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2B Fort Myers News-Press, Monday. November 12, 1979 Green men never give Lee drunk drivers an even break 'The first month of the program has gone extremely well. The main idea in arresting the DWI is to get the person off the streets before he kills himself or somebody else' Capt. Lee Clark second conviction costs $500, 10 days in jail and suspension for six months. A third conviction within five years classifies the driver as a "habitual offender" and takes the license away for five years.

Out-of-state drivers, he added, should realize many states recognize Florida's suspension policy and will suspend the drivers' licenses in their home states. Most DWI arrests have been made between 9 p.m. and 4 a.m., with a heavy concentration from 11 p.m. to 3 a.m., Clark said. Week- end nights, including Sunday, are most hazardous.

Areas with a concentration of bars, particularly Fort Myers Beach and North Fort Myers where most DWI arrests seem to be made, are especially dangerous for other drivers, he said. the past few weeks, we're going to be way ahead." said Clark, who added most people do not realize three or four drinks is usually enough to violate the law. Florida law states a 0.1 percent level of alcohol in the blood places a driver under the influence. Although 139 were charged with DWI, not all of the charges may have been alcohol-related, Clark said. State law does not distinguish between alcohol and other drugs, he added.

However, be estimated less than 3 percent of the 139 drivers were influenced by a non-alcoholic drug. "There's been nothing that came out of headquarters saying, 'Hey, let's make more DWI Clark said. The county, though, just completed the first month of a "spe- "It used to be you'd never see a woman in class, but new you see two or be said. "I would say now you're seeing a clearer picture. Before, it was hidden," the captain added.

Some women have an alcoholism problem, too, and before more women began working, the problem stayed invisible their homes, he explained. October's arrest records are a warning to drivers, according to Clark. "We don't give DWIs a break in Lee County," he said. The penalties can be stiff and could lead to job problems and other troubles, he said. A first conviction, with fines and other costs, sets the driver back about $350 and suspends his license for 90 days.

A By DON RUANE Nwt-Prms Stan Writer Drunken drivers may claim they've seen pink elephants, but nobody backs up their stories. However, the Lee County Sheriffs Department will be happy to verify stories of green men pulling over a "great increase" of people driving under the influence during October. The green men were uniformed deputies and they arrested 139 drivers for driving while intoxicated (DWI) during the past month, Capt. Lee Clark said. A normal year will turn up from 900 to 1.000 DWI arrests, or about 75 to 83 per month, according to Clark, who teaches in a school for DWI offenders.

"If the rate keeps going as it has Butcher knife threat results in gunshots the DWI is to get the person off the streets before he kills himself or somebody else." Middle-aged men account for about 75 percent of the DWI arrests. The number of 18-year-olds arrested has not been an "alarming" number, according to Clark. Women are gradually showing up more and more in DWI cases, he added. cialized traffic control" program, partially financed by a state grant, that has DWI control as a major objective, he said. Six deputies are assigned to the program, which also concentrates on areas with high accident rates and complaints about traffic.

"The first month of the program has gone extremely well," Clark said. "The main idea in arresting from Pog Olroyd i I i -I ,4 Ait JTW A A 33-year-old woman was shot in the right side early Sunday after she allegedly raised a butcher knife and threatened another woman. Fort Myers police said. Mary Raybon of B12 Palmetto Court was reported in fair condition at Lee Memorial Hospital as a result of the wound, a nursing supervisor said. Mary Johnson, 38, of 1763 Aquarius Court in the Sabal Palms area, shot Miss Raybon in self defense at about 1:46 a.m., according to police.

No charges were filed against Miss Johnson. Miss Raybon went to Miss Johnson's home at about 1 a.m. to get her child, who was staying there with its father, according to police. The Lee County Sheriff's Department was called and advised Miss Raybon to leave, police said. She did, but returned about 45 minutes later with a butcher knife and attempted to cut her way through a bedroom window screen to enter the home, police said.

Miss Raybon was shot with a handgun after Miss Johnson confronted her and she raised the knife, police said. Police are continuing their IB 7 support the administration insofar as they're treating people fairly or abiding by the policies. But if it's brought to my attention that they're not playing by the rules, I'll speak out' Charlotte Olroyd Mrs. Olroyd wants to see a comprehensive review of athletics in the district. This year, she established a committee, headed by board member Lamar Cable, to perform that task.

