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AUGUST 2017 • VOLUME 11 • ISSUE 8
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8 Editor’s Note Adventure is Out There 10 A Vuetiful My Shot
Life
52 We Support A Healthier Future Sponsored by Thibodaux Regional Medical Center 53 Fit Mind Exercise for Your Mind 54 Bon Appetit Sponsored by Terrebonne General Medical Center
Chad & Kaisa Young invite everyone to enjoy the beauty of astronomy. 12 Intervue Say what? 14 PoV Picks Expert Picks to Enhance Your Life 16 The Observer Observing the Airport Crowd 36 Oh Snap A Bayouland Delight 38 Under the Scope Astronomical August
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Features:
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Local Vue
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Adventure of a Lifetime
Sounds Great: Kevin Koike
Mountains, Gorillas and Bronchitis...Oh My!
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Stargazers Observe the galaxy with Chad and Kaisa Young
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Editor’s Note Publisher
Adventure is Out There
Brian Rushing
Editorial
Jonah Giroir EDITOR
Creative
Hailey Boudreaux CREATVE DIRECTOR Paul Guidry GRAPHIC DESIGNER Danielle Harrelson GRAPHIC DESIGNER Brittney Naquin INTERN DESIGNER
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ne of my favorite animated movies is Disney-Pixar’s “Up”. The movie kicks off with a young Carl Fredricksen meeting his future wife, Ellie. Ellie, a charismatic and brave girl, shares her dream of visiting South America (“It’s like America, but South”) with Carl and the movie jumps into a sequence that follows the duo through marriage and several other life events before making women, children and grown men weep uncontrollably. The tear-jerking moments in the beginning of the film are not what make this one of my favorite animated movies. Rather, it’s the great adventure Carl embarks on with Russell, Dug (my spirit animal) and Kevin. After getting fed up with city life, Carl uses a plethora of balloons to inexplicably travel to South America and visit the beautiful Paradise Falls. Upon his arrival, with Russell in tow, Carl meets Dug and Kevin. The rest of the movie is filled with talking dogs, amazing scenery, and tons of laughter. Ellie, earlier in the movie, explains it best when she says, “Adventure is out there!” Just like Carl and his new friends, the people within these pages are seeking adventure in their own way. Kevin Koike, this month’s Local Vue, is helping people throughout the area experience adventures through their audio/visual systems. Kevin and Ryan Guilfou have a passion for technology and have found themselves enjoying the 8
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opportunity to deliver engaging experiences in their customers’ home theaters. Read more about them on pg. 19. Local astronomy couple Chadwick and Kaisa Young find their adventures in the stars. The couple met in graduate school in Texas before moving to PoV country to teach at Nicholls State University. Learn more about the couple and their efforts to bring astronomy to the community on pg. 22. Finally, we’ll introduce you to Anna Catherine Ortego and Curtis Fabre. Earlier this summer, Anna Catherine, along with the Gregston family, found herself on a great adventure that consisted of a medical mission, a gorilla encounter, and climbing Mount Kilimanjaro with bronchitis. Her story can be found on pg. 40. Curtis gets his kicks by carving wildfowl from our beautiful region. Throughout his time around the area, Curtis is inspired to create replicas of these majestic birds. Meet Curtis and his feathery friends on pg. 44. Life is a great adventure for all of us. There are many things to see and do in this world and the people featured in these pages are experiencing it in their own ways. The point is, adventure is out there. We just have to seek it out. POV JONAH GIROIR is the editor of
Point of Vue Magazine. Being in charge of putting together this magazine has been an adventure in its own right, but it sure has been fun.
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Vuetiful Life
My Shot “I’M JUST LIKE MY COUNTRY I’M YOUNG, SCRAPPY AND HUNGRY AND I’M NOT THROWING AWAY MY SHOT.” – LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA, HAMILTON: AN AMERICAN MUSICAL
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oV has changed a little bit since our last issue. Most notably, at least from my standpoint, is my transition from feature writer to editor. Luckily, Melissa prepared me for this new role, so the change has been rather smooth sailing, something I’m grateful for as the journey to get to this point was not so smooth. I spent the better part of 2016 looking for a job that would stick, but none of them seemed to work out. I figured out quickly that some jobs were not my calling, and I learned that I did not have the amount of experience that many companies were looking for. However, these shortcomings turned out to be blessings in disguise as I was able to find myself writing for PoV and Gumbo Entertainment Guide in the second half of last year. You see, writing was always a passion of mine, but I found myself
dabbling in different majors like marine biology and pharmacy as I tried to figure out what I wanted to do in life. Those times of searching put a strain on my mind, and I began to feel like life was passing me by. Looking back, it’s almost laughable how I let that hogwash bother me when I’m only 26, but such was the mind of Jonah. During that time, I discovered Hamilton: An American Musical. To those unfamiliar with this record-breaking musical, it comes from Lin-Manuel Miranda, recently associated with the Moana soundtrack. Aside from this column’s opening quote, another set of lyrics took root in my mind and helped change my mindset about my future. “I am the one thing in life I can control. I am inimitable, I am an original. I’m not falling behind or running late. I’m not standing still, I am lying in wait.” The
lyrics come from Aaron Burr’s character as he struggles to figure out his purpose. He then takes on the idea that there is a reason he’s still alive and that he simply must wait for it. In a much less serious manner, this was something I had to accept as well. With my education and the work I put into bettering myself, there had to be a job out there for me. I simply had to wait for it. With this newfound mindset, I took on a part-time job here at PoV. That leap of faith turned into a full-time job in December and the recent transition into editor. Now, I’m in a better place mentally than I was last year and there are some pretty great things to look forward to as we move into the second half of 2017. The powers that be have given me a chance to edit and put together this great magazine and I am not throwing away my shot. POV JONAH GIROIR is the editor for Point of Vue Magazine. You can find him jamming to Hamilton and other musicals as he writes stories at his desk.
