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America's Pride Day / Community United
Way Event fundraiser is Thursday
The Department of Energy, the Laboratory, Johnson Controls Northern New Mexico, Protection Technology Los Alamos, the University of California's Northern New Mexico office, Los Alamos County, Del Norte Credit Union and other community organizations are hosting "America's Pride Day" fundraiser from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Thursday. Proceeds will go to the United Way September 11th Fund.
Community organizations will sell frito pies, baked goods and other donated foods and drink at three locations: Technical Area 60 (Building 2), JCNNM; in town at the Metzger's parking lot at the corner of Central Avenue and 15th Street in front of the Laboratory's Community Relations (CRO) Office, and in White Rock at the Del Norte Credit Union branch at 35 Rover Blvd.
JCNNM has agreed to match their employee donations to this fundraiser.
In response to the Sept. 11 attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City and the Pentagon in Washington D.C., as well as the crash of flight #93 in Somerset County, Penn., United Way and The New York Community Trust have established The September 11th Fund to help respond to the immediate and longer-term needs of the victims, their families, and communities affected by the events of that day. Contributions to this fund will be used to mobilize resources to respond to the urgent needs of victims and their families affected by these attacks.
The Laboratory's United Way 2002 giving campaign, "Imagine! Our workforce United through Caring" began Monday. The Laboratory's United Way campaign includes many agencies directly or indirectly involved in the disaster, and disaster relief in general. These agencies include the America Red Cross and the Salvation Army among others.
The campaign also includes numerous other Northern New Mexico grief support, counseling and educational service agencies that are actively helping children and families respond to the incident.
The Laboratory will have pledge cards available at the America's Pride fundraiser for workers who are encouraged not to forget the needs of the local community in their giving. Representatives from the American Red Cross and the Salvation Army also will be present.
For more information, contact Tom Cordova of CRO at 7-1943. Or write to americaspride@lanl.gov by electronic mail.
Carbon Management workshop scheduled for Thursday at Laboratory
The Strategic Research Directorate-sponsored carbon management workshop has been rescheduled for Thursday in the J. Robert Oppenheimer Study Center at Technical Area 3.
The workshop, from 1 to 5 p.m., had originally been scheduled for Sept. 11.
Employees already signed up for the workshop don't need to register again. However, there is still room available, so employees who would like to attend can register online.
Abstracts for the poster sessions also are available online, for internal use only.
A revised workshop agenda and online registration form can be found on the Strategic Research Web site in the "Conference" section at http://www.lanl.gov/orgs/ssr/ online.
For more information on the workshop, see the June 22 Daily Newsbulletin.
Mountain lion struck by vehicle Monday
on Pajarito Road
Runners, hikers should use caution when encountering wildlife
A mountain lion was struck by a motor vehicle Monday morning on Pajarito Road in the Technical Area 50-TA-66 area. The injured lion moved off the road and into the brush. People in this area need to know that an injured animal is more dangerous than usual and should plan their outdoor activities accordingly.
The area in and around the Laboratory has always been home to mountain lions and a host of other large wildlife species such as bears. Ecology (ESH-20) has published a general notice about mountain and black bear encounters. It can be found on the ESH-20 Web page at http://www.esh.lanl.gov/~esh20/encounters.shtml online (Adobe Acrobat Reader required).
Generally, if Lab workers encounter mountain lions or black bears they shouldn't run or turn their backs on the animal. They should back away slowly and remain calm. Returning to a safe place, such as a vehicle or building is advised.
Lab workers should call 911 if atttacked and in need of medical attention. Mountain lions or bears that become a nuisance should be reported to ESH-20 at 7-0730. Workers who feel immediately threatened by a mountain lion or black bear should contact Emergency Management and Response (S-8) at 7-6211.
Definition of immediate family
Laboratory policy permits employees to use their accrued sick leave, under certain circumstances, when they are required to be absent to care for an ill family member, and for bereavement purposes. Administrative Manual 313 (AM 313) describes this policy and defines "immediate family." The University of California and the Department of Energy recently approved a revised definition of immediate family that includes domestic partners and foster children. To read the memo, click here. (Adobe Acrobat required)
Keeper of the keys
Nick Nagy, center, of Computing, Communications and Networking (CCN), accepts the keys to the computer room of the new Strategic Computing Complex from Greg Collins, construction superintendent for Hensel Phelps Construction. The computer room, which is roughly the size of a football field, was completed more than 100 days ahead of schedule. The 300,000-square-foot, three-story facility at Technical Area 3 is scheduled for completion in late-December. Also shown at left is Myron Koop, construction manager with Parsons Brinckerhoff, the construction management company for the SCC, and John Bretzke of the Laboratory's Project Management (PM) Division. At right is Gary Johnson, project manager for Hensel Phelps. More information about the Strategic Computing Complex is available at http://www.lanl.gov/projects/asci/scc/ online. Photo by Laura Hanson, Parsons Brinckerhoff
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