By Jeffery Kahn
Thanks in large part to the initiative and creativity of mechanical technician Mario Cepeda, a project to transfer LBL's eye cancer treatment program from the Bevatron to UC Davis is proceeding on schedule.
Although the closure of LBL's Bevatron in 1993 spelled the end of its radiotherapy program, much of the technology and knowhow pioneered by Lab researchers gradually is being transferred to hospitals and laboratories around the world. In the case of the Bevatron's ocular melanoma treatment program, efforts are underway to actually replicate the program at UC Davis using the 70 MeV Crocker Nuclear Laboratory cyclotron.
The new facility, expected to treat about 40 people a year, will open soon. LBL's involvement with the program includes designing and setting up the medical beamline, training personnel, and loaning a dosimetry and computer control system.
Treating an eye tumor with the Crocker Lab's proton beam can save not only lives but unlike conventional surgery, the eye itself. Treatment requires locking in place the patient's head and fixing its position so that the beam strikes the target tumor with absolute precision. Cepeda's contribution was to build a device to precisely position the patient during treatment.
The device, a high-tech chair that adjusts in many directions, can cost upwards of $250,000. Since limited funds existed to design a device, two principals in the project, radiation oncologist Joe Castro and AFRD physicist Tim Renner, turned to Cepeda.
"At times," says Renner, "we forget that there are very creative people throughout the Lab. Mario took it upon himself to design and build this chair. From an engineering standpoint, he had no model to work from, just his nine years experience working with us in the particle radiotherapy program. He built the entire patient positioner out of scavenged parts and pieces of aluminum."
Cepeda said he hand-milled the majority of the approximately 200 parts, purchasing only one part.
"To keep our costs down," he said, "nothing was motorized, although we use pressurized air for one movement. The cylinder that is part of the air drive came from an air-operated door at the Bevatron that is no longer needed. The bearings and shaft under the chair came from the Bevatron Biomed Facility overhead rail system." Another part was scavenged from salvage.
By necessity, Cepeda's device is an object of absolute precision. Tumors in the eye are extraordinarily tiny, typically one centimeter or less in diameter, and can be located next to the optic nerve. Sight is lost if, during treatment, the beam hits the optic nerve. So, the patient positioner must be able to move and hold the patient's head with a wiggle room of less than one millimeter.
For a patient, sitting in this chair at the business end of a proton beam can be a scary experience. Cepeda did what he could to minimize the trauma.
To help immobilize the head, the patient must close his or her mouth on a bite block. By locking the jaw in place, the head too becomes locked in place. But the patient also can suffer feelings of claustrophobia or a smothering sensation. Having observed this, Cepeda designed and machined a bite block that does its job less intrusively.
Cepeda said his past experience with radiotherapy patients helped in the design of the patient positioner.
"The Bevatron clinical program treated people with a number of different diseases, some located in the head, others in the body. I custom-made the devices that immobilized the area of the patient's body that was to be treated. Doing this, I got to see that people not only come in a range of sizes but they have different size heads. Our patient positioner has to work for all patients, and that's a challenge."
The chair was designed, engineered, and assembled based upon Cepeda's hand sketches, which he repeatedly modified and refined. To improve this process, Cepeda spent $6,000 of his own money to purchase a home computer and Computer Assisted Design (CAD) software.
"I'm transferring my sketches of the patient positioner to CAD," he says. "This will make it possible for clinics elsewhere to one day duplicate our device."
By Jeffery Kahn
Since 1988, Life Sciences Division researchers Steve Derenzo and Bill Moses have combed through the world of materials, looking for light-emitting compounds called scintillators. As they searched for better scintillators for detectors used in medicine, science, and industry, they labored under a handicap.
To test candidate materials, Derenzo and Moses traveled to the National Synchrotron Light Source at Brookhaven National Laboratory in New York. The light source allowed them to identify which materials glow when hit with ionizing radiation, and characterize then. But to use the New York facility, Derenzo and Moses had to move and assemble more than a ton of equipment, and make sure it operated during the short window of beamtime allotted them.
Frustrated, the scientists decided to end their reliance on remote facilities. Recently, with electronics engineer Matt Ho and graduate student Stephen Blankespoor, they designed and built a novel pulsed x-ray system which now sits on a tabletop in their Bldg. 55 laboratory. Built in collaboration with Hamamatsu Photonics of Japan, the tabletop device allows immediate evaluation of samples.
"We are looking at inorganic scintillators for the detection of gamma rays," Derenzo says. "Right now, we have no reliable way of predicting what substances are good scintillators. So, we have to actually test materials.
