Page Eight ROCKETEER Violinist EUlene Sarbu now slated to perform Feb. 1 at Center theater The concert date has been changed for the next program to be presented by the Indian Wells Valley Concert Association, Carl Helmick, association president, reported this week. Violinist Eugene Sarbu, originally scheduled to play here on Thursday, Jan. 25, will now be performing one week later on Thursday, Feb. 1. The perfonnance will begin at 7:30 p.m. ill the Center theater. The change in datewas the result of Sarbu wiming first prize in the 1978 Paganini International Violin Competition in Genoa, . Italy. One of the honors conferred on him was a request to perform a series of con- certs in Italy extending through the last week of January. Hence, his China Lake performance date was postponed a week. Helmick added that the Paganini Com- petition was the second major violin competition won by Sarbu since he was booked for the local concert series. Sarbu Cerro Coso College student counseling program underway Enrollment counseling for students planning to attend Cerro Coso Community College during the spring semester is now underway and will continue through Wednesday, Jan. 24, in the College Coun- seling Center. students may make appointments for COUIIlleling on weekdays, through Jan. 17, by calling ~1, ext. 34. Counseling will be scheduled each day from noon to 6 p.m. Walk-in counseling service will be available on Jan. 18, 19, 22, 23, and 24 from noon to 6p.m. No appointment is necessary for coWJseling during this period. Regixtration for spring semester c\asses, which will begin on Jan. 29, will be held Jan. 19,22,23, and 24 from 3 to 6p.m. (01 ALL AGES ADMITTED ~r.' Aud,MUS IPG) ALL AGES ADMITTED P.r....' ..' GtI.a.1K1t ~'I" 1111) RUTA IClED U~r ,J r",uorIt$ .lccomlNnyu" P.,eflt.,......"~r"'" R......' I,.rt... 1'___' : )1 p."'. FRIDAY JANUARY 12 " STINGRAY" Starring Christopher Mitchum and Sherrv Jackson (106 min., rated PG) SATURDAY JANUARY 13 1:30Matinee · Regular Adm. " AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE" Starring Steve McQueen and Charles Durning (107 min., rated GI 7:30 P.M . " F.I.S.T." Starring Sylvester Stallone and Rod Steiger (131 min" rated PG) MONDAY JANUARY 15 "F.I.S.T." Starring Sylvester Stallone and Rod Steiger (131 min., rated PG) WEDNESDAY JANUARY 17 " GOTELL THE SPARTANS" Starring Burt Lancaster and Craig Wasson (113 min., rated R) FRIDAY JANUARY l' " IT LIVES AGAIN" Starring Frederick Forrest and Kathleen Lloyd (90 min., rated RI SATURDAY JANUARY 20 1:30 Matinee · Reoular Adm. " RAGGEOY ANN AND ANDY" Animated Musical (86 min., rated G) 7:30 P.M . " CONVOY " Starring Ali MacGraw and Kris Kristofferson (111 m in., rated PG) also won first prize in the Carl Flesch in- ternational Violin Competition held a few months earlier in England. During his visit here, Sarbu also will be incorporating a school program and master Eugene Sarbu class which will be- presented Friday morning, Feb. 2, at Burroughs High School. For additional information on the concert or for tickets, contact the 1WV Concert Association by calling 37~. College to present orchestra, vocal music concerts The Cerro Coso Community College in- vites the public to a orchestra concert on Sunday at 3 p.m. and to a vocal music concert next Thursday, Jan. 18, at 7 p.m. The Desert Community Orchestra, conducted by Gordon Trousdale, will present the following program: Beethoven: Symphony No. 8, in F Major; Haydn: Symphony No. 92 in G, ("Oxford"); Mozart: Overture to "The Magic F1ute"; and Mozart: Symphony No. 40, in G Minor. Admission price for the orchestra concert is $1 for students and $2 for non-f-town guests only on a single-luncheon basis. The luncheons are held in the Sidewinder Room of the Community Center and there will be two seatings again this year - one, 11:30 a.m. and the other at 12:30 p.m. Entrees to be featured this year include chile rellanos, lobster quiche, Mexicali chicken crepes, mushroom strata, and crab enchiladas. Season tickets for the luncheons are priced at $20.75 plus the California sales tax of $1.25 or a total of $22. Play based on story of 'Rip Van Winkle' to be presented A stage play based on the popular story "Rip Van Winkle" will be presented tonight at 7:30 in the Burroughs