Beech Tree News Network

Butler County Drug-Free Community Coalition was recently awarded a federal drug-free communities grant of $125,000 per year for five years. This grant gives us the opportunity to work with our school system, local businesses, law enforcement, Chamber of Commerce, and local churches. With the grant, we were able to appoint a board of directors and 12 sectors within the county. Our board members are Karla Coles- Chairperson, Kaitlin Harrison- Vice Chairperson, Stacha Murphy- Treasurer, and Tiffany Norris- Secretary. The grant also requires us to choose people from all sectors of our county, such as the school, media, youth, parent, youth-serving organization, business, religious, civic/volunteer, healthcare, experienced local government, law enforcement, and other. The member of each sector are Robert Tuck, Diane Dyer, Dalys Bishop, Daisy Bishop, Darrell Deweese, Josh Scott, Jimmy Flener, Jessica Johnson, Kathy Thweatt, Scottie Ward, and Tracy Cowles.

If you would like to know more about the B.C. Drug Free coalition please contact Rhonda Vaughn [email protected] or Ali Johnson [email protected].