NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

MORNING REPORT

Thursday, January 5, 2012

INCIDENTS

Mount Rainier NP

Memorial Services Set For Ranger Margaret Anderson

A memorial service will be held this coming Tuesday to celebrate the life of Ranger Margaret Anderson, who was fatally shot by an assailant on January 1st. The service will be at 1 p.m. on Tuesday, January 10th, at Pacific Lutheran University (12180 Park Avenue S, Tacoma, Washington). Arrangements are in progress and will be shared as they become available. The family asks that donations be made in lieu of flowers. They should be sent to KeyBank, P.O. Box 159, Eatonville, WA 98328. Checks should be made out to the Margaret Anderson Donation Account. All correspondence, including requests for information, resource offers, and condolences, should be sent to HYPERLINK "mailto:MountRainierInfo@gmail.com" MountRainierInfo@gmail.com. Please send any photos of Margaret for inclusion a multimedia presentation at the memorial to the above address. For guidance on lowering flags to half staff and the wearing of mourning bands, see the related story in today's edition or click on the “More Information” link. [Patti Wold, PIO, Western Incident Management Team]

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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/):

Director's Office - Director Jarvis has issued a memorandum entitled “Flag Protocol and Mourning Band Authorization for Ranger Margaret Anderson.” The full text is included.

Intermountain Region - Lisa Carrico, a 28-year veteran of the National Park Service, has been named superintendent of Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve in southern Colorado.

Natural Resource Program Center - Jason Ransom has joined the Biological Resource Management Division's Wildlife Conservation Branch as a threatened and endangered species and habitat specialist.

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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).

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