By David Daggett on 7/2/2009 4:56 PM

        This past week Lewis & Daggett was proud to sponsor the Annual Rusty Harpe Memorial 200 and to honor the memory of Rusty Harpe again this year. Soon after an accident that took the life of his son, Chip Harpe, along with his wife Lynne and many family friends, set out to organize a race to commemorate the life of Rusty.

     

In Memory of Rusty Harpe

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By David Daggett on 6/29/2009 6:49 AM

School’s Out, Summer’s In, High School’s Coming

     Exams are over. Books have been turned in. Summer’s here. In a few months — high school. It will be a new world and one perhaps with many added pressures, the most prevalent being peer pressure.

     

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By David Daggett on 6/1/2009 6:57 AM

Awards and Rewards

      Over the last couple of weeks members of our Lewis & Daggett team have participated in, been featured speakers, and presented awards at a number of high school awards ceremonies in the Triad area.

L & D Partner Griff Shuler

       It is fun to honor our local graduating high school seniors including those who have earned additional distinctions and awards.

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By David Daggett on 5/25/2009 5:18 AM

Honor

      Memorial Day is a day to honor our heroes. Please take some time to honor our veterans and service women and men this Memorial Day. The fight for our freedom is the highest level of honor.

 

Boy Scout Troop 715

       Memorial Day unofficially marks the beginning of summer. The weather takes a turn for the better, the days are longer and the nights more mild. The reason Memorial Day is a national holiday, however, isn’t for America’s leisure - it’s to honor the men and women who died while serving our country.

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By David Daggett on 5/18/2009 7:02 AM

Mission Accomplished

        Whew! It has been a fast and furious past eight weeks for Safe Sober Prom Night! There are many stories of teamwork, enthusiasm, participation, passion, and success!

      The students’ participation and enthusiasm make us optimistic about the future of our community. Our students are bright, talented, motivated, and really trying to do the right things for a successful future. They are well on their way!

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By David Daggett on 5/11/2009 7:00 AM

Decisions and Choices

      Do we consider the impact of our daily decisions and choices on our long-term success? Part of the goal of our Safe Sober Prom Night program is to encourage our young people to make positive decisions and choices in their daily lives.

     Certainly a large part of the Safe Sober Prom Night program is to make students aware of the dangers of drugs and alcohol, particularly when driving or riding in a motor vehicle.

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By David Daggett on 5/4/2009 6:45 AM

We’re Not Casual About Casual Day

       Casual day on April 24th at Lewis & Daggett brought support to a not so casual cause. This was a day of the "Sport a Shirt, Share a Night" fund-raising event sponsored by the North Carolina Ronald McDonald Houses.

 

     Our Lewis & Daggett team has participated in this event for the past several years, and this year participated as a state-wide sponsor for the event.

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By David Daggett on 4/27/2009 5:26 AM

The Best Of Life Is Yet To Be

       This past week our Lewis & Daggett team hosted Coach Bob Anastas as part of our Safe Sober Prom Night program. It was a privilege for us to travel with Coach Anastas across the Triad to make 12 presentations to high school students.

       Coach Anastas is quite a passionate personality. He is a professional motivational speaker and national founder of S.A.D.D. (Students Against Driving Drunk). In addition, as a hockey player and football player, he was an All-American athlete in two sports in college. He was drafted as a quarterback and a punter by the New England Patriots.

       He has been a teacher, coach and administrator. Coach Anastas has Masters and Doctorate degrees, and has won numerous awards including Massachusetts Teacher of the Year.

      Anastas has addressed more than two million students in thousands of high schools and colleges throughout the country. A television movie dramatizing his life and his work with young people has been broadcast on both CBS and HBO.

      Coach Anastas knows that scaring young people with the physical and psychological effects of drugs and alcohol has not and does not work. Accordingly, Coach Anastas focuses on putting them on the right road to success. His presentations weave in humor, stories, and interaction with the audience.

