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Volunteer opportunities The Los Alamos Lunch Buddy Foundation is recruiting volunteers for the Lunch Buddy program from 11 a.m.to 1 p.m. on Wednesday, July 10, at the Otowi Cafeteria. This very satisfying volunteer opportunity can begin shortly after school starts...however, if an interested person signs up now, you can be trained and guaranteed ready to go in Sept. A carefully screened, trained volunteer is paired with an elementary student who needs extra adult attention. Once a week for two semesters, they eat lunch together and then spend the remaining time playing games, doing arts/crafts projects together or just talking. This can be such an enjoyable experience that many adult volunteers have said they don't know who benefits more......the student Lunch Buddy or themselves. To download an application go to www.losalamos.com/lunchbuddies/ online. Complete the application and mail it to the Los Alamos address shown on the application, fax it to 753-8144 or call 470-3046 if you have any questions. Los Alamos County Boards and Commissions current vacancies:
Please call 662-8080 for a Boards/Commission application or stop by the County Administrator's Office on the 2nd floor of the main County building. Or write to LacBoards@lac.losalamos.nm.us by electronic mail. Applications may also be printed from the County Web site at www.lac-nm.us online under the link for Boards & Commissions. LA Cares needs volunteers who are willing to help with the pick-up of food at the food depot in Santa Fe on the second Wednesday's (sometimes Thursday's) of each month. The volunteer would have to be available for about four hours during the day (10 a.m. to 2 p.m.) on the second Wednesday's of each month to travel to and from the Food Depot in Santa Fe. They would, of course, have a shadow to teach them the routine and, if enough people are interested, have another person at all times to help out. The person would need to have a large car, preferably a truck, and be able to pick up boxes of food (that is, they cannot have a back problem). They would shadow a present member of LA Cares and then do the pick-up when the current person is out of town or unavailable. They would either receive a gas voucher or a tax deduction for driving costs. Anyone who is interested can contact Amanda Sandoval by writing to lash@qwest.net by electronic mail or call 662-4666. Foster Care - Each year, thousands of abused and neglected children need short or longer-term foster care in New Mexico, and hundreds of these children become available for adoption. To learn more about how you can make a difference in the life of a child through foster care or adoption, you are invited to attend a free one hour presentation by Diane Granito of the Children, Youth and Families Department. The presentation is from 10 to 11 a.m. on Tuesday, July 9, at the Community Relations (CRO) Office conference room at 1619 Central, next to Metzger's Hardware. Please RSVP by July 5. For more information, please call Debbi Wersonick at 7-7870 or write to sonic@lanl.gov by electronic mail to reserve a place. Updated 7/3/02 Networx news Networx Inc. is pleased to announce the addition of Lisa Vigil to their sales staff. Lisa will be assisting with the current Hewlett Packard BPA contract. Please contact Lisa at 346-0700 or write to lvigil@networxinc.com by electronic mail, regarding any Hewlett Packard printer, scanner or cartridge needs you may have. Ask her about pricing and availability on the new HP Color LaserJet 4600. Print color as fast as black-and-white - documents prints at speeds up to 17 pages per minute with the first page out in 17.5 seconds or less from "ready" state. Fast file processing - 400 MHz RISC processor, up to 512 MB RAM, and firmware optimization quickly process large files and print them at actual engine speed. Flexible media options add to productivity and cost savings - save media and document storage space with automatic two-sided printing and get greater media flexibility and less user intervention with up to three paper trays and 1,100-sheet capacity. Updated 7/3/02 Wellness Center classes Beat the heat by staying hydrated this summer. The Wellness Center is offering a 45 minute class, Fluid is more than water, from 5 to 5:45 p.m. on Wednesday, July 10, Wellness Center room 106. Includes a review and tasting of sports beverages, along with recipes for your own sports drinks. Health promotion classes are open to the entire Laboratory work force. No fee, but pre-registration is required. For related classes and online registration, go to http://drambuie.lanl.gov/~wellness/svc/classes/hp/hp_sch.htm online. For more information, contact the