Wilmer Valderrama opens the Money XLive financial advice show at Suplizio Field Saturday, extolling the crowd of about 400 to decide what they love to do and go for it at a young age. Valderrama told the young crowd that he arrived in the United States from South America at 13 barely speaking a word of English, yet went on to become a television star as the character Fez on “That 70’s Show.”

Kendall Staley, 2, of Fruita stays in the lane on a trike at the Bike Rodeo in Fruita. More than 100 children honed their bike riding skills at the event.

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.

Chris Dallas, 18, of Grand Junction plays and sings a tune while walking on 7th Street. The young musician will be doing a set at the Super Rad Art Jam May 1, at Mesa Mall and hopes to travel to Europe while performing his gypsy reggae style of music.

Dressed as Uncle Sam, Chance McCallister walks through a large crowd gathered Thursday evening at Lincoln Park to support the Tea Party movement. Hundreds of party patrons attended the event.

Gov. Bill Ritter greets Pat Tindall of Grand Junction at Two Rivers Convention Center at the Mesa County Democrats’ annual Spring Fling dinner on Friday.

Over 100 riders, mostly children, participated in a Bike Rodeo hosted by the Western Flyers Youth Group and the city of Fruita Recreation Department Saturday at the Civic Center.

Fruita Monument High School’s Cody Young sneaks in a goal Wednesday afternoon in the second quarter against Grand Junction at Walker Field.

Christina Wilkins watches from across the street Saturday as firefighters work inside the charred wreckage of a duplex where she and her family lived at 662 Pleasant Court in Grand Junction.

Motocross Racers Mike Oliver, left, and Taylor Palmer of Grand Junction, both of the Grand Valley Powersports Race Team, practice their jumps on desert terrain in the area where Grand Junction Motor Speedway will build a course for motocross racing.

To the delight of other volunteers and the victim, three-year-old Taggart Blake of Grand Junction smashes an egg over the head of Mesa County District Attorney Pete Hautziner during the third annual Egg-Stravaganza Thursday at American National Bank, 1199 Patterson Rd. The event was a fundraiser for the March of Dimes Walk for Babies, and featured media personalities and civic leaders getting egged for donations to the charity.

Grand Junction firefighters mop up a RV fire in the desert off of 29 Road Thursday. Motorcycle riders from Steamboat Springs had just started riding their bikes when they saw smoke and found that it was their RV. No one was injured.

Ken Goss leans against the Sentinel Express van he drives outside the courier company’s warehouse. Goss jumped into an icy Colorado River and swam downriver to save a Salt Lake family whose raft had overturned off of Utah Highway 128 east of Moab last Friday.

A cactus flower in the Sonoran Desert.

Ben Stein meets and gets his photo shot with students form Rangley High School before the start of the Mesa State College Entrepreneurship Day in Saunders Field House in the Maverick Center.

Tim Walker, 17, tunes his viola in the music room of Palisade High School before appearing with the Grand Junction High School st

Mary Mansfield, with the Blue Pig Gallery, eyes Palisade’s artist Steve Kentz’ sandstone sculpture “Don’t Worry Bee Happy” at the Blue Pig Gallery.

Actor Terry Kiser of Ridgway is photographed with his student Jake Abel of Ouray at Kiser’s home in February 25, 2009. Under Kiser’s tutelage, Able has placed high in acting competitions across the country. See a video at GJSentinel.com.

CHS student Clare Felletter, 17,  the creator of the sit-in to bring awareness to girls in the world who lack education opportunities, checks in on a class which is sitting on the floor, Wednesday at CHS. Her charity for girl’s schools in Afganistan and Pakistan raised $1050 last year. She is hoping to top the effort this year.

As the Foster-Miller TALON bomb robot sits idly by, right, one of four bomb technicians on the Western Slope tilts his head as as his helmet is put on the 80-pound bomb suit he’s wearing during a joint exercise in various explosive scenarios at the Grand Junction Regional Airport.

Palisade’s Natalie Combs heads the ball past Rifle’s Norma Hernandez during the first half of Tuesday’s game at Walker Field. A few minutes later, Combs headed the ball into the goal to score after Rifle’s goalie tipped away a direct kick from Palisade in the first half.

Wild flowers cover the hill side in Lost Dutchman State Park at the base of the Superstition Mountains, 40 miles east of Phoenix. The Valley of the Sun has got almost two time the amount of rain this spring as normal and the desert wild flowers are in full bloom.

A painted turtle traverses a fallen branch while heading to a pond at Connected Lakes. The species, common to North America, burros into mud beside water during the dormant, cold period. They can live to 40-years-old and reach ten inches in length.

Grand Junction’s Jamie Derrieux clears a hurdle on her way to winning the 100-meter hurdles Friday at the Phil Wertman Invitational at Stocker Stadium. Derrieux’s victory helped the Tigers win the girls title.

10-year-old Oliver Godfrey hits a jump at the Grand Junction BMX Track on Orchard Mesa.

Palisade artist Dianna Fritzler works on a Encaustic Painting at the Twisted Brick Studios, 128 E.3rd St in Palisade. This studio is showing art as part of the Honey Bee Festival this Saturday. Encaustic is painting with a mixture of beeswax, resin and oil pigments.