'Substance-free'
party a big splash for area residents
Coal
Valley News - Published:
Thursday,
June 19, 2008 8:11 AM CDT
As the summer heat index keeps climbing, residents in southern
West Virginia are flocking to one of the area’s most popular - and undeniably
one of the coolest – destinations: WaterWays Pool.
Three hundred and forty-three Boone County residents, children, youth and
adults, attended and enjoyed an evening of water fun that included water slides,
a lazy river, Olympic-sized swimming pool, put-put golf, and plenty of splashes
and smiles.
Special guests were the youth from the
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complimentary dinner and informational materials were given to attendees.
Information packets shared statistics on tobacco, drug and alcohol use in
For instance, did you know that, according to the West Virginia Substance Abuse
Indicator Profiles, Boone County is among a group of four counties that lead
the state in the percentage of people 26 years of age and older that consume
alcohol, or that Boone County has a high mortality rate related to tobacco use?
Stop Watch has been working on substance abuse prevention since 2006. Anyone
interested in substance abuse prevention is welcome to attend the next
coalition meeting on Thursday, June 19 at 12 Noon at Park
Avenue Restaurant in
Other area organizations scheduled to utilize WaterWays this summer include the
Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts, several church youth groups and schools.
Contact Joanie Newman at jnewman@coalvalleynews.com
or call 369-1165.