Junior Jessica Anderson remains hopeful that Students Against Drunk Driving can make a comeback and a difference. One of a handful of members who have attended the club’s meetings this year, she is motivated by personal experience.

   “My dad used to drink a lot,” she said, adding that she hopes to instill her strong feelings about teen drinking in her peers.

   “I want to get the information out there, and hopefully it’ll click in their head eventually,” she said.

   SADD’s new advisers this year, David Schein, technology education, and Kim Culbertson, chemistry, have made plans to boost the club’s publicity and spark students’ interest. One plan? Alternative activities after big dances and games, so students don’t drink.

    Anderson expected SADD’s first big event of the year, this month’s “Ghost Out” Day, to make an impact. Some students may remember staging such a day in middle school. Although the rebuilding club only has four members, Anderson said she expected 13 students to dress in all black, remain silent and wear a tombstone on their shirt for Ghost Out Day – gestures meant to symbolize that they “died” in a drunk driving accident the night before.

   Schein said he hopes that the event will leave enough of an impression on students to make them at least think about the dangers of driving while intoxicated.

   “If it helps them think twice about drinking…excellent,” said Schein.