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When I look back to the Fourth of July during my earliest years, it wasn’t a party. There were no computer-generated displays of fireworks.

The bird’s name was Perry Como. He belonged to a little red-headed girl in Central Florida who loved him dearly.

Ms. Allison Leigh Ardoin and Mr. Adam Douglas Baudoin were recently married in Bar Harbor, Maine. The couple were engaged two years ago in Bar Harbor and returned there for their wedding. Allison is the daughter of Debbie Bourque Ardoin and the late Michael James Ardoin. Allison graduated from Jennings High School, McNeese State University and LSU Health Science Center in New Orleans with a master’s Degree in Occupational Therapy. Adam is the son of Angela Baudoin and Douglas Baudoin and his wife Gail Freeland Baudoin, all of Kaplan. Adam graduated from Kaplan High School and attended LSU in Baton Rouge. He is employed by Expro Americas in Broussard. Upon their return from Maine, the couple resides in Lafayette.

While returning from the National Beta Convention, Elton High School Beta students made a meaningful stop at the historic National Civil Rights Museum at the former Lorraine Motel. The motel is the site where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated on April 4, 1968.

When the subject of torpedograss comes up, some folks can’t resist responding with a little humor. The best way to get rid of this reviled weed, they advise, is to stick a “for sale” sign in your yard.

As I stood in line, outside a bathroom at a restaurant in a nearby coastal town, I was surrounded by the clamor of young girls, accompanied by two mothers. Then a man walked up.