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NATIONAL PARK SERVICE MORNING REPORT Friday, December 23, 2011 INCIDENTS No new incident reports have been received. OTHER NEWS The following stories are among those in today's edition of InsideNPS. To see the full text, including images, NPS employees should go to the InsideNPS home page ( HYPERLINK "http://inside.nps.gov/index.cfm?handler=index" http://inside.nps.gov/index.cfm?handler=index). Non-NPS employees can see most of them on the NPS Digest page ( HYPERLINK "http://home.nps.gov/applications/digest/" http://home.nps.gov/applications/digest/): Great Smoky Mountains NP - The park held festivals on each of the past two weekends that celebrated and shared the traditions of Christmas' past. Thousands attended the Festival of Christmas Past at Sugarlands Visitor Center near Gatlinburg and the Holiday Homecoming at the Oconaluftee Visitor Center. Conservation Study Institute - The Conservation Study Institute is now accepting applications for the Superintendents Leadership Roundtable program. They're due by December 27th. Mesa Verde NP - Merle Michael is retiring on December 31st after more than 27 years with the government. During his career with the NPS, he became a specialist in building CCC-era reproduction furniture. Pacific West Regional Office - Teresa Wright, chief of workforce management in the Pacific West Regional Office, will retire on December 30th after more than 38 years of Federal service. Golden Gate NRA - Teresa Wright, chief of workforce management in the Pacific West Regional Office, will retire on December 30th after more than 38 years of Federal service. Northeast Region - Stan Van Bremen and Rex Silbaugh will be retiring at the end of December. Each of them has worked for the NPS for over 35 years. Servicewide Training Calendar - A compilation of upcoming training courses and conferences across the nation, plus online training. The following are new additions to this week's calendar - ARPA training at New River Gorge, an EMT basic refresher in California, an LE refresher at Jean Lafitte, and classes on the fundamentals of special park uses at NCTC and in Albuquerque. * * * * The Morning Report is a publication of the Division of Law Enforcement, Security and Emergency Services, Washington Office, produced with the support of the Office of the Assistant Director for Information Resources and the Office of the Chief Information Officer. Edited by Bill Halainen ( HYPERLINK "mailto:Bill_Halainen@nps.gov" Bill_Halainen@nps.gov). --- ### --- |