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DEC 6 '89 10:47
PAGE. 01
TO: Christina
from: Dianne
1 page 40 follow
Reeves
checking
JOHN F. KENNEDY HIGH SCHOOL
1. DIRECTOR BENNETT 7. RANDY GRADISHAR
GYM/STAGE DIAGRAM
2. PAT BOWLEN 8. JOHN BEAKE
DENVER COLORADO
3. TONY DORSETT 9. BERNADETTE SIKES
DEC. 8, 1989
4. THE PRESIDENT 10. Billy BRYAN -
5. ANDREW PROVENCE 71. RANDY THORTON 1
6. DR. RichARD KOEPPE -
DEC 6 '89 10:48
PODIUM
- spelling onsikes
1
2
3 4
- Beahe Tite
** TOTAL PAGE.02 02 **
5678910
PEP SQUAD/DRILLTEAM
PAGE. 02
CHEERLEADERS
DEC 5 '89 18:24 FROM US ATTORNE
U.S. Department of Justice
contact ct33-20
United States Attorney
District of Colorado
Dave RUNCKE! ckel A.G.
Byron G. Rogers Federal Building
(303) 844-2081
Twelfth Floor, Drawer 3615
(303) 844-2064
1961 Stout Street
Denver, Colorado 80294
December 5, 1989
MEMORANDUM
TO:
Bruce Zanca
Office of the President
FROM:
Michael J. Norton
United states Attorney
District of Colorado
SUBJECT:
Our District has received approval to distribute 90% of
$2,441,057.94 (the other 10% goes to DOJ'S Asset Forfeiture Fund)
of funds seized and forfeited as a result of the investigation
2,196,951 90%
and prosecution of a major cocaine distribution organization in
the State of Colorado.
The money and along with 12 gold bars also seized (which are
to be sold for cash on 12/6/89) will be available to distribute
as follows:
TO
100
Amount
Lakewood Colorado Police
63.0
$1,537,866.00
Department
Jefferson County Sheriff
13.5
329,543.00
Greenwood Village Police
4.5
109,848.00
Department
Arapahoe County Sheriff
4.5
109,848.00
Aurora Police Department
4.5
109,848.00
DEC 5 '89 18:25 FROM US ATTORNE in OFFICE
The actual amount to be distributed to each agency will be
determined by the amount realized for the gold bars.
The case developed from a single traffic stop by Lakewood
Colorado Police in November 1981. The car was driven by
defendant Keyser (who later pleaded guilty to 3 felony counts of
cocaine trafficking, testified against Lawrence Louis Levy, and
was sentenced to 5 years imprisonment in February 1989) and
defendant Carlos (who was also an immunized, cooperating
witness).
This traffic stop led to a major investigation involving
Lakewood Police Department, the Drug Enforcement Administration,
the Jefferson County Sheriff's Department, Arapahoe County
Sheriff's Department and the Aurora Police Department. The
investigation uncovered a multi-million dollar cocaine
trafficking enterprise involving hundreds of kilograms of cocaine
imported into the United States through Florida and into Colorado
and led to a 36-count indictment in May 1985 of Lawrence Louis
Levy, Keyser, and fourteen other co-conspirators on cocaine
trafficking charges, including engaging in Continuing Criminal
Enterprise - The "Kingpin Statute."
Levy fled to Hong Kong and lived under an assumed name. He
was arrested by the Royal Hong Kong Police Department in June
1986 and, after a year long extradition battle, was returned to
the District of Colorado to stand trial. Levy was tried and
convicted in April 1988 and sentenced to 20 years imprisonment.
The 12 gold bars and $1,500,000 cash was seized from Levi's
father's house (a co-defendant) in November 1982. Until November
1989, the funds have been in an interest bearing account and now
amounts to $2,441,057.94.
Claims to a portion of these funds were asserted
by the Colorado Department of Revenue and the Internal Revenue
Service. The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals denied these claims
on grounds that the proceeds were derived from illicit drug
trafficking and, thus, not subject to valid tax claims. These
taxing authorities have petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court for
certiorari. While it is expected that this petition will be
denied and the forfeiture claim will be successful. The
recipients will agree to place the funds in an interest bearing
account pending final determination. Thus, on these terms, it is
now appropriate to disperse these funds.
** TOTAL PAGE. 003 **
DENVER BRONCOS YOUTH FOUNDATION /J.F.K. HIGH SCHOOL
1:30 P.M. / FRIDAY, DEC. 8, 1989
THANK YOU, PAT. SECRETARY BRADY, DIRECTOR BENNETT.
MY COMPLIMENTS TO YOUR PRINCIPAL, BERNADETTE SEICK;
SUPERINTENDENT DR. RICHARD KOEPPE [[KEPPY]]. COACH DAN
REEVES; (GENERAL MANAGER)); JOHN BEAK; AND, MOST OF
ALL, RANDY GRADISHAR -- PRESIDENT OF THE DENVER BRONCOS
YOUTH FOUNDATION.
- 2 -
TONY DORSETT, ANDREW PROVENCE, BILLY BRYAN AND RANDY
THORTON. AND THERE'S ALSO A CERTAIN FELLA HERE OF MY
ACQUAINTANCE BY THE NAME OF NEIL BUSH. THANK YOU ALL.
((I UNDERSTAND YOUR SOCCER TEAM HAS, IF YOU'LL
PARDON THE PUN, A "COMMANDING" LEAD. 11 IN FACT, I
OVERHEARD COACH REEVES SAYING TO HIMSELF: "I WONDER HOW
GOOD THEY WOULD BE AT FIELD GOALS. "\\))
- 3 -
You KNOW, WHENEVER I FLY OVER THIS PART OF AMERICA
ON AIR FORCE ONE, I'M ALWAYS DEEPLY IMPRESSED BY THE
BEAUTY OF THE ROCKIES -- GREY PEAKS AND GREEN FORESTS
IN SPRINGTIME, SNOW-CAPPED AND MAGNIFICENT IN WINTER.
You ARE LUCKY TO BE SO CLOSE, SO MUCH A PART, OF ONE OF
THE MOST BEAUTIFUL PLACES ON EARTH
A PLACE
CALLED COLORADO.\
- 4 -
FROM PIKES PEAK TO OUR SOUTH TO BOULDER'S
FLATIRONS, RIGHT ON UP TO THE SHADOW OF LONGS PEAK, THE
THRILL OF THE FRONT RANGE IS EVERPRESENT.
BUT YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU THINK OF IT, THE GREATEST
THRILL IN THIS WORLD COMES FROM THE REALIZATION OF A
GREAT AMBITION. IT IS THE KIND THAT A MOUNTAIN CLIMBER
KNOWS WHEN SCALING THAT LAST ROCKY LEDGE TO FINALLY
REACH THE SUMMIT.
- 5 -
AND THIS IS THE THRILL THAT THESE GENTLEMEN KNOW, TO BE
A BRONCO, TO INSPIRE MORE CONSECUTIVE SELL-OUT GAMES
THAN ANY OTHER TEAM IN THE HISTORY OF THE NFL. 11
BUT SUCH A MOMENT HAS TO BE EARNED. It's AS MONTEL
((Mon-TELL)) WILLIAMS SAYS: THAT IF YOU WANT TO BE
"FRESH," YOU MUST FIRST BE "FRESH" WITH YOUR MIND. 11
- 6 -
BUT THE SAD TRUTH IS THAT SOME PEOPLE THINK YOU CAN
GET THESE SAME FEELINGS OF ACHIEVEMENT WITHOUT WAITING,
WITHOUT STRIVING, WITHOUT DOING MUCH OF ANYTHING AT
ALL. THEY THINK ALL YOU NEED TO DO TO FEEL LIKE A
WINNER IS TO SMOKE, TO SNORT, OR TO SWALLOW A DOSE OF
DRUGS. 11 BUT THE DRUG HIGH IS ONLY A SENSATION, NOT A
FACT; ONLY FOR MINUTES, NOT A LIFETIME. 11 It's THAT
SIMPLE, AND IT'S THAT DANGEROUS.
- 7 -
FOR IN THAT SHORT TIME, WHILE YOU'RE IMAGINING THAT
YOU'RE ON TOP OF THE WORLD, THE VERY GROUND BENEATH
YOUR FEET IS SLIPPING AWAY, OPENING UP. AND INTO THAT
NARROW GRAVE YOU CAN BURY YOUR HOPES, YOUR DREAMS, 11
AND PERHAPS YOUR VERY LIFE. 11
EVEN IF YOU DON'T
PAY THE PRICE TODAY, REST ASSURED: SOMEONE ELSE WILL.
SOME PEOPLE JUST THINK OF THEMSELVES AS CASUAL USERS.
- 8 -
BUT THERE IS NOTHING CASUAL ABOUT BUYING DRUGS FROM
PEOPLE WHO CONSIDER KILLING TO BE A COST OF DOING
BUSINESS. ASK ANY POLICEMAN HERE IN DENVER ABOUT THE
CRIPS AND THE BLOODS. WATCH THE NEWS FROM COLOMBIA.
AND THEN PUT IT TOGETHER: EVERY DOLLAR SPENT ON DRUGS
IS A DOLLAR SPENT ON DEATH.
AND LET US SEND A MESSAGE TO THE MERCHANTS OF DEATH
CALLED PUSHERS: WE HAVE NEW TOOLS AT OUR DISPOSAL TO
DEFEAT YOU.
- 9 -
FOR EXAMPLE, A NEW LAW ALLOWS THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
TO SEIZE THE ASSETS OF DRUG KINGPINS, AND DISTRIBUTE
THE PROCEEDS AMONG LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES.
A SIMPLE TRAFFIC STOP BY A LAKEWOOD, COLORADO,
POLICEMAN IN 1981 RESULTED IN THE CRACKING OF A MAJOR
COCAINE CARTEL -- AND THE SEIZURE OF A SMALL FORTUNE.
- 10 -
So, I'M HAPPY TO SAY THAT IN JUST A MOMENT I WILL
PRESENT FIVE CHECKS TOTALING $2,196,951 IN THESE FUNDS
TO THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES WHO PARTICIPATED IN THIS
INVESTIGATION: THE POLICE DEPARTMENTS OF LAKEWOOD,
GREENWOOD AND AURORA; AND THE SHERIFF OFFICES OF
JEFFERSON AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES.
So ONLY IN THIS NARROW WAY CRIME DOES PAY. IT PAYS
FOR MORE STRINGENT LAW ENFORCEMENT.
- 11 -
CRIMINALS PAY WITH A HEFTY CHUNK OF THEIR LIVES -- IN
THIS CASE WITH TWENTY YEARS IMPRISONMENT. AND IN SOME
CASES, THEY WILL PAY WITH THEIR VERY LIVES. III
AND WE CAN DO EVEN MORE -- MUCH MORE -- TO FIGHT
DRUGS. I SENT OUR CRIME PACKAGE TO CONGRESS IN MAY.
SUMMER PASSED. FALL PASSED. AND NOW ANOTHER WINTER
WILL PASS IN WASHINGTON BEFORE TOUGH NEW CRIME
LEGISLATION IS CONSIDERED.
