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Clinton Fifth Grade Students Participating in DARE

The annual DARE program is underway in the classrooms of fifth-grade students in Clinton.

 

Police Chief Ben Lowers leads the program and says this is a long-running tradition in the schools that started with now Sheriff, Mike Walker.

 

 

The DARE program originated to address the growing issue of drug abuse in the late 80s and early 90s but has since evolved to tackle the issues of the day facing our youth. Chief Lowers believes if the program influences just one student then it was worth it.

 

 

Chief Lowers has said this for many years since he became the DARE instructor in Clinton and it was a message passed down from his predecessor, Chief Mike Reidy, that they get more out of the program than they could put into.

 

 

According to Chief Lowers, one of the most beneficial pieces of the program is also not at all affiliated with the curriculum. He believes having positive interactions with law enforcement for the community's youth will foster a positive relationship with the community in the future. 

 

 

The Chief indicates one of the final pieces of the curriculum brings in high school students that have gone through the program. He says the kids look forward to hearing from those students as they want to know what it is like to go on to junior and senior high school. 

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