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Who was your favorite teacher and why?
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“My favorite teacher is, without a doubt, Summer Skarke who was my 8th grade reading teacher. I’m a college senior now, and she still has a special place in my heart. She was the type of person that made you believe in yourself and made learning fun. She began Poetry Night my 8th grade year and because of that I still have some pretty sweet rapping skills to this day.”
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“My favorite teacher is my English teacher, Professor Nicholas Mainieri. He is not only engaging with each of his students, but he is also always calm and cool. One time a wasp was hovering around in our classroom and my classmates started freaking out. I wasn’t scared, but I was a little startled. Anyway, Professor Mainieri let the wasp land on a piece of paper in his hand and then escorted the wasp down the hallway until he could find a window that opened in the building, so he could set the wasp free. When he returned to the classroom, he told us how he is allergic to wasps. If it had stung him, he would have been hospitalized.”
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“My favorite teacher was my eighth grade reading teacher, Mrs. Summer Skarke. She knew how to teach in a way that made everything interesting and fun. The biggest reason she was my favorite teacher is because she truly cared about every single student, not only as a student, but as a person. She unconditionally loved every single one of us and showed us how important it is to treat others with love and kindness. She led by example and taught us what is most important in life.”
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be are dozens of what looks like golden bracelets dangling across her legs. What happens when she goes through the metal detectors and they say “take off your jewelry, ma’am”? Are those bangles removable or will she be patted down? I’m about to walk with her to see the end of this story. But I can’t walk away, because we are about to board. So, I’ll tell you who I see in Frankfurt, Germany. GERMANY I had to write this part later, because the German airport was the fastest race to the gate I’ve ever experienced in my life. We ran and ran and ran and ran. Circled around endless circles, only to end up at a gate with a German lady telling us she won’t wait for the rest of our party. We must board or be left. I tried my sweetest face, but the pleas weren’t working. Our plane was delayed two hours and made us late. But the rest of our team made it, running into the terminal, and we boarded, out of breath and exhausted. Hello and goodbye, Germany. But people watching got real on the eight-hour ride. I sat next to a British boy with blonde hair and blue eyes. He might have been all of sixteen. But during the eight hours, I witnessed more manners than I’ve witnessed in the past eight days. He was traveling with a school group, but I wanted so badly to find his mom and shout WELL DONE. He even used a fork and knife on his airplane meal that most people would eat with only a fork. And when he offered to help two ladies take down their overhead luggage, I nearly wept. Manners make my day.
AFRICA We’re here, late at night. I thought my first time on this continent would take my breath away. But it’s dark, and we are again herded into a crowded terminal. But people watching here just became fun again. Because there’s people shoved tightly into rows, and we seem to have to wait a long time. Flustered family of five appears to have arrived safely, but minus a piece of luggage. Mom of the group is in joggers and tennis shoes. When you’re being mom on long flights tennis shoes are always the recommended footwear. There’s three men in suits huddled together in a corner. Did you really fly to Africa in a suit? There’s no quick flight to Africa. I’m thinking they take their business attire seriously. So, what did I wear on the flight? After watching all these people and thinking all these thoughts, I’ve wondered what must they think about me? Let’s just say that when I pulled out my purple knitted socks to slip over my feet during the flight across the Atlantic from America to Germany, I’m pretty sure I saw Polish hipster guy on my right roll his eyes. What does purple knitted pompom socks even say about me? I’m not sure I even want to know. We’ll leave that for someone else to decide. POV
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stunning game room complete with PacMan, a beautiful entertainment center and many other lighting elements was featured in the Chateau Chic section of our October PoV. Little did Kevin Koike know that the work he did in Geri Lynn LeBlanc’s home would catch the eyes of a French editor as well. “I had an editor from Paris, France contact me about a book they were doing. It was all about retro game rooms and she ran across the photos
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on my website,” the owner of Koike AV says. “We corresponded through email about pictures and details and all that. Several months later, I got the book at my house, and now we’re published in a book. It’s a really nice book and a pretty proud moment for me.” Inspired by a natural interest in sound as a lifetime musician, Kevin started his audio/video business in 1993 under the name Audio Visions. “These systems have come a long way since I started in ‘93. The home technology for surround
sound came in the early 90s,” he recalls. “I would thumb through audio/ video magazines, and I saw that trend coming.” However, Kevin believes that the installation and keeping up with the trends in technology is best run as a two-man operation. That is why he enlisted the help of Ryan Guilfou. Having known each other from church and establishing a relationship, the two work seamlessly together and have developed a good rapport. povhouma.com
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Additionally, their love for technology and interest in making things fit together add to that chemistry. “I took things apart as a kid and put them back together. There was a publication back in the ‘90s called Audio Video Interiors and that publication was about harmonizing electronics with home décor,” Kevin explains. “Trying to integrate and blend electronics seamlessly into a house is what got my interest. The whole idea of being
