NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
                           MORNING REPORT
  
  
  To:         All National Park Service Areas and Offices
  
  From:       Division of Ranger Activities, Washington Office
  
  Day/Date:   Friday, February 25, 2000
  
  ALMANAC
  
  On this day in 1779, British Lt. Gov. Henry Hamilton surrendered Fort 
  Sackville at Vincennes to a Virginia militia force under Lt. Col. 
  George Rogers Clark, bolstering American claims to the Old Northwest 
  in the American Revolution.  Clark's victory is commemorated at George 
  Rogers Clark National Historical Park in Vincennes, Indiana.
  
  INCIDENTS
  
  00-065 - Gateway NRA (NJ/NY) - Structural Fire
  
  New York City Fire Department units responded to a report of smoke 
  coming from Battery Weed around noon on February 22nd. The battery is 
  a historic fortification in Fort Wadsworth on Staten Island. A fire, 
  probably a campfire started by trespassers, was discovered on the 
  third level of the battery and extinguished. The wooden flooring was 
  destroyed, but there was little other damage (the battery is 
  constructed almost entirely of granite and sod). A ladder hidden in 
  the roof of a small blockhouse abutting the battery was used to gain 
  access. No suspects have been identified, but Park Police detectives 
  are following up on several leads and pursuing the case as an ARPA 
  violation. [Marty O'Toole, Site Manager, Fort Wadsworth Unit, GATE, 
  2/23]
  
  00-066 - Grand Canyon NP (AZ) - Death of Concession Employee
  
  On February 22nd, rangers received a report that an AMFAC concession 
  employee had failed to show up for work for two days. They checked his 
  dorm room and found the body of the 57-year-old man, still seated in 
  front of his computer. It appears that he died of natural causes. 
  [Kent Delbon, Lead Park Ranger, South Rim District, GRCA, 2/24]
  
  CULTURAL/NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
  
  No submissions.
  
  OPERATIONAL NOTES
  
  No submissions.
  
  MEMORANDA
  
  No submissions.
  
  PARKS AND PEOPLE
  
  Richmond NBP (VA) - The park has an opening for a GS-401-11 natural 
  resource management specialist. It's listed on USA Jobs as 
  announcement number COLO-00-06. For further information, contact Mike 
  Johnson, chief ranger at Fredericksburg-Spotsylvania NMP.
  
  Petersburg NB - Lucia Camper, the park's administrative officer, will 
  be retiring after 35 years of service at the park. A dinner will be 
  held on April 14th at the Chester Plantation in Prince George County. 
  If you'd like to attend or send along a note, please contact Sue 
  Warthan via cc:Mail at the park.
  
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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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