Cuyahoga Valley National Park

Cuyahoga Valley National Park

Advocate Ralph Regula Honored for Park Service

U.S. Rep. Ralph Regula, R-Navarre, got a new hat on Sunday.

Regula, who is retiring from Congress after 34 years, was honored in ceremonies that drew about 100 people to an oversize tent near the Everett Road Covered Bridge in the Cuyahoga Valley National Park.

He was awarded the post of honorary National Park Service ranger, which came with a flat-brimmed hat like that worn by Smokey the Bear, from Sue Masica, chief of staff in the park service's headquarters in Washington, D.C.