NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
                           MORNING REPORT

To:           All National Park Service Areas and Offices

From:         Division of Ranger Activities, Washington Office

Day/Date:     Saturday, August 10, 2002 - Evening Supplemental

*** NOTICE ***

Director Mainella has authorized the lowering of all flags to half-staff
at parks and NPS offices across the nation until further notice in
memory of Park Police officer Hakim Farthing and NPS ranger Kris Eggle.
Uniformed employees are authorized to wear black bands on their badges;
non-uniformed employees may wear black mourning devices similar to those
worn after September 11th.

INCIDENTS

02-370 - Organ Pipe Cactus NM (AZ) - Follow-up: Ranger Shot and Killed

Ranger Kris Eggle, 27, was fatally wounded along the United States
border with Mexico within the park on Friday. Please see the edition of
the Morning Report released earlier today for the original report.
Memorial services for Kris have been set for 1 p.m. on Monday, August
12th, at the Baptist Church in Ajo, Arizona. Rangers and other NPS
employees are encouraged to attend. The dress will be Class A summer
uniform, with mourning bands on badges. Protection rangers should wear
defensive equipment. For those outside of driving range, the best way to
get to Ajo is to fly to Phoenix and book a hotel room there, then drive
the two hours to Ajo. A separate family memorial service will be held in
Michigan within the next several days. For more information, contact
Intermountain Region regional chief ranger Randy King at 303-969- 2641.
[Rick Frost, IMRO]

02-371 - Baltimore-Washington Parkway (MD) - Follow-up: Park Police
Officer Killed

The name of the Park Police officer killed by the drunk driver early on
Saturday morning has been released. Hakim Farthing, 28, had been on the
force since October, 2000. No funeral or memorial arrangements have yet
been made, but they will appear as soon as they are available. As noted
yesterday, Jovada Welch, 20, of Silver Spring, has been arrested on
federal charges of driving under the influence and involuntary
manslaughter. [Scott Fear, PIO, USPP]

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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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