Alyssa Herrera helps her son, one-year-old Elijah Hernandez pull in a big trout at the Mac McCarty Fishing Derby at Gene Taylor’s Sporting Goods, 445 West Gunnison Ave Saturday morning. Cheveya Hernandez, Alyssa’s daughter looks on. The derby will run again, Sunday morning starting at 9:00a.m. and running till 3:00p.m.The event is free for kids 12 and under.

8-year-old Dillon Earl who steered his grandmother’s truck to a stop on I-70 last Sunday after she suffered a seizure is photographed in N. Cherry Street in Fruita Monday afternoon April 26, 2010.

Mesa State head tennis coach Dan MacDonald sinks to the bottom of a splash tank during the 10th annual SAAC Mesa St Jock Fest picnic Monday afternoon April 26, 2010. Student athletes were fed BBQ and enjoyed various activities under warm, sunny skies.

The Leeber family of Delta watch as Isaac, age 4, hold up a picture of Buddy at the Vigil for the dog at the Roice-Hurst Humane Society Tuesday evening.

Priscilla Smith of Houston dances with her seven-year-old neice Grace Smith of Grand Junction as the two share a barrel while stomping grapes to the German melodies of Alpine Echo at the Colorado Mountain Winefest Saturday.

Seventeen-year-old Lisa Medina, left, and Andrea Medina perform a traditional dance during a performance by La Mexicana Ballet Folklorico at Saturday’s Cinco de Mayo celebration downtown.

With the body of a “dead” student on a stretcher behind them, a pair of Grand Junction motorcycle officers wait as CareFlight lands beside Tiger Way to take another injured victim to the hospital during a mock DUI crash at Grand Junction High School Friday.

Seventeen-year-old Ashley Schausten, left, and Casey Burns, 16, race across Fifth Street during a sudden snowstorm after picking up Casey’s outfit for prom.

Four-year-old Felix Scheskie runs across the grass at Lincoln Park as he fights to keep his kite in the air while his father Bill tends to his own kite. Breezy conditions Wednesday were perfect for the two, who were enjoying the afternoon at the park.

Leaning over a precarious gap near the top of Mount Garfield.

Pastor Darin Pace leads some children in a jam at FuzeBox 95, a youth ou

Jeff Aman, Director of Radiation for Community Hospital, with students from Mesa County School District 51 during Career Day at the hospital.

Tori Zattiero holds Sissy, a adoptable dog, at the new Mesa County Animal Services facility on Coffman Road in Whitewater. Zattiero volunteers with Claws, a cat rescue program in Grand Junction. The new facility is gearing up for a grand opening

Carla and Guy plan to use the small tractor that they’re standing behind next week during a nudist gardening party they will be holding at their home north of Fruita.

Rothenburg’s night watchmen appears much more intimidating then he really is. He simply leads tours of the city.

A family of owls nest high up in a Cottonwood tree along the Riverfront Trail in Redlands. Three babies are in the nest and are watched by one the adults

Brett Adams, center fielder tries to reach a home-run by Chase Moore of Mesa State College in the second inning of the second game Tuesday.

The cobblestone streets of Rothenburg, Germany, are packed with tourists during the day, but most of them leave in the evening. If you stay the night, the medieval city is all yours.

A Grand Valley medical marijuana grower harvest a bud.

Linda Kravits from Denver stands in the cool mist of Hanging Lake Falls.

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.

Two-year-old Chloe Dixon, of Palisade fishing with her grandmother Beth Dixon during the Outdoor Days Fest in Plaisade’s Riverbend Park.

Four-year-old Jack Caldwell works with Broadway Elementary School preschool teacher Dana Haas, in one of the preschool class rooms at Broadway.

Engine drivers gather around the back of a wildland fire engine as they learn about the mechanics of the vehicle Friday during the Rocky Mountain Engine Academy at the Bureau of Land Management’s Air Center. Drivers were preparing for a timed test in which they would drive their engines forward through the course, then back up through the same course within a minute and 25 seconds. Drivers were allowed to hit no more than 18 cones, so that they would learn all four corners of their trucks. Scorekeepers for the course were 15 students and an instructor from the Collbran Job Corps.

David Armstrong and Tank the dog ski the back-country on Grand Mesa near Mesa Lakes Resort on Thursday. The area got about 6 six inches of snow during Thursday’s storm.