 This just in August is hotter than ever at Appalachian Wireless as they are slashing all normal contract pricing on all smartphones by 50% when you sign up for service. Better service, bigger saving, serving you for the last 25 years at Appalachian Wireless. In recognition of overdose awareness day folks in Floyd County along with recovering addicts and family and friends of those who have lost loved ones due to an accidental overdose gathered today in Prestonsburg for a ceremonial tree planting to remember those who have lost their battle with the disease of addiction. Not only was the tree planting ceremonial but it was also a symbolic dedication. This tree planting is a dedication of this community, this drug court in this community to hopefully be able to offer better addiction evaluation treatment and of course prevention and also to offer folks alternatives that will hopefully save lives. Now we just encourage everybody to understand that addiction is a disease. It's nothing to be ashamed of. Nobody's ashamed of high blood pressure or diabetes. Let's don't be ashamed of addiction. Let's take it by the horns and battle it and do well. With the most recent stories in the news of the mass heroin overdoses in cities like Huntington and Cincinnati it's hard to believe that even though heroin is not a major issue in our region yet Floyd County rates number one in overdose deaths in the state with Pike County a close second. It's important for every community but especially the communities in eastern Kentucky. There was a census done last year and I got an email through my judicial email and Kentucky had the drug overdose census and Floyd County ranked number one in the whole state. We're just trying to bring awareness to it and try to bring in everybody in the community. There's doctors here, there's teachers, there's lawyers, there's everybody. Everybody can make a difference and it takes everybody to really stop this scourge. It's what it is. September is National Recovery Month and communities against drug addiction will be holding their third annual recovery celebration September 17th at 7 p.m. at Archer Park in Prestonburg. Reporting from Prestonburg for EKB News, I'm Sean Allen.