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JUNE 2019 • VOLUME 13 • ISSUE 6

CONT HOME + LIVING

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FOOD + FUN

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MIND + BODY

Page 52

14 POV PICK

30 POV PICK

50 POV PICK

16 CHATEAU CHIC

32 WHAT’S UP, DOC?

52 CREATIVE COPING

22 THE OBSERVER

33 RAU PLASTIC SURGERY

24 AN UNBROKEN SPIRIT

34 THIBODAUX REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER

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08 EDITOR’S NOTE

A broken man no more, John LeBoeuf shares his story.

10 INTERVUE

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PUTTING YOUR HEALTH FIRST When we think of health, we tend to think of things like our weight, our muscle tone, and our overall physical health.

We might put a heavier focus on fitness, again in the physical sense. One of the aspects of health that is often overlooked is mental health.

anyone. No one is immune.

Being healthy means taking care of your whole self, mind and body. Being able to recognize when things just aren’t as they should be, and seek help.

If a bone was broken, you would seek immediate care – the same goes for a broken spirit or heart.

According to the National Alliance on Mental Health, approximately 1 in 5 adults in the U.S. experiences mental illness in a year.

Approximately 1 in 5 youth aged 13–18 (21.4 percent) experiences a severe mental disorder at some point during their life. For children aged 8–15, the estimate is 13 percent.

6.9 percent of adults in the U.S.—16 million—had at least one major depressive episode in the past year.

I represent these statistics. I have been diagnosed with severe depression and anxiety. I was in my late 20’s when I had a mental break and spent a week in outpatient care to get the treatment I needed. I was 33 before I could get off the medication that allowed me to function. I was doing wonderfully, even through the birth of our son in 2014, no issues post-partum, and was showing no signs of needing to continue with therapy or seeing my doctor.

Then in June 2017, John and I experienced a miscarriage.

This devastating loss sent me into another downward spiral.

I recognized the severe anxiety I was having and sought help. Loss is never easy, but I knew I needed an expert’s help. With therapy and the help of my psychiatrist, I am again on a positive path.

Why am I sharing all this very personal information, you ask? To show that these mental health issues can affect

Our stories this month focus on more of the mind as well. We visit with Erica Howell, who did suffer from tremendous physical injuries when she was hit two different times by vehicles while out running. The only thing that wasn’t hurt was her fighting spirit. Read more about her journey back to health on page 24.

Loss of a loved one is often a trigger for mental health.

John LeBoeuf, aka Johnny Anomaly, lost his son in 2012.

John has taken that loss, however, and used it as a catalyst for creativity. Through his own words, he takes us on his journey of Creative Coping and explains how he helps others that have experienced loss as well. Learn more beginning on page 52.

The Health Issue also features a special section called “What’s Up, Doc?” In this special section, beginning on page 32, we introduce you to some of the area’s top doctors.

I want to extend a special thank you this month to our Assistant Editor for the day, Cara Berry. Cara is going into the 4th grade at Saint Matthew’s Episcopal School. She joined our team to help create this issue. Look for her special POV Pick on page 50. Thanks, Cara, for bringing that special spark! POV

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While preserving the traditional exterior of their home, homeowners John and Kathy Sirois focused their attention on revealing the features of their 1974 home with a fresh perspective.

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THE OBSERVER |

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“Hey Mrs. Jaime, I have _____ with me, and he said his left elbow is really hurting.”

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“Well, it’s almost the end of the school day. He/she will simply have to ride it out.” (That response is given if we are anywhere less than two hours away from the end of the school day.)

If the child is given the phone, I have a few lines that I use time after time.

“Hey honey. I’m so sorry that_____. I’m sure you’re going to feel better in just a little bit. Maybe try using the restroom and get a sip of water out of the water fountain.” (Because the water fountain and bathroom are a proven cure-all for any and all school related illnesses.)

There’s a very special place in heaven for school nurses. Ours never acts at all irritated at the fabricated illness of the day. She’s even been known to give a child a Band-Aid or two if it looks like they’re having a really rough day.

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There was the time the school nurse called with one of the boys. She started with “Hey Mrs. Dishman…” and I knew it was serious. Her second sentence included the phrase “he told me how you gave him a concussion this morning.”

She didn’t have to say any thing else. I stopped her mid sentence and let her know I would be on my way in just a few minutes. I knew he left my vehicle with his head hurt that morning, but I had no idea it could be called a concussion.

So what happened was: Five kids unload five school bags, various band instruments, and five lunch boxes out of the back of my Suburban. On this particular day, one of my boys was still digging deep in the back of the vehicle to pull his trombone out and be on his way.

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The problem was this: I had NO IDEA he was still in the back of my Suburban. So I pressed the button to close the back of the vehicle at the same time as he decided to bring his head up. Door comes down.

Head goes up. Collision is unavoidable.

He cried a little, I gave him a quick kiss, and he’s on his way.

Until the nurse calls, letting me know my son is telling the school his mom gave him a concussion earlier that morning!

I flew to school in the same Suburban that inflicted the damage, worried about my poor precious boy. That suffering child slowly meandered out of the nurse’s office, convincing the both of us of the severity of his head trauma. We drove to my work, where I tell him he will have to lay on the couch for just a few minutes while I finish up paperwork, and then he can rest at home. But during those “few minutes” of paperwork, the miraculous happens.

Head trauma is completely healed. He eats some candy. He drinks a Sprite (also a known cure-all), and it’s as though “the concussion his mom gave him” never happened at all. In fact, at his dad’s suggestion that they go get some spicy wings for lunch, his bouncing around my workplace convinced me of what I knew all along: the concussion was the most effective made up story and got me to school to pick him up quicker than any fever or stomach virus ever could.

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But an unbroken spirit.

Jamie and Abby’s goal was to run a marathon; Erica had no intention of joining them. However, after realizing she had trained with them enough to possibly accomplish this feat, she decided to run alongside her partners and signed up the week of the marathon.

