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Morristown Magazine 67 “In 2004 she asked if I would be interested in hel- ping with the new drug court program. I didn’t know much about that but we all, as a team, we had a great team… when first started out we had no clue what we were doing. We would do something on a policy procedure and be like ‘this is not ideal’ so we would change that and then revamp stuff,” said Morelock. “I want to talk a little bit about Joyce Ward. Of course, she loved her family. If you ever saw her and Richard together you knew that was a real love. And then of course every day she would tell us what was going on with [her daughter] Kelly and the grandba- bies. Her family always came first. And her cowor- kers, we were all like family. So in 2005 we started going good [with work] but then she was diagnosed with cancer. “But despite that, throughout our work, she kept us going. She wanted [people in the programs] to suc- ceed, to always do their best. She was a great leader and would always want the best for them and for our county. She was fun-loving, compassionate, caring, giving, qualified, resourceful, tenacious. And, of course, our fearless leader. She would be very proud to see where we are today.” Judge Beth Boniface, a Circuit Court judge who took over forWard on the project, offers thanks to the supporters who made the project possible. “I was determined to make this mission successful and grow this program. To make it successful, we had to have of course safe housing that was close. In walking distance of treatment, walking distance of the courthouse. Mayor Chesney and the City Council were so kind, we now have transportation,” Boniface said. Our No. 1 deterrent to recovery is housing because they’re coming from jail and most of the time don’t have resources for deposits or furniture, some don’t even have transpor- tation. The city is actually also working on donating something from their retired fleet to help people get to work,