High School lecture center by the Burroughs Children's Theatre groUJ>-8n organization sponsored by Alan Kubik. Title role in this production, which is directed by Dave Craddock, president of the BHS Drama Club, is portrayed by Brett Battles. Others who have featured parts in the play are Brian Weathersbee, Shawn Dugan, Frank Bushnell, Matt Doig, Mark Bar- salow<, Karl Kuletz, Chuck Glaze, Noretta Barker, Tracy West, JuJi Pinney and Dalene Howard. In addition to tonight's show, other per formances are scheduled tomorrow at 2:. . p.m., as well as on Friday and Saturday, Jan. 19 and 20, at 7:30 p.m. and 2:30 p.m., respectively. Tickets, priced at 75 cents for children under 12 and $1 for others, are available in advance from members of the cast and backstage crew, and at The Studio in Ridgecrest. They may also be purchased at the lecture center box office before each performance. Swap meet slated Jan. 20 Plans have been made for holding a swap meet in the east parking lot of the Com- munity Center on Saturday, Jan. 20. Commercial sales are banned, but others are invited to reserve a table for displayi. items they have for sale by calling NWC '" 2010. ..A. u .s . Govef"nment Printing OOlce )4: 1979-No 9 From: To: PLACE STAMP HERE INSIDE.. . National Prayer BreakfastSlated .........3 F1u Shots To Be Available ............... .4 "we locke'eel Nil .... ' Wupons Center 0"", L.k~ Californ ia January 12, 1979 Many Training Programs Offered ........5 Sports ...................................6 Vol. XXXIV. No.2 Violin Concert Re-Scheduled ......... .....8 ",..,um. Harris to speak at bu-siness outlook conference Rear Admiral William L. Harris, NWC Commander, will join a panel of speakers who will lead off the 21st amuai Kern County Business Outlook Conference. The conference, sponsored by the Kern County Board of Trade, will get underway at 9 a.m. on Thursday, Jan. 18, in the Bakersfield Civic Auditorium. RAdm. Harris will discuss the role of NWC il\ the national defense effort, as well as the Center's effect on the economy of Kern County. Included among speakers who will focus their attention on the economic prospects for 1979 and beyond will be experts in such fields as retail sales, agriculture, mining, oil and gas drilling and exploration, real estate and construction, and outdoor recreation. Another of the military speakers on the panel will be Brig. Gen. Philip J. Conl~y, • Jr., Commander of the Air Force Flight Test Center at Edwards Air Force Base. In addition, Isaac T. Gillam IV, Director of the National Aeronautics and Space Ad- ministration's Dryden Flight Test Center at Edwards AFB, will present a talk on the space shuttle. Keynote speaker during the luncheon portion of the conference will be Elliott M. Estes, President and Chief Operating Of- ficer of the General Motors Corp. in Detroit, Mich. His topic will be "1979 - Making It a Year to Remember." Reservations are necessary for the Business Oultlook Conference, which last year attracted a turnaway crowd of more than 1,700 persons. To order tickets, priced at $7 per person, those interested in at- tending should call (805) 861-2367 no later than today. MICHELSON LAB AWARDS PRESENTED- During a luncheon that was attended Tuesday by a capacity crowd in the MojAve Room of the Commissioned OHicers' Mess, the five IlItest recipients of the Michelson ~ratorl.. Award were honored. The awards were presented by Bob Hillyer (at right), NWC Technial Director, who commented on the .ccomplishments eAch of the recipients following their Introduction by capt. F. H. M. Kinley. NWC Vice Commander (at left). Those IIngl... out for this special distinction are II.-r.) John campbell, Charles May. Mar!