Saturday, January 31, 2015

[californiadisasters] Angeles National Forest Supervisor transfers months before retirement



Angeles National Forest Supervisor transfers months before retirement

By Bill Gabbert | Wildfire Today

The Forest Supervisor of the Angeles National Forest transferred into a different job in mid-January months before he is scheduled to retire this spring. Tom Contreras is now serving as an assistant to the Regional Forester in Vallejo, California across the bay from San Francisco.

After Mr. Contreras left, an acting Forest Supervisor was appointed to temporarily fill the position — Daniel Lovato, currently the Deputy Forest Supervisor of the Angeles National Forest.

Mr. Contreras became the Forest Supervisor of the Angeles NF north of Los Angeles after Jody Noiron, who had been in the position since 2000, was transferred to a similar position on the nearby San Bernardino National Forest in October 2010 just days before a Congressional panel held a hearing amid accusations of mismanagement of the 2009 Station fire that burned 160,000 acres and killed two firefighters.

The Angeles National Forest was criticized for a very timid, less than aggressive response to the Station Fire, especially the morning of the second day when at just a few acres, Air Attack thought it could be stopped with the three air tankers that he requested to be over the fire at 7 a.m., but that request was not filled. Neither were the three requests he put in for a Very Large Air Tanker. Night flying helicopters were not used during the first night. Soon after 9 a.m. the fire took off and burned 160,000 acres.

The fire started weeks after the U.S. Forest Service distributed a memo requiring fire managers to consider using USFS resources rather than state and local fire equipment and personnel in order to save money.

The U.S. Forest Service's report on the Station Fire found nothing to criticize about how the fire was managed in the first 46 hours, and said policies and procedures were followed. The Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report on the fire that looked at number of issues and put forward some suggestions.

Articles on Wildfire Today tagged "Station Fire".


Source: http://wildfiretoday.com/2015/01/30/angeles-national-forest-supervisor-transfers-months-before-retirement/


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[californiadisasters] Driest January On Record Is Almost Over



Driest January On Record Is Almost Over

By Chris Roberts | KNBC-TV Los Angeles

Updated at 8:37 PM PST on Thursday, Jan 29, 2015

The New Year is still waiting for its first rain.

The driest January on record is coming to a close, with one thing in common from Jan. 1 to today: no rain.

No rain fell on San Francisco this month at all. That's a bone dry, rain-less January for the first time in San Francisco history, according to reports.

The Huffington Post notes that snowpack in the Sierras, the predictor of whether or not reservoirs will fill up or be empty throughout the year, is "alarmingly low," some 20 inches below normal for this time of year.

Statewide, January is shaping up to be the driest on record, according to state water watchers.

In the Bay Area, December was wet indeed: over a foot of rain fell over much of the Bay Area.

Source: www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/Driest-January-On-Record-Is-Almost-Over-290287631.html

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[californiadisasters] On This Date In California Weather History (January 31)



2003: It was 97° F in Riverside, 96° F in Santa Ana and 92° F in Escondido, each the highest temperature on record for January.

2002: Temperatures plummeted on 1.30 and on this day.
It was 13° F at Shelter Valley, 17° F at Campo, 22° F at Ramona and 28° F at Escondido.
Crops were damaged in northern San Diego County.

1999: Four funnel clouds were reported in the Valley: two north of Bakersfield, one near the Fresno Yosemite International Airport and another near Merced.

1995: Fresno recorded 0.01" of precipitation.
This marked the 21st day of the month to record measurable precipitation, a record for any month of the year.

1984: High of 82° F in Bakersfield, tied for warmest high ever in the month of January (also on January 16, 1932).

