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Winter 2006 Arrowhead NL Arrowhead • Winter 2006 1 Arrowhead Winter 2006 • Vol. 13 • No. 1 The Newsletter of the Employees & Alumni Association of the National Park Service Published By Eastern National F ROM THE DIRECTOR Jefferson National Expansion Memorial he comment Tperiod on the Celebrates 40 Years of the Gateway Arch draft 2006 Man- agement Policies George B. Hartzog III, who delivered closed February special remarks from his father, former 18, and we appre- ciate everyone’s JNEM superintendent and NPS Direc- engagement in the tor George B. Hartzog, Jr. process. Many of “Today’s 40th anniversary events are you led or attended one of the public the kickoff for a decade of cooperative open houses that facilitated discus- endeavors between the park and the sion and understanding.Thank you to greater St. Louis community,” said those who took time to read the poli- cies and share their thoughts. I know Superintendent Peggy O’Dell. She our Management Policies will be bet- hopes to work closely with local organ- ter for it. izations and municipalities to create A policy team is processing the lasting partnerships and development in comments. Soon, the staff will pass the St. Louis area prior to the Arch’s the comments to another NPS team, 50th anniversary in 2015. Special con- appointed by our National Leader- gressional proclamations marking the ship Council, to consult with NPS anniversary were presented by represen- experts and edit the draft. After the National Park System Advisory Jefferson National Expansion Memorial tatives from the offices of Congressmen Board and NLC members review the William Lacy Clay and Russ Carnahan. DURING THE RIBBON-CUTTING CEREMONY for the official opening of an exhibit team’s edited draft, we will send it out A ribbon-cutting ceremony followed honoring the architect of the Gateway Arch entitled “The Creative Spirit of Eero for an additional Servicewide review Saarinen,” Jefferson National Expansion Memorial Supt. Peggy O’Dell (right) hands the for the official opening of an exhibit to ensure a document that is relevant, honoring the architect of the Arch enti- applicable, and true to our mission. scissors to Eero’s daughter, Susan Saarinen (center), while Jefferson National Parks Association Executive Director David Grove looks on. The ribbon-cutting ceremony was tled “The Creative Spirit of Eero Saari- The most important thing, as the one of the activities during the 40th anniversary of the completion of the Gateway Arch nen.” The exhibit was opened by the NPS leads this process, is the com- event at Jefferson National Expansion Memorial. architect’s daughter, Susan Saarinen. A mitment we have made for the final special postal cachet was unveiled, and product to retain and enhance our By Bob Moore, Historian, 28 with a day-long series of commemo- commitment to our mission. As I said awards were given to the winners of an in my letter to Congress last fall, the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial rative events, starting with a reception art competition for students. Organic Act is our Constitution. It pro- for dignitaries and an “anniversary Throughout the day, over 25 con- vides a strong sense of purpose and efferson National Expansion Memor- tram ride” to the top of the Arch for struction workers who helped build the direction to park managers. Manage- Jial (JNEM) celebrated the 40th toasts to the past and to the future. Arch during the mid-1960’s were on ment Policies are our best tools to anniversary of the completion of the Guests included St. Louis Mayor Fran- hand to talk with visitors and sign implement the Act, and we will Gateway Arch on Oct. 28 and 29, cis Slay; Judge Debra Carnahan, wife of ensure our mandate is maintained. 2005. The celebration began on Oct. Congressman Russ Carnahan; and continued on page 9 The extensive NPS team that worked on this revision agreed to guiding principles. Management Policies will: • Comply with current laws, regula- New Arches National Park Employees and Alumni tions and Executive Orders. Association News • Prevent impairment. • Be responsible for key authorities Visitor Center is Dedicated Strategic Plan for the Employees and decision making. and Alumni Association of the • Emphasize consultation and NPS Open for Review cooperation. E&AA put together a strategic plan- • Pursue the best contemporary busi- ning committee to address the future of ness practices and sustainability. E&AA. We are indebted to the following members who served on the commit- • Encourage consistency across tee: Barbara Bell, Dan Brown, Jim Car- the system—“one” National Park rico, Gary Everhardt, Cindy McLeod, System. Bob Reynolds, Bob Stanton, Steve • Use NPS legacy goals, coopera- Whitesell and Mark Woods. Facilitated tive conservation and civic engage- by University of Houston President Jay ment as guides. Gogue, the plan was reviewed at the • Improve the tone so there is no E&AA board meeting in Albuquerque