< Stenger, Stuart Fields and R-' Dillinger. & Cenleriles receive Michelson Lab Awards The presentation of Michelson Laboratories Awards to five Naval Weapons Center employees highlighted a luncheon held on Tuesday at the Com- missioned Officers' Mess. The latest recipients of this award are John M. Campbell, Jr., Robert B. Dillinger, Stuart G.Fields, Charles B. May, and Markham F. steng~ . The awards, which consist of a certificate and an engraved key, were presented by Capt. F. H. M. Kinley, Vice Commander, on behalf of Rear Admiral William L. Harris, NWC Commander, as well as by Bob Hillyer, Technical Director. This special honor is designed to .recognize outstanding individual administrative and professional excellence, or technical excellence based on singular effort in the perfonnance of in- dividual duties. The Michelson Lahoratories Award is complementary to the Center's highest award - the L.T.E. Thompson Award. was in the Engi!leering Department staff office, and a year later he moved to the former Propulsion Development Depart- ment to woril as an aerospace engi!leer and has been employed in that capacity ever since. Top sailors 01 '78 to be guests at Bluejacket 01 Year banquet Campbell received this award in recognition of his imlX"essive technical and administrative leadership as the Center's prqgram manager for mine simulation systems. He was commended for his per- sonal dedication to the goal of providing the Navy with sound, reliable, practical hard- ware that has resulted in the introduction to the Fleet of a series of highty successful mine simulators and the establishment of ouststanding rapport with Fleet commands. Fields was honored for his outstanding technical achievements in connection with the on-axis data system - a system that represents a major accomplishment in advancing the state-<>f-the-art in data gathering, handling, processing, arid display systems. The on-axis data system is one of the principal elements of the major range modernization program outlined in (Continued on Page 4) Plans are in full swing (or the tenth an- nual Bluejacket of the Year banquet - an event sponsored by the Indian Wells Valley Council of the NIlVY League, which will be held on the evening of Saturday, Jan. 20, at the Enlisted Mess. The winner of the 1978 Bluejacket of the Year Award will be a well kept secret until announced at that time. A selection committee composed of six chief petty officers is responsible for selecting the award wimer from a list of six enlisted personnel who were singled out as Bluejackets of the Month during 1978. Monthly award winners who have been transferred to another duty station, discharged or promoted to chief petty of- ficer are not eligible for the award. The six enlisted men who are the 1978 Bluejacket of the Year candidates are: AQAN Lawrence P. Lenz - June,. and PHAN Gregory J. Parrish - December, both of VX-5; A'CJ. Sammie E. Goode - February, AEI Barry R. Hileman - July, and AE2 Roger D. Wingerberg - November, all of NWC; and lIMl Timothy D. Jung, from the Branch Medical Clinic, who was chosen in October. Five other sailors are out of the running because they were transferred, namely, ABFl Ray L. Vickers - January; YN2 Linda L. Bomberger - March, PNI Samuel C. Thompson - May; AT2 Janeece Carver - August; and AD2 Kelvin L McSwain - September. Michael G. Hastings, the April Bluejacket of the Month, became ineligible because he was promoted to Chief Dental Technician. The Bluejacket of the Year Award Board will meet next Thursday, Jan. 18, to select the winner. Members of the board are FI'CS David Vander Houwen, senior chief pettyofficer of the command; AFCM John Hendry, NWC leading chief; AFCM James Tucker, air- .craft maintenance chief, lIMCS David Templeton, NRMC leading chief; ADC Kenneth Hunker, VX-5 leading chief; and AFCM Wesley Barrett, VX-5 night check maintenance chief. One of the factors in selection of the Bluejacket of the Year will be the sailor's answers to a variety of questions while being interviewed by the selection com- mittee. Other important considerations are military bearing, appearance, conduct, job performance, and supervisor's reconunen- dation. Tickets for the Jan. 20 banquet, priced at $8 per person, may be obtained by calling 37:"1318, 446-2402 or 377-4276 or from any member of the Navy League's board of directors. Sunday, Jan. 14, is the deadline for making reservations and ticketsmust be paid for in advance. The evening will begin with a social hour at 6:30, and dinner will he served at 7:30. Introduction of the Bluejacket candidates will be made after dinner, as will an- nouncement of the 1979 wimer. Heads Mine Warfare Branch Campbell, heads the Mine Warfare Branch of the Weapons Department's Special Projects Division. He has been at China Lake since 1963 when he was hired as