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Navajo star and constellation myths, including the story of the creation of stars, will be explored during the centuryÂ’s first live astronomy show at the Fiske Planetarium on the campus of the University of ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ at Boulder. John Stocke, a ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥-Boulder professor of astrophysical and planetary sciences, will present "Navajo Skies" at Fiske Planetarium on Friday, Jan. 21, at 7:30 p.m. "Navajo Skies" is the first in a series of live astronomy talks at the planetarium this spring.

Is health a right for all or a privilege for some? Campus and metro-area community members are invited to discuss this and other questions in a live, interactive satellite conference on race, class and health Jan. 19 at the University of ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ at Boulder. The national teleconference, hosted by the Public Broadcasting System, will be held from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in Coors Events Center rooms 4 and 5. A local panel discussion will follow.

The Sommers-Bausch Observatory at the University of ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ at Boulder will be open to the public, weather permitting, from 7:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 20, to view the centuryÂ’s first total eclipse of the moon. The lunar eclipse begins when the full moon enters the EarthÂ’s shadow at 8:05 p.m. and will be totally eclipsed by 9:09 p.m. The total eclipse will last until 10:22 p.m., but at 9:48 p.m. it will be deepest into EarthÂ’s shadow and will be about one ten-thousandth as bright as it was earlier in the evening.

The Y2K command center at the University of ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ at Boulder reported no problems as of 11 a.m. Saturday. "We're very happy to report that all systems are functioning as usual," said ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥-Boulder spokeswoman Bobbi Barrow. "No glitches were reported from any corner of the campus." "ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ football players aren't the only ones who are celebrating today," she said.

All Systems Reported OK, Functioning In ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥-Boulder's Initial Y2K Inventory The University of ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ at Boulder passed the Y2K rollover without a whimper this morning, ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ officials reported at about 12:30 a.m. "So far as we know at this time, all major systems appear to be normal and functioning as they should be," said Tom Carney, emergency management coordinator for ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥-Boulder.

Key Y2K Contacts University Of ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ At Boulder Tom Carney Emergency Management Coordinator, 303-492-5162 303-441-3851/0891 (pager), 303-550-4719 (cell) Jim Fadenrecht Chief, ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Police, 303-492-6666 (after 5 p.m.) John Kish Lieutenant, ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Police, 303-492-2303, 492-6666 (after 5 p.m.) Emergency Operations Center ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Police, 303-492-5586, 492-2286, 492-2971 Deborah Keyek Franssen ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥-Boulder Y2K coordinator, 303-492-2403, 303-356-0133 (cell) John Bruning Director, Facilities Management, 303-492-4229

Bill Weber, professor emeritus of biology at the University of ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ at Boulder and curator emeritus of the ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Museum, was honored with the prestigious Edgar H. Wherry Award of the North American Rock Garden Society. The award was established in 1973 after a Philadelphia scientist who published books on ferns and Phlox, a favorite group of rock garden plants. The award recognizes "a person who has made an outstanding contribution to the dissemination of botanical or horticultural information about native North American plants."

FACT SHEET: Y2K PREPARATION UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO AT BOULDER Key ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥-Boulder Y2K contacts: Tom Carney Emergency Management Coordinator, 303-492-5162 303-441-3851/0891 (pager), 303-550-4719 (cell) Jim Fadenrecht Chief, ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Police, 303-492-6666 (after 5 p.m.) John Kish Lieutenant, ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Police, 303-492-2303, 492-6666 (after 5 p.m.) Emergency Operations Center ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Police, 303-492-5586, 492-2286, 492-2971 Deborah Keyek Franssen ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥-Boulder Y2K coordinator, 303-492-2403, 303-356-0133 (cell)

Area citizens are invited by the Friends of the Libraries to the University of ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ at Boulder Norlin Library on Wednesday, Jan. 5, for a day of instruction on how to use the ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ libraries. The event, called Senior Day, will be held from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. in the Center for British Studies room in Norlin Library, room M-549.

Two ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ avalanches in December that apparently claimed the lives of two Boulder County men are a somber reminder of the risks that hikers, skiers, snowboarders and snowmobilers face in the ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ mountains each winter. ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥-Boulder student Justin Colonna is presumed to have been killed in a Dec. 18 avalanche on South Arapaho Peak west of Boulder. Broomfield resident Michael Barrett was killed on Quandary Peak near Breckenridge Dec. 21.