Lisbon HS Students Attend NHTSA Conference‏

Lisbon - On April 28, 2010, Ashley Beaulieu, President of the Lisbon High School Student Against Destructive Decisions, (S.A.D.D.) and Dillon Pesce, S.A.D.D. Vice President, traveled to Augusta to meet with the national experts on highway safety.   Students discussed issues from around the state, and across the country, addressing the topic of impaired driving. The two high school students presented work members of the Lisbon High School S.A. D. D. chapter has completed over the past several years in the community, attempting to reduce the number of impaired drivers on the roads in Maine.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) Impaired Driving Assessment Panel was in the State of Maine to welcome a number of student groups and acknowledged the progress and efforts put forth to reduce impaired drivers throughout the state of Maine. 

  Lisbon High School students Ashley Beaulieu and Dillion Pesce representing the LHS S.A.D.D. program were recognized by the Assessment Team for National Highway Traffic Safety Administration for the group’s outstanding efforts promoting safe driving.   Pictured (l-r) first row Beaulieu; middle row Susan Bryant, Angie Byrne, Judge Linda Chezem, back row Bob Holn, Chief Mike Burns, Larry Holestine, Pesce and Robert Lillis.  Members of the Assessment Team pictured with Ashley and Dillon are a group of nationally recognized experts in the area of impaired driving from all over the country.  Photo courtesy of Det. Bernie McAllister.