Acting Oak Ridge site manager of Manhattan Project park to give info, ask for input Monday

Posted at 11:21 am April 23, 2017
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Niki Nicholas

TheÂ acting site manager of the Oak Ridge unit of the Manhattan Project National Historical Park will present information on the park and ask for input about the project during a meeting on Monday.

Besides being acting site manager of the Oak Ridge park unit, Niki Stephanie Nicholas is alsoÂ superintendent of both the Big South Fork National River and Recreation AreaÂ and the Obed Wild and Scenic River.

The Monday meeting is open to the public. It’s a general meeting of AAUWÂ (American Association of University Women), and it’s scheduled to start at 11:30 a.m. Monday, April 24, in Room 102 at First Presbyterian Church.

A soup and sandwich luncheon, catered by The Soup Kitchen, will be served at 11:30 a.m., with the program beginningÂ at noon, a press release said. The cost for the lunch is $8. There will be cookies and iced tea and coffee also. Reservations may be madeÂ by calling Mary Uziel at (865) 483-1043. Reservations are asked for those also who plan to bring a sack lunch to ensure adequate seatingÂ for the program.

Besides Oak Ridge, the unique three-site Manhattan Project National Historical Park, which was established in the past few years, includes Hanford, Washington, and Los Alamos, New Mexico. The Manhattan Project was a top-secret federal program to build the world’s first atomic weapons during World War II.

The press release saidÂ Nicholas served for seven years as chief of resources managementÂ and science at Yosemite National Park before she startedÂ her current National Park Service assignment.

Prior to that, she was senior manager for environmental impact reduction technologies with the Tennessee Valley Authority.

Nicholas has a bachelor’s degree in biology from Northwestern University, a master’s degree in ecology from the University of Tennessee, and a doctorate in forestry from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, the press release said.

Those attending Monday’s meeting are asked to bring personal care items such as soap, toothbrushes, and toothpaste, along with cleaning supplies to be donated to ADFAC (Aid to Distressed Families of Appalachian Counties).Â These items cannot be purchased with food stamps.

AAUW is an organization that seeks equity for women and girls and positive societal change, the press release said.

Membership applications are available at meetings. More information may be found at http://oakridge-tn.aauw.net.

More information will be added as itÂ becomes available.

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