Brenda Littlefield, NOWCAP direct care provider, assists Clifford Ernst as he makes a few trips down the hall Thursday afternoon. Ernst was told in April 2008 that he might not walk again because of a pinch in his spinal cord, which paralyzed him. (Tim Kupsick/Star-Tribune)
Harlee Santistevan, 5, concentrates on a word task during class at the Montessori School of Casper recently. Photo by Dan Cepeda, Star-Tribune
Tim Kupsick, Star-TribuneDavid Turner and his son Jared climb to the top of Independence Rock Monday afternoon. The Turner's stopped at Independence Rock as apart of their childrens studies of the Oregon Trail. The Turners are back from a missionary trip to Bolivia to file reports and visit friends and family for the holidays.
An elderly Serb woman casts her vote in a polling station in the town of Gracanica, just outside Kosovo's capital, Pristina on Sunday, Nov. 15, 2009. Kosovo's prime minister urged minority Serbs not to boycott the country's first elections since independence from Serbia, calling the Sunday vote a key test for his new nation. The vote is the first that is being fully controlled by Kosovo's authorities and is seen as way of proving Kosovo's viability as a state following its contested declaration of independence from Serbia. (AP Photo/Visar Kryeziu)
Kosovo's Prime Minister Hashim Thaci casts his vote at a polling station in capital Pristina, Kosovo, on Sunday, Nov. 15, 2009. Kosovo votes Sunday in the first election organized by local authorities since the declaration of independence from Serbia. The poll takes place amid renewed tensions between rival ethnic Albanian parties, fears of fraud and a likely boycott from the Serb minority. (AP Photo/Visar Kryeziu)
Election material awaiting to be transferred to polling stations in capital Pristina on Saturday, Nov. 14, 2009. Kosovo votes Sunday in the first election organized by local authorities since the declaration of independence from Serbia. The poll takes place amid renewed tensions between rival ethnic Albanian parties, fears of fraud and a likely boycott from the Serb minority. (AP Photo/Visar Kryeziu)
Serb villagers walk past political party posters in the Serb village of Gracanica on Saturday, Nov. 14, 2009. Kosovo votes Sunday in the first election organized by local authorities since the declaration of independence from Serbia. The poll takes place amid renewed tensions between rival ethnic Albanian parties, fears of fraud and a likely boycott from the Serb minority. (AP Photo/Visar Kryeziu)
A Palestinian boy is seen next to posters with portraits of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas during a rally, marking the 21st anniversary of the Palestinian Independence Day in the Village of Beit Furik near the West Bank city of Nablus, Sunday Nov 15, 2009. Palestinians have marked Nov. 15 as their Independence Day since 1988 when the Palestine National Council unilaterally declared statehood in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. (AP Photo / Majdi Mohammed)
Palestinian security officers participate in a march to mark the 21st anniversary of the self-declared Palestinian Independence Day, in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, Sunday, Nov. 15, 2009. Palestinians have marked Nov. 15 as their Independence Day since 1988 when the Palestine National Council unilaterally declared statehood in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. (AP Photo/Nasser Shiyoukhi)
Palestinian children holds posters of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas during a rally to mark the 21st anniversary of the self-declared Palestinian Independence Day in the Village of Beit Furik, near the West Bank city of Nablus, Sunday, Nov. 15, 2009. Palestinians have marked Nov. 15 as their Independence Day since 1988 when the Palestine National Council unilaterally declared statehood in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)
Members of Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas' security forces take part in a march to mark the 21st anniversary of Palestinian Independence Day in the West Bank city of Tulkarem, Sunday, Nov 15, 2009. Palestinians have marked Nov. 15 as their Independence Day since 1988 when the Palestine National Council unilaterally declared statehood in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. (AP Photo/Nasser Ishtayeh)
Members of Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas' security forces take part in a march to mark the 21st anniversary of the self-declared Palestinian Independence Day in the West Bank city of Tulkarem, Sunday, Nov. 15, 2009. Palestinians have marked Nov. 15 as their Independence Day since 1988, when the Palestine National Council unilaterally declared statehood in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. (AP Photo/Nasser Ishtayeh)
Kosovo's Prime Minister Hashim Thaci casts his vote at a polling station in capital Pristina, Kosovo, on Sunday, Nov. 15, 2009. Kosovo votes Sunday in the first election organized by local authorities since the declaration of independence from Serbia. The poll takes place amid renewed tensions between rival ethnic Albanian parties, fears of fraud and a likely boycott from the Serb minority. (AP Photo/Visar Kryeziu)
Election material awaiting to be transferred to polling stations in capital Pristina on Saturday, Nov. 14, 2009. Kosovo votes Sunday in the first election organized by local authorities since the declaration of independence from Serbia. The poll takes place amid renewed tensions between rival ethnic Albanian parties, fears of fraud and a likely boycott from the Serb minority. (AP Photo/Visar Kryeziu)
Serb villagers walk past political party posters in the Serb village of Gracanica on Saturday, Nov. 14, 2009. Kosovo votes Sunday in the first election organized by local authorities since the declaration of independence from Serbia. The poll takes place amid renewed tensions between rival ethnic Albanian parties, fears of fraud and a likely boycott from the Serb minority. (AP Photo/Visar Kryeziu)
Kosovo's Prime Minister Hashim Thaci casts his vote at a polling station in capital Pristina, Kosovo, on Sunday, Nov. 15, 2009. Kosovo votes Sunday in the first election organized by local authorities since the declaration of independence from Serbia. The poll takes place amid renewed tensions between rival ethnic Albanian parties, fears of fraud and a likely boycott from the Serb minority. (AP Photo/Visar Kryeziu)
A Kosovo Albanian walks through the streets filled with political party posters in capital Pristina on Saturday, Nov. 14, 2009. Kosovo votes Sunday in the first election organized by local authorities since the declaration of independence from Serbia. The poll takes place amid renewed tensions between rival ethnic Albanian parties, fears of fraud and a likely boycott from the Serb minority. (AP Photo/Visar Kryeziu)
A Palestinian woman walks in front of a building decorated with a big banner showing Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Monday, Nov. 16, 2009. The Arabic on the banner on the right cites verses from the Quran, and the banner on the left reads "The leader of the case, to freedom and independence". (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)
A Palestinian woman walks in front of a building decorated with a big banner showing Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Monday, Nov. 16, 2009. The Arabic on the banner on the right cites verses from the Quran, and the banner on the left reads "The leader of the case, to freedom and independence". (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas pauses during a meeting of the PLO executive committee at his compound in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Monday, Nov. 16, 2009. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)
A Palestinian man walks in front of a building decorated with a big banner showing Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Monday, Nov. 16, 2009. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)
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