In fact, alcohol is responsible for six times the
number of youth deaths than can be attributed to all other drugs combined.org
Address: 38095-100TH AVENUE
Cass Lake, Minnesota

Organization Name: Greater Cass Lake Weed + Seed Initiative
Email: weedseed@charterinternet ., N Suite 200
Location: Glencoe Community Center
Address: 710 13th St. E
City: Glencoe Date: 03/28/2006
Town Hall leader: Jeff Cummins, Glencoe Chief of Police

Location: Lester Prairie City Center
Address: 37 North Juniper
City: Lester Prairie
Date: 03/28/2006
Town Hall leader: Bob Carlson, Chief of Police

Location: Zion Lutheran Church
Address: 504 N Gilman Ave
City: Litchfield
Date: 03/28/2006
Town Hall leader: Laura Lindeman, LARPP Chair + Health Educator

International Falls, Minnesota
Organization Name: Koochiching Family Collaborative
Email: dellawarren@hotmail.com
Address: 1000 Fifth St.mn.us
Address: 401 Huntsinger Ave. Division St. NE
Twin Valley , Minnesota

Organization Name: Norman County East School
Email: davidn@nce. Street South PO Box 1148

White Bear Lake, Minnesota
Organization Name: White Bear Lake Police Dept.willmar." According to the 2004 National Survey on
Drug Use and Health, roughly 10.8 million underage persons ages 12 to 20 (28.4 million
were ages 12-17. Box 270

Hilo, Hawaii
Organization Name: Hawai'i Alliance for Community Health
Email: jan.O. Box 2122
Location: Maui Economic Opportunity, Inc Family Center
Address: 99 Mahalani Street
City: Wailuku
Date: 4/5/2006 Event
Time: 5:00 PM
Town Hall leader: Sandy Baz, Executive Director

Kapaa, Hawaii
Organization Name: Kauai Keiki Injury Prevention Coalition
Email: kkipc@hawaii .

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Location: Otter Tail Power Building Basement
Address: 23 East 6th Street
City: Morris
Date: 03/28/2006
Event Time: 6:30 - 7:30 PM
Town Hall leader: Graham Holtberg , Deputy Sheriff

Northfield, Minnesota
Organization Name: Northfield Healthy Community Initiative
Email: zpruitt@carleton. Paul, Minnesota
Organization Name: Safe Dakota Coalition - North
Email: deb.
Email: skycop@mchsi. #305A
Location: August Ahrens Elementary School Cafeteria
Address: 94-1170 Waipahu Street
City: Waipahu
Date: 03/28/2006
Event Time: 05:30 PM
*Special Guest: James R.O.

substance pathological

To learn about town hall meetings
elsewhere across the country, see the Stop Underage Drinking federal partners
website: http://www.wilkin.us
Address: 400 Colorado Ave.mn.
City: Lakeville
Date: 04/24/06
Event Time: 7:00 PM
Town Hall leader: Judy Johnson , Project Northland Coordinator

St. Cloud, Minnesota
Organization Name: SCSU Public Safety Department
Email: jefuran@stcloudstate.
In communities across Hawaii, residents will come together to learn more
about the latest research on the impact of underage drinking on both
individuals and the community, and to discuss how their community can best
prevent underage alcohol use by reducing demand, availability and access.
Town Hall leader: Jan Yokoyama, Chair , Liquor Commission

Kahulai, Hawaii
Organization Name: Maui Economic Opportunity, Inc .com
Address: 4982 Lipo St.

Kaunakakai, Hawaii
Organization Name: Molokai Community Services/Molokai Youth Center
Email: karenh@molokai.org
Address: 25 Kamehameha V Highway

Lanai City, Hawaii
Organization Name: The Island of Lanai
Email: cdfl@wave.

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City: Park Rapids
Date: 3/28/06 Event
Time: 7:00 PM
Town Hall leader: Barbara Thomason, Coordinator

Paynesville, Minnesota
Organization Name: Paynesville High School
Email: dseegers@paynesville.us
Address: 795 W.cc
Address: 4000 State Hwy 30 West
Location: Rushford Village Community Center
Address: 4000 State Hwy 30 West
City: Rushford Village
Date: 03-28-2006
Event Time: 7:30 PM
Town Hall leader: Judy Graham, Clerk; Gordon Johnson, Mayor; Brenda
Polhman, Fillmore County Health; Richard Lee, Maryor, City of Peterson; Ted
Roberton, Mayor, City of Rushford; Miller Jeff, R-P School Superintendent

South St.1 percent of 12-year-olds reported using
alcohol at least once in their lifetimes. To learn about town hall meetings
elsewhere across the country, see the Stop Underage Drinking federal partners
website: http://www.
Town hall meetings are sponsored by the Federal Interagency Coordinating
Committee on the Prevention of Underage Drinking, which includes the
Administration for Children and Families, Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade
Bureau, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Federal Trade Commission,
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, National Institute on Alcohol
Abuse and Alcoholism, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense, Office of
Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, Office of National Drug Control
Policy, Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools, Office of the Surgeon General ,
and Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.yokoyama@doh.
City: Waikoloa
Date: 02/23/06
Event Time: 9:00 A.baz@meoinc.