If you met Galliano native Erica Callais Howell, you wouldn’t realize she went through such a traumatic incident one morning in January of 2018 that left her with the above-mentioned injuries.

She credits her faith, family, doctors and community for her remarkable recovery, but two factors that undoubtedly are reasons for her rehabilitation are her perseverance and positive outlook on life.

“I’m just blessed that I’m here. There’s so many more important things in life than dwelling on that one negative that happened in this case,” Erica shares. “That was probably the hardest time of my life, but it also led to my greatest accomplishments.”

In a cruel twist of fate, it was accomplishing goals she set for herself that would eventually lead to her near fatal encounter.

As part of their New Year’s resolution in 2016, Erica and her husband, Jonathan Howell, made a decision to pursue a healthier lifestyle. “When he and I first decided to do it on January 2nd, we actually came walk here on the Nicholls’ track, and one mile was a struggle, just walking,” the Thibodaux-resident remembers. “So little by little, I realized that I kind of enjoyed walking/running.”

Erica began running in her neighborhood and eventually ran into a friend of hers, Jamie Rodrigue, who also lived in and

“That was, I think, an example of mental endurance, more than physical. I was surrounded by some great cheerleaders with Jamie and Abby, and we worked together to complete the marathon,” she says. “...

The overall sense of accomplishment was amazing. It’s something, when I look back, that was never a goal and never thought that I would be able to accomplish. I’m proud of us that we were able to do it together. ” “The mental fatigue of it – committing to 26.2 miles – was definitely a window into the future,” she adds, “and the endurance that I’d have to continue as the journey progressed.”

Her mental endurance was vigorously tested after the morning of January 30, 2018.

Jamie and Abby decided to go exercise at a local gym, which lead Erica to run her route solo, at around 5:30 a.m. It was same route (from Brandywine Boulevard, to Kleinpeter Drive by way of LA 1, and back to Brandywine Boulevard) she had been running with the same essentials she always carried: a shoe light, reflective flipbelt, cell phone and MP3 player.

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“When I was coming towards LA 1, in the front of Kleinpeter, a vehicle hit me, we believe, on my right shoulder. And from there my memory is pretty sketchy. We believe I hit my head there,” Erica says. “... After this, unfortunately, that person did not stop. At some point I got up and remembered thinking that I needed to get home, that I was hurt and needed to get home.”

Then, while she was incoherent and stumbling down LA 1 in an attempt to get home, a driver noticed something was wrong and pulled off to the side of the road to assist Erica. Another bystander stopped to help her as well, but this time it was someone she knew – Abby’s mother, Kathy Tregre. Unfortunately, even with those two trying to help her, another car coming towards the southbound lane of the highway struck Erica while she was wandering in and out of the roadway. That person did pull over after, however.

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Kathy was able to identify Erica, who wasn’t carrying identification, and rushed over – after the scene had settled and Erica was being taken care of – to Erica’s

house to notify Jonathan. Fortunately, he was able to be alongside her as she was transported to University Medical Center in New Orleans – a decision made by the EMT’s on scene.

“That medical facility had the ability to identify and fix my aortic tear. Most people that have that kind of tear unfortunately don’t make it because of time frame wise, the bleeding out,” Erica explains. “They were able to take me [to New Orleans], realize I had a tear, and pretty quickly – once they realized that was the injury – they were able to repair it without doing open heart surgery.”

The doctors then had to also remove a blood clot that formed before they were able to stabilize her.

With a total of two weeks hospitalized, multiple surgeries, a transfer to Thibodaux Regional Medical Center for more care and surgery, physical therapy, being out of work for six months and battling depression, it’s an understatement to say the months following the accident were challenging for Erica – who bears no ill

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will towards the person who hit her and drove away, and even says prayers for them. She persevered by remaining grounded in her faith and having an excellent support system consisting of her friends and family.

Erica continues to achieve what has always been her main goal: to be there for her husband and three children, Ethan, Caroline and Camille. She finished physical therapy this past January. Although she currently is unable to run at the capacity she used to, earlier this year, she was able to be a running partner for Caroline during a 5K fundraiser for her school. To keep up with her healthy lifestyle, Erica found other ways to remain active such as yoga, pilates and Zumba.

“Waking up with a purpose, every morning, I think helps,” she says for people going through different types of recovery and wanting to get back to their normal lifestyle. “Focus on the positives of each of your accomplishments every day...And you take it step by step.” POV

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RAU PLASTIC SURGERY Hailing from Houma, Dr. Jeffrey Rau has proudly returned to open Rau Plastic Surgery and offer our community his expertise and sense of perfection.

A graduate of Vandebilt Catholic High School and Nicholls State University, Dr. Rau is passionate about helping others through the artistry of plastic surgery and has extensive experience in breast reconstruction, hand surgery, facial trauma and aesthetic surgery. He founded Rau Plastic Surgery in 2017 as the sole surgeon, along with his wife Katelyn as aesthetic nurse.

Specializing in breast reconstruction, Dr. Rau offers cancer patients a chance to feel whole again. “Whenever you get cancer, it morally just breaks you down, and from a woman’s standpoint for breast cancer, you’re having a part of what makes you a woman removed,” says Dr. Rau. Dr. Rau carefully walks each patient through the process and helps them to understand every aspect of their particular procedure and journey.

“I go through all of this with every patient. I kind of cool their nerves down; it’s a lot to take in. So I say ‘It’s like when you bring your car to the car shop and it’s not working— Just tell us what’s going wrong, and we are going to fix it…You can just take a deep breath and know that you’re in good hands. We’re doing what’s in your best interest,’” he shares.

Supporting the education of future doctors is important to Dr. Rau as well. He taught general surgery residency in Lafayette before returning to Houma. He is currently working with Nicholls to help organize a senior level course when it comes to shadowing and mentoring. He is also involved with mentoring our local Native American students in the high school system.

“There are so many branches and fields that students should be able to understand and experience,” explains Dr. Rau. “It’s important if you like medicine or any

general field, no matter if you’re interested in nursing, or physical therapy or whatever, there’s so many different options you could do. There are so many branches coming out of med school and nobody really knows what they want to do. I think allowing students to shadow you helps everyone in the long run. Teaching helps me to stay on my toes too.”

