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NE Coalition Executive Team
Facilitator: Marisa Ellison, MoDOT, 573-248-2502
Enforcement Subcommittee Chairman: Chief Ed Bogue, Palmyra Police Department, 573-769-5539
Engineering Subcommittee Chairman: Brian Untiedt, MoDOT, 573-248-6284
Education Subcommittee Chairpersons: Tana Akright and Marisa Christy-Kerns, MoDOT, 573-248-2490
Emergency Medical Services Subcommittee Chairman: John Nemes, Marion and Ralls County Ambulance Districts
NEXT MEETING: Executive Team Meeting Spring 2013, 8:30 a.m. at the MoDOT Hannibal Northeast District Office.
Plans and tentative funding allocations for Fiscal Year 2013 (July 1, 2012 thru June 30, 2013)
Educational Plan (word document)
Enforcement Plan (excel document)
- Law enforcement partners - here is the link to the new Crash Report Form
http://www.mshp.dps.missouri.gov/MSHPWeb/SAC/TMS/2012DataSpecs.zip
New "Free" Resource available to address texting while driving. Visit this website: http://underyourinfluence.com/
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Results for 2012 Battle of the Belt Competition See the Events Calendar below for the Battle of the Belt Awards presentations |
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SAFE AND SOBER -Join schools across Missouri of Safe and Sober 2013 and take advantage of this free and effective safety program aimed at keeping teens drug and alcohol-free throughout the prom and graduation season until they are 21 years old. Safe and Sober is a non-profit organization under the Mercy Health Foundation which creates awareness about the dangers of drugs and alcohol, and encourages teens to lead a safe and sober lifestyle. We encourage you to visit www.missourisafeandsober.com to register your school or for more information! |
| State Farm just released their application for their National Youth Advisory Board! This could be a really neat opportunity for a youth from your area! Check out the application link below for details! http://www.statefarmyab.com/apply/the-board You can also check out and “like” their Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/#!/SFYAB |
NHTSA's New Driver Education Toolkit - TEEN DRIVER EDUCATION PROGRAM This is a collection of studies and reports put together by NHTSA with the assistance from national driver education community of experts and practitioners. Taken together, this impressive assembly of information and guidelines should give each State their best chance to produce safe young drivers. |
TEEN DRIVER SAFETY PROGRAMS AND EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES SCHEDULED |
2013 Events |
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| Chariots of Fire Motorcycle Show | Troy, MO | June 1, 2013 | All Day |
| BASF Annual Health and Safety Fair | Palmyra, MO | June 19, 2013 | 3p.m. to 6:30 p.m. |
| AARP Driver Seminar | Lincoln Co. Sr. Center-Troy | Juy 22, 2013 | 1 to 5:30 p.m. |
| Motorcycle Rally and Rodeo | Moscow Mills, MO | August 17 | TBD |
| Warren County Safety Fair | Warrenton Health Dept. | August 24, 2013 | TBD |
| Champ Clark Fall Festival | Clarksville, MO | September 7 | TBD |
| Montgomery City Autumnfest | Montgomery City Chamber | September 21 | TBD |
| Louisiana Colorfest | Downtown Louisiana, MO | Oct. 12-13 | TBD |
| Our team of law enforcement officers and educational specialists are in schools, colleges and at events every week to promote safe driving habits. If you or your organization is interested in our participation, please email us now. | |||
2012 WINNERS |
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What Would Willie Do - 30 Second PSA Contest Winner Montgomery County High School - 4th Place-Honorable Mention 2012 Competition Students, Ross Brower, Mackenzie Yager, and Jessica Padgett were the creators of the What Would Willie Do Arrive Alive video.The students created the video in Ms. Cathy Dailey's Multimedia II class. Actors in the video were Dalton Hardwick, Jake Kent, and Dylan Skeens as Willie. DECA was the sponsor of the Arrive Alive project. Activites included in the Arrive Alive drive were: two seat belt checks, daily trivia contests with the answers being given over the intercom, posters were hung in the halls, pledge cards signed and displayed, and the simulator is being planned for the week of prom. |
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| Congratulations to Northeast R-IV High School students and faculty at Cairo on their 100% seat belt usage in the Battle of the Belt 2012 Competition. The Gold Banner Presentation and $500 award for the Highest Overall statewide and regionally was presented on Tues., Feb. 5 by the NE Coalition for Roadway Safety representative Brian Haeffner and program cosponsors American Family Insurance Agent Larry Gibbs. Accepting the award for the competition was school coordinator Mary Keen and students from the school's T.A.L.K. (Teens Against Life's Kinks) student group. Congratulations! Northeast R-IV High School is the first school in the NE Region to accomplish 100% seat belt usage since the beginning of the competition in 2006. | |||
