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NATIONAL PARK SERVICE MORNING REPORT Friday, January 6, 2012 INCIDENTS Mount Rainier NP Particulars Provided On Anderson Memorial Service Additional details have been released on next Tuesday's service celebrating 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). The uniform of the day will be the winter service dress uniform and felt hat, including dress coat and tie if available. Understanding that not all employees who may wish to attend in uniform have such attire, it is permissible for individuals to wear their nicest winter uniforms. If a uniform is being worn, do not wear any non-uniform items, i.e. blue jeans with park shirt, non uniform hat, belts, shoes, etc. Also, volunteers may wear the standard VIP uniform. Travel and attendance authorization guidance is being developed in the Washington Office and will be distributed as soon as it becomes available. Information on area lodging and airport transportation is available on the HYPERLINK "http://www.plu.edu/admission/first-year/visit-plu/lodging-and-airport. php" Pacific Lutheran University website. Further information will be shared as it becomes available. The family asks that donations be made in lieu of flowers. They will be used to help E.A. raise their two girls. Donations 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, click on the “More Information” link. [Patti Wold, PIO, Western Incident Management Team] HYPERLINK "http://inside.nps.gov/index.cfm?handler=viewnpsnewsarticle&type= Announcements&id=11455" http://inside.nps.gov/index.cfm?handler=viewnpsnewsarticle&type=Announcements&id=11455 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/): Pacific West Region - Diane Nicholson, regional curator for Pacific West Region, cherished colleague and friend, died while leaving work on January 3rd. Alaska Region - Archie Kendle and Gary Sellards have retired from the park's maintenance program. 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 - a biodiversity webinar next Wednesday, three equipment operator safety training courses, three more offerings of NPS Fundamentals II at Albright, and five more offerings of Fundamentals V in Washington, DC. * * * * 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). --- ### --- |