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.

 

[MS.BEHAVIN]

See ya later!
Ms.B

[Kathy in Alaska]

At the moment no....except I am TAKING a few minutes to come visit. This week, I think, would have been not too bad had we had all the days in it. LOL! Oh well, it was nice being off.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Hawaii....thanks for the umbrella....I've been looking for one for a long time. Basic black and roomy is good. d:o)

[Kathy in Alaska]

Not quite catching up yet, but still above freezing. Gotta keep windshield wiper fluid in the car because I use so much. Hope you had a good day. How's the climb?

[SandRat]

Just for a little grown-up silliness (somehow that doesn't sound right, oh well).

Sierra Vista Herald
Tuesday, March 28, 2006 11:43 PM MST

Commentary by Phil Vega

Herald/Review

Quote of the day: “My definition of a free society is a society where it is safe to be unpopular.” — Adlai Stevenson Jr. (1900-1965).

Two weeks ago there was a joke about whether a customer should choose paper or plastic while at the grocery store. The answer, if you’ll recall, was that the customer said it didn’t make a difference because he was “bisackual.”

An astute reader called and asked me if I knew the reason why baggers ask this question to begin with? I didn’t. So he told me it was because “baggers can’t be choosers.”

I reported last week that the two local Rotary clubs were sponsoring a “4-Way Test” speech contest. The information came from a press release from the clubs mentioned: the Sierra Vista Noon and the Sunrise clubs. The next day, I was advised via phone call that all four Sierra Vista Rotary clubs were sponsoring the contest. The two left out: The Sierra Vista South and Sierra Vista West clubs.

Much is being said in the media about the return of “real” country music. Hence, here are some new song titles we’d like to hear.

15. If I Can’t Be Number One In Your Life, Then Number Two On You

14. If The Phone Don’t Ring, You’ll Know It’s Me

13. How Can I Miss You If You Won’t Go Away?

12. I Liked You Better Before I Got to Know You So Well

11. I Still Miss You Baby, But My Aim’s Getting Better

10. I Wouldn’t Take Her To A Dog Fight ‘Cause I’m Afraid She’d Win

9. I’ll Marry You Tomorrow But Let’s Honeymoon Tonight

8. I’m So Miserable Without You It’s Like Having You Here

7. If I Had Shot You When I Wanted To I’d Be Out Of Prison By Now

6. My Wife Ran Off With My Best Friend And I Sure Do Miss Him

5. She Got The Ring And I Got The Finger

4. You’re The Reason Our Kids Are So Ugly

3. Her Teeth Was Stained But Her Heart Was Pure

2. She’s Looking Better After Every Beer

1. I Haven’t Gone To Bed With Any Ugly Women, but I’ve Sure As Hell Woke Up With A Few.

[Lady Jag]

It's a great way to keep the neighbors in line.

[SandRat]

Just what do grown ups get from children?

Sierra Vista Herald
Tuesday, March 28, 2006 11:43 PM MST

Commentary by Phil Vega

Herald/Review

The government recently calculated the cost of raising a child from birth to 18 and came up with $160,140 for a middle income family. Talk about sticker shock! That doesn’t even touch college tuition.

But $160,140 isn’t so bad if you break it down. It translates into:



$8,896.66 a year, $741.38 a month, or $171.08 a week. That’s a mere $24.24 a day! Just over a dollar an hour.

Still, you might think the best financial advice is don’t have children if you want to be “rich.” Actually, it is just the opposite. What do you get for your $160,140?


Naming rights. First, middle, and last!


Giggles under the covers.


More love than your heart can hold.


Butterfly kisses and Velcro hugs.


Endless wonder over rocks, ants, clouds, and warm cookies.


A hand to hold, usually covered with jelly or chocolate.


A partner for blowing bubbles, flying kites.


Someone to laugh yourself silly with, no matter what the boss said or how your stocks performed that day.

For $160,140, you never have to grow up. You get to:


Finger-paint


Carve pumpkins


Play hide-and-seek


Catch lightning bugs


Never stop believing in Santa Claus.

[Lady Jag]

You're doing okay, but get 10 more degress and you'll be in heaven. It just occured here and 55-60º is glorious. We'll have a few more days of it for certain, and it's most definitely going to be a trend. This is where we hope for an extended spring. Spring can be beautiful, but winds and rains often ruin it and we go straight into hot, humid weather.

[Lady Jag]

Playing war games near the neighbor's houses will keep them in line.

[Lady Jag]

A visiting minister waxed eloquent during the offertory prayer. "Dear Lord," he began, with arms extended toward heaven and a rapturous look on his upturned face. "Without you we are but dust. . . "

He would have continued but at that moment my very obedient daughter (who was listening!) leaned over to me and asked quite audibly in her shrill little girl voice,
"Mom, what is butt dust?"

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

Click on the pic and I'll guide you
to the start of the new thread

[Kathy in Alaska]

wh!!

beachy.....#350 and #450!!
ML.....#400!!
AZ.....#500!!
Lady J.....#550!!

[Lady Jag]

Yeehaw!!!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Just what do grown ups get from children?

Loved it!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Freepmail in a few.

[MozartLover]

I got one??

Amazing.:)

[SandRat]

LOL!!!!!

Wait til she finds out about "stealing the beach" and tells other adults at the most inopportune time and place.

[E.G.C.]

BTTT

[E.G.C.]

BTTT