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NADAA Announces Annual Award Recipients at January 9th Winter Banquet with Keynote Address by Senator Tony Fulton
NADAA held its annual Winter Banquet January 9th at the Auburn 4-H Building. This year, NADAA's Executive Board voted to purchase perpetual plaques for the coalition's awards which will be displayed at the Nemaha County Courthouse. These plaques will have award information at the top and name plates listing the award winners for each year. This year's awards were presented as follows:
Youth Leadership District 29: Brandon Petet
Youth Leadership District 23: Chelsey Mowen
Partner in Prevention: Dale and Maxine Schatz
President's Award: Region V Systems
Meritorious Service: Auburn Optimists Club
Scott Riley, Laura Teten and Brent Comstock were all recognized with Honorable Mention certificates having been nominated for the youth awards.
NADAA Director Laura Osborne welcomed attendees noting that last year's banquet incorporated a cruise ship theme. However, the work of a substance abuse prevention coalition does not allow time for sitting by the pool and enancing one's tan. Rather, coalition members are together in battle against substance abuse, and for that reason, the committee worked with a battleship theme for this year's banquet.
Banquet decor included displays focusing on the coalition's areas of work, referred to for the evening as "battle stations", and included art from World War II posters. Flags, anchors and other patriotic decor was used to highlight the evening's theme.
The keynote address was given by Senator Tony Fulton. Fulton is an Auburn High School graduate and currently lives and works in Lincoln where is is serving in the unicameral. He spoke about legislation that he recently championed to require ignition interlock use by convicted DUI offenders.
In his comments, Fulton related the story of a little girl and her father walking to the local McDonald's near their home to get ice cream. On the way, a convicted drunk driver whose license was suspended was again driving under the influence, lost control of the vehicle, and crashed into the little girl's father killing him. He also noted that ignition interlock legislation came into the spotlight when Nebraskans Larry and Rita Bellar and Edward and Alice Ramaekers were killed by a repeat offender drunk driver in New Mexico. The vehicle in which those Nebraska couples were travelling in that day was displayed by NADAA in the Nemaha County fair parades this year. Fulton noted that the ignition interlock system is one more weapon available for use in the battle against substance abuse.
The banquet also included a slide show of 2009 coalition activities and events in photos. NADAA Director Laura Osborne concluded the evening by reminding everyone that the next coalition meeting was set for January 19th, 4 pm at Auburn High School, and she challenged everyone to bring a guest to that meeting - including the youth in that challenge.
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NADDA Winter Banquet 2010 Slide Show 
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Mission Statement
We are a group of citizens and organizations working together to improve and maintain the health and safety of all citizens of Nemaha County, Nebraska including the reduction of substance abuse among youth.
Goals
- Reduce substance abuse among youth, and over time amoung adults, by addressing the factors in Nemaha County that increase the risk of substance abuse amd promote factors that minimize the risk of substance abuse.
- Promote drug, alcohol, and health education programs for all citizens in Nemaha County.
- Establish and strengthen collaboration among communities, private non-profit agencies and federal, state, tribal, and local governments to support the efforts of NADAA to prevent and reduce substance abuse among youth.
- Participate in Drug Fund Coalition grants.
- Participate in the countywide and regional prevention system.
Short history
NADAA is a coalition of individuals, organizations, and businesses from across Nemaha County who have joined together to combat substance abuse. This includes abuse of both legal and illegal drugs as well as underage drinking and abuse of alcohol by adults. The coalition was founded in August, 2005 at the inspiration of Monty Lovelace.