Daily Report - Yosemite National Park
Friday, March 14, 2008
Weather
Yosemite: TODAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS AND SLIGHT
CHANCE OF SHOWERS. BREEZY. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 40 PERCENT. SNOW LEVEL
5000 FEET. HIGHS 41 TO 51 IN YOSEMITE VALLEY...25 TO 35 IN THE
HIGH COUNTRY.
TONIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS AND SLIGHT CHANCE OF
SHOWERS. COLDER. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 40 PERCENT. SNOW LEVEL 5000 FEET.
LOWS 22 TO 32 IN YOSEMITE VALLEY...4 TO 14 IN THE HIGH COUNTRY.
SATURDAY...SNOW SHOWERS LIKELY. BREEZY. CHANCE OF SNOW 70 PERCENT. SNOW
ACCUMULATION UP TO 4 INCHES. HIGHS 37 TO 47 IN YOSEMITE VALLEY...22 TO 30
IN THE HIGH COUNTRY. GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH OVER THE CREST IN THE MORNING.
SATURDAY NIGHT...SNOW SHOWERS LIKELY AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
EVENING...THEN SNOW SHOWERS LIKELY AFTER MIDNIGHT. BREEZY. CHANCE OF
PRECIPITATION 70 PERCENT. SNOW ACCUMULATION UP TO 1 INCH.
LOWS 16 TO 26 IN YOSEMITE VALLEY...1 BELOW TO 9 ABOVE ZERO IN THE HIGH
COUNTRY.
SUNDAY...MOSTLY SUNNY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS. BREEZY.
HIGHS 42 TO 52 IN YOSEMITE VALLEY...21 TO 31 IN THE HIGH COUNTRY.
SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...MOSTLY CLEAR. VERY WINDY. NOT AS COOL. LOWS 20 TO
30 IN YOSEMITE VALLEY...6 TO 16 IN THE HIGH COUNTRY. HIGHS 51 TO 61 IN
YOSEMITE VALLEY...42 TO 48 IN THE HIGH COUNTRY.
MONDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS 22 TO 32 IN YOSEMITE VALLEY... 15 TO 25
IN THE HIGH COUNTRY.
El Portal: Today: A 20 percent chance of snow showers. Partly sunny, with a
high near 40. North wind 5 to 10 mph becoming west southwest.
Tonight: A 20 percent chance of snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low
around 18. West southwest wind around 6 mph becoming calm.
Saturday: Snow showers likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 33.
Southeast wind 5 to 10 mph becoming west. Chance of precipitation is 70%.
New snow accumulation of around an inch possible.
Saturday Night: Snow showers likely. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 2.
Northwest wind between 6 and 13 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%.
Sunday: A 20 percent chance of snow showers. Partly cloudy, with a high
near 36. North northwest wind between 9 and 13 mph.
Sunday Night: Partly cloudy and blustery, with a low around 13.
Monday: Sunny, with a high near 47.
Happening Today/This Weekend (Check the Community News section for other
events)
Free Skiing at Badger Pass! - Support the Yosemite Winter Club and Yosemite
Ski Team by volunteering to help out at the annual Silver Ski Race March
15-16. Volunteers get a lift ticket for that day, lunch, and a lift ticket
voucher for this season or next! You can volunteer one or both days and get
vouchers for each day. Volunteers help with a variety of tasks including
gate keeping (judging kids proper turning around gates), meal distribution,
race course maintenance, and more.
Give me a call at the number below if you can help. Thank you! (T. Medema -
3/7/08)
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Live Music at the Evergreen Lodge this Saturday! - From 9 PM to Midnight
the Horseshoes, an all-gal country/bluegrass band from San Francisco, will
be playing in the Evergreen Tavern. We’ll be serving dinner until 10 PM and
the show is free! Contact us at 379-2606. (S. Truempy - 3/13/08)
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Nominations are now being accepted for The Yosemite Fund Award. The
Yosemite Fund Award was created in 1991 to recognize annually the efforts
of an individual in the Yosemite Community who has done exemplary work to
significantly enhance the value of Yosemite National Park or the visitor
experience.
A committee composed of members of the Fund and its staff reviews
nominations and recommends an individual to the Fund Board of Trustees and
Council for approval. A winner will be announced in April. The recipient
is awarded a certificate of commendation and $2,500.
A one page nomination should include: the nominee’s name and contact
information (phone, mailing address and email), reasons for nomination, a
list of the nominee’s accomplishments as well as the nominator’s name and
contact information (phone, mailing address and email).
When nominating an individual, please remember the following guidelines:
The nominee must be a member of the Yosemite Community, must not have
previously received the award, and must be living. The award is made to a
single individual and members of the Award Committee and the Yosemite Fund
Staff are not eligible. If the nominee’s contribution is performed on the
job, his or her efforts must be above and beyond what is required by that
job.
The nominee’s information requested above should be submitted in writing to
Brian Thysell, The Yosemite Fund, 155 Montgomery St., Suite 1104, San
Francisco, CA 94104, or by faxing to (415) 434- 0745, or by emailing to
brian@yosemitefund.org. Nominations must be received by March 14th. (B.
