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ASAP proclamation signed

During the Clark County Agency for Substance Abuse Policy board meeting, Winchester Mayor Ed Burtner read a proclamation declaring April as Healthy Choices, Healthy Communities Prevent Underage Drinking Alcohol Awareness Month. Alcohol, he said, is a primary factor in the four leading causes of death for people ages 10-21, and adolescents use alcohol more than tobacco or illicit drugs. Pictured with Burtner are members of the George Rogers Clark High School ASAP Youth Network, Clark County Sheriff Berl Perdue Jr., County Commissioner Vanessa Rogers and Clark County ASAP coordinator Janna Smith.
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( Katie Perkowski | kperkowski@winchestersun.com / April 20, 2012 )

During the Clark County Agency for Substance Abuse Policy board meeting, Winchester Mayor Ed Burtner read a proclamation declaring April as Healthy Choices, Healthy Communities Prevent Underage Drinking Alcohol Awareness Month. Alcohol, he said, is a primary factor in the four leading causes of death for people ages 10-21, and adolescents use alcohol more than tobacco or illicit drugs. Pictured with Burtner are members of the George Rogers Clark High School ASAP Youth Network, Clark County Sheriff Berl Perdue Jr., County Commissioner Vanessa Rogers and Clark County ASAP coordinator Janna Smith.

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