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Former Rocky Flats workers are invited to town hall meetings to be held at 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. Wednesday in Arvada and at the same times Thursday in Longmont.
Information will be provided about eligibility for benefits up to $400,000 through the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act. Instruction also will be provided on how to apply for benefits.
The Wednesday meetings are at the Arvada Center, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd. The Thursday meetings are at the Residence Inn by Marriott Longmont, 1450 Dry Creek Dr.
![Newspaper advertisement offering reward for the return of an escaped man to his oppressors, Princess Anne, Maryland, April 1, 1861. Text reads: “0 Reward. Ranaway from the subscriber on Tuesday Morning, 26th Ultimo [last month], My negro boy calling himself Severn Black. The said negro is about 5 feet six inches in height, chesnut color, has a scar on his upperlip, downcast countenance when spoken to, blink-eyed, showing a great deal of white, long bushy hair, is about twenty years old, had on when he lefta [sic] blue fustian Jacket, pantaloons of a greyish color, blue striped shirt, a Black slouch hat and shoes nearly worn out. The above reward will be paid by me for the apprehension and delivery of the said negro in the county jail at Princess Anne, Somerset County, Maryland. April 1, 1861. Richard E. Snelling. Somerset Herald Print, Princess Anne, Md.’ The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 obliged citizens and lawmen of free zones to return escaped men to those whom they fled. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)](/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/GettyImages-53262583-16x9-1.jpg?w=620 "GettyImages-53262583-16x9-1")
