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OAKLAND: Underage drinking is topic of forum
by Outspoken on Tue May 13, 2008 4:43 am
OAKLAND: Underage drinking is topic of forum
BY MORNING SENTINEL STAFF
OAKLAND -- Scott Tracy told his friends in high school that he could not drink or do drugs.
He knew it would make him look bad, make his parents look bad and it would interfere with his involvement in sports.
It turns out that there was another really good reason not to do it.
"My junior year, I had a couple of friends die in a car accident," he said.
Tracy, who will be a junior at New England College in the fall, was talking to about 80 people who turned out Monday night for a forum on underage drinking, held in the Messalonskee Performing Arts Center. Tracy is a 2006 Messalonskee High School graduate.
The forum was designed to enlighten parents, youths, teachers and others about underage drinking and drug use, how it can affect a community and what people can do to help alleviate the problem. The drinking age in Maine is 21.
The forum, sponsored by several organizations, including Greater Waterville Prevention Coalition, is one of many being held throughout the country as part of the U.S. Surgeon General's call to address the issue.
Tracy, the son of police Chief Michael Tracy and School Board member Laura Tracy, was one of several panel members who talked Monday about their experiences with underage drinking.
Scott Tracy urged parents to set limits for their children and tell them that it is not OK to drink and do drugs.
His said his parents were good role models for him when he was in high school; his father always told him it was always OK for him to call if he needed a ride from anywhere -- no questions asked.
When he got to college, he had to become his own parent when making a choice between studying for final exams or going to a party, he said.
His friends would go to parties and talk the next day about what a good time they had, but their grades suffered, he said.
"I'm pretty proud to say I have somewhat decent grades and I can stay away from that," he said.
http://morningsentinel.mainetoday.com/news/local/5053554.html
BY MORNING SENTINEL STAFF
OAKLAND -- Scott Tracy told his friends in high school that he could not drink or do drugs.
He knew it would make him look bad, make his parents look bad and it would interfere with his involvement in sports.
It turns out that there was another really good reason not to do it.
"My junior year, I had a couple of friends die in a car accident," he said.
Tracy, who will be a junior at New England College in the fall, was talking to about 80 people who turned out Monday night for a forum on underage drinking, held in the Messalonskee Performing Arts Center. Tracy is a 2006 Messalonskee High School graduate.
The forum was designed to enlighten parents, youths, teachers and others about underage drinking and drug use, how it can affect a community and what people can do to help alleviate the problem. The drinking age in Maine is 21.
The forum, sponsored by several organizations, including Greater Waterville Prevention Coalition, is one of many being held throughout the country as part of the U.S. Surgeon General's call to address the issue.
Tracy, the son of police Chief Michael Tracy and School Board member Laura Tracy, was one of several panel members who talked Monday about their experiences with underage drinking.
Scott Tracy urged parents to set limits for their children and tell them that it is not OK to drink and do drugs.
His said his parents were good role models for him when he was in high school; his father always told him it was always OK for him to call if he needed a ride from anywhere -- no questions asked.
When he got to college, he had to become his own parent when making a choice between studying for final exams or going to a party, he said.
His friends would go to parties and talk the next day about what a good time they had, but their grades suffered, he said.
"I'm pretty proud to say I have somewhat decent grades and I can stay away from that," he said.
http://morningsentinel.mainetoday.com/news/local/5053554.html
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