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NATIONAL PARK SERVICE MORNING REPORT BLACKBERRY EDITION Tuesday, February 7, 2006 =============================================================================================================== NOTICE President Bush has ordered that all American flags be flown at half-staff today from sunrise to sunset in memory of Mrs. Coretta Scott King. Flags will return to full staff on Wednesday. INCIDENTS Martin Luther King, Jr. NHS Update on Funeral Services for Coretta Scott King The Eastern Incident Management Team (Gordon Wissinger, IC) has been assigned to the park to assist with the funeral services for Mrs. Coretta Scott King. Uniformed personnel have been conducting fixed-post and roving security patrols throughout the park over the past several days. The IMT is working closely with the City of Atlanta and other participating agencies regarding the coordination, staffing, and management of memorial events, including increased security, barricade closures, smooth visitor flow patterns, and facilitating parking and access for dignitaries. Twenty-two NPS units have provided uniformed law enforcement and non-law enforcement personnel to support this incident: Big Cypress NP; Biscayne NP; Blue Ridge Parkway; Cape Hatteras NS; Chattahoochee River NRA; Chickamauga and Chattanooga NMP; Colonial NHP; Cumberland Gap NHP; Everglades NP; Great Smoky Mountains NP; Gulf Islands NS; Horseshoe Bend NMP; Hot Springs HP; Jimmy Carter NHS; Kennesaw Mountain NBP; Kings Mountain NMP; Mammoth Cave NP; Natchez Trace Parkway; Ocmulgee NM; Shenandoah NP; Southeast Regional Office; and Tuskegee Airman NHS. [Michelle Fidler, Eastern IMT Information Officer] Natchez Trace Parkway Suicide from Highway Bridge On February 2nd, NPS employees who were traveling through the Birdsong Hollow area saw a vehicle parked on the parkway bridge that spans Highway 96. A man who was sitting on the railing of the bridge jumped from it as they watched. The employees were unable to intervene due to the quick sequence of events and their distance from him. The 54-year-old victim was a resident of Nashville, Tennessee. His death has been ruled a suicide. [Charles Cuvelier] JOBS Northeast Region GS-13/14 Regional Chief of Interpretation and Education Northeast Region is advertising for a GS-13/14 chief of education and interpretation. This is a new position that will combine and interweave the offices of interpretation and education. The selectee will play a vital role - working with park and regional staff and with partners to connect the parks to diverse visitors, build awareness and long term support of the resources and values of the National Park System, and develop creative, efficient ways of providing effective programs and services. Northeast Region covers 13 states and includes 100 areas that collectively serve 55 million visitors. For more details on this opportunity, view the entire vacancy announcement on HYPERLINK "http://www.usajobs.gov" www.usajobs.gov. [Linda Canzanelli] Gettysburg NMP GS-1010-11 Supervisory Exhibits Specialist Gettysburg National Military Park is currently recruiting to fill a permanent supervisory position in its maintenance division. The primary duty of the supervisory exhibits specialist is to supervise the staff of the structures preservation branch, including preservation/restoration (carpenters, exhibits specialists, masons) and utility (electrician, plumber) workers and the work they perform. The park memorializes the Battle of Gettysburg and the turning point of the Civil War. Visitation is high throughout the year, particularly from June through August. If you would like more information on this challenging position, please call facility manager Dave Dreier at 717-334-5533. The announcement is currently open on USAJOBS and closes on February 16th. [Buena McKinnon] * * * * * Prepared by Visitor and Resource Protection, WASO, with the cooperation and support of Delaware Water Gap NRA. --- ### --- |