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By NANCY ANDERSEN
Battalion Staff
On Nov. 8, Caroline Hill said her car was legally
stolen.
Sharon Kelly said her car was towed ofFlast Thurs
day and she had to pay $55 the next day to get it back.
The problem facing Hill, Kelly and other College
Station residents is the towing situation.
Presently, there is no ordinance regulating wreck
ers and towing service operators.
A towing company, for example, is not required to
report to College Station police if a car has been
towed off’.
In addition, there is no limit on the amount wreck
ers may charge car owners.
At a workshop meeting Wednesday, the College
Station City Council discussed a new ordinance
which would bring the towing companies under city
scrutiny.
The new ordinance, said City Manager North Bar-
dell, should require private parking lots to have
prominantly displayed signs warning car owners
their cars will be towed if illegally parked.
In addition, Bardell said, towing companies
should notify police of the time and place whenever a
towing occurred and the place of storage.
The proposed ordinance would allow the council
to set a maximum fee. North said. The council would
hold a public hearing before setting the fee, he
added.
Hill said her car was towed off by D&H Wrecker
Service while she was shopping in Skaggs Alpha
Beta.
D&H is under contract with University Square
Shopping center owner John Culpepper to tow any
illegally parked cars.
Hill said her car was legally parked in the parking
lot.
According to state law, Hill said, there is nothing
to prevent towing of legally-parked cars in private
parking lots.
Due to the lack of a wrecker ordinance, Bardell
said, the council is helpless to change the situation.
The council will adopt a new ordinance at the first
meeting in January, Bardell said.
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Priority mail is a fast way to mail Christmas packages that many
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Crime rate rising in parks
Campers warned of thefts
With the ballooning crime rate
among campers and rising incidence
of drug trafficking in parks, a Texas
A&M University parks expert warns
holiday campers from the city not to
leave their street sense at home
when venturing into the woods.
“For some reason, people in a big
park seem to think they are com
pletely safe and secure,” said Dr. Jim
Fletcher, a professor in Texas A&M’s
Department of Recreation and
Parks. “They don’t put gear away.
They don’t lock cars. It’s just as
essential to take the same precau
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when they’re home in the city,” he
said.
The reason: a rise in the number of
crimes against property reported in
the state and national park systems.
Thefts have ranged from expensive
down sleeping bags to four-wheel
drive pickup trucks. Vandalism is
also creeping up in the forests,
though the expert admitted the
problem is more severe in city parks
where a vandal can show off his hand
iwork in front of other vandals.
“Most vandals aren’t going to
drive 80 miles just to write obscene
things on a tree,” observed Fletcher.
“But if gear is just left lying around,
some park users will take everything
that’s not nailed down.”
Fletcher suggests campers always
lock their cars and always secure per
sonal possessions like stoves, clo
thing and sleeping bags when away
from the camping site.
Still, there is a growing number of
reports about drug trafficking. It
seems ofen the isolated park areas
are excellent exchange points. Con
trolling drug traffic however, is a
chore beyond the scope of most park
rangers.
About the best park rangers can do
is help identify possible contacts and
pass the information on to state and
federal agencies that normally hand
le drug enforcement, said the Texas
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throughout the United States.
Team members are Paul Bucha
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Pundt, Mariann Hamilton,
Marilyn Webb, coach Karen
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Russ Taylor, Linda Warinner,
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