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Show 9 I . II I iH.JJJIJ.r)FyTJm, . T,,..r..rr,i..rJ , JJ -1 1 1 ii I IH 1 IIHJ1 "T , , J J , I.J.) I J.i.'. , . . I "." . T, N I I ; '' ' ' ' ' " ' ' Sf' '. : ' ' V ' ' - ,,. i ' , . ' , '' : ' - ' , . - "I -yfvr 4i-t ; - , - , mm" , - ; !- v- ' ' - v. ?. ' ' '" f l pi- :-' l, , , ;, "" - ? - f ' '' '' I y'- " - 1 I ? ' ' ' Rebecca Browning, Melissa and Jamie Williams are preparing to celebrate Red Ribbon Week. They and hundreds of other students in Davis County have taken the pledge, "The Choice for Me, Drug Free!" Students honor 'Drug-Free' Week 1987 and will co-sponsor the Red Ribbon Campaign in Utah this year. Honorary chairmen are President Presi-dent Ronald Reagan and Mrs. Nancy Nan-cy Reagan, and Governor Norman Bangerter and Mrs. Colleen Ban-gerter. Ban-gerter. Bethine Bernhisel, chairman of the State Red Ribbon campaign, along with co-chairman Emma Jean Gadd, both long-time Bountiful Bounti-ful residents, on behalf of the Utah The entire nation will he celeb rating. Mrs. Gadd said, "Let us Utah and Davis County outshine out-shine every other state by really going red and by participating in Red Ribbon activities and programs." prog-rams." Activities include: Oct. 23-30, 23-30, Red Ribbon Week; Oct. 22.23-Red 22.23-Red Ribbon Sabbath; Oct. 24, Red Ribbon rally day; Oct. 26, Wear red day; Oct. 28-30, Red Ribbon sports weekend. Students all over the county are preparing to celebrate Red Ribbon week by wearing red, flying red and making the commitment, ' 'The Choice for Me, Drug-Free." The Red Ribbon campaign originated ori-ginated when Federal Agent Erni-que Erni-que Camamena was murdered by drug traffickers in 1935. The Red Ribbon became the symbol to reduce re-duce the demand for drugs, just as the yellow ribbons symbolized the hostages in Iran, and the green rib-, bon symbolized murdered children Federation for Drug-Free Youth (UFDY), encourage all residents of Davis' County, individuals, schools, businesses, clubs, chur-,ches, chur-,ches, and families to celebrate Red Ribbon week by wearing red, flying red flags, ribbons, bows, balloons, bal-loons, etc. Any organization who would like to buy red ribbons with "The choice for me, Drug-Free," T-shirts T-shirts or sweat shirts should call Emma Jean Gadd, 295-4292. in Atlanta. Many individual communities com-munities across America have organized Red Ribbon Campaigns to create an awareness of alcohol and other drug problems. The National Federation of Parents Pa-rents for Drug Free Youth, Inc. (NFP) has assumed the leadership role by organizing this first national Red Ribbon campaign. The Utah Federation of Drug-Free Youth (UFDY) held a Red Ribbon run in |