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Four Dayton students traveled last week to Washington, D.C. to attend a Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America annual conference. With them was Columbia County Prosecutor Rea Culwell, who is also a member of the local Coalition for Youth and Families, and Columbia County Prevention Specialist Laura Tolman. The students, shown here holding a copy of The Times in front of the U.S. Capitol Building under renovation (l to r) included Dayton 8th grader Ashton Loper, sophomore Ally Chapman, junior Emily Truean and senior Carlos Orribio. The students, most of whom are part of SHEO (Students Helping Each Other), and their adult companions, attended the week-long conference to learn more about the prevention process and determine appropriate strategies for pursuing prevention activities in the community. The trip was funded through the Drug-Free Communities Grant as well as other state prevention grants.