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Feb. 2, 1999 -- Some of this week's stories
Argonne will host debut of new
composition
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The Carmina Quartet will present the world premiere of the work "Quartinen der Vergänglichkeit (1998-1999)" during their Saturday, Feb. 13, performance at Argonne-East.
TheArts at Argonne concert will begin at 8 p.m. in the Advanced Photon Source Conference Center Auditorium (Bldg. 402).
"Quartinen der Vergänglich-keit (1998-1999)," composed by Paul Giger, was commissioned by the Carmina Quartet as part of a project to mark the approaching turn of the millennium. The quartet will also perform selections by Beethoven, Berg and Brahms.
Formed in 1984, the Carmina Quartet from Switzerland is now firmly established among the top international string quartets.
Their first recording of works by Mendelssohn, Szymanowski, and Webern received the 1992 "Best Chamber Music Recording" Award from the British magazine Gramophone, a "Choc" from the French Monde de la musique magazine, and a Grammy nomination. Their Brahms recording released in 1994 received a Deutsche Schallplattenpreis, an award given by a German association of music critics.
The concert is open to the public, and no special permit is required to enter the laboratory site.
Tickets cost $18, and will be sold in the lobby of the Building 213 Cafeteria the week of Feb. 8 from noon to 1 p.m.
Remaining tickets will go on sale at the Auditorium Box Office at 7:30 p.m. the day of the performance.
Dinner
A special pre-concert dinner will be offered at the Argonne Guest House restaurant.
Dinner hours will be from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. The cost will be $21.75 per person. Reservations are recommended; call (630) 739-6000.
The next time you fill out a deposit slip at the bank, or sign a credit-card receipt, you may be using a pen made from recycled Argonne-East tape reels.
A magnetic tape recycling project has been under way at theElectronics and Computing Technologies Division for more than a year.
The program won a "Spirit Award" in 1998, sponsored by Argonne's WM&PP Advisory Committee.
At the time, ECT's Gary Schlesselman helped Argonne recycle about nine tons of old computer tapes -- about 13,000 tapes -- saving the laboratory about $6,500 and a large amount of landfill space. Schlesselman found a qualified vendor to recycle the tapes, and ensured that they were destroyed without compromising sensitive information.
Since then, several other divisions have come forward with obsolete tapes, bringing the total to about 14½ tons.
System Service International, Hillside, will recycle the plastic from the tape reels, cartridges and cases into pens and plastic decorations.
Although the amount of money the laboratory received from the recyclers was minimal -- about $400 -- landfilling or incinerating the tapes might have cost as much as $10,500.
A Service Awards Dinner for employees celebrating 25, 30 and 35 years of service during 1998 will be held Friday, March 19, at the Shilo Inn in Idaho Falls.
A "no-host" social hour starts at 6:30 p.m., and dinner begins at 7:30 p.m. Invitations will be mailed to employees in February.
A Service Awards Luncheon for employees celebrating 20 years of service during 1998 will be held Friday, Feb. 26, in the L&O Conference Room, Building 752. Invitations will also be mailed to employees early February.
Nominations are being sought for the 1999 University of Chicago Awards for Distinguished Performance at Argonne.
The awards recognize outstanding technical or scientific achievement or a distinguished record of achievements by a member of the lab's technical and scientific staff.
Statements of 250 words or less citing the achievement or record of the nominee should be submitted to the laboratory director. Fifteen copies are required. Deadline for initial nominations is Monday, Feb. 8.
After internal review, the laboratory director will notify nominators of the acceptance of the nominations for submission to the University of Chicago, and additional support materials will be requested.
Nominations are being sought for awards recognizing the contributions of women to the Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory (INEEL) and persons making contributions in the promotion and advancement of women.
The INEEL Women of the Year and the Federal Women's Program Recognition awards will be presented at luncheons in March marking Women's History Month.
The luncheons will be held at 11:30 a.m. on Wednesday, March 17, at the Westbank Hotel, Idaho Falls, and Thursday, March 18, at the INEEL Central Facilities Area Cafeteria Conference Room. Guest speaker will be Seventh District Judge Mildred McClure, an Idaho native, nationally acclaimed judge and winner of the Idaho State Bar's Kramer Award for Excellence in Judicial Administration.
