1.   Although park service employees say that many of the kayakers have little experience, a little familiarity with open-water kayaking and backwoods camping is an excellent idea.

2.   An ashen Converse said park employees had a going-away party for Cochran two weeks ago.

3.   At Mustang Island State Park near Port Aransas, managers have let nature take its course since the seaweed began building up, said park employee Mike Felts.

4.   Bill said park employees have gotten on them for putting down paper plates.

5.   A number of park system employees have decided to apply for jobs as armed marshals riding on airplanes, park service officials have reported.

6.   A park employee collected the garbage bags for incineration.

7.   A second park employee told the FBI he picked up a hitchhiker near a similar International Scout later that same night.

8.   Even park employee Mike Sweet, who gets lots of chances, remembered his last sighting at Clay Gully north of the lake.

9.   Four park employees were killed at the site and eight tourists kidnapped and murdered in the nearby jungle.

10.   Four recent homicides in the Yosemite area have taken a heavy toll on park employees, especially because the latest victim belonged to their own tight-knit community.