SADD Ralli;
Lonise Bias
featured
speaker
Lonise P. Bias, mother of the
late Len Bias, was the featured
speaker at the Second Annual
Students Against Driving Drunk
(SADD) Rally in early October.
Her son, Len Bias, was the
University of Maryland basketball
player who died as a result of drug
abuse in 1986, just two days after
being drafted by the Boston
Celtics.
“Mrs. Bias takes this personal
loss as a mission to help others
avoid her son’s tragic end. She
’ tours the country addressing
issues on drugs, alcohol, family,
hope and love," stated Venesee
Chapment, spokesperson for Mrs.
Bias, from Maryland.
The rally was held in Lakeside
Student Center and was sponsored
by the college SADD chapter and
Student Development Services.
Challengei Youth
Mrs. Bias’ message is positive as
she challenges youth to wage war
against substance abuse. She
addresses the issue of peer
pressure in an attempt to instill
hope in the lives of youth and steer
them away from substance abuse.
An inmate from the prison
system who is incarcerated for
dnig-related crimes spoke to
students through the Think Smart
Program, to help young people
inow about life in prison.
Booths, displays, information
ibout drugs, and free buttons,
stickers, balloons, and materials
here available to students at the
RaUy.
' TeUofWork
Students shared what they are
doing at their schools to combat
alcohol and drug abuse during a
“Show ’n Tell” time.
The Rally was coordinated by
Roanoke-Chowan Human Services
Center in Union and Chowan
College working with area health
education professionals from four
county Boards of Education.
Area junior high, high school,
college students from all over
Northeastern North Carolina at
tended the SADD Rally, which was
from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Other Speakers
Other featured speakers for the
day included Ted Stone, a minister
and former addict, who talked with
students about the problems of
addiction; and Roxanne Ellington,
an adult child of an alcoholic and
counselor with the Duke Substance
Abuse Program for Youth in
Durham, who discussed the
problems of children of alcoholics.
Funding for the Rally was
provided by area industries in
cluding Eagle Snacks in Rober-
$onville. Union Camp, NCNB, and
civic clubs including Murfreesboro
•Rotary, Murfreesboro Exchange,
Ahoskie Kiwanis, Murfreesboro
Exchangettes, and Murfreesboro
merchants.
AGE SIX —The Chowanian, October, 1988
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