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2-1'e ^Jortíanh CBbaeruer Page 14 October 13. 2010 L aw More Families Fall into Poverty jV e a fa ’oMiwiate Mead diuietal Meme 1093 SW Tobias Way Aloha, Oregon 97006 (503) 642-4620 (Only 20 minutes from Portland) Comm unity Funeral Directors! Providing the best service! Whether it be a cremation, earth burial, graveside or memorial service, etc., we w ill be there for you. Io accomodate you the family who have lost a loved one, we w ill come to you so that the arrangements being made w ill be personalized with compassion. We Offer The Best Prices & I he Friendliest Service In Tow n. Added unem ployed seek em ergency food A survey o f food box recipients in the Portland m etro area finds that unem ploym ent has forced m ore people to seek em ergency food w hile m ore fam ilies fall into poverty. But thanks to broad com m unity support, the O r egon F ood B ank and its netw ork distributed record am ounts o f n utritious food as an offset to the bad econom ic tim es. The O regon Food B ank N etw ork conducts the H unger F actors S urvey every oth er y ear to better understand the causes and conditions o f people re ceiving em ergency food. "The 2010 h u nger survey underscores that hunger is an incom e issue," says R achel B ristol, the ch ief executive officer o f the O regon Food Bank. "W ith so m any im pacted, w e are heartened by the caring re sponse o f the food industry, com m unity volunteers and financial supporters w ho have allow ed O FB to m ore than double the volum e o f food it d istributed in ju s t three years. E xpansion o f the F ood Stam p Program , health co v erage for children in O regon and U SD A com m odities Margaret Gibbs-Neal, Funeral Director A Owner Jerome Cox-Tanner, Funeral Director l icense#: 044$ License #: 03X2 * I his F acility is licensed by the Oregon State Mortuary & Cemetery Board (Certification #8407) The Gospel Preached Bank Robbery Shots Fired Come Hear the Bible Taught U.S. B ank is offering up to a scene and learned that tw o su s th ro u g h the in v estig atio n it w as $30,(XX) rew ard for inform ation lead p e c ts d re s s e d in g ra y h o o d e d learned that nobody had been taken ing to the arrest and conviction o f sw eatshirts and w earing "theatri hostage and all em ployees and cu s the suspects involved in a robbery cal" style m asks had entered the tom ers w ere accounted for. o f the U.S. B ank branch at N o rth bank, fired an unknow n n u m b er o f T he P ortland Police B ureau and e a st 4 2 n d A v e n u e a n d A lb e rta shots, and then fled the scene w ith the F.B .I. are asking for anyone with C ourt. an undisclosed am ount o f m oney. inform ation about this robbery to O n F riday, O ct. 8, at about 12:46 A w itness initially reported that a call D etective T ony C hristensen at p.m ., P ortland Police arrived on gu n m an had tak en h o stag es but 503-2244181. Holy Spirit in Action Chiropractic Auto Injury Clinic, PC True Vine Missionary Baptist Church Come see the Power of the Holy Spirit kept hunger at bay for roughly 900,(XX) people through out O regon and S outhw est W ashington last fiscal year. D istribution o f em ergency food is still rising - but at a slo w er pace, the food bank netw ork also reported. "A lthough w e're not out o f the w oods yet, it a p pears that the do u b le-d ig it increases in em ergency- food d istribution via the O regon Food B ank N etw ork is beginning to level," B ristol says. D uring 2009-10, the O regon Food B ank N etw ork d istributed 72 m illion pounds o f food to people in need th roughout O regon and C lark C ounty. T he survey reports com e on the heels o f the 2009 U .S. C ensus B ureau poverty report, w hich reports that the ranks o f the w orking-age poor clim b ed to the highest level since the 1960s, leaving one in seven A m ericans in poverty. "W e need the public w ill to end h u nger by ensuring all residents have access to good nutrition, so our kids can learn in school and w orkers can give 100 percent on the jo b . W e need to re-establish o u r m iddle-class by creating jo b s that allow fam ilies to thrive and contribute to their com m u n ities, rath er than strug gling d ay-to-day ju s t to survive," B ristol says. "W e urge C ongress to begin this y ear by passing a strong C hild N utrition Act." Or. Raym on H. Edw ards, Sr., Pastor and S ister Lucy Ellen Edw ards, 1 st Lady Sunday Morning Sunday School 9:30 AM Sunday Worship Service 11:00 AM Mission Ministry Monday Evening 6:30 PM Wednesday Evening Bible Study 6:30 PM Zchon R. Jones, DC 333 NE Russell St., #200, Portland, OR. 97212 (503) 284-7838 Truly making a difference in the lives of Auto Accident victims and Injured Workers for nearly 20 years. If you or someone you know has been in an accident, call us so we can help you with your needs. 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