Bri Webb, 11, left and sister Baylee Webb, 7 from Grand Junction pick out at pumpkin at the Moon Farm Pumpkin Patch, 1360 18 1/2 Road in north Fruita.

Colorado Mesa University’s Amber Jones carries the ball Saturday morning during the Mavericks’ victory over Utah State University at Dixson Field on Orchard Mesa.

A full moon call the Hunter or Harvest Moon in October is seen as a high flying jet plane crosses in front of its path. The Moon is the only natural satellite of the Earth, and the fifth largest satellite in the Solar System and is 238,900 mile from Earth.

Paul Ryan stirs the crowd at CMU during a campaign stop for the VP candidate.

A house at 321 Gunnison Avenue is decorated for Halloween with five cloaked figures gathered together for a seance in front of a white piano.

A hiker and dog hike along the Upper Escalante Canyon as the Escalante River reflects the fall colors and the cliffs of the canyon on a warm fall day in Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in south central Utah.

CMU soccer goalkeeper Micah Conrads.

Kathryn Zamora as the Queen of Hearts, left, and Nicile Millican as the White Queen face-off in the lobby of the American National Bank.

Cheryl Ungar, wedding photographer and founder of The Wedding Pink, takes engagement photos of Erin and Ben, recipients of this year’s wedding which will take place at the Wine Country Inn this spring.

The East Middle School Bears cheerleaders perform a jump as they practice in the park near the school. The squad is preparing for an end of the year competition to be held at Colorado Mesa University on Nov. 2, during which they will compete with cheerleaders from all seven middle schools. The East Middle School squad, which is coached by Malori Edris, is comprised of 27 middle school students and cheered for the Mesa County Junior Football Association’s Bears football team during the Bears’ season.

Melinda and Dakota Anderson in the Moon Farm Maze.

All in the spirit of Halloween, the zombies came out to haunt Mesa Theater for the KAFM fundraiser Friday Nite! Photo Special to the Sentinel/Amanda Wight

Harper White, age 16-months, left as the Pink Monster and 14-month old Oliver McRobbie as a Lady Bug and thousands pack Main Street as part of the Downtown Spooktacular Saturday afternoon.

Palisade High School cross country runners run up a stretch of Mount Garfield on Monday, Oct. 22.

CMU’s Alexis Skarda finished 2nd on the short track course Sunday.

Three-year-old Shaun Paulson and his father Eric Paulson from Grand Junction carving a pumpkin at the Lincoln Park Barn Saturday morning as part of the Western Colorado Peace Officers Academy Carving with Cadets event.

Two golden eagles perch in a dead cottonwood near Mack. The tree often has raptors in it, sometimes bald eagles as well. It can be seen from 1-70 or better yet on U.S. Highway 6 between Loma and Mack on the camping grounds of the Country Jam

The 1200-foot towering, red cliffs of the Dolores River Canyon reflect in the river’s water as it flows placidly through a section along 10.00 Road northeast of Dove Creek.

Three deer graze in the grass along the banks of the Colorado River across from the James M. Robb Colorado River State Park Connected Lakes Section.A small herd of deer were walking along the river bank eating the grass in the river bottom.

Artists position fabric over woodcuts. The road roller will be driven over the fabric to print the artwork.

Ryan Gibb, 17, places a post Saturday at Lincoln Park where he designed a project to place placards on the posts to label the more than 60 varieties of trees for his Eagle Scout community service project.

Mike Arial makes his putt on the eighth hole of the West Lake Disc Golf Course as his 9-month-old son Sterling Dawson looks on from his backpack Tuesday afternoon.

Montrose High School shortstop Vanessa Nelson fire to first while third baseman Caitlin Warner watches during action against Fruita Sept. 12, 2012 at Montrose High School. Photo by William Woody/Special to The Sentinel

GJHS’s Tyler Heinsma runs for a touchdown in the second quarter at MHS Friday night Oct. 19, 2012.

Fruita Monument volleyball player MacKenzie Schuller, #11, gathers her team for a celebration after winning a big point against Palisade

Paonia Dam sits nearly empty in this file photo from July 27.

Candidates for Mesa County Commission District 3, Dave Edwards and Rose Pugliese, talk at the Grand Junction Lions Club meeting at Two Rivers on Tuesday.

A Grand Junction firefighter cuts an access to a fire that spread to the attic of a house at 2937 Wellington Avenue today. The fire broke out before noon Wednesday and drew the attention of nearly all the resources of area fire departments.

Local filmmaker Mara Ferris, who specializes in environmental documentaries at work in the Devil’s Canyon area west of Fruita.

A fisherman boats along the shore of Ward Lake on Grand Mesa.

No. 14, Fruita Monument HS wide receiver Chris Gershon makes a great catch for a long pickup over No. 29, Montrose HS free safety Angelo Youngren in the second quarter.

no. 3, Brittany Halcomb from CMU wins a header from no. 2, Aubrey Bagley of the Colorado School of Mines in a 2-0 loss for CMU.

This is the Rocky Mountain Collegiate Bike Championships in the North Fruita trail system. Teams from Colorado competed on Sunday.

Three-year-old Cora Ellis of Fruita carries pretty leaves in both hands as she walks along a trail above Mesa Lake with her mother Lindsay on Sunday.

Grand Junction Firefighters have gone pink in an effort to join other departments across the country to bring awareness to the fight against cancer. October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and Grand Junction firefighters are selling t-shirts to raise money for local charity Delaney Donates. The funds will be used to help families with cancer victims cope with the ordeal.

Shelledy Elementary School teacher David Hassler and student Melody Dolan lead a group of Shelledy students this morning. Today is National Walk to School Day and events were held at Shelledy, Rocky Mountain, Mesa View and Broadway elementary schools.

An ATV rides down the East Fork of the Cimarron Road in the Uncompahgre National Forest near Silver Jack Reservoir as the fall colors turn to gold.

An air tanker drops slurry on a fire burning about 15 miles north of Rifle and to the east of Hwy 13.

Artist John Lintott of Fruita and his daughter Ellie, 7, paint landscapes side by side at Artist’s Point overlook on Colorado National Monument.

Passangers riding in the caboose of the Durango & Silverton train wave as the train hits rock gap north of Rockwood train station.Durango was founded by the Denver & Rio Grande Railway in 1879. The railroad arrived in Durango on August 5, 1881 and construction on the line to Silverton began in the fall of the same year. By July of 1882, the tracks to Silverton were completed, and the train began hauling both freight and passengers.

Rebecca Ortega, left, reaches out her arms to her brown dachshund Sid Vicious while other catchers entice their entries toward the finish line.

Bird bander Amber Carver of the Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory works on a White-crowned sparrow during banding operations last fall at the Grand Valley Nature Sanctuary. This year’s public day is Saturday.

Fruita QB Jacob Lynch tees up a throw from the pocket.

CMU’s Tyler Kaslik swims in the Mens 500 yard freestyle during the 2012 Intermountain Shootout at CMU.

CMU’s Kelly Hogan swimming in the Women’s 500 yard freestyle in the 2012 Intermountain Shootout Swim Meet at CMU Saturday afternoon.