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F]',mch twist: Fath,.'r teaches sons the art of fine cuisine
continued from page A-21
Rogers said he want-
ed to get out of Los An-
geles so he could teach
his son how to cook. In
his family's new res-
taurant, Bizou Bistro
in downtown Shelton,
Rogers will oversee the
kitchen while his two
sons work it.
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The family's choice of
Shelton as their landing
pad came from a summer
trip last year.
"It was kind of my
idea," Laura Rogers ex-
plained. "I always said
once the kids are old
enough, self-sufficient,
we were going to move
somewhere quiet. We
stumbled on Shelton and
fell in love with it and
we're here to stay."
At the end of their
summer trip, the family
landed back in Los An-
geles, only to come back
to Shelton a month later
to look for property. They
moved in September.
"It's beautiful and re-
minds me of Wales," the
mother said. "It even
smells like Wales. You
can smell the lumber. It's
just so clean."
Sam will follow in
his father's footsteps,
starting with his cook-
ing style, an American-
French fusion.
Journal photo by Lloyd Mullen
True Neely, from left, Richard Klingdail, and Niel, Brandon and Sam Rogers
gather in their kitchen at Bizou Bistro last Wednesday.
'%Ve bring over all of
the elements of the sun
city style. We're not do-
ing tar tar," Rogers ex-
plained.
They will, however,
create dishes such as fi-
let mignon with a brandy
cream sauce and flour-
less cake with Washing-
ton red apples -- all with
local ingredients, accord-
ing to the restaurateur.
Bizou Bistro opened
its doors June 10.
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Concert: 'These kids need h elp'
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"For this location,
that's pretty much where
all the kids go to school,"
he said.
Each student is asked
to pay a small tuition,
but many can't afford to
pay, he said. Even if all
of them paid, the tuition
could not support the
school's cost.
"I was one of them,"
Sylvain said.
As a young child, Syl-
vain and his family lived
in Port Au Prince, Haiti's
capital city. Later, they
moved to the nearby vil-
lage of Fondfred. At the
time, the only school in
the area charged $1 a
year in tuition, which his
family could not afford.
Sylvain missed two
years of school.
"Everyone wanted me
to go to school. It was
pretty sad," he said.
Then an anonymous
donor in the United
States paid for Sylvain's
education. He finished
school, took some college
classes and went to vo-
cational school. He now
works on HVAC systems.
Sylvain still does not
know who his benefactor
was.
"Thank you for what
you did - you have no
idea what you did for
me," he said.
Now Sylvain wants to
give back.
"These kids need help,
the same way I (did). I
can't help all of them," he
said.
Sylvain said his edu-
cation made his life to-
day possible.
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education I wouldn't be
able to speak English,"
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He met his wife,
Amanda, in 2005 in Hai-
ti when he translated for
her mission group. Two
years later, he moved to
Shelton. The couple now
has two children.
"There was a big tran-
sition," he said. "I had
never been outside of
Haiti."
About four years ago,
Sylvain said he began to
work to raise money for
the school in his Haiti
hometown.
In January, Sylvain
and a group from the
Shelton First Baptist
Church traveled to Haiti
and spent a week build-
ing the school a new caf-
eteria.
Proceeds from the
concert will go toward
construction costs and
furniture at the school,
Sylvain said.
He hopes the children
at the school can learn
from his example.
"They can help the fu-
ture generation," he said.
All donations are ap-
preciated, no matter the
size, Sylvain said.
"If it's a little, some-
times we think it's not
enough," he said. "Who-
ever receives it, it can
be big, life changing. If
you skip one coffee every
day for a month, it can
make a big difference in
a person's life. Little by
little we can make a big
change."
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