Reminder

Center Director Jim Kennedy will hold his first All Hands Meeting Sept. 17, at 9:30 a.m. in the Training Auditorium. Representatives from our Shuttle program and contractor team will be on hand to discuss the Columbia Accident Investigation Board report and where KSC stands in our progress toward return to flight. A question-and-answer session will follow. For those who won’t have a seat in the auditorium, please submit your questions prior to the meeting by e-mailing them to KSC Internal Comm. If you would like your questions to be addressed anonymously at the meeting, please so indicate in your e-mail. The presentation will be broadcast live on NASA Television, Channel 7.

The Cape Canaveral Spaceport Hispanic Heritage Month
KSC will observe Hispanic Heritage Month Sept. 15 through Oct. 15, reflecting on the extensive contributions that diversity has contributed to KSC, NASA and the nation. The theme is “One Culture, Many Races.” The Hispanic Employment Program Working Group will host its 18th annual Hispanic luncheon at the Debus Conference Center, KSC Visitor Complex, on Friday, Oct. 3, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.. The guest speaker is Ramon [Ray] Lugo, deputy director, Launch Services Program. Last year’s event was a sellout, so purchase your ticket early. Bus transportation will be available to and from the event. Luncheon tickets can be purchased for $15 per person from the following: Joe Tellado, SSPF/ 3002Q, 867-6064; Luis Moctezuma, SSPF/3082E, 867-6597; Pete Carrion, HQ/2215C, 867-0845; Wanda Petty, HQ/2321B, 867-9175/65; Lydia Del Rio, HQ/2223A, 867-2575; Rosaly Santos-Ebaugh, O&C/3035, 867-8402; Pete Rosado, OSB/5203B, 861-3648; Henry Bursian, OSB/5101N, 861-3870; Luis Saucedo, OPF/3092, 861-5969; Lina Rosado, Center for Space Ed./1000, 867-2959/4090; Gladys Morales, CCAFS/ CCSMO & JBOSC I Annex Bldg./225, 476-4906.

Sept. 15 – 21 is the 2003 Pollution Prevention Aware-ness Week
Michael Hazlett of American Recycled Plastics will be guest speaker on Wednesday, Sept. 17, from 2 – 3 p.m. in the O&C Mission Briefing Room. The topic is “What happens to your empty milk jugs?” The first 100 participants at the presentation will get a door prize.

Reminder
The KSC Fitness Center-sponsored Intercenter Walk/Run on Tuesday, Sept. 16, at the Shuttle Landing Facility, is free for all Spaceport employees. If you have not registered, late registration takes place at the race, so please arrive by 4:15 p.m. The race starts at 5 p.m. Registered employees should be there by 4:30 to pick up registration materials. Remember, if it rains the race is still on. If there is lightning, the race will be postponed until Wednesday at 5 p.m. If you have any questions, please call 867-7829, or e-mail Debra Orringer at orrindl@kscems.ksc.nasa.gov.