Harland is Medical Lake SCOPE volunteer of the year

Officials at the Medical Lake-Espanola SCOPE (Sheriff's Community Oriented Policing Effort) office have selected Frances Harland as the office's volunteer of the year.

Harland has been a part of the Medical Lake-Espanola SCOPE for nine years.

"The volunteers here are a lot of fun to work with," Harland said. "They make it worthwhile."

Prior to volunteering with SCOPE, Harland said she was a prison chaplain and has worked at several facilities, including the Pine Lodge Corrections Center in Medical Lake, the Airway Heights Correctional Center and the McNeil Island Correctional Center. During he...