NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

MORNING REPORT

Monday, September 30, 2013

INCIDENTS

Grand Canyon NP

Park Resident Arrested On Felony Sex With Minor Charges

On July 30th, park resident E.J. was arrested in by Investigative Services Branch agents pursuant to an arrest warrant issued by the Superior Court of Arizona.

Following an on-going investigation by ISB, E.J. was indicted on felony charges of two counts of sexual conduct with a minor. E.J. and the minor victim were both residents in the park when the sexual conduct occurred.

[Investigative Services Branch]

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/):

Director's Office - In this two-minute episode, Director Jarvis highlights the new teachers' website on NPS.gov, launched earlier this month. The video shows students at a middle school in Maryland using NPS educational materials and interacting live with rangers at Grand Canyon. [Internal only]

Gettysburg NMP - On the weekend of September 20th, the Gettysburg community hosted the annual convention of the Congressional Medal of Honor Society, this year attended by 45 of the 79 living recipients of the nation's highest honor for military valor.

Geologic Resources Division - The Geologic Resources Division has issued a call for proposals from parks for spring/summer 2014 Mosaics in Science internships. They are due by November 15th.

Office of Legislative and Congressional 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 Friday, September 27th.

Sleeping Bear Dunes NL - Chris Johnson, district ranger for the park's Leelanau District, is retiring today after 31 years with the National Park Service. 

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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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