The I.N.H.A. Staff Blog

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Counterfeit Bills in Circulation

Thanks, Dan Johnson! Please Be Advised Please be advised that counterfeit $20 dollar bills were exchanged in Rangely last week. Vernal is also seeing $10’s and $20’s showing up in their market and those fakes are starting to find their way to surrounding areas. The counterfeit pen may be one of the most effective tools…

New Credit Card Terminals

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Important! The big shift is coming! As of October 1, 2015, merchants are supposed to be “EMV Compliant”–creating a big shift in responsibility for fraud in credit card transactions. Much of the U.S. will make the shift to chip-embedded cards in the very near future–some card issuers have already begun. Our new credit card [Verifone…

Happy Labor Day!

Monday, September 7th, is a federal holiday , Labor Day. That means double pay if you are scheduled to work! Bonus!! And it means a paid day off if you’re not scheduled. Labor Day in the United States is a public holiday celebrated on the first Monday in September. It honors the American labor movement…

Passport Program

Passport To Your National Parks® Program Frequently Asked Questions Local Information Dinosaur National Monument and Fossil Butte National Monument are located in the Rocky Mountain region of the books–gold colored tab. The ink for the cancellation stamps should be golden-brown, to coincide with the colored sections of the book. Dinosaur National Monument was honored with…

Computer Connection Problems

Hi Everybody, In the ongoing saga of computer glitches… I want to offer some thoughts and ideas. Please DO NOT shut down the computers at the end of the day–just turn off the monitor and leave the Quickbooks program and the computer on. We may have to change this practice at any time but let’s try…

Membership in INHA

8/12/2015 Dear Staff and Frontliners, It’s time to renew and reiterate our Membership Program guidelines. Enclosed you will find everything you need and need to know to sell a membership with Intermountain Natural History Association. When you sell a membership with INHA, you are giving the visitor a chance to support a place that they…

Inventory Count Time!

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Friday, July 31st, is our day to count the inventory. It doesn’t show on the schedule but everyone should plan to count inventory on that day. At the Quarry Visitor Center, things can be counted in the store room and the postcard cabinet during the day–then at about 5:30 – 5:45 PM, we can start…

Shifting Directions in Stocking

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We’re changing directions–slightly. Daily sheets have been set aside–somewhat. In order to attempt to improve daily store stocking and ordering, we want to concentrate on the following. At the beginning of your shift, as quick as the register and the money are ready for visitors, all attention should be focused on the store room–as soon…

Trail Guides and Brochures

The following Trail Guides and Brochures are currently printed and distributed by INHA. Tour of Tilted Rocks What Kind of Bone Is That? Harper’s Corner Trail Guide Gates of Lodore Nature Trail The attached document outlines the standard operating procedure for handling these publications. It’s very important that these procedures be used to keep the…