The school district still needs a supervisor for construction, she says. That recommendation came from a committee Mrs. Olroyd worked to establish earlier this year. Even as she criticizes the administration, Mrs. Olroyd betrays not a trace of cynicism when she announces that her years on the school board have been "enlightening." "I'm glad that I can be of service to some people," she said.

area M. a few vears a en. the nonnln hero tin resentatives said an enrollment increase created the problem. But Mrs. Olroyd's concerns are not limited to Immokalee.

Some of her concerns and views are: Although she asked for an outside review of the school district's bid specifications for insurance, the administration still hasn't complied with her request, she says. The school board needs to continue developing the goals and objectives that were Initiated by her last year. The school district needs leadership in the superintendent's position, and Mrs. Olroyd says Thomas Richey, the Pascagoula, superintendent selected by the board, can provide that leadership. The three-year contracts for several key administrators may undermine the future superintendent's control over his staff, she says.

Mrs. Olroyd was the only board member who last year favored one-year contracts. "UD until SCHOOL BOARD CHAIRMAN CHARLOTTE OLROYD "I feel like I'm righting a wrong' News-Press Joha McMilloii that I didn't carry out," he said. School's silver anniversary reflects changes in its A. It By KEN KLEIN and accepted a plaque to honor the school's namesake.

North Fort Myers) wouldn't have accepted a black principal," said one former school administrator who attended the ceremony. "But they've really opened their arms to Carrie (Robinson)." Mrs. Robinson was named principal by the school board last February. English was elected Florida superintendent of schools in 1936 and held that Cabinet post for 12 years. The state superintendent's job is the forerunner of today's commissioner of education position.

Local school leaders, including Superintendent Ray Pottorf, Board Chairman Rayma Page, Board Member Bill Mills and Assistant Superintendent Charles Godwin attended the anniversary event. A former principal at Fort Myers High School and one-time superintendent of Lee County schools, English said he didn't travel to the anniversary gathering because his wife recently had injured her knee and he is "baby-sitting" her. J. Colin English Elementary is one of the few public schools in Lee County to be named after a person. Most schools, like Tanglewood and Suncoast elementary schools, are named for geographic areas.

When J. Colin English Elementary was built 50 years ago, it replaced a one-room school in North Fort Myers, English said. He was superintendent of the district then, and the school board asked him to erect a sign or plaque in the building to honor himself. "That was the only order from the school board "I didn't think it was such a good idea to name a school after a fellow who was still active." Ironically, the school was erected to keep pace with expansion in the then-rural section of Lee County north of the Caloosahatchee River. But the 1929 stock market crash and Depression caused the local real estate market to collapse and sent many families scurrying to northern states, English recalls.

Perhaps the silver anniversary of the school also marks changes in racial attitudes in Southwest Florida. When built, J. Colin English was for whites only. Now, the school is managed by a black woman pal who has earned the praise of her bosses and the respect of North Fort Myers parents, administrators say. Nm-Pmi Staff Writer At the time 1929 educator J.

Colin English thought it was a mistake to name an elementary school in North Fort Myers in his honor. Now, when J. Colin English Elementary School is celebrating its 50th anniversary, the 84-year-old man has changed his mind. It feels pretty good to have a school named after you, English said Sunday in a telephone interview from his home in Tallahassee. A standing-room-only crowd of more than 200 people packed into the school's cafeteria Sunday to commemorate the anniversary.

J. Colin's younger brother, Dan English of Alva, attended the afternoon ceremony Cape dance school Man gunned down in front of Charlotte bar News-Press Bureau PORT CHARLOTTE A Port Charlotte man was seriously wounded by a shotgun blast Saturday night as he stepped from a car in front of a Charlotte Harbor bar. Bobby Sauls, 27, of 934 Baer was listed in guarded condition in the intensive care unit of St Joseph Hospital Sunday after undergoing surgery. According to a sheriff's department report, the shooting occurred at 10 p.m. in the parking lot of the Flame Lounge, Charlotte Harbor.

Sauls' brother-in-law, Vance Taylor, also of 934 Baer had just parked his car at the bar and both men got out of the vehicle simultaneously, he reported to sheriff's deputies. Taylor said he heard a shot and turned to see a man in a green station wagon pulling what appeared to be a shotgun into the car from the passenger's side then putting the car into gear and speeding away down North Street. He then saw Sauls lying on the ground, bleeding profusely from a wound on his right side. The suspect was described as a white male, 30 to 35 years old, weighing 160 to 170 pounds, with short, thinning, light brown hair. The green station wagon had a Florida license plate.

