From The Leaven, By Jill Ragar Esfeld:
OVERLAND PARK — “Sometimes it just smacks me in the face — gosh, my child is dead,” said Church of the Ascension parishioner Jeane Crossland.
Even after two years, it’s still hard for her to accept that her son Drew is never going to walk through the door again.
Her husband [...]
Archive for February, 2009
Tragedy Transformed
Posted in Uncategorized on February 27, 2009 | 1 Comment »
CBS 60 Minutes
Posted in Uncategorized on February 25, 2009 | 1 Comment »
CBS 60 Minutes’ Drinking Age Debate…
http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=4819332n
Congresswomen Roybal-Allard and Bono Mack Introduce Support 21 Act
Posted in Uncategorized on February 24, 2009 | 1 Comment »
From www.cadca.org…
Last week, Congresswomen Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA) and Mary Bono Mack (R-CA) introduced the Support 21 Act of 2009, a bill that would strengthen local and national efforts to prevent underage drinking. Rep. Roybal-Allard announced the bill during CADCA´s 19th annual National Leadership Forum, the nation´s largest conference for community alcohol and drug prevention advocates [...]
Kansas City Area Drug Bust
Posted in Uncategorized on February 19, 2009 | 1 Comment »
New Resource to Help Parents Confront Youth Drug Use
Posted in Uncategorized on February 17, 2009 | 1 Comment »
From www.jointogether.org:
Treatment Research Institute Provides the Science Behind Interactive “How To” Resource Developed by the Partnership for a Drug Free America
Parents who feel helpless when they see (or think they see) signs of drug or alcohol use in their kids have a new place to turn, thanks to Time to Act, a science-based multi-media [...]
Officials crack down on booze-serving parents
Posted in Uncategorized on February 14, 2009 | 1 Comment »
http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/02/12/coolparents.drinking/index.html
CHILDREN VOTE BEER COMMERCIALS AMONG THEIR FAVORITE SUPER BOWL ADS
Posted in Uncategorized on February 6, 2009 | 1 Comment »
(Columbus, Ohio) The National Football League Championship game, the Super Bowl, is almost as famous for its commercials and halftime show as it is for the game itself. At an estimated $3 million per :30 second advertisement, these are big investments for advertisers. In a survey conducted by Drug-Free Action Alliance, Ohio youth selected commercials [...]
Program takes aim at underage drinking
Posted in Uncategorized on February 5, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Article taken from the Shawnee Dispatch:
Janine Gracy is director of the Regional Prevention Center and a De Soto USD 232 board member. The center, Johnson County STOP Underage Drinking Project and the De Soto Area Council PTA will present “A Wrong of Passage” at 7 p.m. Monday, Feb. 9, at Monticello Trails Middle School, 6100 [...]
