CAR SHOW COULD SAVE A LIFE.Byline: DENNIS McCARTHY Dennis McCarthy may refer to:
If you have a teenage child or grandchild of driving age, you might want to stop by Woodley Park in Van Nuys with them today. It may be the most important few hours of bonding you're going to have with them all year. There's a local car show going on with a big message that needs to be heard. The vintage automobiles on display - from 1920s vehicles to current models - are just the window dressing Window Dressing A strategy used by mutual fund and portfolio managers near the year or quarter end to improve the appearance of the portfolio/fund performance before presenting it to clients or shareholders. . The real draw of this car show is saving young lives. Ever since schools dropped the mandatory driver's education classes that most of us had in high school before we could get our licenses, our kids have been at the mercy of private, weekend driving school instruction that parents now pay for. ``Kids used to get a 10-week course in school. Now they get a few weekends. That's a big difference,'' says Robert Garcia, principal at Fulton College Prep in Van Nuys. His school, which used to be Fulton Middle School Fulton Middle School is a school in Fountain Valley, California, in the US, serving grades 6-8. The principal is Chris Christensen, and the assistant is Chris Mullen. before high school classes began being phased in, is sponsoring the car show along with the Los Angeles Police Department "LAPD" and "L.A.P.D." redirect here. For other uses, see LAPD (disambiguation).  This article or section is written like an . , the California Highway Patrol, concerned parents and local businesses. ``We all know someone whose lives have been affected by drunk drivers or street racers,'' Garcia says. ``My cousin died at 19 from street racing. ``We need to tap into all our students' interests, not just school and athletics, but on the streets as well. We need to reach them in their cars because their lives are on the line.'' That's why Leslie Deeds and a few other moms of former Granada Hills High cheerleaders Notable cheerleaders
Cheerleading The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. camps began to pale in comparison to the horrible stories they began to hear of kids they knew being injured or even dying in reckless car crashes. ``We decided to put the time into a more community-service event, and one of the biggest issues was the rise in street racing,'' says Deeds, who has two children, now 19 and 21. ``Too many parents just didn't know the level of sophistication so·phis·ti·cate v. so·phis·ti·cat·ed, so·phis·ti·cat·ing, so·phis·ti·cates v.tr. 1. To cause to become less natural, especially to make less naive and more worldly. 2. there was in street racing for so many kids.'' It's a wake-up call that Jeff Olshane and other members of the Valley Traffic Advisory Council have been trying to drum into the heads of San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. parents for years. VTAC VTAC Victorian Tertiary Admissions Centre (Australia) , a nonprofit organization Nonprofit Organization An association that is given tax-free status. Donations to a non-profit organization are often tax deductible as well. Notes: Examples of non-profit organizations are charities, hospitals and schools. that supports the LAPD 1. LAPD - Link Access Procedure on the D channel. 2. LAPD - Los Angeles Police Department. Valley Traffic Division, is the group that brings the twisted wreckage of a real car involved in a street-racing or drunk-driving crash to every high school in the San Fernando Valley. ``There are photos of the accident and victims, and the blood is still visible on the seats,'' he says. ``We hit every school with it before grad night. ``The Drive Alive Car Show is another chance to give them a wake-up call. There'll be plenty of traffic safety vendors and policemen on hand to show the kids that street racing, and drinking and driving, isn't cool. It's deadly.'' The goal of Garcia, Deeds and everyone involved is to reach beyond Fulton's students to the driving-age kids in every Valley high school. If you want to help, you can bring your driving-age child or grandchild over to Woodley Park for a few hours between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. They'll see some very cool cars, and get a message that just may save their lives or the lives of their friends. Dennis McCarthy, (818) 713-3749 dennis.mccarthy(at)dailynews.com IF YOU GO The Drive Alive Car Show will run from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. today at Woodley Park, 6350 Woodley Ave., Van Nuys, between Victory and Burbank boulevards. For more information on supporting the Valley Traffic Advisory Council, call (818) 361-1147. CAPTION(S): photo, box Photo: Robert Garcia and Leslie Deeds are helping to sponsor the Drive Alive Car Show today in Woodley Park in Van Nuys. Joe Binoya/Special to the Daily News Box: IF YOU GO (see text) |
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