1979: A winter storm that started on 1.30 and ended on this day spread 2"-4" of rainfall in 24 hours over much of coastal Southern California, and 2" of snow in Palm Springs.
On this day snow fell heavily in Palm Springs and eight inches fell at Lancaster.
All major interstates into LA (I-5, I-15, and I-10) were closed.
Snow drifts shut down Interstate 10 on both sides of Palm Springs, isolating the city.
Schools were closed and hundreds of cars were abandoned.
A snow and rain mix was reported in Borrego Springs.
Mt. Laguna received two feet of snow and Julian one foot.
Winds up to 60 mph blew in the San Diego Mountains.
A tornado touched down in Santa Ana, and possibly occurred elsewhere.
Golf ball size hail and widespread snow were also reported during the storm.
4.82" of rain fell in National City, 4.25" in La Mesa, 3.30" at SDSU, and 3.78" in El Cajon.
Flooding occurred along Silver Strand highway, in Fashion Valley, also in Spring Valley, Lemon Grove, Lakeside and Carlsbad.
Lake Hodges overflowed.
Numerous power outages resulted.
2.57" of rain fell in San Diego on this day, the seventh wettest calendar day on record and the wettest January day.
56" of snow fell in Big Bear Lake from this day to 2.2, the greatest storm snowfall on record.
26" fell on this day, the greatest daily snowfall on record for January and the second greatest daily amount on record.
This snowfall also occurred on 2.17.1990.
It snowed 1.5" in Palm Springs, the second greatest daily snowfall on record.
The only other daily measurable snowfall on record was 2" (the greatest daily amount on record) on 1.11.1930.

1979: Significant snow fell in the Kern County desert from the 30th into the 31st.
Total accumulations from this event included 9" at China Lake NAS and Mojave with 8" at Randsburg and 4.5" at Inyokern.

1979: Snow fell continuously for 23 hours and 31 minutes in Las Vegas, NV on this date with a storm total of 7.8".

1976: It was 83° F at Paso Robles setting a record high for the month.

1969: The morning low at South Lake Tahoe was -13° F.

1963: Big Sur received 9.23" of rain -- its greatest one day rainfall.

1938: 30" of snow fell at Tahoe City.

1916: Bridgeport had a morning low temperature of -36° F, its all-time record low temperature.

Source: NWS San Francisco/Monterey, Hanford, Reno, Las Vegas, & San Diego

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[californiadisasters] On This Date In California Weather History (January 30)



2002: Temperatures plummeted on this day and on 1.31.
It was 13° F at Shelter Valley, 17° F at Campo, 22° F at Ramona and 28° F at Escondido.
Crops were damaged in northern San Diego County.

2000: Snowburst: 10" of snow fell at Lodgepole and 13" at Tuolumne Meadows in under 12 hours.

1998: High surf caused coastal damage (SoCal).

1993: A funnel cloud was observed over Mission Bay.

1990: Two pilots reported a tornado over open desert about 22 miles east of Las Vegas, NV.

1985: Bakersfield had its' 21st day this month with dense fog, a record for January and tying December 1985 for the most days in any month.

1979: A winter storm that started on this day and ended on 1.31 spread two to four inches of rainfall in 24 hours over much of coastal Southern California, and two inches of snow in Palm Springs.
Golf ball size hail and widespread snow was also reported during the storm.
Flooding occurred along Silver Strand highway, in Fashion Valley, also in Spring Valley, Lemon Grove, Lakeside and Carlsbad.
Lake Hodges overflowed.

1976: High of 84° F at Ash Mountain (Tulare Co.).

1969: Fresno recorded 0.04" of rain, bringing the total to 8.56" for the month.
This made January 1969 the wettest month ever at Fresno. In all, 22 days recorded precipitation.

1968: 10.9" of snow fell at Reno, NV.

1963: Snow and rain continued to fall on Northern California.
A massive traffic jam clogged Highway 99 12 miles north of Redding when trucks and cars got stuck attempting to drive up a hilly stretch without chains.
24" of new snow covered the Mt. Shasta Ski Bowl; skiing conditions were excellent.

1962: Monterey reported a high temperature of 81° F.

1957: The high temperature of 32° F on this day in Victorville is the lowest high temperature on record.
This also occurred on 12.15.1957 and 12.11.1972.

1937: 14" of snow fell at Carson City, NV, with 10.1" of snow being reported at Reno, NV.