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enveloped in sound while watching a movie in your home is what intrigued me.” Ryan adds, “When I was younger, technology was cool. I like getting a new gadget and figuring it out. My brothers and I would compare who knew the most about the latest tech and that still kind of goes on. I want to know more than my brothers now. From Gameboys to computers to taking an old stereo set apart and trying to hook up the speakers
to the television set, a lot of that was in my childhood. I never thought I would be doing that for living…it was just a thing to do.” With their relationship being as good as it is, Kevin and Ryan like to establish a strong bond with their customers as well. “The first thing we like to do is establish a relationship with the customer. One room is not the same as the other, so the first thing we do is walk into the house and check the rooms out. We get to know the customer and what they like and what their lifestyle is like. We can judge the systems from there, but the first step is to establish that relationship because I’d like that to be years and years long,” Kevin explains. “We get a feel for what the customer wants and we design the system from the ground up. Sometimes they don’t know what they want. All they know is they want it to work seamlessly. Whether they’re simply installing TVs and hiding all the wires or setting up a full-fledged home theater with cinemalike seating, Kevin and Ryan enjoy getting into the wires and gears of the experience. The duo’s work can be found in homes and businesses throughout the area, and it’s safe to say they’re having a good time doing it. Kevin sums it up best, “We get to do some pretty cool stuff.” POV
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he universe works in mysterious ways, and it just so happened to bring astronomy lovers Chadwick “Chad” and Kaisa Young together. While attending the same graduate school for astronomy at the University of Texas at Austin, the two had the same advisor, Dr. Neal Evans. Dr. Evans introduced Chad and Kaisa while they were studying how stars form, leading to a relationship forming and the duo getting married three years later. Chad recalls, “We would actually park in the same area, and Kaisa would leave flowers on my car.” Kaisa adds that Chad would do the same as the “small, cute gestures” molded the beginnings of their star-struck union. Chad set on his path to astronomy after he realizing he did not like studying architecture at the time. Thus, he decided to pursue Nuclear Physics. While pursuing his undergraduate degree at Mississippi State, he studied the radioactivity of dirt from the ground. “I decided to take a semester off and go to Los Alamos in New Mexico to work on an astronomy project, and I fell in love with it,” he says. “It used physics,” another one of his passions, “to look at the universe.” For Kaisa, she always loved science. She says, “Most people expect you to be a doctor if you love science, but I quickly realized I didn’t want to be one after a field trip to a medical school. The smells and needles were not my friend.” She was thinking of other sciences she could study while in high school, and began reading astronomy books. Through that, her interest in the planets, moons, and stars that make up the solar system and
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beyond grew. “I was instantly fascinated by how big the universe is and how much we still don’t know,” she remembers. Her ultimate goal was to attend graduate school for astronomy, which brought her to Texas. Chad adds, “Kaisa did really well in graduate school and only had two B’s while she was there. She’s really awesome.” While living in Texas and completing her doctorate curriculum, Kaisa was pregnant and gave birth to the couple’s first child, Micah, a few months after graduating. Chad finished his degree at that time as well, and the job search began. “I really wanted to be somewhere I could teach,” Chad
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explains. “That opportunity was presented to us with Nicholls. Not only do we do research, but we teach the students, too.” In addition to wanting to continue their research and teach, Chad and Kaisa found themselves wanting to stay in the south. “We wanted to be in a smaller town after living in Austin, because it was growing a lot,” Kaisa says. “We liked the idea of a smaller college town and starting our family here.” Over the years, their love not only for Thibodaux, but Nicholls as well, has grown. While teaching at Nicholls, Chad and Kaisa have both impacted students in a positive way, and the
couple takes pride in being able to guide these young people and prepare them for their futures. “Students have told me that my classes have prepared them for what they go on to do in the future,” Chad says. “The best part about the job is helping, mentoring, and guiding these students to where they want to be.” “We’ve had a couple students that we’ve inspired to become astronomers,” Kaisa adds. “Some have transferred schools to pursue the career or began pursuing their graduate work in astronomy.” The Young couple have made a difference at Nicholls by inspiring their students and mentoring them along the way, which can be seen in Chad being awarded the Presidential Teacher Award at Nicholls and the numerous requests from students for recommendation letters. To share her love for astronomy with the Nicholls student body, Kaisa started an astronomy class about six years ago. Having little experience in teaching, she learned from Chad’s methods and was able to jump right in confidently. With stars, planets, and galaxies being a major part of astronomy, all of the action cannot take place in the classroom. Students are invited by Chad and Kaisa to get involved throughout the year by observing the sun during the day and studying the planets and stars at night. The couple reaches out to everyone through the Nicholls
