Yesterday, we received a phone call from a lady who said, \u201cI was thinking of not getting The Daily Herald, but after seeing the front page (Friday, December 6, 2002) I definately will not.\u201d
\nI\u2019m sorry we are losing a reader, but what we did with our paper, was something that needed done.
\nIt was with a lot of sadness that Friday\u2019s Herald was put together. Chris Lash was sad when he wrote his commentary, Kerry Webster was sad when he wrote his story. I was sad that we had to put the paper out.
\nThe sad thing is heroin is a problem that can hit anyone at anytime. It is hitting hard in our community and I am happy with the effort of the Blair County Drug Task Force and the effort they are making. Even if hits the desk next to mine.
\nDrugs destroy promising lives. They also destroy the families of users and dealers.
\nWe could have easily swept the story under the rug, but every bit of creditability we have would have went under the rug with it.
\nIt\u2019s no secret that there are people in Tyrone who are not fans of mine. When one of those people walked in the paper today and said they were proud of how we handled the situation, it first shocked me and second made me feel that we as a group made the right decision.
\nWhen you break the law, you pay a price. If the violation of the law is bad enough, you make the papers.
\nLet me guarantee you that there was no joy here at the paper when we did our jobs on Thursday or Friday. Everyone of us made a personal relationship and everyone of us hurt in one way or another.
\nI will be the first to tell you, that if I would get arrested for driving under the influence or something like that, it would make front page news. Sad, but true.
\nWhen you live a \u2018public\u2019 life, your world is different than others. What I write has an impact on some people, others just say, there goes Harlow again.
\nThat is one of my favorite things about opinions. You can agree or disagree.
\nIf one person read Friday\u2019s paper and it scared them into getting cleaned up and off heroin, our paper made a difference.
\nOverdoses happen. Most of the time when they do, there is a young child left without a mother or father.
\nYou can be the most educated person in the world or barely get by in school and it can hit you.
\nNow the challenge is to continue to be dilligent in getting heroin out of Tyrone.
\nIf you know someone is doing heroin or someone is dealing and not telling the authorities, you are as guilty as they are.
\nWe have a problem that is taking over our community. The attitude it can\u2019t happen here has to go out the window. It is happening here and we need to fight it.
\nI believe in second chances. I believe in people. I am not sorry for giving a guy a second chance, I am sorry it turned out the way it did. Will I give someone a second chance again? Yes I will. I still believe in people, even if things don\u2019t turn out the way you hope.
\nMy prayers go to the people affected by Thursday\u2019s events. I also pray that the people who need it get the help they need. It\u2019s sad to see so many promising lives get ruined for a high.
\nYou can lead a horse to water, but you can\u2019t make them drink. Lets hope when we continue to lead people towards a better life, they are willing to do what it takes to become a good citizen.
\nP.S. To the reader who called, thanks for your call, but if you have something to say about our paper, don\u2019t take it out on someone who answers the phone, ask for me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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