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Steady snow taxes volunteer shovelers Brian OjanpaCNHI News Service “We even have a family going out and doing it with their kids,” said Miller, who uses three snowblowers (“We’re always looking for more”) and a passel of shovels. His most vital labor source is the the Blue Earth County Jail. Volunteer inmates comprise at least two-thirds of his crew. "Without them we couldn’t do this program," he said. Recruiting jail help is never hard due to the fringe benefits of shoveling. Those include use of cell phones and cigarettes - luxuries prohibited in lockup. Typically, Miller’s crews hop into a van and go out three days a week, though this December’s seemingly perpetual snowfalls have kept them busier. Parts of Southern Minnesota have already counted more than two feet of snow this season. Retired teacher Karl Adolphson and wife, Dorothy, have been availing themselves of the shovel crew the past two years. Dorothy said she lets the volunteers know how much she appreciates their help. 
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