- 12 -
CRIME IS THE NATION'S NUMBER ONE CONCERN. I CALL ON
CONGRESS TO MAKE OUR CRIME PACKAGE ONE OF ITS FIRST
ORDERS OF BUSINESS WHEN IT RECONVENES IN JANUARY.
JOHN F. KENNEDY HIGH SCHOOL IS EXPERIENCING MANY OF
THE SAME PROBLEMS AS EVERY OTHER SCHOOL IN AMERICA.
THAT'S WHY I CAME HERE TODAY TO INTRODUCE YOU TO THE
DENVER BRONCOS YOUTH FOUNDATION. BECAUSE I DO BELIEVE
YOU CAN BE COMMANDERS IN THE WAR ON DRUGS.
- 13 -
LISTEN TO THEM, LEARN FROM THEM, AND THEY'LL TEACH YOU
HOW TO AVOID DRUGS FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE. AFTER
ALL, DRUGS MAY GET BY A LOT OF PEOPLE; BUT NOTHING CAN
GET BY THE ORANGE CRUSH. 11
THE MOST IMPORTANT TACTICS THEY TEACH ARE CALLED
"REFUSAL SKILLS." PERHAPS YOU ARE UNDER PEER PRESSURE
TO USE DRUGS, TO FIT IN WITH A CERTAIN CROWD. So YOU
NEED TO BE ABLE TO DO MORE THAN JUST SAY "NO."
- 14 -
You NEED TO HAVE THE CONFIDENCE TO LOOK YOUR FALSE
FRIENDS IN THE EYE, AND SAY "HELL, NO."\\
I'M SURE YOU'VE SEEN, FIRST-HAND, WHAT DRUGS CAN DO
TO YOUR FELLOW STUDENTS. AND IF SOMEONE YOU KNOW IS
USING DRUGS, THEN I'M ASKING YOU TO BE A GOOD FRIEND.
TALK TO HIM. TALK TO HER.
- 15 -
JUST ASK YOUR FRIEND TO TAKE THIS PROBLEM HOME. OR, IF
NOT HOME, THEN TO A COUNSELOR. OR TO RANDY GRADISHAR
AND HIS PEOPLE. BUT DO SOMETHING; TAKE YOUR FRIEND TO
SOMEONE WHO WILL LISTEN.
WE WON'T GET RID OF DRUGS OVERNIGHT. BUT I BELIEVE
THAT BY WORKING TOGETHER, WITH THE GOOD PEOPLE
AFFILIATED WITH THE DENVER BRONCOS YOUTH ASSOCIATION,
YOU WILL ONE DAY GET DRUGS OUT OF DENVER. 11
- 16 -
You LIVE IN TOUGH TIMES -- IN SOME WAYS MUCH MORE
COMPLICATED THAN THE WORLD I KNEW WHEN I WAS YOUR AGE.
RANDY SAYS THAT THE TOUGHEST DECISION IN HIS HIGH
SCHOOL WAS WHETHER TO GO TO THE LOCAL DAIRY QUEEN OR TO
A BOWLING ALLEY ON SATURDAY NIGHT. WE KNOW THAT YOUR
LIFE IS NOT THAT SIMPLE.
THAT IS WHY WE WANT YOUR HELP, YOUR THOUGHTS. IF
YOU HAVE AN IDEA TO FIGHT DRUGS, LET'S HEAR IT.
- 17 -
IF YOU HAVE A PLAN, SHARE IT -- WITH YOUR COMMUNITY
LEADERS, WITH YOUR LOCAL OFFICIALS, WITH YOUR GOVERNOR
AND YOUR TEAM IN WASHINGTON -- AND WITH OUR DRUG CZAR,
BILL BENNETT. BELIEVE ME -- YOUR IDEAS COUNT.
RANDY SAYS THAT WINNING TAKES TEAMWORK. AND, ON
THE FIELD AND IN LIFE, TEAMWORK MEANS BEING OF ONE
MIND, ONE SPIRIT AND AGREEING TO ONE PURPOSE. OUR
PURPOSE IS TO RID AMERICA OF DRUGS, ONCE AND FOR ALL.\\
- 18 -
YOUR BLUE AND KELLY-GREEN BANNER IS AN EMBLEM OF
PRIDE. LET IT ALSO BE AN EMBLEM OF A DRUG-FREE SCHOOL,
THE HOME OF TRUE COMMANDERS.
THANK YOU, GOD BLESS YOU AND GOD BLESS AMERICA. 11
AND NOW, IF THE LOCAL LAW ENFORCERS WILL PLEASE
STEP FORWARD, IT WILL BE MY PLEASURE TO PRESENT THEM
WITH A CHECK.
#
#
#
*p304X
Davis/Martin
Dec. 6, 1989
Title: Bronc
Draft: Three
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS:
DENVER BRONCOS YOUTH FOUNDATION
JOHN F. KENNEDY HIGH SCHOOL/GYM
1:30 p.m., Friday, Dec. 8, 1989
Thank you, Pat. Secretary Brady, Director Bennett. My
compliments to your principal, Bernadette Seick; Superintendent
Dr. Richard Koeppe [[KEPPY]]. Coach Dan Reeves; ( (general
manager) ) ; John Beak; and, most of all, Randy Gradishar --
President of the Denver Broncos Youth Foundation. Tony Dorsett,
Andrew Provence, Billy Bryan and Randy Thorton. And there's also
a certain fella here of my acquaintance by the name of Neil Bush.
Thank you all.
((I understand your soccer team has, if you'll pardon the
pun, a "Commanding" lead. In fact, I overheard Coach Reeves
saying to himself: "I wonder how good they would be at field
goals. "\\))
You know, whenever I fly over this part of America on Air
Force One, I'm always deeply impressed by the beauty of the
Rockies -- grey peaks and green forests in springtime, snow-
capped and magnificent in winter. You are lucky to be so close,
so much a part, of one of the most beautiful places on earth\\
a place called Colorado.
2
And when you have natural scenery like this, it's obvious to
me that a true Rocky Mountain high has nothing to do with
drugs.
No. The greatest highs in this world come from the
realization of a great ambition. This is the kind of high that a
mountain climber knows when he scales the hardest cliff to
finally reach the summit. And this is the high that these
gentlemen know, to be a Bronco, to inspire more sell-out games
than any other team in the history of the NFL.
But such a moment has to be earned. It's as Montel ( (Mon-
TELL)) Williams says: that if you want to be "fresh," you must
first be "fresh" with your mind.
But the sad truth is that some people think you can get
these same feelings of achievement without waiting, without
striving, without doing much of anything at all. They think all
you need to do to feel like a winner is to smoke, to snort, or to
swallow a dose of drugs. But the drug high is only a feeling,
not a fact; only for minutes, not a lifetime. It's that
simple, and it's that dangerous.
For in that short time, while you're imagining that you're
on top of the world, the very ground beneath your feet is
slipping away, opening up. And into that narrow grave you can
bury your hopes, your dreams, and perhaps your very life.
Even if you don't pay the price today, rest assured: someone
else will. Some people just think of themselves as casual users.
But there is nothing casual about buying drugs from people who
3
consider killing to be a cost of doing business. Ask any
policeman here in Denver about the Crips and the Bloods. Watch
the news from Colombia. And then put it together: Every dollar
spent on drugs is a dollar spent on death.
And let us send a message to the merchants of death called
pushers: We have new tools at our disposal to defeat you. For
example, a new law allows the Department of Justice to seize the
assets of drug kingpins, and distribute the proceeds among law
enforcement agencies.
Simple
A single traffic stop by a Lakewood, Colorado, policeman in
1981 resulted in the cracking of a major cocaine cartel -- and
Im happy that
the seizure of a small fortune. So, it will be my pleasure in
Iwill
just a moment to present five checks totaling $2,196,951 in these
funds to the local authorities who participated in this
investigation: the police departments of Lakewood, Greenwood and
Aurora; and the sheriff offices of Jefferson and Arapahoe
Counties.
So crime does pay. It pays for more stringent law
enforcement. Criminals pay with a hefty chunk of their lives --
in this case with twenty years imprisonment. And in some cases,
they will pay with their very lives. III
And we can do even more -- much more -- to fight drugs. I
sent our crime package to Congress in May. Summer passed. Fall
passed. And now another winter will pass in Washington before
tough new crime legislation is considered. Crime is the nation's
4
5
number one concern. I call on Congress to make our crime package
its first orders of business when it reconvenes in January.
John F. Kennedy high school is experiencing many of the same
problems as every other school in America. That's why I came
here today to introduce you to the Denver Broncos Youth
Foundation. Because I do believe you can be Commanders in the
war on drugs. Listen to them, learn from them, and they'll teach
you how to avoid drugs for the rest of your life. After all,
drugs may get by a lot of people; but nothing can get by the
Orange Crush.
The most important tactics they teach are called "refusal
skills. " Perhaps you are under peer pressure to use drugs, to
fit in with a certain crowd. So you need to be able to do more
than just say "no." You need to have the confidence to look your
false friends in the eye, and say "hell, no.
I'm sure you've seen, first-hand, what drugs can do to your
fellow students. And if someone you know is using drugs, then
I'm asking you to be a good friend. Talk to him. Talk to her.
Just ask your friend to take this problem home. Or, if not home,
then to a counselor. Or to Randy Gradishar and his people. But
do something; take your friend to someone who will listen.
We won't get rid of drugs overnight. But I believe that by
working together, with the good people affiliated with the Denver
Broncos Youth Association, you will one day get drugs out of
Denver.
5
You live in tough times -- in some ways much more
complicated than the world I knew when I was your age. Randy
says that the toughest decision in his high school was whether to
go to the local Dairy Queen or to a bowling alley on Saturday
night. We know that your life is not that simple.
That is why we want your help, your thoughts. I'm asking
you, in the next two weeks, to write to me. If you have an idea
to fight drugs, let me hear it. If you have a plan, let me see
it. Write me, and I promise to take the best of your ideas to
the schools of America.
Randy says that winning takes teamwork. And, on the field
and in life, teamwork means being of one mind, one spirit and
agreeing to one purpose. Our purpose is to rid America of drugs,
once and for all.
Your blue and kelly-green banner is an emblem of pride. Let
it also be an emblem of a drug-free school, the home of true
Commanders.
Thank you, God bless you and God bless America.
And now, if the local law enforcers will please step
forward, it will be my pleasure to present them with a check.
#
#
#
Document No. 095444
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
DATE: 12/6/89
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
DENVER BRONCOS YOUTH FOUNDATION
SUBJECT:
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN
ROGICH
BATES
UNTERMEYER
CARD
ROGERS
CICCONI
WINSTON
DEMAREST
PINKERTON
FITZWATER
BENNETT
GRAY
HAGIN
REMARKS:
The attached has been forwarded to the President.
RESPONSE:
WP
'87 selloat consecutive
334-7350
WFC Record Bc
James W. Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
1999 DEC - S PM 5: 57
Dec. 6, 1989
INFORMATION
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
Through:
CHRISS WINSTON
cw
From:
MARK DAVIS MD
Subject:
Denver Broncos Youth Foundation
I. SUMMARY: You will give an anti-drug speech to the students
of John F. Kennedy high school at 1:30 p.m., Friday, Dec. 8, in
Denver. Appearing with you will be a former Broncos, Randy
Gradishar -- who now heads the Denver Broncos Youth Foundation, a
non-profit established in 1982 to provide leadership and
assistance for Colorado's youth. There should be about 1,000
high school students and faculty present. Your remarks are about
eight minutes long, and are on cards.
