Tony Schwarber (ME "80") caught a channel catfish at Lake Chabot weighing 32.14 lbs., the largest fish caught in 25 years. The line was 7 lb. test, and the fish towed the boat for 20 minutes before coming to net.

Don Faraudo (Electronics Engineering, 1988) and wife, Nancy, took their travel trailer on a 58-day trip 2/3 of the way across the country.  Having read books about Lewis and Clark, and since 2004 is the bicentennial of Lewis and Clark's departure, they decided to follow their trail. They headed east, stopping in Winnemucca to visit Pet and Pat Stathis (retired from LLNL Nevada). They followed the Platte River to Council Bluffs, Iowa, then followed the Missouri to its headwaters, and went over the continental divide to Fort Clatsop in Oregon.

They were shown around Clark's Lookout in Dillon, MT by Katie Bump (USFS), daughter of their neighbor Marie Ross and the late Bill Ross (retired from LLNL).  They saw many historical locations, such as the gravesite of Sacagawea, where she had died at about 95 and another where she had died at the age of 25.

The Hydrogen Murder, the first of Camille Minichino's periodic table mysteries, is now available in paperback. Number six, The Carbon Murder (of course) will be released in February 2004. A list of upcoming appearances in the Tri-Valley area is on Camille's website, www.minichino.com, managed by her able webmaster Dick Rufer.

The November luncheon speaker will be Lily Pang from UCOP on "Latest Health Plan Changes". Retirees should have received their open enrollment packets in late October. If you did not, contact the health care facilitator at the Lab.

The dinner-dance was a success with 85 people in attendance. The Beets Catering food was good as was the music from Mark Simone. Plan on attending the winter dinner-dance on January 30th. Information on the event along with 2004 membership cards will be sent out in late November or early December. Over 300 people have already joined the Retirees Network for 2004. We always welcome new and renewing members. Only $7 for a family membership. Applications are available on the web site: www.llnlretirees.org

On vacation at the Ridge at Tahoe, Gus and Jane saw Valerie Iverson (EE, 1993?) at the Carson Valley Inn in Minden, NV. After retirement she and her husband lived at Tahoe, then moved to Arnold, CA and are now living in Cameron Park, CA. Back in Livermore, they ran into Dave (NAI, 1993) and June Montgomery (Finance, 1993) at Costco in Livermore. They are living in the Carson Valley, NV area.

Photos in the Retirees’ Corner? Newsline says yes, on a space-available basis (one per column) if photo is good quality and of interest to the broader Lab community (action photos of people engaged in activities as opposed to posed grip-and-grin shots).

Please send any news or input (please include the date and department from which you retired) to Jane or Gus Olson. E-Mail: Gus@LLNLRetirees.org or Jane@LLNLRetirees.org .

This article appeared in the November 7^th issue of Newsline.