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About Griffin daily news. (Griffin, Ga.) 1924-current | View Entire Issue (May 5, 1977)
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Model 8580 SAVE ’TO *298 CAIN'S 116 West Solomon Street Phone 227-5515 QUIET TOUCH FAIRFIELD, Conn (AP) - School bus driver Thomas Kra wiec of Enfield, Conn., recently faced with rowdy behavior on his bus, found a quick solution for restoring order among his high school student passengers, according to Connecticut Maga zine. Krawiec simply turned off his regular route, drove the bus straight to the police station and requested a police escort. He got it. By DICK PETTYS Associated Press Writer ATLANTA (AP) — The head of one of the most powerful law enforcement agencies in Geor gia says he believes in letting some minor lawbreakers off with a warning instead of taking them to jail if the facts in the case warrant leniency. And that could be good news for some sportsmen in the state because Drew Whitaker, chief of law enforcement for the De partment of Natural Resources, commands the state’s 208 Con servation Rangers who enforce hunting, fishing and boating laws. Rangers are sworn law en forcement officers who can also enforce traffic and other crimi nal laws. When a ranger finds someone violating the game laws, he has some discretion, based on the facts in the case, in deciding whether to arrest the individual or issue a warning ticket. The rangers made about 12,- 000 arrests last year, mostly for hunting and fishing without li censes and, in the case of boa ters, for not having the required life preservers aboard. “I feel real strongly that the warning system can cayse vol untary compliance with the law, and that should be the goal of any law enforcement agency,” said Whitaker, 44, who moved up to the top spot in the department last December. He had been assistant chief for five years. “I want the law enforced with a common sense point of view... You have to take into account human error,” he said. But he hastened to explain that he was referring only to “minor” cases, such a ranger discovering a nonrepairable tear in a life preserver aboard a boat. Or if a fisherman had a license but left it at home. Both violate the law. Life preservers must meet certain specifications and a fisherman is required to have his license on him. In those cases, Whitaker said, he would think it proper for the boater to be given time to have the life preserver replaced and for the fisherman to be given time to prove that he had the license, either by mailing it or bringing it to a district ranger office. “We wouldn’t just take his word,” he commented. “The one fear I have, and I guess this is the most positive direction I give rangers in this area, is that the warning system should not be used to benefit friends and influential people. It’s not who the man is: we should give the poorest or the most influential person the same treatment if the circum stances are the same,” he said. Mrs. Kindred is Mother of the Year ■ pet k I 1 4X-jr Jbl ■I rv-ss- -/? WWI w ” wzW f® ■ \ ” WB Mother of the Year Mrs. Edna Kindred, 1977 Jaycees Mother of the Year, is shown here with a commorative plaque which the Jaycees presented her,Tyndall McMillian (r), president of the Jaycees, made the presentation and announcement. Leland Kindred, (1), husband and Dundee Mills personnel director, nominated his wife for the honor. The warning ticket is not quite as innocuous as it might sound. The department keeps a copy in its permanent record file so that it can deal harshly with repeated violations, Whita ker added. Given the small number of rangers and the size of the state, the conservation officers find themselves spread thin, averaging about one ranger per county. They quickly learn to concen trate on the hot spots of their territory, where hunting, fish ing or boating pressure is most intense, Whitaker commented. Since 1975 new rangers have been required to undergo the same police training that is re quired of other law enforcement officers —a 240-hour course at the police academy. They are also given in-service training programs. Whitaker says he makes sev eral demands of rangers in the field: “that they be profes sional, firm and courteous.” Even though it can be a haz ardous job since rangers often deal with persons who are ar med, “the greater portion of people we confront are good sportsmen... Even though they may violate some game and fish law, that doesn’t mean they are not otherwise good citizens,” he said. One of Whitaker’s chief head aches this year followed a court ruling that his department could no longer make criminal cases against persons charged with violating game and fish rules because the rules had only been established by the Board of Natural Resources and were not the same as law. The legislature acted quickly to write the regulations into law, but for a short period be tween the court’s decision and the legislature’s action, there was no law. “We anticipated a more se vere problem than we ex perienced,” said Whitaker. “The great majority did not go out wantonly to destroy wildlife. Most realized that this was a crisis, and if they had a mind to, they could have gone out and harmed our resources. But they realized that they would have harmed themselves because if they killed deer out of season they wouldn’t have a good season next year.” Deer hunting at night — “completely illegal,” Whitaker declares emphatically — is one of the rangers’ biggest con cerns. Hunters doing this typically drive along rural roads with powerful flashlights which can blind the deer and freeze them in their tracks long enough for them to take a shot. “That depletes the deer popu lation and quite often it’s not even a deer they shoot, it’s cattle,” says Whitaker. “They see two eyes looking back at them, and it could be a cow.” RWf GREAT GIFT IDEAS FOR r BUY DURING THE ’ Kitchen Aid factory Authorized m Kitchen Aid |_ ~ ft. ■ Load- _ As-You-Like Dishwashers. Convertible-Portable KDS-58 on? s3o* Built-in KDS-18 IS f Front- Top-loading loading I /'O Portable KDW-7 Portable KDR-678 M SAVE s2o* ——- S2O Sink KDS-38 save sso* * Actual savings depends on dealer. Get his special prices. \ \ - V*" x 190 ° \ Trash Stainless Steel I 1 \ Hot-water Compactor H Disposers / I 1 \ Dispensers save s2o* SIO MB SIO - KCS-.008 KWS/KWi-200 W KHD-110 HURRY. SALE ENDS JUNE 15. MlcCz MrK 312 East Solomon Street Phone 228-8655 QxTwl Page 35 — Griffin Daily News Thursday, May 5,1977 Mrs. Edna Kindred of 1452 Sunset circle, Griffin has been named Mother of the Year for 1977. Mrs. Kindred’s selection was announced by the Griffin Jaycees. The Jaycees presented Mrs. Kindred with a plaque in recognition on her honor. Mrs. Kindred is the wife of Dundee Mill’s Personnel Director Leland Kindred. They :* * * pila nt , sale* ** *: J MOTHER’S DAY SPECIALS • Week Ma y 2-8 • 7 FREE: 1 Begonias —Annuals K _ I Empatiens —Coleus f 10111310 Plants J \ Spider Plants f With Each ® • \ 175 Species f " IU! taCn • • \ Foliage Plants f PUFChaSO £ e Mrs. J. M. Danielly 2 Meansville Potted Plants J • 2 Miles East, Hwy. 19 on Hwy. 109 567-8666 £ • ••••••••••••••••• •• have 3 sons; H.L Kindred, Jr., office manager at Dundee MBs plant no. 1; Doug, a senior at Georgia Tech and Don, a senior at Griffin High School. Mrs. Kindred was honored tar having raised her own family and then taking over the daily care of a premature granddaughter.
