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Howell: “It Will Take A Community” To Combat Drug Epidemic
OUTGOING BOARD MEMBER HONORED FOR SERVICE
By Catherine Galioto HOWELL – In his last meeting serving the Howell School Dist r ict, School Board Vice President Charles Welsh was recognized for his years of public service with heartfelt remarks from his colleagues and was given a special plaque. Welsh was not re-elected to another term, making the December 9 meeting his final one before his term ended 2015. Board members began their terms after being sworn in during the school board
reorganization meeting January 6, after presstime. Board President Tim O’Brien said he recalled Welsh’s service to the township has gone back years before his board terms, when he ser ved as a middle school principal. “He was a good person to go to when I was new on the board. I received good counsel from Mr. Welsh from time to time. Over the years we had a good working partnership. He has been terrific (BOE - See Page 12)
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–Images from Howell-Farmingdale Alliances’ It Will Take A Community ad The public service announcement hoping to address the widespread drug abuse features testimonials from students of all ages talking about their perceptions of drugs. The video also features recovering addicts as well as school administers discussing the problem. By Caitlin Brown HOWELL – Multiple agencies have partnered to combat what they say is an epidemic of drug abuse, and have created the “It Will Take A Community” campaign to help address it. The Howell-Farmingdale Alliance has partnered with the Howell Township Police Department, the Howell Township Mayor and Council, Howell Middle School, Howell High School, and a local foundation to produce a new public service announcement, “It Will Take a Community.” The PSA features several members of the community discussing the many ways substance abuse is infiltrating the township, and the different steps allied municipal-
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ities and other participants and residents from the community can and are currently taking to combat the current drug epidemic hitting the area. The seven and a half minute long video, posted to the Howell Township website on December 30, shows local students from all levels, including a first grader, middle school students, and high school students, including one 10th grade student in recovery. The students are all speaking about their experiences with parties with friends and fellow students. There is a steady progression of the personal experiences discussed in the video as the ages of the students speaking increase, showing how parties in the local
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communities are quickly changing by the time a student is in high school to include the introduction of experimenting with alcohol and drugs, such as with marijuana and beer, but can, and statistically often does, progress to much more serious abuse of substances such as prescription pills, and heroin. According to a statistic in the video, 30 percent of middle school students are abusing prescription or over-the-counter drugs. A second statistic the Howell Municipal Alliance lists places Howell Township in the top 5 percent out of all New Jersey towns for residents admitted to treatment facilities for heroin and opiate abuse in 2012. (Epidemic - See Page 4)
–Photo courtesy JCP&L An example of the helicopter JCP&L crews will fly to inspect power lines in Howell this month. HOWELL – The Haverfield Corp. began performing Comprehensive Visual Inspections on the 230kV transmission lines in the JCP&L region starting Januar y 4, using low-f lying helicopters. The CVI patrols on these lines are expected to take three to four weeks for completion and are therefore expected to be
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complete by the end of January, weather permitting. The CVI patrols are a slowspeed, close-up, detailed inspection of the lines and hardware. The helicopter will be f lying slowly (approximately 10 mph) along the lines and will often hover and/or circle for a close inspection of the facilities, (Helicopter - See Page 4)
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