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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMeth Advisory Committee 10-10-05 ST. CROIX COUNTY NOTICE OF COMMITTEE MEETING AND AGENDA TO: Chair Clarence Malick, St. Croix County Board FROM: Esther Wentz, Chair COMMITTEE TITLE: Meth Advisory Committee DATE: October 10, 2005 TIME: 3:00 p.m. LOCATION: Room 1281— St. Croix County Government Center 1101 Carmichael Road, Hudson, Wisconsin ROLL CALL ADOPTION OF AGENDA DATE OF NEXT MEETING: October 24, 2005 — St. Croix County Govt. Center, Hudson ACTION ON PREVIOUS MINUTES UNFINISHED BUSINESS: NEW BUSINESS: 1. Subcommittee Reports a. Media Committee b. Brochure Committee C. Booth Committee 2. Report on Signs 3. Meth PowerPoint Presentation 4. Treasurer's Report 5. Set Dates and Times for Future Meetings ANNOUNCEMENTS & CORRESPONDENCE POSSIBLE AGENDA ITEMS FOR NEXT MEETING: ADJOURNMENT SUBMITTED BY: Esther Wentz COPIES TO: County Board Office News Media/Notice Board County Clerk Committee Members *Additions /Changes /Corrections (Agenda not necessarily presented in this order.) 10/3/2005 a St. Croix County Meth Advisory Committee Meeting Minutes, October 10, 2005 Chairman Esther Wentz called the meeting to order at 3:00 p.m. Esther Wentz — verbal roll call Members Present: Esther Wentz, Doreen Rivard, Denise Gunderson, Steve Kirt, Linda Robertson, Katie Deatherage, Dennis Hillstead, Barbara Nelson, David McQuillen Absent: Tom Caflisch, Ann Davey and Cindy Johnson Resignation: Yvonne Larsen has resigned due to other commitments. Linda Robertson will take over Yvonne's job of recording minutes. Steve Kirt and/or Katie Deatherage will take minutes if Linda is not available. Adoption of Agenda — The Research and Linkage Subcommittees were added to the agenda under Subcommittee Reports. A motion was made by Steve to accept the agenda and Denise made a second. Motion Carried. Next Meetings: Monday, October 24 @ 3:00 pm and Monday, November 14 @ 3:00 pm in Rm 1281, St. Croix County Government Center Approval of September 27 meeting minutes — There were some corrections to the minutes. Under "Members Present" Gail Winship and Jan Feyereisen from Work Force Connection implemented (are not in charge of) the W2 Program in the city of River Falls. Under "Other Announcements" paragraph two and three should start with Doreen not Denise. A motion to approve the minutes was first made by Katie and a second by Barb. Motion Carried. UNFINISHED BUSINESS There is no unfinished business so the meeting went directly to the subcommittee updates. NEW BUSINESS SUBCOMMITTEE UPDATES: A. MEDIA COMMITTEE — Barb said the weekly articles to the newspapers are finished. Many newspapers have not printed the articles. Barb said the subcommittee suggested that we establish a relationship with a reporter who will be sympathetic to our mission and print articles on our behalf. Doreen will continue her contact with the New Richmond paper that has written articles on Meth. Linda will contact the Star - Observer in Hudson and Katie will contact River Falls. We still need a contact for Baldwin, Woodville (the county's official newspaper) and Glenwood City. Linda was asked to contact Dana, counselor at the Hudson High School for more information on the event on Saturday October 22 called "Walk Away from Drugs ". Dana said that this event is organized by SAD (Students Against Destructive Behavior). This is the third year and coincides with Red Ribbon Awareness Week, which is the last full week in October (22 -28). Dana said she is seeing less use of Meth at the Hudson High School. She thinks this is due to educating the students about Meth. Also, those who use drugs are seeing the negative effects of Meth on their peers and staying away from it. Dana is interested in being a link with us and us with CCR (Coordinated Community Response). She invited anyone whose interested to the next CCR- Prevention and Education Committee on Nov. 17 At 12 N in the Willow Room, Second Floor of the Hudson Hospital. B. BROCHURE COMMITTEE- Katie is working on the third draft. When she is finished she will give each committee member a copy for his or her review. She has contacts with Lynn Akers from St. Croix Press. She will get cost estimates from Lynn based on number of colors used in brochure, paper weight and number of copies printed. Esther suggested four colors for the brochure. Esther suggested that Dana Baker, the purchasing agent for the county get an alternative bid. David reminded the group that the Rotary Club is interested in financing the brochure and the contact