{"id":726,"date":"2017-07-20T01:51:51","date_gmt":"2017-07-20T01:51:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lizreyes.com\/?p=726"},"modified":"2017-07-20T20:09:18","modified_gmt":"2017-07-20T20:09:18","slug":"stepping-up-for-a-good-cause","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.lizreyes.com\/?p=726","title":{"rendered":"Stepping up for a good cause"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- WordPress Connect Like Button v2.0.3 -->\n<p class=\"wp-connect-like-button\"><fb:like href=\"http:\/\/www.lizreyes.com\/?p=726\" send=\"true\" layout=\"standard\" width=\"480\" show_faces=\"false\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\" font=\"arial\" ref=\"\"><\/fb:like><\/p>\n<!-- WordPress Connect Like Button -->\n<p>It was an honor serving as the emcee to announce the New Orleans 2017 Belles and Beaus!! 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