Jaedon Denham, 5, left, is coached by Dennis McFarland in the 5 and under age-group.

Adrianna Jacobsen, 8, wins her heat of the 6 to 12 age group at the Peach eating contest at the Palisade Peach Festival.

Rockies’ Corky the Coyote, right, watched as Charlie Brown stole the show at the Grand Junction Rockies game Saturday night.

CMU students and family mill around the entrance of the Pinion Hall residence hall as students move in for the fall semester which starts Monday.

Debra Wilde drove from Denver to enjoy the Palisade Peach Festival. Her first stop was to buy pies from the Palisade Band Parents booth.

No. 31, Abe Ruiz from the Great Falls Voyagers is tagged out at second base by GJ Rockies 2B Juan Ciriaco while trying to steal in the 3rd inning.

A bee land on a purple sage plant in Hotchkiss.The plant was very poplar with the bees as hundreds were buzzing about going from flower to flower.

Sheley Jensen of Grand Junction pumps gas at the Safeway on F Road as her daughter Emilee watches.

Ruth Ehlers, Chair of the Mesa County Republicans, reads a statement regarding Jared Wright Friday at Two Rivers.

One-year-old Roger Sommers from Palisade was a two-fisted ice cream eater during the Palisade Peach Festival Ice Cream Social in downtown Palisade Thu afternoon. This event was the start of the 2012 Palisade Peach Festival as hundreds packed downtown for free peach ice cream.

Children make a beach on Main Street.

The groundbreaking for the new CMU dorm called Renaissance Village at the corner of Texas and Cannell Aves Thursday afternoon (8/16).

The Bowie Resourses Mine in the Northfork Valley.

The Oxbow mine in Somerset.

Workers pack peaches at High Country Orchards, 3548 E 1/2 Road East O.M.

This peach sizing machine at High Country Orchards is a high-tech digital peach sizer that allows for picking tree-ripe peaches.

Robert Jones of Grand Junction dives off of the high board at the Lincoln Park-Moyer Swimming Pool Wednesday. He was taking his family to the last free day before school starts Monday.

Two boys take a dip to beat the heat at the Confluence Park in Delta despite the sign on the beach.

4-year-old Natalie Lippert tries to play the trombone at the Grand Junction Symphony’s booth during the Jump Start Fair Tuesday.

A mule deer fawn and a yearling find plenty to eat on a farm southeast of Montrose near the Uncompahgre River. Some deer stay near rivers in the lower valleys of Colorado year around. The deer’s coat takes on a rusty color in the summer and early fall contrasting with the normal grayish hue in the winter.

Garrett Walker isn’t just excited because his new van will get him to the doctor. He’s most excited because its going to help him go fishing. Walker, and his wife Sue-Anne, were the recipients of free modified van from Mediquip Wednesday afternoon.

Kids were encouraged to touch and play the instruments at the Grand Junction Symphony booth at the Jumpstart event Tuesday morning at Lincoln Park.

Pickin’ in the Park, the free concert series on Thursday evenings in Paonia Town Park in Paonia, will wrap up for the season at 6 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 23, with seminal country and bluegrass roots singer Darrell Scott. Ashleigh Flynn will play an opening set. Go to http://www.pickinproductions.com for information.

Two hummingbirds drink nectar from a feeder at a home on the Redlands Monday afternoon.

Hewie Dingo, a 2-year-old male dingo, right, warns Angus, a 1-year-old beagle, to back off as the two play in the dog park at Canyon View Park Tuesday. The two dogs were competing for a stick that they were fetching from the water.

Hewie Dingo, a 2 1/2-year-old male dingo, rests for a moment as he plays in the dog park at Canyon View Park.

The Fruita Community Center will be closed next week for general maintenance.

Jerry Brayton, a volunteer with the Community Food Bank, stocks boxes at the food bank that is now located in the new county building on Spruce Street.

Patrons of the Mesa County Library spent some time Monday morning getting acquainted with the new but temporary central library location at First Street and Gunnison Avenue.

Donny Kinnaman the No. 1 player from Grand Junction High School rips his tee shot from the No. 8 tee at Bookcliff Country Club during the Tiger Invitational Golf Tournament Monday afternoon.

A crew with the Grand Junction Fire Department trains on using the ladder truck above a field behind Grand Junction High School.

A crew with the Grand Junction Fire Department trains on using the ladder truck above a field behind Grand Junction High School.

Jimmy Gomez, 9, of Grand Junction practices his maneuvers on his ripstik at West Lake Skate Park this morning.

Heather Baskin, left, of Grand Junction points out to her son Joss, 6, the clear tube through which the 25,000 to 30,000 bees from an enclosed hive inside of Red Barn & Farms’ produce store travel to the outside.

Five-year-old Izabell Lloyd of Clifton watchs a hive of honeybees at work in Red Barn & Farms’ produce stand.

A worker readies the playground at the new Cedaredge Elementary School. Delta County School District 50J provided 23 percent of a grant’s total funding to build the new school and paid that amount, about $3 million, through certificates of participation.

The front entrance to Cedaredge Elementary School. Delta County School District 50J provided 23 percent of a grant’s total funding to build the new school and paid that amount, about $3 million, through certificates of participation.

A full blue moon over Telluride.