Now I know why Bethel Valley Road was blocked last Tuesday when I was trying to drive into Oak Ridge from my office to attend the League of Women Voters luncheon. From Frank Munger’s blog, I learned that the two military helicopters that flew in low over my head and landed somewhere ahead of me were ferrying some top military brass to ORNL for a briefing.
I eventually made it to the LWV luncheon (late) by turning around and driving the “back way” into Oak Ridge, and heard Steve Stow (a former colleague) at ORNL discuss long-term stewardship for the “environmental legacy” conditions on the Oak Ridge Reservation. Having been engaged with the topic of stewardship for a number of years, I’m glad I managed to get there (in spite of the helicopters), as it reminded me of a number of unresolved issues and I got to hear people’s questions and comments.
Ellen,
I was searching ‘environmental cleanup’ and ran across your posts.
This is totally off topic, but since this one was on ‘one mystery solved’ and you are the local expert, I have to ask.
Can you tell me anything about a spy at the lab being caught when the gardener dug up some kind of evidence? I overheard some folks at the next table in L.A. the other night talking about that. It was so off the wall I assume it has to be based in fact. One of them dropped a card with this address on it (http://realestateoakridge.com/) so I guess something is going on. I couldn’t tell if they were talking about a history or fiction movie, and I couldn’t find anything like on the net. Is this some real event or had the writers getting desperate?
Mike
Sounds like fiction to me, possibly related to the book “Bones of Betrayal” by the Jefferson Bass writing team.
Thanks for the speedy reply, Ellen. I knew you figure this one out too! Thanks – that has saved me hours of googling ;)
Mike