a mechanical engineer in the planni!lg staff office of the old Aviation Ordnance Department. He was transferred in 1969 to the Surface Missile Department and joined the Weapons Department in 1975. Campbell has a bachelor'S degree in mechanical engineering which he received in 1963 from the University of Santa Clara in Santa Clara, Calif. Dillinger received the Michelson Laboratories Award for his outstanding leadership and management skills as demonstrated in the Vertical Launch Modular Controllable Booster (VLMCB) Program. A supervisory aerospace engineer, Dillinger heads the Systems Technology Branch of the Ordnance Systems Depart- ment's Propulsion System Division. He came to China Lake in 1961 following his graduation from the University of Nevada in Reno with a BS degree in mechanical engineering. His first job here Contract awarded for construction of camera stations Acontract has been awarded and work is scheduled to begin soon on the construction of four new camera stations and the modification of two other camera stations. This work which is to take place in the 0-1 and 0-2 range areas, is in preparation for _the transfer here of a major portion of the workload of the National Parachute Test Range (NPl'R) at EI Centro, Calif. The Cj)ntract for this work, which is to cost $244,864, was awarded to the stevens Co. of Lancaster, Calif., and its part in the job is scheduled for completion in June. According to Don Mumford, the project design engineer who is employed in the Engineering Division of the Public Works Department, the contract calls for enlarging two existing camera stations in the G range area in order to accommodate larger cameras that will be moved here from EI Centro. other work to be done includes the c0n- struction of earth mounds to enable better visibility of the parachute drop rone. On these mounds will be built new concrete slabs with isolated footings that are in- tended to eliminate any vilration as the domes which protect the cameras are moved while tracking the parachute drops during test work. , OCR Text: Page Eight ROCKETEER Violinist EUlene Sarbu now slated to perform Feb. 1 at Center theater The concert date has been changed for the next program to be presented by the Indian Wells Valley Concert Association, Carl Helmick, association president, reported this week. Violinist Eugene Sarbu, originally scheduled to play here on Thursday, Jan. 25, will now be performing one week later on Thursday, Feb. 1. The perfonnance will begin at 7:30 p.m. ill the Center theater. The change in datewas the result of Sarbu wiming first prize in the 1978 Paganini International Violin Competition in Genoa, . Italy. One of the honors conferred on him was a request to perform a series of con- certs in Italy extending through the last week of January. Hence, his China Lake performance date was postponed a week. Helmick added that the Paganini Com- petition was the second major violin competition won by Sarbu since he was booked for the local concert series. Sarbu Cerro Coso College student counseling program underway Enrollment counseling for students planning to attend Cerro Coso Community College during the spring semester is now underway and will continue through Wednesday, Jan. 24, in the College Coun- seling Center. students may make appointments for COUIIlleling on weekdays, through Jan. 17, by calling ~1, ext. 34. Counseling will be scheduled each day from noon to 6 p.m. Walk-in counseling service will be available on Jan. 18, 19, 22, 23, and 24 from noon to 6p.m. No appointment is necessary for coWJseling during this period. Regixtration for spring semester c\asses, which will begin on Jan. 29, will be held Jan. 19,22,23, and 24 from 3 to 6p.m. (01 ALL AGES ADMITTED ~r.' Aud,MUS IPG) ALL AGES ADMITTED P.r....' ..' GtI.a.1K1t ~'I" 1111) RUTA IClED U~r ,J r",uorIt$ .lccomlNnyu" P.,eflt.,......"~r"'" R......' I,.rt... 1'___' : )1 p."'