Wellness Center at 7-7166. The Wellness Center is offering a three week course, Muscle Basics, for people interested in a stress reducing workout. The class will be held from 5:30 to 6:15 p.m., Tuesdays and Thursdays, July 9 - 25. The class is designed to provide a rejuvenating end to the workday and includes light muscle toning, gentle stretching and progressive relaxation. Head home feeling refreshed. The cost is $13.50. There is also a Fibromyalgia Self Help Group starting at the Wellness Center. It will be held from noon to 1 p.m. the third Thursday of each month starting July 18. There is no charge for this support group. Past participants in the Firbromyalgia Self Help course are encouraged to attend. Other people with Fibromyalgia who would like to participate in the Self Help Group are welcome to join. This Fibromyalgia Self Help Group is available to the entire Laboratory workforce - spouses are welcome. Please call Gail Fox at 7-7166 for more information. Updated 7/3/02 CDC public meeting on July 10 The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention project leaders will provide a report on progress made to date from 5 to 7 p.m. on July 10 at Northern New Mexico Community College, Joseph Montoya (Administration) Building, Rooms 207 and 208 in Española. Agenda items include a discussion of the documents the project team is allowed to review. While the primary focus of the project is off-site environmental releases from the Laboratory, some historical documents may contain information related to illness compensation issues for Lab workers and their families. Public input will be invited throughout the meeting. The college campus in Española is located off of US Highway 84/285
(Paseo de Onate). To see a map, click
here. Updated 7/2/02 Walking Month at the Lab a success The Wellness Center (HSR-2) recently completed a very successful Walking Month program. The goal of 600 participants was exceeded during the first two weeks of registration. Eight hundred and forty-eight Lab workers participated in the program and another 107 people bought pedometers but did not participate in the program or report their steps. During week number five, 629 people reported their steps that averaged 76,616 step per person for the week. Accumulating 10,000 steps a day is goal that is easier to reach for some than for others; and, you know what goals you have to set to reach a higher level of fitness. The Chemistry and Metallurgy Research Building had the most walkers, 145; they also had the most combined steps: 38,433,639. The Earth and Environmental Sciences (EES) Division Office had six people walking and they had 100 percent reporting each week. The total number of steps walked and reported for the four week program were 253,467,335. Updated 7/1/02 Fidelity Investments at Lab on July 9 - 11 Greg Finch of Fidelity Investments will be at the Laboratory on July 9, 10 and 11 to meet with employees about their 403 (b) and Defined Contribution Plans. To schedule an individual appointment call 1-800-642-7131. Appointments are held at the Benefits Office. Updated 7/1/02 Long-Term Care Program application deadline extended The application kit for California Public Employees Retirement System’s Long-Term Care Program in which siblings can now be enrolled must be postmarked by July 31. Before this year, only spouses, parents and parent-in-laws were eligible to apply for the CalPERS Long-Term Care Program. Long-term care includes a wide variety of services for people with prolonged physical illnesses, disabilities or cognitive disorders, such as Alzheimer's Disease. Long-term care may include home health care, adult day care, care in a nursing home, or help with daily activities at home, such as bathing and dressing. To request a Long-Term Care application kit or for more information, call 1-800-266-1050 or go to www.calpers.ca.gov/longtermcare online. Updated 7/1/02 Full text links via PubMed now available from Research
Library Access to the Research Library's full text and other links has been added to PubMed via the Library's LinkSeeker icon when you use this address, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?otool=lanlrlib online, to connect to PubMed. If you have previously bookmarked PubMed, please update your bookmark. The LinkSeeker button is available via the abstract or citation views. It is not presented in the summary display. "Click here to read" is the alt text for the button if the gif is missing. The presentation of the gif is in the control of PubMed not LANL. What does this mean for you? Using LinkSeeker in Pubmed, you have access to all of the full text resources provided by the LANL Research Library. You can easily see if a PubMed article has been cited in SciSearch @ LANL. If full text is not available, the document request form is populated for you, leaving just a few fields to fill out. For more information, contact Lou Pray of STB-RL at 5-2756. Updated 6/27/02 Fire claims completion workshops offer assistance Updated 6/27/02 RRES-SA looking to match Lab work and Hanford projects Science Applications (RRES-SA) in the Risk Reduction and Environmental Stewardship (RRES) Division has received information concerning alternatives projects at Hanford. Based on the changes in DOE-EM, a list of alternatives projects have been developed based on end-user requirements. Needs include proposed projects at Hanford:
