NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
MORNING REPORT
Monday, December 8, 2008
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INCIDENTS
Amistad NRA
Body Of Missing Visitor Found In Lake
On the morning of December 4th, rangers encountered family members searching for T.B. in a closed area. They had last seen 43-year-old T.B. around 5:30 that morning after a night of celebration on a Forever Resorts houseboat moored at the Diablo East Marina docks. They believed that T.B. had decided to walk several miles home after a night of drinking. Rangers began a hasty search of unsecured boats at the marina and nearby buildings, trails, and shorelines. Customs and Border Protection officers also searched the area by air. At approximately 12:20 p.m., rangers were notified that Forever Resorts SCUBA divers had found T.B.'s body while searching the underwater area of the marina. Resort divers and a protection division diver recovered the body in 43 feet of water near the family's rented houseboat. Rangers are working with the Val Verde County Sheriffs Department, which is leading the investigation. An autopsy has been ordered. T.B. was a long-time resident of Del Rio, Texas, and a lieutenant in the Del Rio Fire Department. [Bruce Malloy, Chief Ranger]
OTHER NEWS
The following stories are among those in today's edition of InsideNPS. The internal, NPS-only version of InsideNPS can be found at: HYPERLINK "http://inside.nps.gov/index.cfm?handler=index" http://inside.nps.gov/index.cfm?handler=index . The public version, called NPS Digest, can be found at: HYPERLINK "http://home.nps.gov/applications/digest/" http://home.nps.gov/applications/digest/
Second Century Commission - The National Parks 2nd Century Commission held its second meeting at Lowell NHP in late October and has issued a brief summary report on its session there.
Legislative and Congressional Affairs - This week's update on past and upcoming hearings and the status of legislation pertinent to the National Park Service. New this week is legislation extending the authorization to build the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial and a proclamation creating a new WWII monument.
US Park Police - Officer Ken Donovan, who has been with the Park Police since 1970, retired on December 6th.
Intermountain Region - Kate Hammond has been named superintendent of Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument in Montana. She will assume her new position in January.
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Prepared by the Division of Law Enforcement, Security and Emergency Services, Washington Office, with the support of the Office of the Chief Information Officer and Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area. Edited by Bill Halainen ( HYPERLINK "mailto:Bill_Halainen@nps.gov" Bill_Halainen@nps.gov).
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