A creative mind and desire to be challenged are what led Dr. Rau to his particular branch of the medical field. “I thrive on being creative on getting lost in my craft,” he shares. “There’s an art to the procedures I do, to every technical profession.

But plastic surgery, to me, just seemed more intense.”

Katelyn Rau is a big part of Rau Plastic Surgery as well.

As a trained and certified aesthetic nurse, she specializes in nonsurgical treatments such as injectables, peels, and mirconeedling. With subtle and appropriate treatments, Katelyn can assist patients in understanding their options when it comes to complexion and other skin issues.

“Katelyn really helps our patients to understand that these procedures are not scary,” shares Dr. Rau of his nurse and wife. “Your overall appearance and your confidence are areas she enjoys helping our patients with.”

Rau Plastic Surgery is offering free cosmetic consults during the month of June. Dr. Rau hopes to be able to have potential patients come in and visits, to help alleviate any of their anxieties or concerns.

“It’s not about people being vain,” Dr. Rau shares. “How you carry yourself translates to your confidence level.

We can help you no matter the problem. From someone who has beat cancer and is looking to reconstruct their breasts, someone who has completed a massive weight loss journey and wants their new body to be adjusted, or just basic cosmetic procedures to help you feel your best – We love to help people feel happy again.”

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Thibodaux Regional Physicians Providing Quality Care and Helping Make Our Region a Better Place to Live, Work and Play.

ANESTHESIOLOGISTS Clel Acosta, MD Jorge Bravo II, MD Brian Crenshaw, MD Jared Landry, MD

CARDIOLOGISTS Bart Denys, MD Chad Dugas, MD Robert Greer, MD Sandeep Patel, MD Mohammed Rais, MD Aluizio Stopa, MD Alvin Timothy, MD Kenneth Wong, MD

CARDIOVASCULAR & THORACIC SURGEON Jared Gilmore Ill, MD

DERMATOLOGISTS Lee Grafton, MD Ryan Matherne, MD

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EAR, NOSE & THROAT (OTOLARYNGOLOGISTS) Matthew Beyer, MD Vance Broussard, MD Jacques Gaudet, MD David Hagen, MD Patrick Hagen, MD Justin Tenney, MD Guy Zeringue Ill, MD

EMERGENCY MEDICINE

ENDOCRINOLOGIST

Brent Tatford, MD

Lane Frey, MD

FAMILY PRACTICE Alan Fortier, MD Eric Gravois, MD Kyle Guidry, MD Billy Hillman Jr., MD Joshua Huval, MD Keith Landry, MD Daniel Naul, MD Dirk Ory, MD Jody Plaisance, MD Francis Robichaux, MD Jarelle Scott, MD Jenny Templet, MD Roland Waguespack Jr., MD

Nationally-Recognized Hospital.

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GASTROENTEROLOGISTS

HOSPITALIST

Stephen Duplechain, MD Charles Monier Jr., MD Pasam Rao, MD Justin Toups, MD

Brandon Gil, MD Brady lmms, MD Murthy Muthuswamy, MD

GENERAL SURGEONS William Bisland Jr., MD Mark Hebert, MD Barry Landry, MD Brian Marino, MD Johnny Perez, MD, PhD

INFECTIOUS DISEASES

INTERNAL MEDICINE

Paul Monier, MD

Chester Boudreaux, MD Thomas Gregory Chaisson, MD Kerry Shaver, MD Amrita Singh, MD James Solgnet, MD Gayathri Talluri, MD Raja Talluri, MD

MEDICAL ONCOLOGISTS Gerardo Arias, MD Laura Chauvin, MD Ashlsh Udhraln, MD

Nationally-Recognized Hospital.

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NEPHROLOGISTS

NEUROLOGIST

NEUROSURGEONS

Gregory Maidoh, MD Kevin Modisette, MD

Maximo Kiok, MD

Deepak Awasthi, MD Thomas Donner, MD

Hermlnlo Suazo Vasquez. MD Allen Vander, MD

OBSTETRICIANS/GYNECOLOGISTS

OPHTHALMOLOGISTS

Steven Alevizon, MD Amy Ashton, MD John Bloss, MD Lisa Colon, MD

Richard Arceneaux, MD Satish Arora, MD

Catherine Diebold, MD John Milek, MD Natchez Morice Ill, MD Nicole Prosperie, MD

Anne Rodrigue, DO Christopher Rodrigue Jr., MD

ORAL & MAXILLOFACIAL SURGEONS

ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS

David Baughman, MD, DDS Christopher Saal, MD, DDS

Allen Borne, MD David Elias, MD, Patrick Ellender, MD Eric Greber, MD

Jason Higgins, MD John Hildenbrand IV, MD Neil Maki, MD Richard Morvant Jr., MD

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PAIN MANAGEMENT Adolfo Cuadra, MD Keith Duplantis, MD Luis Hernandez, MD Jimmy Ponder, MD

PATHOLOGISTS Lynn Bernel-Green, MD Richard DeMoss, MD Meggie Doucet, MD Tatyana Kalinicheva, MD John Olivier, MD

PEDIATRICIANS Anne-Marie Ardoin, MD Leslie Ber, MD Anne Boudreaux, MD Kenneth Cruse, MD Meghan Louque, MD Henry Peltier, MD Shella Pitre, MD

