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Fat Tuesday features

I had a few hours to kill early in my shift on Tuesday before a high school basketball game so I set out to shoot a few features. Tuesday was Fat Tuesday, but the only Mardi Gras-related feature I found was a couple local musicians performing some New Orleans-style jazz at Chicory Cafe, a French Quarter-style coffee shop in downtown South Bend. After I returned to the newsroom, a reporter tipped me off that he spotted a barbershop mural going up out on the west side of town.

Isaro Simental adds green to the word "side" as he and Sammy Aguire, background, paint a mural on the side of the Little Mexico West Side Barbershop on Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2012, along Western Avenue in South Bend. Simental, who is also a barber at the shop, and Aguire had been working on the mural for about two hours by 3:30 p.m. Tuesday afternoon, but had already completed a barber's pole that spanned the height of the building's east side. (James Brosher/South Bend Tribune)
Isaro Simental adds green to the word "side" as he and Sammy Aguire, background, paint a mural on the side of the Little Mexico West Side Barbershop on Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2012, along Western Avenue in South Bend. Simental, who is also a barber at the shop, and Aguire had been working on the mural for about two hours by 3:30 p.m. Tuesday afternoon, but had already completed a barber's pole that spanned the height of the building's east side. (James Brosher/South Bend Tribune)
As patrons slip their coffee, Danny Barber plays a few jazz notes on the trumpet as he looks down at his playing partner, Jim Pickley, left, on piano on Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2012, at Chicory Cafe, a French Quarter-style coffee shop, in downtown South Bend. The two said they usually only perform at the cafe for Mardi Gras, and this year's performance was the third such occasion. "It's fun to do a duo," Barber said of the performance. "You just come in and play." (James Brosher/South Bend Tribune)
As patrons slip their coffee, Danny Barber plays a few jazz notes on the trumpet as he looks down at his playing partner, Jim Pickley, left, on piano on Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2012, at Chicory Cafe, a French Quarter-style coffee shop, in downtown South Bend. The two said they usually only perform at the cafe for Mardi Gras, and this year's performance was the third such occasion. "It's fun to do a duo," Barber said of the performance. "You just come in and play." (James Brosher/South Bend Tribune)

Elkhart Memorial downs Clay

Color guard members walk the American Flag onto the court before the start of a high school basketball game between Clay and Elkhart Memorial on Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2012, at Clay High School in South Bend. (James Brosher/South Bend Tribune)
Color guard members walk the American Flag onto the court before the start of a high school basketball game between Clay and Elkhart Memorial on Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2012, at Clay High School in South Bend. (James Brosher/South Bend Tribune)
Clay's Darren Taylor reacts as he splits Elkhart Memorial's Urston Smith, left, and Markese McGuire en route to the basket during a high school basketball game on Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2012, at Clay High School in South Bend. (James Brosher/South Bend Tribune)
Clay's Darren Taylor reacts as he splits Elkhart Memorial's Urston Smith, left, and Markese McGuire en route to the basket during a high school basketball game on Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2012, at Clay High School in South Bend. (James Brosher/South Bend Tribune)

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Paczki preparations

Marysia Rzeszutek shares a laugh with a family member as she adds a raspberry filling to a paczki, a type of cream-filled Polish pastry, on Monday, Feb. 20, 2012, at Baker's Dozen Bake Shop in South Bend. Rzeszutek and her husband, Chris, own the shop and expect to make between 2,500 and 3,000 paczkis for Fat Tuesday. The pastries are a traditional treat for Polish Catholics before lent. (James Brosher/South Bend Tribune)
Marysia Rzeszutek shares a laugh with a family member as she adds a raspberry filling to a paczki, a type of cream-filled Polish pastry, on Monday, Feb. 20, 2012, at Baker's Dozen Bake Shop in South Bend. Rzeszutek and her husband, Chris, own the shop and expect to make between 2,500 and 3,000 paczkis for Fat Tuesday. The pastries are a traditional treat for Polish Catholics before lent. (James Brosher/South Bend Tribune)

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Neighbors in Need

Volunteer Jack Gibboney grabs a few bags of food donations as he takes them to the back of a panel truck to be placed in bins during the Neighbors in Need donation drive for the Food Bank of Northern Indiana on Monday, Feb. 20, 2012, morning at the WSBT studios in Mishawaka. (James Brosher/South Bend Tribune)
Volunteer Jack Gibboney grabs a few bags of food donations as he takes them to the back of a panel truck to be placed in bins during the Neighbors in Need donation drive for the Food Bank of Northern Indiana on Monday, Feb. 20, 2012, morning at the WSBT studios in Mishawaka. (James Brosher/South Bend Tribune)
Bags of food donations sit on a table during the Neighbors in Need donation drive for the Food Bank of Northern Indiana on Monday, Feb. 20, 2012, morning at the WSBT studios in Mishawaka. (James Brosher/South Bend Tribune)
Bags of food donations sit on a table during the Neighbors in Need donation drive for the Food Bank of Northern Indiana on Monday, Feb. 20, 2012, morning at the WSBT studios in Mishawaka. (James Brosher/South Bend Tribune)

Penn girls down Michigan City in Class 4A regional

Penn coach Kristi Kaniewski, center, gives out defensive assignments for her players before the start of the second half in a Class 4A girl's basketball regional game against Michigan City on Saturday, Feb. 18, 2012, at Valparaiso High School. Penn won 59-55. (James Brosher/South Bend Tribune)
Penn coach Kristi Kaniewski, center, gives out defensive assignments for her players before the start of the second half in a Class 4A girl's basketball regional game against Michigan City on Saturday, Feb. 18, 2012, at Valparaiso High School. Penn won 59-55. (James Brosher/South Bend Tribune)
Penn's Olivia Carlton (32) and Caroline Buhr react after Michigan City's Michal Miller, right, committed a turnover by loosing the ball out of bounds like in a Class 4A basketball regional on Saturday, Feb. 18, 2012, at Valparaiso High School. Penn won 59-55. (James Brosher/South Bend Tribune)
Penn's Olivia Carlton (32) and Caroline Buhr react after Michigan City's Michal Miller, right, committed a turnover by losing the ball out of bounds like in a Class 4A basketball regional on Saturday, Feb. 18, 2012, at Valparaiso High School. Penn won 59-55. (James Brosher/South Bend Tribune)

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