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FOLDING GOOD LUCK INTO HAPPINESS Artist turns hobby into meaningful gift for hospital
BY C.J. FUTCH
cfutch@theadvocate.com Ashley Hodges is an artist and started folding paper cranes as a lark, really. Something appeals to her about that particular origami shape, and she loves the calming, almost meditative effect of the practice, she said. So much so that she decided to fold hundreds of them, in a rainbow of colors, which eventually became the base material for a dramatic paper crane chandelier in her dining room. “I’d heard that folding 1,000 paper cranes brings good luck,â€? Hodges said. Luck aside, she knows the birds make people happy. “I started folding them and leaving them for people. It’s hard not to smile when you get one of these,â€? she said. “And it makes me feel just as good to give them.â€? When she heard about Woman’s Hospital’s Bust Breast Cancer Fashion Show fundraiser, where artists decorate bras for a runway show to raise money for Woman’s, she decided to create a paper crane bra. The piece now hangs on the wall at äSee CRANE, page 6G
Advocate photo by C.J. FUTCH
Artist Ashley Hodges folds paper cranes under a chandelier she created using the origami technique. An art piece Hodges created for Woman’s Hospital’s Bust Breast Cancer Fashion Show using the paper cranes inspired the team working on a new billboard campaign for the hospital’s 3-D mammography services.
Winter is a good time to bird watch White ibis can be seen on bodies of water in and around Baton Rouge in winter.
BY C. J. FUTCH
ed matters far from shore for the group of seven, Seely and Lanka patiently Winter is a great time of scooped out interesting vayear for bird-watching in rieties of water fowl, using Louisiana, particularly near their powers of description bodies of water, said Lind- to explain the minutiae of say Seely, who led a recent a bird’s distinguishing feabird walk around the Capi- tures, in addition to its extol building for Southside’s act location. “OK, if you look where the Wild Birds Unlimited. “I wish this fog would branches spread out like lift,â€? she said to Kimberly lace, then follow the trunk Lanka, a fellow birder who up to the first branch on the routinely brings an extra left after that, you’ll see a pair of binoculars to Seely’s juvenile black-crowned scheduled bird walks, just night heron,â€? Lanka said. in case anyone needs them. Though the fog complicatäSee WATCHING, page 5G
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Advocate file photo by ADAM LAU
Future siblings get crash course BY C. J. FUTCH
“OK, we’re going to need more baby sisters,� Bull said to her co-workers, Amie Williams Woman’s Hospital educator and Dana Sunseri, who took Heather Bull sat at the top of several of the dolls wrapped a circle of 15 excited students in blue off of the table at the ages 4 to 8 on Dec. 6, holding a front of the room and talked to the children while they went baby doll in her lap. Bull was teaching “A Baby is to the doll supply closet. “We Coming,� a class for children want everyone who’s having a expecting siblings offered baby sister to get a sister doll,� every month at Woman’s, and Bull said. When everyone was settled “Tyke Hyke,� a similar class Photo by C.J. FUTCH for children younger than 4. in with the right gender, all Carmen Brignac, 8, left, prac- “How many of you are hav- eyes were on Bull as she extices feeding a new baby with ing a baby brother?� she asked. plained “the rules� of handling a doll in the ‘A Baby is Com- Just a couple of hands popped newborns at home. “It’s her first time to become up. ing’ class. cfutch@theadvocate.com
a big sister,â€? said Latrinka Cook of her daughter Auna, 7. Cook is due “one day this month, but I’m hoping for 1213-14. It’s easy to remember.â€? She was glad the course was available to Auna as a refresher, in kids’ terms, that was easy to digest. Auna paused to place her palms on her mom’s baby bump, giving it a quick kiss and hugging her mom. “The baby responds to her voice already,â€? Cook said. “She’ll be a good big sister.â€? Children learned how to äSee BABY, page 6G
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Get into the holiday spirit with jingle bell bracelets Children ages 8-11 are invited to create jingle bell bracelets at 2:30 p.m. Saturday at the Jones Creek Regional Library. After hearing the story “Not a Creature Was Stirring,� by Carter Goodrich, children will make a fun bracelet from colorful jingly bells. Registration is required. Call (225) 756-1160. FAMILY HOLIDAY STORYTIME: The Jones Creek Regional Library is hosting its “Not a Creature Was Stirring� annual Family Holiday Storytime at 7 p.m. Tuesday. Take time out from your busy holiday schedule for a storytime program for the whole family, featuring Christmas books, stories, songs and dance. After the storytime, each child will make a holiday muffin cup ornament for the tree. Refreshments will be served in the children’s room. Registration is required; call (225) 756-1160. WINTER WONDERS CAMP: Bluebonnet Swamp hosts two days of winter fun for children during the holiday season. Children will participate in nature-based activities such as arts and crafts, live animal encounters, hikes and games; a themed afternoon snack will be served. Each day will have different activities focusing on topics such as plant and animal ad-
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aptations for surviving winter, hibernation and migration. Campers will need to bring a bag lunch and drink each day. The program is from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Dec. 22-23 for ages 7-12. The fee is $44 for East Baton Rouge Parish residents and $52.80 for out-of-parish residents. Registration is required and limited to 32 children. Call (225) 757-8905 or visit brec.org/swamp. YAPPY HOUR: Looking for a fun activity for you and your dog? Raising Cane’s Dog Park at Forest Community Park, 13900 S. Harrell’s Ferry Road, hosts Yappy Hour on the third Friday of each month from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. The program is presented by Capital Area Animal Welfare Society. Contact Southeast Advocate Editor Darlene Denstorff by phone, (225) 336-6952 or (225) 603-1998; or email southeast@ theadvocate.com. Deadline: noon Monday.
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