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staff had the opportunity to meet with nearly 14,000 teachers
and educators at the annual conference of the National Science
Teachers Association in Atlanta last month. More than 30 NOAA
employees from Texas, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina —
as well as those from Silver Spring and Washington —
talked for four days about NOAA education products and services.
Jack
Elrod, the artist who draws the Mark Trail comic strip was
at the NOAA booth signing copies of his Sunday strips for
teachers. Elrod frequently features NOAA science and environmental
topics in his comic strip. The strip's beefy enviro-friendly
lead character, Mark Trail, was adopted by NOAA as the spokesperson
for NOAA Weather Radio.
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The
creator of Mark Trail, Jack Elrod, signs copies of the
strip at the National Science Teachers Association in
Atlanta last month.
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The
cry “Man overboard!” was heard at many of NOAA’s
national marine sanctuaries last month. But these were only
mock disasters, staged during the program’s first annual
Safety Week.
During the drills, sanctuary staff learned how to handle everything
from heart attacks to hazardous waste spills. Because many
sanctuary staffers spend time on or under the water, boat
and diver safety drills were an important part of the safety
stand-down.
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Two NOAA sanctuary staffers practice
life-saving techniques on a volunteer during Safety
Week.
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| Employee and Team Member of the Month |
| Employee of Month
Tracey
McCray,
NOAA
Research
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Team Member of Month
Richard
Ice,
NOAA National Weather Service
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Read
about this month’s Employee and Team Member of
the Month, McCray and Ice, in the April issue of NOAA
Report. |
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| Gov.
Discusses Economy with NOAA Leadership
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Rhode Island Gov. Don Carcieri
(right) visited NOAA last month to talk with Administrator
Lautenbacher (center) and NOAA Deputy Assistant Secretary
Tim Keeney (left) about ways that states can work
with the federal government to encourage economic
development and manufacturing.
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Melanie
Taylor and Dick Crouthamel of National Weather Service
Headquarters sow some bay grasses in tanks provided
by the NOAA Bay Grass Project. Several NWS Headquarters
offices are participating along with 14 other NOAA offices.
The NWS grass will be on display near the Director's
office at NWS Headquarters. The core group at NWS includes
Crouthamel, Taylor, Greg Mandt, and Fran Curnow. After
growing for about two months, the grasses will be transplanted
to an area of the Chesapeake Bay on Maryland's Eastern
Shore during NOAA Restoration Day next month at the
Chesapeake Bay Environmental Center in Grasonville,
Md.
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