Page Eight ROCKETEER April 18. 1980 - Photo by PH2 Tony Garda BENEFIT MUSICAL - Shlrshlne Singers E...... Vlt.... R_ Venturl••nd Cyn· thI. ""rrI•.•ccom,.nlocl by • combo. will ...-- • _It per!or....nce tonight • nd Iomorr_ night••nd next Fricllly.nd s.tu.....y. April 25.nd 2'••t the Com· munlty c.nter st.rtlng .t .: 15. o.n.r.1 .dml.slon tickets .re S2. with those for ...lIstocl mlllt." ,......nel. eIIlld.....nd ....Ior citizens prlcocl .t Sl.50. All procll. will go to _ t Sun..,lne Hou... louI .etlvlty center for the "'n· dlappocl. ~ _1.lovents,... will be 1 ••uICI.t the m.ln goto for .ny_ wIIo _ not hold .....ulor NWC ,.••; .11 thot I. neocIocI I. for the vl.ltor to tell the gote gu."" thot the _It ,.rform.nco I.....t1notlon for the vl.lt. Desert Counseling Clinic dinner meeting slated April 23 at COM invitations are out for all interested penona to attend tile 29th 8JU1ual dinner meeting of tile Desert CoonseIiqf ClInIc, which will be held neu Wednesday, April 23, at tile CommisIIoned Officers' Mess. A socia1 hour starting at 5:30 p.m. will precede a buffeWtyle diMer featuring steamboat round ofbeef aa tile main entree, and tile program for tile ewnlng Ia scheduled to get Wldenray at 7:30. Guest speaker will be Dr. Paul Brenner, an assistant clinical professor 'of reproductive medclne at tile University of FRIDAY IGI All AGES ADMITTED c;..~....I"""'_n I~GI ALL AGES AOMITTEO ....r"" ..1Goo"nc:. ~"" .a, RUTR'CTIED U...... II r~,." ..n .........,.... ".'...I.r"'"~r"_ APRIL II "MOONRAKERS" Starring Roger Moore and Lois Chiles (Suspense. rated PG, l24min.l SATURDAY APRIL l' "AMERICATHON" Starring JOhn RiHer and Harvev Korman • (Cornedv,ratedPG.p.tmin.) '",OAY , APRIL'" ,l "ICE CA.TLES" t Starring , Lynn Holly Johnson & Robbv Benson .' (Drama, rated PG, 110min.) M~DAY APRIL2) "THE BIG FIX" Starring .ichard Dreyfuss and Suzanne Anspach (Mystery, rated PG, 1I6min.) weONESDAY APRIL 21 "WHEN A STRANGER CALLS" Starring Carol Kane and Collene Dewhurst . (Action drama. rated R, 98 min.) California In San Diego. Dr. Brenner, who began his medical career aa a doctor spectaJizIng In obstetrics and gynecology, haa left tile traditional practice of medicine to branch out In private practice In an effort to aasIat people in aasuming responsiliitity for tlleir own health care. He Is tile author of several books, but tile first one, entiUed "Health Is a Question of Balance," swnmarIzes his approach to assisting patients by pointing out ways In which tlley can endeavor to balance their mental and spirilua\ health. Dr. Brenner, who woriaI aJJ over soutllern California, baa a lot of dealings with ter- minally ill paUenIa, whom be tries to aid In coping with their illness. Prior to tile talk by Dr. Brenner, tile agenda for tile ewnlng wiIllncJude reports on tile paat year in review by Marge Vargus, president of tile Desert Counseling Clinlc, and by David Mechtenberg, DeC administrator. The paat year waa tile first for tile nee In its new building In RIdgecrest. In line with tile move, made necessary by llmIted fwIds, to do more and more wort with people In their own community instead of sending them to state or county-<>perated facillties, tile nee baa laWlched a new day care center that Ia In operatioo three days per week. ClIents may attend for tIree hours a day - selecting eltller a moming or afternoon session. By tile time of tile DCC's 8JU1ual meeting neu Wednesday night, tile by-rnaiJ balloting to select board members for tile coming year will have been tallied, and those who were elected will be Introduced. Thrift Shop plans sale A half price sale will be held next week at the WACOM-<>perated Thrift Shop, located on Lauritsen Rd" between B1andy and King Aves, The sale is scheduled on Tuesday, April 22, from 7 to 9 p,m., and on Thursday, April 24, fromll to 11 a .m . Bassoon virtuoso to present final concert of '79-80 season George Zukerman, world-renowned bassoon virtuoso, will be tile featw-ed arUst at the ftnal program of tile Indian Wells Valley Concert AssocIation's 1979-80seaaon, which Is to be presented next Thursday, April 24, starting at 7:30 p.m. at tile Center tlleater. Accompanied by Reid Nibley at tile piano, Zukerman will present an unusual program entitled "Zukennanla." The artist;s c0n- cert-lectures are keenly appreciated by musicians and non-musicians aJilte, wIIo all enjoy his unique blend of superb musiciaruohlp, aa well as his ready wit and humor. The musical selections Zukerman has chosen to play here next Thursday night