Daniel Prince
Public Safety officer says lack of things to do contributes to the issue
The Love Thy Neighbor Group is hosting a guest speaker to address the opioid and fentanyl crisis in Union County. Tori West Olusey from Hold Out the Lifeline: A Mission to Families will make a presentation this afternoon at 5:30 p.m. at the Grace United Methodist Church sanctuary on South Church Street. She has shared this presentation across the state and also to several groups here in Union County. Everyone is welcome to attend and hear this presentation. The group is seeking to help address the drug problem in the county as well as to help young people who are falling behind in school to succeed.
At the group’s initial meeting in March, Dylan Beheler, with the Union Public Safety Department, said the problem and the lack of things to do for young people go hand-in-hand:
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To find out more about the group, call or text Dale Goff at 426-2037 or email Goffd@bellsouth.net.