Underage drinking topic for Town Hall meeting May 19

A federal agency is paying for a discussion in Havre of a major concern in Montana and Hill County — underage drinking.

A Town Hall meeting is set for Monday, May 19, to look at ways to prevent and reduce the rate of underage drinking in this area.

Meeting coordinator Sarah Liston said the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, or SAMHSA, awarded a $500 grant to pay for the meeting, where, she said, people will brainstorm ideas about how underage drinking could be curbed.

Underage drinking also was targed as an iss...