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| Congratulations to Highland High School students and faculty on their 97.83% seat belt usage in the Battle of the Belt 2012 Competition. The Silver Banner Presentation was on Tues., Jan. 29 by NE Coalition for Roadway Safety represenative Amy Crawford, Lewis County Sheriff David Parrish and program cosponsor American Family Insurance - Lacy Seeger, Agent for Mark Reinebach Agency. The competition was coordinated through the school's S.A.D.D. chapter. | |||
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| Congratulations to Adair County R-1 High School students and faculty at Novinger on their 97.3% seat belt usage in the Battle of the Belt 2012 Competition. The Silver Banner Presentation and $500 award for the Most Improved with 152.97% improvement between seat belt checks regionally will be presented on Thurs., Feb. 14 by the NE Coalition for Roadway Safety representative Amy Crawford, Adair County Sheriff Robert Harwick and program cosponsors American Family Insurance Agents Fred Collop and Bill Mangini. Accepting the award for the competition is Brenda Methany the elementary student council sponsor and student council member Lexi Baird. | |||
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| Congratulations to Marion County R-2 High School students and faculty on 95.59% seat belt usage in the Battle of the Belt 2012 Competition. The Silver Banner Presentation on Thurs., Jan. 31 by NE Coalition for Roadway Safety representative-Marion County Sheriff Deputy, Pansy Kolb with NEMO Emergency Nurses Assn., Marcia Fohey, TEAM Spirit coordinator, Marion County TEAM Spirit students and program cosponsor American Family Insurance - Rob Myers, Agent and son Jack Myers. | |||
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| Congratulations to Mark Twain High School students, Principal Jake Moss, Adria Palmer, Battle of the Belt School coordinator, and students and faculty on 93.75% seat belt usage in the Battle of the Belt 2012 Competition. The Bronze Banner Presentation on Fri., February 1 by NE Coalition for Roadway Safety representative Stephen Bogue, Tanya Carlisle, with MoDOT and Ralls County Sheriff Gerry Dinwiddie. | |||
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Congratulations to Pike County R-III (Clopton) High School students and faculty on 91.19% seat belt usage in the Battle of the Belt 2012 Competition. The Bronze Banner Presentation on Fri., February 8 by NE Coalition for Roadway Safety representative-Brian Haeffner, MoDOT Area Engineer, Clopton STUCO students and program, Colleen O'Brian and Andy VanBeeber-STUCO Coordinators, Larry Lagemann-Principal and cosponsor Marjorie Koch with American Family Insurance. (Photo Compliments of Louisiana Press-Journal) |
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Troy Buchanan Students Pledge Not to Text and Drive...and to Buckle Up Everytime!!! |
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Bowling Green Child Safety Seat Check at McDonald's in Bowling Green on Friday, September 21, 2012 |
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| Kim Gamm, Pike County Health Dept. & Mike Foppe with MoDOT install car seat. Kim Gamm visits with two children who have just had their car seats checked. | |||
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| Sharisse Nemes with MoDOT visits with child during seat check. Kim Gamm visits with parent about child seat installation with Julie Eisenhower from Pike County Health Dept. | |||
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MO B.E.S.T. RALLY 2012 |
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| Terry Burke (left) minister and member of Honorbound Motorcycle Ministries and a US Army Soldier proudly display a "Watch for Motorcycles" magnet on his Army Hummer. | |||
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About 2000 northeast Missouri students were inspired by the family of Alex Brown during their presentations last week at 7 high schools. Alex’s mother, Jeannie, father, Johnny Mac, and her 14 year old sister, Katrina, didn’t TELL the kids to not text and drive. They asked, pleaded, begged them not to and supported their reasons with terrifying statistics. The ultimate in statistics, though, was the death of their daughter, Alex, in Novembe 2009, a senior in high school with motiviation and drive and plans to go to New York and be a television anchor. The family travels around the country sharing the message, supported only by donations. |
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Jeannie Brown, of Wellman, TX, addresses about 1000 students at HHS, while a slide show of her daughter, Alex, played in the background. Alex was killed on her way to school - she was texting and not wearing a seat belt. |
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Katrina, Alex’s sister who was 11 at the time of her death, shares how it feels to be without a big sister. |
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Knox County High School - Battle of the Belt Team |
Sgt. Bernhardt at CHART Teen Fair in Hannibal-Feb. 2013 |
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| 19 year old Saved by the Belt | |
