A pedestrian crosses 12th Street today while big snow flakes fall during one of the snow squalls in the valley Friday.

Hardy – and romantic—souls braved a wintery night on Saturday to imagine themselves in Paris in springtime. The “We’ll Always Have Paris” benefit ball at Colorado Mesa University raised funds for the People to People Student Ambassador’s Australian Adventure program. Photo Special to the Sentinel/Drew Koch

Mock Trial R-5 team prosecutor Kate Eagle listens to an objection from a Glenwood Springs defense attorney at the Mock Trial Competition at the Mesa County Justice center. Teams from R-5, District 51, Glenwood Springs and Durango were vying for the honor of competing on the state level.

Math and Science demo

Hurst Otto at Suplizio Field on May 17, 2011. Otto was one of the original JUCO committee members, a former Grand Junction City Council member and a retired optometrist.

Shawa Meyer an employee with Home Depot helps paint the inside of Catholic Outreach’s T-House at 2th St and White Ave in GJ. Volunteers from Home Depot ate helping repair the home that provides emergency short-term housing for up to two families with children.

George Stagg, bottom, of Grand Valley works his way out of a head lock put on him by John Pierce of Sheridan during the 145-pound match at the sate wrestling tournament in Denver on Thursday. Stagg won the match in the last few seconds 10-7.

Timothy Emmons a music teacher for Colorado Mesa University will teach a Masters Bass class on Friday, Feb 22th in the Recital Hall in the Moss Performing Arts Center on the CMU campus.The class is free and opened to the public. THe class will run from 3:00p.m. till 4:30p.m. Emmons is a freelance musican in Los Angeles and has played on over two hundred film and television scores

Eagle Scout Greg Stoneburner made crisis buckets for his school, Central High School. They’re buckets with supplies that can be used in a long-term lockdown situation.

Local filmmaker Mara Ferris works in her production studio in her Grand Junction home.

Local filmmaker Mara Ferris works in her production studio in her Grand Junction home.

Local filmmaker Mara Ferris works in her production studio in her Grand Junction home. Here she works on a shot list.

Frederic (Levi Meyer) romances Maj. Gen. Stanley’s daughter Mabel (Kalinda Theobold) in the Colorado Mesa University production of Gilbert and Sullivan’s musical “The Pirates of Penzance.”

Levi Lucero stands in the middle of North Ave at 13th Street with his University Blvd street sign. He is hoping to change the name of North Avenue to University Blvd.

Visitors and dignitaries gather in the redesigned front lobby and stairwell of the Wayne N. Aspinall Federal Building during Wednesday’s rededication. The building was remodeled as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment of 2009 as a blend of the old and new; it is the first building on the National Register of Historic Places redesigned to achieve net zero energy while preserving its historic structure.

Nelson Freese, bottom, and Antonio Padilla work on building new stairs to the Handy Chapel.

Crystal Geyser is located on the east bank of the Green River 4.5 miles downstream from Green River, Utah. It is a rare example of a cold water carbon dioxide driven geyser; geothermal activity does not play a role in the activity of the geyser.

Mare Charlesworth takes a picture from a low angle in an impromptu photo studio on Main Street of some baskets from Woven Design. She was shooting the baskets to place on their website for a March promotion.

Sharon Gray from Grand Junction working on a watercolor painting at the Artist’s Haven, 240 North Ave, the old Harbert Lumber building.On March 9th the Artist’s Haven will be holding an Meet the Teacher & Demonstration Day. From 11a.m. till 2p.m. attendees will have the opportunity to speak to teachers as well as view demonstrations on a vast array of art works.

The Butler Wash Ruins on Utah Hwy 95, are 10.5 miles west of Utah Hwy 191. The Butler Wash Ruins are a short half mile hike. The site consists of several structures; houses, granaries and four kivas. Moqui hand and footholds were carved by the ancient inhabitants.

Former Grand Junction police officer and Delta Police Chief Rich Bacher, right talks with School District 51 School Board member Harry Butler during a School Safety meeting at the Emerson campus Monday afternoon.

Sam Weaver, left and Dylan Wey students at the Western Colorado Community College Electric Lineworker program working high above the ground at the colleges south campus on 29 and D roads in Grand Junction Monday afternoon.

A blue heron spreads its wings on a frozen portion of a lake in the Island Acres section of the James M. Robb Colorado River State Park.

Don Kinnaman from Grand Junction chips a shot onto the practice green at the Lincoln Park Golf Course Sunday afternoon.

Micah Evonitz from Colorado Mesa University makes a turn on Wonder Bump at Powerhorn Mountain Resort during the USCSA Rocky Mountain Division Maverick Invitational Ski Race Sunday morning.

Grand Junction’s German-American Club celebrated Fasching, a pre-Lenten festivity similar to Mardi Gras, Saturday afternoon at County Inns of America. Photos special to the Sentinel/Amanda Wight

Grand Junction’s German-American Club celebrated Fasching, a pre-Lenten festivity similar to Mardi Gras, Saturday afternoon at County Inns of America. Photos special to the Sentinel/Amanda Wight

Rachel Sauer, left, and Melinda Mawdsley find plenty of off-trail opportunities for snowshoeing in the snow-covered forests of Grand Mesa.

Melinda Mawdsley, left, films her tandem ride down the tubing hill at Powderhorn Mountain Resort with Rachel Sauer.