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Argonne helps rescue
maker of `Green River'

Recently, the Clover Club Bottling Company, makers of the classic lime-flavored "Green River" soda and other beverages, had to halt production due to bacterial contamination somewhere in the production line.

Production had to be halted until the problem could be solved; but the company could not identify the source of the contamination.

Company president Joe Troy contacted Argonne-East, where he learned of the laboratory's Technical Services Program. Under the program, Argonne researchers can provide up to five days of effort, at no cost to a company, to resolve technical issues that require Argonne's unique expertise. Biotechnology researchers Mike Henry, Mike Enzien, and May Wu (all ES) were assigned to the Clover Club problem.

"This technical assistance was essential in keeping our employees working," Troy said.

Working with a private consultant hired by the company, the Argonne researchers performed microbiological assays at several points along the bottling production line and analyzed sampling data and cleaning procedures. They narrowed the source of the contamination to the capping area, and recommended improved cleaning procedures for the company.

It wasn't long before bottles of Green River, orange cream soda and root beer were rolling off the production lines at the usual rates.

Argonne's Technical Services Program is funded by the Department of Energy's Office of Energy Research, Laboratory Technology Research Program.

Lab mulls changes
to access rules

Under the proposed revision to existing access policy, a visitor's U.S. citizenship and reason for visiting the Argonne site would be verified by Security Force employees at the site's gates instead of the Visitor Reception Center (VRC). U.S. citizens visiting Argonne employees or facilities would be allowed to directly enter the Illinois site for legitimate business reasons on weekdays from 6:30 a.m. to 7 p.m.

There are no proposed changes to the requirements for non-U.S. citizens. These visitors must continue to go to the VRC and be approved by an Argonne or DOE employee.

The simplification of access procedures would not allow members of the public to drive into the site just to have a look around, said Eliot Kolsto (OQM), a member of the Visitor Access Focus Group. "What we're trying to do is cut down on the difficulty for visitors, and the congestion at the Visitor Reception Center," he said.

Argonne hosts more than 70,000 visitors each year; foreign visitors are less than five percent of the total.

The changes would bring Argonne's policies in line with other, comparable DOE facilities.

Other changes include:

* Simplifying site access for special functions like Argonne Club and Arts at Argonne events.

* Allowing lodging or Guest House patrons to enter the site by diplaying a room key. Guests would also be able to authorize visitors using guidelines currently being developed.

The new policy has the preliminary approval of Argonne senior management and Partnership 2000, a council of Argonne and DOE senior managers. The new rules will go into effect once the details are hammered out by the Visitor Access Focus Group.

Holiday changes
timecard deadlines
at both sites

Employees who work the Labor Day weekend should deliver their timecards to the Payroll Department by noon on Tuesday, Sept. 2.

Timecards received after these deadlines are not guaranteed payment on Sept. 12.

At Argonne-West, all timecards, including those of shift workers, must be turned in by 10 a.m. on Friday, Aug. 29.

Labor Day
changes News
deadlines

Writer, futurist Frederik Pohl
to speak at Argonne-East

Pohl has combined three careers: writer, book and magazine editor, and lecturer and consultant. His books, including the Gateway series, have won science fiction's most prestigious prizes, including several John F. Campbell and Hugo Awards and a Grand Master Nebula, given by professional writers in the field for lifetime achievement. His talk will focus on social, technological and environmental change and its complex ramifications.

The lecture is sponsored by the Energy Technology Division.

Weekends are high times
for aerobatic APS employee

Klick began flying in 1960, and started studying aerobatics shortly after he earned his pilots license. Now, he flies in five or six aerobatic competitions a summer, in places like Fond du Lac, Wisconsin or Mattoon, Illinois. Recently, he brought home a Third Place trophy from a contest in Kenosha, Wisconsin.

These competitions are judged from the ground the same way gymnasts or figure skaters are rated. Pilots execute a series of maneuvers at altitudes of more than 1500 feet, over an area mapped out on the ground. "When you are supposed to fly in a vertical line, it has to be absolutely straight," Klick explains. "The judges look to see if your loops are perfectly round instead of egg shaped." Contestants are then given a score on a scale of one to ten.

"I love the competitions because the people are so neat," Klick said, "and they all value the sportsmanship aspect of flying." He remembers a contestant who loaned his plane to another pilot whose plane had been damaged. "It's possible to get beat by your own plane," Klick said, "but if you win, you don't want it to be because somebody else couldn't fly."

Acrobatic flight is safer than most people would think. In fact, there has never been a loss of life in contests in the United States. "Stunt pilots in air shows fly very close to the ground, which makes their maneuvers more dangerous," Klick said. "In acrobatic competitions, you are higher up, and there is room for error."

