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Kelly, congrats on your successful venture. I pray you will find the answers you so truly deserve to know and hear and that Jason will be found.
 
Thank you so much.

I wrote on the blog today about our 2nd anniversary. I will also be writing more about it late tonight.

Kelly
 
Press Release from 411gina.org:

For Immediate Release: Oct 10, 2005

5 Year Disappearance of Lincolnite Brings Music, International Webcast and NASCAR!

In honor of: Gina Bos Missing since Oct. 2000

5th Annual “GINA Concert”

OCTOBER 16, 2005

2-4PM
Meadowlark Coffee House
1624 South Street
Lincoln, NE

Jannel Rap with Yvonne Perea

Local talent: Shawn Benjamin, Brian McDonald, Von Rap, Patty Sullivan, Leann and Tammy (Rap) Smith, Mick Damian, Mike Johnson & Steve Ekery

Profiling Midwest MISSING:

(**Family members will be in attendance)

**Gina Bos and **Melissa Schmidt-Lincoln, **Jason Jolkowski-Omaha, **Jackie Rains-Krachman-Columbus, **Erin Pospisil-Cedar Rapids, Molly Datillo-Indianapolis, Ashley Martinez-St Joseph, Justin Harris-Casper, Wyoming, Robert Thomas Pillsen-Rahier-Colorado Springs and April Wiss-Wichita

SPECIAL WEBCAST

Saturday Oct 22 from 10-12PM CST or 8-10 PST

Web Cast to highlight Gina and Midwest Missing. Tune in early to watch this interactive event! www.Kulakswoodshed.com

In Concert: Jannel Rap and the C Street Band, The Squirts and other Midwest Artists

NASCAR NOV 10, 2005

in honor of GINA Bos' Nov 4, 1959 Birthday! A larger than life image of Gina Bos on the hood of the Napa Auto Parts Chevy Monte Carlo in the NASCAR Elite Division Southwest Series #94. in front of a crowd of nearly 60,000 people.

ABOUT“G.I.N.A. (Greater Information Now Available) for Missing Persons: Over 100 GINA Concerts have been held from LA to NYC and most recently have evolved to a monthly LIVE WEBCAST. These concerts feature artists and the missing from their area of the country each month.

100’s of missing children and adults have been profiled on our Web sites, CD’s, America Lost and FOUND, Warrior’s for the Missing the GINA Concerts. Some of the missing have been brought home to their families.

For More Info: www.411Gina.org
 
Kelly

I read about this on your blog....I read it daily if I am home if not that is the 2nd thing I read ... I check emails first......

JASON will come home to you... All in God's time....

I pray for you, Jason and all the families of missing and the missing themselves.


I am so proud to know you...

Love and Prayers
Gabby
 
Gabby, I am sure there is a place "upstairs" reserved especially for you! :)

IM: Thank you for this link! I already submitted Jason on it. (meaning after seeing it here) I will also let my families know about this. There are many who could use help like this, too.

Thank you for thinking of us.

Many blessings,
Kelly
 
Oct 22, 2005
8-10 PM PST

"GINA for Missing Persons" LIVE WEBCAST CONCERT

Featuring Midwest Missing

in honor of GINA Bos missing since Oct 17, 2000

The Squirts and Jannel Rap

Kulak's Woodshed
5230 1/2 Laurel Canyon Blvd
North Hollywood, CA
818-766-9913
http://www.kulakswoodshed.com/

Oct 17, 2005 marks the 5 year disappearance of my sister, Gina Bos, mother of 3, daughter of 7 and friend to all. She is missed, she is loved and we will continue to look for her until she is brought back to us. We are honoring Gina in this special event by doing what she would do by honoring others...who are missing.


It is recommended that you try to get online ahead of time (follow the prompts for webcast) to make sure you do not miss it. (If you get on early you may get to see our sound check etc...)

HOW TO WATCH ONLINE!

