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The SADD Club of Johnson County held a Back to School Bash Bonfire/Fireworks for all Johnson County TN high school students. Approximately 50 students participated in the event. SADD members planned, organized, and implemented the event as a drug free alternative activity. The club held games of corn hole tournament, frozen t-shirt contest, watermelon eating contest, limbo, 3-legged race, tug-o-war, egg toss, wheel barrel race, and chubby bunny; as well as a live DJ. A bonfire was lit at dusk and the Evening ended with a fabulous fireworks show. Concessions were available for purchase.

Parents are highly engaged supervisors of young beginning drivers, but they tend to focus on basics. Turning, stopping, and other vehicle handling skills are often emphasized, rather than higher-order cognitive abilities that are central to safe driving, according to a study recently published by researchers at the University of North Carolina Highway Safety Research Center’s (HSRC) Center for the Study of Young Drivers.