Spotting marijuana in their field and aiding in the arrest of the suspects netted an Elmira-area farm family citations from the Waterloo Regional Police Services.

More than a year ago, Randy Martin and his daughter Jessica Lynn stopped two men from planting marijuana in their cornfield.

They were honoured for their conduct at the Citizen Citation Awards at a recent banquet.

Martin's wife said her husband was shy about receiving the award but soon warmed to the idea of being honoured for his heroism.

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A few unseemly party favours over March Break have high school educators looking to tackle any growth in hard drug use among Elmira youth. The circulation of cocaine and ecstasy at parties during the holiday was brought to the attention of Elmira District Secondary School administrators when classes resumed on Monday.

The school's activities director said there are concerns every year, but this time the break brought things to a head.

"It was this one student who said 'look, over the March Break I was at a couple of parties and could not believe the prevalence that these drugs' -- cocaine and ecstasy were the two being mentioned -- 'and the number of people who are making those bad choices,'" said Dave Conlon.

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