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PSYCHIATRIST

Todd Cowen, MD

David Jansen, MD Jeffrey Rau, MD

George Grove, MD

Ravi Tandon, MD

PULMONOLOGISTS

RADIATION ONCOLOGIST

Ted Brady, DO, Brian Parker, MD David Patten, MD Roger Stueben, MD

Nguyen Dang, MD

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RADIOLOGISTS

RHEUMATOLOGISTS

Blain Arthurs, MD Gregory Dobard, MD Jay Fakier, MD Carlos Gimenez, MD

Beau Boudreaux, MD Luis Espinoza, MD

UROLOGISTS Truett Ray Jr., MD Walter Simoneaux Jr., MD Chester Weimer, MD

ASSOCIATE / EMERGENCY / CONSULTING / COURTESY STAFF PHYSICIANS ANESTHESIOLOGIST Dr. Manjit Wadhwa

CARDIOLOGISTS

Dr. Richard Abben Dr. Anil Chagarlamudi Dr. Peter Fail Dr. William Ladd Dr. Vinod Nair Dr. Christopher Paris Dr. Wayne Pharo Dr. Darrell Solet Dr. Craig Walker

DENTISTRY

Dr. Sheard Ber Dr. Elizabeth Clay Dr. Noelle Gaudet Dr. Monroe Howell Dr. Christy Marcello Dr. Steven Marcello Dr. Sapna Patel Dr. Murray Rabalais Dr. James Stafford

DERMATOLOGIST Dr. Kristal Guidroz

EAR, NOSE & THROAT (OTOLARYNGOLOGISTS)

EMERGENCY MEDICINE Dr. Patrick Bonneval Dr. Richard Cruz Dr. Maxime Demers Dr. Joseph Fraiman Dr. Ernest Hansen, Ill Dr. Duncan Hansing Dr. Shammi Kataria Dr. John Krieg Dr. Mark Laperouse Dr. Jay LeBlanc Dr. James Moises Dr. Michael Owens Dr. Aisha Parker Dr. Falon Perrin Dr. Kyle Pfefferle Dr. Mahlon Poche Dr. Louis Pruitt Dr. Taylor Sanders Dr. Jamie Wright

GENERAL SURGEON Dr. Kristi Prejean

HOSPITALISTS

Dr. Oleg Sinyaviskiy Dr. Ross Thibodaux

INTERNAL MEDICINE Dr. Scott Hebert

INTRAOPERATIVE NEUROPHYS MONITORING Dr. Donald Gervais Dr. Crystal Janani Dr. Steven Zuckerman

MATERNAL & FETAL MEDICINE

ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS Dr. William Bose Dr. John Faust Dr. William Johnson, Ill

PEDIATRIC CARDIOLOGISTS

Dr. Albert Diket Dr. Robert Moore Dr. Marshall St. Amant Dr. Edward Veillon

Dr. Kelly Gajewski Dr. James Krulisky Dr. Kiran Mallula Dr. Stefani Samples Dr. Steffan Sernich Dr. Ernest Siwik

NEUROLOGY

PODIATRISTS

Dr. Edward Haight

Dr. Philip Corona Dr. Jonathan Gisclair

OBSTETRICIANS/ GYNECOLOGISTS

PSYCHIATRIST

Dr. Judith Blaise Dr. Craig Gauthier

Dr. Janet Bradley

OPHTHALMOLOGISTS

Dr. David Caletri Dr. Bahman Daneshfar Dr. Phuong Di Danielle Dang

RADIATION ONCOLOGISTS

Dr. Arthur DelaHoussaye Dr. Quentin Falgoust

ORAL & MAXILLOFACIAL SURGEON Dr. Beomjune Kim

RADIOLOGY

Dr. Robert Burris

UROLOGISTS

Dr. Robert Alexander Dr. Stephen Charbonnet Dr. Haden Lafaye

Dr. Chad Simon Dr. Michael Robichaux Dr. Nicholas Sorrel

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ADVANCED EYE INSTITUTE

DR. RICHARD ARCENEAUX

DR. EDWARD STAHEL

With over 40 years of practice, the completion of more than 40,000 cataract surgeries, and two locations in Houma and Thibodaux, the Advanced Eye Institute has been a leader in ophthalmology in South Louisiana.

Founded by LASIK and Cataract Specialist Dr. Quentin Falgoust, the professional medical staff of Advanced Eye Institute is capable of handling all eye care needs from general ophthalmology, to cataract surgeries to optometry.

Dr. Richard Arceneaux, a Board Certified Ophthalmologist, is able to successfully perform procedures such as blade-free LASIK; an advanced surface ablation; a refractive lens exchange; cataract surgery; laser cataract surgery; ORA system guided cataract surgery; micro-invasive glaucoma surgery and eyelid procedures, just to name a few.

“We focus on the whole eye and the whole patient. And I think that's one of our trademarks here,” says Dr. Arceneaux, who received his M.D. from LSU Health Sciences Center in New Orleans. “We just take care of the whole person, even though it's such a small space.”

Having a love for science and people made him want to become a doctor, says Dr. Arceneaux. Nearly five years ago, after doing a residency in Alabama, the Covington native joined Advanced Eye Institute to be closer to home. The people who come in and out the clinic every day make his job interesting and fun and that’s what he loves most about his work.

New Orleans native Dr. Edward Stahel — who has been with Advanced Eye since 2007 —leads the medical ophthalmology department of Advanced Eye Institute. He echoes Dr. Arceneaux’s sentiments about loving to interact with their patients.

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“And getting to know them, listening if they want to talk about some other problems…Trying to see if there is anything else going on that we should know about.”

Also like Dr. Arceneaux, Dr. Stahel, who received his undergraduate degree from Loyola, joined Advanced Eye Institute to be closer to home. After getting a job in northern Mississippi following the destruction of his home on Mississippi’s coast during Hurricane Katrina, he and his wife, Kay, were looking for a way to make it back to South Louisiana.

“I was just looking through a magazine one day and saw Falgoust had an ad,” Dr. Stahel remembers. “So my wife called the office and they said, ‘Yeah, you’re hired.’ And so that's how we came down here. It was close to home and, we liked it.”

Dulac native and Vandebilt Catholic graduate, Dr. Jonathan Carrere is also returning home soon and joining Advance Eye Institute in August after finishing his residency in Mississippi.

“I would say one of the things that stood out the most were the people there. My first time ever calling the clinic to set up an interview, the person I spoke with on the phone felt like family.

