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Deschutes County Board of Commissioners
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AGENDA REQUEST & STAFF REPORT
For Board Business Meeting of August 6, 2008
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DATE: 7/24/08
FROM: Julie Spackman Commission on Children & Families 388-6619
TITLE OF AGENDA ITEM:
Recognition of Robin Marshall with the 2008 Skip Prante Substance Abuse Prevention Award
PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS DATE? No
BACKGROUND AND POLICY IMPLICATIONS:
The prevention recognition award has been made annually since 1995 and honors individuals or groups
who have demonstrated leadership within Deschutes County in regard to reducing the harmful effects
of alcohol and/or other drug abuse to individuals, families or the community at large.
In 1997 the award was named in honor of Rabern “Skip” Prante who, before his death in 1996, had
lived in La Pine and served as a member of the County Alcohol and Drug Planning Committee. Prante
conceived the idea of an annual prevention award to give credit to exemplary efforts by individuals and
groups.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None
RECOMMENDATION & ACTION REQUESTED:
Present Robin Marshall, formerly of the County Prevention Team and the Commission on Children &
Families, the award for her dedication to adolescent substance abuse prevention and the contributions to
her community regarding this effort.
ATTENDANCE: Robin Marshall, Sarah Johnson, Janet Westmoreland & Robin Prante.
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