MIDLAND COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE RETIREE RETURNS TO TEACH D.A.R.E.

At the beginning of 2009, Dan Prybyski retired from the Midland County
Sheriff's Office. He said then that he hoped his experience in the
classroom could be put to good use, and it seems a recent approval by
county officials means he will still work with kids.

At the Dec. 15 Midland County Board of Commissioners meeting, the
commissioners approved an agreement with Prybyski, through his
business D.J.P.'s Classroom, to teach the Drug Abuse Resistance
Education program, or D.A.R.E., for this school year. The agreement
term is from Sept. 1, 2009 to May 30, 2010. Prybyski is to be paid $10
per hour for a maximum of 308 hours with mileage reimbursement up to
$500. The money will come out of the sheriff's office drug forfeiture
funds.

Sheriff Jerry Nielsen said Prybyski will be helping two deputies who
just passed tests to teach the D.A.R.E. program transition into the
local schools. He will show them how he sets up for the classes and
teaches the students, as well as introduce them to contacts at the
schools, Nielsen said.

The new D.A.R.E. instructors are deputies Scott Holzinger and Jason
Brandt.

Nielsen said Prybyski continued teaching D.A.R.E. last school year
after his retirement.

Prybyski, who has a 37-year career in law enforcement under his belt,
began teaching D.A.R.E. in the late 1990s.