Then everyone I've met since then were just super nice people” says Dr. Carrere on why he joined the practice. “They also have the best technology that you can ask for in an ophthalmology clinic. We have the most advanced top-of-the-line equipment for the specialized procedures we provide. ” With Dr. Carrere’s newly-learned innovative techniques and the talented experienced Doctors Arceneaux and Stahel, Advanced Eye Institute is sure to continue to be a leader in ophthalmology here in the Bayou Region for many more years to come.

“Dealing with the patients, making sure that their ophthalmological situation is good,” Dr. Stahel says he enjoys most about his job.

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DR. ELENA MANN The joy of bringing new life into the world is what drew Dr. Elena Mann to the field of Obstetrics and Gynecology.

of Georgia. She completed her residency through Ochsner New Orleans before beginning her career in Houma.

“It’s just an honor to be a part of that experience with the family,” shares Dr. Mann. “Many times with OB/GYN, we deal with mothers, their sisters and their mothers. It ends up being a very good experience to be a part of that special time of a family’s life. And beyond that, when we look at back on the gynecology portion - to be able to help a woman in a way that affects her overall life and that of her family. It is a very intimate type of bonding experience overall.”

When she’s not assisting women and mothers in our area, Dr. Mann enjoys reading, cooking, traveling and spending time with her husband and three small boys. She has been working on improving her Spanish and teaching herself and her children sign language. Dr. Mann is also very active in our community, doing volunteer work with Hope Restored Pregnancy Resource Center, assisting with high school physicals, and being an active part of her children’s school, Saint Matthew’s Episcopal School.

Dr. Mann is a proud part of South Louisiana Medical Associates and practices at the SLMA Comprehensive Health Care Clinic in Houma. Originally hailing from Lyons, Georgia, Dr. Mann finished her undergraduate work at Xavier University of Louisiana in New Orleans before returning to Georgia to attend the Medical College

“I want to continue to make a difference in the lives of women and families in the Bayou Region,” says Dr. Mann. “Not just through maintaining their health care and participating in their healthcare needs such as deliveries and gynecologic care, but also helping them as a whole family unit.”

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TGMC Celebrates Extraordinary Physicians

Tand partnership in improving the health and wellness of patients and families in our community.

errebonne General Medical Center (TGMC) proudly honors our physicians for their commitment

We appreciate their tireless devotion, teamwork and compassion to providing leading edge healthcare.

CARDIOTHORACIC SURGERY

ANESTHESIOLOGY

Dr. Stephen Ball

Dr. Donald Netherland

Dr. Francis Lewis, II

Dr. Michael Prejean, Jr.

Dr. Richard Abben

Dr. Anil Chagarlamudi

Dr. Eric Engeron

Dr. Peter Fail

Dr. Michael Gaglia, Jr.

Dr. Thomas Gaines

Dr. William Ladd

Dr. Owen Mogabgab

Dr. Avinash Murthy

Dr. Pradeep Nair

Dr. Vinod Nair

Dr. Kanwar Singh

Dr. Darrell Solet

Dr. Samuel ‘Jody’ Stagg, III

Dr. Craig Walker

Dr. Ben Adams

CARDIOLOGY

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EMERGENCY MEDICINE

Dr. Joni Claville

Dr. Owen Grossman

ENDOCRINOLOGY

Dr. Rachel Coleman

Dr. Michael Isabelle

Dr. Mariam Menhem

ENT

Dr. David Lewis

Dr. Joshua Lim

Dr. Mace Scott

Dr. Michael Straney

Dr. Brian Roberts

Dr. Matthew Beyer

Dr. David Hagen

Dr. Chad Simon

Dr. Guy Zeringue

FAMILY PRACTICE

GASTROENTEROLOGY

Dr. Lisa Black

Dr. Andre Guidry

Dr. Richard Haydel

Dr. Scott Haydel

Dr. Brian Matherne

Dr. Nicholas Rau

Dr. William St. Martin

Dr. Nathan Sutton

Dr. Michael Watkins

Dr. James Matthew Watkins, Jr.

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Dr. David Pellegrin

Dr. Nathaniel Winstead

GENERAL SURGERY INFECTIOUS DISEASE & INTERNAL MEDICINE

Dr. T. Christopher Berry

Dr. K. Gerald Haydel, Sr.

Dr. Eric Jukes

Dr. Neil Lyons Dr. Mary Eschete

Dr. David Rau

Dr. Frederick Rau

Dr. Donald Schwab, Jr.

NEONATOLOGY

INTERNAL MEDICINE

Dr. Fadi Abou-Issa

Dr. Adam Arceneaux

Dr. Alain Chesnut

Dr. Melvin Chu

Dr. Jules Dupont, Jr.

Dr. Russell Henry

Dr. Geoffrey Liu

Dr. Shyam Mani

Dr. Craig Wade

Dr. Patrick Walker

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NEPHROLOGY

Dr. Gregory Maidoh

NEUROLOGY

Dr. Herminio Suazo

Dr. Allen Vander

Dr. Donald Gervais, Jr.

Dr. Edward Haight

Dr. Nicholas Rome

Dr. Lisa Thibodeaux

OBSTETRICS & GYNECOLOGY

Dr. Christine Albrecht

Dr. Michelle Andre

Dr. Robert Cazayoux, Jr.

Dr. Richard Clement, Jr.

Dr. Sheena Duplantis

Dr. Charon Gentile

Dr. Elena Mann

Dr. Erin Pennison

Dr. Howard Russell

Dr. Channing Sanders

ONCOLOGY/HEMATOLOGY

Dr. Donald Hill

ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY

Dr. Brett E. Casey

Dr. Christopher Dr. H. Lawrence Haydel, II E. Cenac, Jr.

Dr. William Kinnard

Dr. Sina Pourtaheri

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Dr. Geoffrey Stone

Dr. Genevieve Maronge

PATHOLOGY

Dr. Willard Dalton, Jr.

