NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

MORNING REPORT

Tuesday, October 22, 2013

INCIDENTS

Lake Mead NRA

Yacht Sinks In Lake Mead

A 65-foot yacht sank while slipped at Temple Bar Marina on Lake Mead last Friday.

The 1996 Skipperliner, reportedly owned by singer Wayne Newton, began taking on water around 9:30 a.m. and sunk within minutes. Nobody was on board and no injuries were reported.

The boat is partially submerged in 45 foot deep water. Vessel Assist, out of Lake Havasu City, will salvage the boat later this week. No hazardous waste has been observed at this time.

Initial assessments indicate that an equipment failure may have caused the accident. Rangers are investigating the incident.

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[Christie Vanover, Public Affairs Officer]

OTHER NEWS

The following stories are among those in today's InsideNPS. To see the full text, 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 Morning Report web page ( HYPERLINK "http://www.nps.gov/morningreport/" http://www.nps.gov/morningreport/):

Office of Communications - Director Jarvis will host a national webchat today to answer your questions about the shutdown or other Servicewide issues. Please join in to talk about what's happening across the Service. [Internal only]

Ocmulgee NM - The 22nd annual Ocmulgee Indian Celebration, held on the weekend of September 20th, drew over 17,000 visitors to the park. More than 250 Native Americans, representing over 20 federally-recognized tribes, participated in this year's event. 

Law Enforcement, Security and Emergency Services - In the fiscal year that ended last month, NPS employees entered over 100,000 incidents into the Service's Incident Management Analysis and Reporting System (IMARS).

Kennesaw Mountain NBP - On the evening of September 22nd, Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park debuted its newest park film, “Kennesaw: One Last Mountain,” at The Earl Smith Strand Theater in downtown Marietta, Georgia.

Fire and Aviation Management - On September 25th, a group of college students from the College of Western Idaho worked on a community service project at the Wildland Firefighters Monument at the National Interagency Fire Center.

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The Morning Report is produced by the Office of Communications with the support of the Office of the Associate Director for Information Resources. Edited by Bill Halainen ( HYPERLINK "mailto:Bill_Halainen@contractor.nps.gov" Bill_Halainen@contractor.nps.gov).

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