1916: Heavy rain that began on 1.25 and ended on this day exacerbated the flooding earlier in the month.
Monthly rainfall totals for 1.1916 ranged from 7.56" at San Diego to 57.91" at Dorman's Ranch (in the San Bernardino Mountains, 2,500 feet elev.).
5" fell in less than 12 hours in San Diego.
Extensive flooding occurred all over Southern California, the worst to date and it resulted in 28 total deaths in the region, 22 in San Diego County.
This is the most destructive and deadly weather event in San Diego County History.
The Lower Otay Dam broke sending a 40-foot wall of water downstream, killing 15.
A few others drowned in Mission Valley and in the San Luis Rey River.
The Sweetwater Dam also broke.
Every large bridge in San Diego County but one was seriously damaged or destroyed.
Four drowned in Orange County, two in a cottage floating down the Santa Ana River.
Two drowned in San Bernardino County.
Total damage was nearly $8 million (1916 dollars).

1916: The morning low at Tahoe City was -15° F.

Source: NWS San Francisco/Monterey, Hanford, Reno, Las Vegas, & San Diego and the Redding Record-Searchlight

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[californiadisasters] On This Date In California Weather History (January 29)



2002: Snow flurries were observed in the Valley at Los Banos, Madera, Hanford, McFarland and Shafter.

2002: Light snow was reported in the southern Inland Empire during a storm that started on 1.28 and ended on this day.

1998: A line of strong thunderstorms dropped small hail up to 3" deep in north-central Fresno.
A peak wind gust of 41 mph was clocked at the Fresno Yosemite International Airport.
Over 7,000 customers in the city lost power and nursery tents were knocked down in North Fresno.
This line of storms also dropped hail and caused power outages to 5,000 customers in Tulare County.

1998: A waterspout moved ashore on Moonlight Beach in Encinitas and became a tornado causing property damage.

1997: Santa Ana winds blew 100 mph at Fremont Canyon and 87 mph at Rialto.
Big rigs were blown over.

1995: The San Joaquin Valley (Hanford) Weather Forecast Office opens with initial staffing.

1986: Daily record high of 64° F set at Reno, NV.

1983: A series of storms produced surf up to 16 feet from 1.22 to this day.
Several piers collapsed.
Damage was done to numerous businesses and homes.
Several injuries occurred as people were swept off rocks.

1981: 20" of snow fell at Donner Memorial State Park.

1980: A powerful storm struck Southern California with flooding rains and damaging winds.
In San Diego County 5.6" fell at Lake Henshaw, 5.48" at Palomar Mountain, 5" in Ramona, 4.91" in Julian, 4.24" in Fallbrook, 3.35" in Mt. Laguna with no snow, 3.24" in Escondido, 2.35" in Oceanside, 1.91" at Pt. Loma, 1.8" in San Diego and 1.37" in Borrego Springs.
Widespread catastrophic flooding occurred all over the county.
Numerous homes, businesses and streets were flooded.
Two died in the floods.
Wind gusts reached 74 mph unofficially at Lake Murray and 52 mph at San Diego.
Coastal areas reported 55 knot (63 mph) winds.
At least 15 boats were sunken or severely damaged in Mission Bay and San Diego Bay.
A dock was smashed at Mission Bay. At least 86 power outages occurred across the county.

1979: The morning low temperature at South Lake Tahoe was -20° F.

1979: A major outbreak of cold air descended on the region.
It was a bitter -25° F at Big Bear Lake, probably the lowest temperature ever recorded in Southern California.
Remarkably, the high was 28° F, a rise of 53° F on one winter's day.

1969: This day marked the end of 11 consecutive days (the most on record) of measurable precipitation in Palomar Mountain, which started on 1.19.

1957: A waterspout was sited off Ocean Beach.
Two funnel clouds were observed over North Island (possibly the waterspout) and Mt. Soledad – La Jolla. Heavy snow fell: 24" at Mt. Laguna, 21" at Palomar Mountain, 20" at Lake Cuyamaca, 12" at Julian, 10" at Mesa Grande, and 6" at Lake Henshaw.
The snowstorm stranded 200 people north of LA.