PEDIATRICS

Dr. Brigitte DeMoss

PHYSICAL MEDICINE & REHABILITATION

Dr. Andrew H. Hoffmann III

PLASTIC SURGERY

Dr. O’Neil Engeron

Dr. Hector Linares

PULMONARY MEDICINE/ CRITICAL CARE

RADIATION ONCOLOGY

Dr. Jeffrey Long

Dr. Andrea Lorio

Dr. Richard Brooke

Dr. Aruna Sangisetty

PULMONARY MEDICINE

PODIATRY

Dr. Ralph Bourgeois

Dr. Waybrun Hebert, III

Dr. Jeffrey Rau

Dr. Jill Sutton

RADIOLOGY

Dr. Ashley Prejean

Dr. Bryan Rau

Dr. Jeremy Rau

Dr. John Steigner

Dr. William Tiemann

Dr. Anne Walker

UROLOGY

Dr. Robert Alexander

Dr. Stephen Charbonnet

Dr. Haden Lafaye

ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF

Dr. Nicole McKee

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ADDITIONAL EMERGENCY MEDICINE PHYSICIANS Dr. Christopher Authement

Dr. Guy Lefort

Dr. Stephen Lim

Dr. Philip Paulk

Dr. Stanford White

ASSOCIATE STAFF ALLERGY & IMMUNOLOGY

MATERNAL & FETAL MEDICINE

ANESTHESIOLOGY

NEPHROLOGY

Dr. Robert D. Haydel Jr.

Dr. Scott B. Branting Dr. Gregg J. Salathe Dr. Elena Sammons

CARDIOLOGY

Dr. Amit Amin Dr. Bart G. Denys Dr. Robert Drennan Dr. Chad M. Dugas Dr. Agostino Ingraldi Dr. Christopher Paris Dr. Mohammed S. Rais Dr. Louis A. Salvaggio Dr. Alvin M. Timothy Dr. Kalyan K. Veerina

CARDIOTHORACIC SURGERY

Dr. Richard M. Dearman

DERMATOLOGY

Dr. Alexis R. Duke Dr. Lee H. Grafton Dr. Sarah A. Haydel Dr. Philip Neal

ENDOCRINOLOGY Dr. David A. Sisam

FAMILY MEDICINE

Dr. Danielle D. Angeron Dr. Kirk A. Dantin Dr. Robert W. Davis Dr. Mark A. Walker

GASTROENTEROLOGY

Dr. Babiswarup R. Chandamuri

HEMATOLOGY/ ONCOLOGY

Dr. Robert K. Gamble

INTERNAL MEDICINE Dr. Ray Cinnater Dr. Anne E. Price

Dr. Sherri A. Longo Dr. Dawn Pekarek

Dr. James K. Modisette

NEUROLOGICAL INTRAOPERATIVE MONITORING

Dr. Kevin Callerame Dr. James N. Domingue Dr. Crystal Janani

NEUROLOGY

Dr. David L. Weir

Dr. Kamill R. Del Toro Dr. Kelly Gajewski Dr. Jake Kleinmahon Dr. James S. Krulisky Dr. Diego A. Lara Dr. Victor Lucas Jr. Dr. Scott Macicek Dr. Kiran Mallula Dr. Jessica Mouledoux Dr. Theodorus J. Mulder Dr. Stefani M. Samples Dr. Steffan Sernich Dr. Ernest S. Siwik Dr. Aluizio R. Stopa Dr. Patricia E. Thomas Dr. Michael White Dr. Thomas Young

PEDIATRIC NEUROLOGY

ONCOLOGY

Dr. Paulette Blanchet

OPHTHALMOLOGY Dr. Horatio S. Eustis

ORAL & MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY Dr. David Baughman Dr. Christopher J. Saal

ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY Dr. Christopher E. Cenac Sr.

OTOLARYNGOLOGY (ENT) Dr. Jacques E. Gaudet Dr. Patrick C. Hagen Dr. Nicholas C. Sorrel Dr. Justin M. Tenney

OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY (ENT) Dr. James V. Broussard Dr. Michael R. Robichaux Sr.

PAIN MANAGEMENT Dr. Adolfo Cuadra Dr. Karl G. Haydel Jr. Dr. Michael S. Haydel Dr. Jimmy N. Ponder Jr.

PEDIATRIC CARDIOLOGY Dr. Michael R. Brumund Dr. Ivory Crittendon III

Dr. Allison Conravey Dr. Fawad A. Khan Dr. Richard E. Ramsay Dr. John Willis II

PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION Dr. Monica V. Benson

PODIATRY

Dr. Andrea J. Leonards Dr. Adam J. Ziegenbusch

RADIATION ONCOLOGY Dr. Daniel J. Bourgeois III Dr. Sheldon A. Johnson

RADIOLOGY

Dr. John M. Arias Dr. Daniel M. Baker Dr. Patricia A. Barnes Dr. Troy A. Belle Dr. John W. Boardman Dr. James Brull Dr. Lawrence D. Bub Dr. Joanna A. Carlson Dr. Richard J. Carregal Dr. Courtney C. Carter Dr. Lillian W. Cavin Dr. Dhawal A. Goradia Dr. Kristen R. Grubb Dr. Morgan C. Haile Dr. Kent M. Hall

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Dr. Kyle J. Henneberry Dr. Laura A. Hotchkiss Dr. Charles E. Johnson Dr. Perry Kaneriya Dr. Margaret Kang Dr. Farhad Keliddari Dr. Russell O. Kosik Dr. Cynthia Oberfelder Dr. William E. Phillips II Dr. Asti Pilika Dr. Teppe Popovich Dr. Paul J. Ramirez Dr. William T. Randazzo Dr. Anjali Roy Dr. Faisal A. Sami Dr. Kimberly Taylor Dr. David T. Wang Dr. Charles W. Westin Dr. William L. Woodard Jr.

