Kim Wise of Grand Junction clings to a portrait of her father, U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. John Brunson, who served in Vietnam in 1967-68, while watching the Veterans Day parade Saturday afternoon on Main Street in Grand Junction. “I want to honor my dad,” Wise said.

Six-year-old Jayna Raup from Grand Junction drops money into the Salvation Armys Red Kettle at the Mesa Mall Sunday afternoon during the Red Kettle Kickoff event.

Kathryn Hasley, right, of Grand Junction eyes the selection of chocolate while Clare Murray of Wasilla, Alaska, samples a piece at the Blue Pig Gallery during Saturday’s fourth annual Art and Chocolate Walk in downtown Palisade.

A full moon rises over Mount Garfield just after 5:00pm Tuesday night.

Natalie Hureta, a 9-year-old student at Grand River Virtual Academy, worked on a drawing of a flower at the Western Colorado Botanical Gardens Tuesday afternoon.

World-class skiing along with unique services, such as Alpino Vino, the European-style chalet located at 11,996 feet near the top of Gold Hill, have made Telluride Ski Resort the No. 1 resort in North America, according to Condé Nast Travel magazine.

Ranch buildings nestle next to a lake below Thimble Rock, left, in the valley of Unaweep Canyon near the divide. Unaweep Canyon is geologically unique in that East Creek and West Creek flow out opposite ends of the canyon.

Santa tosses a handful of magic dust from the top of Wells Fargo Bank at Fourth and Main Streets to turn on the lights on the downtown Christmas tree and Main Street to the delight of hundreds of parents and children gathered below on Friday.

Cedaredge football wins the Class 1A Colorado State Football Championship.

Juan Espinoza, left, returns the ball during a game of handball against Tony Gomez at the Plaza Urrutia court.

Tim Thomas of Olathe holds photos of his son Tommy Thomas.Tommy is now in a Denver hospital after he was hit by a semi truck while he was riding his bike.

Grand Junction musician Dennis Woodrich plays the piano for the residents at the Mesa View Retirement Residence, 601 Horizon Court Friday afternoon.  Woodrich was playing holiday tunes to the crowd.

Lenora Schmitt, 2, holds photos of Lance, a boy with cerebral palsy that her family is hoping to adopt from an Eastern European country. With her are, from left, her sister Elliana, 7, mother Melissa, and brother Louis, 4 months.

Ten-month-old Brayden Gemberling, left, of Grand Junction and his sister Leah, 4, enjoy a feast at the Salvation Army’s Thanksgiving dinner held Thursday at the Elks Lodge, Fourth Street and Ute Avenue.

While Sally Lowe watches, David Morgan stirs the cranberry sauce as yams cook on the stove in preparation for today’s (Thursday) community Thanksgiving dinner at First Christian Church, 1326 N. First Street.

Couty Sheriff’s deputies man a perimeter around a structure in Riverside where man is presumed to be hiding after burglarizing a home on Little Park Road and stealing the homeowner’s car Wednesday. The man was believed to be in possession of multiple firearms missing from the residence, according to a sheriff’s deputy at the scene.

Three-year-old Wyatt Mollack of Grand Junction catches a tiny bit of air as he rides his two-wheeled bicycle over a jump at the Lunch Loop Bike Park. Wyatt, who just turned three earlier this month, was at the park with two friends and their dad.

Lori Ellis with Johnson House of Flowers, 1350 North Avenue setting up the green house with poinsettia.The poinsettia is a culturally and commercially important plant species of the diverse spurge family that is indigenous to Mexico and Central America. It is particularly well known for its red and green foliage and is widely used in Christmas floral displays.

Decked out in a turkey hat, Tim Stewart runs in the Turkey Trot 5k race this morning.

#4, Katrina Selsor from CMU is folded by #10, Monica Paris from Hillsdale Free Will Baptist. The Mavs were winning 61-15 at the start of the second half.

Rifle’s Ryan Moeller runs for some of his 207 yards Saturday in the Bears’ 56-6 victory over Pueblo East in the Class 3A state semifinals. Moeller had three rushing TDs and fellow RB Kellin Leigh also had 3 TDs in the win. Photo Special to the Sentinel/Bryan Kelsen

Colorado Mesa University’s Sharaya Selsor, right, drives around Mid-America Christian University’s Emilie Schirmer on her way to the basket during the second half of Saturday’s game during the Clarion Inn Thanksgiving Classic at Brownson Arena.

CMU Head Coach Martin instructs players on the sideline.

Racharl Beaty with the CMU Women’s Volleyball team with a kill over the defense of Adams State at the net.

“It’s a Wonderful Life” was the theme for the 2012 holiday fashion show, silent auction and luncheon at the Doubletree presented by Hospice and Palliative Care of Grand Junction. The event, running both Saturday, Nov. 17 and Sunday, Nov. 18, raised funds for the Child and Teen Grief Program. Photo Special to the Sentinel/Carolyn Dean

Rifle’s Ryan Moeller takes the ball past the 30 yard marker on his way to a 95-yard touchdown during the third quarter of Saturday’s playoff game against Roosevelt High School in Rifle.

Snow on Mount Garfield and Bookcliffs on the north side of the Grand Valley. Stretching nearly 200 miles from east to west, the Bookcliffs begins where the Colorado River descends south through De Beque Canyon into the Grand Valley, near Palisade, to Price Canyon, near Helper, Utah

A rancher moves his cattle down from the high country to the lower valleys for the winter. Here the cattle move east on State Route No. 133 between Paonia and Hotchkiss, slowing traffic to a crawl.

Registered nurse Missy Alexander, left, takes the blood pressure of a woman at the Novia Care Clinics office located in the medical plaza at 1060 Orchard Avenue. Mesa County depends on the local Novia clinic to attend to the medical needs of its employees.

A recent weekend storm on Grand Mesa brought plenty of new snow for tracking. For some hunters, such as Gabe Cisneros of Littleton, the storm caused them to shift from four-wheelers to snowmobiles,.

In her element, photojournalist Mara Ferris gathers footage for a Driggs Mansion video.

The capella musical group Mo5aic performs one of their popular selections for Central High School students at the high school.

Montrose running back Mike Rocha is tackled for a loss in the third quarter the Indians’ CHSAA Class 4A first-round playoff game against Mesa Ridge on Friday, Nov. 9, at Montrose High School.

A group of runners cruise along Rim Rock Drive on Saturday morning during the Rim Rock Marathon.

Upper Calf Creek Falls. South-central Utah’s Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument offers many outdoor activities, including hiking among it’s unique rock formations.

Fruita Monument High School ag students Kaitlyn Lohrer, left, and Carmen Olivia harvest some of the last tomatoes of this planting from the school’s greenhouse.

A pair of mallard ducks swim through water painted golden by the reflection of yellow leaves on the surrounding cottonwoods at a pond along Dike Road.

House Candidate Tim Menger bowls a great game as he waits for the election returns.

Tanya Orpi, left, and Bradley Sweat of Grand Junction celebrate the passage of Amendment 64 on Grand Avenue Wednesday. The sign reads, Thank You Colorado Now your kids will finally be educated”

The sky’s over the east end of the Grand Valley is set on fire just before sunrise at the Grand Junction Regional Airport Walker Field.

Nine of the 10 New Emerson Elementary School students on Team T.E.N. (Tomorrow’s Engineers Now) express momentary disappointment as their robot fails to place the quilt exactly as needed during a demonstration of their entry that they will take to the Mountain League Qualifier for FIRST LEGO League to be held in Glenwood on Saturday.