Photo courtesy of John D’Esposito
posted
May 2, 2012
(Pictured) Group photo in Fair Haven Travel Center with
staff members Andrea Mithell, Assistant Manager, Peter Laramie, and
Steven Pitanellp.
FAIR HAVEN-Recently, students from Fair Haven Union High
School's Stafford Technical Center's SADD Chapters, the Rutland
Police Explorers, and the Lakes Region Police Cadets did Project
Sticker Shock in four stores in Fair Haven. The team went to the
Shaw's, Fair Haven Travel Center, Fair Haven Smart Shop, and the
Liberty Market, the Fair Haven Liquor Store.
Sticker Shock is a program that is designed to dissuade adults
from buying alcoholic beverages for minors. Sticker Shock also
assists responsible sellers of beer and "alcopops", sugary malt
beverages that were formerly called "wine coolers". Surveys of
teens nationally show that the largest source of alcohol for those
who do drink is from others, rather than stores directly. Males
tend to get beer from their older friends or from people they meet
near the store and ask to buy beer for them. Females tend to get
alcohol
In the future, more stores will be signing on to the Sticker Shock
Program. Sticker Shock places warning signs in the store, with the
consent of the store, that advise people that providing alcohol to
minors is a criminal offense which can carry a possible jail term
of up to five years in jail and/or a fine of up to $10,000 (in
cases where death or serious bodily injury occurs). Additionally,
stickers are put on larger packages of beer and wine coolers (12,
18, 24, and 30 packs), to add additional warnings.
The students were accompanied by Fair Haven Police Officer Sherry
Prouty, the Fair Haven High School Resource Officer and Explorer
Advisor, Fair Haven PD Chief William Humphries, Tina Coltey and
Emily Knapp, the Rutland Area Prevention Coalition's Director and
Assistant Director, Fred Capron, a Lakes Region Police Cadets
Advisor, and John D'Esposito, the SADD Chapter Advisor.
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