RHEUMATOLOGY

Dr. Michelle E. McCain

TELESTROKE

Dr. Osvaldo A. Camilo Dr. Jacqueline Carter Dr. Daniel M. Chehebar Dr. Giuseppe Ciccotto Dr. Lauren E. Dunn Dr. Robert A. Felberg Dr. Ifeanyi Iwuchukwu Dr. Harold McGrade Dr. Murad M. Talahma Dr. Joseph Tarsia III Dr. Gabriel A. Vidal Dr. Steven Zuckerman Dr. Richard Zweifler

UROLOGY

Dr. Paul T. Ray Jr Dr. Walter J. Simoneaux Jr. Dr. Chester F. Weimer

WOUND CARE

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FUN FACTS This year’s Father’s Day is June 16. Let’s celebrate with some “dad jokes”!

• I went to the zoo and saw a baguette in a cage. The zookeeper said it was bread in captivity!

• Why do melons have weddings?

Because they cantaloupe!

• I’m reading a book about antigravity. It’s impossible to put down!

• Why did the invisible man turn down the job offer? He couldn’t see himself doing it.

• How do you organize a space party? You planet.

•H ow do you follow Will Smith in the snow? You follow the fresh prints.

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AUTOBIOGRAPHY BY JOHN LEBOEUF AKA JOHNNY ANOMALY The effects of grieving can result in a variety of negative emotions including anxiety, stress, and severe depression that can lead to suicidal thoughts and actions, but for some of us who maintain these feelings, it can act as a catalyst for creativity. It is the art of sublimation, where PTSD meets creativity and we are left with the options as the author Nancy Springer would put it, to, “Conform, go crazy, or become an artist.” I chose the latter and it has been an incredible journey of hardship and healing ever since.

It began in 2012 after the devastating loss of my son, Kaidon where my family was forever changed. It left us shattered and some days we are still picking up the pieces. Through this loss we know that silence has never sounded so loud, with the absence of our child. We have learned to adapt to this new form of reality, much like I would assume living without an essential limb. We have since then had two daughters, Zoe and Koralyn who bring so much joy into our life but despite a popular belief after having children after loss, they have never served as a replacement for our son.

During that time, we had done our best to positively process our emotions in a healthy way but it wasn’t long before anger, bitterness, and resentment would ensue that would lead to many estranged relationships during this period. Instead of hitting the bottle or anyone else for that matter, I turned to spoken word poetry as a means to deal with my grief. Since then, this raw form of self-expression has brought me into classrooms, various venues, and The Jambalaya Writer’s

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“IT’S OKAY TO NOT BE OKAY. IF YOU NEED TO CRY, CRY. IF YOU NEED TO SCREAM, SCREAM. IF YOU NEED TO HAVE A DAY TO YOURSELF, HAVE YOUR MENTAL BREAK. DON’T FEEL BAD FOR IT. WE ALL NEED IT. MENTAL HEALTH IS IMPORTANT AND DON’T BE ASHAMED OF IT. TALK TO SOMEONE ABOUT IT.”

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Conference to unite audiences with the art of storytelling.

After independently releasing several spoken word albums, and self-publishing my first book of poetry in 2017 titled, “Fragments of a Broken Man”, I wanted to pursue a new artistic endeavor so in February of last year, I launched The Creative Coping Podcast without any real plan but to share my experience of post traumatic growth since the loss of our son. Since its inception, I have interviewed guests from around the country and abroad such as Australia and Switzerland who all share a similar theme — loss. I have also recorded episodes with my wife Jammie and our oldest daughter, Nevaeh.

On the episode, “Marriage and Mental Health” Jammie shares some advice for other bereaved parents – those struggling to just make it through each day without their loved one. She affirms, “It’s okay to not be okay. If you need to cry, cry. If you need to scream, scream. If you need to have a day to yourself, have your mental break.

Don’t feel bad for it. We all need it. Mental health is important and don’t be ashamed of it. Talk to someone about it.” The mind, like any bone can and will break under pressure and we know this first hand.

What we are doing is trying to eliminate the stigma that surrounds mental health and give ourselves permission to grieve without judgment.

This is just some of what is discussed during each episode of these candid conversations but it’s not all dreary and dismal, we have a lot of fun during our interviews. You can hear the compelling stories of individuals who have used their pain for a purpose by honing their craft and helping others along the way. We are reconstructing our lives and finding a new normal. Sometimes that means renewing our identity and finding who we really are.

As Kelly Farley once shared on the show, “That guy you were before, you can’t go back to him, you know too much. That guy is gone and so what you have to do is figure out who the new you is and as soon as you can accept that, the easier

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The goal of WellFit is to help people live the highest quality, most active lifestyle possible. When developing WellFit, physicians in several specialties were consulted to ensure the needs of unique medical populations were considered. Because of this input, and the ongoing feedback between the WellFit team and the referring physician, WellFit participants are assured that their doctor is an integral part of their wellness plan. Participants who have completed WellFit are walking farther, losing weight, and feeling more satisfied with their physical and mental health.

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FUN FACTS

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• D -Day (June 6, 1944) is the day more than 160,000 Allied troops invaded the beaches of Normandy, France during World War II.

• Many historians note that the ‘D’ in D-Day doesn’t actually stand for anything and say the United States military used the term to designate the launch date of the mission. However, others argue that the whole term is short for ‘departed date.’

• LIFE magazine’s Robert Capa risked his life to take the only still images that captured the battle. Director Steven Spielberg based his D-Day sequence in the movie “Saving Private Ryan” on Capa’s photographs.

•T he invasion, officially called “Operation Overlord”, was divided into sections of beachfront along the Normandy coast. Those sections were codenamed “Utah”, “Omaha”, “Gold”, “Juno”, and “Sword.”

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A few weeks ago, I found myself driving to Memphis for a meeting. The distance between Raceland and Memphis along I-310 North and then I-10 West and then I-55 North totals only five-and-a-half degrees of latitude on the map, but it takes a good five-and-a half hours to get there. That makes the drive about one degree of latitude per hour, which sounds quite slow. In fact, I told this smarty, geodesical fact to each radar-enforcing policeman along the way who ultimately stopped me for nothing more than a chat. Each of those chats worked out harmlessly, but, nonetheless, for that reason, it took a little more than five-and-a-half hours to get there.

