremy Alexander, volunteers from the NWLDA, the Shreveport/Bossier community, and Southern University’s dental hygiene program came together to make it happen. Patients could choose one service, either a cleaning, filling, or extraction. All told, over 100 patients were seen.

Southwest

In addition to receiving the LDA Humanitarian Award, Dr. Kenneth Parks received the local Humanitarian Award from his Southwest Component.

Drs. Reuben and Quyen House are overjoyed to announce the arrival of their precious twin girls. The family is beaming with happiness as they embrace this new chapter filled with love and endless possibilities. Congratulations to the proud parents on their double bundle of joy!

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