person is Mark Gherty. Denise said the Linkage Subcommittee would like Katie to work on a flyer that could be passed out at the booth events or other informational meetings asking groups/ organizations to partner with us. Steve emphasized that we want organizations not individuals. C. BOOTH COMMITTEE- Doreen said there is a public forum on October 12 at the Osceola Medical Center and she will be there. Also, she will be at the Middle School in St. Croix Falls on October 26 Tim Schultz from the Department of Narcotic Enforcement will be the speaker. There will be three presentations. On Saturday October22, the Hudson High School is sponsoring a walk/run entitled "Walk Away From Drugs" and MADAM will be walking in that event. She will be attending a presentation by Dave Parnell at Ellsworth High School on Oct. 27 at 7pm. He is a former meth user who tried to commit suicide. He will tell his story. You can visit his website at www.facethedragon.com D. LINKAGE COMMITTEE — Steve said the committee would send out a letter to organizations such as Rotary, Lions, and Ministerial Association etc inviting agencies to help us. Steve will contact Norma to see if there is anyway to collaborate with the United Way. Norma works for the county and is on the United Way Board. Esther will talk to Buck about coordinating a community calendar of schools, villages, towns etc in order to find out what each is doing about Meth. On Wed. Oct 12, Sheila Harsdorf and Dave McQuillen will be meeting with the Milwaukee Chapter of Teen Challenge to discuss establishing a chemical dependency treatment site in this area. Teen Challenge in Minneapolis will no longer service Wisconsin residents. Denise suggested that they attend town board meetings to ask the towns to be sponsors for road signs and to use their buildings for meetings. Dennis said there are 17 towns in St. Croix County and they meet quarterly to discuss state and local concerns. Steve said the Ministerial Association will want someone to speck on Meth and we need a group of speakers. Dennis and Steve said it should be members of the community other than themselves, as they have done that often. Denise, Katie, Linda and Doreen are willing. Doreen said MADAM now has an email and website and are receiving calls from the community. She gave an example a call they received. E. RESEARCH COMMITTEE- Linda said that Buzz, a member of this committee, asked his boss to put a public service announcement on the radio and he did. Buzz works at a hardware store in River Falls. The owner Fred Benson has a radio program Mon -Sat after the 9 am news entitled Time to Trade. The Radio Station is WEVR and its 106.3 FM. Fred Benson is the :radio host and he makes public service announcements. It will say: " If you are affiliated with a community organization and if your organization would like to be a part of a county -wide initiative to curb the use of Methamphetam:ine please call the St. Croix County Meth Advisory Committee. Contact Steve; Kirt @ 715- 246 - 8256." This is an example of how to invite service organizations to link with us. Linda gave Katie as list of websites for the brochure as recommended by the Research Subcommittee. 2. REPORT ON SIGNS — Star Prairie Township donated $600 to buy road signs for their area. 3. METH POWERPOINT PRESENTATION- This presentation was viewed and discussed. Some of the data needs to be revised if it is to be used to educate the public such as the demographic data. Katie said the Department of Justice has updates on St. Croix County. Dennis said the data only reflect cases reported to the crime lab so the information can be used as evidence in court. There are many cases that don't go to h court, so there is more Meth use that reported. Dennis also said that we have now surpassed Barron County in Meth cases. Dave said that WI Public Radio would be airing information about Meth and Meth users in 7 -8 minutes segments beginning first Friday in November. 'They will put together a %z hour tape when they are done. Esther asked if we might be able to get a copy of the tape. Dave said there are good videos about Meth. Marathon County produced a Meth video Katie said her aunt is a librarian in New Richmond and she had her check resources on Meth. It only had 2 books but could order more. The Research Subcommittee should make a list of resources the library could order Dave said that Sudafed PE would be on the shelves during flu season. 5. TREASURERS REPORT- Doreen made a deposit of $ 333.46 in the account. Meeting Adjourned at 4:50 pm. Respectfully Submitted Linda M. Robertson