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LYAC Receives ANOTHER Award for UBUL &
SMASHED!

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PRESS
RELEASE: May 15, 2008
On May 12, 2008, members of the Lewiston Youth Advisory
Council received another award for their U Booze U Looze underage drinking
awareness campaign and professional filming of SMASHED.
Invited by Healthy Androscoggin to attend a Town
Hall Meeting & Recognition Ceremony for Underage Drinking Prevention,
LYAC was presented with a commendation certificate by Vicki Wiegman,
Lewiston High School Substance Abuse Counselor. In turn, the youth presented
Wiegman with a copy of SMASHED and its Educator's Guide. LYAC members also
had the opportunity to talk with keynote speaker Attorney General Steve Rowe
who lauded the group in his comments.
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L-R: LYAC members Travis Laliberte & Luke Jensen; Lewiston High
School Substance Abuse Counselor Vicki Wiegman; LYAC members
Ashley Morgan, Jenni Golletti, and Athena Andoniades. |
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Others who spoke during the evening were: Mayor Laurent F. Gilbert, Sr.;
Mayor John Jenkins; Angela Westhoff, Christine Letcher,, and Jayne Harper of
Healthy Androscoggin; Lewiston Chief of Police William Welch; Bridget
McAlonan of the Sexual Assault & Crisis Center; and Lewiston Police
Officer/Alcohol Investigator Rob Ullrich.
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FOR
MORE INFO on any Press Releases contact:
Dot Perham-Whittier - Community Relations Coordinator
Lewiston City Hall
513-3000 - Extension 3205
dottie@ci.lewiston.me.us |

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