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Gaines award winner T. Geronimo Johnson, author of the book, Welcome to Braggsville.
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Blizter Award winner Deborah Ribeiro is pursuing a masters degree at Louisiana State University and has performed professional orchestras in both her native Brazil and United States since 2007.
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LSU running back Derrius Guice is reading to take a lead role for the Tiger offense for the upcoming football season.
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Tin Roof Brewery founders Will McGehee, left, and Charles Caldwell at their brewery located off Nicholson Drive in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
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13th Gate Haunted House owner and designer Dwayne Sanburn stands in the lobby of his 40,000-square-foot facility in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
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Baton Rouge philanthropist Paula Pennington de la Bretonne supports the Great Performers in Concert Series at the Baton Rouge River Center Performing Arts Theatre n Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
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Life-long Grand Isle resident Pat Landry turned his family home into a Bed & Breakfast. Landry's father built the home in 1931. The property was once part of the Barataria Plantation and is now a scenic area surrounded by 200-year-old oak trees.
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Justin Ehrenwerth is the new CEO of The Water Institue of the Gulf.
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Insurance company owner Bill McGehee of Bill McGehee Insurance in Bogalusa, Louisiana has flown for 30-years. He has also flown nearly 50 emergency and non-emergency medical care missions for Mercy Flights.
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Chitimacha elder Lester Darden at his home near Bayou Teche. To tribal members "Uncle Lester," born in 1908, is a well respected source of tribal history.
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Ursin DeRoche teaches guitar at Zeagler's Music located off Florida Blvd. in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
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Chef Justin Girouard and his wife Margaret own and operate the French Press in downtown Lafayette, Louisiana.
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Cory Werk of Bayou Teche Experience kayak outfitters guides kayakers through cypress tress in Lake Martin in St. Martin Parish, Louisiana.
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Chitimacha tribal member Roger Stouff at Bayou Teche near Charenton, Louisiana.