. FRIDAY JANUARY 12 " STINGRAY" Starring Christopher Mitchum and Sherrv Jackson (106 min., rated PG) SATURDAY JANUARY 13 1:30Matinee · Regular Adm. " AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE" Starring Steve McQueen and Charles Durning (107 min., rated GI 7:30 P.M . " F.I.S.T." Starring Sylvester Stallone and Rod Steiger (131 min" rated PG) MONDAY JANUARY 15 "F.I.S.T." Starring Sylvester Stallone and Rod Steiger (131 min., rated PG) WEDNESDAY JANUARY 17 " GOTELL THE SPARTANS" Starring Burt Lancaster and Craig Wasson (113 min., rated R) FRIDAY JANUARY l' " IT LIVES AGAIN" Starring Frederick Forrest and Kathleen Lloyd (90 min., rated RI SATURDAY JANUARY 20 1:30 Matinee · Reoular Adm. " RAGGEOY ANN AND ANDY" Animated Musical (86 min., rated G) 7:30 P.M . " CONVOY " Starring Ali MacGraw and Kris Kristofferson (111 m in., rated PG) also won first prize in the Carl Flesch in- ternational Violin Competition held a few months earlier in England. During his visit here, Sarbu also will be incorporating a school program and master Eugene Sarbu class which will be- presented Friday morning, Feb. 2, at Burroughs High School. For additional information on the concert or for tickets, contact the 1WV Concert Association by calling 37~. College to present orchestra, vocal music concerts The Cerro Coso Community College in- vites the public to a orchestra concert on Sunday at 3 p.m. and to a vocal music concert next Thursday, Jan. 18, at 7 p.m. The Desert Community Orchestra, conducted by Gordon Trousdale, will present the following program: Beethoven: Symphony No. 8, in F Major; Haydn: Symphony No. 92 in G, ("Oxford"); Mozart: Overture to "The Magic F1ute"; and Mozart: Symphony No. 40, in G Minor. Admission price for the orchestra concert is $1 for students and $2 for non-f-town guests only on a single-luncheon basis. The luncheons are held in the Sidewinder Room of the Community Center and there will be two seatings again this year - one, 11:30 a.m. and the other at 12:30 p.m. Entrees to be featured this year include chile rellanos, lobster quiche, Mexicali chicken crepes, mushroom strata, and crab enchiladas. Season tickets for the luncheons are priced at $20.75 plus the California sales tax of $1.25 or a total of $22. Play based on story of 'Rip Van Winkle' to be presented A stage play based on the popular story "Rip Van Winkle" will be presented tonight at 7:30 in the Burroughs High School lecture center by the Burroughs Children's Theatre groUJ>-8n organization sponsored by Alan Kubik. Title role in this production, which is directed by Dave Craddock, president of the BHS Drama Club, is portrayed by Brett Battles. Others who have featured parts in the play are Brian Weathersbee, Shawn Dugan, Frank Bushnell, Matt Doig, Mark Bar- salow<, Karl Kuletz, Chuck Glaze, Noretta Barker, Tracy West, JuJi Pinney and Dalene Howard. In addition to tonight's show, other per formances are scheduled tomorrow at 2:. . p.m., as well as on Friday and Saturday, Jan. 19 and 20, at 7:30 p.m. and 2:30 p.m., respectively. Tickets, priced at 75 cents for children under 12 and $1 for others, are available in advance from members of the cast and backstage crew, and at The Studio in Ridgecrest. They may also be purchased at the lecture center box office before each performance. Swap meet slated Jan. 20 Plans have been made for holding a swap meet in the east parking lot of the Com- munity Center on Saturday, Jan. 20. Commercial sales are banned, but others are invited to reserve a table for displayi. items they have for sale by calling NWC '" 2010. ..A. u .s . Govef"nment Printing OOlce )4: 1979-No 9 From: To: PLACE STAMP HERE INSIDE.. . National Prayer BreakfastSlated .........3 F1u Shots To Be Available ............... .4 "we locke'eel Nil .... ' Wupons Center 0"", L.k~ Californ ia January 12, 1979 Many Training Programs Offered ........5 Sports ...................................6 Vol. XXXIV. No.2 Violin Concert Re-Scheduled ......... .....8 ",..,um. Harris to speak at bu-siness outlook conference Rear Admiral William L. Harris, NWC Commander, will join a panel of speakers who will lead off the 21st amuai Kern County Business Outlook Conference. The conference, sponsored by the Kern County Board of Trade, will get underway at 9 a.m. on Thursday, Jan. 18, in the Bakersfield Civic Auditorium. RAdm. Harris will discuss the role of NWC il\ the national defense effort, as well as the Center's effect on the economy of Kern County. Included among speakers who will focus their attention on the economic prospects for 1979 and beyond will be experts in such fields as