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'Today is one step closer to being somebody I want to be': RISE program celebrates three graduates

December 13, 2022 | By David Adam, MRN Editor

QUINCY — Kenneth Silman had been in and out of trouble with drugs and the law for 25 years. He had even been clean at one point for 3½ years, only to relapse when his father died. When he was sentenced to the RISE program in May 2021 after a conviction for possession of meth,…

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'I don't want to waste my life': RISE program celebrates five graduates

December 1, 2021 | By David Adam, MRN Editor

QUINCY — Alvin Palmer always has believed he’s a good person. Now, after nearly 20 years of battles with the police, courts, alcohol and drugs, Palmer says he’s simply ready to make better choices. “I’ve learned to love more,” he said after Wednesday’s graduation ceremony for the RISE program, administered by the Adams County Probation…

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