Kirby, Don Gaster, Jeff Graham, Liz Medcalf, Trina Nightengale, Gene Morgan

Attendees: Lyndsey Baker, Royce Douty, Ashton DeWitt, Jesse Ketterman, Bill Mackay, John

Kirby, Don Gaster, Jeff Graham, Liz Medcalf, Trina Nightengale, Gene Morgan

I.Upcoming Coalition Meetings

-11/18/2015—3pm—Osborne Newman Center

-December—TBA

II.Welcome, Introductions, and Announcements

-Bobcat Court incident—Jesse provided an overview of the occurrence. Since Sunday, surveillance cameras have been placed in the area and state police have been stationed in the area in addition to increased presence of other local law enforcement agencies. Of the two victims, the ACM student received more critical injuries as he was stabbed in the chest. The FSU student has been released from the hospital and is home recovering. No further information was available as the investigation is ongoing. Don Gaster reported that he is concerned of the large gatherings occurring. He was notified by police that another large gathering occurred Monday night around 5pm.

-Homecoming at FSU this Thursday-Sunday (Oct. 15-18) Law enforcement will have additional patrols this weekend. The FCC is supporting many OT hours this weekend for FPD, FSUPD, and ACSO. Saturday night there is going to be a dance held in the P.E. Center students, alumni, and guests. Of most concern with this dance is when it ends and 1,000+ people are leaving the area.

-Tobacco grant opportunity in partnership with Kick Masters Karate Systems. After a conversation with Master

Rando of KMK, it was decided not to apply for the tobacco grant this year.

-October is National Medicine Abuse Awareness Month. Jesse shared some information provided by CADCA— Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America. He advised prescription drug abuse is much harder to detect in students than other drugs. It’s difficult to know how much and what is being abused.

-MRHS AlcoholEdu results from the 2014-2015 school year—Highlights of the data are as follows: (AlcoholEdu was administered in Nov. 2014 and April 2015 with 162 students participating)

o38% of your students have never had a drink of alcohol (vs. 47% in ‘14). Among those who have, 37%

have had a drink within the last 2 weeks (up from 31% last year).

oMarijuana use by your students is 17% (up from 10% in 2014) vs. the national average of 8.3% (9.8 in

‘14).

oAmong students who drink, 10% were age 12 or younger when they first started drinking, putting them at risk for developing a problem with alcohol.

oMountain Ridge High students are most commonly obtaining alcohol from a friend (38%) or someone in their family who is over 21 (21%).

oWhile a majority of students who drink did not experience negative consequences as a result of their drinking, 73% report having a hangover and 42% report forgetting where they were or what they did.

oMountain Ridge High students reported that some of the most important reasons not to drink are because they don’t have to drink to have a good time (54%) and that they have other things to do (53%)

oAfter completing AlcoholEdu for High School, 79% reported that the course was helpful in guiding them to make healthy decisions about alcohol.

oThe mean test score increased 53% between the Pre-Test (51%) and Final Exam (78%).

-MD-College Alcohol Survey results from spring 2015 at FSU—Jeff provided each member with a copy of the data

and highlighted interesting key points throughout the report. Some key points are as follows:

oSenior FSU students report drinking at very high risk levels more so than any under classman.

oMarijuana users also tend to be high-or very high-risk drinkers.

oThe more marijuana and alcohol the student uses the lower their GPA.

-EOY Report for DFC submission—April, Ashton, and Lyndsey worked on the report for DFC

year one—October 1, 2014-September 30, 2015.

-Group of FSU students to attend the November Coalition Meeting—Please prepare your questions in advance

III.Upcoming Events with FCC Information Tables (The highlighted events indicate volunteers are still needed)

-Friday, October 16, 2015 Mountain Ridge Football vs. Northern (Homecoming Game)—Trina Nightengale and

Lyndsey Baker

-Friday, October 30, 2015 Mountain Ridge Football vs. Fort Hill (Allegany Radio Sponsorship)—Jeff Graham and

