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Golfers Hit Stride
MOAA golfers raised more than $70,000 for the MOAA Scholarship Fund at the seventh an- nual MOAA/Jeff Peck Memorial Golf Classic May 26 at Westfields Golf Club in Clifton, Va. Among the 106 golf-
ers were 26 sponsors and 11 wounded warriors. “It was a beautiful
day for golf, and I would like to thank our spon- sors for their generous donations, as well as our hospitable volunteers who made it all pos- sible,” said Vice Adm. Norb Ryan Jr., USN- Ret., MOAA president. University of Vir-
ginia senior Katie Rem-
assumed control, and a temporary tent camp near Mammoth Hot Springs grew into Fort Yellowstone. The National Park Service took over in 1918, and the fort’s buildings are used to this day as park headquarters. In Diane Smith’s Letters from Yellowstone (Viking Penguin, 1999), based on true events,
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ber (above, fourth from right), an MOAA scholar- ship recipient whose fa- ther died her senior year of high school, “reminded us about the importance of our mission,” said Ryan. The Scholarship Fund will provide more than $9 million to mili- tary families this year.
with tourists … more than 10,000 last year alone!” In con- trast, 2009 saw almost 3.3 million visitors to the nearly 3,500 square miles of park with fascinating geothermal features and dramatic scenery. Once open to the public only after the snow melted, Yellowstone now is open year-round, with snowmobile tours in the winter offering a very different experience. For more information, maps, pictures, and webcam
views, visit
www.nps.gov/yell. —Col. Glenn Pribus, USAF-Ret., and Marilyn Pribus
2 6 MI L I T A R Y O F F I C E R AU G U S T 2 0 1 0 PHOTOS: ABOVE AND TOP, SHUTTERSTOCK; LEFT, NANCY WOODWORTH CARR
an 1898 botanical expedition reveals some of the early days of the “nation’s park.” The summer unfolds in revealing — and sometimes amusing — letters and occasional telegrams written by botanist Alexandria Bartram and others, including professors, a local rancher, and even a cavalry captain. One letter says, “The park is rapidly becoming overrun
in ... Yellowstone
ellowstone National Park, established in 1872 as the world’s first national park, includes parts of Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming. The original civilian staff couldn’t defend the park against poachers and vandals, so in 1886, the U.S. Army
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