Jasmine Blanchard, left and Christie Anne Putnam both from Boulder stomp grapes during the 21st annual Colorado Mountain Winefest in Riverbeand Park in Palisade Saturday afternoon.

Michael Pizzuto a culinary arts instructor cutting a ice sculpture at the 21st annual Colorado Mountain Winefest in Riverbeand Park in Palisade Saturday afternoon.

A group of bike riders heading down 33 1/2 Road in Palisade as part of the Tour de Vineyards, a 25 mile bike tour.

Over 275 runners took part in the 1st annual Filthy 5k Mud Run Saturday morning at Matchett Park.

People document and tend to a production water tanker that rolled off of Highway 65, tangling itself in power lines, then bursting into flames and catching surrounding brush along Plateau Creek on fire Friday. The highway was closed in both directions for several hours following the accident.

Amandalin Hunter performs at the Two Rivers Chautauqua 2012 Firday night at Cross Orchards Historical site. This year’s theme, “Inventive Minds,” will be presented Saturday by District 51 Young Chautauquans, and professionals doing Albert Einstein, Dr. Seuss, Henry Ford and Mary Shelley. The afternoon session is 1 to 5 pm, and the evening session starts at 6:30 pm.

Members of the Group Study Exchange sponsored by Rotary International visited The Daily Sentinel Friday morning to learn about the newspaper industry.

Five-year-old Austin Haire of Grand Junction clings to the back of his sheep as it leaves the gate during the mutton-busting competition at the Colorado Professional Rodeo Association’s annual finals at the Mesa County Fairgrounds on Friday.

George Frein will portray Dr. Seuss at the 2012 Two Rivers Chautauqua. photo Special to the Sentinel.

Kirk Gustafson, an avid bird hunter, at the home that he built, just happens to be the director of the Grand Junction Symphony.

Front row from right,  Kristina Jakel, Julia Fritsch, Brittni Nack, Charlotte Jordan, Mitchell Grant-Clark, Johanna Horth, Anna Kolm, Johanna Sickinger, Veronika Engel, Anna Maria Liebi, Julia Katzenmayer, Kody Harmon. Second row from left, Teachers Wilfried Schon and Michaela Nawrat from Germany, Sebastian Raney, Tobias FuBeder, Simon Straubinger, Ronja Leidmann, Carina Glaser, Franz Hutterer, Markus Bohme, Tobias Steinmaier and CHS teacher Mark Kessler

Nohemi Arredondo, left, and Viviana Espino, both of Rifle, picket outside the Garfield County Courthouse in Glenwood Springs Thursday to oppose a request to let Steven Michael Stagner make supervised outings from the Colorado Mental Health Institute at Pueblo. Stagner was sent there after being found not guilty by reason of insanity in the 2001 shootings in Rifle of seven Latinos, four of whom died. Arredondo and Espino are friends of the family of Angelica Toscano, one of those killed.

Hikers stop in Rough Canyon during a hike in the Bangs Canyon Recreation Area. After rains in the Grand Valley small pools of water reflect the canyon walls and hikers.

Fruita players from left, Brett Payton and Lukas Smith with Braydon Reese of Montrose fight for control of the ball at Canyon View.

A grave marker along the road into the town of Marble, Forest Route No. 314, the resting place for prospector John McKee who was buried here on July 7th, 1883.

Harry Parker works in the Community Garden at 5th Street and Chipeta Ave in GJ.

Members of the design team at Bonsai-Design discuss the “Zipzilla,” an adventure structure with 15 big zip lines that the company is building for the new Boy Scout Camp in West Virginia.

Violinist Brian Hanly plays J.S. Bach’s Adagio from Sonata No.1 in G Minor during the opening concert of the “A Little Noon Music” concert series at the First Methodist Church Wednesday afternoon. For the next nine 2nd Wednesdays of each month the free concerts can be seen in the church sanctuary. The next show will be on October 10th with Sean Flanigan on Trombone and Gisela Flanigan playing Piano. More then 100 people were at the opening show

Lower Valley Fire Protectiion District firefighters and Mesa County Sheriff’s deputies remove the body of a man discovered in an irrigation canal in the 1200 block of 17 1/2 Road near Fruita on Wednesday.

A Grand Junction firefighter runs Tuesday during a workout as American and state flags are positioned at half-staff in memory of the victims of the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001.

Groundskeeper Marty Alcorta picks up pieces from an elm tree at Colorado Mesa University that was hit by lightning Tuesday afternoon sending pieces of wood into the intersection of 12th Street and North Avenue.

Colrado State Troopers investigate a fatal accident on highway 50 just southeast of the county line. According to the CSP, the Blue Passat came around the corner during a rainstorm and crosswinds, lost control, crossed the median and hit the pickup head on killing the driver of the Passat. Teh driver of the pickup was not injured.

Brandon Jaramillo fills out a T. J. Maxx job application at the Mesa County Workforce Center Tuesday morning. More than 300 people have already applied for jobs at the new store.

The Gunnison River flows quietly under the Colorado Highway 149 (Lake City) bridge west of Gunnison. Blue Mesa Reservoir, which normally reaches the bridge, is about 60 feet below full, leaving river anglers with about a half-mile of “new” river to fish.

Gov. John Hickenlooper makes a point about Referendum S during a presentation at the Daily Sentinel.

A fly fisherman casts into the whitewater of the Animas River headwaters. The narrow canyon just north of Silverton on the Alpine Loop is very popular fishing spot for the sport.

Alicia Finch of Columbine Animal Hospital reveals what animal Principal Steve States will have to kiss if his students at Shelledy Elementary School reach their 50,000 minute reading goal.

Vehicles drop students at Mount Garfield Middle School, where traffic is congested some days, one parent says, the result of a new School District 51 policy that increased the walking radius for students around schools.

One of the 50 alpacas at the SunCrest Orchard Alpacas ranch on East Orchard Mesa.

Mike McDermott with some of the 50 alpacas at the SunCrest Orchard Alpacas ranch on East Orchard Mesa.

The Colorado State Patrol is investigating an accident that left one man dead Saturday.

Diesel, left, and Tank perform a little synchronized swimming as the two dogs carry back a toy thrown into the water by their owner Kasse Kennedy of Grand Junction on Sunday.

Mesa, a female lab mix, flies off the diving board after a toy that her owner Andrea Marchese of Grand Junction has thrown

Dressed in full bunker gear, firefighter/paramedic Ben Blehm, left, and Capt. Joel Arellano with the Grand Junction Fire Department trot along the Audubon section of the Riverfront Trail.

Dressed in full bunker gear, firefighter/paramedic Ben Blehm, left, and Capt. Joel Arellano with the Grand Junction Fire Department trot along the Audubon section of the Riverfront Trail

Ryan Duncan making Tacos in his truck.

Darin and Amy Pace’s day starts at 6:30 in the morning as they cook and prepare food for the family’s lunch wagon at the Grand Junction Incubator Center.

Darin Pace, right, jokes with one of his regular customers on his lunch wagon route.