VOL 22 NO 8 THE China Laker Business Name Growing Up in China Lake 1 President’s Message 1 Fundraising/Grants 4 Schedule of Events 4 Auction Pictures 4, 5 Public Relations 6 Building Committee 7 Inside this issue: Editor’s Note: This article was written by Don as part of his Home Owner’s As- sociation newsletter in Indo, CA. I grew up at China Lake, California, a naval research and development lab with over a million acres of land and 20 million acres of air space. It’s been known as NOTS (Naval Ordnance Test Station), Rock- et City or Secret City because of what was and is still be- ing developed there. Growing up igno- rant means I had no idea of what was “really” happening around me as I grew up. For example, as I stepped out my back door I was in the Mojave Desert, Growing Up Ignorant in China Lake - The Don McLean Story Jun/July/Aug 2017 President’s Message by Alice Campbell Our 17th Annual Dinner Auction was great fun and as successful as ever. Our profits were close to the last few years’, about $80,000, so that was great news. We will continue to depend on that resource to help keep Operations going as we start up with our new building in Ridgecrest, so thanks to all of you donors and buy- ers this year!! We are hopeful that our unique Gift Shop venue will “take off” when we are in Ridge- crest. We expect to grow quickly with the ability to bring in bus tours into our new large parking lot. With the (con’t on pg 6) and could see a white dry lake bed known as China Lake, and in an- other direction, scat- tered buildings known as the pilot plant. It would be 40 years before I knew that Fat Man’s fins (the second atomic bomb) had been ballistic tested on that lake, and the explosive lenses and wiring had been devel- oped in those buildings, and these bomb compo- nents had been shipped out just days before I arrived. China Lake was built from nothing in 1943 to a working town, with houses, stores, and schools for the families of military and civilians all living together. Most of the building occurred in 1944 when over 1000 homes were built. However, the base’s real (con’t on pg 2) PUT YOUR BUSINESS LOGO HERE CALL 760 939-3530 , OCR Text: VOL 22 NO 8 THE China Laker Business Name Growing Up in China Lake 1 President’s Message 1 Fundraising/Grants 4 Schedule of Events 4 Auction Pictures 4, 5 Public Relations 6 Building Committee 7 Inside this issue: Editor’s Note: This article was written by Don as part of his Home Owner’s As- sociation newsletter in Indo, CA. I grew up at China Lake, California, a naval research and development lab with over a million acres of land and 20 million acres of air space. It’s been known as NOTS (Naval Ordnance Test Station), Rock- et City or Secret City because of what was and is still be- ing developed there. Growing up igno- rant means I had no idea of what was “really” happening around me as I grew up. For example, as I stepped out my back door I was in the Mojave Desert, Growing Up Ignorant in China Lake - The Don McLean Story Jun/July/Aug 2017 President’s Message by Alice Campbell Our 17th Annual Dinner Auction was great fun and as successful as ever. Our profits were close to the last few years’, about $80,000, so that was great news. We will continue to depend on that resource to help keep Operations going as we start up with our new building in Ridgecrest, so thanks to all of you donors and buy- ers this year!! We are hopeful that our unique Gift Shop venue will “take off” when we are in Ridge- crest. We expect to grow quickly with the ability to bring in bus tours into our new large parking lot. With the (con’t on pg 6) and could see a white dry lake bed known as China Lake, and in an- other direction, scat- tered buildings known as the pilot plant. It would be 40 years before I knew that Fat Man’s fins (the second atomic bomb) had been ballistic tested on that lake, and the explosive lenses and wiring had been devel- oped in those buildings, and these bomb compo- nents had been shipped out just days before I arrived. China Lake was built from nothing in 1943 to a working town, with houses, stores, and schools for the families of military and civilians all living together. Most of the building occurred in 1944 when over 1000 homes were built. However, the base’s real (con’t on pg 2) PUT YOUR BUSINESS LOGO HERE CALL 760 939-3530 , China Lake Museum,China Laker - Newsletter,China Laker 2010s,China Laker 2017,Newsletter Jun 2017rev 11.pdf,Newsletter Jun 2017rev 11.pdf Page 1, Newsletter Jun 2017rev 11.pdf Page 1