Michael Briscoe ride his scooter down Main Street blowing bubbles as part of the 84th Annual Grand Junction Lions Club Parade Saturday afternoon.

An aircraft displaying the insignia of the United States of America sits on the tarmac at Grand Junction Regional Airport Friday after an official motorcade shut down Horizon Drive Thursday evening.

Juanita Davidson stretches to catch a frisbee thrown just out the reach of her fingertips during a game between five friends in front of the Fine Arts building at Colorado Mesa University

Staff manager Whitnie Mauney, right, waits on a long line of customers shortly after the grand opening of Cafe V located at Fifth Street and Belford Avenue on Friday.

Colorado Mesa University hurdler Jasmine “J.J.” Johnson beats Cafe V owner Alex Mackey to the ribbon held by restaurant staff on one side and Karis board members on the other as the two race over hurdles to celebrate the opening of the restaurant located at Fifth Street and Belford Avenue on Friday.

A little girl gets close as she watches a core of dancers perform a choreographed routine to the Twisted Sister song, “We’re Not Going to Take It” outside of the Colorado Mesa University’s University Center Thursday. The event was part of the international One Billion Rising in honor of V-Day, a global movement to end violence against women.

Dave Lister of Fruita is already smiling as he takes the first of dozens of flower bouquets out to the Country Elegance Florist van to begin delivering flowers for Valentine’s Day Thursday. Lister’s wife works as a designer at the florist shop, and every year he takes a vacation day from his own job to help deliver flowers around town.

As he stands in a sea of Valentine’s Day bouquets, the Rev. Paul Labig checks his delivery list as he hefts a vase of roses on it out of the dozens to hand to a deliverer at Country Elegance Florist, 2990 Patterson Road, Wednesday morning. People from several church groups gathered at the floral shop to spend the day delivering the flowers as a fundraiser. Labig is the associate pastor at Church on the Rock.

A Mesa County Sheriff’s deputy searches the front yard of the house at 3304 Delicious Drive that was the scene of a shooting that left a man and a woman injured in Clifton Wednesday.

Grand Junction firefighters practice in using a foam to put out an interior fire in a large shed during a compressed air foam system strategy and tactics training exercise Thursday at 2990 D 1/2 Road.

Montrose resident Rachel Daake cries while Montrose Municipal Court Judge Richard Brown details the injuries she sustained regarding the 107-pound American Allaunt canine named Dutch who attacked her last November during a hearing Thursday morning Feb. 14, 2013. Brown ruled that Dutch is to be put down.

Veteran Jeremiah Aguilar who owns the 107-pound American Allaunt canine named Dutch breaks down in tears during a hearing Thursday morning Feb. 14, 2013, regarding Dutch’s attack last November.

How do I eat this without getting my fingers messy? At the valentine party at Grand Valley Childcare, 1 1/2-year-old Morgan Wright wanted to eat a cupcake but didn’t want her fingers to get messy. Solution- don’t pick it up.

How do I eat this without getting my fingers messy? At the valentine party at Grand Valley Childcare, 1 1/2-year-old Morgan Wright wanted to eat a cupcake but didn’t want her fingers to get messy. Solution- don’t pick it up.

At the valentine party at Grand Valley Childcare, 1 1/2-year-old Morgan Wright wanted to eat a cupcake but didn’t want her fingers to get messy. Solution- don’t pick it up.

Using ashes from last year’s Palm Sunday palm fronds, The Rev. Edmundo Valera draws the sign of the cross on the forehead of parishioner Owen Bartels, 11, of Glade Park as the priest and his congregation celebrate Ash Wednesday Mass at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church.

Mesa County deputies are investigating a shooting that left a man and a woman injured at 3304 Delicious Drive in Clifton Wednesday.

A plane is loaded with seed for the Pine Ridge burn area.

From Left, Bryan Oehlman and Cole Kellogg load seed into a hopper. They are loading a plane with seed for the Pine Ridge burn area

President and Area Manager of Operation Interdependence Karon Carley packs a C-Rat for the troops overseas. Operation Interdependence helps over 2,500 service members each year.

Wildlife photographer Rod Rieman of Grand Junction strolls through James M Robb Colorado River State Park Connected Lakes Section looking for any scenes of birds in the area. He photographed some water fowl on the river and was checking to see if some owls were nesting.

Matt Mayfall, right,  and Monty Carlo of the Caprock Academy labor over a quiz at the 14th annual Math Extravaganza, sponsored by the Math Club at Colorado Mesa University today. More than 120 students from the Western Slope attended the event. Students were introduced to mathematical concepts not normally seen in high school.

A chocolate rimmed glass of Cherry wine at Carlson Vineyards. The dessert-style wine is balanced by the chocolate.

A mid-January day finds the catch-and-release section of the Taylor River deserted except for Shelly Walchak, who is trying to fish 52 rivers in 52 weeks. The temperature at the time of the photo was 8 degrees above zero. Pat Oglesby/Special to the Sentinel

Rocky, right,  pulls a load of recycled material found by his owner Mark Collin in the alleys of Grand Junction. Collin goes out a couple times a week to collect material which would normally be put in the landfill but instead is recycled for cash.

Edwin Espino of Grand Junction crosses First Street during a snow shower Monday morning. Light snow will continue Monday giving way to partly sunny later in the day, according to the National Weather Service.

Main Street Bagels Bakery and Cafe

Judi Reimer stands outside Consign Design at 234 Main Street. Reimer and her daughter, Cheryl, own the shop and pride themselves in making people happy.

David Withers shovels the skiff of snow on his sidewalk on Seventh Street Sunday.

Adrea Tilford and her daughter Nella are well protected by her dogs Ritton, center, and Zena on a walk on fourth Street today.

A desert bighorn relaxes on a rock on the western border of the Colorado National Monument nest to South Broadway Sunday.

Horizon Drive glows from tragic and signs in this 13-second time exposure shot looking north from above the Horizon and G Road intersection.

Colorado Mesa University guard Sharaya Selsor holds her 1-year-old daughter Carter during halftime of a men’s basketball game at Brownson Arena.