The Fifth Annual Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory (INEEL) Woman of the Year Award will honor an INEEL woman who has made significant contributions to her career field and her community.
The Second Annual Federal Women's Program Recognition Award will honor an INEEL employee, male or female, who has made contributions in the promotion and advancement of women in the workplace.
Both awards are sponsored by the Department of Energy Idaho Operations Office Federal Women's Program, the Diversity Initiatives Department of Lockheed Martin Idaho Technologies Co. (LMITCO) and Argonne-West's Office of Diversity.
Nominations for either award can be made for any full-time Argonne-West or INEEL employee and DOE-ID, LMITCO and INEEL-related contractors. Nominations will be reviewed and selected by a panel comprising representatives from DOE-ID, LMITCO, and Argonne-West.
The deadline for nominations is Wednesday, Feb. 17. Send nominations to Mary Adamic, Building 752, or MS 6000. For more information, or a nomination form, call Adamic at ext. 3-7858.
Linda Washington (DEP) will speak on "Women in the Division of Educational Programs" at the First Friday Forum meeting on Friday, Feb. 5.
The talk will take place from noon to 1 p.m. in Argonne-East's Building 201, Room 190.
Interested employees are invited to bring their lunches -- and a colleague or two -- to the talk.
The First Friday Forum is an informal gathering usually held on the first Friday of each month. Anyone interested in career and gender issues related to women is invited to attend.
A schedule of forum meetings can be found on the Women in Science & Technology web page.
A cardiovascular and diabetes screening will be held at Argonne-East Tuesday, Feb. 9, with followup seminars in March.
The 15-minute complete diabetes and coronary risk profile assessment costs $20. Profiles will be reviewed by a cardiologist, and each participant will receive the cardiologist's interpretation of his or her blood lipid status. For an appointment sheet, visit the Medical Department in Building 201.
One-hour seminars will begin at 11:30 a.m. on the dates listed below. No prior registration is necessary.
"Results
Seminar" -- Monday, March 1, Building 203 Auditorium.
"Low-Fat,
Low-Sugar, High-Fiber Nutrition" -- Tuesday, March 2,
Building 200 Auditorium.
"Clinical
Applications of Cardiovascular Disease" -- Wednesday,
March 3, Building 200 Auditorium.
"Exercise
Your Heart" -- Thursday, March 4, Building 200
Auditorium.
"Health
Under Stress: Health-Enhancing Attitudes and Relationships"
-- Friday, March 5, Building 200 Auditorium.
An Argonne-West employee and his neighbor probably owe their eyesight to face shields they were wearing when a car battery exploded.
The employee was helping start the neighbor's car. After unsuccessfully trying to recharge the car's battery, they decided to replace it with a spare. The Argonne employee went to get his tools; since his face shield was on top of the tool box, he brought it with him to his neighbor's. The neighbor followed the employee's example and donned his own face shield.
As they attempted to remove the battery, it exploded, probably due to hydrogen gas buildup during recharging. Both received acid burns, lacerations and puncture wounds -- but thanks to the face shields, neither received face or head injuries. Both face shields were etched by the acid and will have to be replaced.
When working with batteries:
Wear
full face shields. Goggles will protect the eyes, but leave
the face and head exposed. Other recommended gear includes
acid-proof gloves, aprons and boots with nonslip soles.
Take
care to prevent arcing when batteries are being charged,
tested or handled.
To
prevent hydrogen gas buildup when charging, remove fill caps
and cover holes with cloth. When removing the cloth, do not
touch it with bare hands; it may have been splashed with
acid.
Argonne's retirement vendors will have representatives at Argonne-East during February to meet individually with employees to answer questions about retirement plans and retirement plan assets.
