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The INDEPENDENT, January 20, 2011 Homeless Connect will be on January 28 From page 12 to grow. The unemployment rate in Washington County has WEATHER REPORT DECEMBER 2010 DATE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 TEMPERATURE HI LO 46 42 46 43 47 47 44 53 49 46 54 56 54 51 42 45 43 42 41 43 45 47 49 47 47 42 44 45 39 35 33 39 34 30 28 32 29 38 39 36 36 36 49 38 34 31 30 25 33 34 39 34 33 36 46 40 33 33 34 29 25 17 PRECIP. AMT. .02 .01 -- -- .05 .03 .98 .69 .72 .23 1.20 .35 .55 .25 .11 -- .35 .41 .25 .24 T -- T .43 .13 .82 .92 .91 .10 -- -- Temperature and precipitation amounts are from the official U.S. weather station at the Vernonia wa- ter plant. Measurable precipitation in December totalled 9.75 inches. grown from 4.4% in January 2008 to 9.0% in October 2010, with the highest rate occurring in September 2009 at 9.9%. Since January 2010, the Ore- gon Employment Department has seen 18,182 new unem- ployment insurance claims in Washington County, the sec- ond highest in the state. Ap- proximately 8,000 Washington County residents are projected to have their unemployment benefits end by or before June 2011, while remaining unem- ployed. Washington County’s 2010 one-night homeless count identified 1,383 homeless indi- viduals, up from 1,243 in 2009. The 2010 numbers include 449 children under the age of 18. The 2010 Washington Coun- ty Project Homeless Connect saw over 60 nonprofit, faith, public and private community partners and 275 volunteers work to provide services such as health and dental care, hair- cuts, food and clothing, and connections to needed housing and social services to approxi- mately 500 individuals in need. In addition, 65 community lead- ers attended a key leaders briefing, hosted by the Vision Action Network, to learn more about the issue and how the community is responding. Project Homeless Connect has been identified by the Unit- Januar y 6 Sudoku solved ed States Interagency Council on Homelessness as an inno- vation that can move people more quickly toward housing and stability and furthers the goals of community 10 Year Plans. In Washington County, it is truly an example of how com- munities can come together to positively impact people’s lives. As one 2010 Project Homeless Connect volunteer put it, “I’m humbled by the strong commu- nity response in Washington County for this issue.” The Vision Action Network is a private nonprofit organization committed to the promotion and support of collaborative community-based problem solving in Washington County. Page 21 DIRECTV must pays settlement money From page 9 RECTV over the next several months. Consumers who have not filed complaints have until June 9, 2011, to do so. Con- sumer complaint forms are at http://www.doj.state.or.us/fin fraud/engexplanation.shtml. Consumers also can call the Attorney General’s Consumer Hotline at 1-877-877-9392 be- tween 8:30 and 4:30 M-F to re- quest that a form be mailed to them. DIRECTV will attempt to resolve the complaints directly with consumers. If a complaint deemed eligible cannot be re- solved, DIRECTV shall inform the consumer that the com- plaint can be resolved by a Claims Administrator and will mail a Claim Form to the con- sumer for further review of the complaint. Keep your power From page 16 what he calls Verbal Judo to fend off words that hit like a fist. “In some martial arts,” he ex- plains, “you don’t meet force with force. Instead, you take your opponent’s thrust and redirect it away from you. Often their own energy works against them.” As an example, he told me of a college friend who was teasing him about losing his hair. Rob replied, “It’s true John, I am losing my hair, but you were always the hand- some one.”
