A Delphos woman is drawing attention to the dangers of illicit drug use.
Diane Urban’s son, Jordan Garmatter, passed away on April 6, 2019 from illicit fentanyl poisoning. "My son Jordan developed a wisdom tooth growing in the wrong way. He could not get into a dentist with a week. Unfortunately he made the choice to go to his drug of choice. Instead he got 100% fentanyl. He had enough in his system to kill at least six people, so he didn't have a chance. I can tell you this, he did not want to die. He just made a bad choice." As a result, Diane started The Association of People Against Lethal Drugs (APALD) to empower and engage the public in working toward change, raising awareness, and collaborating efforts to combat the synthetic drug epidemic. Diane says opioid use kills more than 300 people every day across the country. She says fentanyl is often hidden in party drugs that teens use, and is pressed into pills that look like legitimate prescription and over-the-counter medicines. APALD is lobbying government leaders to take action to stop the opioid crisis, including closing our country's southern borders where much of the drug comes from.
Also at Monday's meeting, David Trinko exchanged his red badge for his blue badge.
And Judge Warren introduced Jessie Lowe who gave an update on the High Octane Drumline. High Octane is a drumline for local students that, in addition to music lessons and public performances, helps the children with tutoring and support for any problems they may have. High Octane is looking for volunteers and donations to keep the program going.