Still, aerobatic flight is hardly a dull hobby. Klick describes himself as an "adrenaline junkie," with flying as the ultimate thrill. "I don't remember when I didn't want to fly," he said. "And once you are flying, why not make the plane fly upside down?"

Book fair to benefit
Argonne Combined Appeal

Donated books will be sold at a book fair fundraiser at Argonne-East Sept. 4-5.

Used books of all kinds (except for text books and encyclopedias), audio tapes and video tapes will be collected in marked barrels located in several sites around Argonne-East. All collected items will be on sale at the fair on Thursday, Sept. 4, and Friday, Sept. 5, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Building 213 Cafeteria.

Book drop-off boxes are in the lobbies of buildings 201, 203, 205, 362, 401, 900 and the Building 213 cafeteria.

Unsold items from the book fair will be donated to local charities either for use in their own libraries or for resale.

For more information about the book fair or about the ACA Campaign, call Marietta Strachan (CMT) at ext. 2-1353. More information is available on the ACA home page on the World Wide Web; follow the link on Argonne's home page to "information resources."

ESH training
schedule now
on Web site

Paper copies of the schedule are no longer distributed site-wide.

ECT offers `OnTime' class

By the end of the course, participants will be able to schedule appointments, check the availability of co-workers, schedule a group meeting, and generate a variety of schedule printouts .

The class will take place, Wednesday, Aug. 27, from 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. in Building 222, Room A240. Cost is $125.

Register in the Training Management System through TMS representatives. Also, fax your name, extension, and cost code to Diane Cavazos (ECT) at 2-9689.

Rats win the race

One of the Argonne Softball League's most consistent winning teams, the Swamp Rats, took the 1997 championship at Argonne-East Aug. 7, winning over the APS Predators by a score of 6-3.

The game featured the Rats' signature rough-and-tumble play and long-ball hitting. But their opponents were a tough defensive team, turning a skillful double play to end the fifth inning and blunt a Rats rally.

But in the end, the Rat's big sticks sealed the Predators' fate. The Rats pulled ahead by three runs in the sixth and never gave the Predators a chance to recover. A routine force play to Rats first baseman Art Frigo (CMT) ended the seventh inning and the Predator's hopes for 1997.

The Rats finished the season with a record of 19-5; the Predators finished 18-3.

The Rats, captained by Don Yuzeitis (DOE) dominated the league for three years in the early 1990s, posting only two losses in two seasons (1990 and 1991).

Bowlers still needed
for Wednesday nights

The league bowls on Wednesday evenings at 6:30 p.m. at the Strike `N Spare II in Lockport. Bowling starts Sept. 3. Bowlers of all skill levels are welcome.

For more information, contact Sharon Cleary (OCF-PRO) at ext. 2-8531 or Janet Carothers (CMT) at ext. 2-1499.

One of two
PCPUBLIC
sites to close

The PCPUBLIC volume served from the Microsoft NT server named PUBLIC (ftp.anl.gov) will become the only source for PCPUBLIC files after that date.

PCPUBLIC contains information and PC-specific software ranging from anti-virus programs to the current edition of Argonne News.

PCPUBLIC is accessible a number of different ways:

Access Type ......................New Path

Microsoft networking ................. \\public\pcpublic

Microsoft dfs ............................ (Windows NT 4) \\dfs\anl\public\pcpublic

Novell networking ......................... \\public\pcpublic

Anonymous ftp .................................. ftp.anl.gov/pcpublic

Web browser ................................... ftp://ftp.anl.gov/pcpublic

Employees who connect to PCPUBLIC on either ANLCV1, ANLVMS, or ANL_SERVER (Novell) should make the appropriate change to connect via the new path.

For more information, or help with connection difficulties, contact the ECT Consulting Office at ext. 2-5405.

Retirement and investement workshops
will have sign language interpreter available

Employees requiring such an accomodation who want to attend the workshops should contact Wanda Hanuska (HR) at ext. 2-2989 or by e-mail at whanuska@anl.gov.

Requests for invitations must be received by Friday, Aug. 29.

John Cassulo (RE) retired July 25 with 31 years of service.

Gerald R. Johnson (IPD-MED) retired July 25 with 39 years of service.

Linda M. Keeler (HR-MD) retired Aug. 19 with 29 years of service.

Suzanne Maroney (MSD) retired July 31 with 11 years of service.

Judith McGhee (APS) retired Aug. 6 with 20 years of service.

Marshall Monarch (EAD) retired May 22 with 19 years of service.

Catherine Toovey (ECT-COM)) retired May 22 with 21 years of service.

Dimis J. Wyman (IPD-TCS) retired Aug. 15 with 28 years of service.

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