ALCOHOL-FREE FUN PARTY HAILS ANTI-DRUNK-DRIVING EFFORTS.Byline: Greg Botonis Staff Writer LANCASTER - At a celebration Thursday of nonalcoholic non·al·co·hol·ic adj. A beverage usually containing less than 0.5 percent alcohol by volume. drinking, three Antelope Valley cops were honored for taking scores of drunk drivers off the road. In the combined ceremony, the Holiday Inn of Palmdale/Lancaster won by default for its ice cream blended drink, and sheriff's Deputies William Buss and Frank Roth and Officer Perry Heidelbrink of the California Highway Patrol earned kudos for stopping those driving under the influence. ``We want people to be the life of the party and live,'' said Sybil Rees, director of the Antelope Valley Designated Driver designated driver Public health A person at a social function who volunteers, or is 'volunteered' to chauffeur inebriated revellers chez elles at festivity's end. Cf Squash it. Coalition, which sponsored the 11th annual Mocktail mock·tail n. A cocktail containing no alcohol. [Blend of mock and cocktail.] Competition. ``This gives people the opportunity to see that you can have a good time and it doesn't have to involve alcohol.'' Buss, assigned to the Lancaster station, made 60 DUI arrests last year. He has been with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department This article is about the Los Angeles County Sherriff's Department, not to be confused with the smaller Los Angeles County Police The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department (LASD) is a local law enforcement agency that serves Los Angeles County, California. since 1985 and was assigned to Lancaster eight years later. Roth was honored by his Palmdale station and the city of Palmdale for his efforts - though officials said they hadn't tallied his totals yet. Roth is a training officer whose job includes teaching rookies to identify and test drunk-driving suspects. ``What we're really here for today is to recognize those officers who are doing their part in the war against drunk driving,'' said sheriff's Capt. Tom Pigott of the Lancaster station. For the second consecutive year, the CHP's Heidelbrink won the award - this time with 108 driving-under-the-influence arrests. Heidelbrink added the award to the two others presented over the past two years by the Mothers Against Drunk Driving Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) is a nonprofit organization with more than 600 chapters nationwide. MADD seeks to find effective solutions to the problems of drunk driving and underage drinking, while also supporting those persons whose relatives and friends have been killed by drunk organization. He also will receive another MADD MADD Mothers Against Drunk Drivers Public health An organization that advocates stricter legislation against DUI and underage drinking, and provides support services for victims of DUI collisions. See DUI. award this year. ``It's kind of what I like to do,'' Heidelbrink said of his drunk-driving enforcement. ``It's great that there's people that care enough about (DUI enforcement) to recognize us.'' CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1 -- color) Hotel catering manager Laurie Cook, left, helps bartender James Uccello mix a Courage, Trust and Justice ``mocktail.'' (2 -- color) Twins Paige, left, and Rylee Smith, 4, show off drinks and cookies for dad Brian Smith, a CHP CHP Chapter CHP Combined Heat and Power CHP California Highway Patrol CHP Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi (Turkish: Republican People's Party) CHP Chemical Hygiene Plan (OSHA) CHP Community Health Plan captain honored Thursday, while he holds a friend's baby, Taylor. Jeff Goldwater/Staff Photographer |
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