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Community Meeting on Underage Drinking |
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Tuesday April 1 2008
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You are invited to attend an important community meeting next Tuesday evening in Lac du Flambeau about Underage Drinking. This meeting will also serve as our monthly Lakeland Area Community Meeting. I've attached the agenda and a poster if you would like to put some up in your area or school or send home with students. The Lac du Flambeau Community will be one of hundreds of communities nationwide that will hold an Underage Drinking Community Meeting on Tuesday April 1, 2008 to discuss and raise awareness about the issue of underage drinking. According to the most recent Positive Alternatives Coalition Drug Free Community Survey (December 2007) given to over 700 6th-8th grade students from across Vilas County, 40% of these students first drank alcohol before the age of 14. According to this survey, our local youth report underage alcohol use at levels higher than both the national and state averages, a compelling reason to come together, understand the issues and explore solutions. The Positive Alternatives Coalition (PAC) and the Lac du Flambeau Wisconsin Tribal Cooperative Agreement Prevention Project (WITCAPP) Coalition, in collaboration with the Federal Governments Interagency Coordinating Committee for the Prevention of Underage Drinking, are co-sponsoring the event. Parents, teachers, officials, youth and other community members from across the Lakeland area who attend will be educated about the impact that underage drinking has on our whole community. Participants will learn about the “legal costs” from local law enforcement and judges as well as the “human cost” from a local emergency room Doctor. A local specialist will also discuss new research on the effects of alcohol on the teenage brain-a perspective that all parents of adolescents must understand. Finally, we will be hearing from local youth who will share their ideas for helping youth make better choices in their lives. The meeting will be held from 5:30pm-8:00pm at the Lac du Flambeau Wellness Center, located on the east side of Hwy 47 about 1/2 mile south of the LdF Grade school. Agenda
5:30-6:00pm:
Food 6:00-6:10pm: Welcome and Introductions 6:10-6:30pm: DVD showing of “This Place” 6:30-7:00pm: Yvette Hittle: “Alcohol Use and the Teenage Brain” 7:00-7:15pm: LdF Judge Alice Soulier, Vilas County Judge Neal Nielsen: “The legal costs of Underage drinking”. 7:15-7:30pm: LdF Chief of Police Elliot Rising Sun: “The legal costs of underage drinking-Part II.” 7:30-7:45: Emergency Room Dr. Rick Brodhead: “The human costs of underage drinking.” 7:45-8:00pm: Youth action plan. Here's a flyer about the event: Anyone with questions about the meeting may contact Bob Kovar, Project Director for PAC and ILI, at 715-588-1067 or bkovar@glitc.org or Pat Ustianowski from the LdF WITCAPP Coalition at 715-588-1511 or plarson@nnex.net. |
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