Richland Section ACS
Calendar

February 15, 2007

AIChE: The Sky Is Falling!!!

7:15-8:15
TRAC in Pasco, WA

Greg Gauck
(509) 373-1779

February 21, 2007

TCTC: Roger Sherman, Mike Shay and Steve Short: A Risk Workshop - How to build and run a Monte Carlo model and analyze the results

ETB Building, Columbia River Room (Room 1103), Richland, WA
Social/Appetizers: 5:30 PM
Speaker: 6:00 PM
Admission: Free
Please RSVP by COB Monday, February 19th

Robert Chmura
W. Riker

February 22, 2007

Tour Speaker: Alexander M. Shedrinsky, Irreversible Changes in Paintings

7 PM, Battelle Auditorium
Richland, WA

Novella Bridges
(509) 372-4806

February 23, 2007

2007 Engineers' Week Banquet: Engineers Make A World of Difference
Featuring Mr. Sid W. Morrison

Shilo Inn, Richland, WA
Social 5:30 PM
Dinner 6:15 PM
Program 7:00 PM
Ticket Price $30

Barbara Philipp
(509) 376-0468
Steve Short
(509) 375-2868

February 24, 2007

DOE Science Bowl

Bruce McNamara
(509) 376-6949

March 8, 2007

Mid-Columbia Science Fair

Bruce McNamara
(509) 376-6949

April 3, 2007

Tour Speaker: Dr. W. H. Jack Breazeale, The H. L. Hunley: Recovery and Preservation

6:00 PM

6:00 PM, Columbia Basin College
Library, Room L-109

Novella Bridges
(509) 372-4806

April 21 & 28, 2007

Nuclear Science Merit Badge

Sandy Fiskum
(509) 376-7015

April 27, 2007

50-Year Member Celebration & Student Poster Presentations

6:00 - 8:00 PM,
Bill Smuels' residence
2309 Harris Ave.
Richland, WA 99354

Novella Bridges
(509) 372-4806

April 28, 2007

Chemistry Olympiad Test for Highschool Students

Royace Aikin
(509) 375-6929

May 15, 2007

Tour Speaker: Robert Bates, Pitfalls and Pleasures of Southeast Winemaking

7:00 PM
Huber Auditorium, Badgley Hall, BH102, Eastern Oregon University (pdf)

Novella Bridges
(509) 372-4806

June 1, 2006

Annual Section Picnic with AIChE

Leslie Groves Park, Pavilion #1
5:30 - ?

Novella Bridges
(509) 372-4806

June 17-20, 2007

NORM '07

Boise Center on the Grove Boise, Idaho

Richard Hermens
(541) 963-6716
Anna Cavinato
(541) 962-3561

September 10, 2007

Mitch Jacoby, Senior Editor Chemical and Engineering News: "What Do Science Reporters REALLY WANT and NEED from you?"

1:30, EMSL Auditorium, Richland, WA

Kathryn Lang
(509) 375-3837,
Geoff Harvey
(509) 372-6083

October 9, 2007

Tour Speaker: William Carroll, From Garbage to Stuff: How We Recycle Plastics

5 PM Wine & Cheese Social
6 PM Talk, Battelle Auditorium
Richland, WA

Novella Bridges
(509) 372-4806

October 21-27, 2007

National Chemistry Week
K-12 Poster Contest (pdf)
Posters are due to Kayte Denslow during NCW October 21-27. Cash prizes of $150-$250 are awarded to first and second place winners in each category: K-2nd • 3rd-4th • 5th-8th • 9th-12th!

Learn more about National Chemistry Week

Kayte Denslow
(509) 375-2232

October 25, 2007

EWC/ACHMM: Speaker from Fish & Wildlife will speak on fire recovery and impacts on the ecosystem, with specific emphasis on the recent fire near the Hanford site

6 pm, Richland Public Library

Andrea L. Prignano
(509) 376-1057

October 27, 2007

Girls in Science Day
This program invites 110 girls in grades 6-8 to investigate some issue involving chemistry. This year's program theme will be The Real Haunted House: What is Making People Sick?
Registration is required by October 15th with a $5 fee. Contact us to get signed up for next year!

Eastern Oregon University
LaGrande, OR

Anna Cavinato
(541) 962-3561

October 30, 2007

Novella Bridges to give a talk and demonstration to two 5th grade science classes

Sacajawea Elementary
Richland, WA

Novella Bridges
(509) 372-4806

November 3 & 10, 2007

Youth Chemistry Merit Badge Program
This program is for boy and girl scouts seeking to earn their chemistry merit badge or activity patch; however, all boys and girls ages 13 and older are invited. Exceptions to age can be made.

Columbia Basin College
Science Building
Pasco, WA

Sandy Fiskum
(509) 376-7015

November 8, 2007

Science Café (pdf)
A celebration of the 4 Seaborg award recipients and a brief chat about what it was like to work at Hanford on actinide separations.

6pm, Ice Harbor Brewing Co.

Novella Bridges
(509) 372-4806

November 10, 2007

Appreciation Banquet (pdf)
In recognition of a successful Northwest Regional Meeting hosted by the Richland and Snake River Sections

Mixer at 6:00 PM; Dinner at 7 PM,
Anthony's at Columbia Point
Dinner is $40, no-host bar.

RSVP by November 6
Tim Hubler
(509) 373-0249

November 14, 2007

TCTC: Fish Passage Structures on the Lower Snake and Columbia Rivers, Jack D. Sands, PE, PMP, Walla Walla Corps of Engineers

Lunch will start at 11:30 ($12), and the presentation will begin at 12:00
Walla Walla Community College,
Water Center Rotunda
500 Tausick Way, Walla Walla, WA 99362

RSVP by November 12th
Paul Harmsen
(509) 374-4248

Friday, December 7, 2007

Member Appreciation Dinner
An informal get together for all members to meet and for the Section to recognize some of the volunteers who helped organize events this past year. There is no charge and you are encouraged to bring one or more guests.

6 pm to 8 pm
Round Table Pizza
245 Torbett St., Richland, WA

Novella Bridges
(509) 372-4806