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April 25, 1991
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Skipper Sez.........2
Wenness ...........9
Sports ............ 12
MWR ............ 14
Personnel News ....15
Classifieds.........23
Peak
Max Mill Gusts
Wed. 71 37 15
Thws. 75 38 II
Fri. 77 46 16
SaL 70 53 26
SIDI. 74 41 I3
Moo. 75 42 20
"lUes. 78 43 16
County Veterans
receive assistance
from Kern Office
Wbcn people in the SCI"Vice
have a quesIion ~ their
bcncfilS, they can go through
their chain of command 10 get
the needed answers. But what
happens wbeu you get out of
the service? Where can you go
10 find out your benefilS, 10 file
IClallRS or to gel some needed
answers? Loy D. Garreu, a vet·
service officer in the Vet·
DepanmentlocaJed in the
Kern COIDIty Building, 400 N.
Lake Blvd., Ridgecrest,
Calif., can help. Garret can also
be reached at 375·1564.
"I have been in this position
full time, five days a week,
eight hours a day, since the fltSl
of August, 1983; Garrett said.
"But people still don't know I'm
here." The office is open from 8
a.m. to 12 IlOOII and from 1 10 5
p.m. Monday Ihrougb Friday..
VA Clinic slated
for Bakersfield
ground breaking
Ground lxeaIdng cemnooies
for the new Batenfield vetet·
.'s mcdic:aI clinic will be Fri-
day, May 3, at 2 p.m. The new
facility, with its 52·member
staff, will provide the IIIOIe than
50,000 veter.as living in Kern
County with basic: health ser·
vices such as pharmaceutical
supplies and physician care.
~lCnns will no longer be
forced to travel to Fresno or
Sepulveda to receive basic: care.
Congressman Bill Thomas
and Antbony Principi, Deputy
Secretary of Vetcnn Afrain,
.-Iicipdc in the ceremony
pound .......
Naval Weapons Center, China Lake, California 93555-6001 Vol. XLVI, No. 16, April 25,1991
Secretaries Week observed here
China Lakers see them as vital members of a highly professional team
(Editor's note: This iS,the final article in a
series honoring secretaries at the Naval
Weapons Celller for Secretaries Week, April
22·26.)
By Peggy Shoo, Rocketeer StafT Writer
What is a secretary? According to We b-
ster's II New Riverside University Dictionary,
a secretary is "one employed to handle c0rre-
spondence, keeP mes and do clerical work for
an individual or company."
But, according to John Freeman, head of
NWC·s Attack Weapons Department's
Advanced Systems Division, the dictionary
defmition doesn't come close to the real role
of today's secretary. Now, a secretary is a
facilitator, pan psychologist and an assistant
administrative officer. She, or he, must be a
professional and panner.
Bob Campbell, head of the Sparrow Project
Office, feels today's secretary is more of an
office manager and a public relations person.
Both supervisors agree today's secretary is
an underpaid individual with a myriad of
responsibilities, not just typing and ming any-
more.
"I think the term 'secretary' is negative;
said Ellen Crump, the Advanced Systems
Division·s secretary. "People don't look upon
secretaries as professiOnals."
"One thing that really annoys me is when
someone says, 'Oh, you're just a secretary,'"
stated Campbell's secretary, Elaine Hamilton.
"I'm a professional and I enjoy what I do."
"As a division secretary, Ellen is a facilita·
tor in terms of working with all the other sec-
retaries in the division; Freeman said. "She is
also the person people come to with com-
plaints or problems. A modem secretary must
be able to understand E-Mail, fax machines
and other electronic devices used in today"s
offices:
Campbell thinks the computer age has
helped today's secretaries expand their roles.
"Twenty years ago; he said, "secretaries had
more labor inlensive jobs. With the advent of
technology, secretaries don't have as many
repetitive jobs, freeing them for more types of
activities than just typing."
Both Freeman and Campbell feel their sec-
retaries are an inlegral part of the team. "We're
partners; said Freeman. "Except specifIC per·
sonnel issues, I can discuss anything with
Ellen. We meet on just about every matter."
"A lot of times, Elaine is the first person
someone visiting my office sees; said Camp-
bell. "What she does and how she acts is a
reflection on me and the office."
What makes a good boss/secretary relation-
ship? Trust and open communication, said
(Continued on Page 7 )
WORKING TOGETH·
;ER •• John Free!;l1an
a.nd his secretary.
Ellen Crump,talk
p~;er an\;\",pc~m!n,g'
project. 1JletwoNWC
employees",eel Jhey
t~~%~!!!::i~f~::
,are two professiqnals
,.,.~o ar~.;part ,p!!the
:Advanced Systems
Division's;team.
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