The Denison Job Corps painting program, instructor and students were honored Tuesday by Crawford County Sheriff James Steinkuehler and the Board of Supervisors for a project completed at the jail. Above, left, painting instructor Todd Langlois receives a certificate of appreciation from Steinkuehler. Students seated, from left, are Dexter Hynek, Joshua Peterson, Sydni Putnam and Justin Lundy. In back are Supervisors Jerry Buller and Steve Ulmer, Job Corps Center Director Steve Reitan, Supervisor Cecil Blum, Job Corps Training Services Director Doug Dorhout, and Supervisors Eric Skoog and Mark Segebart.  Photo by Gordon Wolf  

 The Denison Job Corps painting program and its students were honored by Sheriff James Steinkuehler and the Crawford County Board of Supervisors Tuesday for saving county taxpayers thousands of dollars by completing a project at the jail.

Steinkuehler explained that about a year ago during a jail inspection, the inspector pointed out an area near the showers where iron in the brick was leeching through and had to be fixed. That prompted a phone call to the Job Corps painting program instructor Todd Langlois. Steinkuehler and Langlois conferred with a paint manufacturer on the type of paint and color to use.

About two and a half weeks ago, the students began painting the area in the jail. The sheriff stated that the project will keep iron from leeching from the bricks.

The inspector returned to the Crawford County Jail last week, and Steinkuehler commented that the inspection passed “with flying colors.”

“The students do this on a volunteer basis and saved taxpayers thousands of dollars,” he continued.

To show their appreciation, Steinkuehler and the members of the Board of Supervisors presented Langlois and his students a certificate of appreciation.