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No Ordinary Day » Eight-year-old Tynia Barnes dances during a Mardi Gras party last weekend at Hollenden Place apartments in North Raleigh. Tynia’s family is among eight New Orleans families displaced by Hurricane Katrina who now live at Hollenden. ‘It’s difficult,’ said former New Orleans Gentilly neighborhood resident Denise Mitchell, after urging a half-dozen youngsters to start dancing. ‘The kids are used to seeing floats and bands. Even though we didn’t have the floats we are still enjoying ourselves.’

Eight-year-old Tynia Barnes dances during a Mardi Gras party last weekend at Hollenden Place apartments in North Raleigh. Tynia's family is among eight New Orleans families displaced by Hurricane Katrina who now live at Hollenden. 'It's difficult,' said former New Orleans Gentilly neighborhood resident Denise Mitchell, after urging a half-dozen youngsters to start dancing. 'The kids are used to seeing floats and bands. Even though we didn't have the floats we are still enjoying ourselves.'

Eight-year-old Tynia Barnes dances during a Mardi Gras party last weekend at Hollenden Place apartments in North Raleigh. Tynia’s family is among eight New Orleans families displaced by Hurricane Katrina who now live at Hollenden. ‘It’s difficult,’ said former New Orleans Gentilly neighborhood resident Denise Mitchell, after urging a half-dozen youngsters to start dancing. ‘The kids are used to seeing floats and bands. Even though we didn’t have the floats we are still enjoying ourselves.’

Miriam Tuovila, 80, of Yorktown, Va., emerges from the water as she completes the first leg of the Triangle Triathlon at Lake Crabtree County Park in Morrisville. The race consisted of a 750-meter swim, a 15-mile bike ride and a 5-kilometer run. Tuovila completed the event in less than 2 hours and 15 minutes. (The best time was 1 hour and 29 seconds, and the best women's time was 1 hour, 10 minutes.) 'I'm just trying to show that old women can do it, too,' said Tuovila, who started competing in triathlons at 63. 'It's like oiling a machine; if you don't exercise, it gets rusty.'

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