At more leisurely speeds, I had the opportunity to view lots of countryside and particularly how the countryside changes as I crept up the latitudes on my way north. For instance, just beyond Destrehan on elevated I-310, something caught the cones of my retina as I drove across the cypress swamps. Clusters of yellow-centered purple irises in full bloom sprouted up here and there across the ground between newly greening cypress trees. What a beautiful colorful image, I thought, as I imagined each of those purple flower clusters to be a close-knit iris family, much like the close-knit-ness of our extended families here in PoV country.

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I contrasted that notion of close iris families with another sporadic purpleflowering plant that I saw farther north along I-55 in the prairielands. Like irises, thistles sprout up here and there across the landscape but, unlike irises, they don’t cluster. Like the brother or sister or cousin you love to hate (or hate to love), each thistle plant stood alone and firmly upright with the prickliness of its leaves and stem and neck almost defying the notion of an extended family — or at least the notion of a foraging Cajun with an envie for chadron.

Beyond the kind, familial iris and the prickly, individual thistle, I could imagine attitudes and dispositions of several other plants along the way.

As I drove along I-55 through Mississippi, crossing towns like Benton and Yazoo City in the heart and soul of blues country, blues were literally sprouting from the earth along the roadsides. Millions of tiny blue wildflowers in the large grassy neutral ground between opposing lanes of interstate traffic intermingled with equally tiny yellow wildflowers and white wildflowers—each with petals no more than a few millimeters wide. It was clear that these tiny grass flowers loved to congregate in large numbers, seemingly carefree and enjoying the sunshine, cool breeze, and grassy freedom with one another. Groupies and grass and wildflowers?

I wondered if I’d forgot to turn north on I-55 and ended up far West in San Francisco in the 60s. I heard the Twilight Zone theme in my head for a few miles.

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THE VIONIC DIFFERENCE! A harder plant can also cop an attitude on occasion. Take for instance Louisiana’s official state tree, the bald cypress. The bald cypress is well known as the guardian of much of the state’s lands, providing canopy and protection during leafy seasons for the myriad of other plants. But a closer look might help you understand why even termites find the company of cypresses distasteful. Unlike oaks and other hardwoods, cypresses tend not to grow too close to one another—as if they’re not fond of their own kind, even of sibling trees that developed from seeds of the same cone. In fact, they are more inclined to reach out and share their personal space with Spanish Moss, which is not really from Spain and not really a moss. A cypress tree would prefer to accept the identity deception of that dangling, good-fornothing, stringy parasite rather than touch branchtips with another of its kindred species. And beyond their apparently disgusted, untouching branches, a cypress will thrust out a network of bony knees—much like Golden State’s 6’10” Kevin Durant during a fall away jump shot—to keep nearby cypresses out if its space.

When I see a slender, wrinkly-barked, bald cypress tree coated with moss and eagle dung towering over an illintentioned and harmful circle of hard knees, I think of a different kind of slender, wrinkly-barked, balding organism as he threatens you to make his day or to get off his lawn.

When Longfellow wrote of “the forest primeval,” he might have been thinking of not-so-innocent cypresses—prime and evil. And there are other plants copping attitudes between here and Memphis out there on I-55 North. Stay tuned to read about them. POV

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June 15, 4-10 p.m.

A hunter’s dream, the Cajun Heritage Festival showcases a decoy show and live auction, plus carving demos, duck calling contests, Cajun food, vendors and raffles.

This festival celebrates the Cajun heritage of Lafourche Parish. Free and open to the public.

Where: Larose Civic Center

Enjoy the 4th Annual Sunrise & HoumaTerrebonne Rotary Clubs Bud and Burgers Championship. This event is the fundraiser for the charitable causes that both Rotary Clubs perform throughout the year. Come taste the best burgers around while listening to great music. Think your burger is the best around? Come compete in one of four categories: Restaurant, Corporate, Backyard Grillers, and the Rotarian only category. Enjoy music by Vintage at 4:30 p.m. and Stormy at 7:30 p.m. Beer is sponsored by Budweiser.

Your $10 ticket grants entry to the burger cook-off. Tickets will be sold for drinks.

Children 4 and under are free.

Where: Southdown Pavillion, Houma

Gheens Bon Mange’ Festival June 7-9

Pass a good time at this annual festival in Gheens. The weekend-long event features live music, delicious food, and the festival’s signature Rougarou Brew.

Admission is free. Children’s fun will be provided by GatorBounce Inflatables; bracelets will be sold. Bands and foods are located inside an air-conditioned building!

Where: Gheens Community Center

Bayou Region Athletic Hall of Fame Induction Banquet June 20, 6-9:30 p.m.

Bayou Goose Chase June 15, 2-8 p.m.

Grab a team of your fastest friends and prepare to traverse Houma during the 3rd annual Bayou Goose Chase, a fun-raiser for the Rotary Club of Downtown Houma.

Teams compete in this unique digital scavenger hunt for points, laughter and great memories! Register your team today!

Where: Downtown Jeaux Coffee House, Houma

The Foundation for TGMC along with the TGMC Community Sports Institute will be inducting six local athletes into the Bayou Region Athletic Hall of Fame. The 2019 class will include former NFL players Clarence Verdin, Johnny Meads, Melvin Johnson and Jay Pennison, McNeese State University softball player Margaret Haydel-Johnson and professional bowler Avery LeBlanc.

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Mighty Kids Triathlon June 23, 7:30 a.m.

This unique triathlon features a swim, bike and run for children ages 3-14! The Mighty Kids Triathlon mission is to improve the health of children in a time when childhood obesity is on the rise.

The goal is to motivate kids to get active by introducing them to triathlon, as it is a sport that encourages a healthy lifestyle and positive self-esteem.

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ANSWERS TO LAST MONTH’S CONTEST 1 Added cat 2 Left guitar color changed 3 Changed painting 4 Removed ceiling fan 5 Added ceiling light 6 Removed decorative basket underneath table

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