Thom and Carolyn Hanes of Westminster enjoy a dance move at the round dance instruction taught by Dick and Karen Fisher at the 42 annual Peach Promenade sponsored by the Colorado West Area Square Dance Council.  The event, held at Mount Garfield Middle School, draws more than 200 square dancers from all over Colorado and some neighboring states.

Eddie Radillo of Denver in his 1963 VW Beetle and Earnie Crowley of Albuquerque, N.M., in a 1962 VW Karmann Ghia both pop wheelies as they take off from the starting line during the Volkswagon Mania races at the Western Colorado Dragway Saturday.

Paraplegic Ryan Orr of Grand Junction grins as he cuts through the spray on a water sitski while waterskiing on a large lake off of Dike Road during the Twisted Water Sports Camp on Thursday. The camp is for people with physical disabilities and continues today from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. M

Herman Duarte gets a hug from a classmate on his way into Palisade High School this morning (Monday, 8/23) on the first day of school for Mesa County School District 51.

Cowboy Scott Anderson from Cripple Creek, Colo., hammers a tent spike into the grounds at the Jam Ranch in Mack Thursday. Anderson was setting up the Jack Daniels Experience tent.

Elizabeth Bissonnette making her winning peach cobbler dish.

Susen Marie, left Elizabeth, Mom center and Audrey Jean with winning peach cobbler dish.

Officer Cindy Cohn with the Grand Junction Police Department places a sticker on a container of beer at Last Chance Liquors as part of the Sticker Shock campaign against underage drinking.

No. 10 of Central High School hits a RBI single late in the game against Columbine-

Tyler Daniels, right,  tries to shed a block to get to the ball carrier while playing corner-back at an up-tempo practice.

Fruita’s Tyler Daniels is crunched as he is tackled by a host of Broomfield players

A full moon rises over Grand Mesa Tuesday at sunset. The picture was taken with a with a 400 mm lens and exposed for the light on the moon to retain the details on its surface.

Chicken farmer Billi Davis with one of his chickens.

Billi Davis rounds up the chickens at his East Orchard Mesa farm.

Members of a new Grand Junction women’s roller derby team practice at Canyon View Park Friday afternoon August 20, 2010.

This skater is ready to roll, all decked out in her gear.

Contractors for Habitat for Humanity of Mesa County pour the cement foundations for the first three new homes Wednesday at the development at 3043 D Road.

Agricultural burn in the area of 20 Road between L Road and M Road.

Director of Four Winds Coffee and Tea and the Christ Center Vicki Tucker works at the counter. The center is an interdenominational non-profit for Mesa State students open till 12:00 p.m   Monday through Friday.

The driver of a GMC Yukon traveling east on U.S. Highway 50 around 5:45 p.m. Tuesday entered the westbound lane of the highway, struck a powder blue convertible, collided with a curb, went airborne and rolled once before coming to the rest in an embankment near the intersection of 32 Road and the highway, according Colorado State Patrol Trooper David Erickson. The two people inside the convertible were not hurt. Passersby helped lift the SUV off the driver, 37-year-old Bonnie Swezey of Whitewater, soon after the accident. Swezey was conscious and had only abrasions and lower back pain following the incident, according to the state patrol.

Night lights at Lake Irwin

Kyler Smith from Palisade High School works on his putting Monday at Chipeta Golf Course.

The Milky Way and a camp fire light up the night at the Lake Irwin campground.The campground is located approximately 7 miles from Crested Butte, Colorado, adjacent to Lake Irwin.

A group of rafters float on the San Miguel River in the town of Telluride.

Dan Slater from Grand Junction takes his two dogs out for a roller-blade on Dike Road this afternoon.

Jess Padon uses a pretzel pose to create a cannonball at Lincoln Park-Moyer Swimming Pool.

Leanna Clement is rather new to the deep end of the pool, but gathers the nerve to plunge into the water with a cannonball.