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Arrest log: Sept. 2, 2009
These people were arrested Monday and Tuesday in Madison County:
- Madison County sheriff’s deputies arrested Julie A. Smitson, 43, Richmond. 10:15 a.m. Tuesday. Madison County Jail. Suspicion of probation violation. No bond.
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Coping with Hard Times: 'Culture of education' essential to economic future
ANDERSON — Delco and Guide used to offer good jobs in Madison County without a lot of education. Those days are gone.Tanya Tellis understands that all too well.
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Coping with Hard Times: Targeted programs help disadvantaged students
ANDERSON — For some students, school is an exciting and fun place to learn and make friends. For others, it’s a place to escape from the harsh realities of living in poverty.
Although Madison County is no stranger to economic hardship, the recession has had a major effect on many local residents who were financially stable — and the community’s students are no exception.
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Coping with Hard Times: Kid Connection helps children from troubled homes
ANDERSON — The room echoes with shouts of “We’re all one family!”
But the words don’t come from a mom and dad, brother and sister. Instead, they come from a group of unrelated children whose lives are filled with unknowns and plagued by “what ifs.”
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Coping with Hard Times: Poverty often puts education on hold
ANDERSON — Many Americans consider a good education the key to the future. But when a family has no idea where the next paycheck is coming from — or if it’s going to come at all — education can tumble down the list of priorities.
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Coping with Hard Times: Bad economy intensifies stress
ANDERSON — While the government is trying to find ways to put money back into the pockets and bank accounts of Americans, mental-health specialists say that the poor economy is taking a toll on the nation’s emotional well-being.
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Coping with Hard Times: Trustees see increased need
ANDERSON — Inside the Anderson Township trustee’s office in downtown Anderson on a recent day, a senior citizen named Beverly sought help.
She lives on her Social Security payment of about $600 a month and admits that sometimes she can’t afford to pay her electric bill.
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Coping with Hard Times: Area not-for-profits struggle to do more with less
ANDERSON — Every year, thousands of Madison County residents go to not-for-profit organizations for assistance.
And as the number of people who need help grows, budgets are dwindling — so local agencies are trying to find ways to keep up with the needs of the community.
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Coping with Hard Times: Volunteers find ways to pitch in
ANDERSON — It’s early on a cool Saturday morning, and the city streets are quiet. Most local residents are still in their warm beds.
But others are packing up their belongings and thinking about where they’re going to sleep when night falls again.
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Coping with Hard Times: ‘Middle class’ clients hit food pantries
ANDERSON — In a long, narrow room lined on both sides with metal and plywood shelving, a few dozen jars of peanut butter and cans of green beans dot the mostly vacant spaces in the Salvation Army food pantry.
“We are a little bit empty right now,” said Rodney Morin, director of the pantry.
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Coping with Hard Times: Man4Man, Ziklag fight poverty on the street
ANDERSON — Bob Blume’s method of fighting poverty and combating crime is to help felons get their lives together as soon as they’re released from prison — before they get into trouble again.
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Coping with Hard Times: Contributions to churches declining
Anderson churches are feeling the effects of an economic recession, but what about churches in the rest of the country?
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Coping with Hard Times: Local churches offer sustenance, ‘relational support’
ANDERSON — Scattering throughout the neighborhood surrounding East Side Church of God, a group of teenagers set out on a mission one summer evening in 2008.
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Coping with Hard Times: Homeless in Madison County
Though not as active in seeking grants as it was a few years ago, the Madison County Homeless Task Force meets monthly.
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Coping with Hard Times: Economy displacing families from their homes
ANDERSON — Drive through some Anderson neighborhoods, and you’ll see houses with boarded-up windows and “Do not enter” signs.
That’s where the reeling economy and an unstable job market have hit many Anderson residents — in the very places where they live.
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Coping With Hard Times: Ambivalence about poverty
ANDERSON — Americans’ attitudes toward the poor vary widely and have much to do with personal backgrounds, according to local sociologists and social-service providers.
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Coping With Hard Times: Other cities retooling
Anderson is not alone.
Many communities in the Rust Belt have struggled economically and have gone through an identity crisis as industrial jobs have disappeared.
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Coping With Hard Times: No-cost, low-cost medical options
ANDERSON — The average price for a 100-pill bottle of Tylenol pain reliever is about $7.50.
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Coping With Hard Times: Combining efforts to fight problem
ALEXANDRIA — Though Doug, an Alexandria resident, can’t work because of a disability, he doesn’t spend his days idle.
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Coping With Hard Times: An introduction
Madison County has been hit hard by the global economic crisis. "Coping with Hard Times," produced in conjunction with an advanced news writing class at Anderson University, chronicles how local people and organizations are coping.
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Coping With Hard Times: Local poverty levels
Ronald Sorrell never dreamed he would have to sleep in a tent in the woods by the White River, but that’s where he lived for two years after he lost his job at Argos Manufacturing in Anderson.
