Supervisor recounts 9/11 memory and urges remembrance of individual lives lost

During supervisor comments, the chair delivered an extended 9/11 remembrance and a personal anecdote about retired officer Steve Raymond, stressing the importance of remembering individuals lost on 9/11 rather than treating the victims as statistics. The chair spoke at length about Raymond’s service, including a lighthearted story about using a toy 'polygraph' carrot to break up campsite thefts: "Steve Raymond goes out knowing that I'm right up on my toes...He hands me that. It's a dog toy he found on the way over to work that night...It's a dog toy he found on the way over to work that night. He's picked it up. He hands me a goddamn carrot," the chair recounted (paraphrased and quoted from the transcript).

The chair used the anecdote to underscore the human side of grief connected to 9/11: "When I think of Steve Raymond, I think of mister Carrot...I think of the human being that was there and the sorts of things he could do," the chair said. The remarks mixed solemn remembrance with humor and local policing history; no formal board action was associated with the remarks. Other supervisors also gave brief community updates earlier in the comments section, including a report on a recent structure fire in Dresden and thanks to county DPW for moving a harvester (Supervisor Tall and others).