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Ocracoke District Ranger Kenny Ballance Receives Recognition for Twenty-Five Years of Service

Ocracoke District Ranger Ballance and Superintendent Murray_sm2

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Date: October 19, 2010
Contact: Cyndy Holda, 252-473-2111  Ext. 148

Photo Caption: Ocracoke District Ranger Kenny Ballance recently received a certificate for twenty-five years of service with the National Park Service and Cape Hatteras National Seashore from Superintendent Mike Murray. Kenny first began working in temporary positions in 1977 for the Seashore.

And "Happy Birthday Kenny!"  from park staff.

Did You Know?

Sea Whip, though it looks like a plant, is actually whole colony of animals.

A piece of sea whip that washes up on the beach at Cape Hatteras National Seashore is not a plant, but the skeleton of a whole colony of animals.

A tiny animal lived in each hole on the yellow, orange or purple stems.  It had a mouth, a stomach and eight tentacles to catch food.