1949: Cedarville recorded a morning low of -11° F.

1922: The high temperature of 43° F in LA on this day was the lowest high temperature on record.

1916: Heavy rain that began on 1.25 and ended on 1.30 exacerbated the flooding earlier in the month.
Monthly rainfall totals for 1.1916 ranged from 7.56" at San Diego to 57.91" at Dorman's Ranch (in the San Bernardino Mountains, 2,500 feet elev.).
5" fell in less than 12 hours in San Diego.
Extensive flooding occurred all over Southern California, the worst to date and it resulted in 28 total deaths in the region, 22 in San Diego County.
This is the most destructive and deadly weather event in San Diego County History.
The Lower Otay Dam broke sending a 40-foot wall of water downstream, killing 15.
A few others drowned in Mission Valley and in the San Luis Rey River.
The Sweetwater Dam also broke.
Every large bridge in San Diego County but one was seriously damaged or destroyed.
Four drowned in Orange County, two in a cottage floating down the Santa Ana River.
Two drowned in San Bernardino County. Total damage was nearly $8 million (1916 dollars).

1916: Bakersfield recorded 0.04" of rain.
This was the 15th day of the month with measurable precipitation, setting a record the most days with measurable precipitation for any month.
This record was tied in January 1995.

1881: 4.67" of rainfall fell in downtown San Francisco -- the second greatest amount ever.

Source: NWS San Francisco/Monterey, Hanford, Reno, Las Vegas, & San Diego

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[Geology2] Evidence of Augustine Volcano eruptions stretches back 4,200 years



Evidence of Augustine Volcano eruptions stretches back 4,200 years

Ned Rozell
January 31, 2015

Augustine Volcano sits alone, a 4,000-foot pyramid on its own island in Cook Inlet. Like many volcanoes, it has a tendency to become top-heavy. When gravity acts on Augustine's steep dome, rockslides spill into the ocean. A scientist recently found new evidence of an Augustine-generated tsunami dating back to the time when Egyptian pharaohs built their own pyramids.

Zebulon Maharrey's record of a tsunami deposit from 4,200 years ago extends a long record of Augustine's collapses into the sea. A graduate student at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, Maharrey has spent the last four years looking at the volcano. Augustine last erupted in 2006, sending an ash cloud two miles high and oozing enough lava to create a new summit.

In Nanwalek, a village on the southern flank of the Kenai Peninsula and 50 miles east of Augustine Volcano, Maharrey found small pieces of wood and other tsunami debris in an eroded face of peat 21 feet above high-tide level today. He also discovered more than a dozen ash layers that came from Augustine as well as Katmai and Spurr mountains.

Maharrey's dating of tsunami deposits from more than 4,000 years ago extends the Augustine tsunami record by about 2,000 years. Maharrey's academic advisor, Jim Beget, previously found evidence of Augustine splashes into the sea from 1,400, 1,700 and 2,100 years ago.

Maharrey became interested in looking at Augustine's history after Beget showed him the following account from the logbook of the Alaska Commercial Company. Someone wrote on Oct. 6, 1883:

"This morning at 8:15 o'clock, 4 tidal waves flowed with a westerly current, one following the other ... the sea rising 20 feet above the usual level. At the same time the air became black ... and it began to thunder."

That writer indicated something happened in 1883 that didn't happen in 2006: part of Augustine crumbled. Because the mountain is surrounded by wide apron, it takes a tremendous landslide to send a wave in the direction of Nanwalek, now home to 177 people.

During field expeditions to the western shore of Cook Inlet, Beget found debris from the 1883 tsunami near Mount Iliamna, Nanwalek and Homer.

The newfound tsunami date at Nanwalek shows that Augustine is a repeat offender at piling lava above the tipping point.

"Augustine didn't just start having debris avalanches 2,100 years ago," Maharrey said.

