Pictures of the week

Rose Chilcoat, former conservation advocate with Great Old Broads For Wilderness, at her Durango home on May 6. Photo by Shaun Stanley/Durango Herald

Kayla Stoddard ties ribbons on a downtown Durango lamp post on June 3 to honor Durango native and Blues Angels pilot Marine Capt. Jeff Kuss, who died June 2 when his jet crashed in Tennessee. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald

The Durango Police Department investigates an SUV that collided with a motorcycle on June 6 on Colorado Highway 3 near the intersection of U.S. Highway 550/160. The SUV hit the motorcycle that was stopped at the light. The motorcyclist, Tim Cooper, 52, died. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald

Members of the Mesa Verde Helitack team watch as a crew member is lifted skyward on June 2 by a helicopter during training conducted out of the old campus of Fort Lewis College in Hesperus. Photo by Shaun Stanley/Durango Herald

Domi Frideger, 18, left, and Dylan Kroes, 18, display their solar car “Solis” on June 7 during the 4CORE Alternative Fuels Event at the La Plata County Fairgrounds. About 50 people attended, listening to presentations from industry experts on electric charging stations and compressed natural gas. Several alternative-fuel vehicles were on hand, including a Tesla electric car for demonstrations and test drives. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald

Marcy Jung, left, cares for her mother, Betty Jung, 87, at her rural La Plata County home on June 6. “I always give her a choice whenever I can offer an option,” Marcy Jung said about working with someone who has dementia, “even if its what sheets to put on the bed.” Photo by Shaun Stanley/Durango Herald

Mary Maslak, seated, 98, joins hands in prayer with the staff of Our Place Adult Care on June 6 before sitting down to lunch. Our Place Staff from the left is Executive Director Tanya Boyce and volunteers Rowean Crader and Margaret Crawley. Photo by Shaun Stanley/Durango Herald

Durango artist Minna Jain sets up her show at Studio & on June 8 that includes nuno felting by her mom, Anita Jain, who is also a textile artist. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald

Family members of Marine Capt. Jeff Kuss carry his ashes out of a plane on June 10 at Durango-La Plata County Airport. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald

Janet Kuss, mother of Marine Capt. Jeff Kuss, arrives with her family and her son’s remains at the Durango-La Plata County Airport on the afternoon of June 10. Kuss, a Blue Angel pilot who flew No. 6, died June 2 during a airshow practice in Smyrna, Tennessee. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald

Little Lego robot houses have popped up around Durango, courtesy of the “Lego bomber,” aka Sam Bridgham. This one in front of Maria’s Bookshop on Main Avenue on June 10 is among the smaller ones. “Ugly grey posts are everywhere,” Bridgham said, so adding a bit of color and fun seems appropriate. He has rules – he doesn’t ask for permission and no glue or pins are allowed. They slide up and down the posts, except in the cold weather so “they’re really barometers,” he said. Watch for a Lego bombing near you. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald

Durango honors Marine Capt. Jeff Kuss as a motorcade escorting his remains to Greenmount Cemetery makes its way down Main Avenue on the morning of June 11. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald

Durango honors Marine Capt. Jeff Kuss as the motorcade makes its way down Main Avenue on June 11. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald

The top fighter jet begins to pull away in the Missing Man formation during the graveside services of Marine Capt. Jeff Kuss at Greenmount Cemetery on June 11. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald

A Marine Honor Guard rehearses for the graveside memorial for Capt. Jeff Kuss at Greenmount Cemetery in Durango. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald

Roy Brown, center, works the grill with Father Benjamin and Moses Huggins, 10, helping in the St. Elijah Orthodox Church booth serving bacon-wrapped meatballs and dates during the Men Who Grill fundraiser at Buckley Park on June 11. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald

Durango honors Marine Capt. Jeff Kuss as the motorcade makes its into Greenmount Cemetery on the morning of June 11. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald