SkillsUSA Champions features our members' photography. We're looking for images of SkillsUSA chapters in action, or the kind that show individual members' concentration or perspectives. The photographer's chapter is awarded $150. For details, email thall@skillsusa.org (put "Image Photo" in the subject header) or write SkillsUSA Champions, P.O. Box 3000, Leesburg, VA 20177.

Hammering time: David Van Oss of Miami Valley Career Technology Center in Clayton, Ohio, rose to the challenge of freezing in midswing Charles Middlestetter, a carpentry student. Van Oss’ photography instructor is Jay Vada

I fell in love with broadcasting when I walked through the doors of the Spotsylvania (Va.) Career and Tech Center for the first time. The technical skills I learned there, along with the professional skills I learned through SkillsUSA, have helped me to become the success I am today.

—Staff Sgt. Jake A. Newman, a reporter/producer for The Pentagon Channel, has served as Operation Iraqi Freedom deployment team leader, co-hosted a presidential inauguration and covered the Daytona 500 and Super Bowl.