"With better scintillators, we can improve the spatial and time resolution in a variety of detectors and sensors. This would produce not only more detailed images but also images of other phenomena that are not observable with current scintillators."
Positron emission tomography, which records chemical activity in the body, is limited by the performance of available scintillators. PET medical images usually rely on bismuth germanate (BGO) scintillators. LBL's PET scanner, which has the highest resolution in the world, can record structures as small as 2.6 millimeters.
Derenzo and Moses believe they will be able to find new scintillators five times brighter and ten times faster that can double the spatial resolution of the LBL instrument. Likewise, they believe comparable performance improvements are feasible for other scientific detectors that rely on scintillators.
Their new tabletop system will play a key role in the search process. It combines a laser diode and a light-excited x-ray tube. Essentially, the tube is a single-stage photomultiplier with a photocathode and tungsten anode. Light from the laser liberates photoelectrons at the photocathode which then strike the anode, producing x-rays.
Moses says the technique used for testing samples with the tabletop device is fairly simple. "We use the tabletop x-ray source to expose a sample to a short, intense burst of x-rays. Then, we see if the sample glows. This is done with a photomultiplier tube which counts photons."
Thus far during their search for new scintillators, Derenzo and Moses have examined roughly 600 materials. They are winnowing through available compounds looking for materials that are bright, in terms of their light output, but that also are fast.
"Light doesn't just come pouring out of a scintillator instantly," Moses says. "But the shorter the elapsed time between excitation of the scintillator and its emission of photons, the better.
Scintillation is rare in nature as most materials bombarded with ionizing energy dissipate it as heat rather than as light. Previous searches have required crystal samples but because relatively few compounds are readily available as crystals, Derenzo and Moses have devised techniques that allow them to use powder compounds to identify promising materials.
Before a compound can be used in a detector, it must be grown into crystals. Derenzo and Moses discovered that lead sulfate has scintillator properties that could extend the capabilities of PET scanners, but up until now, nobody has figured out how to grow crystals economically on a commercial scale.
Several private companies are working on this project, as is LBL researcher John Apps. The group has measured the properties of some small synthetic crystals of lead sulfate grown by Radiation Monitoring Devices of Watertown, Mass. These were presented at the 1993 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium in San Francisco.
Women in Science & Engineering Seminar
Darleane Hoffman, of LBL's Nuclear Science Division and UC Berkeley's Department of Chemistry, will be the featured speaker at the next Women in Science and Engineering Seminar, to be held at 12:10 p.m. on Monday, March 7, in Bldg. 70A-3377. Refreshments will be served at noon. All employees are invited to attend.
Hoffman will discuss some recent studies of the chemical properties of the heaviest elements--those appearing beyond uranium in the periodic table.
These elements must be produced at accelerators, and the number of atoms produced is so small and their lifetimes are so short that chemical studies must be performed on an "atom-at-a-time" basis. She will also discuss the feasibilty of performing chemical studies on element 106, the heaviest element, whose discovery was independently confirmed by Hoffman's group in 1993.
The Women in Science and Engineering Seminar Series provides the Laboratory community opportunities to learn about the research of women scientists and engineers, and to discuss career issues and common concerns.
LBL's Family Picnic Day
LBL's Annual Family Picnic Day at Marine World Africa USA in Vallejo is scheduled for Sunday, May 1. Watch for ticket sales to begin later this month through the Employee Buying Service.
Tax workshops for international students, scholars
UC Berkeley's Services for International Students and Scholars Office (SISS) is sponsoring the following tax workshops for international students and scholars from 4 to 6 p.m. on the dates listed below. All workshops are held in the Slusser Room at International House, 2299 Piedmont Ave. (at Bancroft); no reservations are necessary.
For scheduling information, call 642-2818. No tax questions will be answered by SISS either over the phone or over the counter. Tax forms will be available at the workshops. Attendance is highly recommended for non-immigrant employees.
For scholars For Students
Monday, March 14 Monday, March 7
Tuesday, March 29 Wednesday, March 16
Tuesday, March 22
Thursday, March 31
Wednesday, April 6
Tuesday, April 12
[DEPENDENT] CARE R[ESOURCE ]GUIDE
A message from Deputy Director Pier Oddone
An important component of our vision for LBL is creating a work environment that is supportive of all employees. It is only in such a supportive environment that we can expect people to work to their fullest potential. One element of this environment is the policies and systems that permit employees to successfully combine their family and work responsibilities.
