NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

MORNING REPORT

Friday, January 3, 2014

INCIDENTS

No reports received.

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/):

Tuskegee Airmen NHS - Tuskegee Institute NHS, Tuskegee Airmen NHS and Selma to Montgomery NHT are extending their reach by using mobile tagging with interactive quick response (QR) codes. Park websites can now be accessed anywhere via mobile devices with a simple scan.

Rocky Mountain NP - Pierre Perney, a mechanic in the park's auto shop since 1984, passed away on December 29th. Services will be held in Estes Park tomorrow.

Mount Rainier NP - Ranger Margaret Anderson, killed in the line of duty on January 1, 2012, was remembered by a parkwide moment of silence on the morning of January 1st.

Investigative Services Branch - Scott Hinson is retiring on January 11th after 32 years of service to the National Park Service. He is one of nine family members to work for the NPS.

Servicewide Training Calendar - Added to today's updated calendar is this year's western basic technical rescue training course, which will be held in April at Canyonlands.

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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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