Romney in Arbutus

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I attended my first presidential event on March 22. Here’s a few selects, and find the full gallery here.

Laura "Betty" Dorn, 83, said she has been a Republican since she was 18 years old. She attended the town hall for Gov. Mitt Romney's campaign for president at the Dewey Lowman American Legion Post 109 in Arbutus, Md., on Wednesday, March 22, 2012, with her daughter and two grandchildren (background)

Gov. Mitt Romney drew hundreds of supporters to a town hall for his presidential campaign at Dewey Lowman American Legion Post 109 in Arbutus, Md., on Wednesday, March 22, 2012. Several local and state officials were part of the crowd, including former Gov. Bob Ehrlich (clapping).

Jim Nilson, 69, of Buckingham, Va., parked his truck outside the post. He said he's been following the Romney campaign trail since Aug. 16, 2012.

The line at Dewey Lowman American Legion Post 109 began to form around 1:30 p.m., two hours before Romney was scheduled to speak. Hundreds turned out for the event that required no ticket or invitation.

Republican hopeful Mitt Romney discussed the economy and said Pres. Obama was "clueless" about how to fix it.

 

Tropical Storm Lee

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SEPT. 3, 2011 -- Alvin Porche said he spent Saturday afternoon raking water lilies off of Highway 56 in Chauvin, La., which had intermittent flooding and slowed traffic due to Tropical Storm Lee.

 

SEPT. 3, 2011 -- Winds whip Michael Stewart of Gibson while he ties bait shrimp to his fishing line Saturday in Chauvin, hours after Tropical Storm Lee dumped up to five inches of rain in Terrebonne and Lafourche parishes and caused high waters and flooding, and winds up to 60 miles an hour.

 

Hungry kids and 63,000 voter IDs

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Iyana Nixon, 8, second from the right, giggles with a classmate while taking a drink at the end of a lunch period Tuesday at Honduras Elementary School in East Houma. More than 20 percent of children in Terrebonne and Lafourche parishes are a part of families that could not provide a meal at some point in 2011, according to a new report from Second Harvest Food Bank of Greater New Orleans and Acadiana and Feeding America, the nation's largest hunger-relief organization.

About 63,000 new voter identification cards sit on a cart behind government employees Jerome Young and Catrina Adams Tuesday at the Government Tower in Houma, waiting to be mailed to "every last registered voter in Terrebonne Parish," Young said. The U.S. Justice Department recently approved new parish-council voting districts for the Oct. 22 elections based on population shifts reflected in the 2010 U.S. Census.

Singing, Dancing and Tragedy

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Cameron Richard, 11, of Raceland, performs "House Of The Rising Sun" by The Animals during the final round before winning the 2011 CenterStage singing competition Saturday at the Houma-Terrebonne Civic Center.

Cameron Richard, 11, of Raceland, hoists the first place trophy above his head after winning the 2011 CenterStage singing competition Saturday at the Houma-Terrebonne Civic Center.

Diana Soliwon/Staff (From right) Melvin Hebert, 94, of Bourg, enjoys a rendition of "Easy Like A Sunday Morning" sung to him by his friends, Iva Lou and Charlie Vagate, Friday night at Jack's Bar on Barrow Street. Hebert has been coming to the watering hole every week to dance and drink for the last several years.

Jesslyn Lirette reads a letter to her son, 7-year-old Jori Lirette, Sunday at Peltier Park in Thibodaux during a candlight vigil. Jori was decapitated, allegedly by his father, a week before. Lirette had cerebral palsy and was wheelchair bound

Hundreds raised their hands in prayer Sunday at Peltier Park in Thibodaux during a candlight vigil held for 7-year-old Jori Lirette, who was decapitated, allegedly by his father, a week before. Lirette had cerebral palsy and was wheelchair bound.

Hundreds raised their hands in prayer Sunday at Peltier Park in Thibodaux during a candlight vigil held for 7-year-old Jori Lirette, who was decapitated, allegedly by his father, a week before. Lirette had cerebral palsy and was wheelchair bound.

While some of the Thibodaux community has reacted strongly to the media attention it has received in the wake of 7-year-old Jori Lirette's death, one of the attendees at the candlelight vigil held in his honor Sunday at Peltier Park in Thibodaux ignored it. Nelma Naquin, in pink, sat in front of several TV cameras because she "wanted to hear and see what was going on," she said.