Feature Photos - March 23

<p>SHAWN GUST/Press Nick Ancker, of Hayden, applies chalk to his hands prior to competing in the skill rings event.</p>

<p>SHAWN GUST/Press Michael McCarthy spins his body around the mushroom while competing with Team Avant Coeur.</p>

<p>SHAWN GUST/Press Nick Ancker, 11, soars through the air after launching himself during the vault.</p>

<p>SHAWN GUST/Press 11-year-old Jackson Sherr performs a handstand on the parallel bars in Friday's gymnastic competition.</p>

<p>JEROME A. POLLOS/Press Blake Schrock, 16, rolls back onto the half-pipe deck where Zach Todhunder, 16, was waiting Monday at the Coeur d'Alene skate park after finishing a lap through the park on a new bike he received from the U.K. "I waited for two weeks to get this bike, " Schrock said during a break in the rain and snow. "As soon as I got it, I had to take it out no matter what."</p>

<p>JEROME A. POLLOS/Press Lyndsey Frank, 10, gives her friend Hannah Lakey, 10, a ride on her battery-powered moped after getting out of school Friday at Skyway Elementary in Coeur d'Alene.</p>

<p>SHAWN GUST/Press A hen makes her way across Foster Avenue in Coeur d'Alene as traffic passes behind. It is unknown why the chicken was crossing the street.</p>

<p>JEROME A. POLLOS/Press Ethan Taylor, 7, practices his cup stacking skills Monday during the After School Enrichment classes at Fernan Elementary in Coeur d'Alene. The classes ranging from African marimbas to scrapbooking are part of a weekly program for more than 100 students held three Mondays and ending on March 25.</p>

<p>SHAWN GUST/Press Angelo Brunson, left, reacts as Gonzaga University wins in the first round of the NCAA March Madness national championship tournament Thursday after watching the game with Arnold Hogenhout at Season of Coeur d'Alene.</p>

<p>JEROME A. POLLOS/Press Post Falls Mayor Clay Larkin introduces himself to Vic Waltman as he makes a Meals on Wheels delivery Wednesday. Larkin was one of the few mayors in Idaho who took part in the national event of Mayors for Meals Day. "I can't believe the mayor is delivering my meals," Waltman said after learning of Larkin's role in Post Falls. "And he's a good looking mayor too."</p>

<p>JEROME A. POLLOS/Press A violet-green swallow flies just above the surface of the water of the Spokane River as a light snow falls Monday near Coeur d'Alene.</p>

<p>JEROME A. POLLOS/Press Jeff Pabst, 17, shoots hoops under a sunny sky Tuesday at Ramsey Park in Coeur d'Alene on the last day of winter.</p>

<p>SHAWN GUST/Press Jeremy Ashenbrenner, a junior at Idaho Distance Education Academy, mans his booth showing the affects of smoking on the lungs and the respiratory system Friday at the school's health fair at The Harding Family Center in Coeur d'Alene. The event is part of the larger youth movement against tobacco use called Kick Butts Day, which takes place March 20.</p>