- THE ROCKETEER Man:b 5, 1992 THE ROCKETEER NAvAl. AJR w~ STAllON, CHINA lAKE Vo.. 48, No.9 TtuSDAY, M.AAoi 5, 1992 Era ends: Concert Building 60's useful life comes to a close attracts because ofsafety considerations moderate s the sun sets on the audience Sun Technology Day useful life of Building 60 at the Naval Air A By Barry B. McDonald Weapons Station, China Lake, Edilof a reunion last week was a time March 5, 1992 for telling stories of bygone hree hours before days and for reminiscing. Mickey Thomas and Hugs and kisses and hand­ T. the Soulful Twilights shakes were the order of the hit the stage of Dune Tunes 92, The Carriage Inn - Ridgecrest day. Phrases like "long time no Saturday, Mick Ryan of see," "where you been?" and NiteLife, the promotion com­ "you old dog, what're you pany, said, "If there's sun and doing now?" bounced off the rock 'n' roll, the people will 1000 - 1500 walls of the narrow hallway. come." At that time there was • One of the oldest buildings sun. Perhaps it was the grow­ on Station, Building 60, at 71 ing cloudiness at showtime that Hussey, is now declared to be kept the people, with fresh unsafe in the event of an earth­ memories 'of rain at China Come experience Sun Microsystems' Technology Day for quake. A few residents remain, Lake, away. but its time in the sun at China While it wasn't the crowd China Lake. This is a chance to see some of the hottest and I Lake is fading fast . Because it they hoped for, Tom Black­ is on the Historical Building more, head of the Morale, Wel­ latest technologies available to you from Sun, the world's , Register, the Navy can't tear it fare and Recreation Depart­ down until the listing is ment at the Naval Air Weapons removed. Until then, its fate StatiQn, China Lake, said, leading supplier of client-server computing solutions. Here remains uncertain. "After we make all our collec­ The Weapons Technology tions and pay all the bills, we are just some of the products which will be demonstrated: and Bomb Development expect to break even and there REO SPEEDWAGON to at as Branches (Codes 3263 and played nearly standing·room"Oll1y infield Schoeffel Field the final oct will be more concerts. As of Dune Tunes 92 Saturday. With its credentials established, MWR is planning more concerts. See • 3268) bosted roughly 100 for­ some of the band memben; told n' ,." center'spread, Pages 12 and 13, for more ph%s. mer residents, family and me at dinner Saturday night, i' friends with a buffet luncheon. now we've established our cre­ t The word "residents," can be dentials, and we've got more in interpreted as people who Seabee unit the works." Virtual Reality wor.ked here, as well as tbose Debra Poindexter, MWR's who lived here. Some of the Fir>! 01 six candidates Blood draw and filness celebrates concert coordinator, echoed the guests at the luncheon did is profiled this weeIr. assessments set soon • sentiment. "For our first con­ - annIversary cert it went very well . We've both. 9 I' George Oftedal lived in the 3 got a good start down the road Secure Dupont Pixel's building when it was a dorm uring March, Seabees of bringing even more good . for just one night in 1945, the throughout the nation concerts to China Lake," she Operating System PXIOO year it was built. He com­ 1he w.a .... Repcwt D will be celebrating said. A&...... _ ... hIion Web IbIey IOdoywli> foIr plained, "I paid fifty cents, for _....,...... ........ -.nd. their 50th anniven;ary and the Both said they'd received the whole month, and I never Civil Engineering Corps' 125th nothing but good comments. 11<><. N\itl. Gtm I'!eclp. , got my refund." He later If>4ld 74 46 12 anniversary. "All of the volunteers did a worked there, when the Air-to­ lhu.. 78 36 7 Locally, Detachment 0217 super job," Blackmore said. Surface Weapons Division (old n; 79 36 6 of Naval Mobile Construction "And I want to extend my Suin's MP Server 40 Sol 73 16 Battalion Seventeen (NMCB- Code 403) moved into the 5<Jn UI 50 20 0.01 thanks to the various Station building in 1970" Moo 52 II II 0.94 17) will host its annuaL Seabee departments and other groups Cecil Glass and Ray Boss ke 67 7 7 Ball this Saturday, March 7, at that pulled together to make lived there in 1945 and 1948, the Seafarer Club. A social the event a success." Tho~e respectively and also later hour will stan off the event at 6 groups included the Safety and worked in Code 403" Boss said, p.m., follo...ed by a three-meat Security