Just go to http://www.kulakswoodshed.com/webcast.shtml

Click on: Take me to the Webcast (Performances from 8p-10p) PST


Click on the speed of your internet access
56K (Dial Up)
256K/500K (DSL/CABLE)
Once the speed is selected, the show will begin on the internet.
During the Show, You can make a donation to the organization and Email the performers live. They will even talk back to you.

MIDWEST MISSING!

G.I.N.A. for Missing Persons will be featuring some of the missing in THE MIDWEST (See Below & all missing are also Featured on www.411gina.org/missing.html):


Ø Gina Bos- Lincoln, NE

www.411gina.org

Ø Melissa Schmidt- Lincoln, NE

http://411gina.org

Ø Jason Jolkowski- Omaha, NE

http://www.missingjason.com

Ø Jaquelyn Rains-Kracman- Columbus, NE

http://411gina.org

Ø Erin Pospisil- Cedar Rapids, IA

http://www.helpfindachild.com/erins_story.htm

Ø Molly Dattilo- Indianapolis, Indiana

http://www.findmollydattilo.com/

Ø Vinyette Teague- Chicago, IL

http://411gina.org

Ø Ashley Martinez- St Joseph, Missouri

http://www.findashleymartinez.com/

Ø Justin Harris- Casper, Wyoming

http://www.findjustinharris.com

Ø Robert Pillsen-Rahier: Colorado Springs, CO

http://411gina.org

Ø April Susanne Wiss- Wichita, Kansas

http://411gina.org

About the Performers!

When my sister disappeared nearly 5 years ago it was my musician friends that I called on to help get the word out. Those friends have stuck by me giving whatever asked, when needed. The Squirts (Matt Bissonnette, George Bernhardt & Rodger Carter) have become that kind of friends. This is the first GINA Concert they have been involved with and we are grateful and excited about the possibilities. The Squirts are more than amazing musicians and singer/songwriters of the highest quality. They regularly open for Rick Springfield as well as play in his band. They don't stop there...as the talented trio splits up and plays for any # of artists that might be seen on: The Tonight Show, David Letterman, Good Morning America and more...Too much to talk about with these guys. You will not be disappointed. The Squirts are giving of their time and talent to help continue this cause. They are the real deal, people, so get your popcorn and log on Saturday night as you are in for a treat (as am I)!
Please encourage your email list to watch &/or attend.

See you at Kulak's or on the WEB.

In the wake of 9/11 and Katrina missing people have been brought into our living rooms like never before. We are beginning to accept the fact that if we pay attention we may actually be able to help bring someone's loved one home.

I hope that you will not ask why are those people missing, why these artists giving their time, why does this sister go on and on with this...why, why, why and instead ask what can I do to help? By asking "what" you can watch this "GINA Concert" Live Webcast , pay close attention to the missing Midwesterners and donate to the cause if you have the means. We would like to dedicate the funds that come in to give us the opportunity to have a monthly broadcast featuring the missing from different areas of the country. We appreciate the gift of your time and money...it will stretch across the world and give families a chance to bring one home. We are all best known for omething, how about make it Best Known for Asking" What" can I do to help?

Thanks for all you do!

Jannel Rap
http://www.411Gina.org
http://www.411Warrior.org
http://www.AmericaLostandFOUND.org
 
kelly...

the links with the ... in them aren't working...just thought you'd like to know!
 
http://www.journalstar.com/articles/2005/10/23/top_story/doc435ad0d032b46063081819.txt

Top Story:

Nebraska set to offer clearinghouse for missing adults

By GWEN TIETGEN / Lincoln Journal Star

When Kelly Jolkowski realized her son Jason had disappeared from their Omaha home just days before his 20th birthday, she felt like she was watching herself in a movie and couldn’t get out.

Numb. Paralyzed.

Jason was last seen June 13, 2001, by his brother, Michael.

“Somewhere between our driveway and the high school he disappeared,” said Jolkowski, noting his car was in the shop so a friend was picking him up for work. “Over four years later, we don’t really know a thing. A police sergeant (called it) the most baffling case he has seen in 30 years.”

