Wood-gathering permits offered
Fuel-wood permits for the Flying J Ranch near Conifer go on sale Monday at the Jefferson County Open Space administration office, 700 Jefferson County Parkway, Suite 100. Office hours are 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Permits will cost $25 for a standard-size pickup and $20 for a compact truck. Additional permits are $10. Trailers will be prorated according to size.
Permit holders must have their own chain saws and vehicles.
For more information, call 303-271-5965 or visit http://openspace.jeffco.us on the Web.
Tour commemorates Hiroshima
A Western Slope coalition of community organizations, churches and citizens will travel in a caravan today and Saturday to the state’s “uranium hot spots” to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima, Japan.
The caravan will begin at Rulison, where an underground atomic bomb was detonated in 1969 to free trapped oil and gas. After winding through Mesa County, where uranium was processed, the caravan will head to Uravan, where the uranium was mined and milled, and will end up in Cañon City at the Cotter Corp. uranium mill.
Ceremonies will be conducted along the way, and paper cranes will be collected and sent to Hiroshima. The crane project is in conjunction with other tours and ceremonies around the world. For more information on the project, call 970-243- 0209, ext. 311.
Town up to its ears in corn fest
The 14th annual Olathe Sweet Corn Festival will offer all the corn you can eat plus 150 food, arts and crafts, game and novelty booths Saturday at the Olathe Community Park.
Tickets are $15 at the gate. Admission for kids 3 to 12 is $1, and those under 2 are free. For information on discounted advance tickets, call the festival headquarters toll-free at 866-363-CORN.
