News-Register Previews Jan. 8 "Youth and Alcohol" Forum

Art Limann from the News-Register wrote an article about the upcoming "Youth and Alcohol: How Do We Keep Our Children Safe and Healthy" forum that will be held Friday, Jan. 8, in Moundsville.

Interviewed in the article was Latrisha Whitelatch, the Marshall County Family Resource Network's substance abuse prevention director and a member of the Marshall County Anti-Drug Coalition. You can find the article here.

The forum itself will be held at 11 a.m. in the first-floor conference room at the Historic Federal Building, 324 7th St., Moundsville. The event is free and refreshments will be provided.

The forum is being sponsored by the Marshall County Anti-Drug Coalition, the Marshall County Family Resource Network and the West Virginia Center for Civic Life. In 2009, the Center for Civic Life had picked Marshall County for a pilot project to build citizen involvement in preventing underage drinking. Marshall County was one of only three West Virginia counties picked to participate in the project.

Copies of a discussion guide specially prepared for the event will be handed out at the event, and are also available online.

For more information about the Jan. 8 forum or to register, please contact the FRN at (304) 845-3300 or email marshallcountyfrn@comcast.net.