NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
                              MORNING REPORT
   
   
   To:         All National Park Service Areas and Offices
   
   From:       Division of Ranger Activities, Washington Office
   
   Day/Date:   Thursday, December 16, 1999
   
   INCIDENTS
   
   99-731 - Kaloko-Honokohau NHP (HI) - Follow-up: Murder of Park Ranger
   
   On the evening of December 14th, E.B., 30, was arrested by 
   the FBI on federal charges for the shooting death of ranger Steve 
   Makuakane-Jarrell.  E.B. was arrested by agents after a brief foot 
   chase about 20 miles north of the park. The incident evidently began 
   when Makuakane-Jarrell responded to a visitor complaint about E.B.'s 
   three unleashed and vicious dogs. E.B. has said that Makuakane- 
   Jarrell used pepper spray on his dogs; the ranger's partially 
   expended pepper spray canister was found a short distance from his 
   body on December 12th.  E.B. said he then shot and killed 
   Makuakane-Jarrell.  He led NPS investigators and FBI agents to the 
   spot where he'd hidden the ranger's duty weapon among some lava rocks 
   in the park. Makuakane-Jarrell was shot once through the arm and 
   torso and once in the head. E.B. admitted to shooting him while he 
   lay wounded on the ground. Ballistic tests are still incomplete on 
   the sequence of shots and on whether the rounds that killed 
   Makuakane-Jarrell came from his weapon.  E.B. was arraigned 
   yesterday in federal court in Honolulu on charges of assaulting and 
   murdering a United States park ranger (18 USC 1111 and 1114) and is 
   being held without bail.  Additional details will be released as they 
   become available.  The arrest was the result of concerted cooperative 
   efforts among NPS investigators, FBI agents, Hawaii County police, 
   and Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources officers.  The 
   public also provided numerous tips about sightings of the suspect, 
   based on a witness description. Makuakane-Jarrell leaves his wife, 
   J.M.M-J., his three children, J.M-S. (Hau'oli), 
   K.G., and B.G., his father, E.J., 
   and his brothers R. (M.) and T.J. Makuakane-Jarrell 
   served as a ranger for 15 years. Seven of those were at Kaloko- 
   Honokohau, where he shared his passion for communicating the 
   importance of preserving the coastal park's biological resources and 
   perpetuating its unique cultural heritage. He also worked as a ranger 
   at the USS Arizona Memorial on Oahu and at Andersonville and Jimmy 
   Carter National Historic Sites in Georgia. Prior to his employment by 
   the NPS, Makuakane-Jarrell, a native of Athens, Georgia, worked for 
   the Georgia state park system.  Makuakane-Jarrell and  his wife met 
   while attending a ranger training class at Grand Canyon National Park 
   in 1986. Their long-distance relationship - he was in Georgia, she 
   was in Hawaii - became a permanent union when he moved to Hawaii. 
   They soon married and he embraced the Hawaiian way, taking on her 
   name along with his own. He was dedicated to resource and visitor 
   protection, laboring to safeguard oral histories, archeological 
   sites, geological formations, and rare and endangered plants, birds 
   and sea animals. His enthusiasm about the NPS mission was contagious 
   and he readily shared it with friends, family, visitors and school 
   children.  The Pacific West regional all-risk management team (Glen 
   Rothell, IC) is coordinating the NPS response to this tragedy and is 
   being assisted by a SET team under Dale Antonich, a CISD team headed 
   by Gus Martinez, and staff from Hawaii Volcanoes NP.  Memorial 
   services will include a wake at Dod Mortuary in Hilo on Friday, 
   December 17th; they will begin at 5 p.m., with a service at 7 p.m. 
   There will be a funeral at Church of the Holy Apostles (Episcopal) in 
   Hilo on Saturday, December 18th, with visitation beginning at 1 p.m. 
   and a service at 1:30 p.m.  Burial will follow at Mauna Kea Memorial 
   Park. The family has asked that NPS personnel wear their summer 
   uniforms at the memorial services. The family has also asked that law 
   enforcement personnel wear their defensive equipment to the services. 
   Each NPS region has been asked to send one official uniformed field 
   representative to the memorial services. The designated regional 
   representatives will need to contact the all-risk management team by 
   faxing their travel authorizations and itinerary to the team at 
   808-329-2597. Many rangers from Hawaiian parks and a U.S. Park Police 
   color guard and bugler will also be present. A trust fund has been 
   set up for the family by the Hawaii Natural History Association. 
   Checks made payable to J.M.M-J. may be sent to the 
   Hawaii Natural History Association, PO Box 74, Hawaii Natoinal Park, 
   HI 96718.  [Frank Dean and Mardie Lane, IO's, 12/15]
   
   99-732 - Death Valley NP (CA) - ARPA Case
   
   On the afternoon of December 11th, rangers employed binoculars and a 
   spotting scope to observe the activities of two men in a known park 
   archeological area.  The two men, ages 52 and 72, had numerous 
   artifacts in their possession when they returned to their vehicle. An 
   on-site investigation was conducted the following day by the park 
   archeologist.  It included GPS documentation and photographs of the 
   disturbed area.  Charges are pending.  [Nancy Wizner, ACR, DEVA, 
   12/12]
   
   99-733 - Joshua Tree NP (CA) - Arson
   
   An arson fire was reported at the Cottonwood visitor center and 
   outbuildings around 5 a.m. on December 10th. Quick response by two 
   rangers kept damage to a minimum. A suspect was arrested at the scene 
   and went before the magistrate in Los Angeles three days later. The 
   suspect was also the person who reported the fire to the ranger at 
   Cottonwood. Damage is estimated at about $10,000. Park maintenance 
   has made repair of the building a top priority. The visitor center 
   should reopen later this week.  [Keith Kelly, DR, Cottonwood 
   District, 12/14]
   
   RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, PROTECTION AND EDUCATION
   
   No submissions.
   
