Rhinelander student wins DARE essay contest

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Zion School student Jaylee Weyhrauch, center, won the regional Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) essay contest for the 2016-17 school year.

Weyhrauch, who will be in sixth grade, said the DARE program was fun. For her essay, she wrote about the dangers of second-hand smoke, and bingeing on alcohol.

Weyhrauch was presented with a bag of prizes by her DARE officer, Amanda Young, of the Rhinelander Police Department, left. Also pictured is Chief Lloyd Gauthier.