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COMBAT 'Awareness' Picnic Focuses On Kids
COMBAT Picnic Photos SEPTEMBER 15, 2009 -- The focus was on children during the 15th COMBAT "Annual Drug Awareness Picnic" September 12 at Hill Park in Independence. The picnic featured a "Tomorrow's Future: Today's Youth" theme. Approximately 500 people attended the event hosted by COMBAT. It was held in conjunction with the 20th Annual National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month, which the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services sponsors each September.
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In Independence
COMBAT Picnic Drug Awareness Picnic Saturday, September 12, 2009
Help celebrate sobriety. Listen to amazing testimonies and poetry from youths who have themselves or with a loved one battled the disease of addiction. Area high school bands will be performing throughout the event, and several fun activities for the entire family are being planned. Drug treatment and prevention information will also be made available.
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COMBAT Established Drug-Crime Hotline (816) 881-3662
Jackson County has launched a "Take Back Our City!" drive to promote the use of a Countywide drug-crime hotline -- (816) 881-3662 -- being operated by the COMBAT (Community Backed Anti-Drug Tax) staff. County Executive Mike Sanders knows tips play a vital role in solving crimes. As a former County Prosecutor, he also realizes drug-related offenses can escalate to more serious and violent crimes.
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County Conducts A Series Of COMBAT Community Meetings
COMBAT Meeting JUNE 2, 2009 -- Jackson County Executive Mike Sanders joined County Prosecutor Jim Kanatzar , other law enforcement officials and the COMBAT staff in conducting a series of community meetings to examine crime trends within the County, with an emphasis on the important role COMBAT (the Community Backed Anti-drug Tax) has played in making our communities safer.
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IN THE SPOTLIGHT
Stacey Daniels-Young New Director Seeks To Raise Public Awareness Of COMBAT
APRIL 15, 2009 -- Raising public awareness about the agencies, programs and initiatives supported through the Community Backed Anti-Drug Sales Tax is among Stacey Daniels-Young’s chief objectives as Jackson County’s new COMBAT Director.
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Program's Gift Of A Home Changes Many Lives

APRIL 9, 2009 -- As part of the innovative "Constructing Futures" program, Jackson County Executive Mike Sanders and County Legislator James Tindall Sr. (2nd District) presented keys to a remodeled home to a Kansas City woman and her two daughters. The program, which Sanders unveiled last November, addresses three key issues: vacant and abandoned houses, job-training programs for former offenders and the plight of homeless families.
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County Executive Names Senior Staff For COMBAT
FEBRUARY 17, 2009 -- Jackson County Executive Mike Sanders announced today the hiring of three individuals to lead the County's COMBAT (Community Backed Anti-Drug Sales Tax) program. Stacey Daniels-Young will serve as the new Director of COMBAT, and she said the new leadership team looked forward to "building on the success of the program."
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