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Crater Lake Park plans anniversary party in 2002 The Associated Press KLAMATH FALLS -- Centennial anniversary plans are already in the works for Crater Lake National Park to make sure as many people as possible are ready to celebrate in 2002. "Crater Lake is one of the most invisible parks in the United States. We would hope to shake that perception," said Glen Kaye, a retired National Park Service naturalist who is helping to coordinate activities for the 100th anniversary. Although touted regionally as Oregon's only national park, Kaye said Crater Lake is relatively unknown nationally. Kaye said that's because the park has lacked congressional support and has been low priority among national parks competing for budget money. "It's one of the have-not parks," said Kaye, who was a park naturalist from 1963-1967 and later retired as chief of interpretation for the National Park Service Southwest Region. Park Superintendent Chuck Lundy said the planning commission is working on a yearlong centennial celebration. "We want to use that 100th year as a platform to launch projects for the future," Lundy said, including construction of a visitor center "the park has sorely lacked." Other plans include a Public Broadcasting System special about the park's creation and future, publication of historical and photo-essay books, symposiums, exhibits, and a reunion of park and concession employees. Mail Tribune Copyright � The Mail Tribune 1999, Medford, Oregon USA