retail sales, agriculture, mining, oil and gas drilling and exploration, real estate and construction, and outdoor recreation. Another of the military speakers on the panel will be Brig. Gen. Philip J. Conl~y, • Jr., Commander of the Air Force Flight Test Center at Edwards Air Force Base. In addition, Isaac T. Gillam IV, Director of the National Aeronautics and Space Ad- ministration's Dryden Flight Test Center at Edwards AFB, will present a talk on the space shuttle. Keynote speaker during the luncheon portion of the conference will be Elliott M. Estes, President and Chief Operating Of- ficer of the General Motors Corp. in Detroit, Mich. His topic will be "1979 - Making It a Year to Remember." Reservations are necessary for the Business Oultlook Conference, which last year attracted a turnaway crowd of more than 1,700 persons. To order tickets, priced at $7 per person, those interested in at- tending should call (805) 861-2367 no later than today. MICHELSON LAB AWARDS PRESENTED- During a luncheon that was attended Tuesday by a capacity crowd in the MojAve Room of the Commissioned OHicers' Mess, the five IlItest recipients of the Michelson ~ratorl.. Award were honored. The awards were presented by Bob Hillyer (at right), NWC Technial Director, who commented on the .ccomplishments eAch of the recipients following their Introduction by capt. F. H. M. Kinley. NWC Vice Commander (at left). Those IIngl... out for this special distinction are II.-r.) John campbell, Charles May. Mar!< Stenger, Stuart Fields and R-' Dillinger. & Cenleriles receive Michelson Lab Awards The presentation of Michelson Laboratories Awards to five Naval Weapons Center employees highlighted a luncheon held on Tuesday at the Com- missioned Officers' Mess. The latest recipients of this award are John M. Campbell, Jr., Robert B. Dillinger, Stuart G.Fields, Charles B. May, and Markham F. steng~ . The awards, which consist of a certificate and an engraved key, were presented by Capt. F. H. M. Kinley, Vice Commander, on behalf of Rear Admiral William L. Harris, NWC Commander, as well as by Bob Hillyer, Technical Director. This special honor is designed to .recognize outstanding individual administrative and professional excellence, or technical excellence based on singular effort in the perfonnance of in- dividual duties. The Michelson Lahoratories Award is complementary to the Center's highest award - the L.T.E. Thompson Award. was in the Engi!leering Department staff office, and a year later he moved to the former Propulsion Development Depart- ment to woril as an aerospace engi!leer and has been employed in that capacity ever since. Top sailors 01 '78 to be guests at Bluejacket 01 Year banquet Campbell received this award in recognition of his imlX"essive technical and administrative leadership as the Center's prqgram manager for mine simulation systems. He was commended for his per- sonal dedication to the goal of providing the Navy with sound, reliable, practical hard- ware that has resulted in the introduction to the Fleet of a series of highty successful mine simulators and the establishment of ouststanding rapport with Fleet commands. Fields was honored for his outstanding technical achievements in connection with the on-axis data system - a system that represents a major accomplishment in advancing the state-<>f-the-art in data gathering, handling, processing, arid display systems. The on-axis data system is one of the principal elements of the major range modernization program outlined in (Continued on Page 4) Plans are in full swing (or the tenth an- nual Bluejacket of the Year banquet - an event sponsored by the Indian Wells Valley Council of the NIlVY League, which will be held on the evening of Saturday, Jan. 20, at the Enlisted Mess. The winner of the 1978 Bluejacket of the Year Award will be a well kept secret until announced at that time. A selection committee composed of six chief petty officers is responsible for selecting the award wimer from a list of six enlisted personnel who were singled out as Bluejackets of the Month during 1978. Monthly award winners who have been transferred to another duty station, discharged or promoted to chief petty of- ficer are not eligible for the award. The six enlisted men who