* t jtißk SEEKBFIND FIND THESE WORDS IN THE PUZZLE BELOW. BEDROLL CHAPS LASSO BIT GUN REINS BOOTS HAT SADDLE CANTEEN HORSE SPURS THE WOK OS READ UR DOWN AND ACROSS F N E B O L tZlii /*»! Iff .« \\ z X Kortier* ANSWERS v\ vAX j !/} / 7/ \W// V\v\' / I i i i i| l n i 1 Sl\ 1 ll < ')i \ l l i i\ m / d i u aiv j s a Drug Abuse D.A.R.E. = Resistance Education Some of you may have already had D.A.R.E, presentations in your classrooms, or you may know a little about the program. The D.A.R.E program was developed to help you avoid involvement in drugs, gangs and violence. A little history ... D.A.R E. was founded in 1983 m Los Angeles, About 70 percent of school districts throughout the country have a D A.R.E. program, as do more than 30 countries around the world A specially trained police officer teaches kindergarten to 12th-grade students how to resist peer pressure and live drug- and violence-free lives. The program D.A.R.E. was developed to help you learn the skills to recognize and resist social pressures to experiment with drugs, alcohol and tobacco. In the 17 lessons of the program, kids learn how to make decisions, work out problems and to communicate better. A D.A.R.E. officer... Greg Layne is a police officer in Tremont, a small town in central Illinois. He is also a D A.R.E. officer. Every Friday, Layne works with students in three fifth-grade classes for about 45 minutes. In addition to the classroom sessions, Layne visits other classes and attends civic meetings to talk about D.A.R.E. Layne enjoys working with children, and he says he wanted "the children to get to know me and the police department better. I wanted the kids to know that they had a friend." In order to become a D.A.R.E. officer, Layne had to go to the State Police Academy in Springfield, Illinois, for an interview Then he had two weeks of classroom training at the academy and visited a classroom for one lesson plan. "The kids have been very receptive of me and the program," Layne says "It shows them ways to be better people. It helps guide them through tough times in their lives and gives them ways to deal with them. It also shows them that the police are here to help." ,sfj! wj/i V--4 »J»H Layne says the program is "fun, challenging and most ot all, rewarding It means a chance to make a difference, not only in my community, hut where it counts in our children's lives " / *