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Students helped
To the editor: The residents and employees of Parkview Care Center and Parkside Manor would like to thank the students of Vanguard Vocational Center.
We had called Vanguard to see if they would do a community project and help us with our spring clean-up outside both of the facilities.
We want to commend Julie Stawowy and the Landscape and Greenhouse Management 1 class, Kay Fausey and the Medical Aide 2 class, Tina Gibson and the Business Software 2 class and Brian Moreland and the Electrical Trades 1 class. It was wonderful to see the youth of our community volunteering their time out in the community.
Because of these students all of our weeds are pulled and our mulch is down and ready for our summer flowers. Our theme here has been “It’s all about you at Parkview” and these students and teachers have helped make this happen.
Thank you again, Vanguard Vocational Center.
Parkview Care Center/Parkside Manor
Fremont
An important demonstration
To the editor: With prom season in full swing and fatalities and injury accidents statistically up during prom and graduation season, Fremont Ross High School displayed the deadly effects of drinking and driving with a mock crash Wednesday afternoon. Students from Fremont Ross, St Joseph’s Central Catholic and Vanguard School watched as some of their classmates were injured in a mock car accident by not making good choices when it comes to alcohol and getting behind the wheel.
These teens were privileged to have the opportunity to see our community’s leaders, school administrators and numerous public servants come together in an effort to express the dangers of driving while intoxicated. I know that this was a very time consuming project and much coordination had to take place to pull it off.
On behalf of the Sandusky County Health Department, I would like to express my gratitude all of the individuals, businesses and agencies involved with this event. Your time and effort was well spent and your compassion for youth was evident.
Young drivers are a high-risk group, partially because they are young and just learning the rules, but that is not the only reason. Young drivers often think they are invincible; that the crashes caused by teenage drinking and driving reported on the news will never happen to them. In reality, we know that this is not the case. As a community member, a parent, and prevention professional I want thank you all for doing such a great job of portraying the reality of such an event while emphasizing the dangers involved in underage alcohol use.
By Stacey Gibson
Sandusky County Health Department
Prevention Partnership Coordinator
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