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Inmate caught with 19 grams of heroin By Kayla Singletary Newton Daily News

Jamee A. Pierson/Daily News Jasper County Supervisors Joe Brock, left, and Doug Cupples sit down with Marion County Public Health Director Kim Dorn to learn about the counties public health facilities and the programs offered to the public.

Supervisors visit Marion County Public Health By Jamee A. Pierson Newton Daily News KNOXVILLE — Standing in one of several meeting rooms at the Marion County Public Health Department building, an echo could almost be heard when speaking. The department moved into the 14,000 square foot building in 2011 and has grown leaps and bounds delivering more, better services to the county it serves. In an effort to better understand what the Jasper County Health Department and neighboring public health organizations responsibilities and duties are, supervisors Joe Brock and Doug Cupples along with JCHD Director Becky Pryor and public health coordinator Kristina Winfield toured the public health facilities for Marion County on Tuesday. Marion County Public Health

Director Kim Dorn led the group around the department’s building located in what was a former farm and home store in Knoxville. Dorn said prior to the department taking occupancy, it had 23 people in about 3,500 square feet. “It got to be kind of a fire hazard, they had to do something with us,” Dorn said. “The supervisors at the time knew they needed to do something with us because we just couldn’t fit there, we couldn’t provide services there, it got to where we were renting space all over town to do clinics and programming. It was just a mess.” Following a failed business venture, the building was taken by the bank and was purchased by county. Dorn said from there a lot of remodeling was done, with a large portion of the costs paid for with grant money. “We had a set of supervisors

who made the commitment. They said we know you need better accommodations,” Dorn said. Upon moving in, the department was able to grow and expand to its current level of services. Brock asked what all the department has been able to supply for services after moving to the new, bigger location in comparison to what it previously did. “Pretty much everything,” Dorn said. “You just can’t even compare what we do know with what we did then. We didn’t have any room to do it, we didn’t have the facilities for people to come in to.” The services currently provided by the department include Care for Yourself, Child Care Nurse Consultant, Emergency Response, Environmental Health, First Five, Hawk-I, Homemaker, Immunizations, VISIT | 3A

An inmate at the Jasper County Jail is accused of stashing 19 grams of heroin in her jail cell and distributing it for use. Jasper County Jail inmates reported to Cope jail staff that 26-year-old Morgan R. Cope was hiding

multiple bags of heroin in her genitals, according to a police report. One inmate told jail staff they had seen a gray powder in the jail cell and distributed it to someone to use. The reports of heroin at the jail were made after Cope had returned from Skiff Medical Center after being treated for medical issues related to drug use. Cope denied possessing any heroin but was seen by jail staff making movements below her bedding. When jail staff COPE | 3A

Good ‘Samaritans’ return lost purse to owner By Kayla Singletary Newton Daily News Ruth Neil was panic stricken when she realized she had lost her purse while she was finishing up her shopping at Walmart. Neil, an employee at Progress Industries, said her thoughts immediately migrated to the worst possible scenarios. “It all happened within 10 minutes,” Neil said. “I was shopping for supplies for our work’s Thanksgiving luncheon, and I ended up leaving my purse in the cart while in the parking lot.” Neil said she was absent minded until she reached for her purse when she got to work. “I thought my good-

ness — my purse was nowhere to be found,” Neil said. “I immediately went to cancel my credit cards.” Along with her personal information now on the line, she also was concerned about the personal information of her clients that was also in her purse, including private information and even her work cell phone. “I went to IT, and we were going to have them just shut it down and clean it out,” Neil said. “Then they realized we could track my phone.” Neil said they were about to call the Newton Police Department with the location of her SAMARITAN | 3A

The love of the craft

Monroe resident hobby turns into business venture By Pam Rodgers Newton Daily News Many people have hobbies, but only a select few turn those hobbies into a second career. That’s exactly what Jamee Pierson did. Seated behind her serger sewing machine, Pierson, of Monroe, seamlessly runs a fresh pair of child size leggings along the feed dogs through the needles and presser foot of the contraption as it creates flawless seams and hems the garment as the leggings take shape. Just as she uses her knowhow to crank out local stories as a reporter at

the Newton Daily News, her crafting is another outlet to showcase her talent. “I just really enjoy doing it,” Pierson said. “It kind of uses my graphic design side, in that creative outlet versus my writing.” She first learned to sew in her parents’ Monroe home, just a few blocks from where Pierson and her family now reside. It was her mother, Natalie Pendroy, who taught Pierson how to sew when she was just 8 years old. Pendroy remembers starting her daughter off with simple things, little projects where she was “just sew-

ing around the square.” In her youth, Pierson participated in 4-H, and she had submissions in different contests through her work there. Then as she got older, her high school activities kept her too busy to find time to man the sewing machine. It wasn’t until college where her sewing skills would resurface full force. Business Beginnings Pierson began her crafting business adventure her senior year of college, and the hobby has done nothing but grow over the past 10 years. Pierson recalls her

Pam Rodgers/Daily News Jamee Pierson, of Monroe, uses her serger sewing machine to create seams on a new pair of leggings. She is preparing for her latest craft show, making hundreds of pairs of leggings in many different size, colors and patterns.

mother had purchased a new sewing machine, and that freed up her mom’s older machine for Pierson. It’s still not clear to Pierson why she decided to start this adventure. She hadn’t been

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and burn off some ‘nervous’ energy. She has always enjoyed crafting/ sewing as far as I know, that led to opportunities to try selling her stuff,” Tony said.

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doing any serious sewing in the years leading up to her first project. Her husband, Tony, witnessed the beginning of the business idea. “I think what originally motivated her was just a way to kill time

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