are the 1978 Bluejacket of the Year candidates are: AQAN Lawrence P. Lenz - June,. and PHAN Gregory J. Parrish - December, both of VX-5; A'CJ. Sammie E. Goode - February, AEI Barry R. Hileman - July, and AE2 Roger D. Wingerberg - November, all of NWC; and lIMl Timothy D. Jung, from the Branch Medical Clinic, who was chosen in October. Five other sailors are out of the running because they were transferred, namely, ABFl Ray L. Vickers - January; YN2 Linda L. Bomberger - March, PNI Samuel C. Thompson - May; AT2 Janeece Carver - August; and AD2 Kelvin L McSwain - September. Michael G. Hastings, the April Bluejacket of the Month, became ineligible because he was promoted to Chief Dental Technician. The Bluejacket of the Year Award Board will meet next Thursday, Jan. 18, to select the winner. Members of the board are FI'CS David Vander Houwen, senior chief pettyofficer of the command; AFCM John Hendry, NWC leading chief; AFCM James Tucker, air- .craft maintenance chief, lIMCS David Templeton, NRMC leading chief; ADC Kenneth Hunker, VX-5 leading chief; and AFCM Wesley Barrett, VX-5 night check maintenance chief. One of the factors in selection of the Bluejacket of the Year will be the sailor's answers to a variety of questions while being interviewed by the selection com- mittee. Other important considerations are military bearing, appearance, conduct, job performance, and supervisor's reconunen- dation. Tickets for the Jan. 20 banquet, priced at $8 per person, may be obtained by calling 37:"1318, 446-2402 or 377-4276 or from any member of the Navy League's board of directors. Sunday, Jan. 14, is the deadline for making reservations and ticketsmust be paid for in advance. The evening will begin with a social hour at 6:30, and dinner will he served at 7:30. Introduction of the Bluejacket candidates will be made after dinner, as will an- nouncement of the 1979 wimer. Heads Mine Warfare Branch Campbell, heads the Mine Warfare Branch of the Weapons Department's Special Projects Division. He has been at China Lake since 1963 when he was hired as a mechanical engineer in the planni!lg staff office of the old Aviation Ordnance Department. He was transferred in 1969 to the Surface Missile Department and joined the Weapons Department in 1975. Campbell has a bachelor'S degree in mechanical engineering which he received in 1963 from the University of Santa Clara in Santa Clara, Calif. Dillinger received the Michelson Laboratories Award for his outstanding leadership and management skills as demonstrated in the Vertical Launch Modular Controllable Booster (VLMCB) Program. A supervisory aerospace engineer, Dillinger heads the Systems Technology Branch of the Ordnance Systems Depart- ment's Propulsion System Division. He came to China Lake in 1961 following his graduation from the University of Nevada in Reno with a BS degree in mechanical engineering. His first job here Contract awarded for construction of camera stations Acontract has been awarded and work is scheduled to begin soon on the construction of four new camera stations and the modification of two other camera stations. This work which is to take place in the 0-1 and 0-2 range areas, is in preparation for _the transfer here of a major portion of the workload of the National Parachute Test Range (NPl'R) at EI Centro, Calif. The Cj)ntract for this work, which is to cost $244,864, was awarded to the stevens Co. of Lancaster, Calif., and its part in the job is scheduled for completion in June. According to Don Mumford, the project design engineer who is employed in the Engineering Division of the Public Works Department, the contract calls for enlarging two existing camera stations in the G range area in order to accommodate larger cameras that will be moved here from EI Centro. other work to be done includes the c0n- struction of earth mounds to enable better visibility of the parachute drop rone. On these mounds will be built new concrete slabs with isolated footings that are in- tended to eliminate any vilration as the domes which protect the cameras are moved while tracking the parachute drops during test work. , China Lake Museum,Rocketeer Newspaper,Rocketeer 1970s,Rocketeer 1979,Rktr1.12.1979.pdf,Rktr1.12.1979.pdf Page 1, Rktr1.12.1979.pdf Page 1