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SEDONA RED ROCK HIGH SCHOOL seniors, from left, Corey
Miller, Brian Hoyer and Garrett Debs, flip through new yearbooks
handed out Friday, May 21, by the yearbook staff. The book, titled
Tom Hood/Larson Newspapers
"Re-de-fine," contains photos of moments captured during the
2009-10 school year. Seniors say their final farewell during the
graduation ceremony Wednesday, May 26.
Vernier said program has helped in Sedona
From Page 1A
80.6 percent admitted to
using alcohol. Two years after
MATForce started, the percentage
dropped to 78.9. For 10th grade
the percentage went from 77.7 to
68.3 and eighth grade dropped
from 51.8 percent in 2006 and to
49.7 percent by 2008.
Use of marijuana showed
similar decreases, but with meth-
amphetamine the decreases were
more drastic. Twelfth-grade
students went from 6.1 percent
admitting use in 2006 to 3.5
percent in 2008. Tenth-grade
figures dropped from 3.7 percent
to 2.7 percent and eighth grade
numbers decreased from 2.7
percent to 1.3 percent.
Within MATForce people saw
a problem with drugs and were
anxious to do something about it,
Bartosh said.
More than 300 community
members became involved in the
fight against drug use through
MATForce. A Dump the Drugs
program was instituted and has
taken nearly one ton of over-the-
counter and unused prescription
drugs out of the hands of abusers,
especially teens. MATForce insti-
tuted a speakers' bureau; helped
put decals on school buses; put
substance abuse messages on
movie theater screens; put box
topper advertisements on pizza
boxes; produced and distributed
thousands of pens, lip balm,
T-shirts, cups, bumper stickers
and Faces of Meth posters.
MATForce has participated
in multiple community events;
placed large banners across key
community streets; organized
"The most important element with
MATForce is it is not just one entity;
it's everybody in the community."
Doug Bartosh
MATForce Yavapai County Substance Abuse Coalition
community forums; and trained
coalition members on drug
use identification, substance
abuse trends and other relevant
topics.
The coalition has provided
materials to schools, imple-
mented youth video and poster
contests, conducted parenting
classes, created a service provider
resource directory, created a
recovery coaching program and
other assistive programs.
One of the biggest events i~s
the annual March Against Meth
parade in Cottonwood, along
with a community fair.
The list is long for a 4-year-old
organization, Bartosh said.
"[Cottonwood] was the first
to put Sudafed behind the
counter, which put a halt to easy
access of the main ingredient
in the manufacture of metham-
phetamine, pseudoephedrine.
Mexico has made pseudoephed-
rine illegal. That has cut off the
supply as well," Bartosh said.
"Unfortunately, rural areas are
experiencing 'smurfing.' Drug
addicts get kids to buy Sudafed,
then they make their meth."
Due to this new trend,
MATForce is looking at getting
legislation passed to make pseu-
doephedrine prescription-only.
"We don't want to see that
epidemic return," Bartosh said.
Having a number of people
from different agencies involved
has allowed the group to keep up
with the new trends in the drug
world. For example, Bartosh said
MATForce knew prescription
drugs would fill the void left by
the lack ofmethamphetamine.
"This has been a county-wide
effort. Sheila Polk really deserves
a lot of credit. It was her vision,"
Bartosh said.
Bartosh's drive behind
MATForce stemmed from his
first year as the Cottonwood
Police Department chief.
"We had six drug-related
homicides in 2005: The one
on State Route 260 where four
people were killed by someone
driving with meth in his system.
Then there were two people at
an apartment complex killed by
a man on meth," Bartosh said.
"Since then we've had one,
maybe two."
Another way Bartosh said he
knows MATForce has made an
MATForc.e
Receives National
Honor
In 2009, MATForce Yavapai
County Substance Abuse
Coalition received the
Community Anti-Drug
Coalitions of America Got
Outcomes Coalition of
Excellence Award in the
Milestones Category.
"It's really an honor because
there are about 5,000 coali-
tions across the country,"
MATForce Co-Chairman Doug
Bartosh said, "We got the
recognition because of the
success we've seen since
MATForce began."
impact is through conversations
with narcotics officers.
"They tell me it's tougher
to get a buy on any drugs, and
they're not seeing as much
meth," Bartosh said.
For more information about
MATForce, call 708-0100.
Lu Stitt can be reached at
282-7795, ext. 122, or e-mail
lu @ larsonnewspapers.com
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Works Department is requesting
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entire city, including construc-
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government agencies, and resi-
dents and tourists whose activities
may result in water pollution.
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system handles.
he Storm Water Quality
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updated program was submitted
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approved Sept. 5, 2008.
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