Mailbag: Sharon writes:

* Would you please post on your site.


My name is Sharon Kline and I am a parent of 3 teenagers!!!
We have lived in Evansville for only 18 months but what I have seen of Evansville teens scares the heck out of me.

This town, as you have stated has a serious underage drinking problem. We can only all guess where they are getting this alcohol. However as you have posted on here before I have gone and contacted the Wis. Division of M.A.D.D. and they got me in contact with a rep from ' Youth in Action.' we are working on picking a time and place to meet in Evansville with other concerned parents.

What we will be working on is:
* Putting together a group of parents who are willing to man a cell phone and go and pick up kids that have been drinking and deliver them safely home.. This is not to 'encourage' drinking but to encourage safety if they are going to drink. It will not be up to the driver that day to lecture these kids , just to get them home safely.
We are not going to stop them from drinking, that is clear. But what we do could possibly save lives.

*** Work with the police dept in targeting people who buy for minors.
*** Work with the merchants to make sure they are carding every time, there is also some material they can place in there stores, and on alcohol products that lists penalty's for buying for minors.
***Get back the post prom activities, what happened with that? I understand they used to do that. That is such a simple thing to do , it just takes some effort.
*** Work on putting together a ' club' 'group' of students at both the junior high and high school that works with their peers to promote sobriety, that its 'cool' not to drink and to respect your body. We are looking in one form or another to name this club after Dane Wourms. We can never let these kids forget about Dane. That his actions cost him his life, and that is not what he would want for his friends.

I am sorry but neither the Junior High or the High School do enough to combat drinking, not until the kids are in trouble.. That is very clear.

When we have a date and time set up we will have it posted here, in the Evansville Review, and The Observer and Chasin.


We may start out small, but we will grow as I know this town over all has the best interest of the kids.

Thanks
Sharon