Wcr | june 18 | 2014

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June 18, 2014

Wednesday, June 18, 2014 Vol. 125, No. 44 • Shell Lake, Wis.

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• Northwoods Blues Festival @ Washburn County Fairgrounds in Spooner • Veterans Appreciation Day @ Spooner • Master Jazz Concert @ Shell Lake • See calendar on page 6

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Tri-County Dairy Breakfast Page 2

Garbage Gus visits school Page 27

Railroad museum hosts festival

Three-year-old Rees Whitmore loved the cab of the large road grader at the Shell Lake Public Library big trucks and tractors event last Thursday, June 12. He has seen them work the gravel roads and plow snow, but this was the first one he got to see the inside of. More photos on back page. - Photo by Larry Samson

Jail project nears implementation

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T-ball in full swing Page 15

Danielle H. Moe | Staff writer SHELL LAKE — The Washburn County Sheriff’s Department is in the final planning stages of a project to update existing equipment for the county jail and dispatch center. The project has two phases: remodel and update equipment in the dual jail-dispatch communications room and replace locks on jail doors. In planning since July 2012, an air of anticipation for the long-awaited updates is palpable in the compact cement space. “They are tearing the ceiling out, they are getting new equipment ... everything in here is not efficient,” said Terry Dryden, Washburn County sheriff. The communications room serves a dual purpose for the department, like the individuals that staff it. Dispatch coordinates service calls for officers and the public while jailers maintain inmates’ safety and day-to-day jail operations. The room is a constant hub of activity where

numerous monitors display maps for dispatch, function lights, open jail doors and more. The department has $660,000 in funds for the project, allocated by the county finance committee under the direction of the Washburn County Board of Supervisors. At this time the ultimate cost of the improvement project is unknown as bids will not be released until August. “We mix old and new and unfortunately it shows,” said Dryden, looking around at the blend of technology in flat-screen monitors and dated consoles. The communications room was part of the facility built in 1991 and has utilized equipment from the previous jail. Over the years, outdated equipment has been replaced through the department’s budget and grants, but more was needed than those funding methods would allow.

See Jail project, page 3

Early copy, please SHELL LAKE — With the Fourth of July holiday approaching there will be an early deadline for advertising and news articles for the Tuesday, July 1, edition of the Register. All copy is due no later than noon on Friday, June 27. The newspaper office will be closed on Friday, July 4. — WCR

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A dispatcher sits at the first workstation in the 12’-by-28’ communications room. The room will remain the same size, but the equipment and its location will be changed. — Photo by Danielle H. Moe

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