Excuse me, but what are 17-YEAR-OLDS doing DRINKING BOOZE? WHERE did they GET IT?
That's why I AM a PROHIBITIONIST!!! If PROHIBITION is good enough for POT, it is IMPERATIVE for BOOZE, right, state officials that care about our kids?
While this item is tragic and heartbreaking, my first thought was she is WHITE and BLOND!! The UNENDING and SELECTIVE RACISM of the Zionist MSM never fails to boggle the mind (think Natalie Holloway, readers).
Of course, the KIDS killed after being sent to war on lies told by the MSM or the PEOPLE the U.S. has rained bombs down upon and murdered, THEY don't get a FRONT-PAGE REPORT!!!
For my view on Friday night football, see: F*** Friday Night Football
"News of teenager's death rips apart three towns" by Michael Levenson and Milton J. Valencia, Globe Staff | October 21, 2008
NORFOLK - It was a big homecoming weekend. Taylor Meyer, a popular senior at King Philip Regional High School, watched her school's football team rout Fairhaven Friday night, then went to a friend's house to celebrate and later to the grassy expanse of a former airport in Norfolk, where about two dozen teenagers lit a bonfire and drank beer and vodka shots.
At about 11 p.m., with temperatures dropping into the mid-30s, the 17-year-old Meyer wandered off after telling friends she was leaving and would call for a ride home.
Yesterday morning, 41 hours after her mother had reported her missing, searchers pushed their way into a treacherous swampland, where they found Meyer's body, 100 yards from the scene of the party. She was wearing jeans and a sweat shirt and may have died of exposure, said Ned Merrick, chief of police in Plainville, where Taylor lived. When police passed the news to her mother and father, who had been waiting at the airport with relatives, one woman crumpled to the ground.
Two hours later, at noon, Jill Proulx, the principal of King Philip, announced Meyer's death over the high school's public address system, relaying news that tore apart the three towns - Norfolk, Plainville, and Wrentham - that send students to King Philip. Stunned students burst into tears; many left the high school midday to grieve. Others sought out counselors whom the school had brought in to help students cope.
"Everyone was bawling their eyes out, and they had the library set up so everyone can just go in there and cry," said Rylee Daszkiewicz, a junior at King Philip. She and her mother, Michelle, fought back tears yesterday as they left a rose and a bouquet of flowers at a stone sign outside King Philip that bears the high school's name. "She was a great person; everyone knew her, everyone was friends with her," Rylee Daszkiewicz said.
Friends and relatives made pilgrimages to Meyer's home yesterday, bringing coffee and doughnuts and words of solace. Meyer was a middle child; she has an older brother and a younger brother, Merrick said.
A police officer on her street kept reporters at bay, and a relative said the family wanted privacy.
"I feel horrible for the family, to see them go through this," Michelle Daszkiewicz said. "No parent should have to go through this."
Authorities have not said whether Meyer was drinking when she partied by the bonfire. They are preparing to perform an autopsy. Police said that after Meyer left the group, she called a relative from her cellphone but that the call was garbled. It was not clear if Meyer's cellphone had poor reception or if she was not speaking clearly.
Police said that Meyer had initially planned to spend Friday night at a friend's house. But after she failed to return home on Saturday, her mother, Kathi, called police at 5 p.m., prompting what authorities called an aggressive search involving helicopters, dive teams, and dogs. But it was not until searchers ventured into a boggy area at about 10 a.m. yesterday that they found the girl's body.
"There were no obvious signs of trauma," Norfolk District Attorney William R. Keating said at a noon press conference. "That doesn't mean we know what the cause of death was. That is something that only the medical examiner's office after their investigation can speak to with any authority."
Meyer's death comes as a growing number of high schools have been enacting stricter measures to curb underage drinking, particularly before and after football games. At Westwood High School and Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School, administrators have suspended students for drinking at football games and have restricted what students can bring to games. At Winchester High School dances, parents are required to sign in their students at the door. Seniors at Woburn High School who are caught drinking at the prom cannot immediately obtain their diplomas and must enroll in a counseling program that lasts about two months.
In Norfolk, "we're trying to get the message out that this is a growing trend and a growing problem," said Police Chief Charles Stone. Police said they will continue interviewing people who attended the bonfire party and attempt to get a clearer picture of Meyer's final hours.
The King Philip Regional School Committee canceled its scheduled meeting last night. Pat Francomano, the committee chairman, was unsure about measures that are typically taken to curb drinking at homecoming, but said: "Our faculty and coaching staff are always reinforcing student safety and responsible behavior. That's something King Phillip has always been concerned with." --more--"
Well, apparently, NOT ENOUGH!!!!
Why not PLAY the GAMES on SATURDAY AFTERNOON like they did when I WAS A KID!!! No one was DYING from DRUNKENESS then -- especially 17-YEAR-OLDS!!!!!!
