Lab's Veterans Day observance is today

White Rock native and veteran Bernard "Bun" Ryan, a Lab retiree and World War II veteran, is the guest speaker at the breakfast, which is sponsored by the Lab's Veterans Committee and the Office of Equal Opportunity (OEO).

The commemoration begins at 7 a.m. with a breakfast in the Otowi Building cafeteria. The no-host breakfast is open to all Lab workers, including nonveterans.

At 8 a.m., activities move to the front of the Badge Office, where a flag-raising ceremony and rifle salute will be conducted by members of the Protection Technology Los Alamos force. Randy Mynard of Environmental Geology and Risk Analysis (EES-9) and chairman of the Lab's Veterans Committee, is the master of ceremonies at the presentation of colors.

Laboratory Director John Browne is scheduled to speak at the flag raising.

Missy Orr of White Rock will sing the National Anthem and Debbi Wersonick of the Community Relations (CRO) Office will lead the recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance.

The OEO also is sponsoring a veterans photo display in the Otowi Building second floor lobby. The 60-plus photo display includes photos of Lab workers and family members who served in the military. The display will hang in the lobby through Nov. 30.

Veterans Day activities conclude with a fun run/walk beginning at noon. Registration begins at 11:30 a.m. at the south side of the SM-31 Chemical Warehouse at TA-3. The first 500 people who register and complete the 1.25-mile course will receive a Lab Veterans Day long-sleeve T-shirt.

For more information, see the Nov. 4 Daily Newsbulletin or contact Mynard at 7-7335. Or the see the Veterans Committee Web page at http://www.lanl.gov/orgs/oeo/vets/Index.html online.

-- Steve Sandoval

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