In 1883, the extreme tides of Cook Inlet saved the village from being swamped. Because the Augustine-induced tsunami happened at low tide, the 20-foot rise of the sea had the same effect as a random high tide. Researchers think perhaps a few kayaks were lifted away and a few shelters were destroyed, but no one was killed.

Most of the village of Nanwalek is built on a high terrace above the beach, Maharrey said, but an Augustine-generated tsunami at high tide could inundate the airstrip and low-lying areas along the beach today. As the tsunami wave progressed, it would flood coastal areas around southern Cook Inlet to several feet above the tideline. Or, if it happened at dead low tide, another Augustine tsunami might not wet anything.

http://www.adn.com/article/20150131/evidence-augustine-volcano-eruptions-stretches-back-4200-years
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[californiadisasters] Emergency Manager’s Weekly Report 1-30-15



Hello Everyone,

 

This week's edition is now available at:

https://sites.google.com/site/emergencymanagersweeklyreport/home

 

Emergency Manager's Weekly Report

  • Introduction and Contributions (Page 4)
  • Executive Summary (Page 6)
  • Northeastern Blizzard (Page 17)
  • Emergency Management (Page 19)       
  • Homeland Security, Defense and National Security (Page 20)         
  • Campus Safety and Security (Page 22)
  • Access/Functional Needs (Page 23)
  • Technological and Natural Hazards (Page 24)
  • Public Safety Communications (Page 25)
  • Emergency Services (Page 26)
  • Other (Page 27)
  • Syrian Civil War and Iraqi Unrest (Page 28)
  • Humanitarian Affairs and Global Security (Page 30)
  • Technological and Natural Hazards (Page 34)
  • International Affairs (Page 36)
  • Climate Change and Alternative Energy Sources (Page 37)
  • Reports (Page 38)
  • Resources (Page 39)

 

Ebola Special Report

  • Executive Summary (Page 4)
  • Affected Nation-States Response (Page 6)
  • Quarantine, Epidemiology Investigations and Treatment (Page 7)
  • International Response (Page 8)
  • Recovery and Development (Page 9)
  • Other (Page 10)

  • Resources (Page 11)

 

Steve Detwiler

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[Geology2] Ancient deformation of the lithosphere revealed in Eastern China



Ancient deformation of the lithosphere revealed in Eastern China

Date:
January 30, 2015
Source:
Geological Society of America
Summary:
Seismic investigations from the Qinling-Dabie-Sulu orogenic belt in eastern China suggest that this region was affected by extreme mantle perturbation and crust-mantle interaction during the Mesozoic era. The Qinling-Dabie-Sulu orogenic belt formed through the collision between the North and South China blocks, which produced large-scale destruction of the cratonic lithosphere, accompanied by widespread magmatism and metallogeny.












Color-shaded relief map with simplified tectonic units of eastern Asia. Since the Late Cretaceous, lithosphere extension was induced by the subduction of the western Pacific or Philippine plate. The Dabie and Sulu orogens contain the largest ultrahigh-pressure metamorphic belt in the world as a result of the convergence between the North and South China blocks during the Late Paleozoic–Triassic.
Credit: Copyright Tian and Santosh, GSA Today Feb. 2015


Seismic investigations from the Qinling-Dabie-Sulu orogenic belt in eastern China suggest that this region was affected by extreme mantle perturbation and crust-mantle interaction during the Mesozoic era. The Qinling-Dabie-Sulu orogenic belt formed through the collision between the North and South China blocks, which produced large-scale destruction of the cratonic lithosphere, accompanied by widespread magmatism and metallogeny.

Global mantle convection significantly impacts processes at the surface of Earth and can be used to gain insights on plate driving forces, lithospheric deformation, and the thermal and compositional structure of the mantle. Upper-mantle seismic anisotropy is widely employed to study both present and past deformation processes at lithospheric and asthenospheric depths.

The majority of seismic data from stations located near Qinling-Dabie-Sulu orogenic belt show anisotropy with an E-W- or ENE-WSW-trending fast polarization direction, parallel to the southern edge of the North China block. This suggests compressional deformation in the lithosphere due to the collision between the North and South China blocks.

