Three-month-old Jonah Celis from Grand Junction enjoys a ride in his stroller on Main Street as thousands pack downtown Grand Junction for the Downtown Spooktacular Saturday afternoon.

Harper White, age 16-months, left as the Pink Monster and 14-month old Oliver McRobbie as a Lady Bug and thousands pack Main Street as part of the Downtown Spooktacular Saturday afternoon.

Three-year-old Shaun Paulson and his father Eric Paulson from Grand Junction carving a pumpkin at the Lincoln Park Barn Saturday morning as part of the Western Colorado Peace Officers Academy Carving with Cadets event.

Actors Laurence Fishburne and Jon Hamm with a cutout of Prez Obama during a party at Dems HQ at 2454 Hwy 6 & 50.

All in the spirit of Halloween, the zombies came out to haunt Mesa Theater for the KAFM fundraiser Friday Nite! Photo Special to the Sentinel/Amanda Wight

Mesa County Sheriff’s deputies search a car after the driver, Ryan Thompson, crashed near 29 1/4 Road and North Avenue during a traffic stop by Grand Junction police Friday.

Grand Junction police look at a trash bag near the scene of a rollover on I-70B just west of the 29 Road Viaduct Friday evening. The driver was the only occupant of the truck and was taken to the hospital. Police are investigating why the driver drove so far off of the road and into the drain ditch for no apparent reason.

Grand Junction’s Dion Martinez runs for one of his three first half TDs.

A chocolate rimmed glass of Cherry wine.

Parker Carlson is about to put the “vines to bed” this fall.

Parker Carlson pours some wine for his staff at Carlson Vineyards on East Orchard Mesa.

A house at 321 Gunnison Avenue is decorated for Halloween with five cloaked figures gathered together for a seance in front of a white piano.

Savi Carter tried on a new corset at the Rose and Thorn Leather tent at the Heroes’ Harvest Renaissance Festival and Fantasy Faire Friday morning.

Ula Kirkman plays the accordion at the Daily Sentinel Senior Fair.

Jordan Wolter-Reed, 7, of Grand Junction takes on the big slide head first at Studts Pumpkin Patch and Corn Maze at 21 1/2 and I 1/2 Roads. Children who go down the slide land in a huge pile of corn kernels at the bottom.

Chef instructor Fernando Ocampo with LiveWell Colorado demonstrates how much more interesting celery is when cut on the bias into swords to Mesa County School District 51 nutritional managers from area schools during a training session at Central High School on Thursday.

Grand Junction police officers search containers in the yard of construction pipe business for a man who robbed Twice Upon A Time Bookshop, 2885 North Ave. No.B, at gunpoint Thursday. According to Grand Junction Police Department spokesperson Kate Porras, officers are seeking a heavyset white male about 5-foot-10 to 6 feet tall with dark greasy hair and some facial hair possibly wearing a blue shirt. The man ran toward WalMart following the robbery, she said.

Police seek man who robbed a local bookstore.

Melinda and Dakota Anderson in the Moon Farm Maze.

The electric chair fries a ghoul at Hallow Screams Haunted House, 3210 I-70 Business Loop.

Hallow Screams Haunted House

Zombies follow visitors at Hallow Screams Haunted House, 3210 I-70 Business Loop.

Dan Keenan, who was diagnosed with ALS, needs a special van to accommodate his wheelchair. He hopes to leave it as a final legacy to another ALS patient in the future.

The East Middle School Bears cheerleaders perform a jump as they practice in the park near the school. The squad is preparing for an end of the year competition to be held at Colorado Mesa University on Nov. 2, during which they will compete with cheerleaders from all seven middle schools. The East Middle School squad, which is coached by Malori Edris, is comprised of 27 middle school students and cheered for the Mesa County Junior Football Association’s Bears football team during the Bears’ season.

A hiker and dog hike along the Upper Escalante Canyon as the Escalante River reflects the fall colors and the cliffs of the canyon on a warm fall day in Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in south central Utah.

Cheryl Ungar, wedding photographer and founder of The Wedding Pink, takes engagement photos of Erin and Ben, recipients of this year’s wedding which will take place at the Wine Country Inn this spring.

Mel Stevens’ yucca plant that he and his wife Edna raised from a section of an Oregon relative’s indestructible plant has finally bloomed for the first time in the 10 years that it has been growing in the family’s Orchard Mesa yard. The interesting thing is that yucca is supposed to bloom in spring, not fall.

Fruita’s Noah Nelson and Montrose captain Dylan Tobin battle for the ball during a recent game.

Diners enjoy pleasant fall weather while dining outdoors in one of the nearly 20 eateries with outdoor seating in downtown Grand Junction. Weather forecasts predict a cold front rolling through on Wednesday dropping temperatures at night into the 20’s.

Staff from Special Olympics Colorado announced Tuesday that the 2013 State Summer Games would take place at Colorado Mesa University next spring.

Many people lined-up Monday morning at the Mesa County Victory Center to get tickets to hear Paul Ryan and other GOP candidates speak at Brownson Arena this afternoon.

Paul Ryan stirs the crowd at CMU during a campaign stop for the VP candidate.

A Republican rally was held at CMU Monday

President Obama supporters march to the polls to vote past protesters of Obama’s policies.

EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson, left, and Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, right, are greeted on West Main Street in Grand Junction at a women’s early vote RV tour in support of President Obama. Today is the first day of Early voting in Mesa County.

A horse swats a fly away in a pasture in Plateau Valley framed by trees in full fall color.

Two golden eagles perch in a dead cottonwood near Mack. The tree often has raptors in it, sometimes bald eagles as well. It can be seen from 1-70 or better yet on U.S. Highway 6 between Loma and Mack on the camping grounds of the Country Jam

Marjorie Haun, left, Mackenzie Eikamp, center, and Cheyenne Paningsoro, right, work on a banner that will say “Save Our Energy Jobs” during a sign painting party outside of the Maverick Pavilion on Sunday.

Broken limbs lie scattered over the roof and front of a home at 533 Mockingbird Lane after a large limb from the old cottonwood tree in the backyard fell onto the house around 11:30 p.m. Saturday.

The 1200-foot towering, red cliffs of the Dolores River Canyon reflect in the river’s water as it flows placidly through a section along 10.00 Road northeast of Dove Creek.