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Astronomy Facebook page for viewing nights with the telescopes. Kaisa explains, “Typically, night viewings are done on the Nicholls campus in the winter when it’s dark earlier, not as humid, and there aren’t as many bugs.” These viewing nights have featured the Orion Nebula and Orion’s Belt, color of the stars, and the rings of Saturn, and the duo agrees that it’s very riveting to see the universe in this way. Additionally, Kaisa and Chad visit schools in the area to share their love for astronomy. Having these viewings is one way that they try to bring astronomy into the community. Besides doing this, they also visit schools. Kaisa says, “We’ve been to
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a few local elementary schools, as well as high schools, to talk about astronomy and astronomy careers.” There, they try to spark the students’ interest about the universe and inform them on the solar system. Their love for astronomy has provided Kaisa and Chad with something to look forward to this month. August 21st will be a big day for the couple as they are extremely excited to witness the rare occurrence of a total solar eclipse. How rare is it? The last time a total solar eclipse occurred in the Lower 48 was 1979, spanning from Washington and Oregon to the upper west corner of North Dakota. The last one to cover the United
States from coast to coast took place in 1918, and we won’t see another until 2045. To celebrate this momentous occasion, they plan on having an on-campus viewing and are raising awareness about the event to help prevent people from looking directly at the sun without proper solar eclipse glasses or other ways to protect their eyes. The peak of the event will take place around 1:30 p.m. and should last until 3 p.m. These stargazers are eagerly anticipating this event and hope to see Nicholls and the Houma/Thibodaux community join them in witnessing such a rare and beautiful spectacle. POV
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Astronomical August O watching an animated holiday
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special. It was the story of Hank, a machinist from Hartford, Connecticut, who, following an accidental bump on the head, finds himself in 523 A.D., the time of King Arthur. Because his clothes and behaviors and words are so strange to the people of the Dark Ages, Hank is sentenced to burn at the stake. Funny how such strange things never got Merlin in trouble. Hank recalls that the exact sixthcentury date when he is to be put to death is also the date of a famous solar eclipse. He warns Arthur’s court that unless they release him he will use his “powers” to destroy the sun. When the eclipse happens, the people of Camelot are terrified. Hank is promptly released, and he eventually becomes the most powerful person in the kingdom. You’ll recognize that cartoon as an adaptation of Mark Twain’s A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court. Not only was the story engrossing enough to override my childhood attention issues, but it also created a childhood fascination with astronomy. I found myself much like Hank in a kingdom (a bayouside town) of scared and superstitious subjects, tormented by thoughts of omens and storms and bad luck to follow. A few years later, however, I found myself under the spell of a real solar eclipse. I skipped lunch to watch the creep of darkness at midday. Because I shouldn’t be looking up at the sun itself, of course, I spent the shadowy minutes watching cows in the pasture across the road, wondering if they would 38
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start mooing in fright or stampede and destroy our kingdom. To my surprise, the quiet cows carefully dropped down to their four knees, as if preparing for sleep. I figured then that if the cows weren’t tormented by an eclipse, then neither should we. Therefore, on the 21st of this month, I’ll be standing untormented outside my office, watching the darkening landscape during the Great American Eclipse of 2017. Just to be clear, this event is different than the one three years ago when I stood up in a cinema in the middle of the new Captain America movie to get to the lobby for more popcorn. The people behind my eclipse called it something else, using exclamatory phrases in Cajun French. According to NASA, around 1:15 p.m. on the 21st this month, PoV readers should see the sun blocked 75% by the shadow of the moon. If you want to see the 100% total eclipse, you’ll need to get up north to Nebraska, where all the cowherds around Omaha will be resting their legs. Of course, you shouldn’t watch the eclipsing sun directly, as damaging visible and ultraviolet light can permanently burn your retinas. You’ll need special, radiation-resistant eyeglasses. Don’t simply protect your “naked” eyes by wearing lingerie on your head, like the artist known as Prince made famous, even if it’s a dark color like purple. Better yet, don’t even look up—just watch the livestock. About ten days earlier this month, the annual Perseids meteor shower will occur. Perseid meteors come from a cloud of particles left behind by the
comet Swift-Tuttle as it passes Earth every 133 years. Every August, the Earth’s rotation takes it through the cloud, and we get to channel our inner Jiminy Cricket and wish upon stars. This year, it’s conveniently on a weekend (11th-12th), so you can afford to stay up late with me. The Perseids are famous as inspiration for the line, “I’ve seen it rain fire in the sky,” in the song “Rocky Mountain High” by John Denver. Of course, John Denver was high up in the Rockies long before the Colorado state legislature made it legal to be so. Nonetheless, the Perseids are normally strong and frequent enough to be seen anywhere in North America without chemical enhancements. Of course, down here in Gulf Coast Louisiana, where only the eroded silt of the Rocky Mountains can get a geomorphologist high, it depends on weather. Last year, the Perseids were occluded from PoV country by lingering summer rain clouds. Two years ago, however, I was up at 2 a.m. in my driveway in just 30 minutes and counted 14 shooting stars and only twice as many mosquito bites. Unlike the daytime solar eclipse on the 21st, it’s absolutely safe to watch the nighttime Perseids with the naked eye. Thus, it’s safe to wear lingerie on your head because we’ll all be focused on the night sky. POV
JOHN DOUCET is the dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Nicholls State University.