Over the last year, Laboratory management and employee groups have invested considerable time and effort on work/family issues. One example of these efforts has been the work of the Child Care Center Committee in proposing and designing a program for childcare at LBL. Currently the Laboratory is conducting a survey of all employees to verify the demand for such a center prior to making a decision to build a childcare facility on site.
There are many other activities that can help support employees in their childcare responsibilities. An employee group that has been very effective in this area is the Work/Family Committee (W/FC).
Working with the Laboratory, it has helped in the development of plans for the childcare center and the creation of databases to provide information on childcare, and has provided a forum for discussion and opportunities for networking.
The latest example of this collaboration between the W/FC and the Laboratory is the upcoming database and workshop on summer childcare/day camps organized by the W/FC in collaboration with the Lab's Employee Assistance Program. Many of us are very familiar with the special challenges and difficulties in arranging our children's summer activities. The proposed workshop and database, as described in the accompanying announcement, should be very helpful to employees whose childcare needs become more complex during summers. I urge you to participate in this workshop and in filling out the questionnaire on your experiences with summer childcare. n
Dates to remember
March 9, 10, 15, and 16:
Information table in the
cafeteria lobby
from noon to 1 p.m.
March 17:
Summer Childcare/Camp Workshop
in the lower cafeteria from noon to 1 p.m..
Summer Childcare/Camp Workshop
Does the prospect of arranging summer childcare and transportation to fit your work schedule make you weak in the knees? The Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and the Work/Family Committee (W/FC) are organizing a workshop for parents who are interested in exchanging information about summer childcare and arranging carpools.
The workshop is scheduled for noon to 1 p.m. on Thursday, March 17, in the lower cafeteria. All interested employees are invited to attend.
Some of the objectives of the workshop are to:
* address summer childcare arrangements
* share summer daycamp experiences
* discuss carpooling options
* distribute the Parents' Press "Annual Guide to Summer Camps"
* discuss the LHS/Strawberry Canyon Summer Camp
Summer childcare questionnaire
The following questionnaire is intended to solicit your opinions about summer programs in which your children have participated, and to determine your interest in arranging summer carpools. The information will be kept in the EAP Library in Bldg. 26 as a resource for parents trying to plan for the summer. Even if you have already made arrangements for summer childcare, your input will help other parents who may benefit from your experience.
Copies of the questionnaire will also be available at an information table in the cafeteria lobby on March 9, 10, 15, and 16. You can also stop by and pick up a copy of the 1993 Parents' Press "Annual Guide to Summer Camps." You are encouraged to return the questionnaire as soon as possible so the results can be compiled before the March 17 workshop.
Questionnaire
Name: Phone ext:
Email address: Ages of children:
Please list the summer programs that your children have participated in and what you and/or your child liked and disliked about the program. Please add any other information about the program that parents should consider (e.g., location, cost, operating schedule). You may submit additional information on a separate sheet.
Child's age: Program:
What we liked:
What we disliked:
Child's age: Program:
What we liked:
What we disliked:
Are you willing to be contacted by parents seeking more information?
Are you interested in carpooling?
City of residence (if large city, please indicate district)
Do you have any suggestions for other ways that the EAP and WF/C could help you with summer childcare needs?
Please return this questionnaire to Diana Attia, Employee Assistance Program, Bldg. 26-006. Ask your colleagues with children to complete this questionnaire as well. Thank you!
Employee Assistance Program
LBL's Employee Assistance Program provides confidential help for all types of personal concerns. Two helpful guides have been prepared by EAP for employees in need of childcare and eldercare information. For more information and to receive a guide, call X4300. The following is a brief description of the guides.
CHILDCARE GUIDE
* Descriptions of various types of childcare:
Family daycare
Relative care
Childcare centers
In-home care
Cooperative care
After-school programs
* Possible drawbacks/benefits of the different types of care
* Information on childcare referral services for the Bay Area.
* Step-by-step procedure on how to look for childcare
* Childcare checklist for use when interviewing a potential caregiver
* LBL regulations, policies and procedures relating to childcare and parental leave; LBL Benefit's Dependent Care Assistance Program (Dep Care).
* Book section--general baby care, adoption, death, divorce, and single-parent issues.