II. DISCUSSION: Expect a rally atmosphere. At the end of the
speech, you will present five checks to local law enforcement
agencies from the Justice Department's sale of drug dealers'
assets. Also -- the reference to the "Commanders" is to the
school logo.
Davis/Martin
Dec. 6, 1989
Title: Bronc
Draft: Three
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS: DENVER BRONCOS YOUTH FOUNDATION
JOHN F. KENNEDY HIGH SCHOOL/GYM
1:30 p.m., Friday, Dec. 8, 1989
Thank you, Pat. Secretary Brady, Director Bennett. My
compliments to your principal, Bernadette Seick; Superintendent
Dr. Richard Koeppe [[KEPPY]] Coach Dan Reeves; ((general
manager) ) ; John Beak; and, most of all, Randy Gradishar --
President of the Denver Broncos Youth Foundation. Tony Dorsett,
Andrew Provence, Billy Bryan and Randy Thorton. And there's also
a certain fella here of my acquaintance by the name of Neil Bush.
Thank you all.
((I understand your soccer team has, if you'll pardon the
pun, a "Commanding" lead. In fact, I overheard Coach Reeves
saying to himself: "I wonder how good they would be at field
goals. "\\))
You know, whenever I fly over this part of America on Air
Force One, I'm always deeply impressed by the beauty of the
Rockies -- grey peaks and green forests in springtime, snow-
capped and magnificent in winter. You are lucky to be so close,
so much a part, of one of the most beautiful places on earth\\
a place called Colorado.
2
And when you have natural scenery like this, it's obvious to
me that a true Rocky Mountain high has nothing to do with
drugs.
No. The greatest highs in this world come from the
realization of a great ambition. This is the kind of high that a
mountain climber knows when he scales the hardest cliff to
finally reach the summit. And this is the high that these
consectutive
gentlemen know, to be a Bronco, to inspire more/sell-out games
than any other team in the history of the NFL.\\
But such a moment has to be earned. It's as Montel ( (Mon-
TELL)) Williams says: that if you want to be "fresh," you must
first be "fresh" with your mind.
But the sad truth is that some people think you can get
these same feelings of achievement without waiting, without
striving, without doing much of anything at all. They think all
you need to do to feel like a winner is to smoke, to snort, or to
swallow a dose of drugs. But the drug high is only a feeling,
not a fact; only for minutes, not a lifetime. It's that
simple, and it's that dangerous.
For in that short time, while you're imagining that you're
on top of the world, the very ground beneath your feet is
slipping away, opening up. And into that narrow grave you can
bury your hopes, your dreams, and perhaps your very life.
Even if you don't pay the price today, rest assured: someone
else will. Some people just think of themselves as casual users.
But there is nothing casual about buying drugs from people who
3
consider killing to be a cost of doing business. Ask any
policeman here in Denver about the Crips and the Bloods. Watch
the news from Colombia. And then put it together: Every dollar
spent on drugs is a dollar spent on death.
And let us send a message to the merchants of death called
pushers: We have new tools at our disposal to defeat you. For
example, a new law allows the Department of Justice to seize the
assets of drug kingpins, and distribute the proceeds among law
enforcement agencies.
A simple traffic stop by a Lakewood, Colorado, policeman in
1981 resulted in the cracking of a major cocaine cartel -- and
the seizure of a small fortune. So, I'm happy to say that in
just a moment I will present five checks totaling $2,196,951 in
these funds to the local authorities who participated in this
investigation: the police departments of Lakewood, Greenwood and
Aurora; and the sheriff offices of Jefferson and Arapahoe
Counties.
So crime does pay. It pays for more stringent law
enforcement. Criminals pay with a hefty chunk of their lives --
in this case with twenty years imprisonment. And in some cases,
they will pay with their very lives. III
And we can do even more -- much more -- to fight drugs. I
sent our crime package to Congress in May. Summer passed. Fall
passed. And now another winter will pass in Washington before
tough new crime legislation is considered. Crime is the nation's
number one concern. I call on Congress to make our crime package
4
one of its first orders of business when it reconvenes in
January.
John F. Kennedy high school is experiencing many of the same
problems as every other school in America. That's why I came
here today to introduce you to the Denver Broncos Youth
Foundation. Because I do believe you can be Commanders in the
war on drugs. Listen to them, learn from them, and they'll teach
you how to avoid drugs for the rest of your life. After all,
drugs may get by a lot of people; but nothing can get by the
Orange Crush.
The most important tactics they teach are called "refusal
skills." Perhaps you are under peer pressure to use drugs, to
fit in with a certain crowd. So you need to be able to do more
than just say "no." You need to have the confidence to look your
false friends in the eye, and say "hell, no."\\
I'm sure you've seen, first-hand, what drugs can do to your
fellow students. And if someone you know is using drugs, then
I'm asking you to be a good friend. Talk to him. Talk to her.
Just ask your friend to take this problem home. Or, if not home,
then to a counselor. or to Randy Gradishar and his people. But
do something; take your friend to someone who will listen.
We won't get rid of drugs overnight. But I believe that by
working together, with the good people affiliated with the Denver
Broncos Youth Association, you will one day get drugs out of
Denver.
5
You live in tough times -- in some ways much more
complicated than the world I knew when I was your age. Randy
says that the toughest decision in his high school was whether to
go to the local Dairy Queen or to a bowling alley on Saturday
night. We know that your life is not that simple.
That is why we want your help, your thoughts. I'm asking
you, in the next two weeks, to write to me. If you have an idea
to fight drugs, let me hear it. If you have a plan, let me see
it. Write me, and I promise to take the best of your ideas to
the schools of America.
Randy says that winning takes teamwork. And, on the field
and in life, teamwork means being of one mind, one spirit and
agreeing to one purpose. Our purpose is to rid America of drugs,
once and for all.\\
Your blue and kelly-green banner is an emblem of pride. Let
it also be an emblem of a drug-free school, the home of true
Commanders.
Thank you, God bless you and God bless America.
And now, if the local law enforcers will please step
forward, it will be my pleasure to present them with a check.
#
#
#
12/08/89
12:30
'202 653 5373
OPM-DIR. OFFICE
002
Message to All Agency Personnel Offices
OPM Director Newman has made the decision that Federal workers
at offices in Washington, D.C., will be dismissed early. Dismissal
of Federal workers by their agencies must be made according to the
Council of Governments' Residential Zone Dismissal Plan for the
Metropolitan Washington area.
Workers who reside in Zone 1 will be dismissed at one o'clock.
Zone 2 employees should not leave their offices until 1:30 pm. ;
workers in Zone 3 are excused at 2:00 pm.; and workers who live in
Zone 4 should remain in their offices until 2:30 pm.
Supervisors should enforce this Dismissal Plan in order that
traffic continues to be manageable as workers leave the city. If
workers leave before their designated time under the Plan
supervisors should charge annual leave. There is no reason, if
workers abide by the zone dismissal plan, that there should be any
undue delay this afternoon.
0010
OPM-DIR. OFFICE
003
Council of Governments
Residential Zone Dismissal Plan
for the Washington Metropolitan Area
FREDERICK
CARROLL
COUNTY
FREDERICK
1
1
COUNTY
HOWARD
278
COUNTY
1
MONTGOMERY
COUNTY
95
1
LOUDOUN
COUNTY
Virginia
ANNE ARUNI
COUNTY
DULLES AIRPORT
3
3
1
is
DISTRICT OF
50
FAIRFAX
COLUMBIA
COUNTY
ARLINGTON
3
FALLS CHURCH
3
FAIRFAX CITY
3
ALEXANDRIA
MANASSAS
PRINCE GEORGES
FAUQUIER
COUNTY
COUNTY
1
PRINCE WILLIAM
COUNTY
1
CHARLES
COUNTY
CALVER
COUNT
1
1
STAFFORD
COUNTY
Potomac River
ST. MARYS
1
Maryland
COUNTY
Virginia
1
Numbers Represent Dismissal Stages
12/07/89 12:09:50
SPEECHWRITING AND RESEARCH OFFICES
Page:
1
DAILY PRESIDENTIAL SPEECH SCHEDULE
EVENT/LOCATION
DATE
PROJ. OFFICER
WRITER/RESEARCH
C.W. DRAFT
STAFFING
TO POTUS
Christmas in Washington
12/10/89
L. Firestone
Lange
12/06/89
12/06/89
12/07/89
Sunday
Simon
Wednesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Pension Building
Combat drunk driving ceremony
12/11/89
D. Demarest
McNally
12/04/89
12/06/89
12/07/89
Monday
Simon
Monday
Wednesday
Thursday
Room #450
U.S. Cardinals Dinner
12/12/89
S. Rogich
Smith
12/07/89
12/08/89
12/11/89
Tuesday
Blessey
Thursday
Friday
Monday
Pension Building
Wetlands Signing Ceremony
12/13/89
K. Jeavons
12/08/89
12/11/89
12/12/89
Wednesday
Friday
Monday
Tuesday
Christmas Tree Lighting Cer.
12/14/89
L. Firestone
McNally
12/07/89
12/11/89
12/12/89
Thursday
Simon
Thursday
Monday
Tuesday
NAACP Fundraising Gala
12/15/89
Davis
12/08/89
12/12/89
12/13/89
Friday
Martin
Friday
Tuesday
Wednesday
New York City, New York
NAACP Reception
12/15/89
S. Rogich
Brief Remarks
Friday
Lange
12/11/89
12/12/89
12/13/89
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
New York, NY
Video Taping Session
12/19/89
D. Demarest
Tron
12/12/89
12/14/89
12/15/89
Tuesday
Tuesday
Thursday
Friday
Map Room
INSERT FOR BRONCOS
And let us send a message to the merchants of death called
pushers: We have new tools at our disposal to defeat you. For
example, a new law allows the Department of Justice to seize the
assets of drug kingpins, and distribute the proceeds among law
enforcement organizations.
A single traffic stop by a Lakewood, Colorado, policeman in
1981 resulted in the cracking of a major cocaine cartel -- and
the seizure of a small fortune. So I am here today to announce
the distribution of $2,196,951 of those funds to the local
authorities who participated in this investigation: the police
departments of Lakewood, Greenwood and Aurora; and the sheriff's
office of Jefferson and Arapahoe Counties.
So crime does pay. It pays for more stringent law
enforcement. Criminals pay with a hefty chunk of their lives --
they will pay with their very lives.
in this case with twenty years imprisonment. And in Some other cases
Document No. 095444
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
12/5/89
DATE:
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: 12/6/89 10:00 AM
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: DENVER BRONCOS YOUTH FOUNDATION
SUBJECT:
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER N/C
DARMAN no comment
ROGICH
BATES
UNTERMEYER
CARD
ROGERS
CICCONI
WINSTON
DEMAREST
PINKERTON
FITZWATER
BENNETT
GRAY
HAGIN
REMARKS:
Please forward any comments directly to Chriss Winston, Rm. 122,
x2930, no later than 10:00 AM, Wednesday, December 6, with a copy
to my office. Thank you.
