Kent Hups, a science teacher at Mountain Ridge High School, shows what he hopes is a fossil of an Armadillo-like dinosaur found in Western Colorado in the BLM office parking lot in Grand Junction Saturday.

Cake decorator Jessica Casebolt, left, hands a piece of cake to Kassandra Hedgecock, 15, the judge at a 4-H competition at Mesa County Fairgrounds. Hedgecock volunteered to be the competition superintendent as well as the judge. She is a sophomore at Grand Junction High School and knows her way around a kitchen.

Kent Sublett of the Grand Valley Bikes advocacy group shares bike safety with a MOG Fest goer in downtown Grand Junction Saturday.

Larry Croft of Salt Lake City ties a gunslinger, a general nymph pattern fly, at the 12th annual Fly Fishing Expo at the Double Tree Hotel Saturday. The Grand Valley Anglers, sponsors of the event, gave away over 150 gifts to young fly fisherman including 35 rod and reel kits for children.

Mesa County Sheriff Stan Hilkey presents the Distinguished Service Plaque to nurse Brandy Porter and the MCSO Life Saving Award to Sergeant Mike Robinson and Deputy Myles Shows, not pictured, (he wasn’t there) for their successful effort to revive an inmate at the Mesa County Jail.

A bee lands on a cluster of apricot blossoms on East Orchard Mesa.

Mesa State’s No. 3 singles player Andres Hernandez, returns a serve in the first set Friday against Kyle Lynch of Western New Mexico at the Elliott Tennis Center. Hernandez lost 6-2, 6-0.

An United Companies crew lays down a new “greener” asphalt at the new Park and Ride station at I-70 B and Patterson Road. The asphalt is considered warm mix which is 40 degrees cooler (260 f) than the traditional paving material (300 f).

The dedication of the “Field of Flags Display"in the Mesa State College Main Quad today.Each flag represents 5,000 people killed during the Holocaust. Mesa State College Holocaust Awareness Weeks is April 6-27. Holocaust Awareness Weeks is an interdisciplinary series of events that investigates various aspects of modern genocide. Holocaust survivor Louise Lawrence-Israels will be discussing her memories of surviving the Holocaust tonight at 7:00p.m. in the Saccamanno Lecture Hall Room 110 on the Mesa State Campus.

Grand Junction’s No. 3 singles player Samantha Weinberg practices net play Thursday at Grand Junction High School.

Kim Barnes, a member of the New Horizon Vocational Center, runs the cash register at the yard sale at the Independence Center at 740 Gunnison Avenue Friday. The program is raising money for a wheelchair accessible stovetop for their kitchen program. The sale continues Saturday from 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

Father Edmundo Valera, left, holds baby Zaphniah Leo Dean Sherwood during Sherwood’s baptism at St Joseph Catholic Church. Deacon Doug VanHouten is on the right

Mary Fuller from Grand Junction walks the catwalk at Victoria Rose Bridal Parlor, 2454 Hwy 6 & 50 during a casting call for America’s Next Top Model. About fifty girls were in line at the start of the casting call.

Grand Junction’s Luke Olson, center, is congratulated by teammates Kris States, left, and Taylor Watkins, right, after scoring with seconds left to send the game into sudden death against Fruita Monument Wednesday evening at Walker Field.

Marco Beltran hands off to Stockton Rock during a relay at the Grand Valley Middle School Track Meet.

Crews with the Grand Valley Drainage District were busy burning a ditch along 19 Road Thursday, between Highway 6 & 50 and J Road.

Lori Starr, a teacher at Palisade High School,  works with students in the Student Learning Center at PHS.

Brad Porter of Centennial RV sets up a Fusion Touring edition II RV fifth wheel at the Daily Sentinel RV Show and Sale at the Mesa County Fairgrounds. The show starts Thursday, April 8,  at 11:00 a.m. and continues though April 10.

Tammy McCurry of Loma cuts concrete at the Loco store on Orchard Avenue and 12th Street, the kind of job which works well on a windy day. McCurry works for M & M Escavation Inc. which is preparing the site for some underground updates.

Willing models model various outdoor and cycling gear prior to an upcoming outdoors gear event on Colorado Avenue.

Stephanie Drake of Grand Junction sets up for a shot on goal.

Mesa State performers prep for the “Madrigal Evening,” presented tonight and Wednesday.

A Zebra butterfly lands on a plant in the Butterfly House at the Western Colorado Botanical Gardens Easter Sunday morning.

Colorado State Trooper Matt Jakopic investigates a truck crash on Colorado Highway 65 just south of Mesa Monday around noon. Emergency workers on the scene said the driver of the Commercial Refuse Services said he lost his brakes. After he was cut out of what remained of the cab, he was taken to a hospital. First responders on the scene marveled that the driver was alive and talking.