ELDERCARE GUIDE
* LBL's benefits and policies for Family Sick Leave and Flextime
* Caregiver survival skills
* General information, including general care and nutrition, safety in the home, driver safety, alcohol and drug abuse, eye and hearing car
* Information and referral services
* Long distance caregiving
* Legal and financial information
* Insurance information
* Health care information, and Medicare and Medi-Cal guidance
* Assistance with living at home
* Senior center, daycare centers, and respite care
* Alzheimer's Disease information
* Hospice resources
* Community resource directory
EAP features
* Crisis intervention
* Confidential assessment and consultation on personal and work-related stress problems
* Referral to quality community resources
* Paid brief therapy, when appropriate
* Child and Elder Care referral, consultation, guides, and workshops
* Educational classes and seminars
* Free loan library
Parent Advisory Group
The Parent Advisory Group (PAG) of the Work/Family Committee meets monthly to discuss ideas on all aspects of an on-site childcare center. In the past year, the PAG has gathered information about corporate childcare contractors and childcare centers operating at other national laboratories. This and other information has been relayed to the LBL Child Care Center Working Group.
Future PAG meetings will focus on the design of an on-site childcare center, with attention given to creating an environmentally conscious and energy-efficient center, the philosophy and curriculum of the center, and ways to raise funds for scholarships.
The next meeting of the PAG will be held at noon on Friday, March 25, in Bldg. 2-100B. For more information, contact Charlotte Brown at X4514 or c_brown@lipovx.lbl.gov.
New Parenting Library in the works
The Lab's Employee Assistance Program would like to develop a Parenting Library consisting of a collection of educational materials, periodicals, books, and videos. The EAP would like to solicit the help of LBL parents to contribute any unused books to this Library.
If the kids are grown and Dr. Spock is collecting dust, the Library will have a place for it. Suggested topics include: pregnancy, breast-feeding, infancy development, discipline, disabilities, temperament, etc. The books/videos woul be maintained in the Employee Assistance LIbrary in the Bldg. 26 conference room for parents to view or check out.
If you are interested in participating, please mail or drop off your book to the EAP Office, Bldg. 26-006, Attn: Diana Attia.
Lawrence Hall of Science-Strawberry Canyon Summer Program
The Lawrence Hall of Science and Strawberry Canyon are once again joining forces to offer their summer Adventure Camp, an exciting all-day camp for children ages 6-11. Young adventurers spend half the day exploring the fascinating world of science and mathematics at LHS and the other half participating in fun and instructional recreation and sports activities at the Strawberry Canyon Recreation Area (SCRA). Transportation between the two sites is provided.
This year UCB/LBL employees will receive a discount on the cost of the program. There are two sessions: June 20 - July 1 and July 5 - July 15. The cost is $490 for the community and $450 for UCB/LBL employees. For more information, call the SCRA office at 643-6720.
Work/Family Committee
The Work/Family Committee (W/FC) is an employee group that formed nearly a year ago to provide a forum for employees to discuss problems they face due to dependent-care responsibilities and to work together to find creative solutions to those problems.
The W/FC currently has four subcommittees. The Parents Advisory Group meets regularly to discuss parents' ideas about the operating parameters of an on-site childcare center at LBL. The subcommittee on Electronic Networking is completing documentation on how to access an electronic bulletin board that will provide parents at LBL with a means to exchange information on childcare, activities for children in the Bay Area, etc.
The subcommittee on LBL Policies is reviewing LBL policies that may be used by employees with dependent-care responsibilities such as flex-time and telecommuting. The subcommittee on Summer Child Care is working with the Employees Assistance Program to put together a database on summer childcare/day camps used by LBL employees, to distribute information about summer childcare/day camps in the Bay Area, and to sponsor an informal workshop on summer childcare/day camps that will provide the means for LBL employees to share information and discuss needs and concerns regarding finding summer childcare. In the future, the W/FC hopes to form a subcommittee with eldercare concerns as its focus.
If you are interested in participating in any of these subcommittees, please contact the chairperson(s) listed in the box.
The W/FC publishes a bi-monthly newsletter that includes reports from the Child Care Center Working Group, subcommittee reports, and other topics of interest to employees with dependent-care responsibilities. If you would like your name added to our mailing list please contact Janet Jacobsen (X4450, jsjacobsen@lbl.gov). For more information about the W/FC, contact Jacobsen, or Charlotte Brown (X4514 or c_brown@lipovx.lbl.gov).
W/FC Subcommittee contacts
Elder Care Diana Attia (X7378,
diana_attia@macmail.lbl.gov)
Electronic Networking Janet Jacobsen (X4450,
jsjacobsen@lbl.gov)
LBL Policies Meredith Montgomery (X4453,
memontgomery@lbl.gov)
Parent Advisory Group Charlotte Brown (X4514,
c_brown@lipovx.lbl.gov)
Summer Child Care Jil Geller (X7313,
water@geo.lbl.gov) or
Jim Lutz (X7302,
jdlaps@dante.lbl.gov)
Julian M. Earls, Deputy Associate Director of Lewis Research Center, Cleveland, Ohio, spoke at LBL on Feb. 25 in honor of Black History Month. His noontime talk was titled, "For Every Action."
