Deputy chief of administration Grand Junction Fire Department Jim Bright looks up to the second floor of the new Station 1 firehouse at one of the brass poles for quick exit to the firetrucks.

Leaders of the Totus Tuus 2012, a summer bible camp, at St Joseph Catholic Church were the first to be covered with shaving cream at the end of camp party. College students ran a week long camp for children from first-grade to high school. The students facilitated six other week long camps this summer before heading back to college.

St Joes Father Edmundo Valera joined in the fun. After the shaving cream, a water fight ensued with Father manning the water hose.

A group of three huddle together under an umbrella as they rush through a brief rainstorm Friday in the 500 block of Main Street.

Tracks lead to a dead fish, probably carp, in the Audubon’s Ela Sanctuary pond near Connected Lakes. The pond fills from high water in the nearby Colorado River but is drying up this year.

A frog at the in a pond in an outdoor garden at the Western Colorado Botanical Gardens.

Adrienne Thomas of Grand Junction eats an ear of sweet corn as she walks at the farmers market.

A great blue heron skewers a trout at Confluence Park in Delta. The bird waded onto a sandbar just covered by water and speared the fish before flying away and landing on the stump. It flipped the fish up and swallowed it whole.

Back Porch Music has developed a space within the music store that can be used for a variety of events such as concerts and clinics.

Julie Drake finds a shady spot in Sherwood Park for her lunch hour and a good read, “The Anointed” by Benny Hinn. The temperature Thursday reach into the high 90’s with Friday and Saturday cooling a bit with a chance of showers.

JT and the Big Dogs play there first gig in seven year for the Blue Moon Bar & Grills 25th anniversary party.As drummer Doug Simons said” We never broke up, we just did not rehearse for seven years”.

The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band play to a sold-out packed house Saturday night at the Avalon Theatre. Local Bluegrass band Stray Grass was the opening band for the show.

Kelly Flenniken, right, executive director of the Grand Junction Economic Partnership, and her staff such as director of communications Laura Peters, left, are looking at ways to better streamline GJEP’s incentive program.

Drew Zain with Defy Gravity flips out during a show at the Salvationa Army. The show was part of the Salvation Armys backpack with school supplies giveaway. The Salvation Army is giving away 825 backpacks for students in Grand Valley school.Call the Salvational Army at 242-7513 for info on the backpacks.

Paul Shelton with Simplicity Solar, 747 West White Ave in GJ working with a solar panel in the shop at Simplicity Solar.

The county is planning to replace a quickly deteriorating bridge along 17 1/2 Road north of Fruita.  The bridge set for replacement spans Big Salt Wash on 17 1/2 Road, about three-tenths of a mile north of the intersection with M Road.

Tillie Bishop, right greets Shari and John Zen before a Grand Junction Lions Club luncheon to honor Bishop at Two Rivers Convention Center Tuesday afternoon. The Lions Club is honoring Bishop, a current CU regent, former Mesa County commissioner and former state senator and representative.

A Mesa County Sheriff’s deputy looks up at personnel on the engine of an Amtrak train that struck a person on the tracks east of 33 Road Tuesday.

Teresa Coons, left, discusses the human tendency to stockpile in difficult times, whether it be necessitites for the family or water, during the panel discussion at “Between Mountains and Desert: Environmental Issues in Western Colorado” held Tuesday at Colorado Mesa’s University Center. Some of the other experts on the panel included, from left to right, Sentinel environmental reporter Matthew Berger, Frank Smith of the Western Colorado Congress, and Bernie Bornong, acting deputy forest supervisor for the Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre, and Gunnison National Forests.

Ken Williams, Ph.D. takes a water sample from a test well at the Rifle uranium mill tailing site.

Fruit grower Neil Guard on East Orchard Mesa inspects some of the Red Haven peaches he grows on his farm. Fruit growing demands constant research and study, much of that provided by the Orchard Mesa Research Station.

Blake Andersen, 12, races to the ball during his boys 12 singles match against Brandon Lovato in the Taco Bell tennis tournament Tuesday at the Elliott Tennis Center. Andersen won the match 6-4, 6-3. The two boys are friends, and both are on Monument Little League teams that won their respective state baseball titles last weekend.

CU President Bruce Benson talks during a Sentinel editorial board meeting at the Daily Sentinel offices.

Hikers at Devil’s Kitchen in the Colorado National Monument.

A rainbow appeared over the Ridges on the Redlands after a late afternoon rain storm.

Grand Junction Police investigate the scene of an assault at 25th and North Avenue Monday afternoon. Police on the scene say two people were taken to the hospital. They were collecting blood evidence and other objects at corner.

The large remains of xiphactinus, the large nasty fish that swam these parts several million years ago are picked up from their plaster casts.

A section of jaw bone from the xiphactinus.

Ron Tanner’s art work in the 23 and G Roads roundabout.

From left, Madeline Gore, Kate Schwenke and Katie Langford participate in the office chair race.

Daily Sentinel intern Madeline Gore competed in a variety of events during the The Daily Sentinel’s intern Olympics.

Daily Sentinel intern Madeline Gore, left, as well as alumnus Kate Schwenke, an intern the previous two summers, are celebrated on the victory podium.