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As a freshman biology major at Nicholls, Anna Catherine learned of their mission work through summation of how the summer kicked off for Anna her sister-in-law’s father, a distant cousin of the Gregstons. After a little research and a chat on Catherine Ortego as she celebrated her college graduation in a less traditional way. FaceTime, everything fell into place for a two-week This adventure marked the third time Anna test run of what it would be like to participate in Catherine traveled to Uganda with the Gregston these medical mission trips. However, there was family. Over the years, Uganda has become a still some nervousness to overcome. second home for the family hailing from Oklahoma. “It wasn’t a big deal until my flight was delayed It all started when Dr. Jay embarked on his first by 45 minutes. I had time to really think about mission to the African country in January 2011 and what I was doing,” Anna Catherine recalls. “I was fell in love with the people. He returned five months going to Africa, a place I’d never been before, with people I didn’t know. I was freaking out.” Luckily, later with his wife, Jill, and three children, Jake, a brief pep talk from friends allowed her to enter Jared, and Jayne, and they agreed that they the experience with an open mind. “I loved them, left part of their hearts in Uganda when they it really worked, and I loved what we did,” she returned home.
explains. “I left after my two weeks, but went back the following summer and this summer.” Little did she know that her third trip would turn into the adventure of a lifetime. With the responsibilities and events that occur in life, the Gregstons were unsure of when would be the next time the entire family could make the trip together, so they planned a gorilla trek and set their sights on climbing Mount Kilimanjaro. When Anna Catherine’s mom asked her if she wanted to make the trip her graduation present, she hesitated at first. Money and time came
into question, but she eventually agreed. “That was a give-in. I knew I wanted to go back. I love that place, and I love doing the medical mission work. It’s something I want to do for the rest of my life,” she says. “I did not know what I was getting myself into. They told me we were going to climb Mount Kilimanjaro, and I didn’t do any research. You get up at midnight and hike all night. I don’t why it sound appealing to me, but it did.” The first four weeks in Uganda were the medical mission portion of the trip. Dr. Jay and his family have local contacts and set up clinics with doctors in the area, where Anna Catherine and the others work as floaters to help with pharmacy, triage, and logistics. On an average day, the group sees a minimum of 200 patients, and sometimes over 400 as they help the Ugandan people. Two days are spent at each site throughout the country, and the team offers services like eye care, spiritual care, and many other forms of medical attention. The touching stories are numerous as the Gregston family continues to make a difference in Uganda. Their hearts are attached to the place and it can be seen in their work to give care to those who need it most. “Getting to see their excitement when they can see after and they don’t have these problems from cataracts is an awesome experience,” Anna Catherine says. The next leg of the journey took them to the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest in Uganda for a gorilla trek that provided a crazy experience for a few members of the group. “There’s a little path about maybe 2 feet, and all of a sudden the guide macheted a path and we were literally in the jungle,” Anna Catherine explains. “They had two trackers that they sent ahead of us to try to figure out where the gorillas were because this isn’t an enclosure. This is literally the jungle with wild gorillas. The company we used knows the gorillas and have researchers there to make sure we aren’t putting ourselves in danger and we aren’t messing up the gorillas’ daily lives.” The first gorilla, Happy, announced his povhouma.com
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“So, there’s a wild gorilla, about 200 pounds, coming at me, and I was trying to not make eye contact, get as small as a six-foot person can get, and be so still. She grabs my leg and swings around me just like a tree and continues eating. I was just in the way of good food…it happens.” presence by snapping a tree, an act Anna Catherine says she will never forget. However, most of the time, the gorillas were more concerned about eating than they were about their visitors. “They were so focused on eating the good leaves and didn’t really care that we were there,” Anna Catherine remembers. “We were just watching Census,” a young female gorilla, “and she was fine. Then, all of a sudden she starts walking towards us. So, there’s a wild gorilla, about 200 pounds, coming at me, and I was trying to not make eye contact, get as small as a six-foot person can get, and be so still. She grabs my leg and swings around me just like a tree and continues eating. I was just in the way of good food…it happens.” Following the gorilla encounter, the group flew to nearby Tanzania for the main attraction, Mount Kilimanjaro. “When we flew into Tanzania from Uganda, we were at 17,000 feet. The top of the mountain is 19,341 feet,” the recent Nicholls grad recalls. “Whenever 42
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I saw the mountain from the plane, I thought ‘Oh my God. How am I going to climb this mountain?’ At that point, it really set in what I had signed up to do.” Led by tour guides from Climb Kili, the group began their ascent with a few hours of easy climbing through the rain forest. However, unbeknownst to Anna Catherine, trouble was looming. “The first three days, I had an upper respiratory infection. On the fourth day, it turned into lower. I summited Mount Kilimanjaro with bronchitis, so that was a fun addition to the trip,” she explains in jest. As she looks back on the experience, Anna Catherine can laugh about her bout with bronchitis as she climbed Africa’s tallest and most recognizable mountain. In the moment, however, she struggled mightily. Summit night proved to be the hardest night for everyone. They arrived at camp around noon, had lunch, and then an early dinner before resting to gear up for the final climb at midnight.
