" According to the 2004 National Survey on
Drug Use and Health, roughly 10. Of these underage drinkers, 4.

Baker, Oregon
Organization Name: Baker County Prevention Center
Email: dscheler@newdirectionsnw.org
Address: 604 S 2nd

Clatskanie, Oregon
Organization Name: Clatskanie Together Coalition
Email: fouche@clatskanie.O.or.R.R.

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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.
Location: Newport High School Boone Center
Address: 322 NE Eads
City: Newport
Date: 03/28/2006
Event Time: 6:30 to 8:00 PM
Town Hall leader: Wendy Rudy, LCHHS AOD Prevention Coordinator

Oregon City, Oregon
Organization Name: Clackamas County Commission on Children + Families
Email: rebeccasta@co .net
Address: 416 SE 4th St. SE
City: Salem
Date: 4/20/2006
Event Time: 9:00 -11:45 AM
Town Hall leader: Jan Calvin, Chair, Salem-Keizer Together Community Drug
Prevention Network

Silverton, Oregon
Organization Name: Silverton Together, Inc. Nationally ,
more than 17,000 people died in alcohol-related highway crashes during 2003,
which equals a fatality every 30 minutes - or nearly 50 life-ending crashes a
day. David Volgas, associate professor at the
University of Alabama-Birmingham Medical Center.R. Visit http://www.

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Address: 610 Court Street
Location: The Dalles Wahtonka High School
Address: 1100 E. The Southeast Region saw a significant
increase in participation, boasting nearly 900 sites, a 100 percent increase
from 2003. P."

About National Alcohol Screening Day
National Alcohol Screening Day is an annual event that provides
information about alcohol and health as well as free, anonymous screening for
alcohol-use disorders.R.

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Approximately 11.orednet.k12., P.yamhill.lincoln.
More than 200 ,000 people attended an NASD-sponsored screening at one of
nearly 5,400 sites across the country in 2004. Coalition
Our United Response to Preventing Alcohol Related Tragedies Coalition
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In more than 3 dozen rural and urban Oregon 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.8 million underage persons ages 12 to 20 (28.or.clackamas. "By screening for alcohol use problems, we can break the cycle of
abuse that ultimately leads to drunk drivers behind the wheel of a car.

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Location: Pendleton City Hall Council Chambers
Address: 501 SW Emigrant Ave. 12th St. The National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration (NHTSA ), the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and
Alcoholism, and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
are teaming up to support the 2005 National Alcohol Screening Day (NASD) on
April 7th, which will screen patients for alcohol use problems and actively
promote screening and brief intervention as part ongoing medical care. The average employee engaged in hazardous drinking
behavior adds $3,700 to his/her employer's health care costs annually.T.U.U.ourpart.

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Address: 616 N, Davis Street

Medford, Oregon
Organization Name: Jackson County Commission on Children + Families
Email: Heathsb@jacksoncounty. Visit http://www.

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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.or.us
Address: 29805 Mary St.org
Address: 548 SE Jackson St.

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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.or. Box 746
Location: Gold Beach High School
Address: 29516 Ellensburg Ave
City: Gold Beach
Date: 04/27/06
Event Time: 7:00 PM
Town Hall leader: Myrna Barber, Director

Location: Pacific High School
Address: 45525 Hwy 101
City: Port Orford
Date: 03/14/2006
Event Time: 6:30 PM
Town Hall leader: Robert Bare, Executive Director

Hillsboro, Oregon
Organization Name: Washington County Commission on Children + Families
Email: mary_nunnenkamp@co .

Organization Name: The Next Door Incorporated
Email: claudiam@nextdoorinc.us
Address: 36 SW Nye St.
City: Pendleton
Date: 3/23/2006
Event Time: 7:00 PM
Town Hall leader: Shelley Ena, Chairperson

Roseburg, Oregon
Organization Name: DC Caps
Email: paulinem@adapt-or.

Salem, Oregon
Organization Name: Salem-Keizer Together
Email: jcalvin@cityofsalem. Box 2613

Studies show that the minimal costs associated with screening and brief
intervention now, prevent companies from paying the high price associated with
drunk driving in the future. "However, legal intervention
isn't enough to keep all drivers from repeating this deadly behavior, which is
why problem drinkers need to know that drinking too much or too often will
greatly increase their risk of being injured or developing long -term health
problems.

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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 .

