HISTORY IN 2D

The Rocky Mountain Map Society will host the seventh annual Rocky Mountain Antique Map Fair in Denver.

• When: Sept. 14-15

• Where: Denver Central Library

• What: More than 15 dealers will have thousands of maps for sale from the 16th through the 20th centuries.

• For sale: Prices range from $10 to more than $20,000.

Source: RMMaps.org

FORESTRY GRANTS

The Colorado State Forest Service is awarding $1 million of grants to fund 12 forest restoration projects that protect critical water supplies. They do this by reducing the chance of catastrophic fires that subsequently can clog watersheds with high amounts of runoff.

FUNDED PROJECTS

• Dalla Park Fire Mitigation, La Plata County

• Forest and Community Protection Plan, Lake County

• Grand Junction Watershed and Fuel Reduction Program, Mesa County

• Grand Lake Beetle Kill Removal Project, Grand County

• Heil Valley Ranch 2008 Fuels Reduction-Unit 2, Boulder County

• Horsetooth Mountain Park Fuels Reduction, Larimer County

• Platte Canyon Fire/Forest Restoration and Water Protection Project, Park County

• Santa Fe Trails Ranch Fuel Break Project, Las Animas

• Straight Creek Forest Restoration Project, Summit County

• Summit County Hazardous Fuels Reduction Project, Summit County

• Upper South Platte Watershed Forest Health Initiative, Park and Teller counties

• West Vail and Lower Gore Creek Fuel Reduction Project, Eagle County

SLINGIN' GARBAGE

For the second time, city of Thornton driver Warren Saunders has won the regional Trash Truck Road-E-O. Saunders bested other drivers in a competition that included a written exam, driving skills contests and a vehicle inspection. Saunders will represent Colorado in the international competition scheduled in late September in New Jersey.

ONE BIG PEACH

The Big Beauty Peach Contest was one of the events of the Palisade Peach Festival last weekend. This year's winner measured 12 inches in diameter and weighed 1.16 pounds.

Source: palisade peachfest.com

A MODEL DISPLAY

One of the 4-H projects that will be on display today at the Colorado State Fair is model rockets. The hobby is 50 years old this year. A few rocketry facts:

1957 was the founding year of the hobby, when rocket designs of lightweight, nonmetallic materials (paper tubes, balsa wood and plastic) were mated with factory-made engines, making for a safe pastime.

600 million model rockets had been flown as of 2003.

20,000 element- ary and middle schools have used model rockets as learning tools.

Source: Handbook of model rocketry

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