Hall drug program a model for White County

by Dean Dyer/WRWH CLEVELAND – A Family Drug Court could soon be set up in the Enotah Judicial Circuit to help better deal with the family drug situation in the area. That information, along with a better insight into how the courts, law enforcement and local citizens are working to deal with drug and child abuse and other crimes, was revealed during a forum held Monday in Cleveland.Enotah Superior Court Judge Lynn Alderman announced a program she and Juvenile Court Judge David Turk are working on to help better address the drug cases that come before them. Alderman said they will be working with the Department of Family and Children Services on this program the goes beyond what they are now offering giving those seeking treatment up to 24 months to kick the addiction. Alderman says this program is modeled after similar programs in Hall and other counties. In addition to Alderman, others on the panel were Juvenile Judge David Turk, Susan Zealy, Enotah CASA Director , White County Sheriff Neal Walden, Sharon Lee and Milisa Fincher with the White County Meth Task Force. Zealy told the group that in White County right now they have 43 open cases of child abuse that involves 65 children and they need additional CASA volunteers to be advocates for these children in court.

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