A River of Booze - The South Fork www.TheCitizensWhoCare.org Background Party Dispersal April 8, 2016 June 3, 2018 Four wrecks in Brookings Harbor: Party up the river Victims lose limbs in recent car crashes Keep Kids Safe Pilot 7/25/18 Fact-Check Drunk Driving Fatalities Oregon Alcohol-Impaired Driving Fatality Data - 2016 Random Drug Tests Curry County School District Policies Teen Drinking Binge Drinking "How Many Drinks Did They Have?" Blood Alcohol Content (BAC) Estimator Chart Addiction Did a friend post this picture of you? They might have Dads & Moms: How would you like to see your daughter on one of these web sites? Lessons We Learned from the Drunk Girls of MySpace , Drunk Girls , More drunk girls These photo ops happen at South Fork and a number of other spots in Curry County, especially during the Spring and Summer months. Once they hit the Internet they are virtually impossible to scrub. Roofies - Street name for Rohypnol Sexual Abuse Oregon Law permits parents to let their kids drink at home Oregon has a state law that allows underaged drinking "in home". However, Lane County has gone beyond that Underage drinking and driving Liability Laws Make Parents Responsible for Underage Drinking in Their Home Should Parents Let Teens Drink At Home? Should parents let underage teens drink at home? 50% do, survey says Teens Drinking at Home: Can I Just Take Their Keys? Teen Drinking Prevention Do I have a Drug or Alcohol Problem? Talk with your kids about alcohol & drugs Safety Tips for Riding with Friends Ways to have Fun Without Drinking Pride Surveys - Confidential Curry County student responses - 2010-2023 Top 10 Oregon counties for prescribing opioids - Curry County No. 1 Why Can’t My Kid Stop Using Opioids? Contact Us South Fork Background Back in 2012, when I (Gordon Clay) was involved with the Curry County Commission on Children and Families and a card-carrying member of the Curry County Drug Free Communities Coalition, I went through a Party Dispersal Training from the Curry County Sherif's department (2015?) put on by two officers from Minnesota, I believe. At the time, BHHS teacher's knew of every party in advance from their connection with students. The problem was within Law Enforcement. Brookings police didn't have jurisdiction or funding to cover the South Fork and the Sheriff's department had limited resources and staff to intervene. In another email I was told "Technically, this is a class A misdemeanor, therefore the police, sheriff, and DA don't bother." April 8, 2016 On Friday, April 8, 2016 there was a very large party at South Fork (over 100 kids). According to sources who were there "Mostly Seniors and Juniors present." "...there was about 500 beers, supplied by who knows who." "Apparently at the party there was pot and perhaps other stuff, certainly including alcohol." "Known drug dealers, local and from out of town, were there." "These kids are now buying and selling pills as well. morphine, oxycontin, LSD, heroin, roofies and others have been mentioned." "While law enforcement monitor's the Internet for activity, they can't see the instant messaging." A copy of an Instigram I have that was sent on May 29 at 1:08pm before another party by a known dealer read "Need bud." which is code that there will be marijuana available at the party, "Some varsity baseball players tried to start a fight." "The reason the fight started basically is "sex". It wasn't rape, but the girl was by her own admission "so drunk I don't remember exactly what happened", but I'm sure it's (sex at least) happened up there before, maybe not that night." (Editor's Note: If she was not in a condition to clearly say "Yes." it probably was rape and second, note the results that 11th grade Curry County students gave to the question "Ever physically forced you to have sex?" from the 2009-2023 Pride Surveys.) "It's hard to say who has bullied and harassed, but typically it resides in mostly the Junior and Senior Athletes (upper class men) upon Freshmen and some Sophomores. It's getting worse and certainly out of control in some areas." "It seems like the athlete's believe that they won't be caught because not much is being done." My dream is 1. Members of the Curry County Local Public Safety Coordinating Council (LPSCC) develop a coordinated plan the stage a Party Dispersal event at least once a year upriver of Brookings and Gold Beach. 2. Insure that all school districts in Curry County adopt a Random Drug Testing policy 3. and actually implement the policies throughout the 2018/19 school year including levying consequences for test failures, as outlined in the policies I hope this and other efforts are made before another student gets raped or gets killed on the drive back from South Fork or other popular underage drinking spots. - Gordon Clay ©2007-2023, www.TheCitizensWhoCare.org/south-fork.html or https://bit.ly/2JmF5lx 072518