"Be like me -- drug free" Shelbyville girl says in prize poster

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[Stew Padasso]

Shelbyville -- She's all smiles -- and drug free, too.

With that, Ashley Allen didn't have to think long to find the theme of her drawing for Shelby County Prosecutor R. Kent Apsley's antidrug poster contest.

"I was thinking about what I was going to do while Mr. (Eric) Sutton was explaining the instructions. I thought of it right away: I kind of, like, drew me. I wanted to draw a person like me.

[Stew Padasso]

"The prize money comes from seized illegal drug profits."

Nothing like teaching the kids how they too can profit from the drug war.

[The Red Zone]

Yeah, and from moneys that could in principle have been returned to those from whom they were stolen (a lot of drug habits are fueled by stealing).

[BossLady]

Small, small world alert.....

Incredibly, I know this teacher and he has his own agenda...so to speak....

[Stew Padasso]

ping

[Lancey Howard]

Shelbyville? Isn't that the town that borders Springfield?

[motzman]

"I thought: 'I'm drug free. I'll draw me.' "

Prove it.

[concerned about politics]

"The prize money comes from seized illegal drug profits."

Why not? At least it's being used for a great cause. Like the tobacco money was suppose to go for smoking programs, the illegal money can go to stopping drugs.
What a great idea. It leaves the tax payers out of it.

[Stew Padasso]

"It leaves the tax payers out of it."

Next stop! Fantasy Land!

[Miss Marple]

Eric has no agenda but teaching art. I am his aunt.

[Stew Padasso]

"Why not? At least it's being used for a great cause."

Like I have been saying, the drug war is a great thing for all parties involved. All that cash to buy more toys, jobs and free drugs for the corrupt.

[BossLady]

Im glad!

[kayak]

The way I read the article, Mr. Sutton has no part in this contest except to inform his students of it. The contest is the brainchild of the County Prosecutor, not the art teacher. There is no way that a teacher would have access to seized drug money to give out as prizes.

[BossLady]

Nothing was said about drug money in my post....but thanks for the extra info.

[Miss Marple]

You are quite correct. Art teachers receive all kinds of contest information, and he does his best to inform the kids of those contests, because the awards are often a big help to the families, as well as letting the kids know their creativity is appreciated by adults.

I am very proud of my nephew. He has established an art fair at his school in the spring which has become a big deal...classical music, refreshments, all the kids' art on display, and everyone dresses up. He is trying to elevate culture in the community, and I am quite proud of him.

[Yeti]

The prize money comes from seized illegal drug profits

That really *is* sick!

"Good girl! Here's your share of the loot."

[Miss Marple]

I doubt that the girl or the teacher knew of the source of the money until they read the article. Usually these contests are announced with no explanation of funding.

[concerned about politics]

"Good girl! Here's your share of the loot."

She is a good girl. The money is being used for the anti-drug message. What's wrong with that? This is a good thing for kids to support. Reward the good behavior. Let the crimminal pay for it. The tobacco company had to pay for anti-smoking, and they're considered legal.

[Yeti]

She is a good girl.

I'm sure she is, she sounds like one.

It's just that, if you feel that the WoD is really wrong, then you have this spectre of rewarding children with ill-gotten gains. Tainted money. Bad Karma.

[MrLeRoy]

I don't see this as an effective message. Why exactly would other kids want to be like her?

[jmc813]

WOD Ping

[jmc813]

I am very proud of my nephew. He has established an art fair at his school in the spring which has become a big deal...classical music, refreshments, all the kids' art on display, and everyone dresses up. He is trying to elevate culture in the community, and I am quite proud of him.

He sounds a lot like the music department at my old high school. We need more teachers like this.

[jmc813]

The money is being used for the anti-drug message. What's wrong with that? This is a good thing for kids to support. Reward the good behavior. Let the crimminal pay for it.

The issue many have with this is that in most cases, asset forfeiture occurs after arrest and before conviction. This is blatently unconstitutional.

[Skooz]

Eric has no agenda but teaching art. I am his aunt.

Whao! SMACKDOWN!

[Hemingway's Ghost]

Shelbyville stinks. Don't they marry their cousins in Shelbyville? If I'm not mistaken, that's why the town's original settlers left Springfield.

[Skooz]

I thought this was a nice, uplifiting article until the last sentence.

It's great to teach kids to be drug free, and having a poster contest to that end is admirable, but asset siezure laws are textbook corruption. It is theft, pure and simple.

I'm happy for the little girl, though. I hope she stays drug free.

