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ByROBERTSCOTT
Rappahannock New* Contributing Writer
We should be very proud of our Rappahannock County students. This year’s SASH Day was a smashing success.
The Save-A-Sweet-Heart (SASH) program has been sponsored by the American Heart Association (AHA) to combat the effects of “popular” cigarette advertising and the un-popular peer pressure that has made smoking among young people appear to be “coolish” instead of foolish.
Why should we be proud of our local students? RCHS and RCES have just completed their best SASH Day yet. Feb. 14 has been traditionally famous for generations for the friendly exchange of Valentines. The SASH Day program is also making that date take on a very practical purpose to demonstrate friendship by improving or preserving the good heart health of our true friends.
Of the 517 students enrolled in RCHS and the sixth and seventh grades of RCES, as of Feb. 14 there were 898 of them, or over 76 percent, who pledged that they would not smoke on Save-A-Sweet-HeartDay.
Of the 398 who pledged not to light up on SASH Day only a small minority, about 8Vz percent are smokers. The remaining 91l/2 percent who do not smoke pledged that they would not start smoking for at least a year. We hope they will renew their pledge on SASH Day ’92.
The SASH program at RCHS was sponsored by the National Honor Society. The faculty advisor was Mrs. Frieda A. Herman. The SASH team leaders were Janet Herman and Amy Kellert and the team members included Zack Allen, Jan Dodson, Jennifer Dodson, Susan Estes, Michelle Grohs, Diana Hud
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