range from tile 18th to tile 20th century. Unlike the piano, violin, or even the 'ceno, tile bassoon is not yet among tile ranks of the most popular of solo musical In- strwnents. Zukerman, who was born In Great Britain but has lived In Canada since 1954, has single-handedly helped to elevate his "symphonic piece of plwnbing" to the major leagues. In research over the past ten years, he has located more than 150 concertos for the bassoon, several of which he is now In the process of editing for pubtication and recording. He also has commissioned ex· tensive contemporary works for the in- strument. His comment that tile bassoon can sound like any otller ''oonnaJ'' instrument, and his demonstration of tile great lyrical and dramatic capabilities of the hassoon (with its 31>octave range), has delighted concert goers. During recent seasons, Zukerman has made major concert appearances In tile U.S.S.R., Italy, Portugal, Great Britain, Spain, Japan, Israel, Norway, West Ger- many, Australia and South Africa. On tile North American continent be has appeared as soloist with the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, and with many or· chestras tJroughout tile Canada and United States. During tile present concert season, he returned to Japan and Hong Kong, un- dertook a tour of tile Caribbean Islands, and appeared with major South American symphony orchestras. In conjunction with his evening per- fonnance on April 24, Zukennan and pianist Nibley will present a 5O-mInute concert for Commissioned Otficers' Mess A special seafood menu will be featured tonight at the Commissioned Officers' Mess, Among the wide variety of choices available to diners will be trout, stuffed with crab meat;·baked salmon; hatibut; lobster; and king crab legs. Dinner will be served from 6 to 9 o'clock. Next Tuesday is the COM's two for one night Main entree on the menu for this special evening of dining is chicken a Ia Kiev. Next Thursday, April 24, the COM has scheduled Japanese Night, with such culinary delights as beef yakitori, and shrimp tempura being offered for the taste- tempting delight of dinner patrons. Dinner on Tuesday and Thursday evenings will be served from 5 to 9 o'clock, Enlisted Mess Surf n' turf will be the main item offered on the Enlisted Mess menu this evening from 6 to 8:30, After the evening's meal, the EM will present on stage " Millium," a 5-piece rock· music combo from the Los Angeles area, Milliwn will play for the listening and dancing pleasure of EM patrons from 9 p,m. until 1:30 a,m. students at I p.m. neu Thursday In tile Burroughs High School lecture center. Students from the seventh through twelfth grades In tile Sierra Sands Unified School District, along with some otller student groups (Including those from private schools) will have the opportunity to enjoy this performance by Zukerman. 'Ibis program is provided at no cost to the students Involved aa an educational service by tile IWV Concert AssocIatioo, and is made possible by contributioos to tile Student Education Fund. Tickets to Zukerman's concert next Thursday evening are priced at $5 each for George Zukerman general admission, and $3 for enlisted rnititary persoMel or Individuals under 21 or over 65 years of age. They can be purch;lsed prior to tile April 24 concert at the Maturango Musemn daily between 2 and 5 p.m. or at the following business places In Ridgecrest: The Music Man, Sports Etc., Medical Arts Pbarmacy, tile Gift Mart, UJJy's Dress Shop, and the Center Pharmacy (located next door to tile Drummond Medical Center). In addition, tile Center tlleater box office will be open for tile sale of tickets to tile Zukerman concert on April 24 from 4:45 to 7:15 p.m. NEX retail store Awareness Day sale set April 23 Patrons of tile Navy Exchange retail store will be able to learn about NEX merchandising poticies and save money at the same time during the NEX Awareness Day sale planned neu Wednesday, April 23. On that day the manager and mer- chandising manager of tile Long Beach NEX and four of tile buyers from that loca· tion (who also make the purchases for the ChIna Lake store) will be present In the lo- cal NEX to answer patrons' questions. As a special feature that day, a series of "36-mln. sales" will also be held For half of each hour during the day, some department will hold a sale during which all items In that department can be purchased at 10 percent off tile ticketed price. A schedule of when sales will be conducted In the various departments will