misunderstanding about the NPS’s on January 28, 2006. commitment to the public’s appro- The purpose of this plan is to review priate use and enjoyment, including the six purposes of E&AA and to outline education and interpretation, of a five-year plan that would improve the park resources, while preventing service and relevance of E&AA consis- unacceptable impacts. tent with its purposes. We value your • Ensure conservation remains pre- comments and invite you to review the dominant when there is a conflict entire document on the E&AA website between the protection of resources (www.eandaa.org). Please submit your comments and thoughts by April 15 to and their use. NPS [email protected]. • Pass on to future generations ARCHES NP SUPT. LAURA JOSS and NPS Director Fran Mainella cut the ribbon better natural, cultural, and physical dedicating the new Arches NP Visitor Center on Sept. 17. Pictured left to right: Changes to E&AA Educational resources and enjoyment opportu- Grand County Council Chair Jerry McNeely, Moab Mayor Dave Sakrison, Arches NP Trust Fund Announced nities. Supt. Laura Joss, NPS Director Fran Mainella and National Park Foundation Vice The Trustees approved over I deeply appreciate the many Chair Nancy Bechtle. $160,000 in loans this past year. If NPS employees who have dedicat- this demand continues, the trust fund ed considerable time and immeas- By Diane Allen, Foundation Vice Chair Nancy Bechtle, will be depleted in two years. The urable determination and expertise Chief of Interpretation, Arches NP Managing Director of the Utah Gover- board has therefore reviewed the sit- to our draft Management Policies. nor’s Office of Tourism Leigh Van- uation and has made the following Their commitment to making the he formal dedication of the derEsch and Senator Bennett’s Central changes to The George B. Hartzog, document one that will guide us 18,000-square-foot visitor center at Utah Area Director Donna Sackett Jr. Educational Loan Program: well is admirable and epitomizes T Arches NP occurred on Sept. 17. NPS • All applications must be received and the dedication of NPS employees joined Supt. Laura Joss to cut the on file by the closing date of May 1. across the Service. Director Fran Mainella, Moab Mayor ribbon officially opening the visitor cen- Dave Sakrison, Grand County Council ter. Over 300 people attended the continued on page 3 —Fran Mainella Chair Jerry McNeely, National Park continued on page 3 2 Arrowhead • Winter 2006 Focus on the Parks • The Gettysburg Cyclorama painting and mounting them on a new support and the Cyclorama Building closed to system to maintain even tension through- visitors on Nov. 20, as conservators out the canvas. moved onto the next phase of a multi- year, $9-million initiative to return the • The Kelso Depot Information Center at painting, as close as possible, to its orig- Mojave N PRES is now open to the pub- inal state. While the other exhibits in lic. The two-story Spanish Mission Revival the Cyclorama Building will reopen in Style structure originally served as train spring 2006, the next opportunity that station, lunchroom and employee hous- visitors to Gettysburg NMP will have ing for the Union Pacific Railroad. After it to see the 120-year-old painting will be closed in 1986, local groups fought to when the new museum and visitor cen- preserve the building, and the Union ter opens in November 2007. Pacific eventually donated it to the Bureau Painted by French artist Paul Philip- of Land Management. poteaux and a team of 20 in 1883-1884, When Mojave N PRES was established the Cyclorama, entitled “The Battle of in 1994, the depot passed to the NPS. Gettysburg,” is a colossal circular oil Renovation, which began in 2001, painting depicting the charge of Confed- returned the building’s exterior to its orig- erate infantry led by General George inal 1925 appearance, while adding struc- Pickett. Central to the park’s education- tural stability and modern requirements Edison NHS al mission, the painting is one of the such as an elevator and sprinkler system. IN NOVEMBER 2005, 140 OF EDISON NHS’S historic phonographs were moved from storage to a newly constructed exhibit area. The machines will now be on public display most dramatic, and popular, parts of the As the park’s principal information center, in the main laboratory building in a climate-controlled case. Gettysburg experience. the depot now houses museum exhibits, a Prior to the close, the conservation theater and historically furnished rooms. Outside, landscaping approximates the Dorothy Buell Memorial Visitor Cen- did the first scientific experiments on the team had been cleaning the surface of ter. The $3 million project is being hot spring water. During the commemo- the 359' x 27' painting and removing mid-century historic scene, while adding conveniences such as restrooms and a pic- financed through Federal Highway ration, the Early Arkansaw Reenactors overpaint, inserts and grime.
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