Anna Catherine paints the scene by saying, “We had head lamps, it was pitch black, and it was cold. I had three pairs of pants, four layers on top, my down jacket, and I just looked like the Michelin man. I had so many layers and I was just trying to hike.” The kicker here is that Anna Catherine’s bronchitis really started to flare up throughout the night. “Before the sun rises, between 4:30 to 5:30 a.m., that was my rough hour. It was cold, I was cranky because I hadn’t slept, and I couldn’t breathe, and I was really mad about that because mentally, I was okay, but physically, I wasn’t there,” she explains. Shortly thereafter, they reached Stella Point, only a few minutes from the top of the mountain. She says, “I was still sucking air and struggling, but at that point I thought ‘I am not giving up now. I climbed up this entire mountain, why wouldn’t I go twenty more minutes to get to the top?’ After a few glorious moments soaking
in the scene from the mountain’s peak, Anna Catherine and the Gregstons started their descent. With her bronchitis acting up, Anna Catherine anticipated the moment when the guides would suggest sending her down the mountain. Her innate stubbornness and a desire to end the climb on her own terms led to a mad dash to the finish. “Like a crazy person I started running. I made it to base camp and felt like I was going to die. I had no energy and couldn’t breathe,” she reminisces, “On top of that, I just ran for an hour because I made it up in my mind that I had to do that to stay on this mountain, which only made it worse. That’s when it really started to get bad for me. I was wheezing to where I sounded like I was about to die. At this point, I’m not ready to get off the mountain because I still want to finish it, but at the same time I am ready to get off the mountain. I just wanted to feel better.” At that point, Anna Catherine dug deep and channeled her motto for the climb, “suck it up.” With that mindset, and a bit of stubbornness, she finished the descent. “I tell you, when I saw that sign and I saw cars and people, I could have just cried,” she expresses. “It still seems surreal that I climbed it. I look at the pictures, and I remember all these things, but now that I’m back in Houma, in my own little bubble, it’s crazy to think that I set that goal and accomplished it even though I didn’t have the slightest clue about what I was getting myself into. I would do it again… without bronchitis.” POV
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A Living
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urtis “Curt” Fabre started carving duck decoys with his father as a teen in the 1940’s. Since that time, the Bourg resident’s love and appreciation for the outdoors has been his inspiration for carving the wildfowl that he was constantly surrounded by growing up. The art form of carving has attributed to many awards and has taken Curt, along with his family around the country for the past thirty-six years. He describes carving as relaxing and to him is, “the best therapy in the world.” During the Fall of 1979, Curt decided to take his skills a step further by creating competition birds. By 1981, he was confident enough in his craft to enter his first competition at the Ward World Championship in Ocean City, Maryland. His work earned him a second-place finish, a high honor he did not expect to receive, which motivated him even more to excel in the industry. Influenced by fellow Louisiana carvers, Jimmie Vizier and Tan Brunet, Curt was determined to equip other carvers with not only the tools needed to complete their projects but also share his knowledge with amateur and expert carvers alike. That’s when Curt’s Wildfowl Corner came into business. The supply store started with a one page flyer that soon became a hundred-page catalog featuring thousands of items for those in the carving community. Customers ranged from here in the United States to London. “Whatever you needed as a carver, we had it,” the accomplished carver explains. “That included tools such as diamond heads, various paints, paint brushes, and books of reference material.” There are now 3,000 catalogs that are distributed yearly by the company. povhouma.com
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Today, there are so many instructional videos, books, and power tools for the modern-day carver. Whereas back in the beginning of Curt’s carving days, there were chisels and pocketknives. For references, live specimen were used and attention to detail was and still is crucial to the competing process. So much so that points would be deducted and lessen the chance of winning a competition due to lack of research and detail, regardless of how minuscule. Though modern technology and the advancement of tools have come a long way, Curt still enjoys the simplicity of such things as a drawknife cutting through the light-weight, fine-grain wood known as tupelo. He says it is music to his ears. When it comes to accomplishments, Curt has a few anyone would be proud of including Lifetime Achievement awards from South Louisiana Wildfowl
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Carver, as well as New Orleans Carvers and Collectors Guild. He is also a life member of the Waterfowl Preservation and Decoy Club of Michigan. Most recently, Curt was the recipient of the 2017 Living Legend Award from the Ward Foundation, an accolade given to only three individuals a year. “The Ward Foundation was a big asset to carving all over the United States, not just Terrebonne Parish. It was set up by those who collected and appreciated decoys,” Curt says. Though known for his elaborate decoys such as mallards, pintails, and sea ducks, Mr. Fabre is also in the process of completing a very intricate, large-scale bald eagle. He plans on eventually getting around to fashioning a red tail hawk as well. But this carver does not play favorites as he has a love for every bird he carves.
