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Show From the six cities the classmates kept in touch by telephone, eager to hear vihere each had been assigned to permanent duty. Every trainee was allowed to list a preference for a particular area of the country, and most had chosen the West. Obviously not all of them would be able to work in the West, and tension mounted as the wait for assignments went on. Meanwhile, every trainee's file vias being studied at Park Service headquarters - studied for qualifications and preferences, for instructor's recommendations and training records. One after another, Janey's classmates learned their placements; still she didn't know vihere she would go. In Washington one of the rangers had a big map on his apartment wall. As they heard about each classmate's assignment, Janey and the others stuck pins in the map to shovi vihere that person had been sent. She vias one of the final ones to be told. The phone call came at last, nine months after she'd joined the Park Service. Janey's first ranger assignment vias at Mesa Verde National Park in Colorado. |