All-USGS Celebration at the National Center To: "USGS Employees at Headquarters" From: "Karen Renee Wood, Reston, VA" (Karen King) Subject: All-USGS Celebration at the National Center X-Mailer: To: All National Center Employees From: Director Subject: All-USGS Celebration at the National Center Mark your calendars for Friday October 25, 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. That time is set aside for food, festivity, and fun at an all-employee picnic and celebration. Plans are already well under way. The lineup of activities includes volleyball, horseshoes, tug of war, a "Jeopardy"-like game to test your knowledge of the USGS, Pin the Tail on the Buffalo, entertainment by the Geosounds and Second Expedition, and lots of food (potluck), including an international food table. If you're interested in helping the planning team, the picnic coordinators are Lesley Ogrosky (logrosky, x5588), and Sheri Harris (slharris, x4439). Team heads are: Activities and Games: Debbie Brashears (drbrashears, x6891) Cleanup: Lucy McCartan (lmccarta, x6905) Decorations: Valerie Leonard (vleonard, x4411) Entertainment: Peter Lyttle (plyttle, x6943) Facilities: Joel Campbell (jwcampbe, x7522) Publicity: Kathleen Gohn (kgohn, x4732) and Karen Wood (kking, x4447) Food: Pat Hytes (plhytes, x5174) and Harry Zohn (hlzohn x5903). Internal contacts for food are: BRD - Jima Todd x4098, Michal Harthill x4077 DO - Eleanor Fisher x4431, Gail Hardin x4707 GD - Norrie Robbins x6527, Judy Back x6459, Bill Burton x6904 NMD - Pat Hytes x5174, Harry Zohn x5903, Beth Stettner x5928 (MAC) OPS - Susan Wells x7452 (HRO), Marti Quigley x7152 WRD - Marge Shapira x5854, Lory Severin x6686 Employees who wish to attend are excused from work from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Second shift employees who choose to attend will be granted up to 2 credit hours for attendance time. Please carry your Federal ID card with you for reentry to the building. I hope to see you there! Gordie Karen R. Wood USGS Office of Outreach (703) 648-4447