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National speaker to talk about presciption drug abuse

On October 7-9, national speaker Milton "Big Milt" Creagh will talk to thousands of children in eleven stops in Jonesboro.  His theme is "Everyday Heroes". where he will discuss how children should do the right things to make a difference in their schools and community.  One focus will be the high problem of prescription drug abuse.  KASU's Johnathan Reaves discusses this problem with Creagh in this report.

Community programs will be at Parker Park Community Center tonight at 6 and tomorrow night at 6 at the Nettleton Performing Arts Center in Jonesboro.  The public is invited to attend. 

Johnathan Reaves is the News Director for KASU Public Radio. As part of an Air Force Family, he moved to Arkansas from Minot, North Dakota in 1986. He was first bitten by the radio bug after he graduated from Gosnell High School in 1992. While working on his undergraduate degree, he worked at KOSE, a small 1,000 watt AM commercial station in Osceola, Arkansas. Upon graduation from Arkansas State University in 1996 with a degree in Radio-Television Broadcast News, he decided that he wanted to stay in radio news. He moved to Stuttgart, Arkansas and worked for East Arkansas Broadcasters as news director and was there for 16 years.