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88th Louisiana Shrimp & Petroleum Festival King Joseph E. “Jody” Carinhas, Jr

Jody Carinhas, a lifelong resident of St. Mary Parish, began a career in the family shrimping and processing business during the summers as a teenager. After graduating from Central Catholic High School in 1978, he started a full time position at the Patterson Shrimp Company beginning in mechanic’s, later vessel engineer and marine operations manager in the business. Carinhas transitioned into the Petroleum Industry beginning a 40-year career in sales in late 1983 as a Sales Representative for Morgan City Rentals serving the offshore commercial diving and construction segment of the industry.  In 1997 he moved into the drilling and exploration area of the industry, accepting a position at Oil & Gas Rental Services as inside sales and eventually moving into outside sales in 1999. In 2004 he accepted a position with Stabil Drill Specialties located in Lafayette to become an outside sales representative covering the Gulf of Mexico region along with the Mid-Continent and Rocky Mountain regions as the business expanded. 2006 saw a return to Morgan City Rentals as Vice President of Sales where he remains under new ownership of the company and name of Bishop Lifting Rentals. Community involvement included coaching youth sports, Pop Warner Football, Dixie Youth Baseball, and girls’ softball. He served on the Morgan City Recreation girls’ softball board as a member and chairman. He was a board member of the St. Mary Golf and Country Club, as well as a member and chairman of the annual Lafayette Oilman’s Invitational Golf Tournament. He is married to the former Kimbla Bossley and has 2 children Kayla Carinhas Folse and Kristin Carinhas Hickman along with 4 grandchildren, 5 stepchildren and 10 step grandchildren. Carinhas becomes the 3rd generation to serve as festival king.  He follows his father, Joseph Carinhas Sr. who was king of the 1973 festival and his grandfather John Santos Carinhas who was king of the 1946 festival.

87th Louisiana Shrimp & Petroleum Festival Queen Jordan Gallegos

Gweneth Dohmann, 19, is the daughter of Joey and Sharon Dohmann of Berwick, Louisiana. Dohmann is a 2022 graduate of Central Catholic High School. She is currently attending the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, where she is pursuing a degree in Business Finance. At the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, she is involved in Kappa Delta sorority and is a member of Cajun Catholics religious organization. In her free time she enjoys baking, horseback riding, exercising, and traveling.