Brigham Young University’s mascot, Cosmo, has been entertaining Cougar fans for over 60 years. The lovable feline can be seen at most BYU sporting events as well as in the community.

Laura Spruell has been volunteering at the Utah Humane Society for the past eight years where she works with cats and the people who love them.

Tirell Larose is the man in a pink monkey costume spending his days energetically waving to passing vehicles while working as a human billboard for PMR, a shop that buys precious metals and jewelry at 2607 South State Street in Salt Lake City.

Chess is like life, Clancey Black says — there are constant choices, and sometimes you mess up, but in the end there’s always a way to get better.

When you beat a video game, the 16-year-old says, it’s the end. “But in chess I can beat somebody and then I can say there’s always going to be some way and some thing better than what I just did. And I can constantly improve.”

The West Bountiful teenager practices for hours a day, from playinge digital chess online to carrying a roll-up board to challenge friends and even envisioning a board to plot strategies in his head.

There’s something special between young girls and horses, says Lillan Roquet, smitten as an 8-year-old. But she found her “all-consuming passion” when she saw the bond between horse and rider created by Parelli Natural Horsemanship training. The techniques are aimed at “making the world a better place for the horses and people who love them,” she says. “What it’s really about is love, language and leadership.”