be available In tile NEX retail store today so that patrons may plan to be In the store to take advantage of barplns on particular iteins they wish to purchase. "t:r u .s . Gov...".....,., Prtnti", Office: 980-No 1022 1 From: PLACE STAMP HERE To: • l~ I • • • Freeze set on hiring of full-time permanent employees The Secretary of the Navy ha directed all comm'lnders and civilian personnel managers to give their fullest support to a Presidential order imposing an Indefinite limitation on hiring full-time, pennanent direct-bire federal civilian employees. The hiring freeze went Into effect on March 1. According to a message received at the Naval Weapons Center, only one full·time pennanent employee may be hired for every two full-time permanent direct-hire position which becomes vacant after Feb. 29, Under the guidelines of the Presidential order, the freeze does not affect the hiring of budgeted temporary, part-time or In- tennittent employees to perform funded workload under the approved budget plan, nor does it affect previously approved conversions of civilian to military positioos within existing funding and end strength resources. However, these types of actioos At the time the me....ge ordering the freeze on the hiring of permlnent full- time federal employees w•• received. the Naval WNpon. c.nter liroody WI. under a self·imposed hiring freeze. NWC manogement i. commlttocl to increAsing the number of tunlor profes.IonI'. (JPs) wIIo Ire hlrocl, Ind therefore is honoring. committment In this aru. A.. ",suit of following through on the J P hiring committment, and the Center'. current position relotl". to Its year-end ceiling for Fisc.1 VNr 'HI.It is expected thet there will be very 11tt.. tull time hiring between now and Sept. 30. nwc rocke'eel INSTANT INVENTORV - A prototy,. m_1 of ;,n lutomltocl .y.t.... for mNSuri"l the amount of ..soline or diesel fuel in service station storage tanks is discussed by (I.·r.) JolIn Amdohl. the Inventor; Jim Bechtol•• U. ~. ,.t...t It· torney (standing); Mike Toth, he.d of the Production Control Br.nch In the ""bile Works ae,.rtment's Trlnsport.tion Diylsion; Ind Copt. Jon lves. Public Work. Officer. The .dvlntagos of Amdohl's device over the pre";nt dip .tlck mothod of me.Jsuring the I mount of fuel In ••tor.ge tlnk .... crootocl conslderlble Interest In ...ying this .y.tem instilled.t the elrllest posslblo time in goooline or dlosel fuel storage tlnks on the Center. -PhotobyRonAllen will be initiated only if tlley would have been taken in the absence of the hiring freeze and will not be employed to circumvent tile freeze on full-time employmenl Other employment categeries ezempt from the hiring freeze are foreign natiooal indirect hires, non-appropriated fund employees, persoMel exempt from em- ployment ceilings, and Executive Schedule employees, since the Senior Executive Service is not included in the freeze exemption for Executive Schedule per- sonnel. The same constraint against using personnel In these exempt categories In order to circumvent tile freeze 00 fulI.tIme permanent employment also applies. however. In additioo, the following types of hiring actions to fill fuJJ-time permanent vacan- cies are exempt from the freeze: (I) finn April 18, 1980 Vol. xxxv, No. 16 conunitments to hire made In wri~ and signed by civilian personneJ officiala prior to March I, (2) transfers of personnel to Department of tile Navy rolls aa a result of an interservice or Interagency transfer of function, (3) hiring from within tbe Department of Defense (DoD) to flU a vacancy, regan:lless of when tile vacancy occurred, (4) hiring from within tile DoD to flU a new fulI.tIme permanent position, (5) hiring .currently employed dIaplaced em- ployees registered- in tile DoD priority placement program. Except for these ezemptloos, fulI.tIme permanent vacancies (Including vacancies in existence prier to March I) can be fiIJed only by uaIng new vacancy ~ autbortty from among tile 50 percent of fulI.tIme permanent vacancies occurring after Feb. (Conlinued on P!p! 4) . INSIDE ... Federal Informatioo Forum "" .. ".,," 2 Active Duty for Reservists " . ,. " , . " , . ,. 3 Kindergarten Orientation Meeting , , , , , .. 4 Pay Reform LegisJatioo ,.,."",. " .. , .. 5 Sports ",.,." ... ,., .. ,.". "" ,.,.".,, 6 F\nal Concert ofSeason " , .. " ......."