Thysell - 2/1/08)
New Today
Yosemite Training Center is offering March classes. The initial class will
be Monday March 17th at Badger Pass. We need at least 4 people to hold a
class so sign up as soon as possible at the Medical Clinic 372-4637 (B.
Shoor - 2/27/08)
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Fundraiser - Last chance to order your lunch for Tuesday March 18,
sandwich, chips, soda for $8.00 delivered to your office or home! Pay when
delivered, Support your childcare centers! To order call 379-2860 (C.
Brocdhini
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The Upper Merced River Watershed Council invites you to learn about water
quality in the Merced River. Dr. Martha Conklin, hydrologist and professor
at UC Merced, studies California rivers and streams, especially those
flowing out of the Sierra Nevada. Dr. Conklin will explain what the water
tests conducted by our water quality monitors and the University tell us
about the health of the Merced River and its tributaries.
When: Tuesday, March 18, 5:30 – 7:00 pm
Where: Bodie Room, Yosemite Bug, Midpines
Charge: Free
Remember that the Yosemite Bug offers a menu of popular dinner options.
Make it an evening! (A. Steed - 3/14/08)
Announcements
GSA Auction - The General Services Administration will be conducting an
internet auction of Yosemite personal property consisting of pickup trucks,
the Mariposa Grove tram, a horse trailer, chain saws and a fork lift. The
auction opens on 03/12/2008, and closes on 03/19/2008. The sale is number
91QSI08084 #315-322. These items are located in the yard adjacent to the
warehouse in El Portal for inspection, and are marked with yellow item
number cards. Park employees are allowed to participate in the sale, with
the exception of any employee with unfair (nonpublic) detailed knowledge or
prior use of an item offered for sale. Such employees are prohibited from
bidding on that item, and the prohibition includes their immediate family
as well. Employees must view the items and bid on their own time. For
further information regarding the sale items or to register to bid, visit
the website gsaauctions.gov. (D. Ramsey - 3/13/08)
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Leave Share Participants
Currently, YOSE leave share participants are:
Shari Baudoux
Kevin Bowman
Kimberly Cunningham-Summerfield
You can find leave share participants Servicewide on InsideNPS at:
http://insidenps.gov/index.cfm?handler=leaveshare
If you are interested in contributing annual leave, please do so by
completing a Request to Donate Annual Leave to Leave Recipient (Within
Agency) Under the Leave Transfer Program, OPM Form 630-A. A fillable PDF
version of the OPM 630-A may be found at:
http://opm.gov/forms/pdf_fill/opm630a.pdf (T. Hawkins - 1/31/07)
Community News
6th STREET CINEMA is a non-profit theater located in downtown Mariposa,
atop the historic Masonic Lodge on 6th Street. We are the presentation arm
of the Rural Media Arts and Education project, a 501(c)(3) corporation, and
are supported by the California Arts Council, County Bank, Sierra Tel, the
James Irvine Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, and Mariposa
County. We are also generously supported by Iron Mountain Systems and
Stonecutter.com. Monthly membership is $12, allowing film entry for $3
each; non-members pay $7, and non-member students pay only $5. Film/theater
information: (209)966-1333 or http://www.sixthstreetcinema.org Staff:
209 742-6666. E-mail us: sixthstreetcinema@sti.net
This week's program:
March 14-15 (Friday-Saturday) 7:30 p.m.: INTO THE WILD. (Rated R; 140
minutes) - Directed by Sean Penn, with a sound track by Eddie Vedder (Pearl
Jam), 'Into the Wild' is based on a true story and the best selling book by
Jon Krakauer. After graduating from Emory University in 1992, top student
and athlete Christopher McCandless (Emile Hirsch) abandons his possessions,
gives all his savings to charity, and hitchhikes to Alaska to live in the
wilderness. Along the way, Christopher encounters a series of characters
that shape his life, and his destiny.
Upcoming Programs:
March 21 - 22 (Friday - Saturday) 7:30 p.m. NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN. - The
Coen brothers film adapted from Cormac McCarthy's novel with a title by
Yeats. Academy Awards. Tommy Lee Jones. Evil. Violence. Sheer brilliant
filmmaking.
March 27 (Thursday) 7:30 p.m. LIVE FROM THE NYPL: THERE YOU GO AGAIN.(FREE
ADMISSION). - Sixth Street Cinema has partnered with the New York Public
Library to broadcast exciting, thought provoking discussions of topics
relevant to our times. 60 years ago, George Orwell published "Politics and
the English Language", in which he described political speech as consisting
"largely of euphemism, question-begging and sheer cloudy vagueness." Today,
many symptoms of manipulation and propaganda diagnosed by Orwell persist on
the American political landscape, along with new disinformation techniques
enabled by modern technology. Historians, scientists, philosophers,
linguists, cognitive experts, journalists, image-makers, and public figures
will debate in three separate sessions the current state of political
discourse — and journalism's response to it — on the dawn of a bitterly
contested presidential campaign. This month, we will be screening Part I:
Propaganda Then and Now: What Orwell Did and Didn't Know, with a panel
including George Soros.
