[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 12]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 16749]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




  IN HONOR OF THE STUDENT GRADUATES OF THE D.A.R.E. PROGRAM FROM ZION 
                LUTHERAN SCHOOL IN WESTWOOD, NEW JERSEY

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                           HON. SCOTT GARRETT

                             of new jersey

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, June 20, 2007

  Mr. GARRETT of New Jersey. Madam Speaker, last week, the Township of 
Washington and Borough of Westwood Police Departments held a D.A.R.E. 
graduation ceremony. More than a dozen students in Mrs. Munsch's Fifth 
Grade Class at Zion Lutheran School have been participating in this 
important program that gives young people the support they need to say 
no to drugs, underage drinking, and gang violence.
  Drug Abuse Resistance Education, or D.A.R.E., began as a small 
program in Los Angeles in 1983. Today, it is implemented in more than 
75 percent of our Nation's school districts and in more than 43 other 
nations. It uses positive peer pressure to help children defeat the 
negative cultural influences that bombard them daily. I am proud of the 
young boys and girls who participated in this program in Westwood, and 
I would like to recognize: them all for taking this step toward 
positive citizenship: Jerome Ashby; Melody Ashby; Kara Dawson; Rachel 
Diomede; James Douglas; Katherine Federov; Jessica Fitzner; Jordan 
Gregg; Chester Lee; Rebekah Orso; Cassandra Petricca; Stacie Rinda; 
Emily Thomas.

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