DRINK CONTEST OFFERS TIPS TO RING IN SOBER SEASON.Byline: Bhavna Mistry Daily News Staff Writer From a Screaming Strawberry to 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. Appeal to a Caribbean Christmas, local bartenders blended together nonalcoholic non·al·co·hol·ic adj. A beverage usually containing less than 0.5 percent alcohol by volume. concoctions Thursday in the sixth annual Sober Solutions Mocktail mock·tail n. A cocktail containing no alcohol. [Blend of mock and cocktail.] Contest. The event was organized by 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 in an effort to increase public awareness about the dangers of drinking and driving, and to demonstrate alternatives to drinking alcohol. ``We want to teach people that there is a sober way to celebrate the holidays without drinking and driving,'' said Sybil Rees, contest co-chairwoman. ``If people are going to drink we want them to designate a driver.'' Applebee's Restaurant, JBones Sports Bar, Red Lobster and Holiday Inn each provided bartenders for the contest, won by JBones bartender Debra Cox with her ``(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 ) Appeal.'' She mixed together orange juice, nondairy non·dair·y adj. Containing no milk or dairy products: nondairy coffee creamer. creamer, chocolate syrup, bananas, vanilla and almond extract with ice in a blender. Then she poured the blend into a cup layered first with chocolate syrup. She topped the concoction with whipped cream, nuts, more chocolate syrup and a cherry. ``It's tastes like a banana split in a glass,'' said Cox, who has been bartending for more than 22 years. ``I worked really hard to get it just right.'' Of the contest, Cox said: ``This just shows a sensible way of entertaining.'' Officials hoped that Thursday's event will continue to increase awareness of the importance of having a designate driver and help to lower driving-under-the-influence deaths in the Antelope Valley. According to Deputy Mike Rice, there have been 29 traffic fatalities in the Antelope Valley so far this year and of those seven have been attributed to people driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol. ``That's lower than what we had last year,'' said Rice, ``but the year's not over yet.'' CAPTION(S): 2 Photos Photo: (1--AV edition only--Color) From left, Cindy Sommer Sommer is a surname, from the German and Danish word for the season "summer". It may refer to:
(2--AV edition only--Color) Brenda Carlson brewed up a ``Holiberry cocktail'' for the contest in Lancaster. Jeff Goldwater/Daily News |
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