Riding to Big Al's in Police Cars
April 28, 2004

Yumi, Jeremy, Taylor, Malana, Cam, Logan and Nolan
get ready to ride in the police cars.

Officer Torrey
Nolan

All year we have been learning from Officer Torrey. At the end of his classes in about January he told us to write a D.A.R.E essay. On graduation night he announced the top 8 essays and I was one of them. We got to read our papers and then have cake.

Yesterday on April 28 we got to go to Big Al’s for our great essays. We got to miss an hour of school to ride in a real police car. They drove us to Big Al’s and bought us pizza. We also got to play games. On the way back the people in our car were sending e-mails to the other patrol car with kids in them. The officer let us use his really cool modified laptop.

I had lots of fun going to Big Al’s and riding in a patrol car but I hope I never have to ride in one for a different reason.

The Police Cars
Cameron

Yesterday on the way to Big Al’s we rode in a Police Car. It had a modified laptop and we were typing back in forth with the other Police car ahead of us. Most of us sat in back, but one sat in the front. Me, Taylor, Nolan, and Jeremy rode in one car and Logan, Yumi, and Malana rode in the other car. I like the Police cars a lot.

At Big Al’s I had a lot of fun. Jeremy was the only one to bring money so he could play games. I was the only one to get a sub, all the rest of them got pizza. The best part about it getting an hour and a half off of school. The police officers were really nice to all of the kids. This was the best lunch that I ever had at school.

The reason we got to go is because we had to write an essay about the D.A.R.E. Program. We had to take many classes with Officer Tory. Our last class was in February. At the end of the year all of the kids had to put on a skit. This class was really fun and exciting.

Going to Big Al's
Jeremy

On April 28, 2004 Nolan, Cam, Malana, Logan, Jeremy, Yumi, and Taylor went to Big Al’s. We were chosen because we had the best D.A.R.E essay. Two boys and girls from each class went to Big Al’s. Two cop cars came to pick them at Onekama School.

On the way there we typed on their lab top and send email back and forth. When they got there we waited and I played pinball. After we ate I played the same game again. When it was time to leave we went in the cop cars and went back to school.

Pizza and DARE
Logan

Yesterday April 28, 2004 Taylor, Cam, Malana, Yumi, Nolan, Jeremy, and I went to Big Al’s. We all had very much fun. Jeremy played pinball. He kept playing pinball until he ran out of money. Everybody watched him lose. Cameron was posing for a picture when a meatball fell out of his sub and got sauce all over his pants. A bad thing about the cop cars is that the doors in the back don’t open from the inside. (I wonder why?)

I had a lot of fun I will never forget the experience. I liked it a lot and I would do it again any time. I got to go because I wrote a good dare essay and I with 7 others won a contest.

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Riding in a Police Car
Taylor

Yesterday Nolan, Cameron, Logan, Jeremy, Malana, Yumi, and I went to Big Al’s for lunch. We got there by riding in cop cars. On the way there I rode with Malana and Yumi. Malana got to sit in the front. We rode with Deputy Torry. He showed us what every thing did in the car. When we were in the parking lot we got to turn on the siren and the lights. In the car on they have lab tops and we got to talk to each other on the lab tops.

The pizza was really good at Big Al’s. When we were eating Jeremy picked up his pizza and all the cheese fell in his mouth then he swallowed all the cheese on accident. At Big Al’s they had pinball games that Jeremy was playing. On the way back I rode with Nolan, Cameron, and Jeremy. I got to sit in the front. Officer Fitch drove us back. I had a great time at Big Al’s yesterday.

Going to Big Al’s
Yumi

Yesterday April 28,2004 seven people got to go to Big Al’s. The seven people were Nolan, Cameron, Logan, Malana, Jeremy, Yumi, and Taylor. We got to go to Big Al’s because we won a D.A.R.E. essay contest. On the way there Malana, Taylor, and I got to ride in the car with Officer Torry. The boys Nolan, Cameron, Jeremy, and Logan rode with the other officer. When we were in the cars we got to type little sentences on the lap tops to the other car and they got to send messages back to us. I am glad we got to go to Big Al’s.

When we got to Big Al’s we waited for about ten minutes before we got to eat pizza. I had about 2 1/2 pieces of pizza and I thought it was really good. We were all sitting at one table so we were really crowded and we were spilling things all over the place. When we ate pizza we ordered 2 pizzas and Cameron ate a meatball sub. I am so happy I got chosen to go to Big Al’s because it was really interesting to ride in a police car.

Pizza and DARE
Malana

Yesterday I got to eat at Big Al’s pizza with Nolan, Cameron, Logan, Jeremy, Yumi, and Taylor. We got to ride in a police car and I got to sit in the front seat on the way there. In the police car it was Taylor, Yumi, and I. We got to type to the other car that the boys were in and they would type back.

In the other police car Nolan, Cam, Logan, Jeremy were riding. Jeremy was in front typing to us. When we got there, there were already 3 groups of kids from other schools. Jeremy’s mom gave him 5 dollars to play games. We all watched him play pinball. It was fun.

 

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