Young Filmmaker Cooper Wins Scholarship for PSA
Auto dealers present annual awards for videos about underage drinking.
Teen video-makers from Howell, West Bloomfield, Lake Orion and Utica are among winners of annual Courageous Persuaders scholarships presented by the Detroit Auto Dealers Association Education Foundation. They and other students share $18,250 in awards announced Tuesday night in Auburn Hills for 30-second public service announcements about underage drinking risks. Videos by these winners from Patch communities are embedded at right: "It takes courage for high school students to produce these sorts of messages" about health, safety and legal risks of drinking alcohol before age 21, broadcast teacher Roger Smith of Lake Orion High told Patch earlier this year. Another of his students also was a $1,000 winner last year. The 12th annual …
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