Amidst a steady decline in carving amongst his peers from 2010 to 2012, Curt tries to remain optimistic about seeing future generations taking up this tradition but knows only time will tell. He says that the New Orleans Carvers and Collectors Guild is trying to encourage kids to keep the art of carving going. They are currently up to three hundred members who are doing their part by being actively involved and assisting the Boy and Girl Scouts of America. Though, the now “Living Legend” has had his share of ups and downs, he remains persistent in not only his craft but his life in general. He refuses to give up what he loves and to those who may have a hobby or profession they are passionate about, Curt offers his encouraging advice by saying, “Be it a job, a vocation, carving, if you want it, set your goals high and go for it.” POV
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The Vue from the Trenches
Things I Learned in School… and Choose to Ignore
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nd just like that, summer is over. All too short in my humble opinion! August was always dreaded by my school-age self. While I enjoyed learning, I didn’t really care for school. I had many great teachers over the years too. Even though what they were teaching was out of a book and probably just pertained to the lesson at hand, we tend to apply those lessons to every day life. There are a few lessons I know we all learned that could use an edit or even be ignored all together. Always color between the lines. What a beautiful lie. You don’t always have to color within the lines. Sometimes life’s most beautiful pictures are made by not staying within the lines. Don’t even get me started on the idea of color by number and having rules about coloring! Make a mess. Scribble all over. Use crayons, markers AND finger paints all at once. Create. Discover. Explore. Follow the leader. Sometimes it’s better
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to blaze your own path. Try being the leader for a change. Have two leaders. Hell, let’s allow everyone to go in their own direction and see what happens. I’m pretty sure amazing adventures will be had. Do your homework. This always implied that the school day wasn’t really over at the final bell. You had to go home and relive all that you did that day before you could go play. While I appreciate the concept, I don’t think it applies to my adult life. I think it’s often a great idea to leave work, at work. Come home and enjoy your family and the rest of the things the world has to offer. Explore a new hobby or extracurricular activity to better yourself. Find an outlet for creativity and even your boss will thank you. There’s always a right answer. Life’s just not that cut and dry. There’s never just one “right” answer. The beauty of living in America is that everyone’s voice can be heard. Your opinion matters just as
much as the individual standing next to you. Study only what’s going to be on the exam. This is of course assuming there is going to be one comprehensive exam. Life is more like a series of pop quizzes. You will constantly be tested, and I promise it’s never going to be on the subject matter you crammed for last night. Things come up and you must make decisions and move on. And that leads us to our final lesson: Failure is not okay. In school, failing a test had terrible consequences. In life, failing is all part of the gig. It’s often necessary to facilitate the success we desire. We have to overcome the obstacles and move on. Try again. And succeed. POV MARY DOWNER DITCH is the Interactive Media Planner for Rushing Media. The only lesson she wishes still held true in her adult life is taking a nap after lunch.
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egular exercise is important to health and happiness. The same can be said for regular reading. Scientists have shown us that the habit of reading at least 20 minutes a day can have an amazing positive effect on our lives. Scientists have found that children who can read well by the age of seven are more intelligent in later years. People with good literacy skills are more likely to have higher self-esteem, better health and can take advantage of the opportunities that life offers them. Research has revealed some interesting and disappointing statistics on illiteracy in the United States. Studies
by the One World Literacy Foundation have suggested that two-thirds of students who cannot read proficiently by the end of 4th grade will end up in jail or on welfare. They predict that if a child is not reading proficiently by the 4th grade, he or she will have only a 22% chance of catching up. An estimated 77% of children who are read to are more likely to read on their own. It is true that reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body. Among the positive effects of reading are mental stimulation, stress reduction, knowledge, vocabulary expansion, memory improvement, better focus and concentration. Reading makes the brain
think and enriches imagination. With the beginning of another school year, reading will be encouraged by teachers – for good reason. Parents and grandparents can play a role also by setting an example of reading and inspiring the younger generations to read to improve their lives. The resources of Public Libraries are without a cost, very valuable to everyone and a real treasure in a community. Literacy changes lives for the better! POV DR. J. MICHAEL FLYNN prac-
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Bon Appétit Michelle Briceno, Registered Dietitian at TGMC Healthy Lifestyles Center
Tomatoes: Plump with Nutrients Rsummer’s greatest joys. Tomatoes
ipe, juicy, fresh tomatoes are one of
serve as a vital ingredient in many dishes given their unique flavor and versatility. The benefits don’t stop in the kitchen – these juicy fruits come packed with rich nutrition. Tomatoes are low in calories but dense in nutrients. Just one whole, medium-sized tomato contains only 25 calories and several important vitamins, minerals and phytonutrients, including
Tomato Tips • Cut tomatoes with a serrated bread knife to make neat slices and avoid squeezing out the juices. • Store tomatoes at room temperature for the best taste and texture. • Use tomatoes as toppings for your favorite foods. It’s a great way to squeeze in extra servings of vegetables. • When buying canned tomatoes or sauces, look for the “No Salt Added” versions to help reduce added salt in your diet.
WHAT YOU’LL NEED
• 6 tomatoes, halved • 1 tbsp olive oil
• Pinch of salt and pepper to taste • ½ cup grated Parmesan cheese
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Vitamin C, potassium and lycopene. Vitamin C helps boost the immune system and may decrease the length of cold symptoms by as much as one to one-and-a-half days. It also helps promote wound healing and keeps your skin, cartilage, bones and teeth healthy. Tomatoes are also a good source of potassium, which helps maintain healthy blood pressure, improves bone health and muscle tissue growth and prevents muscle cramps.
