Spring break!

Ocean view in Monterey, Cal.


Leah Whitinger holds back

mischievous fiance Louie Beech.

(Left to right): Mike Hoyt,

Louie Beech, Leah Whitinger,

Brenda Beech, Zach Beech, and Ronny Beech, enjoy an evening at the wharf in Monterey, Cal.

Ducks and Coats

Ducks search for a 

feast behind Paul's Market.

These ducks are used to

people, and "You can tell

who they know and who they don't," said Randy Rees, who has been looking after these ducks with his daughter, Rulona for the past two years.

Randy Rees

Mike and Kaylyn Coats

Her other leg is there 

somewhere, she's just showing off her balancing skills.

Don't worry about the one hundred or so ducks behind Paul's Market on 12th Avenue in Nampa - they are in good hands! In 2008, Kaylyn Coats, who lives across the street from the grocery store, kept in her home over 27 ducks for six months. It all started when the Coats were taking down a couple of trees in their backyard. "One of the nests was going to be squashed by a tree we were pulling down, so I incubated them," Kaylyn said. Her father-in-law, Mike Coats, said, "Every time she found an abandoned nest, she'd take them in."

Freshman Marisa Gubbe, Olympia, Wash., helps put up a tent that has blown over at the set up of Mr. NNU on Saturday. (From left to right) Senior Dane Manley, Puyallup, Wash., stables the tent while junior Mike Hoyt, Portland, Ore., climbs the ladder.