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Show 10 that are closed, and Janey took it upon herself to help with this work. She still hadn't been given definite assignments. The summer months also brought seasonal rangers to help in the park. They were mostly college students and teachers who had been lucky enough to be hired by the Park Service during school vacation. Although they were all men, the seasonals accepted Janey readily - unlike the permanent rangers, they didn't doubt that she could perform protective work. During those months, at least, Janey felt a part of a team, but with the end of summer came the return of her uncertain status. She had been at Mesa Verde for eighteen months vihen, for the second time in three years, an act of Congress made a difference in Janey's life. The Department of Interior vias instructed by Congress to provide ^00 hours of training to all park rangers involved in lavi enforcement. Since Janey vias in the protective division, she vias included in the directive. In March, 1975 she went to Washington, D. C. for 1^ vieeks of schooling at the Consolidated Lavi Enforcement Center, vihere all federal lavi enforcement officers are trained. At the Center, Janey took classes in constitutional law, criminal law, court procedures and report writing. She learned interviewing techniques and traffic accident investigation as well as practical skills like self defense and the use of handguns and long guns. All the things Janey had tried so hard to learn on her own viere now being taught to her by experienced instructors who believed that women were as capable as men. "I found out then that I could perform well," Janey states. "When I graduated fifth in a class of fifty, that helped my confidence a lot." |
