OPINION ON DRUG AWARENESS COMMITTEE UNINFORMED

You must have needed to fill some space in your Apr. 27 edition so
you, unfortunately, chose to print Dick Easton's uniformed view of the
activities of the Drug Awareness Committee.

City Council has been wise enough to support the efforts of a group of
people who work with youth and have the best interests of the
community as a main goal.

If, as charged, the Boys and Girls Club, FCSS, AADAC, the RCMP, Child
and Family Services and the Elk Island Public Schools to name some of
the organizations in this partnership "have little knowledge or
appreciation" of the issues then our community is in more difficulty
that even Dick's fertile imagination could envision.

Perhaps Dick should get off of his thesaurus and spend some time
speaking to a committee member so his uninformed comments will not
raise any questions about his ethics. After all Dick, temperance
begins at home.

Glen Buchan

Volunteer Member

Drug Awareness Committee