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Arden Berge (left), Meteorologist-In-Charge of the NWS Center Weather Service Unit in Farmington, MN, accepts the 2005 Minnesota Civil Servant of the Year Award from Federal Executive Board Chair Ken Kasprisin, Federal Security Director, Homeland Security, Transportation Security Administration. Berge was commended "for his leadership and fostering teamwork in 2005. To accommodate a lengthy period of family friendly sick leave for one of the three operational meteorologists, Arden assumed a large number of weather forecasting shifts. Meanwhile, Mr. Berge continued to perform all of his administrative duties in an efficient manner. For his compassion in accommodating the sick leave request and his esprit de corps of rallying the remaining two meteorologists to cover required two daily forecast shifts, Mr. Berge is highly deserving of the 2005 Civil Servant of the Year Award."
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John Robinson, Warning Coordination Meteorologist for the NWS forecast office in Little Rock, AR, was selected as the recipient of the Federal Executive Association’s (FEA) 2006 Arkansas Federal Employee of the Year Award in the Scientific & Medical category. Robinson was recognized for his proactive approach to adding value to Hazardous Weather Outlooks for federal, state, and local emergency managers. Robinson combines the outlooks from his office's County Warning Area (CWA), as well as surrounding CWAs, tailors them to support a wide range of emergency management requirements, and e-mails them to an estimated 300,000 computers. The value-added outlooks are well received throughout the region. In fact, Governor Mike Huckabee and Arkansas State Police Director Steve Dozier routinely read Robinson’s messages. |
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Mickey Brown, (left), Deputy Director, NWS Eastern Region presents the Isaac M.Cline Award to Edward Capone, Senior Hydrologist, Northeast River Forecast Center for innovation and the application of technical skills to improve the NWS capabilities for handling dam failure situations. "Dam failures are a major concern in the East as well as around the world. We are very proud of Ed's contribution to improving forecasting dam failures," Brown said. View photos of each of the other Cline Award winners here.
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Brad Sipperley, Aviation Focal Point at WFO Fairbanks (left), and Ray Bromley, Senior Forecaster at Alaska Aviation Weather Unit, work the 9th Alaska State Aviation Trade Show and Conference. NWS and Alaska Volcano Observatory employees partnered to share joint messages with an estimated 25,000 aviation customers at the event May 6-7, 2006, in Anchorage, AK. More than 250 nationwide exhibitors displayed the latest in aviation technology, products, education, and safety. The NWS and the Alaska Volcano Observatory arranged for adjacent booths to facilitate conveying to aviation customers the interagency coordination that occurs before, during and after volcanic eruptions. This partnership is essential to warning the public, and in particular, the aviation community, of the dangers of volcanic ash. Photo by Tony Hall.
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WFO Grand Junction, CO, MIC Doug Crowley (left) visits with retired Grand Junction Met Tech Al Congdon (1946-1972) during an April 22, 2006, public open house at the Weather Forecast Office.
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Chance Hayes (left), Warning Coordination Meteorologist, WFO Wichita, KS, speaks with a visitor to the office's booth at the 3I Show in Great Bend, KS. The 3I show is one of the largest Farm Equipment Shows in the Central United states drawing around 10,000 people each year. The booth focused on Weather Radio and our Digital Forecast Services. Lead Meteorologist Brad Ketcham also helped with the exhibit.
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Brian LaMarre, WFO Lubbock, TX, Warning Coordination Meteorologist, conducts an interview with Amarillo TV station KVII following an NWS damage survey in Childress, TX on May 10, 2006. The city of Childress received widespread damage from a tornado rating as high as F2 on the Fujita tornado damage scale. Damage to a tennis court, seen in the background, in Fair Park occurred on the edge of the tornado circulation. A high school gymnasium received extensive damage, as did surrounding structures across the area. Photo by Justin Weaver, WFO Lubbock Meteorologist-In-Charge.
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A delegation representing the Northern China Air Traffic Management Bureau accompanied by Jim Brock representing Enterprise Electronics Corporation (EEC) of Enterprise, Alabama, visited the KVWX (Evansville, IN) Radar located in Owensville, Indiana on May 3, 2006. Ron Fields, National Weather Service Special Liaison Officer to the Evansville Tri-State Area and a member of the WFO Paducah, KY staff, served as the delegation's Departmental Sponsor. The delegation seemed most interested in the reliability of the radar and reportedly took a lot of pictures during their visit. Following the visit, Mr. Brock reported to Beverly Poole, MIC, WFO Paducah, "...the interaction with the delegation was extremely positive and left a great impression!"
Featured in the photograph are from left are: Yu Sheng Cheng, Manager (Red Giant Science and Technology) Red Giant represents EEC in China; Zeng Guang Ju, Senior Engineer (Meteorological Center of Northern China Air Traffic Management Bureau); Ron Fields, NWS Special Liaison Officer to the Evansville Tri-State Area;
Zhang Wei, Director (Meteorological Center of Northern China Air Traffic Management Bureau); Wang Zhan, Deputy Director (Meteorological Center of Northern China Air Traffic Management Bureau); Steve Terry, EEC Contract Radar/Electronics Technician
Yu Wei, Director, (Meteorological Division of Northern China Air Traffic Management Bureau); and Li Yan, Engineer (Meteorological Division of Northern China Air Traffic Management Bureau).
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