RRES-SA is looking for opportunities to see if there is a match between your work and the Hanford projects. If you think your work may be related to these environmental needs, contact Dianne Wilburn at dwwilburn@lanl.gov by electronic mail. Updated 6/26/02 Fiscal year 2002 cut-off approaching for interior
furnishings Many organizations wait until late in the year before committing funds toward office furniture and refurbishment. However, if you want fiscal year 2002 costing, then the procurement and/or projects must be completed and invoiced by Sept. 25. This means that time is of the essence if you intend to bill these services this fiscal year. To assist you in your FY 2002 budget planning, any interior furnishing Interior Planning Service Requests (IPSRs) that are received before July 15 will be worked diligently to help ensure completion and billing. However, the closer we come to this date, the higher the level of uncertainty. After July 15 there is a high probability your job/purchases will not be invoiced this year. The IPSR form can be located at http://dynamic.lanl.gov/orgs/fwo/ipsr/ online. Should you have questions or need assistance, call Dru Price at 7-4380 or write to dru@lanl.gov by electronic mail. Updated 6/26/02 JIT subcontract awarded to ABBA Techologies A new just-in-time subcontract has been awarded to ABBA Technologies Inc. providing the Laboratory with Silicon Graphics Inc.-manufactured computers, workstations, servers and related hardware and accessories. The new subcontract was implemented July 1. Just-in-time stock orders will be delivered in 30 work days and nonstock orders will be delivered in 45 work days. Customers can place orders online at http://jit.lanl.gov/ or purchase direct from ABBA Technologies Inc. by calling 662-6706. For more information, call Joann Sandoval at 5-4024 or Melissa Beery at 662-6706. Updated 6/26/02 Monte Carlo variance reduction class A three day class on variance reduction techniques with the Monte Carlo code MCNP will be taught by Tom Booth July 30 - Aug. 1. Detailed information can be found at http://laws.lanl.gov/x5/MCNP/varianceclass.html online. Tom Booth has been a variance reduction expert in the Diagnostics Methods (X-5) group MCNP code team for over 25 years. The class will be a combination of lectures and computer practice time. Registration space is still available. Updated 6/19/02 Training and Development (HR-TD) offers new classes HR-TD is offering two new classes to present helpful behavior-based interviewing and retention techniques. "Behavior Interviewing for Employees" helps employees learn how to profile their skills based on career experience and enhances successful matching of potential employees with job requirements. Participants learn how to assess and communicate their skills in a positive, organized manner and how to develop skill-based career goals. The training is highly interactive with participant exercises, video reviews and class discussion. The five-hour "Behavior Interviewing for Employees" course is free and will be held on July 10, Aug. 7 and Sept. 25. To enroll, go to the Virtual Training Center from the Laboratory's home page by choosing Training/Learning in the lower left-hand corner. Then, select Workforce Development and then Career Builders. For managers and supervisors who want to interview for behaviors as well as technical skills and retain their employees, HR-TD is offering two workforce issues classes, "Talent Selection" and "Love 'em Or Lose 'em." The classes are open to anyone who supervises the work of others. This two-day class is offered on Aug. 6-7, Sept. 10-11 and Oct. 9 and 10. The price for the combined classes is $600; however, one may take either class as a standalone option for just $300. Dani Fake of B.T. Novations teaches "Talent Selection," the first day of the course. The class focuses on the belief that it is easier for supervisors to identify technical excellence in potential job candidates than it is to quantify and identify excellence in the non-technical behaviors