Although the deep root of the craton was largely destroyed by cratonic reactivation in the late Mesozoic, these results suggest that the "fossilized" anisotropic signature is still preserved in the remnant lithosphere beneath eastern China.

Story Source:

The above story is based on materials provided by Geological Society of America. Note: Materials may be edited for content and length.

Journal Reference:

  1. Xiaobo Tian, M. Santosh. Fossilized lithospheric deformation revealed by teleseismic shear wave splitting in eastern China. GSA Today, 2015; 4 DOI: 10.1130/GSATG220A.1

Cite This Page:

Geological Society of America. "Ancient deformation of the lithosphere revealed in Eastern China." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 30 January 2015. <www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/01/150130211409.htm>.

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Friday, January 30, 2015

[Geology2] Lava Amps: Tapping into Volcano Power



Lava Amps: Tapping into Volcano Power

Posted: 01/29/2015 

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By Don Willlmott

There's hot, there's really hot, and then there's volcanic lava hot. The Earth has plenty of lava bubbling away under its surface, which makes it worth asking if we should try to tap into volcanoes as potential source of limitless, pollution-free energy.

Scientists at Seattle-based AltaRock Energy/Davenport Newberry Holdings think so, and they plan to pump millions of gallons of water into the side of the dormant Newberry Volcano about 20 miles south of Bend, Oregon in the hope that it will return to the surface as steam that can be used to drive turbines.

If you're familiar with geothermal energy, you know most existing geothermal projects rely on high-temperature permeable rock relatively near the surface that has its own naturally occurring water supply. That's all fine and dandy, but there aren't enough of those sites to have a big impact on energy production. Here in the U.S., we have lots of high temperature rock near the surface, especially in the volcanically active areas of the West, but it isn't permeable and tends to lack naturally circulating water.  

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That's where Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS) come in. They're engineered reservoirs created to produce energy in rock where there's heat, but not water and/or permeability. Drilling deep and pumping water two miles down under significant hydraulic pressure creates a network of small, interconnected cracks in the rock that act as radiators to transfer heat to the water. The process, called "hydroshearing," sounds a lot like the oil and gas "fracking" we've all heard so much about, but it doesn't damage the environment or pose any kind of threat to the water supply. Far less pressure is applied, and no chemicals are pumped into the ground. Nothing goes into the system but water. Nearby production wells ultimately pump hot geothermal fluid under pressure to the surface. It gives off steam as the pressure is reduces, and much of the water used can be recaptured and reused in the closed loop.

In the Newberry project, engineers will pump 800 gallons of water per minute into a 10,600-foot test well (up to a total of 24 million gallons) and scientists will be observing to determine just how much water is needed to make the entire project economically viable.

Interest abounds. Investors include the U.S. Department of Energy ($21.5 million) and even Google (up to $6.3 million). The goal is to push EGS forward until it's capable of providing a significant slice of America's power supply--even if takes a while. Today, natural geothermal adds up to only about 0.3 percent of U.S. electricity production (3.8 gigawatts), but according to a 2007 MIT study, EGS could push the number up to 10 percent by 2057 at competitive prices, in great part because the latest technology includes "multi-zone stimulation" that can get more heat than ever out of a single injection well.

While plenty of questions remain to be answered (Are there earthquake risks? Where will the water come from? Will new power lines crisscross the wilderness?), it seems well worth the effort to fully explore the possibilities of such a potentially powerful energy source.