., 8 Automated system devised for measuring amount of gasoline in storage tank An automated system for measuring tile amount of gasoline or diesel fuel In service station storage tanks .... been developed by Jolm Amdahl, an electronics technician In tile Metrology Branch of tile NWC Engineering Department·s Product Assurance Divlsioo. An application for a U.8. patent for Amdahl's invention Ia being prepared by Jim Bechtel, a patent attorney In tile office of the NWC Patent CounaeJ (Code 012), but even before tile system has been put Into operation the advantages over tile present method of using a long dip stick to deter- mine how much gasoline or diesel fuel remains In a storage tank have Pubtic Works Department officiala eager to begin utilizing tile new device. ADVANTAGES CITED The advantages to be gained range from speedier, more accurate record keeping and prevention of loss of fuel by evaporation to tile added safety factor of having a system that offers a meaore of additional protection by bleeding off tile static charge from tile surface of highly volaUle fuel during normal storage tank filling operations. In these days of tile energy crunch, when Navy insta1Iations are under severe con- straints to account for fuel millililiplloo, tile prospect of having a speedier, more accurate and safer means of measuring tile amount of gasoline of cI_ (uef lu a storage tank Ia highly welcome news. According to Capt. Joo Ives, bead of tile NWC Pubtic Works Department, tile large amount of gasoline and dI_ fuel that Ia received In storage tanks and tIIen eitber dispelll1ed at service statioo pumps or crawn out Into tank trucka for distribution In tile field to heavy .",djXllent or electric power generators must match up within an accuracy of .5 percent and .25 percent for gasoline and diesel fuel allocations, respectively. Achieving such a high degree of accuracy In accounting for tile use of ftbIcle fuel Ia complicated by tile fact that (especially 01\ hot days) tile twicHally JDeIIII1IreIIIets with a clp stick permit some gllllOline to evaporate from fuel storage tanks. Adoption of what Amdahl calls his "in- stant Inventory" system would e\lmInate this type of fuel loss, aa well aa tile b1ll1l8ll- error aasociated with manuaJly recording figures on tile amount of gasoline measured In a storage tank. AmdaliJ's Invention makes use of ~ that produce electrical signals aa tlley «Continued on Page 4) AQl Woeller selected as Bluejacket of Month 1'1<:'"= Aviation Fire Control Technician First Class Larry M. Woeller ha been selected aa the Naval Weapons Center Bluejacket of tile Month for tile moDth of March. In tile letter nominating him for this honor, Lt. G. T. Mariner, his supervisor, oommenda AQI WoeJIer for his worlt In developing an Integrated Weapons Team work center responsible for tile maln- tenance of weapons delivery systems on tile A~ and A-7 aircraft. The letter continues that "his exceptional knowledge of the Integrated Weapons Team concept, wil\lngness to devote long hours In developing this concept and his leadership through the embryonic stages of its develojXllent have enabled the Integrated Weapons Team to become an active part of NWC Aircraft Maintenance." Lt. Mariner concludes that AQI Woeller "exemplifies the highly motivated and professional military petty officer desired by today's United States Navy." AQI Woeller returned to NWC In October 1979 after having served at tile Center six years ago; he chose this duty aasignment because it couJd lead to work on tile F -18 aircraft radar and computers. That he thoroughly enjoys his Navy career is shown by tile fact that he baa already served 11 years and Ia planning to serve until retirement. He joined tile Navy as soon aa he waa graduated from Mesa High School In Mesa, Ariz., which he calls home although he waa born In Batavia, New York. His father was a Seabee Reservist, and AQI Woel1er wanted to follow his father's footsteps. On completing boot camp, however, tests showed that his skills lay along otller lines and he has been very happy with his work aa a fire control technician. March's Bluejacket shares his favorite (Continued on Pagel) AQI Lorry M. Woel"r n...v......... c..r,. *'-*rtiti!I.WiI'wnt...- -. ~ fit "" • tttl •• II I "" (OPIIJ. .,.. ,./.fIItJL.",..,- to "" '/dill NWCIN(tNl aa- s.r-- eerier Ci'IiI . , . 'R~ Ad DmtGAitittlfwJIIrvJ«t. ~ Demc....1IoIt Proj«t 11011' ,oaloC~JO'-. 9O.:f~w /IS pro1lid«JbyD. ~""" date jbr ils Ioc:aIlmp/emdlJlIllion is mid- July. OPM rrpoTllf '''fl' ,'', /ifIQl projecl plfln s"ould flppetlT in lodflY's issue of ,'', Fed_I Regisler. , OCR Text: Page Eight ROCKETEER April 18. 