CU Campus Closed to Outsiders on Smoke Out Day

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If you are not an employee or a student at The University of Colorado, you won't be able to get on The Boulder campus on April 20th. Its part of the schools continued effort to stomp out the annual pot smoke out that has drawn as many as 10-thousand people to the Norlin Quad in recent years. The closure announcement has prompted the ACLU to review the legality of closing a public college campus. A school spokesperson countered that the chancellor has the right to restrict campus access due to the potential for disruption.
To further discourage participation, the school is closing the Norlin Quad to everyone on April 20th so a fish-based fertilizer can be applied to the grass.

Navajo Educator Dies

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Ruth Roessell, a prominent Navajo educator died at a hospital in Cortez over the weekend following a brief illness. She was 77. Roessel was born on the Navajo Nation and attended Bureau of Indian Affairs boarding schools. She and her late husband Dr. Robert Roessel Sr. were noted innovators who developed new concepts for Navajo education programs. In addition to her storied career as an educator that spanned several decades, Roessel was also an author and community leader. She leaves behind five children.

Vigil To Be Held For Kayla Chadwick

A candle light vigil has been planned for a missing Fort Morgan teen. A vigil for missing 17-year-old Kayla Chadwick has been planned for Tuesday night at the gazebo in Fort Morgan Library Park. Organizers are calling for people from across northeast Colorado to come with their candles to light the way home for Chadwick. The vigil is scheduled fo 7:30 Tuesday night. Organizers have also set up a facebook page for Kayla. She disappeared March 27 after a fight with her boyfriend. For more information, contact Kim Dykes at Equitable Savings in Brush. The number is 970-842-5196.

State Launches Probe Into Prescribed Burns

DENVER (AP) — A team of specialists is releasing its findings about a prescribed burn blamed for igniting a deadly wildfire in Colorado.

The report will be made public Monday.

The wildfire erupted March 26 when high winds fanned embers from a prescribed burn conducted days earlier by the Colorado State Forest Service southwest of Denver. Three people died and hundreds were displaced.

The fire blackened 6 square miles and damaged or destroyed more than two dozen homes.

The State Forest Service has said the prescribed burn started the wildfire.

Gov. John Hickenlooper asked William Bass, supervisor of the Bighorn National Forest in Wyoming, to lead the review of the prescribed burn.

Separate investigations are looking into the precise cause of the wildfire and the deaths.

New Log Lane Village Water Shut Off Procedures

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Log Lane Village residents who are behind on their water bills will now get shut off notices in the mail. The board of trustees approved the change from door-hanger notification based on savings of time and money. Delivering the 75 - 80 shut off notices that go out each month by mail will likely cut 350-dollars per month in expenses.