News from April 2008
By DOL Newswire | Apr 21, 2008
News Release: KENNEDY ON TAINTED HEPARIN SUPPLY WASHINGTON, DC- Senator Edward M.Kennedy, Chairman of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, today released the following statement in response to the FDA’s announcement on the contaminated Heparin supply. Senator Kennedy will hold a health committee hearing...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 21, 2008
News Release: The El Portal Market, one of El Portal’s oldest buildings burned to the ground today in a blaze which was reported by El Portal residents at approximately 5 am. Firefighters from the National Park Service, DNC Parks and Resorts at Yosemite, Inc., and Mariposa County responded to the fire. The market has been closed for renovations since late March.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 21, 2008
News Release: National Park Week is a yearly celebration for recognition of Your National Parks. On Saturday, April 26, 2008, Fort Stanwix National Monument and other National Parks will be giving special focus to those the National Park Service would like to call “Junior Rangers," with the second annual NPS Junior Ranger Day. Special programs will take place throughout the nation.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 21, 2008
News Release: Superintendent Mike Murray announced 2008 training dates are set for the summer season "Beach Ambassador" program. The program’s goal is to increase preventative lifesaving efforts through educational materials and personal contacts with the visiting public to Cape Hatteras National Seashore and village...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 21, 2008
News Release: Dear Commissioner von Eschenbach: As a senior member of the United States Senate and as Ranking Member of theCommittee on Finance (Committee), it is my duty under the Constitution to conduct oversightinto the actions of the executive branch, including the activities of the Food and DrugAdministration...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 21, 2008
News Release: On Saturday, May 10, Saint Croix Island International Historic Site in Calais, Maine will host a hands-on apple tree pruning workshop in partnership with University of Maine's Cooperative Extension. The focus of the workshop is pruning fruit trees for preservation.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 21, 2008
News Release: Forty-eight park volunteers were awarded the nationally recognized Presidential Service Awards at Big Bend National Park’s Volunteer Award Dinner on March 31, 2008. Take Pride in America Service Awards recognize volunteers who have contributed over 100 hours of service to the park. The highest level...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 21, 2008
News Release: Karen Gustin is the newly appointed superintendent of Olympic National Park, said National Park Service (NPS) Regional Director Jonathan B. Jarvis today.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 21, 2008
News Release: Do you really think you saw a cougar? Now you can compare what you saw to a real one. The National Park Service (NPS) has added a cougar mount to the exhibits at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore’s Visitor Center in Empire. The public is invited to stop in and view this majestic animal, often reported within the Lakeshore and surrounding area. The mount is on temporary loan from Michigan State University Museum in East Lansing, MI.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 21, 2008
News Release: (GUNNISON) - April 21, 2008. The National Park Service is working aggressively this spring to prevent destructive Zebra and Quagga Mussels from invading Blue Mesa’s outstanding fishery. Beginning this spring, all boats operated on Blue Mesa must be certified as mussel-free. Zebra and Quagga mussels first...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 21, 2008
News Release: Walter J. Chavez, Superintendent of San Juan National Historic Site, is pleased to announce the celebration of National Volunteer week at San Juan NHS, April 27 to May 3, 2008. “Volunteers help to enhance the visitor experience and operations here at the fortifications of San Juan NHS while gaining new...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 21, 2008
News Release: WEST GLACIER, MONT. - The 2008 operating dates and nightly fee schedule for frontcountry campgrounds in Glacier National Park have been announced. The dates listed below represent the first day and the last night of camping for each category. During primitive camping there is NO water provided and any water taken from streams or lakes will require treatment prior to use.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 21, 2008
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., Chairman of the Senate’s Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, released new data compiled by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) showing that corporations who issued stock options to their executives claimed 2005 stock option tax deductions that were collectively...
By USDA Newswire | Apr 21, 2008
News Release: Preschool children 2 years and older should spend no more than two hours a day watching television and using the computer. That's according to recommendations from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP ). But research at the Children's Nutrition Research Center (CNRC) in Houston, Texas, shows that many preschoolers exceed these recommendations, and the extra time spent in sedentary activity may be detrimental to their health.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 21, 2008
News Release: Spring is in the air and the country’s 391 National Park Service sites are perfect places to get out and experience the beauty of the season. President Bush has proclaimed April 19 through 27 as National Park Week and encourages everyone to enjoy the natural wonders and inspirational history found in parks across the country.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 19, 2008
News Release: Richmond National Battlefield Park announces the temporary closing, until further notice, of two of its units during the course of paving and construction work. Drewry's Bluff, ten miles south of Richmond in Chesterfield County, will be closed beginning April 21. Workers will remove the current parking...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 19, 2008
News Release: President Bush has proclaimed April 19 through 27 as National Park Week. This year's theme is "Kids in Parks." Children and families visiting the Civil War Visitor Center at Tredegar Iron Works, as well as one thousand students participating from local classrooms, will take part in National Park Week...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 18, 2008
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, Apr. 18, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRT (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON — The Department of Justice announced today that it has filed a lawsuit on behalf of Patrick Anson, a member of the New York Air National Guard, against the New York State Department of Correctional ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 18, 2008
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, Apr. 18, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV TAX (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 Four Individuals Prepared Thousands of False Returns WASHINGTON - Matthew Carl Berry was convicted on federal tax fraud charges yesterday following a jury trial in Riverside, Calif., the Department of Justice ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 18, 2008
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, Apr. 18, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRT (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON – Grace Chung Becker, Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division, together with Patrick Fitzgerald, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, and Robert D. Grant, ...