and characteristics necessary to ensure overall high performance. Managers and supervisors are coached to recognize and quantify traits within a behavior-based interview. Mindy Zaslov of Vengel-Lash Association is the instructor for "Love' Em or Lose 'Em," which provides supervisors with retention strategies they can implement. Supervisors participate in self-assessment and group activities to understand how their actions influence their employees' decisions to stay or leave. In the workshop, supervisors formulate strategies for retaining their key people and develop an action plan to implement their strategies. To register for either class or the combined class, go to the Virtual Training Center from the Laboratory's home page by selecting Training/Learning in the lower left-hand corner. Next, select Leadership and then About People. Updated 6/17/02 Los Alamos County has new Library System online catalog Updated 6/6/02 Laboratory organizations can set up information booths at County Fair Los Alamos County is inviting Laboratory organizations to set up an information booth at its annual fair and festival Aug. 9 and 10. The Los Alamos County Fair, Festival and Rodeo is a Laboratory sanctioned event. The information booths are approximately 10 square feet in size and will be set up around Ashley Pond. The county fair and festival is an opportunity for Laboratory organizations to meet with and talk to the public about their programs and projects. The deadline to sign up for booth space is Aug. 7. To obtain a registration form and for more information about fees and booth electrical requirements, contact Mike Kolb of the Community Relations (CRO) Office at 7-2076 or Laura Valdez of the Los Alamos County Recreation Department at 662-8173. Updated 6/6/02 Latest Management Institute session scheduled Training and Development's (HR-TD) Management Institute No. 10 is scheduled to begin Aug. 14. The Management Institute is a series of two-day workshops that provide current management information from leading experts, practical and Laboratory-tested tools and techniques to help participants apply new knowledge, and the opportunity to share lessons learned and develop a network of support. Managers can nominate any employee who supervises the work of others. Topics scheduled to be covered in this institute include:
More information on the Management Institute, including the application form and schedule, can be found on the Leadership Center Web page at http://www.hr.lanl.gov/Leadership/ online. To submit applications and for more information, contact Sue Bargeloh of the Leadership Center at 7-8036 or write to bargeloh@lanl.gov by electronic mail. Updated 6/6/02 New feature lets Lab workers renew library books online Laboratory personnel can now renew library books online. The new service was operational on Wednesday (May 15). In the library catalog, a "Circulation Record" button now appears in the upper left hand of the screen. This will take you to MyLibrary (http://mylibrary.lanl.gov/), the Research Library's personalization product. Lab workers can sign up as a MyLibrary customer and then go their own circulation record. Lab personnel who don't share a computer can elect to have the system remember their password. Once in, click on the "Item List" to view library books currently checked out and their due date. There also is an option to renew any or all items checked out. The new online renewal system also allows Lab workers to view items placed on hold and cancel any holds no longer needed. Updated 05/17/02 Web page provides health-care information for Lab employees, retirees In a continuing effort to keep Laboratory workers and retirees apprised of the nationwide trend toward higher health-care costs on the UC system and the Lab and its neighboring region, the Lab has created a Web page. The "Health Care Pathways to Change" Web page can be found at http://www.lanl.gov/health online. It contains Web links to previously published Daily Newsbulletin news stories, UC's benefits Web pages, local hospitals and information on health and wellness programs and prescription costs. Updated 06/21/02
