Public Health News

Parents Who Host, Lose The Most!

Do You Know What CAN Happen If You Provide Alcohol For A Minor?

What you should know

  • You could face up to a $10,000 fine and/or jail time
  • You can be sued if they hurt someone, themselves, or damage property
  • It is illegal

What can you do as a parent?

  • Refuse to supply alcohol to teens
  • Avoid easy access to alcohol in your home
  • Supervise teen parties
  • Talk to other parents about alcohol
  • Report underage drinking
  • Create alcohol-free activities in your home
  • Do not serve any alcohol at high-school graduation parties

Did you know...

  • Young people who start drinking before age 15 are five times more likely to have alcohol-related problems later in life?
  • Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death for 15-20 year olds. Nationally 2,200 youth were killed in alcohol-related motor vehicle accidents. NHTS 2003

Sponsered by:
Substance Abuse & Violence Education Council (SAVE),
Public Health, Delta & Menominee Counties and
Healthy Youth Coalition (HYC)
For more information call 786-9639 or 753-4240

Complete Streets

Complete Streets Graphic

Complete streets are streets that work for all users, not just those using a car. Instituting a complete streets policy ensures that transportation agencies routinely design and operate the entire right of way to enable safe access for drivers, transit users and vehicles, pedestrians, and bicyclists, as well as for older people, children, and people with disabilities.

Benefits: Livable Communities

  • Spark economic revitalization
  • Promote healthy lifestyles
  • Increase safety for children, older adults and persons with disabilities
  • Create connected transportation networks
  • Decrease air and water pollution
  • Decrease oil dependence

On Monday, January 9, 2012, the Gladstone City Commission voted unanimously to adopt an ordinance in support of Complete Streets. Gladstone's ordinance becomes the 3rd to be adopted in the Upper Peninsula and the 12th in Michigan. The two other communities in the Upper Peninsula with similar ordinances are Houghton and Ironwood.