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‘Their loss is our loss’
Photos by AUSTIN STEELE I The Times
Cason Johns, 7, from Dawsonville, holds a flag honoring police officers during a procession bringing the remains of DeKalb
County Officer Edgar Flores, who was killed in the line of duty, to his hometown in Habersham County on Saturday, Dec. 15.
Mourners line streets for slain police officers final journey
BY LAYNE SALIBA
lsaliba@gainesvilletimes.com
Carina Trejo was one of the many
people who lined Ga. 365 Saturday as
a funeral procession for Edgar Flores
made its way from DeKalb County to
Habersham County, passing the J.A.
Walters Family YMCA in Hall County
around 11:15 a.m.
Traffic was stopped on the south
bound side of Ga. 365 as the procession
for the DeKalb County police officer
journeyed through Hall. Some drivers,
despite the cold weather and cloudy
skies, got out of their cars to pay their
respects to Flores, 24, who took gunfire
Thursday while pursuing a man who ran
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A procession bringing the remains of DeKalb County Officer Edgar Flores, who
was killed in the line of duty, proceeds through Hall County to his hometown in
Habersham County on Saturday, Dec. 15.
Area adjusts
to ban on
dog tethering
BY MEGAN REED
mreed@gainesvilletimes.com
Since an ordinance banning dog tethering was
passed by the Hall County Board of Commissioners
on Oct. 25, county animal control officers have been
issuing warnings and referring pet owners to local
nonprofits to find alternatives to tethering.
The ban, which prohibits unsupervised tethering
of a dog for any amount of time, came with a 180-
day grace period so people can adjust to the rule
and secure an alternative such as a fence or pen.
Warden Walt Davis, who oversees Hall County
Animal Control, said two pet owners have sur
rendered their dogs after learning about the rule
change, saying they could not afford to install a
fence. Officers have responded to about 16 to 18
complaints about tethered dogs, he said.
Animal control officers often encounter tethered
dogs while responding to neglect calls, Davis said.
Responding to a tethering call in Gainesville on
Wednesday, animal control officers found three
dogs in the backyard of the home. One was tied to
a fence, another to a doghouse, and a third was in a
doghouse with the
entrance blocked Overwhelmingly,
by a crate.
Animal Control there Was the
Field Supervisor
Kevin Buecker SUDDOrt for
said when offi
cers respond to a putting a tethering
call, they first try _ y
to make contact law in place,
with the home-
owner. if no one Warden Walt Davis
is home, they Hall County Animal Control
approach the
tethered dog and look for other violations, such as
a lack of food or water. They leave a note inform
ing the homeowner they stopped by and educating
them about the new tethering ban.
Buecker said many tethering complaints officers
receive are from neighbors looking to settle a dis
pute over the dog’s situation.
Hall County Animal Services has been distribut
ing pamphlets referring pet owners with tethered
dogs to Off the Chain, a Northeast Georgia nonprofit
that builds fences for pet owners and advocates
against tethering. The group and its volunteers
spoke out in favor of the tethering ban in October.
Jennifer Summers, co-founder of Off the Chain,
said the grace period will give families time to help
their dogs adjust, and Off the Chain hopes to be a
resource as the change takes effect.
“It gives (dog owners) ample time to figure out,
do I need to start integrating our dog into the home,
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The Times to keep some print features from eliminated days
Times staff reports
As previously announced, The
Times will discontinue distribution
of a printed edition on Mondays
and Tuesdays, beginning Dec. 24.
The Times will continue to
report the news and cover area
events seven days a week for publi
cation on its website, www.gaines-
villetimes.com.
The new delivery schedule will
result in a number of changes in
the printed newspaper, some of
which will start this week.
Two strips on the daily com
ics pages, “Mark Trail” and
“For Better and For Worse,” will
be replaced with “Nancy” and
“Rhymes with Orange.”
“Mark Trail” will continue to be
part of the Sunday comics pages,
and “Pearls Before Swine,” now
part of the daily lineup, will be
added to Sunday.
“Both of the current strips have
story lines that continue day-to-
day, and would lose their continu
ity without Monday and Tuesday
editions. We know that Mark Trail
in particular has a long connection
to Gainesville, and are glad that
we will be able to continue it in our
Sunday comics pages,” said Nor
man Baggs, general manager of
The Times.
Starting with the Dec. 23 edi
tion, television grids for Mondays
and Tuesdays will be included in
the Sunday printed edition of The
Times. Similarly, the Jumble puz
zle for Monday and Tuesday will
print on Sunday.
“We know a lot of our readers
like doing Jumble, and many still
use printed television grids, so we
are rearranging things to keep
those features available,” Baggs
said.
For puzzle lovers, The Times
also will have a new lineup of
online puzzles available on its
website that can be completed
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