1980 - Photo by PH2 Tony Garda BENEFIT MUSICAL - Shlrshlne Singers E...... Vlt.... R_ Venturl••nd Cyn· thI. ""rrI•.•ccom,.nlocl by • combo. will ...-- • _It per!or....nce tonight • nd Iomorr_ night••nd next Fricllly.nd s.tu.....y. April 25.nd 2'••t the Com· munlty c.nter st.rtlng .t .: 15. o.n.r.1 .dml.slon tickets .re S2. with those for ...lIstocl mlllt." ,......nel. eIIlld.....nd ....Ior citizens prlcocl .t Sl.50. All procll. will go to _ t Sun..,lne Hou... louI .etlvlty center for the "'n· dlappocl. ~ _1.lovents,... will be 1 ••uICI.t the m.ln goto for .ny_ wIIo _ not hold .....ulor NWC ,.••; .11 thot I. neocIocI I. for the vl.ltor to tell the gote gu."" thot the _It ,.rform.nco I.....t1notlon for the vl.lt. Desert Counseling Clinic dinner meeting slated April 23 at COM invitations are out for all interested penona to attend tile 29th 8JU1ual dinner meeting of tile Desert CoonseIiqf ClInIc, which will be held neu Wednesday, April 23, at tile CommisIIoned Officers' Mess. A socia1 hour starting at 5:30 p.m. will precede a buffeWtyle diMer featuring steamboat round ofbeef aa tile main entree, and tile program for tile ewnlng Ia scheduled to get Wldenray at 7:30. Guest speaker will be Dr. Paul Brenner, an assistant clinical professor 'of reproductive medclne at tile University of FRIDAY IGI All AGES ADMITTED c;..~....I"""'_n I~GI ALL AGES AOMITTEO ....r"" ..1Goo"nc:. ~"" .a, RUTR'CTIED U...... II r~,." ..n .........,.... ".'...I.r"'"~r"_ APRIL II "MOONRAKERS" Starring Roger Moore and Lois Chiles (Suspense. rated PG, l24min.l SATURDAY APRIL l' "AMERICATHON" Starring JOhn RiHer and Harvev Korman • (Cornedv,ratedPG.p.tmin.) '",OAY , APRIL'" ,l "ICE CA.TLES" t Starring , Lynn Holly Johnson & Robbv Benson .' (Drama, rated PG, 110min.) M~DAY APRIL2) "THE BIG FIX" Starring .ichard Dreyfuss and Suzanne Anspach (Mystery, rated PG, 1I6min.) weONESDAY APRIL 21 "WHEN A STRANGER CALLS" Starring Carol Kane and Collene Dewhurst . (Action drama. rated R, 98 min.) California In San Diego. Dr. Brenner, who began his medical career aa a doctor spectaJizIng In obstetrics and gynecology, haa left tile traditional practice of medicine to branch out In private practice In an effort to aasIat people in aasuming responsiliitity for tlleir own health care. He Is tile author of several books, but tile first one, entiUed "Health Is a Question of Balance," swnmarIzes his approach to assisting patients by pointing out ways In which tlley can endeavor to balance their mental and spirilua\ health. Dr. Brenner, who woriaI aJJ over soutllern California, baa a lot of dealings with ter- minally ill paUenIa, whom be tries to aid In coping with their illness. Prior to tile talk by Dr. Brenner, tile agenda for tile ewnlng wiIllncJude reports on tile paat year in review by Marge Vargus, president of tile Desert Counseling Clinlc, and by David Mechtenberg, DeC administrator. The paat year waa tile first for tile nee In its new building In RIdgecrest. In line with tile move, made necessary by llmIted fwIds, to do more and more wort with people In their own community instead of sending them to state or county-<>perated facillties, tile nee baa laWlched a new day care center that Ia In operatioo three days per week. ClIents may attend for tIree hours a day - selecting eltller a moming or afternoon session. By tile time of tile DCC's 8JU1ual meeting neu Wednesday night, tile by-rnaiJ balloting to select board members for tile coming year will have been tallied, and those who were elected will be Introduced. Thrift Shop plans sale A half price sale will be held next week at the WACOM-<>perated Thrift Shop, located on Lauritsen Rd" between B1andy and King Aves, The sale is scheduled on Tuesday, April 22, from 7 to 9 p,m., and on Thursday, April 24, fromll to 11 a .m . Bassoon virtuoso to present final concert of '79-80 season George Zukerman, world-renowned bassoon virtuoso, will be tile featw-ed arUst at the ftnal program of tile Indian Wells Valley Concert AssocIation's 1979-80seaaon, which Is to be presented next Thursday, April 24, starting at 7:30 p.m. at tile Center tlleater. Accompanied by Reid Nibley at tile piano, Zukerman will present an unusual program entitled "Zukennanla." The artist;s c0n- cert-lectures are keenly appreciated by musicians and non-musicians aJilte, wIIo all enjoy his unique blend of superb musiciaruohlp, aa well as his ready wit and humor. The musical selections Zukerman has chosen to play here next Thursday night range from tile 18th to tile 20th century. Unlike the piano, violin, or