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[californiadisasters] 2000 Alaska Air 261 Disaster, Saturday, 31 January 2015



"2000 Alaska Air 261 Disaster" reminder
When
Saturday, 31 January 2015
12:15 AM to 12:15 AM
(GMT) Greenwich Mean Time - Dublin / Edinburgh / Lisbon / London
Where
Offshore of Anacapa Island in the Santa Barbara Channel
Notes
On this date in 2000, Alaska Air Flight 261 experienced a catastrophic mechanical failure in the form of a worn jackscrew controlling a horizontal flap in the tail. The jet aircraft plummeted nose first into the ocean in sight of other passenger jet aircraft who were watching as they flew past the tragedy. The MD-83 was carrying a crew of five with 83 passengers and all aboard were killed.
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[Volcano_Vista_HS] VVHS Announcements--Friday, January 30, 2014



Winterball Tickets are on sale for $15 per ticket during lunch in the activities office. You must have your student ID in order to purchase a ticket. If you are bringing a guest that is not a student at Volcano Vista High School please be sure to have a completed guest permission slip with your.  Winterball is February 7 in the gym from 8 to 11pm.

 

Winterball Spirit Week is next week:

Monday is the 1980's

Tuesday is the 1970's

Wednesday is the 1960's

Thursday is the 1950's

Friday is Spirit Day- We play Cibola that night.

 

WRITE CLUB: Do you have something to say?  Come to "Write Club," Volcano Vista's Creative Writing Club, on Thursday's at lunch in H219.  But remember, the first rule of Write Clue:  

Don't talk about Write Club!

 

Volcano Vista's Digital Film Production class is still looking for some talented Hawks who are interested in being in this years Student Produced Horror Films.  We will be holding a second round of auditions in G188 at lunch on Tuesday February 3rd and Wednesday February 4th.  You do not have to do any preparation, just come prepared to show us what you've got.  Auditions are on a first come first serve basis.  Have you got that STAR potential?  Let up put you on the big screen for everyone to see.  Horror film auditions next Tuesday and Wednesday in G188.  You ought to be IN the movies!

 

BSU: Those of you who will be participating in the campus clean-up after school today, please meet in Mrs. Vasquez' room, H206 by 2:35 p.m.

 

Math NHS is now accepting Math t-shirt designs for this year's Math Club t-shirt. The design contest form can be located outside of H217 and may be summited to Mr. Guzman. All students and staff are welcome to submit designs and the winning designer will receive a free t-shirt of their design. The submission deadline for your designs is Friday, February 6th.

 

Yearbook is having a sweetheart of a deal on senior ads! The early January prices have been extended thru Feb. 14th. Order forms are outside the activities office.

 

Mr. Neidigk and Derek Nuce will be play guitar and singing outside the activities office during lunch.

 

COUNSELING:

  • JUNIORS:  Those of you who paid for the PSAT test last October should pick up your test results in E224, the College and Career Center, at lunch this week

  • Parents of Seniors at Volcano Vista High School, the FAFSA Kickoff event is Scheduled for Wednesday February 4th, 2015 at 6:30 pm in the VVHS Performing Arts Center.  Please plan on coming by to get valuable information on completing the FAFSA as part of your students financial aid and College search process.  Attending this event puts your students name in a drawing for a $500 Scholarship.

  • If you signed up to take the ASVAB please report directly to the lecture hall at 7:30 am on Monday, February 2nd .  Do not go to your first period class.

  • CNM Onsite visit is scheduled for Monday February 9th during lunch in computer Lab E202.  This Onsite Admissions visit is if you are wanting to enroll for Fall 2015 please plan on attending to complete your online application and have questions answered by the CNM reps.

 

ATHLETICS 

  • SOFTBALL tryouts will be held after school starting Monday, February 2nd.  All players must have an APS Sports Physical on file in order to participate.  See Major Campbell in B-154 if you have any questions.

  • WRESTLING is participating in the APS Metro tournament this weekend at EHS. Come watch the Dirty Birds compete.

  • Attention GIRL'S TENNIS players. Tryouts for varsity tennis will begin on Monday, Feb. 9 at Sierra Vista. Please have your sports physical completed by that day.  Contact Coach Kappus if you have any questions.

  • BOYS BASKETBALL plays in the ring of fire tonight at 7 against Santa Fe.

  • GIRLS BASKETBALL plays tonight at Santa Fe.

  • Swimming will be in the APS Mini Invitational today at West Mesa Pool.

Have a great day!

And remember

As always…

It's great to be a hawk!

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