RESPONSE:
James W. Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
Davis/Martin
Dec. 4, 1989
1989 DEC - 5 PM 1: 56
Title: Bronc
Draft: Two
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS: DENVER BRONCOS YOUTH FOUNDATION
JOHN F. KENNEDY HIGH SCHOOL/GYM
1:30 p.m., Friday, Dec. 8, 1989
My compliments to your principal, Bernadette Sike; ((Broncos
owner)) Pat Bolan; Coach Dan Reeves; ( (general manager)) John
Beak; and, most of all, Randy Gradishar -- President of the
Denver Broncos Youth Foundation. And there's also a certain
fella here of my acquaintance by the name of Neil Bush. Thank
you all.
( (I understand your soccer team has, if you' pardon the
pun, a "Commanding" lead. In fact, I overheard Coach Reeves
saying to himself: "I wonder how good they would be at field
goals."\\))
You know, whenever I fly over this part of America on Air
Force One, I'm always deeply impressed by the beauty of the
Rockies -- grey peaks and green forests in springtime, snow-
capped and magnificent in winter. You are lucky to be so close,
so much a part, of one of the most beautiful places on earth\\
.
a place called Colorado. \\
And when you have natural scenery like this, it's obvious to
me that a true Rocky Mountain high has nothing to do with
drugs.
2
No. The greatest highs in this world come from the
realization of a great ambition. This is the kind of high that a
mountain climber knows when he scales the hardest cliff to
finally reach the summit. And this is the high that these
gentlemen know, to be a Broncos, to inspire more sell-out games
than any other team in the history of the NFL.
But such a moment has to be earned. It's as Montel ( (Mon-
TELL)) Williams says: that if you want to be "fresh," you must
first be "fresh" with your mind.
Some people thank
But the sad truth is that sometimes you can get these same
feelings of achievement without waiting, without striving,
without doing much of anything at all. Some They think all you need
to do to feel like a winner is to smoke, to snort, or to swallow
a dose of drugs. But the drug high is only a feeling, not a
fact; only for minutes, not a lifetime. It's that simple, and
it's that dangerous.
For in that short time, while you're imagining that you're
on top of the world, the very ground beneath your feet is
slipping away, opening up. And into that narrow grave you can
bury your hopes, your dreams, \\ and perhaps your very life.
Even if you don't pay the price today, rest assured: someone
else will. Some people just think of themselves as casual users.
But there is nothing casual about buying drugs from people who
consider killing to be a cost of doing business. Ask any
policeman here in Denver about the Crypts Crips and the Bloods. Watch
3
the news from Colombia. And then put it together: Every dollar
spent on drugs is a dollar spent on death.
resert
single
Of course, I don't mean to accuse you. What is happening in
John F. Kennedy high school is happening to every school in the
country. I don't believe you have a conspicuous problem.
That's why I came here today to introduce you to the Denver
Broncos Youth Foundation. Because I do believe you can be
Commanders in the war on drugs. Listen to them, learn from them,
and they'll teach you how to avoid drugs for the rest of your
life. After all, drugs may get by a lot of people; but nothing
can get by the Orange Crush.
The most important tactics they teach are called "refusal
skills." Perhaps you are under peer pressure to use drugs, to
fit in with a certain crowd. So you need to be able to do more
than just say "no." You need to have the confidence to look your
false friends in the eye, and say "hell, no."\\
I'm sure you've seen, first-hand, what drugs can do to your
fellow students. And if someone you know is using drugs, then
I'm asking you to be a good friend. Talk to him. Talk to her.
Just ask your friend to take this problem home. Or, if not home,
then to a counselor. Or to Randy Gradishar and his people. But
do something; take your friend to someone who will listen.
We won't get rid of drugs overnight. But I believe that by
working together, with the good people affiliated with the Denver
Broncos Youth Association, you will one day get drugs out of
Denver.
4
You live in tough times -- in some ways much more
complicated than the world I knew when I was your age. Randy
says that the toughest decision in his high school was whether to
go to the local Dairy Queen or to a bowling alley on Saturday
night. We know that your life is not that simple.
That is why we want your help, your thoughts. I'm asking
you, in the next two weeks, to write to me. If you have an idea
to fight drugs, let me hear it. If you have a plan, let me see
it. Write me, and I promise to take the best of your ideas to
the schools of America.
Randy says that winning takes teamwork. And, on the field
and in life, teamwork means being of one mind, one spirit and
agreeing to one purpose. Our purpose is to rid America of drugs,
once and for all.\\
Your blue and kelly-green banner is an emblem of pride. Let
it also be an emblem of a drug-free school, the home of true
Commanders.
Thank you, God bless you and God bless America.
#
#
#
Davis/Martin
Dec. 4, 1989
Title: Bronc
Draft: One
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS: DENVER BRONCO YOUTH FOUNDATION
JOHN F. KENNEDY HIGH SCHOOL/GYM
1:30 p.m., Friday, Dec. 8, 1989
My compliments to your principal, Bernadette Sike; ((Bronco
owner)) Pat Bolan; Coach Dan Reeves; ((general manager) ) John
Beak; and, most of all, Randy Gradisher. And there's also a
certain fella here of my acquaintance by the name of Neil Bush.
Thank you all.
( ( I understand your soccer team has, if you'll pardon the
pun, a "commanding" lead. In fact, I overheard Coach Reeves
saying to himself: "I wonder how good they would be at field
goals. "\\))
You know, whenever I fly over this part of America on Air
Force One, I'm always deeply impressed by the beauty of the
Rockies -- grey peaks and green forests in springtime, snow-
capped and magnificent in winter. You are lucky to be so close,
so much a part, of one of the most beautiful places on earth\\
a place called Colorado.
And when you have natural scenery like this, it's obvious to
me that a true Rocky Mountain high has nothing to do with
drugs.
No. The greatest highs in this world come from the
realization of a great ambition. This is the kind of high that a
2
mountain climber knows when he scales the hardest cliff to
finally reach the summit. This is the high I shared with SO many
others on the night I was elected President And this is the
high that these gentlemen know, to be a Bronco, to inspire more
sell-out games than any other team in the history of the NFL.\\
But such a moment has to be earned. It's as Montel ( (Mon-
TELL)) Williams says: that if you want to be "fresh," you must
first be "fresh" with your mind.
smithms
The sad truth is that you can get these same feelings of
achievement without waiting, without striving, without doing much
They think
of anything at all. All you need to do to feel like a winner is
to smoke, to snort, or to swallow a dose of drugs. But the
drug high is only a feeling, not a fact; only for minutes, not a
lifetime. It's that simple, and it's that dangerous.
For in that short time, while you're imagining that you're
on top of the world, the very ground beneath your feet is
slipping away, opening up. And into that narrow grave you can
bury your hopes, your dreams, and perhaps your very self.
Even if you don't pay the price today, rest assured: someone
else will. Some people just think of themselves as casual-users.
But there is nothing casual about buying drugs from people who
consider killing to be a cost of doing business. Ask any
policeman here in Denver about the Crypts and the Bloods. Watch
the news from Colombia. And then put it together: Every dollar
spent on drugs is a dollar spent on death.
3
Of course, I don't mean to accuse you. What is happening in
John F. Kennedy high school is happening to every school in the
because
country. I don't believe you have a conspicuous problem.
But I
do believe you can be Commanders in the war on drugs.
That's why I came here today to introduce you to the Denver
Bronco Youth Foundation. Listen to them, learn from them, and
they'll teach you how to avoid drugs for the rest of your life.
After all, drugs may get by a lot of people; but nothing can get
by the Orange Crush. \\
The most important tactics they teach are called "refusal
skills." Perhaps you are under peer pressure to use drugs, to
fit in with a certain crowd. So you need to be able to do more
than just say "no." You need to have the confidence to look your
false friends in the eye, and say "hell, no.
I'm sure you've seen, first-hand, what drugs can do to your
fellow students. And if someone you know is using drugs, then
I'm asking you to be a good friend. Talk to him. Talk to her.
Just ask your friend to take this problem home. Or, if not home,
then to a counselor. Or to Randy Gradisher and his people. But
do something; take your friend to someone who will listen.
we
You won't get rid of drugs overnight. But I believe that by
working together, with the good people affiliated with the Denver
Bronco Youth Association, you will one day get drugs out of
Denver.
some ways
You live in tough times much more complicated than the
world I knew when I was your age. That is why I am also here to
4
thoughts,
ask for your help, your advice. I want you, in the next two
weeks, to write to me. If you have an idea to fight drugs, let
me hear it. If you have a plan, let me see it. Write me, and I
promise to take the best of your ideas to the schools of America.
Your blue and kelly-green banner is an emblem of pride. Let
it also be an emblem of a drug-free school, the home of true
Commanders.
Thank you, God bless you and God bless America.
#
#
#
Document No. 095444
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
12/5/89
DATE:
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: 12/6/89 10:00 AM
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: DENVER BRONCOS YOUTH FOUNDATION
SUBJECT:
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN
ROGICH
BATES
UNTERMEYER
CARD
ROGERS
CICCONI
WINSTON
DEMAREST
PINKERTON
FITZWATER
BENNETT
GRAY
HAGIN
REMARKS:
Please forward any comments directly to Chriss Winston, Rm. 122,
x2930, no later than 10:00 AM, Wednesday, December 6, with a copy
to my office. Thank you.
RESPONSE:
No comments.
20 : 11v 9 030 68
James W. Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
Document No. 095444
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
12/5/89
DATE:
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: 12/6/89 10:00 AM
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: DENVER BRONCOS YOUTH FOUNDATION
SUBJECT:
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN
ROGICH
BATES
UNTERMEYER
CARD
ROGERS
CICCONI
WINSTON
DEMAREST
PINKERTON
FITZWATER
BENNETT
GRAY
HAGIN
REMARKS:
Please forward any comments directly to Chriss Winston, Rm. 122,
x2930, no later than 10:00 AM, Wednesday, December 6, with a copy
to my office. Thank you.
RESPONSE: no comment
89 DEC 6 A11:22
James W. Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
Davis/Martin
Dec. 4, 1989
1989 DEC - 5 PM 1: 56
Title: Bronc
Draft: Two
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS: DENVER BRONCOS YOUTH FOUNDATION
JOHN F. KENNEDY HIGH SCHOOL/GYM
1:30 p.m., Friday, Dec. 8, 1989
My compliments to your principal, Bernadette Sike; ((Broncos
owner)) Pat Bolan; Coach Dan Reeves; ( (general manager)) John
Beak; and, most of all, Randy Gradishar -- President of the
Denver Broncos Youth Foundation. And there's also a certain
fella here of my acquaintance by the name of Neil Bush. Thank
you all.
((I understand your soccer team has, if you'll pardon the
pun, a "Commanding" lead. In fact, I overheard Coach Reeves
saying to himself: "I wonder how good they would be at field
goals."\\))
You know, whenever I fly over this part of America on Air
Force One, I'm always deeply impressed by the beauty of the
Rockies -- grey peaks and green forests in springtime, snow-
capped and magnificent in winter. You are lucky to be so close,
so much a part, of one of the most beautiful places on earth\
.
a place called Colorado. 11
And when you have natural scenery like this, it's obvious to
me that a true Rocky Mountain high has nothing to do with
drugs.
