Correction:  In last month’s Retirees’ Corner in the paragraph on retirees who attend the Tri- Valley Self Help for Hard of Hearing group, we had erroneously listed Kristian Daland as being one of those attendees.   He phoned us on his 80^th birthday, April 15^th, to let us know that his correct name should have been Kristian Aaland.  Sorry for the error, Kris.

 

Gus (Electronics Engineering, 1993) Olson attended two conferences in March and April, for his UNCLE Credit Union’s Supervisory Committee volunteer job.   His wife, Jane (Mechanical Engineering, 1993) accompanied him to the Monterey conference in March and the San Diego conference in April.  In San Diego they had dinner with Garith (Engineering, 2002) and Amy (Laboratory Services, 2002) Helm who had driven over from LaQuinta, CA to visit relatives.   They drove on highways 74, 371 and 79 to Temecula’s wine country, which they described as half way between Napa and Livermore wine countries. 

 

The next Laboratory Blood drive is June 21-24 and will be held in the old central cafeteria (T4675).  Because of the new badge policy for retirees, it will be necessary for blood drive volunteers to call Marie Teuscher (423-7892) in the LLESA office (after 10:00 a.m.), with your information - full name, social security number and birth date - several days in advance.  When you get to the West Badge Office on the day you volunteer, your badge should be ready.   Retiree blood donors are also welcomed, but need to go through the same badge process.  You can also wait until the day you go to the blood drive and go directly to the West Badge Office, but it will take longer.

 

We are frequently asked how a retiree can submit a Classified Ad to Newsline.  We are working on trying to get an answer from people at the Lab. 

 

Because the Livermore Library is moving to its new facility, the LLNL Retirees Travel Slide Group has changed locations for March through June.  The May 25th, 2:00 p.m. meeting is being held in the Livermore City Council Chambers, 3575 Pacific Avenue.  This month’s show is on “Spectacular Utah and Colorado” by John Stroud.  The travel groups meets on the fourth Tuesday at 2:00 p.m. January through June. 

 

The next Retiree luncheon will be Wednesday, May 19th at Cattleman’s’ restaurant.  The speaker will be Deputy Director for Operations, Glenn Mara.  His topic will be “An Update on the LLNL Operations.”  Glenn is a very good speaker and it should be very informative. Click here to make reservations.

 

The Retirees Association’s Annual Picnic is being held at Ravenswood on June 16^th.  An announcement and reservation form was mailed early May to Retiree Association members.  Paid reservations ($17 each) must be in by June 11^th.  Click here to make reservations.

 

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 May 7th issue of Newsline.