NEWS RELEASE
INDEPENDENCE COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT

DATE: October 19, 2007

RED RIBBON WEEK SET TO BE OBSERVED OCTOBER 22-26, 2007

The week of October 22-26, 2007 will be observed nationally
as Red Ribbon Week to educate America’s youth on the
dangers of alcohol and drug abuse. First begun as a
grassroots effort in 1986, it is expected over 80 million
people will participate in Red Ribbon Week activities this
year. Red Ribbon Week was began as an effort to educate
children about drug abuse in memory of U.S. Drug Enforcement
Administration Special Agent Enrique Camarena. SA Camarena
was abducted, tortured and murdered by drug traffickers in
1985 while on an assignment in Mexico.

Citizen’s Bank of Batesville has donated wrist bands with
the inscription ‘Proud to be Drug Free’ to local schools.
Every schoolchild in Independence County will receive a wrist
band. School Resource Officers from the Independence County
Sheriff’s Department will visit local schools during the week
to hand out wrist bands and speak to students.

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