DARE RETURNS TO LOCAL SCHOOLS

Under the guidance of RCMP Cst. Sara Mottishaw, the Drug Abuse
Resistance Education (DARE) program is once again reaching out to
students in both Kitimat and Kitamaat Village.

The purpose of DARE is to inform children about decisions they will
have to confront in their lives regarding drugs, alcohol and smoking,
Mottishaw explained.

"It teaches them to make healthy decisions," she added.

The program breaks down the decision-making process into four points,
which also make up the DARE acronym:

Define the problem; Assess what choices could be made; Respond to the
decision; and finally Evaluate whether it was a good choice.

Students are provided with workbooks which include various situations
to which the students apply the DARE principles, Mottishaw said.

Her first posting, Mottishaw has been stationed in Kitimat for more
than a year and a half now and began teaching the program in early February.