BATTLE MOUNTAIN - Red Ribbon Week, a national program, was held in Battle Mountain from Oct. 29 to Nov. 1 at Battle Mountain Elementary Schools, Eleanor Lemaire Elementary School and Battle Mountain Junior High School.
The program aims to spread awareness of the dangers of drugs and to combat drug abuse. It consisted of numerous speakers at each school. This year's theme was "Hometown Heroes."
Cindy Clark, DK (developmental kindergarten) - counselor, was the coordinator. She was assisted by school district parent/teacher coordinator Krissi Tucker.
"Everyone really enjoyed the Hometown Heroes theme and we are really pleased with how it went," Clark said. "Red Ribbon Week raised drug abuse awareness which is important."
Activities at Battle Mountain Elementary Schools included children writing about who their heroes are and illustrating their stories. Hometown hero Sheriff Ron Unger spoke. Nurse Paula Green spoke on Medical Hero Day. The week also included an appearance by Newmont's Emergency Response Team and a speech by former teacher Lori Price.
At Lemaire Elementary School, students wrote about their heroes and read about super heroes making wise anti-drug choices. They also heard a speech by hometown hero Mitch Domagala and had a lesson on the Meth Project by Clark.
Activities at the junior high included speeches by hometown heroes detectives Mike Rangel and John Dunckhorst, of the TRIDENT Narcotics Task Force.
The staff conducted activities based around the website the methproject.org and students wrote papers about their heroes. Newmont's Emergency Response Team gave a speech and demonstration in the gym for grades DK through third grade and seventh and eighth grade students.
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