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A creepy butler offers Drug Demand Reduction red ribbons to trick-or-treaters, including one young girl who found a ribbon to be an excellent addition to her costume.
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The Birchwood Composite Squadron’s haunted porch by day ...
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... and night.
1st Lt. Pamela Speer
Deputy Commander for Cadets
Birchwood Composite Squadron
Alaska Wing
ALASKA – Along with the traditional dose of scares and sweets, Halloween trick-or-treaters in Birchwood came away with red ribbons representing Civil Air Patrol’s commitment to a drug-free America.
Birchwood Composite Squadron cadets passed out 200 ribbons from CAP’s Drug Demand Reduction program to children visiting the unit’s spookily decorated premises Saturday night.
"It can be difficult to get the attention of young kids today,” said 1st Lt. Pamela Speer, deputy commander for cadets. “We decided to seize this opportunity to support CAP's DDR program in our local community.”
For four hours straight the participating cadets manipulated spiders, fog, air darts, music, cameras, lights and radios; passed out candy; and -- most importantly -- got the message to kids that there are "better things to do than drugs."
His fellow squadron members agreed that Cadet Airman 1st Class William Sutherlin should be recognized as a master at manipulating the spider to drop just as trick-or-treaters approached. Sutherlin’s radio work from the coffin was outstanding as well.
Cadet 1st Lt. Chad Speer deserves credit as well for coordinating all cameras, wiring and lawn skits for the event.