March 29 (Saturday) 7:30 p.m. TED: Technology, Education and Design... and
beer and wine. (FREE ADMISSION). - TED (which stands for Technology,
Entertainment, Design) began in 1984 as a bringing together of people from
those three worlds, but since then its scope has expanded to include
science, business, the arts and the global issues facing our world. It also
has expanded to global venues and conferences. The "main" Monterey annual
conference brings together 40 of the world's most fascinating thinkers and
doers, over four days, each of whom fill an 18-minute slot, interspersed
with many shorter pieces of music, performance and comedy. "Just be
profound" is the technical advice offered to presenters. TED attendees can
normally expect to pay upwards of $6,000, but Sixth Street Cinema (in
partnership with TED) is offering the best of the best program selections
for free, as a thank you to the community. Come and be prepared to be
wowed! Then enjoy stimulating conversations with your neighbors over a
beverage. (T. Arfsten - 3/11/08)
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YOSEMITE RENAISSANCE XXIII ART EXHIBIT open at the Yosemite Museum Gallery
through May 4, 2008. (Fridays through Mondays, 10 to Noon and 1 to 4 PM).
This year, from a near-record number of 465 entries, 38 paintings,
photographs, sculptures and drawings by 34 artists from across the
country were selected. On the evening of the opening reception,
photographer Ted Orland and print-maker Tom Killion (both former
Yosemite Renaissance award-winners) will select the artists who will
receive the $4000 in cash awards.
This year's exhibit is unquestionably one of the best ever mounted by
Yosemite Renaissance, including a broad range of works from the
representational to the abstract to the conceptual. Local artists in the
exhibit include: Linda R. Abbott, Susan Bolen, Elizabeth Carmel, Michael
Frye, Marian Gault, Peggy Hansen, Mark Heliger, William Neill, Penny
Otwell, Jon Shiu, and Carol Rae Shockley. (B. Beroza - 2/26/08)
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ANNUAL ST. PATRICK'S DAY DINNER!
Come join the Yosemite Employee Association at one of Johnny Clark's
favorite events: St. Patrick's Day, on Monday March 17th, 2008!
As usual, Don Fox and Chris Thorpe will be cooking the traditional Irish
Dinner. Live music will be provided as well as YEA's traditional Irish
beverage service.
Location: Clark Community Hall, El Portal
Time: Dinner from 5-7, music from 7:30-11pm.
Prices: YEA members in good standing: $9; Join YEA and attend: $14; Non
YEA members: $15; Kids: $5; Kids under 5: free.
Erin Go Braugh! (M. Carter - 3/6/08)
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Spring Fling - Spring is right around the corner and we have an awesome
community event to plan! The spring fling will be held on Saturday April
26, 2008, at the Carroll Clark Community Hall in El Portal. The events
will include but are not limited to:
A pancake breakfast sponsored by the Yosemite Lions Club
The 3rd Annual El Portal PTG Spring Run-off
Many local vendors with arts, crafts and services
Angel and Norma Ortiz = fabulous Mexican lunch
Joella's Famous Indian Fry Bread for Dinner
An amazing musical line up for the evening
If you would like vendor information or to sign up for a booth please
contact Rosemary McCallum 379-2665
If you are interested in designing this years Run-off shirt please contact
Claudine Ronay 379-2967 (C. Ronay - 2/25/08)
Acting Designation
While I'm away from the office March 14 through 21, 2008, Tami Barton is
acting Human Resources Officer. (H. Whitman - 3/14/08)
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I will be out of the office starting 03/07/2008 and will not return until
03/22/2008.MIke Beasley is the acting Fire Chief He can be reached at
209-375-9574 (K. Martin - 3/10/08)
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In my absence March 10-14, Jun Kinoshita is Acting Branch Chief for
Anthropology & Archeology. (L. Kirn - 3/3/08)
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George Harders will be acting supervisor until further notice at the El
Portal Wastewater Treatment Facility starting on March 3rd, 2008. He can
be reached at 379-1825 or leave a message with Katie at 379-1055
Ron Parkey will be acting superviosr until furnter notice at the Wawona
Water/Wastewater Treatment Facility effective immediately. He can be
reached at 375-9510 or leave a message with Shawnessy. (K. Bablitch -
2/26/08)
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Dave Baker has been detailed for 60 days in the position of Heavy Equipment
Lead Mechanic. He can be reached at 379-1155. (G. Tilley - 2/26/08)
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Victoria Mates will serve as acting Branch Chief for Interpretive Field
Operations Feb. 10 - May 10. (T. Medema - 2/8/08)
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From January 13, 2008 until mid-May, Tom Medema will serve as acting Chief
of Interpretation and Education while Chris Stein in on a detail to
Washington, D.C. working on a "connecting children and nature" project. (C.
Stein - 12/31/07)
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