Students get hard lesson before proms

AUBURN - The message of SADD (Students Against Destructive Decisions) is a simple and straightforward one - drinking and driving under any circumstances is simply not acceptable and there are serious consequences.

On Monday evening, members of Auburn High School's SADD program were joined by members of the Auburn and Owasco fire departments as well as officers from the Cayuga County Sheriff's Office, New York State Police and Auburn Police Department for a dramatic re-enactment of the stark horrors of drinking and driving.

Erin Shurant, a school councilor and SADD advisor, said these re-enactments have happened for at least the six years she has worked there. The presentations are a national effort by SADD.