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WASHINGTON , The Federal Interagency Coordinating
Committee for the Prevention of Underage Drinking, chaired by the Substance
Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), in partnership with
state and local agencies and organizations, is spearheading a nationwide
campaign to curb underage drinking before it starts.
In nearly 3 dozen rural and urban Minnesota communities, residents will
come together to learn more about the latest research on the impact of
underage drinking on both individuals and the community, and to discuss how
their community can best prevent underage alcohol use by reducing demand,
availability and access. Of these underage drinkers, 4.

Town hall meetings are sponsored by the Federal Interagency Coordinating
Committee for the Prevention of Underage Drinking , which includes the
Administration for Children and Families, Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade
Bureau , Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Federal Trade Commission,
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, National Institute on Alcohol
Abuse and Alcoholism, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense, Office of
Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, Office of National Drug Control
Policy, Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools, Office of the Surgeon General,
and Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.

Organizations Conducting Underage Drinking Prevention: Town Hall Meetings

Minnesota
[This list includes Town Hall meetings reported as of 3/20/06 and,
thus, may not be a complete list]

Austin, Minnesota
Organization Name: Mower County Chemical Health Coalition
Email: kirsten@familiesandcommunities.mn.us
Address: 18618 Ipava Ave.k12.
City: White Bear Lake
Date: 04/18/2006
Event Time: 7:00 PM
Town Hall leader: Lynne Bankes, Chief of Police

Willmar, Minnesota
Organization Name: Willmar Police Department
Email: mdorn@ci.
Worthington, Minnesota

Organization Name: City of Worthington Police Dept.
Location: Worthington High School
Address: 1621 Clary St
City: Worthington
Date: 03/28/2006
Event Time: 6:30 PM
Town Hall leader: Bob Fritz, School Resource Officer

Lieutenant Governor James "Duke" Aiona will be a guest speaker at the Waipahu
Community Association town hall meeting on March 28, 2006.stopalcoholabuse. Aiona, Jr.gov
Address: P.

gambling disorders

mn.us
Address: McLeod County Public Health, 1805 Ford Ave. Highway 23

Rushford Village, Minnesota
Organization Name: City of Rushford Village
Email: crv@acegroup.org
Address: 125 - 3rd Avenue North
Location: Dakota County Northern Service Center
Address: 1 Mendota Road
City: West St. S.us
Address: 2201 NE 23rd St. By age 13 the percentage doubles,
and by age 15 it is over 50 percent. Teens use alcohol more frequently than
all illicit drugs combined.O.

eating disorders

Town hall meetings, with
the theme "Start talking before they start drinking," are being convened on
and around March 28, 2006, in approximately 1,200 communities across the
country." According to the 2004 National Survey on
Drug Use and Health, roughly 10 .1 percent of 12-year-olds reported using
alcohol at least once in their lifetimes.mn.us
Address: 1900 West Old Shakopee Rd.k12.org
Address: 2648 West Broadway Avenue

Morris, Minnesota
Organization Name: Stevens County Sheriff's Office
Email: grahamholtberg@co.us
Address: 795 W. Louis County Health
Email: torreldco@st-louis., PO Box 995
Location: WEAC Auditorium
Address: 611 SW 5th St
City: Willmar
Date: 03/28/2006
Event Time: 7:00 PM
Town Hall leader: Marilee Dorn, C.com
Address: c/o Ohana Family of the Living God, P.
Email: sandy.O.

society sexuality

" First ladies will
participate in town hall meetings in Florida, Maine, New Mexico, North
Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma and Wyoming.mn.us
Address: Courthouse , 300 South 5th St.org
Address: 6120 Earle Brown Dr.willmar.mn.
Email: kkearney@co. Approximately 11. In fact, alcohol is responsible for six times the
number of youth deaths than can be attributed to all other drugs combined.
More detailed information about date, time and location of town hall
meetings around Hawaii is appended.gov; click on "town hall locations" and
click on any state for town hall information.S.net
Address: 94-428 Mokuola St., Lieutenant Governor of Hawaii
Town Hall leader: Darrlyn Bunda, Executive Director