Volunteer luncheon
All LBL volunteers are invited to attend a brown bag lunch from noon to 1 p.m. on Wednesday, March 9, in the Bldg. 50 auditorium. During the lunch, David Balgobin will present a classroom activity, and Marva Wilkins will lead a discussion of volunteer experiences and plans for expanding the volunteer program. All volunteers are encouraged to attend.
Ergonomics Awareness Week--March 7-11
Representatives from LBL's Ergonomics Committee--comprised of employees from EH&S, Inventory Management and Facilities--will be in the cafeteria lobby between 11:30 a.m. and 1 p.m., March 7-11, to answer questions about ergonomics, especially as they pertainto offices.
Stop by and try out a selection of ergonomic accessories and furniture (chairs and an adjustable table), and pick up informational handouts on the availability of equipment at LBL. There also will be brochures, posters, and videos on how to set up an ergonomically-correct workstation.
You can use the opportunity to sign up to take the Office Ergonomics course, or to borrow a video. Each day, a sample ergonomic accessory will be given away. All employees are invited to stop by.
March EH&S course schedule
Date Course Time Place
3/7&9 Radiation Protection--Radionuclides
(EHS-430), both days 8:30 a.m. - noon 71-280
3/9 Forklift Truck Safety (EHS-225) 8:30-10 a.m. 90-3132
3/9 First Aid (EHS-116) 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. 66-316
3/10 EH&S Roles & Responsibilities for Supervisors
in Office settings (EHS-25) 8:30-11:30 a.m. 62-203
3/10 Laser Safety (EHS-280)* 9-10:30 a.m. 90-3148
3/11 Fire Extinguisher Use (EHS-530) 10-11:30 a.m. 4-102B
3/14 Lockout/Tagout Training (EHS-256) 9 a.m. - noon 90-4133
3/16 Adult Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
(CPR; EHS-123) 9 a.m. - noon 66-316
3/16 Medical/Biohazardous Waste (EHS-730) 10-11:30 a.m. 2-100B
3/17 Blood Biosafety Training (EHS-735) 9-10:30 a.m. 90-3148
3/17 New Employee Health & Safety Orientation & Training 9-11 a.m. 66 Aud.
3/17&18 Radiation Protection--Radionuclides (EHS-430),
both days 1-4:30 p.m. 71-280
3/23 Building Emergency Team Training (EHS-154) 9-11:30 a.m. 66-316
3/23 Level (I) Crane/Hoist Operator Training (EHS-211) 8 a.m. - noon 62-203
3/30 First Aid (EHS-116) 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. 66-316
*Note room has changed from that printed in the Quarterly Course Announcement.
Pre-registration is required for all courses except New Employee Orientation (EHS-10). Call the Emergency Preparedness Office at X6554 to register for: CPR, First Aid, Fire Extinguisher Use, Earthquake Safety, and Building Emergency Team Training. Call X6612 or send a fax with your name, extension and employee number to X6608 to pre-register for all other EH&S courses.
C a l e n d a r March 7-11
7 m o n d a y
EH&S CLASS
8:30 a.m.-noon, Bldg. 71-280; Radiation Protection - Radionuclides (EHS 430), concludes Wednesday; pre-registration required, X6612
DEPARTMENT OF NUCLEAR ENGINEERING COLLOQUIUM
3:30 p.m., 3105 Etcheverry; S. Mitrovic, LLNL, "SISAL, A High-Performance Parallel Language for Scientific Computation," Refreshments, 3:15 p.m.
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING COLLOQUIUM
4 p.m., 120 Latimer; S. Reyes, Exxon, "Frequency Response Techniques for Measuring Dynamic Processes
Within Porous Solids," Refreshments, 3:30 p.m.
8 t u e s d a y
NEW EMPLOYEE WELCOME
10 a.m-noon, Bldg. 66 Aud.