To support managers in meeting hiring goal the Leadership Center is pleased to offer a two day workshop focusing on talent selection and retention strategies. Day 1: Talent Selection, presented by B.T. Novations. This eight hour hands-on workshop focuses on the belief that it is easier for managers to identify technical excellence in potential job candidates than it is to quantify and identify excellence in the softer skills that are necessary to ensure overall high performance in a new worker. Managers will be coached to systematically identify and quantify the non-technical behaviors and characteristics they want to see when interviewing potential workers. Having once identified the behaviors and characteristics that would enhance overall team performance (such as problem-solving ability, communication capability, collaboration, etc.), managers will use tools to develop a question set that can be used in interviews to understand whether or not the candidate possesses the desired traits. Participants will also learn how to evaluate the information they receive in an interview as a basis for making a hiring selection. Day 2: Love 'Em or Lose 'Em, presented by Vengel-Lash Associates. This eight hour interactive workshop provides managers with retention strategies that they can implement now. Managers will participate in self-assessment and group activities to understand how their actions affect their employees' decisions to stay or go. In the workshop managers will formulate strategies for retaining their key people and develop an action plan to put their strategies in motion. The cost for the two day workshop is $600. Four workshops have been scheduled: June 25-26, Aug. 6-7, Sept. 10-11 and Oct. 9-10. All workshops will run from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Canyon School. Participants can register through the Virtual Training Center, Leadership and Management online. For more information please contact Sue Bargeloh at 7-8036. Updated 05/08/02 Golf Course Pool memberships available Golf Course Pool memberships are available for the summer. For more information contact Lou at 661-2568 or 7-1458. The Golf Course Pool is a Laboratory sanctioned organization. Updated 04/10/02 Employees leaving Lab must attend termination presentation Employees who are leaving the Laboratory or changing to casual status must attend a benefits termination presentation held by Compensation and Benefits (HR-1). The termination presentations are held every Laboratory pay day for University of California Lab employees. Employees who are retiring aren't required to attend a presentation, but rather, they should schedule a meeting with their designated benefits specialist. The presentations begin at 8:30 a.m. in room P280 on the second floor of the Otowi Building at Technical Area 3. Pre-registration is required. Employees should register on line at http://www.lanl.gov/internal/training/training.html one to two weeks prior to their last scheduled work day to sign up for a benefits termination presentation. Employees also must obtain a departure processing form from HR-Staffing (HR-5) before the presentation. This form is available at http://www.hr.lanl.gov/hrstaffing/Terminations/index.stm online. At the presentation, employees will receive a packet of information about their benefits and savings balances. They will learn about options to continue or convert insurance plans and distribution options for savings funds. Employees who require a sign language interpreter should write to benefits@lanl.gov by e-mail three days in advance of the presentation they plan to attend. Or call the benefits office at 5-3842 (TDD). Because of limited parking, employees should plan to arrive early and/or make alternative transportation arrangements, such as using Johnson Controls Northern New Mexico's ride service. Updated 05/02/02 Found: silver earring in back parking lot of Administration Building. To claim, contact Donna at 7-8524. Found: pair of prescription eye glasses in the parking lot in front of TA-3, SM-410. To claim, call 7-4696. Lost: men's gold wedding band in the TA-55 Area. If found, call Margie at 7-1976. Found: necklace, silver chain, near the Wellness Center. To claim, call Lynn at 5-1408. Lost: prescription eye glasses on June 12 in the TA-3 area. If found, please call Dave at 5-5297. Lost: pager. If found, call Dave at 7-8791. Found: set of keys on a silver ring in the intersection of Diamond Drive and Jemez Road. Identify by calling 7-7057. Lost: blue enameled earring, vaguely feather-shaped, with natural pearl hanging in center. Lost possibly in Admin Building back parking lot or vicinity of A-wing, maybe Otowi area. Has sentimental value. If found, please call Nancy at 7-0471. Lost prescription glasses with sunglass clip-ons, green case. Contact Gabriela at 5-7352. Lost: short coral bead necklace in TA-3, Diamond, Trinity, Sandia, Ridgecrest areas on May 22. If found, please contact Ronaele (Ronalee) at 5-2712. Found: pair of prescription glasses were found on May 17 in the Tapa Conference Room. Please call EES-11 at 7-6384 to claim. Lost: single Ford truck key in the TA-3 area. If found, page Bob at 104-7421. Found: men's watch at TA-3, Bldg. 440. To claim, contact Liz at
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