Arts Council takes grant applications

CHEYENNE (AP) - The Wyoming Arts Council is accepting grant applications for its Folk and Traditional Arts Mentoring Project.

The project will award four grants of $3,000 each to preserve the state's unique artistic traditions. Previous grants have allowed recipients to teach such arts as weaving, old-time fiddle tunes and Shoshone beadwork.

The grant program this year will allow master artists to teach their skills to qualified apprentices. The apprentices must study with a master who shares a common heritage, which can be a family, ethnic, occupational, tribal, religious or geographic community. The deadline to apply for the grants is Nov. 3.

Joint committee will meet today

GREEN RIVER - The Legislature's Joint Agriculture, State and Public Lands, and Water Resources interim committee will meet today and Tuesday at city hall, according to state officials.

Lawmakers will discuss interim topics including water, water management and various agricultural-related issues, including proposed legislation on livestock health programs and brand inspection fees

State Veterinarian Walt Cook will update the committee on the most recent outbreak of brucellosis in the Pinedale area, and proposed legislation for the state's brucellosis management and surveillance programs, during Tuesday's morning session.

Officials said the meetings will begin at 8 a.m. both days in the city council chambers.

Pinedale to host public ozone forum

PINEDALE - Scientists will meet here next month for a public forum on the human health affects of ozone pollution.

The University of Wyoming's Ruckelshaus Institute and Haub School of Environment and Natural Resources will host the discussion, which is scheduled to start at 7 p.m. on Oct. 7 at Pinedale High School.

The Upper Green River Valley has had several wintertime ozone "events" in recent years due to booming oil and gas development. The October forum is intended for area residents who are concerned about exposure to the potentially dangerous gas, according to a university news release.

The Sublette County Commissioners are sponsoring the event.

Panelists will include Professor Derek Montague with the Department of Atmospheric Science at the University of Wyoming; Dr. Fred J. Miller, Adjunct Medical Research Professor at Duke University Medical School; and Dr. Rogene Henderson, chair of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Ozone Review Panel, and senior scientist emeritus of the Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute.