Giving Thanks: Rabbi Reuel Karpov reads from The Book of Esther for Robert Levin, right, and other members of the Jewish Center of Indian Country as part of a Purim ceremony. Purim commemorates a time when Jewsish people living in Persia were saved from extermination. (Photo by John A. Bowersmith/Independent)

Let them eat cake: Charlie Landavazo lifts a cakewalk prize to take it to the winner at the Northside Senior Center Thursday. The center had an Easter egg hunt, raffle and cakewalk with prizes including a barbeque grille and 19" television. (Photo by John A. Bowersmith/Independent)

Amid piles of shoeboxes Dante Gilbert fills out raffle ticket forms after purchasing them from Ronda Todachine at Foot Locker in the Rio West Mall Friday. Todachine is a contestant in the Miss Indian World pageant and has to sell raffle tickets as part of the contest. The number of tickets sold is used to break ties between contestants. Miss Indian World is crowned at the Gathering of Nations Pow Wow in Albuquerque in April. (Photo by John A. Bowersmith/Independent) Full Story