Cascade Locks, Oregon
Organization Name: City of Cascade Locks
Email: karen@clbb .or.wasco.

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Oklahoma and Maine. Box 97
Location: Community Education Center
Address: 555 Bryant Street
City: Clatskanie
Date: 04/03/2006
Event Time: 7:00 PM
Town Hall leader: Robin Fouche, Executive Director

Coquille , Oregon
Organization Name: Coos County Commission on Children and Families
Email: judy_mcmakin@class .curry.oregonvos. Main

Moro, Oregon
Organization Name: Sherman County Prevention Coalition
Email: deelk@sherman-county.O.

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Currently, it is one of the top ten conditions affecting
employee productivity. This record turnout led to
more than 126,000 patient screenings.U.

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1 percent of 12-year-olds reported using
alcohol at least once in their lifetimes.
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

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

Albany, Oregon
Organization Name: Linn County Oregon Together
Email: dburgey@co., Suite B

Aumsville, Oregon
Organization Name: City of Aumsville
Email: lora@amusville.or.or. Box 383

Newport, Oregon
Organization Name: Lincoln County Health + Human Services/Partnership
Against Alcohol and Drug Abuse
Email: wrudy@co., P.
City: The Dalles
Date: 4/11/06
Town Hall leader: Debby Jones, Prevention Coordinator

Location: Dufur High School
Address: Dufur High School
City: Dufur
Date: 3/22/06
Event Time: 7:00 PM
Town Hall leader: Debby Jones, Wasco County Prevention Coordinator

Winston , Oregon
Organization Name: Winston Area Community Partnership
Email: healtywnston@yahoo . Event sites are located in community, college, primary
health care, military and employment settings .A.

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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.gov; click on "town hall locations" and click on
any state for town hall information.us
Address: 1140 NW Harriman Street, Suite A
Location: Sister's High School
Address: 1700 W.com
Address: P.k12. More than 33,500 individuals visited these sites - up from 16,000
in 2003 - and nearly 21,000 were screened, up from just below 10,000 in 2003.R.org for
more information.

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By age 13 the percentage doubles,
and by age 15 it is over 50 percent.
More detailed information about date, time and location of town hall
meetings in Oregon is appended.stopalcoholabuse. Box 100

Astoria, Oregon
Organization Name: Take the Time: Be the Difference Substance Abuse
Coalition + Reduce Underage Drinking Task Force
Email: jillr@lifeworksnw.or.org
Address: 526 Center Street
Location: Lakeview
Address: 11 North G
City: Lakeview
Date: 4/5/2006
Event Time: 12:00 PM
Town Hall leader: Tege Phillips-Hotchkiss, prevention coordinator

Location: Paisley High School
Address: P.us
Address: 421 S.R.A.

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In fact, alcohol is responsible for six times the
number of youth deaths than can be attributed to all other drugs combined.linn.lane. Box 715

Lakeview, Oregon
Organization Name: UPIC- United Prevention Intervention Coalition
Email: bvandenberg@lcsnw.
Email: bergin_ob@silverfalls . Box 1441

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"The deadly combination of alcohol and driving is plaguing our roadways
with dangerous individuals who don't know where to draw the line when they go
out to have a good time," Said Terry Schiavone, NHTSA Administrator, Southeast
Region.org for more
information.

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Town Hall Meetings to Confront Underage Drinking in Oregon Communities

O.org
Address: 2911 Marine Dr.org
Address: 2500 E St.net
Address: 226 East Main St.
Location: Catholic Community Services of Lane County
Address: Health and Human Services Admin
City: Eugene
Date: 04-06-2006
Town Hall leader: Martin Klos, MD, Physician, Coalition Chair

Location: Catholic Community Services of Lane County
Address: 1025 G Street
City: Springfield
Date: 04-06-2006
Event Time: 6:00 - 8:00 PM
Town Hall leader: Brinda Narayan-Wold, Certified Prevention Specialist

Gold Beach, Oregon
Organization Name: Curry County Drug Free Communities Coalition
Email: barberm@co.

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Address: P.org
Address: 1005 E.Sponsors 2005 National Alcohol Screening Day to Increase Patient Intervention

ATLANTA, A unique transportation and health care
coalition will facilitate thousands of patient screenings for alcohol-related
problems, across the Southeast tomorrow. Another 275,000 individuals suffered non-fatal-injuries at a cost of
nearly $51 billion dollars each year. Impaired driving is often a symptom of
the larger problem of alcohol misuse, and medical research shows that
screening and brief intervention are effective in changing drinking and
driving patterns among these high-risk individuals.A.

