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Continue to Stand in the Gap: Klamath County

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The Pinnacles, Klamath County, OR You visit the earth and water it, You greatly enrich it; The river of God is full of water; You provide their grain, For so You have prepared it. You water its ridges abundantly. You settle its furrows; You make it soft with showers, You bless its growth. Psalm 65:9-10 We are moving into the South Central Region of Oregon which includes Klamath and Lake Counties. Klamath is bordered by Jackson, Douglas, and Lane to the west, Deschutes to the north, Lake to the east, and California to the south. The County seat is Klamath Falls. The County is governed by a Board of three elected commissioners. Currently, those on the Board are Dave Henslee, Kelley Minty , and Derrick DeGroot . Chris Kaber is the County Sheriff, overseeing the 90 sworn personnel and the roughly 100 volunteers that make up the Klamath County Sheriff’s Office. The County has about 70,000 residents or about 11 per square mile, so it isn’t thickly populated. While we have explored ...