Burleson Star (Burleson, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 46, Ed. 1 Monday, January 28, 1991 Page: 4 of 16
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4 A Hi**,'"‘>r>T1 Star. Monday. January 28. 1991
Frazier Elementary graduates DARE students Thurs.
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BY SALLY ELLERTSON
The second school of the 1990-
1991 school year had a very special
graduation Thursday night.
Frazier Elementary had an over-
flowing cafeteria as the sixth grade
students graduated from the DARE
(Drug Abuse Resistance Education)
program. Mound Elementary gradu-
ated its DARE students a week ear-
lier.
Burleson Police Chief Roger
Rountree gave a brief speech before
Lt. Bob Douglas, DARE Officer
Randy Hicks, Officer Paula Ibsen,
and the sixth grade teachers began
handing out DARE certificates and
pins. After graduation, several stu-
dents acted out ways to say no to
drugs, in skits.
The optimism and excitement
never wanes with the students, who
just spent the last 17 weeks learning
about drugs, the short and long-term
consequences of drug use and abuse,
self-esteem, peer pressure, and ways
to say no to drug offers.'The students
have this opportunity through a co-
operative effort of the B urleson Inde-
pendent School District and the Burle-
son Police Department, which insti-
tuted the program in the fall of 1988.
The school provides the students, and
the police department provides a
uniformed police officer to serve as
the teacher. The students seem to be
listening.
"DARE means to know what it
takes to get through life successfully
without using drugs," DARE Gradu-
ate Kelli Bradley said as she read one
of the 10 winning DARE essays.
"Drugs mean absolutely nothing in
people's lives, but happiness, being
healthy, and wonderful things hap-
pening to you mean everything.
Without using drugs, cigarettes, and
alcohol you will live a healthy and
carefree life. I have heard at least
once everyday that people have been
harmed by drugs or others harmed by
d’ugs around them."
"To me, DARE means NO
JRUGS! It also means to teach chil-
—Joshua publisher
enters new magazine
venture about Texans
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right now to advertise in," said Huck-
aby, who hopes to reach upwards of
50.000 readers with his magazine.
Already he's had a good response
from both potential readers and ad-
vertisers. Pre-publication interest by
subscribers has been so great he feels
that his new venture could almost be
supported solely by subscribers.
It’s his intention, however, to
not only provide news of Texas hap-
penings to his readers, but also to
bring them together with companies,
products, and services that may ap-
peal to subscribers of his magazine.
Obviously a new magazine can't
start out with a full contingent of
subscribers so Huckaby is renting
portions of Texas Highways' mailing
list. He plans to mail at least 10,000
copies of his first magazine to se-
lected subscribers of Texas Highways,
then hold that figure steady at 30,000
untilcirculation builds up to thatpoint.
The magazine is targeted for
every-other-month distribution this
year with plans to make it a monthly
in 1992. Eventually Huckaby sees it
coming out every two weeks.
To be a charter subscriber, send
$15 for a two year subscription to
Texas People and Places, Box 810,
Joshua, Texas 76058.
In addition to the usual assort-
merft of people and places, Huckaby
plans for the magazine to ha e a
special focus each issue. For example,
he's compiled a cookbook of the best
8fcd-and-breakfast-inn recipes. When
samples from the cookbook are pub-
lished, he hopes to run stories on
some of the more interesting bed and
breakfast inns from around the state.
Other special feature issues he's
considering are shopping Texas by
mail, and dude ranches.
Like the bed and breakfast inn
cookbook, other special issue topics
could have spinoffs into books. And
some of the topics themselves might
even become one of the marketplaces
for these books, such as the bed-and-
breakfast-inns themselves."He said
he has already received requests from
several of these establishments about
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cookbook? to sell in their gift shops.
"What I would like is for the
publication to be viewed as the ex-
pert in the field of tourism. Then
eventually I want to put together a
video on Texas and tourism to show
to chamber of commerces around the
state. While the video will show the
impact of tourism, it will also help
promote Texas People & Places as
well as the other ventures like Texas
Emporium," said Huckaby. Texas
Emporium is a mail order company
that works with the department of
agriculture and Taste of Texas send-
ing mail orders to fojks around the
state.
He also has plans for a Texas
Book Club and has already contacted
several publishers of books about
Texas. Reviews of books about the
Lone Star State will, of course, be
included in the magazine.
And while all this may sound
like a lot of work, Huckaby said he
looked forward to the challenge of
bringing Texas into everyone'Shome.
"I've had to let go of some other
projects in order to do this, but I think
it's going to be fun," he said.
He certainly has the background
for such a venture. The Joshua busi-
nessman has plenty of experinece in
the publishing end of it. He's the
former owner of the Joshua Tribune
and currently publishes a number of
other publications, such as the news-
paper for the American Cutting Horse
Association.
He's also well-traveled in Texas.
"I rodeoed all over the state for
about 15 years and I've traveled all
over. I always enjoyed hunting for
things to do in the towns I was in."
It was one such "hunting" trip
that may have sown the very first
seeds that were later to germinate
into Texas People & Places.