To schedule an appointment, call the number listed below. (Prudential appointments are for one-half hour each.)
| Vendor | Day | For Appointments, call: |
|---|---|---|
| Fidelity | Tuesday, Feb. 16
and Tuesday, Feb. 23 |
Appointment Desk
(800) 642-7131 |
| Prudential | Wednesday, Feb. 3,
Wednesday, Feb. 10 and Wedesday, Feb. 17 |
Cheryl
(847)619-3519 |
| TIAA-CREF | Wednesday, Feb. 17
and Thursday, Feb. 18 |
(800) 842-2005 |
The Argonne Child Development Center has openings for infants 12 weeks or older. The cost is $190 per week.
For more information, call ext. 2-9601.
Classes on sexual harrassment prevention and time management are among several offered in February at Argonne-East by Human Resources.
Full class descriptions and printable enrollment forms can be found on the Human Resources World Wide Web Home Page at http://www.hr.anl.gov/services2.htm.
To register, contact a division Training Management System representative. For more information, call Betty Iwan (HR) at ext. 2-3410.
"Facilitating
Effective Meetings" (HR636) -- Tuesday, Feb. 2, from 1
p.m. -5 p.m., Building 201, Room 274. This class is free.
Time
Management (HR486) -- Thursday, Feb. 18, 1 p.m. _5 p.m.,
Building 201, Room 190. The cost is $25.
"Preventing
Sexual Harassment for Non-supervisors" (HR137) --
Thursday, Feb. 25, 9 a.m. - 10:30 a.m., Building 201, Room
190. This class is free.
"Brown
Bag Lunch Seminar: Wake up Your Creative Genius"
(HR232) -- Friday, Feb. 26, 11:30 a.m. _ 1 p.m., Building
201, Room 238. The cost is $40.
Argonne's Computer Users Group will meet on Tuesday, Feb. 2, in Argonne-East's Building 221, Room A216.
The agenda includes:
"Microsoft
Netmeeting Experiences" by Ross Pallan (HR).
"Microsoft
Exchange Service" by Tim Hentsch (ECT).
The deadline for submitting R&D 100 entries to the Industrial Technology Development Center is Monday, Feb. 22.
The annual awards are given byR&D Magazine to the top 100 innovations of the preceding year. Argonne has won 70 of these awards.
Information on entering the awards competition is available on ITD's "Internal Information" Web siteor by contacting Shari Zussman at ext. 2-5936, or by e-mail at zussman@anl.gov.
Chester Antoszkiewicz, a storekeeper in the Materials Science Division with 38 years of service, died Jan. 5. He is survived by his niece Susan Benda.
S. Bradley Burson, a physicist in the Physics Division, died May 25 with 28 years of service. He is survived by his wife Phyllis and by his children Craig, Loren, Darrell, Rev. Linda and Jennifer Burson.
James J. Clasby, a maintenance mechanic I in Plant Facilities & Services, died June 27 with 26 years of service. His wife Norine survives him.
Claude Colegrove, an animal care specialist group leader in Plant Facilities and Services with 40 years of service, died Dec. 14. He is survived by his wife Lucille.
Beatrice Davis, a secretary II in Remote Control Engineering, died July 12 with 11 years of service. She is survived by her daughters Athalie Bigelow and True Evans.
Russell J. Evans, a maintenance mechanic I with Plant Services, died Oct. 11 with 20 years of service. His wife Helen survives him.
Robert W. Gustavson, a cost-price analyst with the Procurement Division, died Dec. 27 with 24 years of service. He is survived by his wife Sally.
Eugene K. Gutowski, an instrument maker in the Central Shops Division, died Nov. 1 with 46 years of service. He is survived by his wife Dolores.
Joseph Hoh, a chemical engineer in the Chemical Technology Division, died Sept. 15 with 34 years of service. His wife Margaret survives him.
Paul R. Huebotter, an associate division director with Components Technology, died March 18 with 19 years of service. He is survived by his wife Carole.
George Kafta, an instrument welder in the Central Shops Division, died June 24 with 25 years of service. He is survived by his wife Rose.
Gerald C. Lowe, an executive assistant with Reactor Analysis, died Jan. 16 with 38 years of service. His wife Mary survives him.
