Freeper Canteen, Canteen Kids March 29, 2006 What I learned from the DARE Program

March 29, 2006

[Kidlett CLR]

I am a DARE GRADUATE

Dare means: Drug Abuse Resistance Education

Click here for the Official D.A.R.E. Website

The program taught me

Ten Things Kids Can Do To Stop Violence  

 

•	Settle arguments with words, not fists or weapons. Don't stand around and form an audience when others are arguing. A group makes a good target for violence.
•	Learn safe routes for walking in the neighborhood, and know good places to seek help. Trust feelings, and if there's a sense of danger, get away fast.
•	Report crimes or suspicious actions to the police, school authorities, and parents. Be willing to testify if needed.
•	Don't open the door to anyone that you don't know and trust.
•	Never go anywhere with someone you don't know and trust.
•	If someone tries to abuse you, say no, get away, and tell a trusted adult. Remember, it's not the victim's fault.
•	Don't use alcohol or other drugs, and stay away from places and people associated with them.
•	Stick with friends who are also against violence and drugs, and stay away from known trouble spots.
•	Get involved to make school safer and better-having poster contests against violence, holding anti-drug rallies, counseling peers, settling disputes peacefully. If there's no program, help start one.
•	Help younger children learn to avoid being crime victims. Set a good example, and volunteer to help with community efforts to stop crime.

There are some really cool D.A.R.E. cars.

This is Daren, the D.A.R.E. Lion.

 

 

This is the dare officer that I get to see. He's nice, and he loves us kids.
 

DID YOU KNOW?  

 

•	Smoking accounts for one-third of all heart disease deaths?
•	The two most damaging chemicals found in cigarettes are tar and nicotine? The major cancer-causing chemical in tobacco smoke is tar, and nicotine is as addictive as heroin or cocaine.
•	The risk of developing cancer is 10 times greater for smokers than for nonsmokers. That's what you call a bad risk!
•	Smoking causes 85 percent of all lung cancer deaths, and lung cancer is the No. 1 killer in women?
•	People who smoke one pack of cigarettes a day decrease their life expectancy by about six years?
•	Tobacco companies spend over $3 billion every year on advertisements that glamorize smoking?
•	Smoking hurts your lungs and can cause respiratory conditions such as emphysema, bronchitis, chronic coughs, and a sore throat. Smoking makes it hard for a person to breathe.
•	Tobacco companies need to recruit 1,200 new smokers every day to replace those who have died.

 

[SevenofNine]

HEY TOMKOW we getting heavy rain in SO CAL right now

More breaking news off Interfax wire Russians are invesgtigating more cases of bad vodka

[BIGLOOK]

Rain Burka.........No!



I need something roomy and in basic black.

[fatima]

Hi SevenofNine:)How are you doing beautiful.

[AZamericonnie]

Evening Tom! Hope your day went well! I kinda had my 2nd Monday today! lol *hugs*

[Gucho]

Hi fatima :)

[GodBlessUSA]

Wow! beautiful, Thanks LuvW :)

[GodBlessUSA]

Good Night, Kidlett.
Sleep well. Thanks for the wonderful thread you created. :)

[AZamericonnie]

I'm doing good Gracie....a little tired. Now....what I'm wondering is if your Hubby is here.....why are we not visiting over a starbucks right now?:)

I'm going to do some chores then head for bed....See you tomorrow!

[luvie]

You deserve it! (((hugs)))

[GodBlessUSA]

LOL Someday maybe we will be at Starbucks. :) Have a great night. See you tomorrow.
Hugs!

[GodBlessUSA]

You always bring smiles. Thanks, Luv!

[fatima]

Here's a little flower Gucho

[luvie]

Awwwww...you're sweet! (((hugs))) So do you!

[SevenofNine]

NOTHING MUCH and BBC wire has interview with NEWW Israel PM Olhmet who claim he want Likud party to join his coaliton after today narrow victory which it isss

[luvie]

I LOVE your graphics...and am stealing a lot of them! LOL!

[fatima]

Thanks SevenofNine.

[laurenmarlowe]

Burger store fetes regular on 96th - with cake

By Andrea Jares

Reata Smith starts every day at Whataburger, often with biscuits and gravy. But on Tuesday - her 96th birthday - she had cake.

Joining her was a roomful of regulars at the East Lancaster Avenue restaurant, as well as Whataburger managers who have seen Smith on her visits for breakfast and dinner for more than a decade. From her spot in a corner booth, “Smitty” has become a hub of the neighborhood.

“I like the atmosphere. I like everything about it,” Smith said. “It feels like home.”

So on Tuesday, Whataburger managers and regulars wished her a happy 96th birthday, complete with an applause-peppered rendition of "You are So Beautiful". The managers and crew also presented Smith with a 20-inch television they all chipped in for.

“She’s the kind of lady who brings joy to everybody,” said Jauch Edwards, manager of seven Whataburger restaurants, including the East Lancaster location. “We consider Smitty part of the Whataburger family.”

The neighbors feel that way, too. The seats around her are usually filled with friends who stop by to say hello.

“If it’s breakfast time, she’s already here or on her way,” said Sheila Harrison, another Whataburger regular, who calls Smith “a legend.”

Maxine Nowlin from the Handley area of Fort Worth was one of the many people who pinned dollar bills to Smith’s lapel Tuesday. She met Smitty at Whataburger, where she usually goes twice a week for breakfast.

“I see her every time I’m here,” Nowlin said. “I can’t believe she’s 96 years old and still driving.”

Smith makes the short trip to Whataburger in her 1968 Ford Torino, which she also occasionally uses to take friends to the doctor.

“It’s good transportation, cheap transportation,” Smith said. “It takes me where I want to go and if I’m able, I will.”

The Torino also lets her friends know she’s inside.

“I stop in when I see her car,” said David Nation, a well-wisher who also had a birthday Tuesday. He’s 75.

Smith was raised “a farmer gal” in the cotton fields of Sweetwater, just west of Abilene. Her nephew Beasel T. Marchbanks of Aledo lived 35 miles away and remembers earning $1 for a day’s work and living in a house with no electricity.

Smith came to Fort Worth with a friend in 1939. She worked for eight years at General Dynamics and 15 at a Curtis Mathes assembly plant. She’s lived in the same house since 1963.

“She’s very outgoing - she doesn’t meet strangers,” said Ann Whatley of Haltom City, who said she has been Smith’s hairdresser for about 50 years.

Smith keeps on the go with regular visits to the salon, where she has her short hair styled in finger waves, or to church services at nearby Watson Memorial Nursing Home. She never married.

“You want me to ruin my good life by getting married?” she said. “I wouldn’t have no fun.”

On Tuesday, surrounded by friends, she was having fun.

“I love it,” she said. “I want to be 100.”

[luvie]

LOL! Great story, Lauren! I want to be her some day! :o)

[laurenmarlowe]

Me too sweetie!

I thought you might enjoy the story. Have a grrrrrreat day tomorrow! *HUGS*

[fatima]

LUV W,They belong to everyone.They are on the internet-steal.