With high school proms coming up, health workers and law enforcement want to alert adults to the dangers and consequences of serving alcohol to minors.

On Monday, May 9, a team consisting of Tom Mahoney of Healthy Lincoln County, Karen-Ann Hagar of Central Lincoln County YMCA, Lincoln Academy students Evan Eckel and Brie Wajer, and Lincoln Academy Resource Officer Mark Bridgham hit the road with rolls of stickers warning adults to keep alcohol away from those under 21.

In the second such campaign the group visited five locations from Maritime Farms in Newcastle to Shaw’s in Wiscasset.

Besides warning that providers can face heavy fines and jail time, Mahoney brings the message that early drinking can lead to alcoholism.

“One in three become alcoholics if they start at 15. One in 10 if they delay to 21,” he said.

“We try to delay it (drinking) as much as possible,” he said.

Maloney recalled a case in which two teenagers died in an automobile accident after an adult supplied them with alcohol.

Another problem is the proliferation of fake ID’s that can fool even the trained eye of sales clerks, said Mahoney.

The fine to adult suppliers if caught is $2,000 and/or up to one year in jail.

Cooperating sellers include Hannaford, Hilltop Stop, Rite Aid and Yellowfront in Damariscotta, Maritime Farms and Mike’s Place in Newcastle, and Wiscasset Quick Stop, Maxwell’s Market and Shaw’s in Wiscasset.

“They were terrific,” said Tom Mahoney of managers and attendants at the local convenience and grocery stores.