U.S. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE SATELLITE SEMINAR
10 a.m., Bldg. 50B-2222; R. Merrill, Covey Leadership Ctr., "Personal Total Quality Management"
CENTER FOR PARTICLE ASTROPHYSICS SEMINAR
12:30 p.m., 375 Le Conte; A. Liddle, Univ. of Sussex, "From Inflation to Large Scale Structure and Back"
LIFE SCIENCES DIVISION SEMINAR
4 p.m., Bldg. 66 Aud.; E. Draper, USC, "Genetics and Society in Workplace Environmental Hazards"
9 w e d n e s d a y
EH&S CLASS
8:30 a.m.-noon, Bldg. 71-280; Radiation Protection - Radionuclides (EHS 430), continued from Monday; pre-registration required, X6612
EH&S CLASS
8:30 - 10 a.m., Bldg. 90-3132; Forklift Truck Safety (EHS 225); pre-registration required, X6612
EH&S CLASS
8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m., Bldg. 66-316; First Aid (EHS 116); pre-registration required, X6554
LBL TOASTMASTERS
12:10 p.m., Bldg. 2-300F; guests welcome
ENERGY & RESOURCES GROUP COLLOQUIUM
4 p.m., 2 Le Conte; J. Turnbull, EPRI, "Establishing Sustainable Biomass Power Systems Now," Refreshments, 3:30 p.m., Bldg. T-4, Room 100A
10 t h u r s d a y
SHOEMOBILE
7:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Bldg. 77
EH&S CLASS
8:30 - 11:30 a.m., Bldg. 62-203; EH&S Roles & Responsibilities for Supervisors in office settings (EHS 25); pre-registration required, X6612
EH&S CLASS
9 - 10:30 a.m., Bldg. 90-3148; Laser Safety (EHS 280); pre-registration required, X6612
SURFACE/CATALYSIS SCIENCE SEMINAR
1:30 p.m., Bldg. 66 Aud.; C. Keller, Cornell Univ., "Charge Exchange Dynamics in Atom-Surface Scattering"
ASTRONOMY DEPARTMENT COLLOQUIUM
4 p.m., 1 Le Conte; R. Yelle, Tucson, "Pluto's Atmosphere: Where It Comes From and Where It's Going," Refreshments, 3:30 p.m., 661 Campbell
11 f r i d a y
EH&S CLASS
10 - 11:30 a.m., Bldg. 4-102B; Fire Extinguisher Use (EHS 530); pre-registration required, X6554
CENTER FOR BEAM PHYSICS SEMINAR
10:30 a.m., Bldg. 71 Conf. Rm.; A. Kaufman, UC Berkeley, "Gyroresonance Process in Nonuniform Magnetic Field"
CHEMICAL DYNAMICS SEMINAR
1:30 p.m., 425 Latimer; B. Soep, Université Paris - Sud, France, "Kinetics of Atomic and Molecular Motion in Van Der Waals Complexes"
X-RAY SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY SEMINAR
4 p.m., Bldg. 2-100B; B. Niemann, Univ. of Göttingen, Title to be announced, Refreshments, 3:30 p.m.
Menu
monday
Banana pancakes
Hearty turkey vegetabl[[heart]]
Chicken-fried steak
Grilled teriyaki burger
South of the Border
tuesday
Biscuits & gravy
Cream of tomato basil [[heart]]
Baked ziti [[heart]]
Fishwich
Chicken chow mein
wednesday
Corned beef hash & eggs
Irish lamb barley
Pork Dijon [[heart]]
Grilled ham & cheese
South of the Border
thursday
Blueberry pancakes
Manhattan clam chowder
Rosemary garlic chicken
Philly cheese steak
Pizza pizza
friday
Ham scramble
Vegetable minestrone [[heart]]
Salmon patties w/sauce
Havarti cheese burger
South of the Border
Easter candy sale
The Employees Buying Service is once again selling Sees Candy for Easter. This year's selection includes Assorted and Nuts & Chews for $7 a box ($9.60 retail), as well as chocolate rabbits, eggs, baskets, and lamb boxes. You may purchase the candy between 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m., Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, in the cafeteria lobby.
Flea Market: A reminder
The Currents Flea Market is provided for the use of current and retired employees of LBL, UC, and DOE. In order for us to run your ad, you must provide your name, mailstop, and extension. If you are a retiree, please include a daytime phone number and your prior affiliation. If this information is not provided, we cannot run your ad. As always, we will publish only the information you wish to be included.
Rainfall at LBL
Tom Glimme of EH&S's Environmental Monitoring Unit reports that the year-to-date amount measured in the rain gauge atop Bldg. 75 as of midnight, Tuesday, Feb. 1, was 16.54 inches, indicating rainfall of 0.32 inches in the previous seven days. The current rainy season officially began on July 1, 1993.
