MOULTRIE -- Colquitt County Sheriff Al Whittington described the success of the programs instituted under his administration Tuesday at the Moultrie Rotary Club's weekly meeting. Whittington told the crowd of about 40 Rotary members and guests at the Sunset Country Club that he was proud of the programs his office has been able to institute for children and youth. One of those is the return of the Drug Abuse Resistance Education, or D.A.R.E., program in schools. There are D.A.R.E. officers in every elementary school in Colquitt County and two resource officers each at Charlie Gray and Willie J. Williams Middle Schools, he said. Recent budget cuts, however, will force the Sheriff's Department to cut back the program from 17 weeks to only nine weeks. [continues 112 words]