Butte Falls bulletin., January 01, 2001, Image 2

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H om e Tow n C hristm as- A Success
by Lori Paxton
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C o ps C o m er- by M el R ay
The B ute Fails P olice D epartm ent
hopes everyone had a very M erry
C hristm as and w ishes you a
H appy N ew Year, 8 w ould like to
thank everyone that w as involved
w ith the Santa N ight at the
C om m unity C enter. I couldn ’ t
believe how m any young people
show ed up. The com m unity
center w as packed. Thanks to the
A ctive C lub for putting on such a
great program .
I have been hearing about under
age drinking. This has got to
stop! A nyone under the age of 21
w ho drives a vehicle and has any
am ount of alcohol in their blood
is subject to the DUID law s. This
m eans you can lose your license
for one year, a $3000.00 fine and
you m ust com plete an alcohol
treatm ent program w hich costs
around $000.00. N ot only that,
your insurance rate w ill go sky
people die due to drinking and
high. That ’ s if you don ’ t hurt or
kill som eone. If you kill som eone
the penalties can be as high as 5
driving. Please, if you m ust drink,
years in jail and a $10,000 fine.
don ’t drive and if you m ust drive,
T hink about w hat you are doing
don ’ t drink. O fficer Teresi and m y ­
self are available for anyone w ho
needs a ride hom e w ithin the
B u te Falls com m unity. (N ot just
w ithin the cattle guard).
before it ’ s too late.
Tragically each year thousands of
M elvin W . R ay
C hief of P olice
W e have had a couple of
instances w here trash has been
spread all © ver the tow n. This is
your tow n and you should re ­
spect how clean it is kept. A ny ­
one w ho is caught w ill be cited for
littering. The fine is $1100.00 for
$
the first offense.
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W e are so happy that Santa Night was a
success. O f course, we couldn ’t have done
it without all of the volunteers that helped
m ake it happen. First and for m ost... thank
you to the people that donated m oney. You
m ade it possible to have such a wonderful
night. The dinner I hear was a huge
success. W e also want to thank our
helpers.... Lori Biando, Leanna Cool, Ed
and Donna Arnold, Patti Shafer, M arilyn
Colem an, Terry Schultz, Roni Burg,
Sherrie Ellis, Dale Norling, Dale
Thom pson, Don Ham ann, Lawrence
Hunsaker, Kyrstal Hoppes, Jocelyn Burg,
Pastor John Adam s, M arsha Stewart and
the High School Choir, the Cheerleaders
and Kim Boyd, Joyce Brown for the use of
the Grade School kitchen, all the m en that
helped m ove the piano (extra thanks for
saving the day), and of course Santa
Clause... it wouldn ’t have been the sam e
without you.... Great job! If I ’ve left anyone
out please forgive m e. W e want to give
thanks to the people of Butte Falls for
having such warm and open hearts this
season and through out the year. You are
wonderful! M ay you and your fam ily be
healthy and happy this com ing year.
(A note from Cory .... I would like
everyone to know that Lori Paxton did a
wonderful job at organizing this whole
thing... it was a lot of work and she did not
let one thing get forgotten. W hen you see
her please tell her how m uch you enjoyed
it. If you didn ’t, then keep your com ments
to yourself. Just kidding, of course.) She
did a great job!