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| Oshkosh inmates clearing glacial debris from caves to improve access |
| By Gannett Wisconsin Newspapers |
| Published: 09/13/2004 |
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With each swing of the pick, slam of the sledge hammer and scoop of the shovel, they pay their debt to society. A dozen men from the Drug Abuse Correctional Center at Oshkosh have spent the last two weeks sweating and straining to remove glacially deposited sand and rock from the caves at Ledge View Nature Study Area. They are working to make them more accessible to the 8,000 to 10,000 children and adults who tour them each year. "Some are 34 feet down ... loading the rock and sand into a 4-foot-high bucket that's raised to the surface by pulley and sheer muscle," naturalist Ron Zahringer said. The 20-by-30-by-10-foot-high pile of debris next to the shaft was all hauled out last week. The crew comes from the correctional center, a minimum-security prison where they receive treatment and are made to realize that they have victimized society. All have at least five convictions for operating while intoxicated, according to Carol Koch, a social worker and drug and alcohol counselor with the state Department of Corrections. |
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