Archive for Saturday, July 30, 2011  Falling into poverty:
Economic setbacks make Lawrence couple, like many Americans,
lose security, gain fear  July 30, 2011   Lawrence couple
struggles through financial hardship  A local couple going
through a time of financial hardship talks about how they are
getting by with assistance from local food banks. Enlarge video
Dodie Coker casts an expression of concern as her husband Roy
talks about the couple's financial troubles and his concerns
about losing their house, Tuesday, July 19, 2011, in their
Lawrence home.   Roy and Dodie Coker pick through the vegetables
available at the Just Food warehouse Monday, July 25, 2011. The
couple say this is the first time they have been pushed to
accepting food from a food bank.   The unemployment rate for
Douglas County from 2006 to 2011, which has risen from 3.4% in
2006 to 6.4% in 2011. The numbers for each year are for May,
except for 2011, which displays the July numbers. Statistics
taken from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.