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November 13, 2019 Our 202nd year | Vol. 202, No. 48 | www.Fauquier.com | $1.50

SALUTE TO VETERANS: Honoring our local heroes and their stories Page 23

By Randy Rieland Piedmont Journalism Foundation

It was a cry that captured a crisis. “I’m a heroin addict. Nobody

cares. Nobody cares!”Maj. Amanda

Lambert watched the slight young woman scream-ing in anger and despair not far from where Lambert stood on the front steps of the Prince William-Manassas Re-gional Adult Detention Center. She couldn’t look away.

“She was maybe 90 pounds soak-ing wet,” recalled Lambert, director of support services at the jail. “My heart melted for her. I don’t know why. I’d never seen her before.”

The shouting continued after Lambert led the 23-year-old woman into a room at the jail. “I’m a her-oin addict,” she raged. “You don’t care about me. No one gives a s---.” Her distress was so intense she was put in restraints to prevent her from hurting herself, Lambert said.

Lambert spent two hours talking with the woman, then showed up in court the next day and sat next to her during her arraignment on a disor-

derly conduct charge. The judge re-leased her, but Lambert managed to keep her at the jail until she could meet with Katrina King, one of the jail’s “peer navigators” who helps addicts get into treatment.

The stubborn stigma of addictionOPIOID RIPPLES:

PHOTO BY KENNETH GARRETTMaj. Amanda Lambert is director of support services at the Prince William-Manassas Regional Adult Detention Center.

Andrew Lawson runs down a list of Culpeper County statistics.

“From 2016 to June 2019: 39 fatal overdoses, 199 heroin overdoses,” he says, then moves on to overdose revival efforts from 2015 to 2018. “240 units of Narcan administered by our paid EMS crews. And they spent more than 279 hours responding to overdoses.”

Finally, he shares data from Culpeper Human Services: Of the 41 children placed in foster care this year, almost half were because their parents were substance abusers.

It’s a grim record that strengthens his resolve to try something different when it comes to how opioid users are treated in the criminal justice system. “What we’re doing isn’t working,” he said. “We’re prosecuting a huge number of people because they have an addiction.”

‘What we’re doing isn’t working’

Culpeper County set to create drug court

Opioid Ripples: What we’ve learnedSee the findings from this six-month

project on page 7See OPIOID, page 6

See DRUG COURT, page 6

This is the fourth and final part of a series on the opioid

epidemic.

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A little over three years ago, a group of local citizens led by George Thomp-son of Marshall purchased the Fauquier Times and Prince Wil-liam Times, forming Pied-mont Media. The idea was to

preserve these local papers in a world where newspapers are in peril.

These local citizens believe in the importance of local journalism to the residents of Fauquier and Prince Wil-liam counties. They know that strong newspapers help people stay connect-ed to one another in an increasingly disconnected world. And they know how important it is to have an in-formed citizenry -- and that democ-racy works better in the light.

This week, after more than three years of hands-on experience pub-lishing award-winning newspapers, the paper’s investors, under Pres-ident Landon Butler’s leadership, have agreed to a major structural change that will better position us to weather the storms that continue to ravage community journalism.

In brief, the newspaper’s owners have approved the transfer of own-ership to the Piedmont Journalism Foundation, a 501(c)(3) charitable organization created last year to support community journalism in our area. This change is consistent with strategies being employed by publications both large and small all over the country, as they seek to strengthen their financial position and generate greater community

Nonprofit takes ownership of Fauquier Times

See FAUQUIER TIMES, page 9

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We believe this move will improve the financial stability of the paper, as it will enable the Foundation to seek charitable funding from local individ-uals and local and national founda-tions for the work of the paper.

The Foundation in the last year has already financed in-depth journalism on two local subjects -- the regional opioid crisis and broadband and cellu-lar service in Fauquier County – and now will be more directly able to sup-port the papers’ journalism efforts.

Bo Jones, director and president of the Piedmont Journalism Founda-tion, said the 501(c)(3) will be able to raise money to help with seasonal fluctuations, to provide a cushion for the newspaper. He said, “Like every newspaper in the country, the Fau-quier Times has large fixed costs. We can help with those.”

He added, “The newspaper and its web presence are very important to the community and we want to make sure it continues to thrive.”

This completes the transition be-gun three years ago from a paper owned by one individual to a true community paper, owned and oper-ated for the public good of the coun-ties’ residents. We believe this is an exciting change with much promise for the future and look forward to partnering with you — our readers — to make the paper even better than it already is.

The new owner has asked manage-ment of the paper to remain in place.

Next week’s edition will carry a more detailed report on the Piedmont Journalism Foundation and the reason-ing behind this transition of ownership.

CATHERINE NELSON Publisher

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NonprofitFAUQUIER TIMES, from page 1

‘off script’ and made comments that made many feel uncomfortable and, in some cases, angry. We do not condone, encourage, nor support these types of comments nor is it representative of the beliefs of Fauquier High School or Fauquier County Public Schools.

“Ms. Buchanan was given specif-ic talking points with the expectation that she align her comments in accor-dance with school board policies …

“This event was not a Veteran’s Day assembly. The goal of the assem-bly was to encourage students to be-come young leaders and to find ways to give back to their community. Due to scheduling issues, the speaker was only available on November 11. The intent was to provide a message that was positive and appropriate for all. Moving forward, Fauquier County Public Schools will ensure that guest speakers adhere to school board poli-cies. We offer our sincerest apologies for the outcome of this assembly and its impact on some of our students.”

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