even the 'ceno, tile bassoon is not yet among tile ranks of the most popular of solo musical In- strwnents. Zukerman, who was born In Great Britain but has lived In Canada since 1954, has single-handedly helped to elevate his "symphonic piece of plwnbing" to the major leagues. In research over the past ten years, he has located more than 150 concertos for the bassoon, several of which he is now In the process of editing for pubtication and recording. He also has commissioned ex· tensive contemporary works for the in- strument. His comment that tile bassoon can sound like any otller ''oonnaJ'' instrument, and his demonstration of tile great lyrical and dramatic capabilities of the hassoon (with its 31>octave range), has delighted concert goers. During recent seasons, Zukerman has made major concert appearances In tile U.S.S.R., Italy, Portugal, Great Britain, Spain, Japan, Israel, Norway, West Ger- many, Australia and South Africa. On tile North American continent be has appeared as soloist with the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, and with many or· chestras tJroughout tile Canada and United States. During tile present concert season, he returned to Japan and Hong Kong, un- dertook a tour of tile Caribbean Islands, and appeared with major South American symphony orchestras. In conjunction with his evening per- fonnance on April 24, Zukennan and pianist Nibley will present a 5O-mInute concert for Commissioned Otficers' Mess A special seafood menu will be featured tonight at the Commissioned Officers' Mess, Among the wide variety of choices available to diners will be trout, stuffed with crab meat;·baked salmon; hatibut; lobster; and king crab legs. Dinner will be served from 6 to 9 o'clock. Next Tuesday is the COM's two for one night Main entree on the menu for this special evening of dining is chicken a Ia Kiev. Next Thursday, April 24, the COM has scheduled Japanese Night, with such culinary delights as beef yakitori, and shrimp tempura being offered for the taste- tempting delight of dinner patrons. Dinner on Tuesday and Thursday evenings will be served from 5 to 9 o'clock, Enlisted Mess Surf n' turf will be the main item offered on the Enlisted Mess menu this evening from 6 to 8:30, After the evening's meal, the EM will present on stage " Millium," a 5-piece rock· music combo from the Los Angeles area, Milliwn will play for the listening and dancing pleasure of EM patrons from 9 p,m. until 1:30 a,m. students at I p.m. neu Thursday In tile Burroughs High School lecture center. Students from the seventh through twelfth grades In tile Sierra Sands Unified School District, along with some otller student groups (Including those from private schools) will have the opportunity to enjoy this performance by Zukerman. 'Ibis program is provided at no cost to the students Involved aa an educational service by tile IWV Concert AssocIatioo, and is made possible by contributioos to tile Student Education Fund. Tickets to Zukerman's concert next Thursday evening are priced at $5 each for George Zukerman general admission, and $3 for enlisted rnititary persoMel or Individuals under 21 or over 65 years of age. They can be purch;lsed prior to tile April 24 concert at the Maturango Musemn daily between 2 and 5 p.m. or at the following business places In Ridgecrest: The Music Man, Sports Etc., Medical Arts Pbarmacy, tile Gift Mart, UJJy's Dress Shop, and the Center Pharmacy (located next door to tile Drummond Medical Center). In addition, tile Center tlleater box office will be open for tile sale of tickets to tile Zukerman concert on April 24 from 4:45 to 7:15 p.m. NEX retail store Awareness Day sale set April 23 Patrons of tile Navy Exchange retail store will be able to learn about NEX merchandising poticies and save money at the same time during the NEX Awareness Day sale planned neu Wednesday, April 23. On that day the manager and mer- chandising manager of tile Long Beach NEX and four of tile buyers from that loca· tion (who also make the purchases for the ChIna Lake store) will be present In the lo- cal NEX to answer patrons' questions. As a special feature that day, a series of "36-mln. sales" will also be held For half of each hour during the day, some department will hold a sale during which all items In that department can be purchased at 10 percent off tile ticketed price. A schedule of when sales will be conducted In the various departments will be available In tile NEX retail store today so that patrons may