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Show Students Attend 2-Day Conference On Alcohol, Drugs Studenl and adult representatives representa-tives of Davis Area high schools took part recently in a two-day conference of the Governor's Youth Council on Mcohol and Drugs. THE PURPOSE of the conference, confer-ence, which was held at the Excelsior Excel-sior Hotel in Provo on Oct. 4-5. was to ucnerate ideas and strategies strate-gies lor developing effective youth alcohol and drug abuse prevention programs throughout Utah. Large group sessions focused on 1 helping youth to develop leader ship and organizational skills anu were interspersed with small re gional group sessions which allowed the Davis participants an oppo rtunity to get to know om another and each other's program as well as to develop a plan of action ac-tion for the region (Davis County). The highlight of the Conference came at the end when regional action ac-tion plans were presented by Executive Ex-ecutive Council members to Governor Gov-ernor Mathcson. CLEARFIELD High School was represented by Danene Stuart and Ruby Wilson (PTA). Danene was chosen to represent the Davis Region Re-gion on the Executive Council of the Governor's Youth Council and was honored with the position of Vice-Chairon the Executive Council. Coun-cil. Layton High School chose Sheldon Kilpack as their student i representative and Janet Gibbs as the adult representative. Sarah Dygert spoke for Davis High's students stu-dents and parents were repre-j repre-j sented by Bonnie Peel. ! Mountain High School (Davis I Alternative) was represented by ! Venus Child, a junior at Mountain 1 and Kay Van Dyke of the faculty. Lisa and Mary Timothy were the student-adult team from View-mont View-mont and Barbra Bullock and Phil Olsen of the faculty spoke for Bountiful High. Ilcen Wangsgard, a senior and Lowell Oswald of the faculty attended from Bountiful High. OTHERS IN attendance from Davis County were Stephanie Branson, a student from Viewmont and Judie Hill, a student from Bountiful High. County-wide prevention pre-vention activities and each school's programs and plans were coordinated by Joanne Barnes, MSW, Prevention Specialist for Davis County Mental Health. There was also a special guest appearance from Andrea Schultz, a graduate of Davis High and past Executive Council member, who ' summarized last year's Youth Council activities. A VERY skilled and effective working group, the Davis area representatives rep-resentatives chose to attack one of their common problems, i.e., the lack of support from their school and community, by increasing the awareness of alcohol and drug problems in three target populations: popula-tions: students, parents, and school administration. They hope to breath new life into Chemical People task forces, and to conduct parent seminars, to boost student support of their prevention pre-vention programs by making them more attractive and fun to all types of students, as well as reaching ou to new and transfer students. The will also report to their schoc administrators on the Conference and consult with them on their activities. acti-vities. THEY ALL agreed to meet as a Davis County group on a monthly basis and to work together on some projects, the first of which is a county-wide Awareness Week to be held in the new year. |