2
No. The greatest highs in this world come from the
realization of a great ambition. This is the kind of high that a
mountain climber knows when he scales the hardest cliff to
finally reach the summit. And this is the high that these
gentlemen know, to be a Broncos, to inspire more sell-out games
than any other team in the history of the NFL.
But such a moment has to be earned. It's as Montel ((Mon-
TELL)) Williams says: that if you want to be "fresh," you must
first be "fresh" with your mind.
But the sad truth is that sometimes you can get these same
feelings of achievement without waiting, without striving,
without doing much of anything at all. Some think all you need
to do to feel like a winner is to smoke, to snort, or to swallow
a dose of drugs. But the drug high is only a feeling, not a
fact; only for minutes, not a lifetime. It's that simple, and
it's that dangerous.
For in that short time, while you're imagining that you're
on top of the world, the very ground beneath your feet is
slipping away, opening up. And into that narrow grave you can
bury your hopes, your dreams, and perhaps your very life.
Even if you don't pay the price today, rest assured: someone
else will. Some people just think of themselves as casual-users.
But there is nothing casual about buying drugs from people who
consider killing to be a cost of doing business. Ask any
policeman here in Denver about the Crypts and the Bloods. Watch
3
the news from Colombia. And then put it together: Every dollar
spent on drugs is a dollar spent on death.
Of course, I don't mean to accuse you. What is happening in
John F. Kennedy high school is happening to every school in the
country. I don't believe you have a conspicuous problem.
That's why I came here today to introduce you to the Denver
Broncos Youth Foundation. Because I do believe you can be
Commanders in the war on drugs. Listen to them, learn from them,
and they'll teach you how to avoid drugs for the rest of your
life. After all, drugs may get by a lot of people; but nothing
can get by the Orange Crush.
The most important tactics they teach are called "refusal
skills." Perhaps you are under peer pressure to use drugs, to
fit in with a certain crowd. So you need to be able to do more
than just say "no." You need to have the confidence to look your
false friends in the eye, and say "hell, no."\\
I'm sure you've seen, first-hand, what drugs can do to your
fellow students. And if someone you know is using drugs, then
I'm asking you to be a good friend. Talk to him. Talk to her.
Just ask your friend to take this problem home. Or, if not home,
then to a counselor. Or to Randy Gradishar and his people. But
do something; take your friend to someone who will listen.
We won't get rid of drugs overnight. But I believe that by
working together, with the good people affiliated with the Denver
Broncos Youth Association, you will one day get drugs out of
Denver.
4
You live in tough times -- in some ways much more
complicated than the world I knew when I was your age. Randy
says that the toughest decision in his high school was whether to
go to the local Dairy Queen or to a bowling alley on Saturday
night. We know that your life is not that simple.
That is why we want your help, your thoughts. I'm asking
you, in the next two weeks, to write to me. If you have an idea
to fight drugs, let me hear it. If you have a plan, let me see
it. Write me, and I promise to take the best of your ideas to
the schools of America.
Randy says that winning takes teamwork. And, on the field
and in life, teamwork means being of one mind, one spirit and
agreeing to one purpose. Our purpose is to rid America of drugs,
once and for all.\\
Your blue and kelly-green banner is an emblem of pride. Let
it also be an emblem of a drug-free school, the home of true
Commanders.
Thank you, God bless you and God bless America.
#
#
#
Document No. 095444
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
12/5/89
DATE:
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: 12/6/89 10:00 AM
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: DENVER BRONCOS YOUTH FOUNDATION
SUBJECT:
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN
ROGICH
BATES
UNTERMEYER
CARD
ROGERS
CICCONI
WINSTON
DEMAREST
PINKERTON
FITZWATER
BENNETT
GRAY
HAGIN
REMARKS:
Please forward any comments directly to Chriss Winston, Rm. 122,
x2930, no later than 10:00 AM, Wednesday, December 6, with a copy
to my office. Thank you.
RESPONSE:
Please ace suggeations
12/6/89
89 DEC 6 AlO : 38
James W. Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
Davis/Martin
Dec. 4, 1989
1989 DEC - 5 PM 1: 56
Title: Bronc
Draft: Two
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS:
DENVER BRONCOS YOUTH FOUNDATION
JOHN F. KENNEDY HIGH SCHOOL/GYM
1:30 p.m., Friday, Dec. 8, 1989
My compliments to your principal, Bernadette Sike; ((Broncos
owner)) Pat Bolan; Coach Dan Reeves; ( (general manager) ) John
Beak; and, most of all, Randy Gradishar -- President of the
Denver Broncos Youth Foundation. And there's also a certain
fella here of my acquaintance by the name of Neil Bush. Thank
you all.
((I understand your soccer team has, if you'll pardon the
pun, a "Commanding" lead. In fact, I overheard Coach Reeves
saying to himself: "I wonder how good they would be at field
goals."\\))
You know, whenever I fly over this part of America on Air
Force One, I'm always deeply impressed by the beauty of the
Rockies -- grey peaks and green forests in springtime, snow-
capped and magnificent in winter. You are lucky to be so close,
so much a part, of one of the most beautiful places on earth\\
a place called Colorado. 11
And when you have natural scenery like this, it's obvious to
me that a true Rocky Mountain high has nothing to do with
drugs.
2
No. The greatest highs in this world come from the
realization of a great ambition. This is the kind of high that a
mountain climber knows when he scales the hardest cliff to
a scemingly unreachable
finally reach the summit. And this is the high that these
gentlemen know, to be a Broncos, to inspire more sell-out games
than any other team in the history of the NFL.
But such a moment has to be earned. It's as Montel ( (Mon-
TELL) ) Williams says: that if you want to be "fresh," you must
first be "fresh" with your mind.
think you
But the sad truth is that sometimes you can get these same
feelings of achievement without waiting, without striving,
without doing much of anything at all. Some think all you need
to do to feel like a winner is to smoke, to snort, or to swallow
a dose of drugs. \\ But the drug high is only a feeling, not a
fact; only for minutes, not a lifetime. It's that simple, and
it's that dangerous.
For in that short time, while you're imagining that you're
on top of the world, the very ground beneath your feet is
slipping away, opening up. And into that narrow grave you can
bury your hopes, your dreams, \\ and perhaps your very life. \\
Even if you don't pay the price today, rest assured: someone
else will. Some people just think of themselves as casual users.
But there is nothing casual about buying drugs from people who
consider killing to be a cost of doing business. Ask any
policeman here in Denver about the Crypts and the Bloods. Watch
3
the news from Colombia. And then put it together: Every dollar
spent on drugs is a dollar spent on death.
single you out.
Of course, I don't mean to accuse you. What is happening in
John F. Kennedy high school is happening to every school in the
country. I don't believe you have a conspicuous problem.
That's why I came here today to introduce you to the Denver
Broncos Youth Foundation. Because I do believe you can be
Commanders in the war on drugs. Listen to them, learn from them,
and they'll teach you how to avoid drugs for the rest of your
life. After all, drugs may get by a lot of people; but nothing
can get by the Orange Crush.
The most important tactics they teach are called "refusal
skills." Perhaps you are under peer pressure to use drugs, to
fit in with a certain crowd. So you need to be able to do more
than just say "no." You need to have the confidence to look your
false friends in the eye, and say "hell, no.
I'm sure you've seen, first-hand, what drugs can do to your
fellow students. And if someone you know is using drugs, then
I'm asking you to be a good friend. Talk to him. Talk to her.
Just ask your friend to take this problem home. Or, if not home,
then to a counselor. Or to Randy Gradishar and his people. But
get
do something; take your friend to someone who will listen.
We won't get rid of drugs overnight. But I believe that by
working together, with the good people affiliated with the Denver
Broncos Youth Association, you will one day get drugs out of
Denver
4
You live in tough times -- in some ways much more
complicated than the world I knew when I was your age. Randy
says that the toughest decision in his high school was whether to
go to the local Dairy Queen or to a bowling alley on Saturday
night. We know that your life is not that simple.
That is why we want your help, your thoughts. I'm asking
you, in the next two weeks, to write to me. If you have an idea
to fight drugs, let me hear it. If you have a plan, let me see
it. Write me, and I promise to take the best of your ideas to
the schools of America.
Randy says that winning takes teamwork. And, on the field
and in life, teamwork means being of one mind, one spirit and
agreeing to one purpose. Our purpose is to rid America of drugs,
once and for all.
Your blue and kelly-green banner is an emblem of pride. Let
it also be an emblem of a drug-free school, the home of true
Commanders.
Thank you, God bless you and God bless America.
#
#
#
Document No. 095444
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
12/5/89
DATE:
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: 12/6/89 10:00 AM
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: DENVER BRONCOS YOUTH FOUNDATION
SUBJECT:
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN
ROGICH
BATES
UNTERMEYER
CARD
ROGERS
CICCONI
WINSTON
DEMAREST
PINKERTON
FITZWATER
BENNETT
GRAY
HAGIN
REMARKS:
Please forward any comments directly to Chriss Winston, Rm. 122,
x2930, no later than 10:00 AM, Wednesday, December 6, with a copy
to my office. Thank you.
RESPONSE:
NC
James W. Cicconi
BE : ale 9
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
Davis/Martin
Dec. 4, 1989
1989 DEC - 5 PM 1: 56
Title: Bronc
Draft: Two
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS: DENVER BRONCOS YOUTH FOUNDATION
JOHN F. KENNEDY HIGH SCHOOL/GYM
1:30 p.m., Friday, Dec. 8, 1989
My compliments to your principal, Bernadette Sike; ((Broncos
owner)) Pat Bolan; Coach Dan Reeves; ( (general manager) ) John
Beak; and, most of all, Randy Gradishar -- President of the
Denver Broncos Youth Foundation. And there's also a certain
fella here of my acquaintance by the name of Neil Bush. Thank
you all.
((I understand your soccer team has, if you' 11 pardon the
pun, a "Commanding" lead. In fact, I overheard Coach Reeves
saying to himself: "I wonder how good they would be at field
goals."\\))
You know, whenever I fly over this part of America on Air
Force One, I'm always deeply impressed by the beauty of the
Rockies -- grey peaks and green forests in springtime, snow-
capped and magnificent in winter. You are lucky to be so close,
so much a part, of one of the most beautiful places on earth\
a place called Colorado. 11
And when you have natural scenery like this, it's obvious to
me that a true Rocky Mountain high has nothing to do with
drugs. \\
2
No. The greatest highs in this world come from the
realization of a great ambition. This is the kind of high that a
mountain climber knows when he scales the hardest cliff to
finally reach the summit. And this is the high that these
gentlemen know, to be a Broncos, to inspire more sell-out games
than any other team in the history of the NFL.
But such a moment has to be earned. It's as Montel ( (Mon-
TELL)) Williams says: that if you want to be "fresh," you must
first be "fresh" with your mind.
But the sad truth is that sometimes you can get these same
feelings of achievement without waiting, without striving,
without doing much of anything at all. Some think all you need
to do to feel like a winner is to smoke, to snort, or to swallow
a dose of drugs. But the drug high is only a feeling, not a
fact; only for minutes, not a lifetime. It's that simple, and
it's that dangerous.
