GROUP SEEKS DRUG TESTING FOR ATHLETES

GILBERT -- An anti-drug abuse group wants the Mingo County Board of
Education to institute random drug tests of student athletes.

"We're going to try to start pulling together to get Mingo County
athletes drug tested like they do in Logan County. We've got to get
our kids drug free. Those are the kids others look up to," said
Debbie Trent, founder of Strong Through Our Plan, also known as STOP.

Logan County Superintendent Brenda Skibo said the program has worked
well in the three county schools. Only two athletes have tested
positive for drugs in the program's two-year existence.

No one answered the phone Friday at the Mingo County Board of
Education office.