Ornelas honored for work on DUI Task Force
Mineral County DUI Task Force members Sheriff Ryan Funke, Commissioner Dawn Terrill, Anna Schreck, Prevention Specialist for Mineral County/Western Montana Mental Health Center, Ernie Ornelas, Barb Jasper, Mineral County Health Department, and Stephanie Quick, Frontier Counseling presented Ornelas with an appreciation plaque for his eight years as the DUI Task Force Coordinator. He remains on the task force as the advisory committee approaches the new year with underage drinking a higher priority from new research in Mineral County. (Monte Turner/Mineral Independent)
Montana has 36 approved county-level DUI Task Forces serving 39 counties. Officials say effective DUI task forces are an important mechanism for decreasing the state's alcohol-related injury and fatality rates.
“It remains an ongoing effort because Montana is still towards the top of the states with alcohol, or impaired, issues on roads and in homes. There’s not an easy solution,” said Ernie Ornelas at the Mineral County DUI Task Force meeting last Tuesday.
It was the last meeting that Ornelas would oversee as the Task Force Coordinator, but he’ll remain on the citizens advisory board with other community members.
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