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Morristown Magazine 65 community and public welfare in mind. It is due to these courts that non-violent people with substan- ce abuse difficulties participate in treatment under both legal and clinical supervision. The two houses in Morristown are female-only, though the non-profit also hopes to be opening a ma- le-only house soon as well in another local area. The county commission, the McNabb Center, Breath of Life Ministries andmany other people and non-profit organizations contributed to this project and the rehabilitation services needed to make it ha- ppen successfully. Bill Brittain, the Mayor of Hamblen County was also involved in the project’s fruition. “Our Recovery Court is an institution in Ham- blen County that’s been here for a long time. It was a couple years ago that we kind of reinvented it and went fromamisdemeanor court to a felony court and Judge [Beth] Boniface agreed to be the judge for the court and Penny came on board and is the slave dri- ver for the team. She’s getting things done and I just The opening of the Ward House, a sober living home in Hamblen County.