Lincoln County Meth Initiative (LCMI)

PREVENTION - ENFORCEMENT - TREATMENT

Click on any of these links for more information about the LCMI:
LCMI Brochure*
LCMI Annual Summary
Lincoln County Drug and HOPE Courts
Lincoln County Youth Film Program
Lincoln County Drug Endangered Children (DEC) Program

Lincoln County Youth Film Program

The Lincoln County Youth Film Program features of series of projects in the Lincoln County schools that provides youth with a professional filmmaker-in-residence, state-of-the-art filmmaking equipment, and an annual topic of importance to the Lincoln County community. The film products are written, directed, and produced by youth, with no adult editorial control. The Program is coordinated by Lincoln County District Attorney Rob Bovett, and Ben Hensley and Peter Vince from the Lincoln County School District.

* Methamphetamine Awareness Project (MAP)

MAP is a youth film program that combines education with the art of film-making. MAP is an innovative project originally developed by the Oregon Partnership (our statewide prevention coalition) and the Northwest Film Center.

MAP has a comprehensive web site, which can be reached by clicking on this logo:

The following is a brief summary of the Lincoln County MAP:

2010

Four Lincoln County schools again participated in the Drug Awareness Project (DAP): Career Tech High School, Newport High School, Taft High School, and Toledo High School.

The students produced many more broadcast quality PSA's, which have been premiered and are currently being finished and finalized.

2009

We secured another federal grant to continue the Program in four Lincoln County schools as the Drug Awareness Project (DAP): Career Tech High School, Newport High School, Taft High School, and Toledo High School.

The students produced 12 broadcast quality PSA's, which were premiered and then finalized. some of which have been shown on Oregon television stations.

2007

We secured another federal grant to extend MAP to three more Lincoln County schools: Career Tech High School, Eddyville Charter School, and Siletz Valley School.

Local news stories about the Lincoln County MAP:

News Times (May 18, 2007)
News Times (May 25, 2007)

The end result was 3 broadcast quality public service announcements (PSA's). These PSA's have just been submitted for local broadcast, as well as submitted to the federal government for possible national broadcasting. Click on the links below to view the PSA's in reduced windows media video (wmv) file format (all copyright © 2007 by Lincoln County):

PSA's (.wmv files)
Career Tech	"Breaking the Cycle"
Eddyville Charter School	"Call for Help"
Siletz Valley School	"You Do the Math"

In addition, Siletz Valley School students produced a banner image for the "No Meth Not Here" campaign. The banner has been printed on posters, banners, lawn signs, and more. Here it is:

2005

A 2004 update to the LCMI called for putting Lincoln County on the MAP. Therefore, a part of the federal Lincoln County Meth Grant, with assistance from Congresswoman Darlene Hooley, provided funding for MAP during the 2004-2005 school year (equipment, supplies, and Ed Mellnik, a filmmaker-in-residence from the Northwest Film Center).

Four schools participated in the 2004-2005 school year: Newport High School, Taft Middle School, Toledo High School, and Waldport High School.

The participating MAP teachers were Ollie Richardson (NHS), Michelle McCoy (TMS), Peter Vince (THS), and Kathleen Ritzman and Nick Scharp (WHS).

Local news stories about the Lincoln County MAP:

News Times (Oct 2004)
The News Guard (April 2005)
News Times (Sep 2005)
The News Guard (Sep 2005)

The end result was 12 PSA's and two short documentaries! Five of these powerful broadcast quality PSA's are now being shown on television stations throughout Oregon, as well as having recently been sent to other states and to Canada. Toledo's "The Bust" was even featured in a meth story airing on ABC World News Tonight. Click on the links below to view the PSA's in reduced windows media video (wmv) file format (all copyright © 2005 by Lincoln County):

PSA's (.wmv files)
Waldport High School	"One Time"
Toledo High School	"This is Bobby"
Toledo High School	"The Bust"
Taft Middle School	"Better Things To Do"
Newport High School	"Interview #1"

In addition, Taft Middle School students produced their PSA's in both English and Spanish! The Spanish PSA's are currently being broadcast on Spanish television stations along the West Coast. The Taft Middle School MAP students were also featured in a series of stories aired on KPTV Fox Channel 12!

TAP and UDAP

In addition, the Program has also addressed other important community issues, such as tsunamis and underage drinking. Click on the logos below for more information about those important projects.

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