Des Moines Register Special: Is it time for colleges to tap the keg?

Northern Iowa athletic director Troy Dannen figures his search for new revenue someday will lead to what others nationally already have discovered: Tapping kegs at college football games for everyone of legal age can be financially rewarding.

"I do think it will have to happen for us at some time," said Dannen, who is trying to pare as much money as he can from what the university's general fund annually provides his department.

"We have to look out of the box sometimes, and we also have to look at what others are doing."

West Virginia for the first time is selling beer at football games to everyone of legal drinking age - not just high-rollers in luxury suites - "and we're expecting to profit around $1 million," athletic director Oliver Luck said in an interview.

"With the deficits that are being run at some schools getting bigger, you're going to have more and more schools going to it."

Beer will be sold this fall to average fans at 20 of 119 major college venues-twice as many as 10 years ago - according to responses from all Division I-A universities and the nation's sports information directors.
 

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Source: Des Moines Register

The TAKE CARE ("Strategies towards responsible alcohol consumption for adolescents in Europe") project aims to reduce alcohol consumption and related harms of adolescents and young adults in Europe. It is mainly focusing on youths between 12 and 21 years noted with risky alcohol consumption. TAKE CARE also seeks keeping adolescents to the legal provisions as set in the respective national laws and at hindering alcohol consumption before the set minimum age. Furthermore the project aims at enforcing responsible alcohol use by younger generations and thus minimizing the risk of alcohol dependency and related health impacts as well as deviant behaviour.

In order to achieve such goals, a multi level approach is followed, involving youth, parents, key persons and retail employees. Young people will be trained to strengthen their risk competence. Street workers and prevention experts gain access to them on public places especially where drinking is noted. Parents and related key persons will get support to develop a clear and reflected attitude towards alcohol consumption. Retailers and employees will be given information and training for the everyday selling situation.

The Belgian partner CAD Limburg is working full speed on preparing materials for retailer trainings. The implementation of the multilevel approach TAKE CARE with all four target groups (adolescents, parents, key persons and retailer/employees) is ready for start after an intensive time of preparation.

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Source: euroalert.net, Public Health

Operators of two Hiram liquor stores and two church pastors agree on at least one thing: Residents should vote against allowing Sunday retail sales of alcoholic beverages in the city.

The Hiram City Council voted last month to include the referendum for Sunday package sales on its November general election ballot.

While Mayor Jack Paris said having Sunday sales may generate a few more dollars for the city, no one had lobbied the council to add the referendum.

"As far as I know it, we have not had any talk negative or positive," he said about the referendum.

Rodney Carson, pastor of Pleasant Grove Baptist Church in Hiram, said his congregation is not in favor of Sunday retail alcohol sales.

"We actually run a recovery program here for people with alcohol and substance abuse," he said. "We see the effects of alcohol on people's lives."

The Rev. Adrian Pleus of St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church in Dallas said much of the same.

"I've seen a lot of family violence, and a lot of that has to do with alcohol," he said.

He said keeping sales at six days a week in Paulding County is plenty.

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Source: NeighborNewspapers.com

The cost of alcohol-related crime in Australia is measured in billions of dollars annually, and the hospitality industry is under increasing pressure to curb irresponsible drinking and anti-social behaviour.

August 24-26 will see the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre house the 2011 Security Exhibition, claiming to be the largest, most comprehensive event for the security industry in Australia and New Zealand.

The Exhibition will feature a presentation by former NSW Police Officer, Michael Huggett, now director of security consultancy CHD Partners.

Huggett will explain their Safer Bars program, which was developed to reduce violence and injury in licensed premises by helping staff develop techniques to prevent and manage aggression and other problem behaviour.
 

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Source: The Shout

Manitowoc crime rate rises in 2010, report shows

Alcohol and drug abuse, gang activity challenge police