plan to be In the store to take advantage of barplns on particular iteins they wish to purchase. "t:r u .s . Gov...".....,., Prtnti", Office: 980-No 1022 1 From: PLACE STAMP HERE To: • l~ I • • • Freeze set on hiring of full-time permanent employees The Secretary of the Navy ha directed all comm'lnders and civilian personnel managers to give their fullest support to a Presidential order imposing an Indefinite limitation on hiring full-time, pennanent direct-bire federal civilian employees. The hiring freeze went Into effect on March 1. According to a message received at the Naval Weapons Center, only one full·time pennanent employee may be hired for every two full-time permanent direct-hire position which becomes vacant after Feb. 29, Under the guidelines of the Presidential order, the freeze does not affect the hiring of budgeted temporary, part-time or In- tennittent employees to perform funded workload under the approved budget plan, nor does it affect previously approved conversions of civilian to military positioos within existing funding and end strength resources. However, these types of actioos At the time the me....ge ordering the freeze on the hiring of permlnent full- time federal employees w•• received. the Naval WNpon. c.nter liroody WI. under a self·imposed hiring freeze. NWC manogement i. commlttocl to increAsing the number of tunlor profes.IonI'. (JPs) wIIo Ire hlrocl, Ind therefore is honoring. committment In this aru. A.. ",suit of following through on the J P hiring committment, and the Center'. current position relotl". to Its year-end ceiling for Fisc.1 VNr 'HI.It is expected thet there will be very 11tt.. tull time hiring between now and Sept. 30. nwc rocke'eel INSTANT INVENTORV - A prototy,. m_1 of ;,n lutomltocl .y.t.... for mNSuri"l the amount of ..soline or diesel fuel in service station storage tanks is discussed by (I.·r.) JolIn Amdohl. the Inventor; Jim Bechtol•• U. ~. ,.t...t It· torney (standing); Mike Toth, he.d of the Production Control Br.nch In the ""bile Works ae,.rtment's Trlnsport.tion Diylsion; Ind Copt. Jon lves. Public Work. Officer. The .dvlntagos of Amdohl's device over the pre";nt dip .tlck mothod of me.Jsuring the I mount of fuel In ••tor.ge tlnk .... crootocl conslderlble Interest In ...ying this .y.tem instilled.t the elrllest posslblo time in goooline or dlosel fuel storage tlnks on the Center. -PhotobyRonAllen will be initiated only if tlley would have been taken in the absence of the hiring freeze and will not be employed to circumvent tile freeze on full-time employmenl Other employment categeries ezempt from the hiring freeze are foreign natiooal indirect hires, non-appropriated fund employees, persoMel exempt from em- ployment ceilings, and Executive Schedule employees, since the Senior Executive Service is not included in the freeze exemption for Executive Schedule per- sonnel. The same constraint against using personnel In these exempt categories In order to circumvent tile freeze 00 fulI.tIme permanent employment also applies. however. In additioo, the following types of hiring actions to fill fuJJ-time permanent vacan- cies are exempt from the freeze: (I) finn April 18, 1980 Vol. xxxv, No. 16 conunitments to hire made In wri~ and signed by civilian personneJ officiala prior to March I, (2) transfers of personnel to Department of tile Navy rolls aa a result of an interservice or Interagency transfer of function, (3) hiring from within tbe Department of Defense (DoD) to flU a vacancy, regan:lless of when tile vacancy occurred, (4) hiring from within tile DoD to flU a new fulI.tIme permanent position, (5) hiring .currently employed dIaplaced em- ployees registered- in tile DoD priority placement program. Except for these ezemptloos, fulI.tIme permanent vacancies (Including vacancies in existence prier to March I) can be fiIJed only by uaIng new vacancy ~ autbortty from among tile 50 percent of fulI.tIme permanent vacancies occurring after Feb. (Conlinued on P!p! 4) . INSIDE ... Federal Informatioo Forum "" .. ".,," 2 Active Duty for Reservists " . ,. " , . " , . ,. 3 Kindergarten Orientation Meeting , , , , , .. 4 Pay Reform LegisJatioo ,.,."",. " .. , .. 5 Sports ",.,." ... ,., .. ,.". "" ,.,.".,, 6 F\nal Concert ofSeason " , .. " ......."