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Ladybug Ball aims to fill the air with bugs, music and funFriday, April 16, 2010 @ 5:53PMLaura McKnight Staff Writer HOUMA — Children find hours of entertainment in the Magic Kingdom-like atmosphere of the annual Ladybug Ball, with its bubbles, butterflies, Disney characters, bright costumes, the deejay spinning kiddy jams and of course, thousands of ladybugs.

Ladybug Ball aims to fill the air with ladybugs, butterflies, music and funFriday, April 16, 2010 @ 3:09PMPam Testroet and State Rep. Damon Baldone, D-Houma, dump ladybugs into containers during the ninth-annual Ladybug Ball at Southdown Plantation in Houma. 100,001 ladybugs were released during the annual event which included music and games. This year's event is scheduled for Saturday.

Blind photographer celebrates nature in 'Seasons'Friday, March 19, 2010 @ 9:04AMKurt Weston sees the world as if it's an impressionist painting. That's literally how it appears to him, since he's legally blind. The Huntington Beach photographer has completely lost sight in his left eye, and can only see peripherally in his...