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June 20, 2005 Media Release: PR0605-06 |
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DEA and National Guard Present Book Covers Designed By Public School Students |
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(Hagåtña, Guam) Every October is Red Ribbon Week for the Guam Resident Agency of the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Guam National Guard who got together last year and held a poster contest. Their message and theme is for students to keep away from drugs and to also reflect back on the memory of a DEA agent killed in the line of duty several years ago. To keep the message on the minds of school children all over Guam, book covers were produced from the posters created last year. Funding from a 5K run and other sources helped defray the costs of producing several thousand covers donated to the students in the Guam Public School System. Jeff Silk, DEA Resident Agent in Charge along with officers and soldiers of the Guam National Guard, presented Superintendent of Schools Juan Flores with the colored glossy covers that will be distributed to students throughout the district. “We want to keep the message of the dangers of drugs in the forefront of Guam’s students and to also remember one of the agency’s fallen agents.” said Silk. Silk says the mission is one of enforcement of the drug laws of the United States, but also one of education, prevention, and treatment. “We try to make it fun for the kids doing these posters and it also educates them as well.” said silk. Education Senator Larry F. Kasperbauer lauded the groups endeavor. “This is a great example of\ positive partnership. The effort of the Department of Justice, Drug Enforcement Administration and the Guam National Guard’s Counter-Drug Program to educate our island’s youth about the harmful effects of substance abuse is a critical component in our fight against drugs,” stated Kasperbauer. “The initiative to print a drug free message on a book cover is an excellent idea. With the book covers, it is reinforced into our schoolchildren on a daily basis that drugs are not good for them. And of course the added benefit of the free book cover is that expensive textbooks will be protected.” said Kasperbauer. |