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Kindergarten: Fletcher
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mani Bighorn, Mary
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Blaine Myrick, Cade Myrick,
Cordelia Nickels, Lauren
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Strong, Amari Zeluff and Mrs.
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Jaelle Chamberlain, Bodee
Doney, Brayden Jackson,
Sophia Koessl, Taylor
Laumeyer, Ashtyn Myrick,
Aidan Peters, Matthew
Poland, Colton Yoss and
Mrs. Schlabs.
3rd Grade: Aaron Ackerman,
Xander Ackerman, Shaylin
Barnett, McKenna Gagne,
Morgan Guttenberg, Dalton
Kautz, Brooke MacDonald,
Hayley Nybakken, Taylor
Padden, Nolan Viste, Chase
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Electronics
Letter to the Editor
Should be a voting matter
Editor:
A while back I was fortunate enough to
catch the early morning program of the County
Commissioners about the jail situation. I was
disappointed in that there were no questions
phoned in and my questions weren't covered in the
discussion.
I've been told there were people who tried to
call but received a busy signal, I was hoping to hear
what standards the present jail doesn't meet since the
State Legislature - hasn't established any standards
for a county jail-detention center. State and federal
jails have standards but not county according to
information I have been able to obtain.
What makes our present jail illegal? And if
it isn't illegal then the worry about lawsuits is, I
think, questionable since the lawsuits would be due
to operation and administration, not the facility.
Another question is why is it suddenly
necessary to transport our prisoners elsewhere
especially since, I believe, we have occasionally
housed prisoners from another county? They say
no county funds would be involved with a leaseto-own
arrangement but as there seems to be a
scarcity of prisoners and the current thinking is for
treatment, not jail, it seems to me like the rent of
cell space would have to be pretty high to cover the
rent payment. Wouldn't it take county money to
make the difference between the amount raised by
rent and the yearly payment? We usually have only
Mrs. Guenther. a dozen or so prisoners and would need about 44
they say to meet expenses in the new jail, and even
with some outside prisoners the financial picture is
pretty bleak.
There is a lot of room for expansion in the
present facilitywith a few thousand - not millions
of dollars - and some common sense I am sure
it would compare with the average county jail in
Montana.
They say it is not necessary to put this thing
her special day;
up for a vote but why wouldn't they want to? I
am sending this letter to River Run news, GEG and
the Courier as I feel this a county matter, not just
esthetician and manicurist
Glasgow.
228-8990 or 390-91 48
Roy Johnson
Glasgow