Amber Search Escalates
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Updated: 10:36 AM Mar 11, 2006
Amber Search Escalates
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Pictures of Amber Harris have been all over television, newspapers and the Internet. Now her picture and her story are going on the road.
Posted: 9:35 PM Mar 10, 2006
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Pictures of Amber Harris have been all over television, newspapers and the Internet. Now her picture and her story are going on the road.

Semi trucks make up a lot of the traffic we see on the interstate. Now, along with their cargo, truck drivers can take Amber's story and picture with them.

Project Jason teamed with Through the Gears, a free magazine for truck drivers, to make this possible.

Each month they put a missing person on the cover hoping truck drivers will spread the story. This is Amber's month on the front cover. Inside, there is a page devoted to information about the missing 12-year-old from Omaha.

Kelly Jolkowski has been working with the Harris family since the week Amber disappeared. She's the driving force behind Project Jason named for her son who disappeared as an adult five years ago.

On Friday night, Jolkowski and the Harris family announced several new initiatives to keep the search for the missing girl moving forward.

Aside from the magazine there's Project Jason's Adopt a Missing Person campaign. They'll send Amber's bio and her picture on a pin to anyone who wants it. They're also encouraging people to Download amber's poster and keep putting it up.

Jolkowski says, "The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children has a poster campaign. Their stats are very good for having the person be found because of seeing the person on a poster. I believe they're running about 60%, which is very high."

Amber's father, Michael Harris says, "We're just trying to use every resource we can to bring our daughter home."

Amber's mother, Melissa Harris adds that, "I want her face embedded in people's minds; her pretty face. We don't want anyone to forget her face. Even after she's found, I'm going to work with Kelly. I'm not going to stop."

While still searching for their children, Harris and Jolkowski want the state to keep doing more for the hundreds of people listed as missing in Nebraska.

Jolkowski was instrumental in passing a law that created the state's new missing person clearing house Web site. They both want to know why there are only a handful of pictures on the site.

Jolkowski says, "That was never the intent of the law - just some text. It was photos too. I just don't understand why it would take so long to get the photos."

According to the state patrol's Web site, 168 people are listed as missing in Omaha alone. That includes Amber Harris. There is a substantial reward for information leading to Amber.

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