february 2012
BREVARD’S AWARD-WINNING SENIOR NEWSPAPER
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Volume 14 Number 9
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Displaced space workers unify to gain clout Blast from the Past EXPO Program & Schedule page 19
Hoo is Owliver page 24
senior Life Linda Wiggins
Space Coast Technical Network members David Hosley, Terry White and Glenn Andersen welcome CBS News ‘60 Minutes’ producer Aaron Weisz, second from left, to hear concerns and hopes of idled space workers. Presort US Postage PAID Orlando permit No. 1979
By Linda wiggins
Senior Life of Florida 7630 N. Wickham Rd., Suite 105 Viera FL 32940
“60 Minutes” has come calling, the latest in a line of suitors courting displaced space workers who have huddled together to weather the void created by the end of the shuttle program and the cancellation of the Constellation program. the space Coast technical network meets each Friday morning at 8 a.m. at st. gabriel’s episcopal Church in titusville for a $4 catered breakfast. networking and information give members further reason to get out of bed and hit the bricks to either find a new job, take training to
bring their skills up to date for today’s job market or one day bring a new product or service to market as an entrepreneur. the CBs news program flew into Brevard Jan. 20 to film a segment on what the idling of the u.s. space program means locally, and to the country and world. the 17-minute piece will be aired in February. stn was featured on CBs news on Monday, Jan. 30, the day before the Florida primaries. the national exposure is vital, according to one stn member. “that’s where we get the money to do this work on the space Coast,
from all the other people in the country in the form of their taxes. i think it’s important to these people and they’d want it to continue,” gerry pless, an environmental specialist at kennedy space Center who was laid off a year ago, told Aaron weisz, producer for “60 Minutes.” At the meeting, the group voted to form a nonprofit 501(c)(3) corporation and voted in the minimum three board members required to submit an application to the internal revenue service.
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