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NATIONAL PARK SERVICE MORNING REPORT Monday, December 24, 2012 INCIDENTS Vanderbilt Mansion NHS Search Of Hudson River Underway For Missing Boaters Early last Friday morning, Dutchess County 911 contacted the park and advised that a canoe with three men aboard had capsized in the Hudson River. One of the three, M.M. of Hyde Park, managed to swim to shore at Vanderbilt National Historic Site and alerted authorities from a nearby apartment complex. A search was begun that included NPS rangers, the Hyde Park Police Department, Dutchess County Sheriff's Department scuba and marine units, New York State Police scuba and aviation units, the Coast Guard, New York State environmental conservation police and forest police, and Roosevelt, Staatsburg and Hyde Park Fire Departments. The two missing men, B.R. of Hyde Park and B.C. of Millbrook, New York, have not been found. The search was discontinued at dusk on Friday evening, but was to continue over the weekend. [Cathy Newhard, Chief Ranger] 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/): The White House - By direction of the White House, all US flags flown at half staff in honor of Senator Daniel Inouye, who passed away on December 17th, are to be returned to full staff. The order was effective as of sunset yesterday. Congressional and Legislative Affairs - This week's update on past and upcoming hearings, newly introduced bills, and the status of legislation of interest to the National Park Service. This report covers the week ending on Friday, December 21st. Alaska Region - This week's update on past and upcoming hearings, newly introduced bills, and the status of legislation of interest to the National Park Service. This report covers the week ending on Friday, December 21st. Vicksburg NMP - Louis ‘Jerrel' Cooper, chief of maintenance at Vicksburg National Military Park, will retire on December 28th after 37 years with the National Park Service. Wrangell-St. Elias NP&P - Norah Martinez, chief ranger at Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve, will retire on December 28th following 33 years of Federal service. * * * * The Morning Report is a publication of the Division of Law Enforcement, Security and Emergency Services, Washington Office, produced by the Office of Communications with the support of the Office of the Associate Director for Information Resources. Edited by Bill Halainen ( Bill_Halainen@nps.gov). --- ### --- |