Bess Minger (e-mail: bminger@citlink.net), who was an employee of the Lab and AEC, now lives in Elk Grove.  She receives Newsline and tries to keep up with current activities.  She is a friend of Olga G. Jones who had been a Lab employee for many years and knows many current and retired employees.  Bess received a phone call from Olga’s granddaughter informing her that Olga’s husband of more than 50 years, A.W Jones, recently passed away.  Olga’s friends may wish to send their condolences to her in Sun City West, AZ.    Her E-mail address is:  OGJONES@AOL.COM 

 

Retirees Kristian Daland, Robert Baltzer, Henry Chau, Jane Olson and Hiram Van Blarigan are members of the Tri-Valley Chapter of the Self Help for Hard of Hearing (SHHH) local chapter of the National organization.  They invite all hard of hearing people needing help to join them.  Jane can provide information on the group. 

 

Jane (Mechanical Engineering, 1993) and Gus (Electronics Engineering, 1993) Olson had a busy February.  They spent five days in LaQuinta, CA (near Palm Springs) with Garith (Engineering, 2002) and Amy (Laboratory Services, 2002) Helm in their new lovely home in a resort-like gated community.  They attended a concert, went to the Follies, ate out at great restaurants and generally had a great time engaged in long, relaxed, philosophical discussions.   Two weeks later they went to Reno on the Snow Train for 3 days.  They attended a Broadway Show and the Spirit of the Dance and made their contributions to the casinos.  The return train trip was an absolutely beautiful winter wonderland.  They highly recommend this trip although reservations have to be made months in advance for the eight trips that the train makes.

 

Because the Livermore Library is moving to its new facility, the LLNL Retirees Travel Slide Group has changed locations for March through June.  The April 27^th, 2:00 p.m. meeting is in the Livermore Police Dept. Community Room (next to City Hall).  This month’s show is on Spain and Portugal presented by Jim and Bobbie Hadley.  The travel groups meets on the fourth Tuesday at 2:00 p.m. January through June. 

 

The next Retiree luncheon will be Wednesday, April 21st at Cattleman’s’ restaurant.  The speaker will be Phil Arzino, the Health Services Department’s health promotion manager.  His talk is titled “Losing Weight – Making Sense of the Low Carb vs. Low Fat Controversy.”  He will discuss the good and bad health effects of the various diets. David Leary, LLNL Head of Security, will also be there to discuss the new retiree badge procedures.  Click here to make your reservation.  . 

Look for Alan Mode's notes from the recent Council of University of California Retiree Associations (CUCRA) meeting on the Retiree's home page. He will have additional comments from the meeting
at the April luncheon.

 

Please send any news or input to Jane or Gus Olson.  E-Mail:  Gus@LLNLRetirees.org or Jane@LLNLRetirees.org. 

 

This column appears in the April 3^rd issue of Newsline.