F L E A M A R K E T
Flea Market ads may be sent via Lab mail to Bldg. 65B, electronic mail to fleamarket@lbl.gov, or via Fax to X6641. The deadline is 5 p.m Friday.
AUTOS/SUPPLIES
'83 OLDS CS, 4-dr, V-6, a/t, cruise, 85K, clean, $2400/b.o. or trade for 3/4-ton pickup w/V-8. X6242, 680-0705 (after 6 p.m.)
'86 FORD Taurus, low mi., p/s, a/c, new paint, exc. cond., $3400. Kelvin, 428-4637, 653-0312 (eve.)
'86 TOYOTA pickup, 4-spd, w/fiberglass shell, 56K, 1 owner, exc. cond., $4K firm. X6242, 680-0705 (after 6 p.m.)
MOTORCYCLE, '81 Honda CB 900F Supersport, tank & saddle bags, luggage rack, padded back rest, exc. cond., photos in cafeteria, $1250. Ron, X6189, 516-1727
CAR/VANPOOL
VANPOOL, rider wanted, Concord to LBL/UCB, 7:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., M-F. Roger Cochran, X5565
VANPOOL, riders wanted, Antioch to Berkeley, 7:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. work hrs. Charles Smith, X7615, Vanessa Selzer, 642-6301
TICKETS
PINK FLOYD, 2 tickets for 4/22, sec.130, need to trade for 2 tickets for Thurs., 4/21. Gus, X5036
PINK FLOYD, 4/20, gd seats. X4069, 262-5953
WANTED
COMPUTER, Apple or Macintosh for 10 yr. old neighbor, disadvantaged kid from East Oakland. 642-3809
PAINTER'S EASEL, used, willing to pay between $30 & $40. 215-5345
TICKETS for any Warriors games at Coliseum. X4069
MISCELLANEOUS
ACOUSTIC GUITAR, steel string, 6-string, Takamine replica of a Martin D-28, beautiful tone, lowered action, straight neck, rosewood back, incl. hard case, $350; sailboard & rig, customized Mistral equip., 12.5' raceboard w/2 Dagger-boards & extra footstraops, 2 Windwing race sails, 7.0 & 8.0 sq. meters, both in like new cond., 2 Serfiac pro aluminum masts, like new cond., $500 for whole pkg. Drew Kemp, X5789, 524-7165
BED, queen sz. Simmons Beautyrest mattress, boxspring, frame & headboard, 1 yr. old, $150/b.o. Chi-Hui (pronounced Chew-way), X4954 (MWF 1-5 p.m.), 848-1001 (after 6 p.m.)
BED, twin sz, almost new, Simmons, $200/b.o.; 1950s style desk/dresser & chair, black, $50; torchere lamps, $20; misc. dish sets & glassware. 843-2097
BICYCLE, 12-speed men's bike, exc cond, incl U-lock, $100/b.o., Michael, X4829(msg), 845-6524
BICYCLES, girl's 24", 10-spd, Murray, 18" frame, exc. cond., $60; 24" single spd bike, exc. cond., $30; scooter, 12" pneumatic tires, w/hand brake, $20; '94 Entertainment Coupon Book, $36, $8 goes towards American Liver Foundation. Hank, X4517
BOOKCASE, teak, 36"wx75"h, 6 adj. shelves, best offer, cash & carry. Paula, X5660
ELECTRIC DRYER, Hotpoint, gd working cond., recently replaced heating element, $50/b.o., will deliver within reasonable distance. Greg, X4757, 528-2044
FUTON & FRAME, high quality foam core, queen sz w/ blk naugahide cover, exc. cond., $150. 832-5556
GARAGE SALE,10 a.m.-4 p.m., Sat., 3/5, leaving U.S.A., everything must go, furniture, household goods incl. table & chairs, futon bed/sofa, bookcases, desk, TV, etc.,1325 Sacramento at Hopkins.