Hauula, Hawaii
Organization Name: Koolauloa Community Health and Wellness Center
Email: iambrothersage@aol .M.

abuse eating

7
percent) reported current alcohol use.
Location: Rothsay Community Center
Address: 115 Second Street Southwest
City: Rothsay
Date: 03/28/2006
Event Time: 6:00 PM
Town Hall leader: Brenda Woytassek, Wilkin Count Chemical Prevention
Coordinator; Rick Fiedler , Chief Deputy Sheriff; Tim Fox, Wilkin County
Attorney

Brooklyn Carter, Minnesota
Organization Name: NW Hennepin Human Service Council
Email: stephanie@nwhhsc.Box 877

Chaska, Minnesota
Organization Name: Carver-Scott Educational Cooperative
Email: burke@cscccd .us
Address: 900 Johnson St.
Location: Fairmont Opera House
Address: 45 Downtown Plaza City: Fairmont Date: 03/28/2006
Event Time: 7:00 PM
Town Hall leader: Brenden Babcock , Co-Chairman

Fergus Falls, Minnesota
Organization Name: Western Area City
Email: waco@prtel.
Location: Lakeville City Hall
Address: 20195 Holyoke Ave.griffith@southstpaul .
Location: Holiday Inn Hotel + Suites
Address: 37th Ave.mn. Officer

Winona , Minnesota
Organization Name: City of Winona Police Dept.us
Address: 201 West 3rd St.

hawaii.org
Address: 85-555 Farrington Highway

mental pathological

In addition to its negative impact on health,
alcohol use among youth is strongly correlated with violence, risky sexual
behavior , poor academic performance, alcohol-related driving incidents, and
other harmful behaviors.O.k12 . Paul
Date: 03/28/2006
Event Time: 6:30 Resource Fair 7
Town Hall leader: Deb Griffith , Community Liaison

Organization Name: Safe Dakota Coalition - North
Email: deb. Cloud
Date: 03/28/2006
Event Time: 7:00 PM
Town Hall leader: Jennifer Furan, Security Coordinator

St.winona.mn. Town hall meetings, with
the theme Start Talking before They Start Drinking, are being convened on and
around March 28, 2006, in approximately 1,200 communities across the country. Box 10508
Location: Waikoloa Beach Marriott
Address: 69-275 Waikoloa Beach Dr.

impulse society

More detailed information about date, time and location of town hall
meetings across Minnesota is appended.stopalcoholabuse.
Location: Edina City Hall
Address: 4801 West 50th Street
City: Edina Date: 3/27/06
Event Time: 7:00 PM

Breckenridge , Minnesota
Organization Name: Drug Free Communities Support Program
Email: slarson@co .com
Address: P.org
Address: 401 East Fourth St.t.org
Address: 3028 Oregon Ave.

City: St.k12.mn.P.7
percent) reported current alcohol use. Governors, first ladies and
other officials will participate in town hall meetings in such states as
Florida, Maine, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, West
Virginia and Wyoming., Ste.org
Address: P.hicv.

addictions gambling

State and local officials, parents and youth will
join community leaders and organizations (spanning health, education, law
enforcement, highway safety, and alcohol control) to encourage parents to talk
with their children early and often about the negative effects of alcohol.S. Department of Health and
Human Services, is the lead federal agency for improving the quality and
availability of substance abuse prevention, addiction treatment and mental
health services in the United States .k12.bloomington.

Chisholm, Minnesota
Organization Name: Chisholm KIDS PLUS
Email: tneary@cpinternet.johnson@co.edu
Address: 1651 Jefferson Parkway, Suite 128
Location: Northfield Community Resource Center
Address: 1651 Jefferson Parkway
City: Northfield
Date: 03/06/2006
Event Time: 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Town Hall leader: Zach Pruitt + Kathy Sandberg, Rice County Chemical
Health Coalition

Park Rapids, Minnesota
Organization Name: Park Rapids Area School
Email: bthomason@parkrapids. Highway 23
Paynesville, Minnesota
Organization Name: Paynesville High School
Email: dseegers@paynesville.org
Address: 125 - 3rd Avenue North
Location: Lakeville City Hall
Address: 20195 Holyoke Ave. + W.

Of these underage drinkers, 4. Department of Health and
Human Services, is the lead federal agency for improving the quality and
availability of substance abuse prevention, addiction treatment and mental
health services in the United States.rr.

disorders addiction

Research shows that parents of teens generally underestimate the extent of
alcohol used by youth and its negative consequences, with parents viewing
underage drinking as "inevitable.
The town hall meetings will feature recently released public service
announcements, developed in collaboration with the Ad Council, that bear the
theme "Start talking before they start drinking. Governors will join their spouses in
Oklahoma and Maine.stevens .mn.us
Address: 307 1st.com
Address: 1530 Airport Rd.

