Amber Hodges working on a home in the Hoffman Subdivision.Hodges is part of a woman’s build team working on Habitat for Humanity housing.

Big Red.A 1957 Chevy Nomad was one of about 100 cars and trucks at the Ed Bozarth & Mark Miller Summer Car Show in Lilac Park Saturday afternoon.

Teddy Jordan, left shows off his 1923 Model T at the Ed Bozarth & Mark Miller Summer Car Show in Lilac Park Saturday afternoon.

Volunteer firefighter and emergency medical technician Staci Midgely sprays foam from a new brush truck during training.

Chief George Kornfeld of the Lands End Fire Protection District has added a new 2012 Dodge Ram brush truck to his arsenal of firefighting equipment.

A black bumble bee targets a monarda plant, commonly known as bee balm at the Western Colorado Botanical Gardens.

Dr. Tim Brower shows the CMU Unconventional Energy Center Endowment Committee around the Archuleta Engineering labs at the Western Community College Friday.

Retired orchardist Jack Suter eats a Red Haven peach at the Ball fruit stand just East of Palisade

Keith and Brittany Mason found a spot to cool off at the ANB Bank Farmers Market where misters were turned on full blast.

Ned Tompkins surveys an area around his cabin which has been cleared to make a defensible space in case of fire on the slopes of Grand Mesa.

Nine-year-old Max Nikkari, left, of Grand Junction adds name to the Grand Junction fan flag that will be flown over Sports Authority Field at Mile High.

Former Bronco Vance Johnson, second from left, gives his contact information to old acquaintance Louie Herrera of Grand Junction.

Six-year-old Echo Bartels lets her baby camel Cinnamon suck on her finger.

The Google Maps Street View car is in Grand Junction this week.

A small herd of deer pauses for a moment chest-deep in a farmer’s field in southwestern Colorado.

A sing nailed on a telephone pole at 18th Street and Grand Ave says it all “Pray for Rain”.

The sign in front of the Veterans Administration Medical Center, 2121 North tells the story.It’s hot out! The sign says 100 degrees at about 3:30pm.

Central High School Student Body President Lyndzee Dwyer had the honor of introducing Mitt Romney during Romney’s Town Hall meeting at Central High School.

Mitt Romney at a Town Hall meeting at Central High School.

Mitt Romney at a Town Hall meeting at Central High School.

Pat and Mariyln Olson owners of Papa Kelsey restaurant1141 N. 25th Street.The two are retiring at the end of July.

Boaters pass by Antelope Island on Lake Powell in the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area near Page, AZ. The lake has over 1,900 miles of shore line.

Michael Park a manager at Party Land, 2650 North in the Red Cliff Pointe Shopping Center fills a balloon with helium.

Annie O’Connor looks over the wide variety of shoes at the 30th annual Benges Tent Sale Sunday

Joel Hubbard, 11, shows some of the items he has in his treasure box, which he would take with him in an emergency.

The Farrington family — Mark, 66, and Rachel, 27, and their son Jonah, 4 — plan a four-month cycling trip across Europe

Rebecca Stevenson said that if evacuated, first priority for herself and her husband, Neil, would be the safety of their children Brittany, 15, Amberly, 13, and Brennan, 10, and then their shih tzu, Kira, and schnauzer Fritz.

After her family and survival items were packed in the car, among the items Natalie Hubbard would grab in an evacuation situation are the china given to her by her mother-in-law and a little rocking chair she’s had since she was 2. “These are the things that I love,” she says.