Deb Murphy with her daughter Melissa Murphy, check out some of the thousands of beads at the Bead Show, Saturday morning at the Double Tree Hotel. The bead show is open to the public and is free. The show is open from 9a.m. to 4p.m. on Sunday.

A group of rafters pass by a fire along the banks of the Colorado River west of 29 Road Bridge, Saturday afternoon.

“A Decade of Quilts” quilt show presented by Quilt’s Corner at Two River Convention Center Saturday afternoon. The show features hundreds of quilts. The show runs again, Sunday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Shooting out a spray of water, 11-year-old Aaron Echol’s rocket launches from a stand as he pulls the string during an experiment in rocket propulsion and aerodynamics at the John McConnell Math and Science Center Friday. Each youngster designed the paper wings for his or her rocket, which was a test tube partially filled with water; Echol’s rocket flew the highest.

The town of Aspen with Aspen Mountain Ski Area on left. Snowmass Ski Area top center. And the 14ers of Pyramid Peak 14,018 top center and the Maroon Bells, top center right. South Maroon Peak 14,156 and North Maroon Peak 14,014 as seen from a plane in a flyover.

A fire on the Whiting property in Kannah Creek tops out in some trees as some cows graze in the haze. The Grand Junction Fire Dept., Bureau of Land Management,  Mesa County Sheriff’s wildfire trucks, and Lands End Fire Dept. sent crews. The BLM sent a spotting plane to monitor the fire.

A Mesa County sheriff’s deputy arrives at the scene of a helicopter accident at Sticks & Stones on Thursday. The pilot was unharmed.

Mackenzie “Mac” Dodge laughs as she pulls away the pie tin from Mesa County Commissioner Janet Rowland, whose face is covered in French silk pie after Dodge hit her with the dessert. Rowland earned the pie in the face after getting fewer “friends” than Jessica Peterson in a promotion for the Mesa County News Facebook page.

It’s a tough job, but somebody has to do it; judges from Enstrom’s sample an array of 23 different recipes that were submitted to the “Great Enstrom’s Almond Toffee Contest” held on Facebook this month.  From left to right are Doug Simons, co-owner; Nick Thyfault, toffee kitchen supervisor, and Barb Myers, production manager.

Teddy Herrera of Sacramento, Calif., rides along Seventh Street during his quest to bring awareness to childhood obesity by riding nearly 11,000 miles around the United States. Herrera was in town for the day before heading east.

Ann Ashwood, principal of Holy Family Catholic School,  recently became Sister Ann with the Sisters of Concordia in Kansas. Here she talks with four-year-old preschool student Kacey Springer at Holy Family.

An Olathe Fire Protection volunteer fire fighter hustles to put mop up a fire which took a family home, out buildings and many vehicles at 2468 5400 Road West of Olathe. No one was hurt, but the home was totally destroyed.

Volunteers and members of Stage Pro production services work to complete the sound system and lights on the stage in Mack Wednesday afternoon. Country Jam 2010 begins today with artist Sarah Darling performing at 3:15 p.m.

Heather Lee, an RN with the Mesa County Health Department, gives a shot at the health department.

Rob Klimek grabs a bite to eat on his bike.

Mike Russell and his wife Lisa laugh at the comments as photos from his past flicker across the screen as he was awarded the title Lion of the Year by the Grand Junction Lions Club today. Russell was cited for the honor for not only his work with the service club but also his work in the community during Tuesday’s weekly luncheon at Two Rivers Convention Center.

As 13-year-old Kaylee Leon, left, of Grand Junction watches, Hayley Reed, 9, of Montrose fills in a gap in the Happy Festival fountains with another as the two set up fireworks beneath a red skylight in the Big Top Fireworks of America tent next to Boston’s The Gourmet Pizza restaurant, 2404 Patterson, on Tuesday.

A group of friends are half-silhouetted against sprinklers as they play a game of late afternoon Frisbee despite the watery spray at Canyon View Park. Today, Monday, June 21, is the first official day of summer.

The Raw Canvas, 755 Rood Ave., is a new gallery in town that combines art, tattoos and music. From left to right are Nathan Elliott, Noel Daugherty and Justin Nordine.

Gov. Ritter addresses a crowd at the groundbreaking ceremony for the $11 million Grand Junction Readiness Center for the Colorado Army National Guard at 2810 Riverside Parkway.

A diver tucks for a dive into the Glenwood Hot Springs Pool on the first day of summer.

A pair of Osprey have built a nest on top of a electric transmission line near 32 1/2 Road. One of the Osprey delivers dinner to the other. One of the birds stays with the nest all the time indicating that the pair are tending eggs.

Roy Dimanlig and his son Victor both of Parker, are competing this weekend at the BMX state championship qualifying races at the track by the Mesa County Fairgrounds.

Nurse Grace Gregor of Grand Junction still volunteers at St. Mary’s Hospital 50 years after graduating from nursing school in Detroit.

Jim Coleman in the majority owner of Western Implement’s Ranch-Rite Hardware, 2919 North Ave. The business has been in Coleman’s family for 50 years. Among any different kinds of agricultural equipment, Western Implement sells Kubota excavators like the one he’s standing under.