Pubdate: Fri, 22 Sep 2006 Source: Port Hope Evening Guide (CN ON) Copyright: 2006 Port Hope Evening Guide Contact: http://www.northumberlandtoday.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/4147 Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/dare.htm (D.A.R.E.) DARE TOURNAMENT ANOTHER SUCCESS The sixth annual Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.) Golf Tournament at Pine Ridge Golf Club near Warkworth was another success. For four years now, much of the success for the tournament has been the responsibility of OPP Constable Angela Ward. This year,138 golfers hit the Pine Ridge Golf Course under cloudy skies at 10 a.m. September 6. Each player anted up $80. Cramahe Township Deputy Mayor Ray Kelly joined Police Committee member Rick Saunders representing Cramahe Township. Mayor Bill Finley and Councillor Ray Benns putted for Alnwick/Haldimand. Hamilton Township's Councillor Gary Woods and Mayor Forrest Rowden played 18 holes. Constable Ward was pleased with this year's tourney which fell six golfers short of the record 144. There were 141 prizes available to the lucky golfers and many of the holes were sponsored. In 2005, the tournament raised $11,500. The constable hoped to repeat that this year. The DARE program which operates in grade six classes across the county costs $10-11 thousand to run. The D.A.R.E. program was founded in Los Angeles in 1983 and moved to Canada 10 years later. The D.A.R.E. curriculum is designed to be taught by police officers whose training and experience gave them the background needed to answer the sophisticated questions often posed by young students about drugs and crime. This year, part of the money raised at the tournament will be used to purchase a new drug board and display for the 608 students who will take the program. - --- MAP posted-by: Jo-D