For in that short time, while you're imagining that you're
on top of the world, the very ground beneath your feet is
slipping away, opening up. And into that narrow grave you can
bury your hopes, your dreams, and perhaps your very life.
Even if you don't pay the price today, rest assured: someone
else will. Some people just think of themselves as casual-users.
But there is nothing casual about buying drugs from people who
consider killing to be a cost of doing business. Ask any
policeman here in Denver about the Crypts and the Bloods. Watch
3
the news from Colombia. And then put it together: Every dollar
spent on drugs is a dollar spent on death.
Of course, I don't mean to accuse you. What is happening in
John F. Kennedy high school is happening to every school in the
country. I don't believe you have a conspicuous problem.
That's why I came here today to introduce you to the Denver
Broncos Youth Foundation. Because I do believe you can be
Commanders in the war on drugs. Listen to them, learn from them,
and they'll teach you how to avoid drugs for the rest of your
life. After all, drugs may get by a lot of people; but nothing
can get by the Orange Crush.
The most important tactics they teach are called "refusal
skills." Perhaps you are under peer pressure to use drugs, to
fit in with a certain crowd. So you need to be able to do more
than just say "no." You need to have the confidence to look your
false friends in the eye, and say "hell, no.
I'm sure you've seen, first-hand, what drugs can do to your
fellow students. And if someone you know is using drugs, then
I'm asking you to be a good friend. Talk to him. Talk to her.
Just ask your friend to take this problem home. Or, if not home,
then to a counselor. Or to Randy Gradishar and his people. But
do something; take your friend to someone who will listen.
We won't get rid of drugs overnight. But I believe that by
working together, with the good people affiliated with the Denver
Broncos Youth Association, you will one day get drugs out of
Denver.
4
You live in tough times -- in some ways much more
complicated than the world I knew when I was your age. Randy
says that the toughest decision in his high school was whether to
go to the local Dairy Queen or to a bowling alley on Saturday
night. We know that your life is not that simple.
That is why we want your help, your thoughts. I'm asking
you, in the next two weeks, to write to me. If you have an idea
to fight drugs, let me hear it. If you have a plan, let me see
it. Write me, and I promise to take the best of your ideas to
the schools of America.
Randy says that winning takes teamwork. And, on the field
and in life, teamwork means being of one mind, one spirit and
agreeing to one purpose. Our purpose is to rid America of drugs,
once and for all.\\
Your blue and kelly-green banner is an emblem of pride. Let
it also be an emblem of a drug-free school, the home of true
Commanders.
Thank you, God bless you and God bless America.
#
#
#
Document No. 095444
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
12/5/89
DATE:
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: 12/6/89 10:00 AM
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: DENVER BRONCOS YOUTH FOUNDATION
SUBJECT:
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN
ROGICH
BATES
UNTERMEYER
CARD
ROGERS
CICCONI
WINSTON
DEMAREST
PINKERTON
FITZWATER
BENNETT
GRAY
HAGIN
REMARKS:
Please forward any comments directly to Chriss Winston, Rm. 122,
x2930, no later than 10:00 AM, Wednesday, December 6, with a copy
to my office. Thank you.
RESPONSE:
OK. S.R.
Lt : gd 50668
James W. Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
Davis/Martin
Dec. 4, 1989
1989 DEC - 5 PM I: 56
Title: Bronc
Draft: Two
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS:
DENVER BRONCOS YOUTH FOUNDATION
JOHN F. KENNEDY HIGH SCHOOL/GYM
1:30 p.m., Friday, Dec. 8, 1989
My compliments to your principal, Bernadette Sike; ((Broncos
owner)) Pat Bolan; Coach Dan Reeves; ( (general manager)) John
Beak; and, most of all, Randy Gradishar -- President of the
Denver Broncos Youth Foundation. And there's also a certain
fella here of my acquaintance by the name of Neil Bush. Thank
you all.
((I understand your soccer team has, if you'll pardon the
pun, a "Commanding" lead. In fact, I overheard Coach Reeves
saying to himself: "I wonder how good they would be at field
goals. "\\))
You know, whenever I fly over this part of America on Air
Force One, I'm always deeply impressed by the beauty of the
Rockies -- grey peaks and green forests in springtime, snow-
capped and magnificent in winter. You are lucky to be so close,
so much a part, of one of the most beautiful places on earth\\
a place called Colorado. 11
And when you have natural scenery like this, it's obvious to
me that a true Rocky Mountain high has nothing to do with
drugs.
2
No. The greatest highs in this world come from the
realization of a great ambition. This is the kind of high that a
mountain climber knows when he scales the hardest cliff to
finally reach the summit. And this is the high that these
gentlemen know, to be a Broncos, to inspire more sell-out games
than any other team in the history of the NFL.\\
But such a moment has to be earned. It's as Montel ( (Mon-
TELL)) Williams says: that if you want to be "fresh," you must
first be "fresh" with your mind.
But the sad truth is that sometimes you can get these same
feelings of achievement without waiting, without striving,
without doing much of anything at all. Some think all you need
to do to feel like a winner is to smoke, to snort, or to swallow
a dose of drugs. But the drug high is only a feeling, not a
fact; only for minutes, not a lifetime. It's that simple, and
it's that dangerous.
For in that short time, while you're imagining that you're
on top of the world, the very ground beneath your feet is
slipping away, opening up. And into that narrow grave you can
bury your hopes, your dreams, and perhaps your very life.
Even if you don't pay the price today, rest assured: someone
else will. Some people just think of themselves as casual-users.
But there is nothing casual about buying drugs from people who
consider killing to be a cost of doing business. Ask any
policeman here in Denver about the Crypts and the Bloods. Watch
3
the news from Colombia. And then put it together: Every dollar
spent on drugs is a dollar spent on death.
Of course, I don't mean to accuse you. What is happening in
John F. Kennedy high school is happening to every school in the
country. I don't believe you have a conspicuous problem.
That's why I came here today to introduce you to the Denver
Broncos Youth Foundation. Because I do believe you can be
Commanders in the war on drugs. Listen to them, learn from them,
and they'll teach you how to avoid drugs for the rest of your
life. After all, drugs may get by a lot of people; but nothing
can get by the Orange Crush.
The most important tactics they teach are called "refusal
skills." Perhaps you are under peer pressure to use drugs, to
fit in with a certain crowd. So you need to be able to do more
than just say "no." You need to have the confidence to look your
false friends in the eye, and say "hell, no."\\
I'm sure you've seen, first-hand, what drugs can do to your
fellow students. And if someone you know is using drugs, then
I'm asking you to be a good friend. Talk to him. Talk to her.
Just ask your friend to take this problem home. Or, if not home,
then to a counselor. Or to Randy Gradishar and his people. But
do something; take your friend to someone who will listen.
We won't get rid of drugs overnight. But I believe that by
working together, with the good people affiliated with the Denver
Broncos Youth Association, you will one day get drugs out of
Denver.
4
You live in tough times -- in some ways much more
complicated than the world I knew when I was your age. Randy
says that the toughest decision in his high school was whether to
go to the local Dairy Queen or to a bowling alley on Saturday
night. We know that your life is not that simple.
That is why we want your help, your thoughts. I'm asking
you, in the next two weeks, to write to me. If you have an idea
to fight drugs, let me hear it. If you have a plan, let me see
it. Write me, and I promise to take the best of your ideas to
the schools of America.
Randy says that winning takes teamwork. And, on the field
and in life, teamwork means being of one mind, one spirit and
agreeing to one purpose. Our purpose is to rid America of drugs,
once and for all.
Your blue and kelly-green banner is an emblem of pride. Let
it also be an emblem of a drug-free school, the home of true
Commanders.
Thank you, God bless you and God bless America.
#
#
#
Document No. 095444
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
12/5/89
DATE:
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: 12/6/89 10:00 AM
SUBJECT:
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: DENVER BRONCOS YOUTH FOUNDATION
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN
ROGICH
BATES
UNTERMEYER
CARD
ROGERS
CICCONI
WINSTON
DEMAREST
PINKERTON
FITZWATER
BENNETT
GRAY
HAGIN
REMARKS:
Please forward any comments directly to Chriss Winston, Rm. 122,
x2930, no later than 10:00 AM, Wednesday, December 6, with a copy
to my office. Thank you.
RESPONSE:
99 Commat 12/5/89
030 68
James W. Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
December 5, 1989
MEMORANDUM FOR CHRISS WINSTON
DEPUTY ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT FOR
COMMUNICATIONS
FROM:
JAY S. BYBEE job
ASSOCIATE COUNSEL TO THE PRESIDENT
SUBJECT:
Presidential Remarks: Denver Broncos Youth
Foundation
Counsel's office has reviewed the above-referenced matter.
Please note that on the last line of page two, the name of one of
the drug gangs is misspelled. "Crypts" should read "Crips." In
other respects, we have no legal objections.
Thank you for the opportunity to comment on this matter.
CC: James W. Cicconi
8E :9d 6 030 68
Davis/Martin
Dec. 4, 1989
Title: Bronc
Draft: Two
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS: DENVER BRONCO YOUTH FOUNDATION
JOHN F. KENNEDY HIGH SCHOOL/GYM
1:30 p.m., Friday, Dec. 8, 1989
My compliments to your principal, Bernadette Sike; ((Bronco
owner)) Pat Bolan; Coach Dan Reeves; ((general manager) ) John
Beak; and, most of all, Randy Gradisher. And there's also a
certain fella here of my acquaintance by the name of Neil Bush.
Thank you all.
((I understand your soccer team has, if you'll pardon the
pun, a "commanding" lead. In fact, I overheard Coach Reeves
saying to himself: "I wonder how good they would be at field
goals. "\\))
You know, whenever I fly over this part of America on Air
Force One, I'm always deeply impressed by the beauty of the
Rockies -- grey peaks and green forests in springtime, snow-
capped and magnificent in winter. You are lucky to be so close,
so much a part, of one of the most beautiful places on earth\\
a place called Colorado.
And when you have natural scenery like this, it's obvious to
me that a true Rocky Mountain high has nothing to do with
drugs.
No. The greatest highs in this world come from the
realization of a great ambition. This is the kind of high that a
2
mountain climber knows when he scales the hardest cliff to
finally reach the summit. And this is the high that these
gentlemen know, to be a Bronco, to inspire more sell-out games
than any other team in the history of the NFL.
But such a moment has to be earned. It's as Montel (Mon-
TELL)) Williams says: that if you want to be "fresh," you must
first be "fresh" with your mind.
The sad truth is that sometimes you can get these same
feelings of achievement without waiting, without striving,
without doing much of anything at all. They think you need to do
to feel like a winner is to smoke, to snort, or to swallow a dose
of drugs. But the drug high is only a feeling, not a fact;
only for minutes, not a lifetime.\ It's that simple, and it's
that dangerous.
For in that short time, while you're imagining that you're
on top of the world, the very ground beneath your feet is
slipping away, opening up. And into that narrow grave you can
bury your hopes, your dreams, and perhaps your very life.
Even if you don't pay the price today, rest assured: someone
else will. Some people just think of themselves as casual-users.
But there is nothing casual about buying drugs from people who
consider killing to be a cost of doing business. Ask any
policeman here in Denver about the Crypts and the Bloods. Watch
the news from Colombia. And then put it together: Every dollar
spent on drugs is a dollar spent on death.