., 8 Automated system devised for measuring amount of gasoline in storage tank An automated system for measuring tile amount of gasoline or diesel fuel In service station storage tanks .... been developed by Jolm Amdahl, an electronics technician In tile Metrology Branch of tile NWC Engineering Department·s Product Assurance Divlsioo. An application for a U.8. patent for Amdahl's invention Ia being prepared by Jim Bechtel, a patent attorney In tile office of the NWC Patent CounaeJ (Code 012), but even before tile system has been put Into operation the advantages over tile present method of using a long dip stick to deter- mine how much gasoline or diesel fuel remains In a storage tank have Pubtic Works Department officiala eager to begin utilizing tile new device. ADVANTAGES CITED The advantages to be gained range from speedier, more accurate record keeping and prevention of loss of fuel by evaporation to tile added safety factor of having a system that offers a meaore of additional protection by bleeding off tile static charge from tile surface of highly volaUle fuel during normal storage tank filling operations. In these days of tile energy crunch, when Navy insta1Iations are under severe con- straints to account for fuel millililiplloo, tile prospect of having a speedier, more accurate and safer means of measuring tile amount of gasoline of cI_ (uef lu a storage tank Ia highly welcome news. According to Capt. Joo Ives, bead of tile NWC Pubtic Works Department, tile large amount of gasoline and dI_ fuel that Ia received In storage tanks and tIIen eitber dispelll1ed at service statioo pumps or crawn out Into tank trucka for distribution In tile field to heavy .",djXllent or electric power generators must match up within an accuracy of .5 percent and .25 percent for gasoline and diesel fuel allocations, respectively. Achieving such a high degree of accuracy In accounting for tile use of ftbIcle fuel Ia complicated by tile fact that (especially 01\ hot days) tile twicHally JDeIIII1IreIIIets with a clp stick permit some gllllOline to evaporate from fuel storage tanks. Adoption of what Amdahl calls his "in- stant Inventory" system would e\lmInate this type of fuel loss, aa well aa tile b1ll1l8ll- error aasociated with manuaJly recording figures on tile amount of gasoline measured In a storage tank. AmdaliJ's Invention makes use of ~ that produce electrical signals aa tlley «Continued on Page 4) AQl Woeller selected as Bluejacket of Month 1'1<:'"= Aviation Fire Control Technician First Class Larry M. Woeller ha been selected aa the Naval Weapons Center Bluejacket of tile Month for tile moDth of March. In tile letter nominating him for this honor, Lt. G. T. Mariner, his supervisor, oommenda AQI WoeJIer for his worlt In developing an Integrated Weapons Team work center responsible for tile maln- tenance of weapons delivery systems on tile A~ and A-7 aircraft. The letter continues that "his exceptional knowledge of the Integrated Weapons Team concept, wil\lngness to devote long hours In developing this concept and his leadership through the embryonic stages of its develojXllent have enabled the Integrated Weapons Team to become an active part of NWC Aircraft Maintenance." Lt. Mariner concludes that AQI Woeller "exemplifies the highly motivated and professional military petty officer desired by today's United States Navy." AQI Woeller returned to NWC In October 1979 after having served at tile Center six years ago; he chose this duty aasignment because it couJd lead to work on tile F -18 aircraft radar and computers. That he thoroughly enjoys his Navy career is shown by tile fact that he baa already served 11 years and Ia planning to serve until retirement. He joined tile Navy as soon aa he waa graduated from Mesa High School In Mesa, Ariz., which he calls home although he waa born In Batavia, New York. His father was a Seabee Reservist, and AQI Woel1er wanted to follow his father's footsteps. On completing boot camp, however, tests showed that his skills lay along otller lines and he has been very happy with his work aa a fire control technician. March's Bluejacket shares his favorite (Continued on Pagel) AQI Lorry M. Woel"r n...v......... c..r,. *'-*rtiti!I.WiI'wnt...- -. ~ fit "" • tttl •• II I "" (OPIIJ. .,.. ,./.fIItJL.",..,- to "" '/dill NWCIN(tNl aa- s.r-- eerier Ci'IiI . , . 'R~ Ad DmtGAitittlfwJIIrvJ«t. ~ Demc....1IoIt Proj«t 11011' ,oaloC~JO'-. 9O.:f~w /IS pro1lid«JbyD. ~""" date jbr ils Ioc:aIlmp/emdlJlIllion is mid- July. OPM rrpoTllf '''fl' ,'', /ifIQl projecl plfln s"ould flppetlT in lodflY's issue of ,'', Fed_I Regisler. , China Lake Museum,Rocketeer Newspaper,Rocketeer 1980s,Rocketeer 1980,Rktr4.18.1980.pdf,Rktr4.18.1980.pdf Page 1, Rktr4.18.1980.pdf Page 1