The Grand Junction based group Jack and Jill perform to a crowd at Cerise Park Saturday during the Montrose Music Festival.

Lauren Urista rides Mr Holleywood Pine in the Mile High Barrel Horse Association 1st Annual Barrel Race at the Mesa County Fairgrounds, Saturday afternoon. The racing will start again Sunday morning at 9a.m. .Its free to watch the race.

Mickey Krakowski, owner of MK Metal Kraft, setting the KAFM logo on an iron sun Krakowski made for KAFM radio for the stations east wall. The station is solar powered the sun and plaque will list donors.

A group of friends who recently graduated from Grand Junction and Fruita Monument High Schools launch their rafts and kayaks into the Colorado River currently running at near peak levels from the Blue Heron boat launch Friday for a float to Fruita.

Edwardo Reyes, 1, and his five-year-old sister Andrea find shelter from the sun under an umbrella as their older sister Ernestina, 15, pulls them down the sidewalk along Seventh Street.

Grand Junction Police Chief John Camper, left, stands behind Mayor Teresa Coons during a press conference Thursday announcing the firing of three police officers in relation to an investigation of property damage to the tents of local homeless residents.

Jennifer Schultz of the Grand Junction Symphony Orchestra paints the word JUCO on the face of Kloe Bates, 8, of Fruita. Kloe said she was rooting for the southern Nevada Coyotes.

Lisa Dicamillo helps a foal nurse off of Vickie the goat after the mare died soon after the foal was born. Dicamillo, who raises horses at her Golden Hills Ranch northwest of Fruita, put the goat and the foal together in one pen for convenience and noticed that the foal had learned on his own to nurse from the goat.

A pair of JUCO fans dance to Cotten Eyed Joe between innings Wednesday during the Crowder College game against Iowa Western at Suplizio Field.

Louis Grasso, 100 Saturday, Agnes Kiefer, 100 Dec. 24th and Bern Norpoth, 102 Wednesday, were honored for the at a party at the Atrium of the Grand Valley. Norpoth has lived at the retirement center for ten years. Grasso moved to the valley when he was 12 and Kiefer was born in Mack in 1910.

Classical guitarist James Smith talks about a rare opportunity that he had to understand Bach’s thinking as he talks to the audience about being able to to play both a Bach original and the reworked selection during a masters class at the International Guitar Festival being held at Mesa State College.

Haley Nikkel, right, of Grand Junction applies “warpaint” to the face of Cindy during a barbeque Wednesday put on by the advocacy group Housing First! No More Deaths! in the median north of the First Street and Grand Avenue.

Deric Hawkins and his mother Mary listen as Deric’s dad Albert talks about his battle with throat cancer at the Horizon Drive hotel where the family is staying with Deric’s teammates from San Jacinto College-North during JUCO.

Former Colorado Governor John Vanderhoof holds a plaque with a crystal ball containing a moon rock in the office of his Grand Junction home Tuesday. Vanderhoof has had the plaque since it was presented to him decades ago.

The Memorial Day ceremony at the Veterans Memorial Cemetery of Western Colorado Monday morning.

A waitress brings a meal to the outdoor dining area at the Dream Cafe, in the new uplifted section of Main Street, Tuesday morning. The weather, it seems, has been cooperating for outdoor dining lately. And that’s a trend that should continue, as the weather forecast predicts similarly pleasant conditions through the week.

#34, Bryce Harper from the College of Southern Nevada steals home under the tag of Faulkner State Community College catcher #9, Stephen Clarke, in the first inning of the 2010 JUCO World Series at Suplizio field in Grand Junction, Colorado.

The Fleet Reserve Association Memorial Day ceremony at the Blue heron boat ramp along the Colorado River.

Dielon Harwood, with the Fleet Reserve Association Colorado West, cast a wreath into the Coloraro River at the Blue Heron boat ramp during Memorial Day ceremony.

Steve Foss of Curbside Recycling Indefinitely will receive a lifetime achievement award.

The holiday weekend found anglers spending a few reflective moments at Mack Mesa Lake in pursuit of trout and other fish. Mack Mesa is closed to motorized crafts, which makes it easy to float and standing on the dock.

Faulkner’s Wass Daniel, right, hits a three-run home run.

Keelie Vanlandingham of Grand Junction watches the JUCO action from her perch on top of the door to the B &H Sports booth during her break.