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Louisiana: Hurricane Katrina Louisiana Plantation
HIGH FIVES Morgan Prentice , 11, took her first deer during the Tennessee youth firearms weekend while hunting at Ames Plantation in Grand Junction. It was her first hunt.
Robin Hood stole from the rich and gave to the poor. On the Gulf Coast, the reverse is happening. Federal, state and local governments are teaming up with corporations and developers to systematically steal hurricane relief funds from the poor to enrich themselves.
Not a big fan of cracklins? Does the art scene bore you? No worry - if you're not going to Port Barre's Cracklin' Festival or the Opelousas High Art Celebration this weekend, there's still plenty to do, from rodeos to road shows, trail rides to theater.
Louisiana Swamp Fest Audubon Zoo, 6500 Magazine St. Cajun cuisine, crafts, demonstrations, animal presentations and music on two stages, with the Savoy Family Band, La Touché, Dwayne Dopsie & the Zydeco Hellraisers, The Pine Leaf Boys and Doug Kershaw, 10 a.m.-5. No outside food or beverages allowed. $12 adults, $9 seniors, $7 children ages 2-12.
The town of St. Francisville, Louisiana, some 100 miles northwest of New Orleans, escaped major damage from Katrina and her evil sister Rita, and amid all their destruction, the hurricanes completely spared the old Oakley House there.
The Coffee Plantation in Ahwatukee Foothills will be serving something besides java and pastries this Sunday. From 1 to 5 p.m. it will be the site of the Great Gumbo Cookoff, where 10 cooks will dish out their best effort. The public can vote for the ''crowd favorite,'' and a panel will judge the grand prize winner.
In New Orleans and throughout Louisiana, property owners are being encouraged to apply for money set aside to repair historic homes and other architecturally significant properties damaged by Hurricanes Rita or Katrina.
VACHERIE — Thousands of people enjoying a pleasantly sunny Saturday crowded into a village of art, craft and food booths on the grounds of historic Oak Alley Plantation in St. James Parish.
The Kinkster is grumpy. It's three weeks before Election Day, and Richard "Kinky" Friedman has come home to his beloved Hill Country to rejuvenate before the final push of the campaign.
MAKE YOUR WAY to Cajun Country, and you'll find an exotic culture right here in the U.S.A. that speaks a different language, serves up a most distinctive cuisine and creates its own music.

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