   OPERATIONAL NOTES
   
   Fire Investigation - BLM recently completed and distributed a limited 
   number of printed copies of the "Sadler Fire Entrapment Investigation 
   Report." This report has now been posted on the BLM and NIFC web 
   sites: 
   
         www.blm.gov/fna/textdocuments/sadlerreport.pdf
         www.nifc.gov/fireinfo/linkspg.html
   
   If you're interested in obtaining a copy of the report, please check 
   one of those sites. [Paul Broyles, NPS FMPC]
   
   Lotus Notes - The Lotus Notes team has established a new web site to 
   distribute information about the Lotus Notes email project.  You can 
   get to the page by going to http://amoeba.nps.gov, then clicking on 
   "Lotus Notes Project News."  The web page contains information about 
   the past, present and future status of the implementation of Lotus 
   Notes in the NPS, as well as tips and information for new Notes 
   users. [Patti Simmons]
   
   NPS Web Page - The following was sent along by Steve Pittleman, the 
   Service's web page guru: "FTP access for www.nps.gov has been 
   shutdown in order to prepare the server for Y2K rollover. I apologize 
   for the immediacy of this action without prior notice. Hopefully FTP 
   access will be restored in a day or two."  
   
   MEMORANDA
   
   No submissions.
   
   INTERCHANGE
   
   No submissions.
   
   PARKS AND PEOPLE
   
   Glacier NP - On December 31st, assistant superintendent Butch Farabee 
   will retire, ending an epic 37-year career in the National Park 
   Service.  Butch's career took him from seasonal trail crew work at 
   Sequoia NP in the 1960's to Lake Mead NRA and Yosemite NP, where he 
   served as one of the first law enforcement-trained park rangers.  
   While at Yosemite in the 1970's, he lead countless investigations and 
   rescues of legendary proportion.  He moved to Grand Canyon in the 
   1980's, where he served as emergency services coordinator and later 
   as management assistant responsible for initial negotiations 
   regarding overflights.  One of his most rewarding assignments was a 
   four-year stint in Washington, D.C., where he was the Servicewide 
   emergency services coordinator.  In the early 1990's, Butch spent 
   five years at Padre Island NS as superintendent.  He then moved north 
   to become assistant superintendent at Glacier in 1995.  While at 
   Glacier, he published "Death, Daring, and Disaster," a comprehensive 
   chronicle of the history of search and rescue in the NPS.  Butch will 
   be moving back to his home state of Arizona, where he will continue 
   writing books about rangers and ranger activities in the NPS.  A 
   retirement dinner will be held in his honor on Tuesday, January 4th.  
   The park is compiling a book of letters, photos, and other 
   commemorations on his behalf.  Anyone wishing to 'pen' some memories 
   and/or quips should send either a hard copy or electronic attachments 
   via cc:Mail to Glacier National Park, Public Affairs Office, P.O. Box 
   128, West Glacier, MT 59936.  [Amy Vanderbilt, GLAC, PAO]
   
   Great Smoky Mountains NP - Ida May Spessard will be retiring from the 
   NPS on December 31st. For the last 12 years, she has been a cheerful 
   and helpful voice on the telephones and radio of Great Smoky 
   Mountains as a telecommunications equipment operator in the park's 
   communications center. Prior to that, she was a seasonal interpreter 
   at the Sugarlands Visitor Center. As a Park Service spouse and 
   employee, Ida May has lived in Mesa Verde NP, the Blue Ridge Parkway, 
   Mammoth Cave NP, Horseshoe Bend NMP, Ozark NSR, and FLETC. She is a 
   published author and expert gardener. Ida May and Sam plan a 
   retirement dedicated to family, travel, gardening, and church-related 
   activities.  There will be retirement reception in the park 
   headquarters conference room today at 3 p.m. Ida May can be reached 
   via cc:Mail or at the communications center (865-436-1230) if you 
   would like to add to the best wishes. If you have something you'd 
   like given to Ida May, please contact Jack Ramsden via cc:mail or by 
   calling 865-436-1226. [Jack Ramsden, GRSM]
   
   Gettysburg NMP - On December 9th, the Department of Justice filed a 
   complaint in condemnation in federal court against the 300-foot, 
   privately-owned observation tower that looms over the battlefield. 
   The tower is on land important to the story of the battle and is 
   identified in the park's land protection plan as a high priority for 
   acquisition. The Interior appropriations bill for FY00 contains $1.6 
   million for federal land acquisition at the park. Once acquired, the 
   park plans on removing the tower and restoring the property to its 
   71863 appearance.  
   
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