Jesse Ketterman

-Kick Master Bully Prevention/Youth Empowerment Day: November 14, 2015 9am-noon

IV.Strategies: Prevention, Engagement, and Deterrence

Approach / Strategy / Point of Contact / Updates and Progress
Prevention
Prevention / AlcoholEdu for high
school and university / Lyndsey Baker
April Baer
Spencer Deakin / Notes:
-FSU: 785 incoming Freshman completed part one of AlcoholEdu. Part two is a 30 day follow-up. Completion results will be available soon
-MRHS: Health classes have been scheduled for December 8-11 and the
30 day follow-up on January 8.
Social Marketing
Campaign
-Talk they hear you
-Above the Influence
-PWH
-The Real Deal
-Reality Check
-Parent Mailers / Ashton Graham (Poster) Joe Caporale (Radio)
Liz Medcalf (Media) Lyndsey Baker (billboards) / Notes:
-Red Ribbon Week October 26-30.
MRHS is receiving bracelets, lollipops, and pencils for SADD students to disperse.
-4th Annual Sloppy Zombie posters went out this week at FSU in time for Homecoming and Halloween.
-Upcoming billboard reservation for
11/30-12/27. SADD students are going to design the board.
-Radio: From 8/31-9/27 ran 90 spots on Q94 and from 8/1-11/29 running 240 spots on WCMD AM (MRHS football sponsorship) Ad to air in rotation include Don’s community living ad, BuzzKill ad, Tip Hotline, and Lyndsey’s website ad.
Prevention / -Parents Who Host Pledges: so far this
semester, 171 pledge cards have been collected.
FCC Website and
Social Media Sites / Ashton Graham / Notes:
-Bluetooth Drawing Giveaway
-winner on 9/29
-next drawing 10/19
-From January-September, almost
1400 visits have been tracked to our website. www.frostburg.edu/coalition
-Twitter followers = 138
-Facebook Likes = 296
-Instagram followers = 66
Prevention / Brief Alcohol
Screening Intervention College Students (BASICS) / Don Swogger
Lyndsey Baker / Notes:
-3 students out of approximately 30 violators have been identified to go through the BSI program so far this semester.
The Real Deal Program
Presentation / Lyndsey Baker
Gene Morgan / Notes:
-Lyndsey will facilitate the clicker presentation to Health Classes at MRHS on December 8.
-MSMS and WMS still need scheduled!!
FCC Info – Community
Tables / Lyndsey Baker
Gene Morgan / Notes:
-Last two fall tables coming to an end this month.
-On 10/7 at MRHS girls’ soccer, 50
Community Awareness Surveys were collected.
Engagement / Cooperating Alcohol
Agreement (CAA)
-TIPS Training
-Social Marketing / Lyndsey Baker / Notes:
-8/30 = 17 BURG Students became
TIPS trained for concessions.
-9/12 = 16 staff from F Bar, Outback, and Zen Shi
-Current TIPS Trained: 249 to date
-Jeff shared that a student was charged with using a fake ID after he was unable to get into Byrnsies Sandlot, Wild Things, and Zen Shi. Wild Things notified police of the invalid ID.
Engagement / bWell Housing
Community / April Baer / Notes:
-No updates
TIPS for the University / Jeff Graham / Notes:
-36 Resident Advisors were trained this fall.
-April trained staff from Safe
Ride this past Sunday.
-Fraternities and Sororities are being scheduled soon.
Deterrence / Student Email
Messages / Jeff Graham / Notes:
-Student email message will be sent out for Halloween using the sloppy zombie poster image.
-Also, we are partnering with
the BURG peer educator students to design a 2 sided postcard to hand out in the LUC with the zombie poster on one side and tips for safe partying
on the other.
Knock and Talks / Scott Donahue / Notes:
-From 8/26-10/8: 34 Knock and
Talks
Deterrence / Law Enforcement
Summit / Jesse Ketterman / Notes:
Next meeting: January 2016
Saturation Patrols / Chief Douty (FPD)
Lt. Donahue (FSUPD) Lt. Cutter (ACSO) / Notes:
September Patrols:
-FPD = 104 hours
-FSUPD = 80 hours
-ACSO = 58.5 hours
242.5 additional patrol hours
October Patrols:
-FPD = 72 hours
-FSUPD = 72 hours
-ACSO = 45 hours
189 additional patrol hours
**Homecoming October 15-18
**Halloween October 31 (Saturday)
Deterrence / GIS Mapping / Ashton Graham / Notes:
-No updates
Tip Hotline / Don Gastor
Lt. Ralston / Notes:
-September 2014 – 8 calls
-September 2015 – 2 calls
-Ads are running each Friday in October in the Frostburg Express newspaper.
Deterrence / Party Houses / Jeff Graham / Notes:
-Safe Ride flagged houses
-Off-campus Housing Database
-55 Bowery meets criteria of a party house.
-7 properties have two violations.