3
of course, I don't mean to accuse you. What is happening in
John F. Kennedy high school is happening to every school in the
country. I don't believe you have a conspicuous problem.
That's why I came here today to introduce you to the Denver
Bronco Youth Foundation. Because I do believe you can be
Commanders in the war on drugs. Listen to them, learn from them,
and they'll teach you how to avoid drugs for the rest of your
life. After all, drugs may get by a lot of people; but nothing
can get by the Orange Crush.
The most important tactics they teach are called "refusal
skills. Perhaps you are under peer pressure to use drugs, to
fit in with a certain crowd. So you need to be able to do more
than just say "no." You need to have the confidence to look your
false friends in the eye, and say "hell, no."\\
I'm sure you've seen, first-hand, what drugs can do to your
fellow students. And if someone you know is using drugs, then
I'm asking you to be a good friend. Talk to him. Talk to her.
Just ask your friend to take this problem home. or, if not home,
then to a counselor. or to Randy Gradisher and his people. But
do something; take your friend to someone who will listen.
We won't get rid of drugs overnight. But I believe that by
working together, with the good people affiliated with the Denver
Bronco Youth Association, you will one day get drugs out of
Denver.
You live in tough times -- in some ways much more
complicated than the world I knew when I was your age. That is
4
why I am also here to ask for your help, your thoughts. I want
you, in the next two weeks, to write to me. If you have an idea
to fight drugs, let me hear it. If you have a plan, let me see
it. Write me, and I promise to take the best of your ideas to
the schools of America.
Your blue and kelly-green banner is an emblem of pride. Let
it also be an emblem of a drug-free school, the home of true
Commanders.
Thank you, God bless you and God bless America.
#
#
#
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
December 6, 1989
MEMORANDUM FOR CHRISS WINSTON
FROM:
ROGER B. PORTER RBP
SUBJECT:
Presidential Remarks: Denver Broncos Youth
Foundation
The draft remarks are fine. We have one suggestion which
we believe will strengthen the message. The remarks obliquely
mention the importance of role models and the power they have
to influence young people. We suggest making a more direct
reference to how these kids can positively influence younger
children by being positive role models.
If you have any questions or we can help in any other way,
please let me know.
CC: James W. Cicconi
25:23 90668
Document No. 095444
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
12/5/89
DATE:
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: 12/6/89 10:00 AM
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: DENVER BRONCOS YOUTH FOUNDATION
SUBJECT:
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN
ROGICH
BATES
UNTERMEYER
CARD
ROGERS
CICCONI
WINSTON
DEMAREST
PINKERTON
FITZWATER
BENNETT
GRAY
HAGIN
REMARKS:
Please forward any comments directly to Chriss Winston, Rm. 122,
x2930, no later than 10:00 AM, Wednesday, December 6, with a copy
to my office. Thank you.
RESPONSE:
James W. Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
Davis/Martin
Dec. 4, 1989
1989 DEC - 5 PM 1: 56
Title: Bronc
Draft: Two
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS:
DENVER BRONCOS YOUTH FOUNDATION
JOHN F. KENNEDY HIGH SCHOOL/GYM
1:30 p.m., Friday, Dec. 8, 1989
My compliments to your principal, Bernadette Sike; ((Broncos
owner)) Pat Bolan; Coach Dan Reeves; ((general manager) ) John
Beak; and, most of all, Randy Gradishar -- President of the
Denver Broncos Youth Foundation. And there's also a certain
fella here of my acquaintance by the name of Neil Bush. Thank
you all.
((I understand your soccer team has, if you' 11 pardon the
pun, a "Commanding" lead. In fact, I overheard Coach Reeves
saying to himself: "I wonder how good they would be at field
goals. ) )
You know, whenever I fly over this part of America on Air
Force One, I'm always deeply impressed by the beauty of the
Rockies -- grey peaks and green forests in springtime, snow-
capped and magnificent in winter. You are lucky to be so close,
so much a part, of one of the most beautiful places on earth\\
a place called Colorado. 11
And when you have natural scenery like this, it's obvious to
me that a true Rocky Mountain high has nothing to do with
drugs.
2
No. The greatest highs in this world come from the
realization of a great ambition. This is the kind of high that a
mountain climber knows when he scales the hardest cliff to
finally reach the summit. And this is the high that these
gentlemen know, to be a Broncos, to inspire more sell-out games
than any other team in the history of the NFL.\\
But such a moment has to be earned. It's as Montel ( (Mon-
TELL)) Williams says: that if you want to be "fresh," you must
first be "fresh" with your mind.
But the sad truth is that sometimes you can get these same
feelings of achievement without waiting, without striving,
without doing much of anything at all. Some think all you need
to do to feel like a winner is to smoke, to snort, or to swallow
a dose of drugs. But the drug high is only a feeling, not a
fact; only for minutes, not a lifetime. It's that simple, and
it's that dangerous.
For in that short time, while you're imagining that you're
on top of the world, the very ground beneath your feet is
slipping away, opening up. And into that narrow grave you can
bury your hopes, your dreams, and perhaps your very life.
Even if you don't pay the price today, rest assured: someone
else will. Some people just think of themselves as casual-users.
But there is nothing casual about buying drugs from people who
consider killing to be a cost of doing business. Ask any
policeman here in Denver about the Crypts and the Bloods. Watch
3
the news from Colombia. And then put it together: Every dollar
spent on drugs is a dollar spent on death.
Of course, I don't mean to accuse you. What is happening in
John F. Kennedy high school is happening to every school in the
country. I don't believe you have a conspicuous problem.
That's why I came here today to introduce you to the Denver
Broncos Youth Foundation. Because I do believe you can be
Commanders in the war on drugs. Listen to them, learn from them,
and they'll teach you how to avoid drugs for the rest of your
life. After all, drugs may get by a lot of people; but nothing
can get by the Orange Crush.
The most important tactics they teach are called "refusal
skills.' Perhaps you are under peer pressure to use drugs, to
fit in with a certain crowd. So you need to be able to do more
than just say "no." You need to have the confidence to look your
false friends in the eye, and say "hell, no.
I'm sure you've seen, first-hand, what drugs can do to your
fellow students. And if someone you know is using drugs, then
I'm asking you to be a good friend. Talk to him. Talk to her.
Just ask your friend to take this problem home. Or, if not home,
then to a counselor. Or to Randy Gradishar and his people. But
do something; take your friend to someone who will listen.
We won't get rid of drugs overnight. But I believe that by
working together, with the good people affiliated with the Denver
Broncos Youth Association, you will one day get drugs out of
Denver
4
You live in tough times -- in some ways much more
complicated than the world I knew when I was your age. Randy
says that the toughest decision in his high school was whether to
go to the local Dairy Queen or to a bowling alley on Saturday
night. We know that your life is not that simple.
That is why we want your help, your thoughts. I'm asking
you, in the next two weeks, to write to me. If you have an idea
to fight drugs, let me hear it. If you have a plan, let me see
it. Write me, and I promise to take the best of your ideas to
the schools of America.
Randy says that winning takes teamwork. And, on the field
and in life, teamwork means being of one mind, one spirit and
agreeing to one purpose. Our purpose is to rid America of drugs,
once and for all.\\
Your blue and kelly-green banner is an emblem of pride. Let
it also be an emblem of a drug-free school, the home of true
Commanders.
Thank you, God bless you and God bless America.
#
#
#
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
1989 DEC - 6 PM 5: 57
Dec. 6, 1989
with
INFORMATION
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MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
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Through:
CHRISS WINSTON
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From:
MARK DAVIS MD
Subject:
Denver Broncos Youth Foundation
I. SUMMARY: You will give an anti-drug speech to the students
of John F. Kennedy high school at 1:30 p.m., Friday, Dec. 8, in
Denver. Appearing with you will be a former Broncos, Randy
Gradishar -- who now heads the Denver Broncos Youth Foundation, a
non-profit established in 1982 to provide leadership and
assistance for Colorado's youth. There should be about 1,000
high school students and faculty present. Your remarks are about
eight minutes long, and are on cards.
II. DISCUSSION: Expect a rally atmosphere. At the end of the
speech, you will present five checks to local law enforcement
agencies from the Justice Department's sale of drug dealers'
assets. Also -- the reference to the "Commanders" is to the
school logo.
Davis/Martin
Dec. 6, 1989
Title: Bronc
Draft: Three
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS:
DENVER BRONCOS YOUTH FOUNDATION
JOHN F. KENNEDY HIGH SCHOOL/GYM
1:30 p.m., Friday, Dec. 8, 1989
Thank you, Pat. Secretary Brady, Director Bennett. My
compliments to your principal, Bernadette Seick; Superintendent
Dr. Richard Koeppe [[KEPPY]]. Coach Dan Reeves; ( (general
manager) ) ; John Beak; and, most of all, Randy Gradishar --
President of the Denver Broncos Youth Foundation. Tony Dorsett,
Andrew Provence, Billy Bryan and Randy Thorton. And there's also
a certain fella here of my acquaintance by the name of Neil Bush.
Thank you all.
((I understand your soccer team has, if you' 11 pardon the
pun, a "Commanding" lead. In fact, I overheard Coach Reeves
saying to himself: "I wonder how good they would be at field
goals. "\\))
You know, whenever I fly over this part of America on Air
Force One, I'm always deeply impressed by the beauty of the
Rockies -- grey peaks and green forests in springtime, snow-
capped and magnificent in winter. You are lucky to be so close,
so much a part, of one of the most beautiful places on earth\\
a place called Colorado.
2
I feel talky about
And when you have natural scenery like this, it obvious to
me that a true, Rocky Mountain high has nothing to do with
from Pikes Peak to our south to Boulder's Flatirons,
drugs.
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realization of a great ambition. This is the kind of high that a
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lead
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mountain climber knows when he scales the hardest cliff to
It's the kind of thill
finally reach the summit. And this is the high that these
gentlemen know, to be a Bronco, to inspire more sell-out games
than any other team in the history of the NFL.
But such a moment has to be earned. It's as Montel (Mon-
TELL) ) Williams says: that if you want to be "fresh," you must
first be "fresh" with your mind.
But the sad truth is that some people think you can get
these same feelings of achievement without waiting, without
striving, without doing much of anything at all. They think all
you need to do to feel like a winner is to smoke, to snort, or. to
sensation
or here
Highis is
swallow a dose of drugs. But the drug high is only a feeling
not a fact; only for minutes, not a lifetime. It's that
simple, and it's that dangerous.
For in that short time, while you're imagining that you're
on top of the world, the very ground beneath your feet is
slipping away, opening up. And into that narrow grave you can
bury your hopes, your dreams, and perhaps your very life.
Even if you don't pay the price today, rest assured: someone
else will. Some people just think of themselves as casual users.
But there is nothing casual about buying drugs from people who
3
consider killing to be a cost of doing business. Ask any
policeman here in Denver about the Crips and the Bloods. Watch
the news from Colombia. And then put it together: Every dollar
spent on drugs is a dollar spent on death.
And let us send a message to the merchants of death called
pushers: We have new tools at our disposal to defeat you. For
example, a new law allows the Department of Justice to seize the
assets of drug kingpins, and distribute the proceeds among law
enforcement agencies.
