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Lafayette Daily Adv 07/26/2015 Page : C01
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Local bodybuilder Tim Garrett is all about com-peting as long as he keeps it natural.
The 51-year-old Lafayette man recently won firstplace in bodybuilding in the masters division of theNational Physique Committee Louisiana Body-building, Physique, Figure and Bikini Champion-ships for the 50 and over division. He also took afirst place in the light heavy division.
Ive been into bodybuilding for 33 years, Gar-rett said. Years ago, I started because I wassmall in stature and I always wanted to be big-ger. I had a cousin who was a bodybuilder and hestarted tutoring me. He took me to my first showand I said, Thats what I want to do.
The competition, whichbills itself as the premier ama-teur physique organization inthe world, is one of many con-tests for bodybuilders on thepath to becoming profession-als. This one, held in July, hasbeen a tradition in the HubCity for more than 20 years.
Lafayette is a great loca-tion to host (the event) year inand year out, said TommyGuarisco, promoter and own-er of Magnum Productions.One of the reasons is Red andRed Lerille's 50 year historyand involvement (that) hasmade it popular.
Garrett trains out of GoldsGym in Breaux Bridge andsaid he also has a gym in hishome. His dedication andtraining have paid off manytimes. In fact, back in 2012, hewon the overall title in thesame NPC Bodybuilding com-
If youve been payingattention, by now youprobably know someabout Jillian Johnson,who was killed in thesenseless theater shoot-ing.
Youve probably heardthat she was a visionary,an artist, a musician anda doer. She had a sense ofstyle all her own. She
made things happen. Shewas willing to do what ittook to create the goodand beauty she envi-sioned for this world.
You may have heardthat she also had anamazing sense of humor.On Red Arrow Work-shops website (the storeshe and her husband,Jason Brown, createdand ran in River Ranch),here is what Jillian choseto share as Importantthings to know aboutJillian.
She is obsessed withFats Waller, Tina Turnerand John Steinbeck.
Her oldest knownfrienemy is her brotherBram.
She is both a senti-mental hoarder and anuptight minimalist.
Her all-time favor-ite movie is absolutelypositively Coal Miners
Daughter. She doesnt care
about ice cream andthinks people who get icecream headaches totallyhad it coming.
Just from those fivesentences, anyone couldtell that she was special and she was. She hadbig ideas and had thetalent and chutzpah to
make them happen.But she also did the
little things to make adifference personalthings that no one elsesaw or noticed.
For example, fouryears ago, Jillian and Iwere working on a hugetwo-year project togeth-
See RISHER, Page 7C
Jan RisherLong Story
Short
In memory of an artist, a musician and a doer
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Bodybuilder TimothyGarrett poses forphotographs with histrophies from NationalPhyisique CommitteeLouisianaChampionshipstrophies at Gold's Gymin Breaux Bridge.
See GARRETT, Page 10C
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