PLAINFIELD ANTI-DRUG MARCH DRAWS YOUTH

PLAINFIELD -- Denouncing drugs from pot to crack more than 50 youth
took to the pavement in an anti-drug march in three communities
Saturday morning.

The Plainfield Committee for Drug Free Youth marchers shouted phrases
like "Drugs are bad, we are rad," and "What are we? Drug free!" as
they walked along neighborhood roads. The march began at 9 a.m. at
the Plainfield Little League, then continued at Moosup Elementary
School before a last stop in a Wauregan neighborhood by the former Mill Store.

The event marked the 18th Annual March Against Drugs. It was part of
National Red Ribbon Week, which begins Oct. 23. Red Ribbon Week is a
national campaign to present a unified and visible commitment toward
a drug free America. Plainfield has been active in the program since 1988.

Heather MacIntosh, a 17-year-old Plainfield High School senior walked
alongside Naomi Watts, 16, also a Plainfield High School student, in Wauregan.

"It's fun to hang out with people who have the same goal," MacIntosh,
of Moosup, said. "And it gets the point across that there are
students who believe in this."