Sheriff's department officials would not comment Sunday on the possibility of a connection between this shooting and the shotgun slaying of Adele Easterly early Tuesday morning. Smuggle fr" Lawmen who unloaded the aircraft said the smuggling ring had come up with an innovation. The bales of marijuana had been packaged in blue nylon duffle bags designed to reduce marijuana residue. "We've picked up a couple of his (Morgan's) planes on residue," Owen said. "His organization came up with this to avoid that It makes it easier to handle, too." Arrested at the Clewiston warehouse Oct.

20 when they allegedly claimed the marijuana and attempted to haul it away were: John Renke Jacob, 37, of Pembroke Pines; Thomas Lyle Richardson, 34, of Hialeah; Paul Vincent Gonzalez, 30, of Miami; Philip David Belliveau, 32, of Miami; Phillip Anthony, 42, of Coral Springs; and, William Tartak, 36, of Fort Lauderdale. Jacob and Belliveau were charged with trafficking in excess of 100 pounds of marijuana and are free on $25,000 bond. Richardson, Gonzalez, Tartak and Anthony were charged with trafficking in excess of 2,000 pounds of marijuana. Anthony was additionally charged with carrying a concealed firearm when he told lawmen there was a Colt semi-automatic pistol hidden under the driver's seat of the rented 1979 Thunderbird he was driving, according to court records. Anthony and Tartak, who according to records had planned the mechanics of the smuggling deal with an undercover FDLE agent, are free on $50,000 bond each.

Richardson is free on $25,000 bond, and Gonzalez on $15,000 bond. The investigation began in August when a confidential informant told Special FDLE Agent Dennis Williamson that Anthony and Tartak were seeking a contact to formulate a smuggling deal, according to Williamson's affidavit. Williamson was subsequently introduced into the smuggling organization and flew over the designated airstrip with the two men for purposes of inspection in September, the affidavit states. After subsequent negotiations, the plane arrived on schedule at 4:30 a.m. Oct.

18 and six of the men were arrested Oct. 20 when they claimed the marijuana at the Clewiston warehouse, according to court records. trains Olympic stars of the future i By CATHY REMAN Cap Coral Burton An Olympic star or two of tomorrow lay hidden Saturday morning in the tiny bodies of some gymnastic hopefuls. About a dozen children, mostly of the Cathy Rigby variety, gathered at the Cape Coral School of Dance to practice stunts that could one day lead to a gold medal. "Point those toes," said instructor Kim Bidgood.

"Suck in that tummy and kick. "Do you expect me to do all the work for you?" Ms. Bidgood asked one student, as she helped the child flip around the uneven parallel bars the piece of equipment that made Romanian gymnast Olga Korbut one of the world's sweethearts. The parallel bars are difficult for the children to master, she said, because "they take a lot of shoulder strength" that must be developed through diligent exercise. the group, which will begin competing in meets in January, meets for three hours every Saturday morning, said instructor Steve Maxwell, who shares the coaching duties with Ms.

Bidgood. The Saturday group, sponsored by the Cape Coral Performing Arts Council, also has lessons every Wednesday with other gymnastic students who do not participate in the team workouts. The gymnasts have an exercise program to do every day at home, said Ms. Bidgood, who has a 17-year background in gymnastics and tumbling. "If they don't do it, I can tell." the regimen includes pushups, situps, jumping jacks, arm rotations and five other exercises.

Despite the hard work, the children are "enthused," said Maxwell, who has participated in gymnastic activities since 1957. i i "The biggest problem with our youth is they have nothing to direct their energy to," Maxwell said. The gymnastic program, just beginning its second year, gives area children a "funnel for their energy." The children practice at the dance school or the Performing Arts Council building just down the street on S.E. 46th Street. ft Parents of the students, ranging from 5 to 16 years old, pay a minimal fee for the lessons and team practices, said Ray Meyer, president and founder of the arts council.

Meyer said the gymnastic classes provide a needed youth program in the community. The program is not restricted to Cape Coral children. The council operates through donations and fund-raisers and by sponsoring music, dance and theater-related activities. So far, mostly young ladies have shown an interest in the program, Meyer said. Only two young brothers participate now.

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