Lycopene, a strong antioxidant, gives tomatoes their deep red pigment and appears to provide protection against some cancers, including a reduced risk of prostate cancer. The concentration of lycopene is five times greater in cooked tomatoes than in raw tomatoes. Just ½ cup diced tomatoes or ¼ cup tomato paste counts as a ½ cup serving of tomatoes to help meet your 2 ½ cup daily vegetable goal.
PARMESAN ROASTED TOMATOES SERVES 6
HOW TO MAKE IT
Begin by preheating your oven to 400 degrees. Rinse and slice the tomatoes in half and toss with olive oil. Arrange sliced tomatoes on a baking sheet, season with salt and pepper and top evenly with cheese. Roast in oven for 15-20 minutes or until parmesan is melted and the tops are browned. Serve immediately.
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More likely to take career breaks for caregiving. By moving in and out of the workforce, women face several significant financial implications including lost income, potential lower Social Security retirement benefit, and increased vulnerability in the event of divorce or death of spouse. Need to protect their assets. It's vital that women take steps to protect their assets. Without a plan, a woman's wealth is vulnerable to taxes and other financial risks that are part of everyday life. STEPS WOMEN CAN TAKE Take control of your money and plan. Create a budget and manage it wisely. Set and prioritize financial goals, and implement strategies to meet those goals. Save as much as you can for retirement and estimate how much
you can expect from your savings, Social Security, and/or an employer pension. Advocate for yourself. Have confidence in yourself and advocate for your worth by researching salary ranges, negotiating your starting salary, and networking. Balance work and family. Inquire about flexible work arrangements and make sure your spouse is equally invested in household and child-related responsibilities. Protect your assets. Identify potential risk exposure and implement strategies to reduce that exposure. A FINANCIAL PROFESSIONAL CAN HELP Women are the key to their own financial futures, so it's critical to remain educated. In many cases, women can benefit greatly from working with a financial professional.
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Fish in the Theriot area for redfish and speckled trout during the day and bow fishing at night with the crew from Gator-Tail. All event costs are covered by sponsors and WWA.
This event includes raffles, a live auction and much more. Dinner begins at 7:30 p.m. and the live auction is at 8 p.m. Youth tickets are $25, single tickets are $50 and couple tickets are $75.
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Stop by La Patinoire to shop from vendors. Vendors include Southern LipLadies (LipSense), Mary Kay, Lularoe, Usborn Books and More, Rodan and Fields, Padna’s Powder Coating, Extreme Accessories and Repairs, Cynthia Welch Designs, Bayou Blessings, Bayou Thrivin’, SLAP Luxury Products, Tupperware, Stella & Dot, Scentsy, Matilda Jane, Terrebonne Genealogy Society, and Plexus Worldwide. Where: La Patinoire, Schriever
Lafourche Pageant Expo Aug. 5, 1-5 p.m.
This expo includes a pageant workshop, dress consignment sales and information/networking for directors. Booths are available to rent for anyone with related items or services such as hair/makeup, photography, banners, awards, crowns, dresses, flowers, etc. An attire and stage presence workshop is held for those ages 6-10. A five-feature workshop for ages 11+ features information on hair and makeup, headshots, interview, stage introduction and questions, and stage presence and attire. Where: Gheens Community Center, Gheens
Aug. 17, 6 p.m.
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Junior Auxiliary of Houma’s 3rd Annual Moonlight Masquerade Saturday, August 19, 7-11 p.m.
Enjoy a night out full of fun as you help support the community. Houma’s Dancing with the Stars competition takes center stage as various Houma celebrities and dance professionals are paired up for this wonderful event. The event is cocktail attire and will include a silent auction, live entertainment, complimentary beer, wine and hors d’oeuvres. All proceeds benefit JA of Houma, a non-profit organization dedicated to the improvement of local children’s wellbeing. Tickets are $55 in advance and $65 at the door. Must be 21 or older to attend. Where: Houma Municipal Auditorium, Houma
TGMC & CIS Free Health Fair & Vascular Screening Saturday, August 26, 8-11 a.m.
This free event will feature simple, painless screenings that test the blood flow in the legs to determine risk for heart disease. Screening results will be available on site, and CIS providers will be on hand to answer questions and provide risk assessments. In addition to these offerings, the event will include screenings for cholesterol, blood pressure, body fat and body mass index. Visit cistgmc2017. eventbrite.com or call (985) 873-5058 to RSVP. Registration is required. Where: Cardiovascular Institute of the South, Houma
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Canvas for Kids Kassie’s Canvas for Kids celebrates the completion of this superhero themed room for Jude, a young boy born with a congenital heart defect. He’s had two open heart surgeries at just 22 months old, but he keeps fighting and absolutely loves his room.
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Cajun Music Preservation Society Members of the Cajun Music Preservation Society pose for an old-fashioned photo at the Blessing of the Fleet on Sunday, July 9 at the Chauvin Sculpture Garden. The band had to stay still for quite a while as they waited on the camera, but the end result was worth it.
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