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percent) reported current alcohol use. Teens use alcohol more frequently than
all illicit drugs combined.org
Address: 201 S.narayan-wold@co.O.

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were ages 12-17.

SAMHSA, a public health agency within the U.us
Address: P. Humbolt Street, Suite 299

Carlton, Oregon
Organization Name: Carlton Together Cares
Email: carltontogethercares@earthlink .O.O. SE, 300
Location: Best Western Mill Creek Inn
Address: 3125 Ryan Dr. Helens, Oregon
Organization Name: Columbia Community Mental Health
Email: jilld@ccmh1.O.T. O. P.

Sites offering a variety of books on substance abuse.

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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.net
Address: 250 Baxter

Dayton, Oregon
Organization Name: Dayton Together Coalition
Email: jamie.com
Address: P. Coalition
because committed law enforcement is essential in reducing the number of drunk
drivers on the road, said Dr.nationalalcoholscreeningday.
is a coalition of medical experts - physicians, nurses and EMS workers - who
will work with the media, community partners and peer groups throughout the
Southeast Region to meet these important goals.

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Location: Cascade Locks Community Church
Address: 5 Benson
City: Cascade Locks
Date: 03/28/2006
Town Hall leader: Karen Peck, Coalition Chair

Central Point, Oregon
Organization Name: Southern Oregon Drug Awareness
Email: shawn@sodweb.us
Address: 155 North First Ave, MS 5

Hood River, Oregon
Organization Name: Faith Connection Hood River County Alcohol, Tobacco ,
and Other Drugs
Email: maija_yasui@class.net
Address: 309 State St. box 97
City: Paisley
Date: 04/05/2006
Event Time: 2:00 PM
Town Hall leader: Ronne Lindsay , family center director

McMinnville, Oregon
Organization Name: Yamhill County Prevention Program
Email: jonesj@co.or.
Impaired driving is one of the nation's deadliest problems .) members and partners are leading an ambitious campaign to
reduce annual alcohol-impaired accident fatalities and other preventable
deaths associated with speeding and failure to wear seatbelts.

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Address: 595 Main St.org
Address: 12500 SW Allen Blvd # 5

Bend, Oregon
Organization Name: Prevention Partners Coalition
Email: robin_marshall@co.

Eugene , Oregon
Organization Name: Lane County Coalition to Prevent Substance Abuse
Email: brinda .us
Address: Lane County HHS Admin, 125 E 8th Ave.washington.k12.

Pendleton, Oregon
Organization Name: Umatilla County Coalition to Reduce Underage Drinking
Email: sena@oregonvos ."
The impact of alcohol abuse on the workplace is a special focus of this
year's NASD.
"I joined the NHTSA Southeast Region-sponsored O.T.T.

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To learn about town hall meetings elsewhere
across the country, see the Stop Underage Drinking federal partners website:
http://www.oregonvos .turley@dayton.us
Address: 526 Ferry St.org
Address: 212 2nd Street

Jefferson , Oregon
Organization Name: Jefferson Together
Email: jefferson_together@jefferson.O.or . Water St.com
Address: P.or.A. P. P.R.

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Beaverton, Oregon
Organization Name: Beaverton Together
Email: jill@beavertontogether. McKinney Butte Rd
City: Sisters
Date: 04-12-2006
Event Time: 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM
Town Hall leader: Al Boyette, Think Again Parents (Member)

Canyon City, Oregon
Organization Name: Grant County Safe Communities Coalition
Email: kerryann_woomer@class.O.us
Address: P.us
Address: Public Services Building, 2051 Kaen Rd.net
Address: Department of Community Service, 555 Liberty St.

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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." First ladies will
participate in town hall meetings in Florida, Maine, New Mexico, North
Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma and Wyoming.com
Address: P.O. Box 1234

The Dalles, Oregon
Organization Name: Wasco County Prevention Coalition
Email: debbyj@co." He continued , "National Alcohol Screening Day is a time to let
people know that they're not alone and we're here to direct them to the
necessary assistance to deal with alcohol problems, before someone is hurt or
killed, including themselves. The program is designed to
provide outreach, screening and education about alcohol's effects on health
for the general public.