[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 5]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 6457]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



      A TRIBUTE TO RAY GEORGE, DARE DEPUTY FOR MONTEREY COUNTY, CA

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                             HON. SAM FARR

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, April 26, 2001

  Mr. FARR of California. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor Deputy Ray 
George of the Monterey County Sheriff's Department and their Drug Abuse 
Resistence Education (DARE) program. As you may know the DARE program 
helps bring a multi-faceted approach to staying away from drugs in the 
classrooms of 5th and 6th graders around the world. Deputy George is 
one of three full-time deputies assigned to the Monterey County DARE 
program, and it is for his recent fund-raising efforts that I wish to 
honor him here.
  Mr. Speaker, the Monterey County DARE program, currently under Deputy 
George, Deputy Vince Hernandez, and Deputy Karen Gentile, was founded 
in 1993 by Deputy Fabian Barrera. In the past 8 years, they have 
coordinated with the local police departments through the county, as 
well as the schools to bring their courses that aim at helping young 
people face drug abuse in their lives. Some of the key topics they try 
to bring to their students include: building selfesteem; the 
consequences of drug use; decision making skills; recognizing and 
resisting peer pressure; techniques to say no; and ways to deal with 
stress.
  Deputy George recently organized a black-tie fund raiser in Monterey, 
and his hard work was made clear with the success of this event. 
Everyone present that evening, myself included, felt that these 
deputies help bring a crucial message to our communities. Their 
dedication to this cause is commendable, and I would like to especially 
honor Deputy George for his commitment to excellence. The service of 
local officials such as these are an asset to our nation, and I thank 
the Speaker for this chance to honor them.

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