NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
                           MORNING REPORT
  
  
  To:         All National Park Service Areas and Offices
  
  From:       Division of Ranger Activities, Washington Office
  
  Day/Date:   Monday, January 31, 2000
  
  ALMANAC
  
  On this day in 1842, Elizabeth Tyler, President John Tyler's daughter, 
  married William Nevison Waller at the White House, now managed by the 
  National Park Service.
  
  INCIDENTS
  
  99-189 - Lincoln Home NHS (IL) - Follow-up: Burglary Conviction
  
  On the evening of May 12, 1999, the park's visitor center was forcibly 
  entered through a temporary construction door, activating the 
  building's intrusion alarm system. Ranger Pete Swisher and Springfield 
  officers responded and discovered the point of entry. The burglar 
  could still be heard inside, so officers summoned a state police dog 
  unit to flush him. T.B. was captured as he attempted to 
  exit the building through the same door that Swisher and the dog unit 
  were entering. T.B. cooperated with rangers investigating the 
  incident, identifying several places where he'd purchased drugs and a 
  suspect from an earlier burglary of the visitor center. Information 
  regarding the drug houses was passed on to Springfield police. On 
  December 22nd, T.B. appeared in state court, pled guilty to 
  burglary, and was sentenced to six years in prison. [Kathy DeHart, CR, 
  LIHO, 1/28]
  
  00-020 - President's Park (DC) - Assault on Officer
  
  On Tuesday, January 11th, an NPS employee was verbally threatened by a 
  man while working at the park. The employee notified USPP officer 
  Russell Fennelly, who responded and placed T.O. under arrest. 
  While in custody, T.O. kicked Fennelly numerous times and had to be 
  forcibly restrained. T.O. was charged with threats, assaulting a 
  police officer, and possession of drug paraphernalia. [Sgt. R. 
  MacLean, USPP, NCR, 1/28]
  
  FIRE ACTIVITY
  
  Badlands NP (SD) - The park had a 1,100-acre fire on January 24th on 
  Sheep Mountain. The human-caused fire started within the park and 
  burned onto the Pine Ridge reservation. It was pushed by 20 mph winds 
  that gusted as high as 41 mph, and was controlled that evening when 
  the winds diminished.
  
  Grand Canyon NP (AZ) - No fires, but the updated Palmer drought 
  indices indicate that the western half of the park is in severe 
  drought. The eastern half is reported to be near normal.
  
  [Mike Warren, NPS Fire Management Program Center, 1/28]
  
  CULTURAL/NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
  
  Submission pending.
  
  OPERATIONAL NOTES
  
  Submission pending.
  
  MEMORANDA
  
  No submissions.
  
  INTERCHANGE
  
  No submissions.
  
  PARKS AND PEOPLE
  
  Oklahoma City NM (OK) - The park, established in remembrance of those 
  who were killed in or survived the bombing of the Murrah Federal 
  Building in 1995, will be hiring three permanent, full-time GS-0025-07 
  protection rangers to assist in the creation and operation of the 
  park. An all-sources job announcement for all three positions will 
  soon be issued by OPM on USA Jobs. A merit promotion job announcement 
  for a GS-0025-09 ranger opened on January 20th and closes on February 
  10th. Announcements will soon be posted for several other jobs - a 
  supervisory park ranger (interpretation), an administrative officer, 
  two park guides, and a park ranger (interpreter). The memorial complex 
  will include an outside "symbolic memorial," a 30,000-square-foot 
  interactive learning museum, and the nationally certified Institute 
  for the Prevention of Terrorism. The NPS will run the interpretation, 
  protection, maintenance and volunteer programs through a cooperative 
  agreement with the Oklahoma City National Memorial Trust. Questions 
  about the positions, the memorial, or the area should be directed to 
  acting superintendent Mark Foust at 405-232-2454.
  
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  Prepared by the Division of Ranger Activities, WASO, with the 
  cooperation and support of Delaware Water Gap NRA.
  
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