MANDEVILLE, La. — While many stayed up late to ring in the new year, others woke up early Wednesday morning to start their year differently. The annual Ice Man Dip and Dash was held at Franco's ...
It wasn't actually icy this year, Jan. 1 being an unseasonably balmy day. And the Tchefuncte River was 61 degrees when 34 high-spirited souls jumped in for Franco's 33rd annual Ice Man Dip & Dash. But ...
Owner Joey Barcheski, second from the left, came up with his famous "man dip" while he was in college at Albion. Barcheski has wanted to own a restaurant since he was five years old, and after ...
Forty hardy souls took the Ice Man Dip & Dash challenge on Jan. 1, running 4 miles in 60-degree weather under foggy, overcast skies and swimming 110 yards across the Tchefuncte River in 50-degree ...
The Ice Man Dip & Dash once again took place on the first da of 2015 in Mandeville and Madisonville. The event includeed participants running four miles from Franco’s Athletic Club across the ...