Behind the Lens

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Bryan Begaye feeds his 8-month-old son, Kyree, who cries for his bottle, while attending the eighth annual young parent conference with Kyree's mother, Monyca Nelson, on Wednesday at San Juan College.

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Sacred Heart Catholic School students and a teacher frantically stuff pennies in a glass jar Friday as a part of the "Penny Wars" fundraiser. Proceeds from the school-wide event, which were tallied at over $1,000 by the afternoon, will go toward helping Cornelio Ramirez with the expenses related to a kidney transplant.

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Kirtland residents Josh Snyder, 24, and Ginny Gustin, 27, plow through a muddy puddle in a Polaris RZR all-terrain vehicle at the Dunes Vehicle Recreation Area on Sunday.

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Bryant Padilla, 16, holds his adoptive sister, 3-year-old Kylie, while she attempts to tickle him outside Judge Sandra Price's courtroom Monday after the adoption.

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Amanda Padilla hugs her newly-adopted daughter, 3-year-old Kylie, closely while spectators and family members celebrate in the moments following the adoption Monday in District Court Judge Sandra Price's courtroom. Kylie and her sister, 18-month-old Emily, both Navajo, were adopted into the Padilla's nine-child family.

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Harold Lampton, 89 years old, looks at a 1900 U.S. Census book Friday detailing New Mexico's population at the turn of the last century. The book once belonged to his father, who referred to it before moving to New Mexico.

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Harold Lampton, who was born in 1920 in the hospital which would later be named San Juan Regional Medical Center, is seen in a reflection looking at a family photograph hanging in a hallway in his Farmington home Friday.

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; A paramedic, far left, attempts to move an injured man from his vehicle, which hit a power pole, onto a stretcher while a Farmington firefighter keeps an eye on the power lines above the scene of a two-car accident Sunday that caused power outages downtown. The wreck at the intersection of Lake Street and Broadway occurred when the man drove through a red light and was hit by a man driving with his children, who were not seriously injured, according to Farmington Police Cpl. Donnie Kee. The man driving alone, not identified by police at the time of the accident, was conscious when he was taken to San Juan Regional Medical Center with injury to his head.

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Craig Lozier holds tight to his 3-year-old grandson, Landon Lozier, while Landon's father, Luke, gives them a shove down a hill Thursday at Civitan Park in Farmington, N.M.

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Piedra Vista High School guard Cheree Charley hugs teammate Ali Rhodes on Saturday while holding the third place trophy after the Panthers beat Aztec High School in overtime during the Lady Tiger Invitational at AHS.

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Nathaniel Brown, an instructional assistant at Esperanza Elementary with the National Indian Youth Council Inc., gets work done Thursday on his laptop at the Farmington Public Library in Farmington, N.M. Area schools were canceled Thursday due to the weather.

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Bloomfield High School student Shantell Pinto, 16, enjoys a chilling moment during her lunch break Tuesday under a wall of water, created by melted snow from the previous night's precipitation, draining from the roof of the high school's main building. The snow finally gained ground Thursday, after a week of smaller flurries.

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Clear blue skies during much of the day can be seen past a wall of water, created by melted snow from the previous night's precipitation, draining from the roof of the main building at Bloomfield High School on Tuesday.

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Mariah Jaramillo, 9, and her Grace Baptist Academy classmate, Jerilyn Lange, 11, center, check out part of the robotics interactive exhibit Thursday at E3 Children's Museum and Science Center, while education specialist Kelly Hile, assists them.

Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Guy Shephard, executive director at The Well, looks Monday at the damage done to the window he believes vandals broke and entered through overnight Sunday.