Since then, Jolkowski has thrust her grief into looking for her son and helping others with missing loved ones.

She helped push a law through the Legislature this year to create a statewide missing persons clearinghouse for adults and children. A Web site will complement the clearinghouse so all can see Nebraska’s missing. The information is set to go online in about a month, said Lt. John Shelton, with the Nebraska State Patrol.

Inside law enforcement, the new law means the names of both missing children and adults are forwarded to the Nebraska State Patrol. Those in law enforcement also receive a bulletin twice a month of all the state’s missing persons.

Prior to passage of the law, which took effect in September, law enforcement only passed on names of missing children younger than of 16.

“If it was an adult, it’s possible no one else would know they are missing unless you contact that department,” said Lincoln police Capt. Gary Engel.

The clearinghouse also will establish a procedure to alert local media outlets, said Cindy Kess, clearinghouse manager and supervisor in the State Patrol’s criminal identification division.

“It’ll be a work-in-progress, really, is what it’ll be,” she said.

Now, the State Patrol’s Web site links to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children and the National Center for Missing Adults Web sites.

Three missing adults and seven missing children from Nebraska pop up on those Web sites, but that’s a far cry from the 391 active missing persons cases in Nebraska as of Sept. 31, Kess said.

At any given time, Lincoln police investigate 50 to 75 missing adult and children cases, Engel said.

Most are found within a reasonable amount of time, and only half a dozen or so are long-term cases or are missing under suspicious circumstances, he said.

The most suspicious and notorious cases in Lincoln are those of Regina Bos and Melissa Schmidt.

Bos, who would now be 45, was last seen Oct. 17, 2000, outside a downtown Lincoln bar. Schmidt, who would now be 25, was last seen Sept. 5, 1995. She had stayed over at a friend’s home the night before, and the next day went to the Nebraska State Fair, Engel said. Investigators believe she came home from the fair and disappeared sometime afterward.

Jolkowski said the typical person has no idea where to turn after reporting a loved one missing. The notion of offering rewards or posting pictures of the missing person may be foreign to families who find themselves in the middle of a police investigation, she said.

To help, Jolkowski formed Project Jason.

“I think there’s a healing. A self-healing in reaching out and helping other people,” she said.

But helping others puts her on an emotional roller coaster, she said.

There are good days, like when media coverage of a missing person could lead to a tip that finds the loved one.

And there are bad days. In one week, Jolkowski found out two of the three families she had been working with were told their loved one had been murdered.

Sometimes, talking about missing people can make Jolkowski relive her own horrifying experience. Those times are starting to be less and less now, she said.

She goes on after hearing another grieving family member thank her for her help. And for caring.

“These people need that relief of talking to somebody who truly understands,” she said.

One night after a long conversation, a family member said simply, “‘I don’t even know you but I love you.’”

“I’m so blessed to get to do this work. It’s a privilege to help people and affect things in their lives, and we get to do it in our son’s name.”

Whether it’s help through Project Jason or the clearinghouse, awareness is the key, Jolkowski said.

“Because sooner or later you’re going to run across somebody who knows something,” she said.

Said the State Patrol’s Shelton: “Eventually, when the Web site is populated, it’ll put more eyes on the street for law enforcement to solve more of these missing persons (cases).”

On the Web

Project Jason, a nonprofit organization designed to help families cope and find their missing loved ones: www.projectjason.org.

Nebraska State Patrol: http://www.nsp.state.ne.us/ Click on Programs/Services

National Center for Missing & Exploited Children: http://www.missingkids.com/

National Center for Missing Adults: http://www.theyaremissed.org/ncma/
 
Kelly -

I've been really busy lately and haven't been able to post much, but I am always thinking of you and your family. I am glad to see Jason getting some media attention. Oh how I wish that someday soon you could have an answer. God bless.


-KT
 
Just checking in for new news about Jason...I hope NBC will air your story.

Stay Strong & Keep The Faith Jolkowski's!
 
Thinking and praying for Jason and his wonderful family.
 
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