Winning Handshake: Steve Ilg gets a good-luck handshake from Joy Kilpatrick before leaving for the snowshoe/ski transition area on top of Mt. Taylor via bus Saturday morning before the 2006 Mt. Taylor Winter Quadrathalon. Ilg's team, Team Mountain Yogis, won the 40-49 combined men's and women's team class with a time of 3:48:14. See how local racers fared on Page 1 of today's Sports section. [Photo by John A. Bowersmith/Independent]

Thirteen-year-old Travis Yazzie and his brother Nathan play with a Gameboy in their home in Indian Wells, Ariz. Travis has medulloblastoma, a type of brain tumor. The tumor was removed in December, but Travis still has to endure chemotherapy treatments once a month in Phoenix. [Photo by John A. Bowersmith/Independent] Full Story

Striking A Pose: Eric Griego looks down the lane at Gal-A-Bowl while his sister, Simoriah Griego, and grandfather, John Klein, look on Monday afternoon. Klein took President's Day off from work to spend some time with his grandkids. Eric and Simoriah thought that bowling was a good way to use their day off from Rehoboth Christian School. [Photo by Matt Hinshaw/Independent]