The Business Affairs Committee of the Fort Lewis College Board of Trustees will meet at 2 p.m. Thursday, followed by the Academic & Student Affairs Committee at 3 p.m. These meetings will be held in the President’s Conference Room, 2503 Berndt Hall, FLC.

The Board of Trustees for Fort Lewis College will meet at 8:30 a.m. Friday in the Vallecito Room in the Student Union, at FLC.

A closed session may be convened for purposes of receiving legal advice concerning specific legal questions that may arise during the discussion.

For more information, call Peggy Sharp at 247-7437 or email [email protected].

Prescribed burns to take place in Oct.

Mesa Verde National Park fire-management staff is planning a prescribed fire during October, as weather allows. This controlled burn is being conducted to maintain a designated safety zone near the park’s Chapin Mesa headquarters area.

The 12-acre burn area is primarily comprised of grass, and will maintain a safe area for visitors and park staff to go to in the event of a large wildfire in the park.

Target dates will be from Thursday to Oct. 31. Officials anticipate this burn will take one day to accomplish.

Smoke from the burn may be visible from various locations around Cortez, Mancos and Towaoc areas. The smoke is expected to dissipate during the day.

Anyone with health conditions who may be affected by short durations of smoke should call Keith Krause at 529-5062 or Robert Grubb at 529-5048.

For more information, visit www.colorado.gov/pacific/cdphe/wood-smoke-and-health.

Program to explore history through dance

The eighth annual “Real History of the Americas” program will take place from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Oct. 12 at Student Union Ballroom at Fort Lewis College.

A potluck and performances will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. A show by Las Cafeteras will take place at 7:30 p.m. at the Community Concert Hall. Tickets are $5 for students with ID and $17 or $24 for community members.

The Real History of the Americas takes a positive, but different look at the history of the Americas from the viewpoints of Hispanic, African-American, Asian, and Native American and LGBT peoples, among others.

This year’s theme is “Telling our stories through dance.” The event offers workshops, identity activities, a National Anthem performance in English and in Navajo by FLC student Olivia Duncan, dance performances by Ballet Folklorico de Durango, the Water Justice Project as well as presentations by Miss Hozhoni Nicole Lovato, First Attendant Charine Gonzales and more.

For a calendar of events, visit www.fortlewis.edu/elcentro or call 247-7654.

Herald Staff