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April 2011

Back to the Beach Kick-Off Party
Please join us for our first Back to the Beach Kick-Off Party on Friday, May 13 from 5:00 to 8:00pm at New Orleans Original Daiquiris, 3301 Veterans Blvd.  btb
Early Bird Registration available for all BTB festival events and free Door Prize drawings.  Purchase LPBF merchandise, "Coastal Paradise" poster by local artist Tuna Seither who will be on site, and discounted BTB Festival tickets.
Music by Vieux Carre' from 8:00 to 11:00pm. 
Back to the Beach Festival will be on June 3, 4, & 5. 
Ashley Kelly Swim Program
AKSP 2010

LPBF partners with the Ashley Marie Kelly Foundation, the American Red Cross and Tulane University to provide a free week-long swim program to anyone in the Pontchartrain Basin who is age 5 or older.  The swimming 

lessons are provided by Red Cross trained Water Safety Instructors and are held at Tulane University.
The 2011 Ashley Kelly Swim Program:

Program 1:  Water Safety Instructor Lessons will be held May 9-14, 2011
                 Monday-Friday: 5pm-8pm, Saturday: 1pm-4pm
Program 2:  Ashley Kelly Swim Lessons will be held at the Tulane University Reily Center May 16-20, 2011. Classes will be at 5pm, 6pm, and 7pm.
Registration opens on May 2, 2011.
For more info on registration and the swim program, see our website.
14th Annual Save Our Lake & Coast Fishing Rodeo
  Take advanfishing rodeotage of LPBF's Early Bird Registration for the 14th Annual Save Our Lake & Coast Fishing Rodeo at Chag's Tent Event Sale on May 13th - May 15th and at the BTB Kick-Off Party on May 13th at New Orleans Original Daiquiris.  Early Bird adult registrants will receive a free Daiwa D Shock rod and reel along with many other great items.
LPBF in the News...

To Fix Damage From Old Canals, Corps Plans New One

- NPR

Concern for manatees halts high-speed Lake Ponchartrain ferry plans

- WWL

St. Tammany Politics: Parish Council holding retreat in New Orleans

- NOLA.com

Louisiana Power Plants Say They're Prepared For Quakes

- Huffington Post