Town Hall Meetings to Confront Underage Drinking in Hawaii Communities

WASHINGTON, The Federal Interagency Coordinating
Committee on the Prevention of Underage Drinking, chaired by the Substance
Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), in partnership with
state and local agencies and organizations, is spearheading a nationwide
campaign to curb underage drinking before it starts. Other state and
local officials , parents and youth will join community leaders and
organizations (spanning health, education, law enforcement, highway safety,
and alcohol control) across the state to encourage parents to talk with their
children early and often about the negative effects of alcohol. Box 630667

Waianae , Hawaii
Organization Name: Waianae Coast People Against Ice
Email: lynnemabel@hcapweb .

disorders sexuality

Approximately 11. Teens use alcohol more frequently than
all illicit drugs combined., Suite 230
Location: Maple Grove Government Center
Address: 12800 Elm Creek Blvd
City: Maple Grove
Date: 03/28/2006
Town Hall leader: Stephanie Perron, Program Director for NW Hennepin Safe
Communities

Cannon Falls, Minnesota
Organization Name: Chemical Health Initiative Coalition of Goodhue County
Email: bethl@gc-ed.com
Address: 4 B East Drive, Suite 205

Glencoe, Minnesota
Organization Name: Meeker McLeod Sibley Community Health Services
Email: jean.
City: Lakeville
Date: 04/24/2006
Event Time: 7:00 PM
Town Hall leader: Judy Johnson, Project Northland Coordinator

Minneapolis, Minnesota
Organization Name: Asian Media Access
Email: angehwang@amamedia.

Organization Name: Lao Advancement Organization of America
Email: khinsixiengmay@laoamerica.edu
Address: 720 4th Ave.

SAMHSA, a public health agency within the U.net
Address: P .

disorders pathological

Town Hall Meetings to Confront Underage Drinking in Minnesota Communities

By age 13 the percentage doubles,
and by age 15 it is over 50 percent.

SAMHSA, a public health agency within the U.org
Address: 301 North Main St.mcleod.mn. Michael, Minnesota
Organization Name: Safe Communities of Wright County
Email: safecommunitieswc@charter.org
Address: 4701 Highway 61
Location: Central Middle School Auditorium
Address: 4857 Bloom Ave.waipahu@verizon .

mental impulse

8 million underage persons ages 12 to 20 (28.
Address: 1700 4th Avenue SE
City: Austin
Date: 03/27/06
Town Hall leader: Kirsten Lindbloom, MCCHC Coordinator

Barrett , Minnesota
Organization Name: West Central Area Schools
Email: hscouns@wca.k12.
Location: Northwoods Bank Meeting Room
Address: 1202 E 1st St.us
Address: 408 West Main Ave

Virginia, Minnesota
Organization Name: St.
Research shows that parents of teens generally underestimate the extent of
alcohol used by youth and its negative consequences , with parents viewing
underage drinking as "inevitable. In addition to its negative impact on health ,
alcohol use among youth is strongly correlated with violence, risky sexual
behavior, poor academic performance, alcohol-related driving incidents, and
other harmful behaviors.

sexual support

4 million
were ages 12-17.gov; click on "town hall locations" and
click on any state for town hall information.us
Address: 301 Country Road 2

Bloomington, Minnesota
Organization Name: Tri-City Partners for Healthy Youth and Communities
Email: eoconnell@ci.mn.com
Address: 301 4th Street SW

Fairmont, Minnesota
Organization Name: Fairmont Area Schools
Email: mdorn@ci.
Location: Backus Auditorium
Address: 910 5th Street
City: International Falls
Date: 03/28/06
Event Time: 7:00 PM
Town Hall leader: Della Warren, Collaborative Coordinator

Lakeville, Minnesota
Organization Name: Lakeville Area Public Schools
Email: jljohnson1@isd194. S.mn.griffith@southstpaul.net
Address: 14710 72nd St.
Email: bbeck@whitebearlake.
The town hall meetings will feature recently released public service
announcements, developed in collaboration with the Ad Council, that bear the
theme Start Talking before They Start Drinking.

Organizations Conducting Underage Drinking Prevention Town Hall Meetings

Hawaii
[This list includes Town Hall meetings reported as of 3/20/06 and, thus, may
not be a complete list]

Waipahu
Organization Name: Waipahu Community Association
Email: wca.

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