JUNEAU DAILY NEWS MINUTE
Friday, February 14, 1997 (c) Alaska Juneau Communications
*An inmate who escaped from Glacier Manor last week was arrested
shortly after one this morning after an attempted traffic stop.
John Chester White was allegedly driving a vehicle that failed to
stop, ran a red light, bounced off a curb, and continued down
Riverside Drive before finally stopping. When the car was
stopped, the driver fled on foot, and was eventually arrested.
White was arrested on the outstanding escape warrant, and was
also charged with DWI, 2 counts of reckless endangerment, and
reckless driving. Two female passengers, ages 13 and 16, were
released to their sister due to the intoxicated state of their
mother. White was processed and lodged at Lemon Creek
Correctional Center.
*Wings of Alaska is the first scheduled regional airline in
Juneau to bring a turbine-powered instrument flight rules
certified single-engine airplane into it's fleet. The 9-passenger
Cessna Grand Caravan will arrive in Juneau on March 3.
It comes complete with de-ice equipment, dual electrical systems,
and GPS technology.
*The incidence of HIV infection in Juneau has not increased as
much as feared, but one area of growth is in young adults aged 25
to 35. Executive Director of Shanti of Juneau, Matthew Turner
says if you take into account the 10 year waiting period between
infection and full-blown AIDS, you can see that those people were
infected in high school and college. That is one reason a peer
counseling program that is currently in Juneau will be expanded
to the entire Southeast region. Turner also stresses to parents
to talk to your children about sex, condoms, and HIV. It's
tough, he says, but HIV won't go away if you ignore it.
*Bartlett Regional Hospital recently donated two pieces of
equipment to the Haines Medical Clinic. Hospital Administrator
Bob Valliant says that the Haines Clinic received a Life Pack
defibrillator and an infusion pump. The donation is part of
Bartlett's on-going regional outreach program, and more donations
to other facilities are expected in the future.
*An adult male bald eagle will be released by the Juneau Raptor
Center tomorrow. Scott Tiernan says the eagle was found on
February 4th in a garbage dumpster behind a local business with
nylon netting wrapped around it's tongue and talons, and suffered
some broken feathers as well. You can see the release tomorrow
morning at 11 on the wetlands at the end of Radcliff Road by the
airport.
*Fat Albert is coming to be known as the big plane that couldn't.
After trying to land since Tuesday, the C-5 made it yesterday,
and now is awaiting the end of de-icing before a final decision
on departure is made.