     Coach Anastas shows students how to be successful by following four simple steps: Run when others walk; sleep when others party; take your weakness and make it your strength; and keep your body under control at all times.

      The message is very clear - "Your destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice," Anastas says. "You will choose where you are going."

      Thanks Coach Anastas for joining us for a week in the Triad! As the Coach says, "Choose wisely, for the best of life is yet to be!"

 

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By David Daggett on 3/30/2009 6:44 AM

A Featured Attraction

     Are you ready? A Featured Attraction is ready to begin! Prom season begins this week. We are all excited and ready for this special time of the year.

SSPN Commercial Shoot – West Forsyth High School

     This past week, we got a preview of "A Featured Attraction" with a group of students at West Forsyth High School. West Forsyth had the highest percentage of students take the Safe Sober Prom Night "Do It Right!" pledge out of all of our local high schools. In doing so, they won the opportunity to participate in this year’s Safe Sober Prom Night public service promotional TV advertisement.

     The West Forsyth students have great leadership with Principal Kurt Telford and faculty leader Ms. Sharon Hall. Ms. Hall and her students coordinated with the drama department for this extra curricular activity which really turned out to be a great experience for the students.

     A team from WXII TV turned the auditorium at the high school into a temporary film studio in order to shoot the spot. Mike Lewis and I had a great time with the students, and in the process they learned a bit of a lesson in actual film production.

     Our Lewis & Daggett team is always impressed with our local students. These students at West Forsyth High School were top-notch in all respects. We enjoyed the afternoon we spent with them, had a lot of fun, and are really excited about their future.

     This year’s SSPN TV ad should hit the airwaves in the next week or so. It will be posted at www.safeandsober.com. The website will also enable students to take the virtual pledge, contact friends, get prom tips, and keep up with all of the SSPN activities.

     Please join us in encouraging and supporting our students – they are off to a great start!

 

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By David Daggett on 3/23/2009 6:51 AM

SSPN T-Shirt Design Winner

      Last Friday we made a surprise presentation at Elkin High School of the 2009 Safe Sober Prom Night T-shirt design contest winner. The winning design which can be seen here will be featured on more than 15,000 T-shirts which will be distributed to high school students in our area as part of our Safe Sober Prom Night program.

      This year's winner is Mason Bovender from Elkin High School. Pictured above from left to right are art teacher Rita Minton, Mason Bovender, David Daggett from Lewis & Daggett, SRO Officer McMillan of Elkin High School, and Principal Mark Byrd.

      Prior to the classroom presentation, only Ms. Minton and Principal Byrd were aware that Mason was this year's winner. Principal Byrd arranged to have Mason's parents present for the presentation. Under the guise of making a guest presentation to the art students, our Lewis & Daggett team arrived in Ms. Minton's classroom supposedly to present a lecture on using art and graphic design in the business world. After Mason was called forward to participate in the presentation, it was a total surprise to Mason and the class that he was awarded the first place prize in the Safe Sober Prom Night T-shirt design contest.

      Ms. Minton was not surprised that one of her students won this year's competition. In fact, last fall at a preliminary Safe Sober Prom Night meeting she commented that her students would be competitive in this year's competition. Clearly, she inspires her students to participate in the community and to take advantage of opportunities to showcase their talents.

     An obviously proud Ms. Minton watched along with Mason's family as he was presented with the $500.00 check and a specially framed T-shirt commemorating his winning design. Our Lewis & Daggett team is impressed by the support and encouragement the teachers, faculty and administration give their students.

       This year Lewis & Daggett celebrates 19 years of working with students in the Safe Sober Prom Night program. Since founding the program, the efforts have become part of our firm culture. The next eight weeks are extremely busy for our Lewis & Daggett team as we visit and distribute the T-shirts at all of the local participating schools. This year our team will personally visit approximately 40 schools encouraging students with the "Do It Right!" pledge.

 

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