A simple traffic stop by a Lakewood, Colorado, policeman in
1981 resulted in the cracking of a major cocaine cartel -- and
the seizure of a small fortune. So, I'm happy to say that in
just a moment I will present five checks totaling $2,196,951 in
these funds to the local authorities who participated in this
investigation: the police departments of Lakewood, Greenwood and
Aurora; and the sheriff offices of Jefferson and Arapahoe
Counties.
only in this narrow way -
so crime does pay. It pays for more stringent law
enforcement. Criminals pay with a hefty chunk of their lives --
in this case with twenty years imprisonment. And in some cases,
they will pay with their very lives. 111
And we can do even more -- much more -- to fight drugs. I
sent our crime package to Congress in May. Summer passed. Fall
passed. And now another winter will pass in Washington before
tough new crime legislation is considered. Crime is the nation's
number one concern. I call on Congress to make our crime package
4
one of its first orders of business when it reconvenes in
January.
John F. Kennedy high school is experiencing many of the same
problems as every other school in America. That's why I came
here today to introduce you to the Denver Broncos Youth
Foundation. Because I do believe you can be Commanders in the
war on drugs. Listen to them, learn from them, and they'll teach
you how to avoid drugs for the rest of your life. After all,
drugs may get by a lot of people; but nothing can get by the
Orange Crush.
The most important tactics they teach are called "refusal
skills." Perhaps you are under peer pressure to use drugs, to
fit in with a certain crowd. So you need to be able to do more
than just say "no." You need to have the confidence to look your
false friends in the eye, and say "hell, no."\\
I'm sure you've seen, first-hand, what drugs can do to your
fellow students. And if someone you know is using drugs, then
I'm asking you to be a good friend. Talk to him. Talk to her.
Just ask your friend to take this problem home. or, if not home,
then to a counselor. Or to Randy Gradishar and his people. But
do something; take your friend to someone who will listen.
We won't get rid of drugs overnight. But I believe that by
working together, with the good people affiliated with the Denver
Broncos Youth Association, you will one day get drugs out of
Denver.
5
You live in tough times -- in some ways much more
complicated than the world I knew when I was your age. Randy
says that the toughest decision in his high school was whether to
go to the local Dairy Queen or to a bowling alley on Saturday
a
night. We know that your life is not that simple.
That is why we want your help, your thoughts. I'm asking
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you, in the next two weeks, to write to me. If you have an idea
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officials with your governor and your team in
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Randy A were says that winning takes teamwork. And, on the field
of truph
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and in life, teamwork means being of one mind, one spirit and
agreeing to one purpose. Our purpose is to rid America of drugs,
once and for all.
Your blue and kelly-green banner is an emblem of pride. Let
it also be an emblem of a drug-free school, the home of true
Commanders.
Thank you, God bless you and God bless America.
And now, if the local law enforcers will please step
forward, it will be my pleasure to present them with a check.
#
#
#
Document No. 095444
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
DATE: 12/6/89
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
DENVER BRONCOS YOUTH FOUNDATION
SUBJECT:
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN
ROGICH
BATES
UNTERMEYER
CARD
ROGERS
CICCONI
WINSTON
DEMAREST
PINKERTON
FITZWATER
BENNETT
GRAY
HAGIN
REMARKS:
The attached has been forwarded to the President.
RESPONSE:
James W. Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
1999 DEC - S FM 5: 57
Dec. 6, 1989
INFORMATION
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
Through:
CHRISS WINSTON
cw
From:
MARK DAVIS MD
Subject:
Denver Broncos Youth Foundation
I. SUMMARY: You will give an anti-drug speech to the students
of John F. Kennedy high school at 1:30 p.m., Friday, Dec. 8, in
Denver. Appearing with you will be a former Broncos, Randy
Gradishar -- who now heads the Denver Broncos Youth Foundation, a
non-profit established in 1982 to provide leadership and
assistance for Colorado's youth. There should be about 1,000
high school students and faculty present. Your remarks are about
eight minutes long, and are on cards.
II. DISCUSSION: Expect a rally atmosphere. At the end of the
speech, you will present five checks to local law enforcement
agencies from the Justice Department's sale of drug dealers'
assets. Also -- the reference to the "Commanders" is to the
school logo.
Davis/Martin
Dec. 6, 1989
Title: Bronc
Draft: Three
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS: DENVER BRONCOS YOUTH FOUNDATION
JOHN F. KENNEDY HIGH SCHOOL/GYM
1:30 p.m., Friday, Dec. 8, 1989
Thank you, Pat. Secretary Brady, Director Bennett. My
compliments to your principal, Bernadette Seick; Superintendent
Dr. Richard Koeppe [[KEPPY]]. Coach Dan Reeves; ((general
manager) ) ; John Beak; and, most of all, Randy Gradishar --
President of the Denver Broncos Youth Foundation. Tony Dorsett,
Andrew Provence, Billy Bryan and Randy Thorton. And there's also
a certain fella here of my acquaintance by the name of Neil Bush.
Thank you all.
((I understand your soccer team has, if you'll pardon the
pun, a "Commanding" lead. In fact, I overheard Coach Reeves
saying to himself: "I wonder how good they would be at field
goals. "\\))
You know, whenever I fly over this part of America on Air
Force One, I'm always deeply impressed by the beauty of the
Rockies -- grey peaks and green forests in springtime, snow-
capped and magnificent in winter. You are lucky to be so close,
so much a part, of one of the most beautiful places on earth\\
a place called Colorado.
2
And when you have natural scenery like this, it's obvious to
me that a true Rocky Mountain high has nothing to do with
drugs.
No. The greatest highs in this world come from the
realization of a great ambition. This is the kind of high that a
mountain climber knows when he scales the hardest cliff to
finally reach the summit. And this is the high that these
gentlemen know, to be a Bronco, to inspire more sell-out games
than any other team in the history of the NFL.\\
But such a moment has to be earned. It's as Montel ((Mon-
TELL)) Williams says: that if you want to be "fresh," you must
first be "fresh" with your mind.
But the sad truth is that some people think you can get
these same feelings of achievement without waiting, without
striving, without doing much of anything at all. They think all
you need to do to feel like a winner is to smoke, to snort, or to
swallow a dose of drugs. But the drug high is only a feeling,
not a fact; only for minutes, not a lifetime. It's that
simple, and it's that dangerous.
For in that short time, while you're imagining that you're
on top of the world, the very ground beneath your feet is
slipping away, opening up. And into that narrow grave you can
bury your hopes, your dreams, and perhaps your very life.
Even if you don't pay the price today, rest assured: someone
else will. Some people just think of themselves as casual users.
But there is nothing casual about buying drugs from people who
3
consider killing to be a cost of doing business. Ask any
policeman here in Denver about the Crips and the Bloods. Watch
the news from Colombia. And then put it together: Every dollar
spent on drugs is a dollar spent on death.
And let us send a message to the merchants of death called
pushers: We have new tools at our disposal to defeat you. For
example, a new law allows the Department of Justice to seize the
assets of drug kingpins, and distribute the proceeds among law
enforcement agencies.
A simple traffic stop by a Lakewood, Colorado, policeman in
1981 resulted in the cracking of a major cocaine cartel -- and
the seizure of a small fortune. So, I'm happy to say that in
just a moment I will present five checks totaling $2,196,951 in
these funds to the local authorities who participated in this
investigation: the police departments of Lakewood, Greenwood and
Aurora; and the sheriff offices of Jefferson and Arapahoe
Counties.
So crime does pay. It pays for more stringent law
enforcement. Criminals pay with a hefty chunk of their lives --
in this case with twenty years imprisonment. And in some cases,
they will pay with their very lives. III
And we can do even more -- much more -- to fight drugs. I
sent our crime package to Congress in May. Summer passed. Fall
passed. And now another winter will pass in Washington before
tough new crime legislation is considered. Crime is the nation's
number one concern. I call on Congress to make our crime package
4
one of its first orders of business when it reconvenes in
January.
John F. Kennedy high school is experiencing many of the same
problems as every other school in America. That's why I came
here today to introduce you to the Denver Broncos Youth
Foundation. Because I do believe you can be Commanders in the
war on drugs. Listen to them, learn from them, and they'll teach
you how to avoid drugs for the rest of your life. After all,
drugs may get by a lot of people; but nothing can get by the
Orange Crush.
The most important tactics they teach are called "refusal
skills." Perhaps you are under peer pressure to use drugs, to
fit in with a certain crowd. So you need to be able to do more
than just say "no." You need to have the confidence to look your
false friends in the eye, and say "hell, no."\\
I'm sure you've seen, first-hand, what drugs can do to your
fellow students. And if someone you know is using drugs, then
I'm asking you to be a good friend. Talk to him. Talk to her.
Just ask your friend to take this problem home. or, if not home,
then to a counselor. or to Randy Gradishar and his people. But
do something; take your friend to someone who will listen.
We won't get rid of drugs overnight. But I believe that by
working together, with the good people affiliated with the Denver
Broncos Youth Association, you will one day get drugs out of
Denver.
5
You live in tough times -- in some ways much more
complicated than the world I knew when I was your age. Randy
says that the toughest decision in his high school was whether to
go to the local Dairy Queen or to a bowling alley on Saturday
night. We know that your life is not that simple.
That is why we want your help, your thoughts. I'm asking
you, in the next two weeks, to write to me. If you have an idea
to fight drugs, let me hear it. If you have a plan, let me see
it. Write me, and I promise to take the best of your ideas to
the schools of America.
Randy says that winning takes teamwork. And, on the field
and in life, teamwork means being of one mind, one spirit and
agreeing to one purpose. Our purpose is to rid America of drugs,
once and for all.\\
Your blue and kelly-green banner is an emblem of pride. Let
it also be an emblem of a drug-free school, the home of true
Commanders.
Thank you, God bless you and God bless America.
And now, if the local law enforcers will please step
forward, it will be my pleasure to present them with a check.
#
#
#
3
consider killing to be a cost of doing business. Ask any
policeman here in Denver about the Crips and the Bloods. Watch
the news from Colombia. And then put it together: Every dollar
spent on drugs is a dollar spent on death.
And let us send a message to the merchants of death called
pushers: We have new tools at our disposal to defeat you. For
example, a new law allows the Department of Justice to seize the
assets of drug kingpins, and distribute the proceeds among law
enforcement agencies.
A simple traffic stop by a Lakewood, Colorado, policeman in
1981 resulted in the cracking of a major cocaine cartel -- and
the seizure of a small fortune. So, I'm happy to say that in
just a moment I will present five checks totaling $2,196,951 in
these funds to the local authorities who participated in this
investigation: the police departments of Lakewood, Greenwood and
Aurora; and the sheriff offices of Jefferson and Arapahoe
Counties.
So only in this narrow way crime does pay. It pays for more
stringent law enforcement. Criminals pay with a hefty chunk of
their lives -- in this case with twenty years imprisonment. And
in some cases, they will pay with their very lives. III
And we can do even more -- much more -- to fight drugs. I
sent our crime package to Congress in May. Summer passed. Fall
passed. And now another winter will pass in Washington before
tough new crime legislation is considered. Crime is the nation's
number one concern. I call on Congress to make our crime package