Friday, June 13, 2008


Brylee Hill, 12, laughs with her mother, Jill, and caregiver, Ana Weeks, who help her on a carousel horse at McCormick-Stillman Railroad Park during the 22nd annual Special Day for Special Kids Carnival. The carnival is a free event for the Valley's special needs children and their families put on by service learning students form all five Scottsdale Unified School District High Schools and Scottsdale Sunrise Rotary.

Bonneville and Mountain View clash over the ball during the 4A soccer semifinals in Salt Lake City, Utah, Tuesday, May 20, 2008.

Anne-Marie Hildebrandt is a local musician who recently appeared at Carnegie Hall with Bobbie Ferrin. Hildebrant also stared a Celtic Choir and has been publishing choral music. Sandy, Utah Wednesday, May 28, 2008.

Veronica Davis, 10, plays with pinwheels she set up to blow to fans during the opening of a new exhibit at Discovery Gateway called Invention at Play. The exhibit is filled with activities designed to stimulate imagination and creativity. Salt Lake City, Utah Friday, June 6, 2008.

Pat Smith shares a laugh with her neighbor as she measures her for a dress inside of Smith’s home on the Gila River Indian Reservation in Arizona January 1, 2007.

Cassandra Contreros, 7, Jacob Eggleston, 6, Robbie Capossela, 8, and Gabriela Contreros, 10, prepare to begin the Parada Del Sol parade Saturday. The children walked the parade as members of Ballet Foklorico Alegria and preformed after the parade in the Trails End Celebration in old town Scottsdale.

Boxers compete during Night of Fights at the Westin Kierland in Scottsdale, Arizona.

Members of the Arizona Twirling Athletes prepare for the Parada Del Sol parade to begin. The parade ran on Scottsdale road from Oak to Indian School in Scottsdale Saturday.

Volunteers help clear a two-mile stretch of trail near McDowell Mountain Tuesday.

Gustavo Herrera, 11, plays soccer at a field down from house in Ixtapan de la Sal, Mexico. Born in Rimrock, Arizona, Gustavo is trying to adjust to his new life since his mother’s deportation.

Lead singer of Dashboard Confessional Chris Carrabba reaches out to the crowd during his performance at the Mesa Amphitheatre July 15, 2006.