HAMMOND ORGAN (Spinet), 2 manuals, 13 base pedals, 20 yrs. old, exc. cond., model A100, $300/b.o. Bob, 376-2211
JET SKI, '85 Kawasaki 440, S.S. prop, elec. bilge pump, pole spring, water bypass, flush kit, modified pump, milled head, ported cylinders, cover & cart, photos in cafeteria, $1500. Ron, X6189, 516-1727
MICROCOMPUTER, w/WP 5.2 software & dot matrix printer 486 w/IDE controller 640K, $550/b.o.; chintz chain, $50/b.o. X5630, 234-3362
SKI BOOTS, Asolo Extreme Plus Telemark boots, size 8-1/2 downsize ~1 size from normal size), exc. cond., used for 1 season, new style ratchet buckles, Black Diamond goretex Supergaitors to fit, exc. cond., $325/b.o. for all. David, 653-6057
SKIS, Rossignol 3S, 195cm w/Tyrolia bindings, recent tune up, exc. cond., price negot. Bob Ferrero, X4580, 229-5549
SOLA-FLEX, w/leg & butterfly attachment, $700/b.o.; stationary bike, $100; queen sz. waterbed, $25. Steve, 222-0247
TREADMILL, Stamina brand, manually driven, w/computer, brand new, orig. cost $225, $150/b.o. Gretchen, X5006, 524-2327
HOUSING
ALBANY, spacious 2-bdrm, 2-bth condo, dishwasher, washer/dryer, frpl, w-w carpet, pool, sauna, gym, indoor garage parking (2), nr trans., $1K/mo. 540-5925
ALBANY, 2-bdrm, 2-bth condo, bay view, spacious, tennis cts., pool, sauna, gym, 24 hr. sec., indoor garage, parking, $950/mo. 527-0938
BERKELEY (2 listings), 3-bdrm, 2-bth upper duplex, new bldg., fridge, dishwasher, washer/dryer, 2 frpls, Jacuzzi bthtub, w-w carpets, deck, off st. parking, nr dwntn, $1400/mo.; Rm avail. in house, quiet area, nr Rose Garden, avail. 3/1, $450/mo. David, 525-4470
BERKELEY, 3-bdrm, 2-1/2 bth condo, furn, TV, appliances, W/D, dishwasher, very clean, nr UCB & gourmet ghetto, $1500/mo. + util. 845-8086
BERKELEY HILLS, 2-bdrm, 1-bth house nr Euclid/Cedar, 5 blks from UCB, secluded, redwood in & out, wooden flrs, newly painted, pristine cond., $1400/mo., water, gardener incl. 548-1287
CONCORD, nr Ygnacio at base of Mt. Diablo, roommate wanted for spacious 4-bdrm house, community pool open May-Oct., nr shopping & state parks, 35 min. to LBL, van/carpools avail., $300/mo. + share utils. X4517
EL CERRITO HILLS, house to share nr Del Norte BART, 50 ft. long rm w/long wall of windows, own frpl, '20s Mediterranean style, independent household of 3 males, 1 female, no smoking, no pets, $450/mo. Stephen, 232-5166
KENSINGTON, spacious 5-bdrm house to share w/1 person, pvt. bth, privacy, bay view from lg. bdrm, garden, trees, nr busses & shopping, favorite of LBL people, $530/mo., 1st, last + $200 cleaning dep. & 1/3 utils. 524-7086
KENSINGTON, 1 furn. lg. rm. in 4-bdrm house, bay view, frpl, washer/dryer, nr bus stop & Tilden Park, $425/mo. 528-6953 (eve.)
OAKLAND, Grand/Lake/Piedmont area, 2 bed, 1-1/2 bth condo, top flr, sec. bldg., underground parking, pool, nr trans. & shops, $725/mo. or purchase. Dale Sartor, 635-0696
OAKLAND, cottage, ~700 sq. ft., nr Lake & Park Blvd., 1 light to Hwy 580, very quiet Chinese neighborhood, $370/mo. Xu, X5299, 763-9858, Dong, 865-8258
RICHMOND ANNEX, 1-bdrm apt. in triplex, nr El Cerrito Plaza & BART, refrig, stove, dishwasher, 1-car garage, 6 mos. lease, no pets, $575/mo. + $750 dep. Judy, 527-8766
ROCKRIDGE, rm avail. in house, share house w/3 male, 1 female environmentally-minded U.C. grad students, communal vegetarian meals, bike to UCB, short walk to BART, buses & shopping, no smokers, $400/mo. 658-1390
WANTED: Sunny, clean, quiet 1-bdrm apt., So. Berkeley/Elmwood, mature, single female, no pets, $600. 843-2429
WANTED: Furn. apt./house for visiting Prof. & family, 3 mos., May-July, 2 or 3 bdrm. Bob, X4831
VACATION
INCLINE VILLAGE, No. Tahoe, 3-bdrm condo, slps 8+, nr skiing (5 min. from Diamond Peak, 10 min. from Northstar), convenient to lake, casinos & shopping. Hank, X4517, 449-7240
FOUND
EARRING, clip-on w/ turquoise coin, beads, bell; found in Bldg 69 entry. Linda X5211
GLASSES, gold wire frame in Bldg. 69 in parking lot. Linda X5211
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