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| Wash. Jail Discovers 75-year-old Food Stockpile |
| By Associated Press |
| Published: 04/07/2003 |
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The head of the Okanogan County Jail is certainly prepared. He figures he has a century worth of mustard on his shelves. There's also a huge supply of enchilada sauce, corn tortillas, dehydrated onions and salt. 'We have 75 years worth of cinnamon,' said Sheriff Frank Rogers. 'That's a lot of cookies.' Jail Administrator Noah Stewart discovered the stockpile when he took the post Jan. 1. The food company that sold the food won't take the items back, so Stewart has started bartering with the Chelan County Regional Justice Center. Rogers blamed 'inattention to detail of what was being ordered.' Mary Apodaca, Okanogan County's former jail administrator for eight years, said the cooks didn't tell her about the overstocking. 'I depended on them to let me know what we needed,' she said recently. Checking inventory 'is not something an administrator does.' Apodaca said she sometimes bought nonperishable goods that weren't requested if they were on sale, or exchanged a prepackaged item for something less expensive. 'The shelf life of mustard is probably forever,' she said. 'The cinnamon, I don't think I had anything to do with.' |
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