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| Heidi Turner explains, "I was on my way to work, it was raining and my car hydroplaned on a curve. I lost control of my car, hit a large metal fence and post, then my car flipped approximately two times. Because I was wearing my seat belt, I remained in my car and I was able to undo my belt and crawl out of my window. I walked away with only a mild concussion, cuts, and bruises. If I had not been wearing my seat belt, I know I would not have been in the same condition...everything that was in my car including my backpack and purse had flown out the windows of my car and were found several feet away. After this accident, I cannot even describe how strongly I feel about seat belt safety." | |
| 2011 ARRIVE ALIVE FOOTBALL NIGHTS AT AREA HIGH SCHOOLS @ 7:00 P.M. | |
Oct. 21 Hannibal Pirates vs. Mexico Bulldogs at Hannibal |
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| $25 gas card, Kennedy Shuck and the blanket, Luke Powell | Macon winners: $25 gas card, Kyra Olive and the blanket, Alex Blodgett |
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Buckles at the Macon/Palmyra game, handing out Hug me Buckle Up stickers! |
Macon Tiger and Buckles |
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| Team MoDOT and Buckles at Culver Stockton Homecoming Parade- Pictured Jess Rawlings, Robin Keller and grandchildren, Laura White, Megan Akright and Mindy Smith aka Buckles. | Team MoDOT and their families along with Buckles at Culver Stockton Homecoming Parade Pictured from MoDOT Ray Weathers, Corey Bringer, Aron Burbridge, Robin Keller, Laura White, and Culver Stockton helpers Mindy Smith, Jess Rawling and Megan Akright |
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| Arrive Alive Night at South Shelby Cardinals vs. Monroe City Panthers at Shelbina. Paula Gough at Arrive Alive Night at South Shelby High School registering students to pledge to not text and drive. | |
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| MoDOT Arrive Alive Team-Amy Crawford, Marty Lincoln and Becky Novinger at South Shelby Cardinals vs. Monroe City Panthers Game | |
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| Arrive Alive Nights at Local High Schools have students pledging to not text and drive (right). Dari Perrigo from North Shelby and Logan Garrett from Knox County won the $25.00 gas cards donated by Ayers Oil. Inc. (left). | |
KISS Concert
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| June 2011 - Buckles the Bear and the award winning Macon County KISS rock stars joined forces at the Atlanta Homecoming to promote seatbelt and roadway safety. According to Diane Nanneman, event coordinator with the Northeast Coalition for Roadway Safety, “The youngsters visited the Arrive Alive booth and pledged to buckle up and Arrive Alive. When parents buckle a child when they are young, it will become a habit for life. It is one habit a parent can pass on to a child that costs nothing and could possibly save their life. The KISS rock stars would like to remind parents to “KISS (Kids in Safety Seats) every trip, every time. | |
MORE NEWS AND PHOTOS! |
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Mock fatality victim during the docu-drama at the Palmyra High School May 2011. |
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| Oct. 16, 2010 Mike Foppe at Walgreens in Troy during Child Safety Seat Checks. The families who attended received new seats if needed, and pencils, road signs and other cool gifts were given to the children. Families started to arrive at 10:15 a.m. on Saturday and the last check departed about 5:15 p.m.; Melissa Brumagin and Tana Akright filled out paperwork while Mike Foppe conducted the checks...we were busy the entire time. A total of 55 families stopped by for seat checks with a total of 77 children being fitted in their child restraint seats or given new seats.Thank you to Walgreens of Troy for sponsoring the event. | |
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| Aug. 21, 2010 The Lincoln County Health Department, The Blueprint Coalition for Safer Roadways, Auto Zone-Rob Swanson, and The Lincoln County Fire Protection District #1 and their teen explorers sponsored a car seat check event at AutoZone in Troy. The team checked 2 car seats, answered 2 inquiries, made a referral, and exchanged one convertible for a high back booster. Special thanks goes to the City of Cape Girardeau for the use of their crash dummy costumes. | |
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Hannibal 6th graders raced to Buckle Up during a Safe Kids events at the middle school. The purpose of the event was to encourage children under the age of 13, weighing less than 100 pounds, and less than 4' 9" in height to sit in the back of the vehicle. An airbag demonstration was provided by Poage Automotive Center. |
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| Chief of Palmyra Police Ed Bogue checks a victim during the docu-drama at the local high school. | |
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Car Seat Checks Regularly Performed in Hannibal Photo: Hannibal Courier Post |
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