Pubdate: Wed, 23 May 2001 Source: Advocate, The (LA) Copyright: 2001 The Advocate, Capital City Press Contact: http://www.theadvocate.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/2 '88 DRUG-AWARENESS ESSAY WINNER BOOKED NAPOLEONVILLE -- The first-place winner in Assumption High School's 1988 drug-awareness essay contest was arrested and booked with possession of 91/2 pounds of marijuana worth $23,000, Sheriff Mike Waguespack said Tuesday. Deputies with a search warrant used a police dog to find the marijuana hidden in the oven of Todd Southall's mobile home at 117 Jacobs St. in Bertrandville. Southall, now 26, won the high school essay contest sponsored by a group of pharmacies, Waguespack said. The contest plaque was on a wall in the mobile home, the sheriff said. Southall previously was convicted of distribution of cocaine, the sheriff said. Deputies found two shotguns in his residence, a violation of his parole, Waguespack said. Southall was held Tuesday in the Assumption Parish Detention Center in lieu of $100,000 bail. - --- MAP posted-by: Larry Stevens