[Wolfie]

Right after the contest, all the kids were led to the nurse's office for their daily dose of Ritalin.

[Stew Padasso]

It can't be any worse than Muncie, IN. The armpit of the midwest.

[headsonpikes]

Your nephew sounds like a great teacher!

The contest, however, has an odor about it, partly because of the 'Soviet Realism' image of a smiling young citizen in a propaganda poster, but because of the tainted prize money.

To me, of course, it's all of a piece, being but facets of American-style Socialism.

[Hemingway's Ghost]

For non-Simpsons fans, Shelbyville is the arch-rival town of Springfield, the Simpsons' home town.

[Stew Padasso]

Ahh. I've only watched it a couple times.

[r9etb]

Sigh. Here you have your nephew, a fine teacher, and a little girl who won a contest proclaiming a completely unobjectionable goal, and of course the usual cats come in to bury their presents in the sandbox.

[Miss Marple]

Contests come inby the bucketload to art teachers. My nephew tries to encourage kids to enter if they have any talent at all, because it gives kids a chance for prize money and publicity (something very hard to get for non-athletes).

I am dead-on certain that he didn't know where the prize money came from, just like he doesn't for any of the other contests that arrive in his mailbox. He knows the sponsoring organization, such as the Children's Museum, but has no idea who puts up the prize money.

He is an excellent teacher, and my entire family is very proud of him.

[Skooz]

Sigh. Here you have your nephew, a fine teacher, and a little girl who won a contest proclaiming a completely unobjectionable goal, and of course the usual cats come in to bury their presents in the sandbox.

Post of the day nominee BUMP.

[headsonpikes]

...my entire family is very proud of him.

And so you should be!

[Stew Padasso]

That is great. I am all for good teachers and kids who are not ashamed to announce to their classmates that they are drug free. However, at a certain point they were going to find out where this money came from:

Prize winners will be recognized in a ceremony at 5 p.m. Oct. 30 in Shelby Circuit Court.

[jmc813]

Sigh. Here you have your nephew, a fine teacher, and a little girl who won a contest proclaiming a completely unobjectionable goal, and of course the usual cats come in to bury their presents in the sandbox.

Who here has dissed the teacher or the student? The only thing I've seen is people complimenting him on sounding like a great teacher. Are you so enamored by unconstitutional asset forfeiture laws that you're offended by people speaking out against them?

[jmc813]

Post of the day nominee BUMP.

The post was crap. Find me anywhere in this thread where anyone has had a negative word about the teacher or student.

[Skooz]

The post was crap.

I take that as a "no" vote.

[r9etb]

Are you so enamored by unconstitutional asset forfeiture laws that you're offended by people speaking out against them?

Be sure to bury it deep....

[jmc813]

I notice that you're not denying lying about what people on this thread posted.

[Xenalyte]

You are such a HATER! You're implying that there's something wrong with marrying our cousins!

[retrokitten]

Yes, they are the ones who stole the lemon tree.

[r9etb]

you're not denying lying about what people on this thread posted.

Hmmmmm. I never said anything about what people posted. I merely pointed out that it was a nice story, but that people like you were sure to crap in the sandbox. And I was quite correct.

Why don't you come back after you've gotten over your volcanic snit.

[jmc813]

Sorry. I find nothing wrong with criticizing unconstitutional atrocities at every opportunity. Would you have an issue with people criticizing a gun safety poster contest (which is in and of itself admirable) if the prized were funded by Handgun Control Inc.?

[DanTheAdmin]

This does't have anything to do with the "Lemon Tree" incident, does it?

[r9etb]

Sorry. I find nothing wrong with criticizing unconstitutional atrocities at every opportunity.

I'm sure you're loads of fun at parties.

[brewer1516]

For what it's worth, I know the prosecuter. He's a good solid conservative.

Brew-

[Skooz]

I think r9etb's point is that this article is about a little girl who won a poster contest.

But, some one-issue types prefer to turn this into just another dreary WOD thread; like we haven't had plenty of those already.

My condolences for your Jets.

[jmc813]

But, some one-issue types prefer to turn this into just another dreary WOD thread; like we haven't had plenty of those already.

The mission of this site is constituional restoration. Therefore, it is our duty as FReeper to point out abuses of the Constitution, political correctness be damned.

My condolences for your Jets.

Why condolences? We have the same record after 6 games as we did last year and we won the division then. Plus, Pennington's back this week. Teams that have red uniforms are communist anyway.

[r9etb]

You're correct. Thanks.