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Tonopah, NV

Thibodeaux is top DARE educator

Pahrump Valley Times - May 2009

Students from Mary Thibodeaux's and Gail Gillard's fifth-grade classes at Tonopah Middle School share in the celebration as DARE Officer Doug Farinholt presents Thibodeaux with the plaque honoring her as DARE Educator of the Year in Nevada. At left are Farinholt and Thibodeaux; at far right, Gillard.

TONOPAH -- Tonopah Middle School fifth-grade teacher Mary Thibodeaux has been selected DARE (Drug Abuse Resistance and Education) Educator of the Year in Nevada...MORE

Las Vegas, NV

Fifth-grader’s artwork adorns bus

Las Vegas Sun - April 1, 2009

The artwork of Ruby Thomas Elementary fifth-grader Pamela Torres, 10, was selected as the best piece for the RTC’s annual contest aimed to promote an anti-graffiti message.

“I was really surprised and really happy that I won,” Pamela said, noting 150 fifth graders entered the contest. “I thought it was really impossible.”...MORE

Winnemucca, NV

Deputy named DARE officer of year

Deputy Chris Griffith

With 23 years as a DARE officer, Deputy Chris Griffith is pretty sure he has the most experience teaching "resistance skills" to fifth-graders of any officer across the country - or the world, as the program is international.

Now, he has a plaque to prove he is the "DARE Officer of the Year" in Nevada.....MORE

Las Vegas, NV

Las Vegas Now Channel 8 News

Courtesy of  Officer John Lybbert

Cool at School: DARE Program Helps Kids Make Good Choices

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