Before Van Hollen News Today

ELKTON — The loudest sound at the Youth Empowerment Services (YES) office in Elkton is the laughter as dance music blasts in the background. Eleven members of the Drug Free Cecil Youth Coalition used the office as a home base to attend the national Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America (CADCA) conference on drug use prevention last Thursday. “Why would teenagers want to come if we weren’t having a good time,” said Beth Creek, the director of YES, when asked about the une...