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Silver Alert: A Proposed Bill To Help Vulnerable Adults
Channel 2 newsSilver Alert - it’s like Amber Alert, but for vulnerable adults. A new bill introduced Friday in Juneau aims to create a similar notification system to Amber Alert but for vulnerable elderly Alaskans. According to Sen. Johnny Ellis, D-Anchorage,...Tags: Johnny Ellis, Republican Party
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Update: Elderly Man from Noatak Found in Anchorage
Channel 2 NewsUpdate: Anchorage police said around 9 p.m. Tuesday that Nelson Ahvakana, 74, was found safely by a taxi driver. Original: An elderly man from the village of Noatak, Alaska was reported missing Tuesday and Anchorage Police have asked the public for... -
Police Search for Missing Endangered Man
Channel 2 NewsAnchorage Police are looking for an elderly man who went missing early this morning. APD said 73-year-old Nelson Ahvakana went missing about 2 a.m. He was last seen on foot near the Puffin Inn. He was wearing a black jacket, dark brown pants, camo shoes,...Tags: Heart Problems, Diabetes
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Missing Alzheimer's Patient Found
Channel 2 NewsAnchorage Police say an 80-year-old man who was reported missing about 10 a.m. has been found. Police say they found George Meacock through a tracking device he was wearing just past 9 p.m. APD said the concern was that he hasAlzheimer'sand has a history... -
Valley Residents Question Proposed Coal Mining Land Lease
Channel 2 NewsThe Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority offered to lease more than 11,000 acres of Mat-Su Valley land for coal exploration Friday -- but with one coal project already proposed in the area, locals are objecting to the idea of another. According to the ...Tags: Mental Health, Diseases and Illnesses, Mining, Brain, Head Injuries
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Alaska Sees an Increase in Commitments, Both Civil and Criminal
Alaska's mental health care services are under pressure from a growing number of people entering the system, and the biggest increase is in criminal commitments. "A lot of times the very first contact they have in the system of care is that they...Tags: Mental Health, Theft, Health, Behavioral Conditions, Mental Illness
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UPDATE: Man, 80, missing from Evanston located
Tribune reporterAn 80-year-old man suffering from Alzheimer's Disease who went missing in Evanston has been located in Chicago, police said. Carlos Rodriquez has been found at a hospital in Chicago, Evanston police Cmdr. Jay Parrott said in a statement. Rodriguez was... -
Steinberg: Athletes Speak might help find solution to concussion problem
A new health epidemic looms on the horizon like a ticking time bomb. It is the spectre of cumulative brain damage suffered from repetitive sub-concussive hits to the head in football and other sports. A concussion does not necessitate being knocked...Tags: Parkinson's Disease, Diseases and Illnesses, Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy
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Edward H. "Ham" Welbourn Jr., insurance executive
Edward H. "Ham" Welbourn Jr., a retired insurance executive and World War II veteran, died April 29 of complications from dementia at the Blakehurst retirement community in Towson. He was 98. The son of Edward H. Welbourn, who owned Rennous Kleinle...
Tags: Human Interest, Catonsville, Anglicanism, Dwayne Johnson, Habitat for Humanity International
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USC made its offer to neuroscientists a no-brainer
The courtship that has riveted the neuroscience world blossomed at a Saturday night dinner in a tony Brentwood restaurant. USC provost Elizabeth Garrett and executive vice provost Michael Quick kept the conversation light. Over chicken with braised...
Tags: Engineering, Science and Technology, Autism, Teaching and Learning, USC Trojans
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The God Squad: A chorus of thanks for mom and all she taught
Thanks to all of you who shared with me the most important life lesson you learned from your mother. Here are few that left your hearts and entered my heart: L. wrote: "I think the most important lesson my mother instilled in me was the value of a good...Tags: Mother's Day, Ocala, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Animals
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But then a funny thing happened
I was on my way to a stand-up comedy gig in some Godforsaken place about three hours out of Los Angeles, and I asked the headliner, who was driving and rolling a joint simultaneously, if he knew anybody who might be able to tolerate me. He'd been...Tags: Entertainment Events, Stand-up Comedy, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Entertainment
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