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<br />Targeting underage drinking <br />. <br /> <br />Md!l <br />faith & values <br />horoscopes <br />freetime . <br />. mindworks <br />. mo~es <br />bl <br />music <br />QIDlng <br />onstage <br />opinion <br />editorial . <br />commentary <br />letters <br />columnists <br />fun & games <br />comics <br />crossword <br />fIJk <br />news talk <br />sports talk <br />loose talk <br />classlfieds <br />ad search <br />, place an ad <br />helD <br />registration <br />~ <br />contact us <br />feedback <br />sltemap <br />,privacy policy <br />company lobs <br />for advertisers <br />subscribe <br />services <br />strIbmall <br />news to go <br />classroom <br />newspapers <br />~ <br /> <br />However, participating businesses are only allowed two violations within <br />three years before they start receiving the same fines and suspensions as <br />other liquor liCCD:SC holders. <br />Mark Bevins, the Plymouth officer who administers the ~ said <br />one of its main benefits is giving.employees contact with the police <br />department It's a constant reminder of the fact that police are keeping an <br />eye on whether the business is selling to minors, he said. <br />The Hopkins plan <br />A few of the details are different in Hopkins - for example, the city , <br />won't give a discount on liquor liCenses - but officials have proposed a <br />similar approach to Plymouth's program. The City Council will consider <br />the plan at its Dec. 7 meeting. <br />One big difference between the Hopkins and Plymouth programs is that <br />Hopkins would require participating businesses to check the IDs of all <br />people buying alcohol, no matter how old they lOOk. At participating <br />businesses in Plymouth" carding is required for customers who appear to <br />be younger t\1an 45. <br />That requirement rms sought by business owners who feared their <br />employees would have to make subjective judgments about when to ask <br />for someone's ID, said Kathy Magdal, a police employee who helped put <br />together Hopkins' proposal. ' <br />A uniform policy of checking all IDs would take the burden off young <br />employ~ she said. Because liquor stores can simply post a sign <br />explaining the city rule, customers who forget their IDs can blame the <br />city, not employees. RThey won't have to have someone screaming at <br />them, R Magdal said. <br />Andrea StackeD, 18, a senior at Hopkins Ingh School, serves on the city's <br />Chemical Health Commission and helped the city decide on the details of <br />~ proposal. <br />She said the program would help if employees receive better training. <br />RJ think that if they were trained on how to identify fake IDs, it would <br />probably cut down on a lot of minors buying liquor, R Stacken said. <br />But it would do little, she said, to combat the other way that many young <br />people get alcohol- by convincing older adults to buy it for them. <br />Ben Stevermtln is tlJ <br />b~bune.co1l& <br /> <br />http://www.startribune.comIstorieSll405I5099215.htm1 <br /> <br />Page2of3 <br /> <br />11/23/2004 <br />