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Drug czar kicks off anti-meth ad campaign, Alaska among states targeted ST. LOUIS (AP) — The nation's drug czar has kicked off a $9 million ad campaign targeting methamphetamine abuse that will run mainly in the states most affected by the drug problem. Gil Kerlikowske (kur-lih-KOW'-skee), the director of the U.S. Office of National Drug Control Policy, was in St. Louis yesterday to launch the campaign. Missouri has ranked first in the nation for years in meth lab busts. The campaign runs through November and will use TV, radio, online and billboard advertising, even ads on gas pumps. The ads focus on prevention and provide information to meth users and their families seeking recovery services. The ad blitz will focus on the 16 states with the worst meth problems, including Alaska. Safety changes ahead for Seward Highway ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The state Transportation Department will be installing rumble strips in the center and shoulder of the Seward Highway to help keep drivers in their lanes. The department also says it will install reflective markers on curves. The Anchorage Daily News reports officials talked about the improvements Tuesday at a hearing with state lawmakers concerned about this summer's deaths on the highway. Eight people have died on the highway since May. Statewide, the number of fatal crashes could actually be down this year. There have been 38 so far. That compares with 56 throughout all of 2008 and 75 fatal crashes in 2007. (Anchorage Daily News) August was a wet one in Juneau It was a wet August in Juneau. It was the 12th wettest on record, according to Meteorologist Nikki Becker in the Juneau Forecast Office. She says rainfall amounted to 7.34 inches which was 1.97 inches above normal. The wettest days occurred on the 17th and 29th which established daily records for both dates. There was 1.8 inches on the 17th and 1.26 inches on the 29th. The average monthly temperature was 59.5 degrees, point 2 degrees above normal. The warmest temperature was 80 degrees on the 5th which established a record for the date. The lowest was 42 degrees on the morning of the 31st. The month's peak winds occurred on the 29th. There was an east wind that peaked at 39 miles per hour at the airport and to 29 miles per hour on South Douglas Island. Utah soldier killed in Afghanistan remembered SOUTH OGDEN, Utah (AP) — Friends and family of a Utah soldier killed in Afghanistan held a vigil to remember him on the lawn of his mother's home in South Ogden. Kurt Curtiss died August 26 in Paktika Province in Afghanistan. The 27-year-old was shot while his unit was supporting Afghan security forces during an enemy attack. Ruth Serrano on Tuesday recalled seeing her son at Christmas. She said he was handsome and well-mannered but that something was wrong and he wouldn't talk about it. Curtiss, of Murray, was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, Fort Richardson, Alaska. He left behind had a wife and two young children. Curtiss went to Afghanistan in December. He had already served two tours in Iraq. Standard-Examiner, http://www.standard.net Nearly 200 Guardsmen will deploy to Afghanistan ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — About 200 members of the Alaska Air National Guard will deploy this week to Afghanistan. The airmen are with the Guard's 176th Wing, based in Anchorage. Among those being deployed are flight crew members, maintenance specialists and support staff. It's part of a rotating deployment that started a year ago and will continue through January. Soldiers will work in 30- or 60-day shifts, ferrying people, equipment and supplies throughout the Middle East. Post a comment in response: |
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