Department, Public Wavetracer Clarity Rapport IDEAS "It was barracks style living, tlsIDIy buffet at 7 p.m. The program Works, Branch Medical Clinic = ... will begin at 8 p.m., followed just long rows of bunks and Cong!ess pooses a joint Chino Lakers shaw !hey and the Public Affain; Office. lockers"" Boss and others ~inhonor still know how 10 be by dancing at 9:30 p.m. Music Some 145 volunteers helped remembered eating in the old 01 Women's HisIory MoM'> innovalive and creative will be provided by the Navy with,oos ranging from ticket, contractor's mess on Sandquist Band from San Diego. memorabilia, and food and For .more information, please call CHuck Zyetz at (619) 446-2397 11 7 PIoose see BUILDING Page 6 .. Please see SEAaEES Page 5 Please see Page I 2 ! ... • _. 4/"r _ ...,. · h~:a........ ., ~~ ()~..... ......- ~ ""~'. ... ... .. 2 THE ROCKETEER March 5, 1992 March ~, 1991 THE ROCKETEER 23 Pages From The Past Dee board seeking nominations for annual ';9 Saddle your horses or catch the es and burros at China Lake. ' His Sylvia Besser Award; April 1 is deadline nearest stage to Aggie's Opera House book, "Breezes of Easiem Montana," The Desert Counseling Clinic Board the clinic which began as Desert Area in Trona Satu.rday, March )4 for an will be available at Aggie's. of Directors is seeking nominations from Family Services in the early 1950s. She evening of dinner.fttld Cowboy Poetry. Pretiss lives in Porterville. He grew the community for the perpetual Sylvia was a therapist and the first executive COMMENTARY After a dinner of barbecue beef, up team roping. After two shipboard Besser Award. director of the center. The Commudi., Officer's Desktop is a fonm for China Laken who have Chili, salad andfixin's, hear tales of the tours in the Navy, be returned to CCN/­ The award traditionally is given to Other past recipients of the award questioas of broad interest_ It is not tlte i.tnt of tkis column to c:.irumvut the west presented by poets Owen Badgett boy on several large Nevada ranches. someone who has made a significant include Thomas Boggs, Mickey Strang, Dormal chain of comm ..d_ Q.estions may be called i. to 939·2727 or mailed to and Cb.iIck l'retiss, Badgett was born in He recently ramrodded 2,800 head of "CO's Desktop, C/O Code 0033, NAWS, Cki .. Lake_ contribution to the mental health and Victor Rebn, Florence Green, Jobannah China Lake Calendar a ranching community in 'Eastern Mexican steers on the Roberts Ranch well-being of the community. The pre­ Webster, Paul Riley and Mruj Boehme. QUESTION Montana, ·been a cowboy alL 0' my in Coalinga. sentation will be made at the DCC annu­ I am a civilian and work in the Ordnance Depanment. Because of life. There ani a lot bettCr, and a few Doors will open at 6:30 p.m. with al dinner at the Carriage Inn, May I. Deadline for nominations is April I. extreme hazards of the equipment and explosives handled in the not so good." he says. "J was a rodeo dinner at 7 and show at 8:00p.m. Tick- Sylvia Besser, a school psychologist, Nominations should be submined to the department, all electrcrmagnetic radiation must be kept to the mini­ ~ for aw!!ile, and a .teUer of sto-. et~ a:eSI5 .00 .• \ If who was one of the ftrst to identify the DCC office, 814 N. Nonna. For more mum. This means the police must not use their traffic radars in the Ties::"! never Iil?.just use atilt ofimag? 'JO:or reservaltons, call 446-6646 or need for mental health services in the information, call Jewel St. George at ordnance process handling area . Yet at least twice recently, China inatitm." Now be rounds up wild .Ixn- 619-372-4342. Valley, was instrwnental in establishing 375-4957. Lake police officers have been caught using their radar in the ord­ nance process handling area. I fear one of these idiots may cause the hardware I am working on to react. What recourse do we have? What LIKE TO KEEP BUSY? VIRUS SAFETY Dentistry Keep Your Lv_"',Y' ItOinr(i9. 8:.30o.rn., Uteif;cy kind of disciplinary action is taken against these officers? What kind Resolution of mark is put on their records? What can be done, short of an injury Crown & Bridge or fatality to ensure our safety? I would appreciate a reply which Root Canals Firm! ~h ' 101ji} includes reasonable measures which we could usc to police our VIRUS A high-energy, fun dance luncheon, no.m., SElofoter Club. police. Thank you. Prosthetics • Fillings exercise workout designed ANSWER CONCERNS? to fit into your lunch hour.