Huckaby was a senior in high
school and in the state rodeo compe-
tition. He and a few friends were out
"prowling the town" when they came
across a small slaughte house. In the
boys walked, asking for a tour. The
owner, an old German man, gladly
led them around, explaining each step
of the process.
Now Huckaby is the tour leader
and he's offering readers a tour of
Texas—its people and its places.
'LL. WITT
Funeiai services for Mr. F.L. Witt
Burleson were held on Monday,
l. 21, at the First Christian Church
Bowie, Texas. Rev. O.C. Harper,
erim pastor of the church, offici-
:d the 2 p.m. service. Burial fol-
ded in Ringgold Cemetery in-
nggold, Texas.
Mr. Witt died at a Burleson nurs-
l home on Jan. 19, 1991. He was
years old.
He was born in Ringgold, Texas
June 7?d903, and resided in Bowie
r 39 years before moving to Burle-
n five years ago. He was a member
First Christian Church of Bowie
lere he was a former deacon. He
is a retired gas plant operator.
He married the former Jo
cBride on July 16,1922, in Ryan,
Ida. She preceded him in death on
sb. 19,1990.
Mr. Win is survived by a son,
>m Witt of Burleson; a daughter,
ary Marsh of Burleson; six grand-
lildren; seven great grandchildren;
id several nieces and nephews.
Pallbearers for the service were
\A. Greer, Wallace Mills, Owen
[eyer, Ward Stine, Jack Lovette,
id Randall Peters. Preston Clark
:rved as honorary pallbearer.
Burgess-Fry' Funeral Home
indled the arrangements.
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dren about the risk of drugs and what Heather Rockwell said. "The last ber to come to the police station and can end your life," Jessica Eggleston
the punishment is when you choose couple of weeks I have learned a claim my dead body, and then be told said. "It means that you’re the person
to do drugs. Not only does DARE whole lot about drugs and what they I died of a drug overdose. I don't want who makes the decision, not anyone
teach us things but so does Officer do to the body and brain. DARE also to die young." else but you.
Hicks. I have learned that just be- means that people really cafe about The class has encouraged some "DARE brines un self-esteem
cause you have a problem, that you what happens to you and everybody students to go into the law enforce-
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ment profession.
" DARE has encouraged me so
much I want to be an undercover offi-
cer when I grow up,” DARE Gradu-
oto Ckona Cmith C*»t/f "I fniinH Allt
ate Shane Smith said. "I found out
ritn stuff can kill you in
"DARE brings up self-esteem.
You learn how to cope with your
problems. It also gives our parents a
chance to say... 'Hey! My kid isn'ton
drugs. He's been in the DARE pro-
gram.' And the parents also enjoy
what children come home talking
about.
"I hope the DARE program lasts
forever so that our children and their
children will always be drug free.
shouldn’t run away and turn to drugs, else.
It has made me think twice before I "Drugs are murderous. They
do something. I also learned that you have no feelings and care not whether
should think about the risk of your you live or die," DARE graduate Beth
choices," DARE Graduate Tamara Noble said. "DARE means a life
Maddux said. where I can live without the prospect drugs mixed will. „——-----,----
Having the courage and will- of having to worry about my life. My an instant. They can make you have a
power to say no isn’t easy, so the feelings for DARE are that of grati- attack and they can even screw
students were armed with several tude and hope for the coming genera- up your brain" cuuuio. ^ uiu» ucc.
ways to torn down a drug offer. tion. With DARE, children my age One graduate summed up what HelpyourchildrenbeapartofDARE
"I have learned many ways to and younger know that drugs are not the DARE experience meant to the by quitting yourself. It wi make you
say no. If someone offers me some the answer to life’s major or minor students, and the families. eel better, and your c (hen. So
drugs I will know many ways to say problems.T don't want to die on the "DARE is a program which please don t help yourselIfwithdrogs;
no,” DARE Graduate John Barnes streets and I don't want a family mem- teaches students ofall ages thatdrugs helpyoursclfwiththcloveofDARE.
said. "I have seen movies that show
what drugs will do to you and the way
you act on drugs. I have also learned
about peer pressure. I learned that
just because some people are doing it
doesn't mean I have to."
Another student echoed the
thoughts about peer pressure.
"DARE teaches you to say no to
drugs. If someone keeps pressuring,
all you have to do is run and go tell a
parent or a friend. If you do drugs it
will ruin your life. It kills your brain
cells and gives you a bad headache.
Also drugs make you look and feel
dumb so you need to stop doing drugs.
Ifyou can't, then go to a hospital that
can help you stop doing drugs. It
makes you do stupid stuff like punch-
ing a brick wall a whole bunch of
times so stop doing drugs before you
really get hurt in your life," DARE
Graduate Jake Martinez said.
DRUGS DON’T STOP with,
just marijuana and cocaine. It also
includes the; liquid mind-altering
drug—alcohol.
"DARE has also taught me about
people that drink and drive. That is
one of the most dangerous. It taught ^ nipp SLfuAontv
me how it can be dangeorus to both UrxtVK-j JIHUciHj
£ i'S’KftTHSi: Graduate
Sixth grade students at Frazier Elementary "graduated" from the
DARE (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) program Thursday night.
This is the third year for the program in the Burleson schools.
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